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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1943
Page
8
Numerous local families and friends gather for New Year events and visits. Guests include the Yearous, Rothlisberger, Chapman, Foxwell, Ulish, Medberry, Klingman, Schaffer, and other households. Several members note illnesses, travel, and a death in Oakville, with many small group gatherings and birthday mentions.
Mrs J M Shaffer visited Friday and Saturday at the Howard Shaffer home. Walter Dennler and family were New Year dinner guests in the Beryl Boleyn home near Fayette. Jim Barrett and family from Ivansville Indiana were dinner guests Monday in the Herbert Ash home. Shaffer spent Saturday evening in the Harry Gilson home. Silas Wilson and family called at the Harry Feller home Sunday afternoon. Herbert Ash and family visited J F Lane home in West Union Saturday. Louis Becker and family called at George Howard home Friday. Wayne Gilson and Gary spent Sunday with the Harry Gilson home. Herbert Ash family were supper guests in the Chas Hader home Sunday. Rebt Wilson returned to Boone Nebraska after Christmas with daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Wm Leighty. Mrs Harry Gilson called in Clifton Powell home Friday. Mrs George Howard and Mrs Doyle Baker spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs Reuben Howard. Walter Dennler and dinner guests Sunday in Melbert Meyer home. dinner honored Dennis Meyer's birthday anniversary Saturday. Sons spent Thursday evening in the George Anderson home. Harold Strong and sons and Mrs Amelia Strong were dinner guests in Johnnie Wilson home Sunday. Harry Gilson called Thursday at Roy Leuchtanmacher home. Louis Dennler and family and Oran Bane and family were dinner guests in John Nydegger home New Year's day. Kathryn Powell was a caller at the Harry Gilson home Wednesday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Staake and family visited at the Otto Hangen home Friday. Supper guests Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs Myron Anderson included C J Anderson Mrs Ole Loftsgard Orvin Thompson and Eleanor Butikofer. Ed Brackin and Yvonne Gisleson of Chana Illinois spent New Year s day and weekend with relatives in Gunder and Elgin. Various other gatherings followed including Ole Loftsgard returning from Fort Benning Georgia and joint meetings of local ladies groups January 9 at the church parlors with listed hostesses.
The Office of Censorship urges editors and the public to avoid publishing precise troop and ship identifications. Do not mention unit names, ship names, or exact overseas assignments as such details can aid the enemy and lengthen the war.
William C. Stuart of Chariton joins the legal profession, the fourth generation in the Stuart family to practice law. He was admitted to the bar weeks ago and recently graduated from the State University of Iowa, but will not begin practice immediately as he has enlisted in the naval air corps.
Farm machines rely on sharp edges for best performance. Sharpening with oilstones or whetstones is essential, with grinding done by emery wheels or grindstones. Protect eyes, use guards, and assess welding versus replacement for worn parts based on cost and feasibility.
A rare white opossum was found by John Popson near Albia in an Iowa community. Christmas Santa actor J W Gethmann of Gladbrook brightened locals for the 24th year, visiting Main Street children and shut-ins with gifts donated by local businesses.
In the Tunisia area Allied forces press toward the sea from Medjez El Beb as British and American units move to trap Rommel’s retreat along the Gulf of Sirte. Intense Allied air attacks back the advance in this sector.
Mrs KE W Heammer of Ames fell on an icy street and broke her right arm. Her dog gathered scattered mail and carried it to the post office. The item mentions an OWA annual gift, a 14 pound Christmas turkey for the Morris family of Guthrie Center, and a penny drive at Indianola High School aiming for 10 000 pennies for war stamps.
The LeMars Globe-Post reported two carrier boys used their skates to deliver papers after a storm that blanketed the ground in ice. A photographer the next morning observed them skating along sidewalks and turning in at each house to complete deliveries.
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