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Elgin Social Roundup Full of Summer Visits
A long list of local gatherings and visits spans Elgin and surrounding areas with relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids to Decorah. Sunday dinners, Fourth of July trips, and weekend hostings feature many families including Pfister, Strauch, Frieden, Halvorson, and Schupbach, along with out‑of‑state guests from California and Texas.
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Clarence Betergen
Gregory
Walker
Leo Backman
Harold Pfister
Reierson
Curtis Martin
Pfister
Loren Casper
Shiav
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Texas
R. P. Strauch
R. P. Strauch Beata Af
Aiben Scheo
Liana
Virtus Yack
Larry
Barry
Gary
Excelsior Springs
Irene Yack
Wim . Bunning
Prairie du Chien
Wise
Ada Kay Falb
Cedar Rapids
Leo Falb
LaVerne Larson
Millard Olson
Elmer Larson
Ames Olson
Keren
Almer Amundson
Richard
Oliver Larson
Ramona
Lenee
Orvin
Olson
Karen
JoAnn
Anita Olson
Ronald Amundson
San Diego
Calif
Anne Larson
Kenneth Fettkether
Elgin
H. H. Wolf
Halverson
Nels Gilbert
E. P. Johnson
Fresno
Cedar Peace
Martin Anderson
Chrystal
Burnell Anderson
Judy Holtz
Rockford
Ill
Edward Krueger
Walter Lundy
Donna
Susie
Decorah
Mary Ol
Orville Berg
Leo Larson
Enoch Mark
Gena Seiden
George T. Hansony
E. Johnson
Hans Sandvold
Gerhard Halvors
Donald Frank
Spring Valley
Minnesota
Levi Frieden
Loran Frieden
Michael Anderson
Merlyn Andersons
Elkader
Mervin Anderson
Bertina Halverson
George Schroyer
West Union
Richard Hofer
Terry Hofer
Chicago
Orville-Berg
Marry Gunderson
Edwin Olson
Maynard
Henry Kittelson
Alphie Thorson
Charles Thorson
Clarence Thorson
Clifford Kittelson
George Hanson
Arthur
Rose Steinerson
Richard Olson
Roger
John Wells
Comanche
Iowa
Laura Leui
Rock Falls
Illinois
Geneva
Lee Wells
Gerald Gutcher
Jack Willett
Cedar Falls
Jacob Gehring
Earl‘Kiple
Lena Cooley
Milton Miller
Rose Reusser
Denice
Florida
Dubuque
Harriet Jordan
Jack Hanson
Greg
Melvin Hanson
Ernestine Holzer
Burma Cook
Lyle Nelson
Minneapolis
Seattle
Wash
Canada
Barbara Muehlethaler
Estherville
Louis Obige
Charles Nourse
Maurice Frank
Maureen
Norma
Pamela
Westchester
Sarah Schupbach
Lena
Ruth
Buterick
Waldo Embretson
Waldo
St. Olaf
Debra Gisleson
Janet Everett
Eunice Metzger
Geo. Butikofer
Willard Schrader
Walter Lehman
Patty
John Suhrén
Quincy
Russell Goodell
Harry Cooney
Iowa City
Marie Tatro
DeVere Halverson
Bettina Halverson
Edward Klingman
Lovely Lane
Donald Caspers
Caspers
Robert Helms
Ash ~ Baker
Fayette
Clara Helium
Ole Reierson
Cole Brothers
Indiana
Bertha Lehman
Lyle Lenth
Sheepert
Ind
Tweed Brooks
Dallas
Lenth
Lehman
Charles City
Loren
Ed Boleyn
Tommy
Gary Fehlhafer
Clarence Fehlhafer
McGregor
Edw. Fehlhofer
Dwayne Medberry
Rockford, Il
Elsie Popenhagen
Walter Medberry
Maggie Kuper
Oelwein
Charles Wenger
Chas. O'Neill
Robert Medberry
Lori
Myron Moore
Stanley Paul
Portage
George Wright
Gordon Mosby
Carole
M. J. Blockhus
Donald Page
LaVerne Mabbb
Monte
Ted Mabb
Portage, Wise
C. B .Schori
Alice Schori
Georgia Mae
Ben Schoris
Calmar
J. D. McCully
Minn
R. A. Crider
Vicki Keith
Rialto
George Maneely
Rock Port
Matilda Feller
Reuben Schupbach
Gordon Schupbach
Mason City
Otis Torkelson
Alfred Christensen
Hawkeye
Virgil Frieden
Rex Mulford
Sally Stephenson
Oran Tande
Debbie
Des Moines
Jack Adrian
Ruth Adrian
Adrian
Roland Grover
Cindy
Bill Schlee
Postville
Florence Baldwin
Gerald Heck
Lester Crowell
Jesup
Bess Kinnan
Kinnan
Frank Sturmt
George Breitkreuz
Town City
Clifford Walters
Walters
Breitkreuz
James Rubens
Laurence West
Robert Chapman
Robert Boleyn
Terry