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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
8
A long list of neighbors from Illyria and nearby areas hosted and attended gatherings over New Year and Sundays. Guests included Berg, Kimball, Hunsberger, Yearous, Rothlisberger, and Pollock families with multiple stops at Hunsberger, Gehring, Kimball, and Klingman homes. Local clubs and aids prepared meals and met for the Ladies Aid and Cemetery Association.
Local notes recount New Year visits and dinners among Butikofer, Metzger, Dennier, Christen, Meyer, and related families across Brainard and nearby towns. Notable items include births, a New Year party, oyster supper, a funeral at Brainard church, and church notes with services upcoming. A string of neighborly visits links the community through December and early January.
Mrs. S Patterson and Wilson and Marian returned New Year from a ten day visit in Chicago with relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Chas Peters are making their home with Arthur Pat
Meadow residents host and visit across several homes including Olson, Landsgard, Erickson, Anderson, and Burns. Notable gatherings include mission society at church, and Marjorie Larson reopening school after Christmas break.
County Line News notes Sunday visits at the Swenson home by Oliver Torkelson family and Roy Swenson family, with calls from Millard Bilden and Julia Biden. Norman Amundson returned to Ames with Harry Heigerson and Tom Olson for school. Others stayed through Thursday including Helgerson. Friday supper guests included M. J. Blockhus family, with Orville Berg and Raymond Friederich, and New Year’s visitors in Clifford Kittleson home as Clara Blockhus assisted Bessie Blockhus.
The narrative lists numerous visits and dinners among residents including Mrs. Henry Peterson Ruth Selmer Groth Helgerson Gilbertson Kittleson Reierson Amundson Blockhus Larson Hanson Thorson Reijerson and others. Events span Thursday to New Year's gatherings with meals, games, and varied guests at multiple homes in the community.
Theo Wold and the Andersons visited the John Hellum home Sunday afternoon. Louis Kjosa stopped by Vera Trade's home Monday. Eileen and Raymond Loftsgard hosted dinner with Eileen Hanson Saturday. Floyd Odegard spent Sunday with the Chas Odegard family. Thelma Burden returned to work in Wadena after a two week vacation. P K Peterson and Arthur Landsgaard with families shared Sunday dinner at Ralph Gunder’s home.
Mrs T J Olson and Mrs Christine Rypestol entertain the Ladies Aid at church parlors Thursday afternoon. Myron Hoag leaves for Des Moines after volunteering for service as the first from the community. Delores Nyborg returns to teaching duties near Brandon after vacation at the Nyborg home. Carroll Boles of Meirci injured seriously after a car jam incident.
John H. Wilmes of LeMars was injured while working with a bridge crew when his head became caught. His eyelid was partly torn before rescuers could free him.
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