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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
8
Residents share visits and confirmations across Clermont and surrounding towns. Many families hosted dinners and gatherings at homes of Loftsgards, Reiersons, Landsgårds, and Olson relatives while Pvt Olvin Olson served in Amarillo. Mary Ann’s and Olvin’s confirmations are highlighted amid weekend trips to Waterloo, Jesup, and Decorah.
Cedar Rapids residents recall Kenneth as a confirmand while Arthur Amundson attended a picnic at the Ole Amundson home near Clement. Mrs. Quinton Clark attended Lorence Halverson’s funeral in Volga City. Marion Lind and family from Manchester spent the weekend with Oscar Lind’s family.
Memorial program at Illyria church scheduled for Sunday June 4 at 2 PM with singing reading and addresses led by Rev J C Warton and Rev Sunderlin. The American Legion to conduct cemetery observances. Local social notes mention guests and visits among the Kerr Shaffer families Rothlisberger Medberry Moore Lindaman Frieden Yunker McKellar Knight Roberts and Chapman among others with community day planned for July 4.
The report lists numerous Sunday gatherings and dinners at homes around Postville and nearby towns. It notes guest lists for Kyle Patterson, David and Thomas Dennler, and Thomas Dennler birthday observance, plus hospital and cemetery society events, a Chicago job change, and a June 14 meeting reschedule for the Ladies’ Aid.
Mrs. Marshall Helms and children visited the Cleve Erhardt home Sunday. A. E. Burroughs of Fredericksburg dined with S. S. Patterson. Mrs. Howard Boyle and others called on Dan Craft. Supper guests at Wm Nutting's included W. H. Brandt of Garna ville and Oran Nutting. The B Y P A met in Brainard church Friday evening. John Rutledge drove to Edgewood Friday.
The dodo, a large flightless bird once on Mauritius, resembles a pigeon but was clumsy and larger than a turkey. Hogs introduced to the island contributed to its demise, and no live dodo has been recorded since 1861.
In 1936 Latin America imported 1 680 000 tons of steel plant products from producers worldwide. In the same year Latin America produced only a few hundred thousand tons of finished steel products.
In St Peter's Square the Basilica of St Peter is the largest church in the world and Italian police customarily keep to the basilica steps. To its east the papal palace with about 1000 rooms overlooks the square where Pope Pius XII resides.
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