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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1962
Page
8
Illyria News reports Eugene Wenger hospitalized at Palmer Memorial Hospital in West Union with medical treatment underway. Numerous local families hosted and visited, wedding at Norwegian Lutheran Church north of West Union, various dinners and social calls across Castalia, Clermont, Elkader, Oelwein, and surrounding towns. Community Day address by Rev. Baskerville and Youth Fellowship play practice noted.
Mrs Kate Rolf and other visitors drop by Richard Kohls and Glenn Boyer homes Friday and Sunday. Allan Gehring, Norma and Janet Gehring plan summer at home. Memorial Day dinners and study club events also noted with multiple local households visiting and hosting in West Union Lime Springs Clermont and Cedar Falls area.
Cheery Valley Mrs George Nickels and Gerald visited Sunday in the Joe Olson home Clermont Mr and Mrs Lester Butikofer Farmersburg Ole Emberson and Luella Brown Elkader were visitors in the Ben Butikofer home Helen Christen left Elkader for Madrid to attend 4-H health camp until Friday The Jack Zuercher family Mt Vernon visited the Albert L Dennler home Mrs Ellen Mason returned from Elkader Hospital with Alma Scholen Arlene and Corrine Johnny and Ricky Moser Mr and Mrs Ernest Baumgartner Delbert Chapman Mr and Mrs Clem Meyer Mrs Frank Christen and the Albert L Dennler family also visited Sam Dennler home in Council Bluffs dinner guests Thursday.
Mrs Cora Frieden and Mrs Melvin Clark of Pampa Texas visited Monday evening in the Fred Butikofer home. Marilyn Butikofer was an all night guest Thursday of Diane Butikofer in the Silas Butikofer home. Mr and Mrs Ernest Christen and Lucy Christen visited Sunday afternoon in the Paul Bossard home Farmersburg. The Don Dominy family of Clear Lake and Archie Howard with Ann were supper guests Saturday in the Martin Hanson home. Diane Hanson was an all night guest Saturday in the Martin Hanson home. Edwin Hanson called Sunday evening. Melvin Clark and children left for their home in Pampa Texas Tuesday. The Albert L Dennler family visited Sunday afternoon in the Harry Butikofer home.
General cleaning at Gunder church on June 19 drew good attendance. Numerous social visits and Sunday gatherings across Gunder and nearby towns involved the Loftsgard, Anderson, Gisleson, Holm, Kjosa, Olson, Amundson, and Nelson families with relatives in Decorah, Clermont, Cedar Falls, and Dubuque, plus residents attending dinners and suppers at various homes.
Lor and Kathleen Gisteson were Sunday dinner guests in the Otto Gisteson home. Kathleen returned to her studies at Luther for the summer term.
Mr and Mrs L L Kiple and David entertained Saturday evening for Mr and Mrs William Howard jr John and Carolyn formerly of Recife Brazil visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs William Howard sr Other guests included Mr and Mrs Robert Mueller Marshalltown Mr and Mrs Norman Mitts and Brenda Durant Mrs Nellie Reusser and Ina Kohler Mrs Mel Kohler and Mrs Lyle Light with evening visitors.
At the June 4 rally in Garnaville gym the Marion Happy Hustlers 4 H Club, with Richard Reierson and Paul Amundson among attendees, saw Paul win the boys better groomed contest while both boys and girls clubs were represented.
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