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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1943
Page
8
Local residents report numerous visits and social events across Rochester, Delhi, Guttenberg, Arlington, and surrounding areas. Frequent gatherings include dinners, suppers, and weekend trips as families host relatives and friends from Louisville, Cedar Rapids, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, and nearby towns.
Oak Grove society notes weekend visits as Mr and Mrs Wm Kohls spent Sunday evening at Mrs Mary Allens. Mr and Mrs Richard Brackin called on Silas Wilson. Clifton Wilson and Mrs Howard Boyle visited Friday. John Howard Sr and Jr hosted Sunday calls. Mrs Louis Dennler visited George Jones with children Thomas and Margie. Mrs Harry Gilson celebrated with three children and spouses at her birthday gathering. William and Wayne Gilson with families attended, along with Mr and Mrs William Frederick. Mr and Mrs WG Howard and family dined with Earl Kiple. Hans Grether and family also called at the Gilson home.
De Frances Krueger called at the Harry Gilson home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Kohls hosted dinner with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Wilson and Patty. Many local families welcomed relatives and friends during Sunday gatherings at the Dennler, Kohls, Gilson, and Grover homes. Several couples and individuals visited the Kohls and Dennler households on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. Sgt. Robert Wilson and wife joined Clifton Wilson for supper Saturday.
Ruth Opland returns from California to a round of supper guests including Pfe and Mrs Lottsgard and the Andersons. Families attended a tribute for Orlando Loftsgard and Harley Johnson on furlough. A Sunday picnic at Postville park honored Earl Medberry of Great Lakes Naval Station with many relatives and friends from Clermont, West Union, Elgin, Elkader and Osian plus local servicemen visiting.
Mr and Mrs Ole Loftagard were supper guests Friday evening in the Louis Butikofer home. Harold Shershaug left Friday for his home at Ames after spending a few weeks at the J J Olgon home.
A long list of Sunday and past week visits and hospitality is recorded. Betty Nagel’s upcoming marriage to Pfc. John Nagel is noted along with numerous family dinners picnics and social calls involving Yunker Frieden Page Burns Grover Dennler Kohls Rothlisberger Frieden and several other locals and visitors across West Union Wadena Elkader Waterloo and nearby areas.
Numerous families from Marion Oelwein Elkader and West Union visited relatives in their homes and at picnics Sunday. The Walter Medberry, Floyd Frieden, Arthur Phillips, Jacob Yearous and Ben Dennler households hosted guests. cemetery and Ladies Aid groups met at the Foxwell home with plans for a West Union fair picnic.
Attendees included Mrs. Albert Dennler, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burrow and Howard Medberry and family. Gladys Yauslin visited the Doty home earlier. Arthur Yearous visited Volga, Earl Scheffert visited Clermont with Richard Olson family.
A University of Iowa journalism survey reports forty weekly Iowa newspapers suspended in the past two months due to shortages of skilled help or publishers joining the armed forces. The study highlights the impact of wartime pressures on local press operations and community information access.
Edgewood News Gilmore City Enterprise Ireton Ledger Palmer Press Lineville Tribune and Emmetsburg Democrat announced suspensions lasting for the war. Palmer Press led as first Iowa paper shut for lack of advertising revenue with the slogan Bomb the Japs With Scrap.
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