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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1949

Page

8

Community Guests and Family Visits Reported in Brainerd Area

Social notes list visits and meals among local families including Vern Boyer Ralph Knoll Joe Peters Willis Lyon and Walter Pritchard. extended gatherings at Clifton Kerr Marshell Helms and Chloa Lyon homes. hospital and news include Imogene Bond undergoing an appendectomy and Mrs Mayme Molumby planning winter in St Paul with sisters. Duane Rauig teaching while Imogene remains hospitalized.

Vern Boyer Ralph Knoll New, Hampton Joe Peters Willis Lyon Walter Pritchard Robert Kerr Clifton Kerr Don Reeder Oscar Reeder West Union Hans Frederick Roger Marshell Helms Rev Deaver Fredericksburg Mary Bartlett Mar Ian Gary Chloa Lyon Arlo Homewood Tom Boyer Glen Hoyer Boyer

Wadena News Social Notes and Declamatory Contest

Mrs Alfred Johnson spent Thursday and Friday in West Union visiting Earl Halverson Ralph Reed and Robert Ernst homes and attended the declamatory contest where her niece Colleen Reed competed. John DeWard Mildred De Waid and Janet visited Cedar Rapids at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Clark. Charlton Looby hosted a card party with 500 played at four tables. Prizes went to Mrs Dale Roberts and Tim Mahoney, with Roberts also winning traveling.

Walter Dennler Elgin Charlton Looby I Eogene Bond Oelwein Hospital Joh Bushby Sherman Waters Waterloo Mildred DeWald Mayme Molumby St. Paul Minn Alfred Johnson Earl Halverson Ralph Reed Robert Ernst West Union Colleen Reed John DeWard Mildred DeWaid Janet Robert Clark Cedar Rapids Dale Roberts Tim Mahoney Lester Tope

Illyria Community notices offer a busy week of visits

Illyria area residents hosted and visited kin and neighbors across multiple households from Friday to Sunday. Many families gathered for suppers, dinners, and church events, with numerous cross-household exchanges noted in Forest Shaffer, Ralph Shaffer, Ogle, Yearous, and Chapman families among others. A cemetery association and Ladies Aid planned a meeting, while Elmer Lembke returned from a Florida trip.

Local visits mark weekend in Grand Meadow

Mrs Mellien Loftsgard spent Friday at Mrs Caro line Erickson's home while Mrs Ernest Holt visited her mother Mrs Agnes Wedo Sunday afternoon in Clermont.

Mellien Loftsgard Caroline Erickson Ernest Holt Agnes Wedo Clermont

Community Note of Sunday Visits and Dinners in Cheery Valley

The Cheery Valley News records a string of social visits. John Christen family hosted Trene and Pat Minihan Oscar Baumgartner Walter Lehman and Eugene Christen in the John Dennler home Sunday afternoon. Dinner guests Saturday included W. H. Pollock and the Friederichs. An oyster supper Sunday brought together Mr and Mrs Bert Thoman and the Butikofer home. The Dennler family and Albert Dennler visited Roscoe Larson’s Friday supper. Ernest Christen Clara Muehlenthaler and Lucy Christen visited Bert Thoman Sunday afternoon. Edwin Hanson Leo Nading and Frank Christen were at the Christen home. Ben Dennler and Harry Butikofer shared Sunday dinner at the Butikofer home. Lucy Christen and Clara Muehenthaler dined with Walter Lehman Sunday. George Leuchtmatcher returned Friday from Canastata 5 D. Bert Thoman called at the Lehman home Sunday forenoon. George Nickels of Independence spent the weekend with his family here. He is employed.

John Christen Trene Pat Minihan Oscar Baumgartner Walter Lehman Eugene John Dennler W. H. Pollock Arthur Friederich Will Friederich Bert Thoman Fred Butikofer Ben Dennler Albert L. Dennler Roscoe Larson Ernest Christen Clara Muehlenthaler Lucy Christen Edwin Hanson Leo Nading Frank Christen Harry Butikofer Lucy Christ

Close Squeeze Traps Man in Bloomfield Sewer Dig

Ollie Frymoyer, 56, of Bloomfield, was trapped last week when walls collapsed in a sewer ditch. Neighbors found his cap above ground as the eight foot hole buried him. He was freed unconscious from extreme pressure but recovered from shock with no serious injuries. Iowa dairymen urged to milk quality to boost returns.

Ollie Frymoyer Bloomfield

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Brainard News Wadena News Ilyria Will Christen Rochester Mann Will Chase Walter Fritz Martha Chap Man Oran Bane Forest Shaffer Illyria Glen Gifford Elkader Dean Pollock Arthur Yearons Melbert Meyer Ida Meyer Harold Meyer Strawberry Point Jerome Yearous Lena Hunsberger Ellen Fred Burrow Eureka Burrow Chas.e Fritz Hawkeye Burrow Inez Shaffer Reynold Virgil Torson Clifton Thomas Kerr Cleve Bennett Ralph Shaffer Helmer Loftsgard DeVere Halverson Jacob Schneider Edwin Loftsgard Floyd Frieden Orvin Thompson Junior Bane Thomas Ogle Albert Dennler Max Medberry Gerald Shaffer Carol M. V. Kiple Arnold Sanders Perry Medberry Arlene Myrtle Medberry Leo Benson Mary Ogle Florence Thoman Harold Strong Alton Medberry and Lyle Walter Ash, Jr Ernest Meyer Clem Harry Reichert Lyle and Lavon Martha Chapman Gene Wenger Virgil Troyer Wenger Bros Elmer Lembke Florida Fleet Frieden Handy Hands Girls Dalene Shaffer John Grimm Thos Pollock Guernsey Smith Harold Grimm Cemetery Assn Ladies’ Aid Society Thos, Foxwell Arthur Hermon J James Lester Chase Arthur Yearous Florence Clarence Thoman Reynold Strong Otis Ruth Rothlisberger Wm. Yearous Sharon Lyle Patterson Earl Redmond Myron Chapman Ed Wenger Guernsey Smith and Paul Martin Wenger I. F. Shaffer Fayette Fanny Frieden Lena ‘Schupbach Salome Thoman Clara Myrtie Peterson Alvin Halverson Oliver Larson Clarence Olson Leo Larson Adrian Clifford Larson Julia Landsgard Laura Holt Immanuel Larson Arthur Olson Ronald Ed Johnson Doris Ole Peterson Selmer Lloyd Aanes Milford Olson Bert Bruckner Elmer Erickson Wayne Erskine State Hospital Independence Martin Hanson Clayton Schreiner Sam Dennler Jane Emil Moore LeMars Evi ' Mitchell Julius Hop Iowa Grand Meadow News Chevrolet Irs Visiblity Nas Heri John Falk & Sons Elgin, Iowa General Motors Proving General Motors Chavrolet Falb Motor & Implement Postville, Iowa Cheery Valley News E. R. Withele, D. C State Bank Brig Schori Bros Elgin, Jowa Social Security Deeds Securities Elgin State Bank Ember Federal DIAL Wadena Laurence Knudtson U. S Echo Stationers Lowa
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