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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1950
Page
8
The Cheery Valley News lists numerous local visits and suppers across families including the Dennlers Bannarts Zauggs and L. Butikofer. Guests from West Bend and Fayette share meals and birthdays while Florence Hofer recovers from a back fracture. various Christen and Moore households host gatherings through the weekend.
Sotephine and Tile Thoman and Mrs Albert Bannart called at the Frank Christen and Martin-Hengon homes Saturday afternoon.
Illyria items list church services at 10 15 a m and 11 15 a m plus a Washington Day cemetery fundraiser. Community notices include numerous Sunday guests, dinners and visits among local families, 4 H club meeting, home study club, and several housewarmings and weekend trips across towns in Iowa.
Friday evening the Pleasant Ridge club held a bob sled title in honor of Tim Mahoney's birthday with Robert Sargent supplying the tractor sled and hay rack. After the hillarious event the group shared chili soup and toasted cheese sandwiches.
George Brown of Conesville may be the best driver in Iowa. He bought his first car a Hupmobile over 40 years ago and has driven regularly ever since without an accident or dented fender.
Manly radio enthusiast Otto Schwartz spoke from a short wave station for about fifteen minutes with his sister in Los Angeles recently. The exchange used amateur radio equipment and highlighted cross country contact.
At Audubon, Miss Daisy Frick closes Frick Drug Store after forty five years of service. A pioneer woman pharmacist, Frick helped establish a lasting presence in the town’s pharmaceutical scene. Want ads are advised for results.
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