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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1962
Page
8
A long list of visitors and overnight guests populates weekend social roundups from Brainard and nearby towns. Families from Kerr, Waterloo, West Union, Independence, Brandon, Clermont, and other places joined meals and calls, with several dropping by Glenn Boyer and Lawrence Gehring households for dinners and Sundays.
A parent explains that when they can answer their children's questions it shows the children are maturing. The remark highlights parental guidance as a sign of development.
State College Pennsylvania professor A E Neyhart of Penn State and AAA consultant urges high school driver education teachers to add a six minute method for fitting tire chains in basic courses. The aim is to boost youth self reliance, teach parents, and prevent blocked snowplows and even fire trucks during snow.
The Cheery Valley Good Neighbors Club met January 9 at Mrs. Lester Wenger’s home with co hosts Mrs Celia Thoman and Mrs Walter Lantz. Members shared good news from 1941 and discussed officer elections. Several gifts and memorials were noted, along with visits and birthday songs. Hostess lineup for February announced and members aided the Good Samaritan Home.
Illyria, Don Leonard and Mary Johnson of Elkader visited Friday at Lawrence Nelson's home. Mrs. Joe Langerman of Fayette dined with the Will Christen family Friday. Florian Burchette of Arlington visited Orran Bane Friday evening. Floyd Patterson Sr. of Wadena called Monday at William Yearons' home. GM3 Lyle Medberry returned to San Diego last Wednesday after visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strong were Sunday dinner guests of Clive Helms. Mr. Clyde Ramsey of Arlington and Mrs. Robert Hyde with Julie of Mason City were weekend visitors.
A wry line links domestic life and media narratives, suggesting a risk in seeking truth behind headlines. The remark implies the breakfast table as a forum where a housewife voices views on her husband and current events.
A long list of guests and Sunday visits fills the Volga and area scene with relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids Arlington and nearby towns. Highlights include the Forrest Shaffer family visiting the Jim Whitford home, ski jumps in Westby Wisconsin, and multiple dinners and suppers in Lansing Arcadia Arlington and Clermont homes. A church family night is planned January 25 with a 7 PM program and lunch.
The calendar lists events in Elkader and area for the week including the Elkader Production Credit annual meeting at St. Joseph Church on Thursday January 18 and a coat workshop at Elkader Municipal Building on Friday January 19. On Monday January 22 a Farm Forester session at the ASC office in Elkader runs 9:30 to 4:09. Saturday January 27 features the St Olaf Creamery annual meeting.
Friday January 9 junior 4-H party at 7 50 p m County Extension office Fayette. Saturday January 20 Clermont Comets 4-H Club meeting Brenda Steffens 4H Clothing for Boys meeting 9 00 p m Interstate building West Union. Tuesday January 23 4-H Climatology meeting at 1 00 p m County Extension Office Fayette. Wednesday January 24 Farm and Home Development Group meeting. Thursday January 25 4-H Clothing for Boys meeting. Thursday and Friday January 25 26 Feedlot Modernization and Mechanization clinic Extension office Fayette 9 00 a m 3 00 p m. In Russia they have a TV in every hotel room only it watches you.
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