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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
8
Community church notices list Sunday school at 10 15 a m and service at 11 15 a m with next Sundays officers election. Young people choir practice Thursday 7 30 p m. Postponed New Year party after the meeting. Numerous Christmas family gatherings reported briefly to conserve space.
Mr and Mrs Christ Teutehmaty and Frank of Shullsburg Wisconsin visited Saturday staying through Monday in the John Dennler home. Dinner guests included Jacob Christen Elizabeth and Clara Muehlenthaler and later visits at the Will Christen and Elmer Christen homes in Guttenberg. The Will Friederich family spent Saturday with Mrs Flanagan in Strawberry Point. Additional guests included Mr and Mrs John Dennier Mr and Mrs Wm Larson Mr and Mrs Jake Lehman Ida Christen George Leo and Lavern Denner the Walter Butikofer family Edwin Hanson and Louis Hofer at Christmas dinner with Mrs Pauline Dennler. Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer and Frances and 2nd Mer and Mrs Wm Moore were dinner guests.
Christmas day and Eve were marked by numerous family visits and dinners. Families listed include Mayon, Minihan, Schreiffer, Christen, Muehlenthaler, Schneider, Dennler, Hanson, Wenger, Baumgartner, Erickson, Moore, Meyer, Loftsgard, Torkelson, Schupbach, Pollock, Budikofer, Kirkeberg, Gunderson, Anderson, Olson, and others in multiple households. The gatherings spanned Christmas Eve and Sunday visits, with birthdays celebrated and trips noted such as Milo Olson departing for Elgin Illinois.
Community events report Christmas visits at multiple homes. Guests include Reiersons, Halversons, Loftsgards, Andersons, Olsons, and others, with family clusters noted across Clarence Kirkeberg Gilbert Halversons P. K. Petersons and Mare Island connections.
Grand Meadow News notes multiple gatherings as Ames Olson family and relatives visit Howlora Klass in Monona. Fern and DeAlta Buraas join supper at Anton Skaren’s. Caroline Erickson, Selmer attend Christmas dinner with Lloyd Aanes relatives. Selmer Holm family dinner at Andrew Reinhart home. Carrie Thorson spends Christmas with Clarence Olson. Holmes and Leo Larson family visit near West Union.
A string of dinner and visiting guests from Adrian area families gathered at the Spencer Nesvick, Bert Lyngaas, Willard Martin, Julia Landsgard, Alfred Buraas and other homes over the weekend. Echo notes community ties and lists many households. The column then shifts to farm topics, urging farmers to keep eggs clean for higher prices and noting a projected improvement in the farm labor outlook after wartime demand. Demand for farm labor rose to wartime peaks through 1945, with a 40 percent drop in 1944 as conditions eased.
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