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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
8
Sunday school begins at 10 15 a m and worship service at 11 15 a m. Campers depart for Senior High Institute at Clear Lake at 1 30 p m. Numerous local families attend gatherings and visits across Volga, Elkader, Lamont, Montea and nearby towns, with birthday and reunion events noted and many relatives traveling between Cedar Rapids and West Union.
Community visitors and gatherings fill a Cheery Valley week with relatives from Canton Waterloo West Bend and Ponca City stopping by homes of the Minihans Christen family and others in the area. Local anniversaries and church events mark Sunday's social scene as neighbors share meals and greetings.
Sunday and weekend visitors fill homes across Gunder and surrounding towns. Families from Cedar Rapids to Ames share meals, birthdays, and church events while updates note hospital visits, baptisms, and upcoming reunions among locals like Loftsgards, Reiersons, Olsons, Winters, and Naylor.
Mr and Mrs Van Ledbetter of Oelwein and Jim Burgess of Kansas City visited Ed Fenner's Friday. Mrs Walter Pritchard and others stayed with Charles Corbin Sunday in Arlington. Geh ring and Janet joined Vern Boyer in West Union Sunday. Reeder family hosted Don Reeder home Sunday. Lyle Martin and children dined with Melvin Hanson Friday. Alice Boyer Ann Mann Ralph and Joan Gerner visited Don Reeder Monday afternoon. Wilson Patterson and family visited Don Reeder Thursday afternoon. Melvin Hanson hosted Sunday supper with Jack Jim Hanson Bob Hanson and Lyle Martin family. Joe Peters home saw Harvey Howard family and Lilla Worcel visit Sunday afternoon. Kermit Roland family and Janet Gehring spent midweek at Ames for a 4‑H convention. Gehring was a delegate from the Illyria Clipperettes.
Mr and Mrs Vern Soyer with Alice Lola and others enjoyed a picnic and fishing at Harpers Ferry on Tuesday. The Don Reeder family called at Albert Erickson Jr home in McGregor in the evening. Mrs Melwin Hanson and Mrs Lyle Martin with children called at Bob Hanson home in Eldora on Wednesday afternoon. Donnie Peters of Waterloo was Sunday dinner guest in Joe Peters home. Mrs Billy Peters with Cindy and Steven spent Wednesday at George Paperhome in Clermont. Glen Boyer and family were dinner guests last Sunday in Harry Andersons Hawk Eye home.
Virtually the entire population of Hawkeye, about 1800 people, traveled by car to Elkader last week for the fourth annual picnic staged by the Businessmen's Club. Only a telephone operator, the station agent, and a few others remained at home.
Voters in Alpha and the North Fayette districts approved consolidation by 286 to 24. The merger adds 27 sections of land to North Fayette, bringing it to about 180 sections. Alpha’s Nightschool ended last year with high school students attending West Union.
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