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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1954
Page
8
A long list of social visits, family gatherings, farm tasks, and club meetings across West Union, Fayette, Postville, and surrounding towns. Residents attend farm tours, 4 H events, Memorial Day observances, and Dairy or Farm Bureau activities. Several trips to Sloan, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Dubuque are noted along with hosting guests and family arrivals.
Local residents share time at each other homes and visit family across Grand Meadow. Notable mentions include Mrs. Julia Liandsgard at Hd Johnson’s, Mrs. George Belschner in Cler mont, and Mrs. Jessie Loftsgard visiting from Chicago. Fort Belvoir VA is noted with Quinton Olson’s station. Ronald Lyngan’s son is confirmed, with Ewald Lyngans hosting kin for dinner.
Mr and Mrs Orville Moore visited last Monday evening in the Fred Butikofer home Irene Minihan returned home Wednesday after several days in Kansas City Missouri Archie Howard and Robert Hanson families Mrs Martin Hanson and Gladys attended Cedar Falls commencement Shirley Howard was among the graduates Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer joined the Wm Moore family for a picnic supper at the
The Marion Mission Society meeting was postponed and will now be held Friday, June 18. Hostesses are Mdms. Ida Leuchtenmacher Pal mey Halverson Clarence Anderson and Marvin Staake. The report lists several local families in attendance at events and dinners, including the Will Seely 25th wedding anniversary in Wauseka Wisconsin and commencement exercises at West High in Waterloo.
Frank McClaren of Clinton rescued a drowning woman and two children after a car wreck when his truck and trailer halted on a icy canal. Martin Larson of St Paul pulled a man and his wife from a burning tanker on a Wisconsin highway, risking flames and hot metal.
Mr and Mrs T T Loftsgard and Mr and Mrs Orwen Loftsgard with Ronald Loftsgard spent several days last week in the Postville hospital. Gilbert Halverson home were Mrs Lydig Larson LaCrosse Wis the Palmer Halverson family Monona and Mr and Mrs Everett Henkes McGregor.
A brief game between Red Oak and Bedford nearly finished after one pitch before rain interrupted play. Both teams prepared to resume later, pending weather and field conditions.
Clarence and Russ Briarly, from a Clarke County farm, plan the first novn built jet propeller helicopter. The craft, designed by Clarence during navy service, has no aeronautical background for the builders.
Harold Presuhn of near Remsen recovered a tillfold containing $100 after it was lost a year earlier during field plowing. Last week his plow unearthed the missing item.
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