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Newspaper

Elgin Echo

Location

Elgin, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1952

Page

8

Illyria News Social Roundup At Community Church

Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m noted at BE G Steinman minister. Many local families hosted and visited across Decorah Postville Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Volga area as extended gatherings marked a Sunday and weekend social scene. The piece also notes a January 26 birth in Bettendorf and a 35th wedding anniversary celebration for the Yearous family.

Myria Community Church G. Steinman

Social notes from Fayette and surrounding areas

Elgin residents and numerous local families visited or hosted events from Sunday to Friday. The gatherings included callers at Willie Ash in West Union, supper guests of Harold Leuenberger, and visits by the Strong, King, Shaffer, Kerr, and Yearous families in Fayette and nearby towns. Funeral attendees and dinner guests at the Shaffer and Foxwell households highlight a week of community ties and family occasions.

Harold Glass, Jr Gerald Forrest Shaffer Jim Yearous Yearous Fred Rothlisberger Volga Methodist Church Virgil Miles Bennett Farm Levere Wenthe Marlene Af Hawkeye Thomas Foxwell Jerome Yearous Will Yearous Sharon Rudy Johnson Lutheran Church Fayette Dale Klingman Elkader Carroll Klingman

Community Socials and Visits Across Cedar Rapids Area

Mr and Mrs Robert Hanson and Mr and Mrs Clarence Hofer attended a Gene Autry show in Cedar Rapids Tuesday. Several guests visited the Hanson, Thoman, Dennler, Leuchtenmacher, and Pollock households over the weekend with dinners and gatherings. The Butikofer and Hanson families hosted and joined neighbors, while Dan Butikofer Jr prepared to enter the army Jan 28.

Robert Hanson Clarence Hofer Cedar ‘Rapids Gene Autry Jake Solberger Martin Hanson Earl Garmoe Fairfield Bert Thoman Janice Karlsbraten Waterloo Dale Jensen Ida Christen Fred Butikofer Francis Wm. Moore Melissa Myrna T. Knudtson Gunnar John Christen Frank Christen Lucy Christen Thomas Pollock Harry Dennler Jake Lehman Tofield Heck Oscar Baumgartner Fred Hanson George Leuchtenmacher Albert L. Dennifer O. H. Larson Harris Larson

Christen Family Entertains Guests at Home Event

The Christen family hosted a Thursday evening gathering with guests including Mr and Mrs Wilbur Peake Mr and Mrs Richard Hofer Mr and Mrs Bert Thoman Mr and Mrs Roscoe Larson and Mr and Mrs Jerome Yearous. Birthdays for Mrs Hofer Mrs Thoman and Mrs Christen were celebrated with 600 games. High scores went to Mrs Yearous and Mr Peake, low scores to Mrs Peake and Mr Yearous. Mr Peake won the door prize. The Albert L Dennler family and Glen Dennler joined Sunday dinner with the Win Rainey family.

Arnold Sanders Postville Albert Dennler Alton Medberry Robert Yearous Cedar Rapids Arthur Yearous Guernsey Smith Armoald Digre Decorah Alta Florence Clarence Thoman Joe Dinan Harold Strong Iantha Family Dundee Jim Yearous Floyd Frieden LeRoy Rothlisberger Jerome Yearous Mervin Hunsberger Alfred Jacob John Schaer Richard Kohls Elmer Kohls Christen Bros

Social notes from Gunder area dinner and visitors

Sunday gatherings feature Mr and Mrs Herold Opland hosting multiple families including the Amundsons and Wellersvens. Erna Baumgartner visited Allan Andersons. Numerous dinners and visits across Opland, Loftsgard, Olson, Reierson, and Rypestol households with relatives from Decorah and Clermont.

Marsha T. T. Loftsgard Louis Kjosa Joe Kjosa Mervin Reierson l Kenneth Anderson E. ‘K. Mark Cornelius Reierson Lloyd Reierson P. K Peterson Chas. Schrader Carol of Decorah Henry Olson Marion Olson Alma Anderson Clermont

Take Time to Watch and Live on Winter Streets

The piece urges pedestrians and drivers to stay vigilant as winter ice and snow raise accident risk. It notes many deaths come from forgotten attention and stresses using every moment to watch for danger. It argues modern life may give time, but not safety, and calls readers to act cautiously.

Between Semester Vacation Memo and a Witty Reply

A fragment notes a mid term break with a mother, Mrs. Christine Rypestol, and mentions naturalized citizens lacking presidential eligibility. It recalls an executive in New York who wrote to a Chinese friend in San Francisco and, after a pleasantry about language, received a humorous reply: May Heaven pickle you, too.

Christine Rypestol United States New York San Francisco

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