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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1964
Page
8
The Clarion and surrounding households hosted numerous weekend visits and dinners. Families from Wadena Cedar Rapids and Clermont gathered for birthdays, baptisms, and social meals with extended relatives and friends in the area.
In Brainard News the Billy Peters family hosted a supper for Ronnie Peters fifth birthday with guests the George Pape Clermont family Gerald Blockhus family and others. Several relatives visited Bay areas including Vivien Peters Dennis Olson and Lorra ine Gilbert with numerous stops in Bellevue Waterloo West Union Postville and Oelwein. Hospital tests involve Ray Gilbert in Iowa City while social visits continued with Melvin Hanson Lyle Martin and Joe Peters Jr. households.
Numerous local families share weekend visits and gatherings across Evansdale Algona Clermont Harpers Ferry Elkader and Milwaukee. News includes births with David John Leuchtenmacher to Robert and wife and grandparents listed, plus multiple visits among the Hans Oliver Hofer Lantz Butikofer and Juvick families.
Mrs Rodney Smith Mrs Edward Krambeer and Brenda spent Tuesday in the Ole Lofts gard home. Mrs Ole Loftegard attended the Patrick-Erickson wedding at Trinity Lutheran Hawkeye Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Martin Amundson visited Sunday evening in the Otto Gisleson home. Kenneth Kjosa visited Joseph Reiersons with Mrs Kjosa. Kath leen Gisleson returned home with them. Randine Hanson visited Morris Amundson Monday afternoon. Will Bergen and Henry Nyberg hosted Sunday supper with Clarence Anderson. John Butikofer family were Thursday coffee guests at Will Bergen home. T L Loftsgard visited Ole Amundson Louise Vick Wednesday. Henny Harold Opland spent Sunday afternoon with Hund a Olson and Louis at Oeelwein. Robert Helgerson visited Sunday evening with Henry Olson. Henry Olson hosted Saturday dinner at Lloyd Schutte home in Cas a. Orvin Loftsgard and family were Friday evening guests at Oliver Larson home. Orvin Loftsgard Lloyd Loftsgard and Harold visited Mrs Lloyd Loftsgard Saturday at Lutheran Hospital LaCrosse. Mrs Orvin
The Elgin Iowa town held its organization meeting with Mayor Medberry and six council members sworn in. Committees were named for street repair waterworks finance and other town operations, with salaries set for key posts and a plan to adopt the 1964 budget aligned with prior resolutions. Weathered details include appointments for street commissioner fire chief and town attorney plus a cigarette permit.
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