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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
8
Cheery Valley residents visit relatives and attend gatherings across towns. Elmer Blinier’s funeral in Rosnoke, Missouri prompts travel by Butikofer, Frieden, Pollock, Dennler and several local families. Weekend dinners, dinners and suppers mark community ties with many households hosting guests.
Sunday at the Elkader fair grounds a picnic dinner honored Pvt Reuben Nydegger who is home on a two day furlough. Mrs Pauline Dennier Lavern and Mr and Mrs Jake Lehman visited the Chas Odegard home Sunday. Lawrence Lerch Silas Butikofer George and Paul Pulfer and Andy Bracker called at the John Dennler home Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs John Dennler and Mrs Pauline Dennler and Harry and Lavern spent Tuesday evening at the Wm Larson home. Milton Duff and Edwin Hanson spent Sunday evening at the John Dennler home.
Social notes recount a Sunday shower for Keith Smith at the Stone House near Postville attended by Mr and Mrs Ole Loftsgard and Calvin Oelke. relatives visited hospitals and Bible camp plans formed in Clear Lake. various Loftsgard and Reierson families hosted and visited locations including Decorah Clermont Clarion and West Union, with multiple relatives listed.
Ilyria items show Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Meyer and Clem with Mrs. Martha Chapman and Delbert at a picnic dinner at the Elkader fair grounds. Families including Ernst, Dennler, Rothlisberger, and Page shared visits, picnics, and dinner at various homes, with several attending a funeral for Fred Entz in Oakville and a Nus-Meisquire reunion at Arlington Park.
Long list of local visitors and hosts in West Union area churches and homes. Names include Harald Kimball Nellie Kimball Robert Schneider Bernice Olday Mary Pearson Don Rose Phyllis Gehring Tola Quigley Georgia Quigley Des Moines Des Moines area guests Leslie Yearous and family Delhart Texas Del Rio Detroit Chicago Ottumwa Clermont Farmersburg West Union Farmersburg Elgin California Tribune mentions many gatherings and Sunday dinners as well as church elders and deacons elected Arthur Yearous Perry Medberry Ben Dennler Reynold Strong Thomas Pollock John Christen Arthur Chapman Forest Shaffer Earl Rothlisberger Will Frieden Alton Medberry Margaret Shepherd Ruth Rothlisberger Arlene Glen Medberry plus organizational notes on church leadership selection.
Mr and Mrs Vern Boyer and family were guests in Herman Boyer home. Clarence Tripp and George Tripp visited Dan Craft home. Mrs Dan Craft and Barbara Gilbert dined with Anson Quackenbush in West Union. Ellen and Ruth Nutting visited Wm Nutting home. Marshall Helms family and H W Helms visited Frank Lyon home. Sidney Patterson visited Frank Lyon. Ladies Aid met June 21 at Mrs Frank Lyon home. July meeting with Mrs Levi Learn. Wm Nutting and sons visited Raymond Mays home. Barbara Gilbert and Mrs Dan Craft supper guests in Clarence Tripp home. Rt
Australia to supply American forces next year with 6,000,000 pounds of apple sauce and 12,500,000 pounds of apple butter plus 0 pounds of canned sweet corn. In 1944 additionally 5,000 tons of tropical butter spread will be produced for troops.
A brief note states that eggs provide a minimum eight day supply for good nutrition, second only to milk as an almost perfect food for pets. The fragment emphasizes eggs as a key dietary component alongside dairy.
Fertiliser should be stored in a dry weatherproof building with a floor or on a platform if no floor exists. Keep sacks in their original packing and stack no more than ten high to prevent damage and spoilage.
A historical note advises hanging or resting hog carcasses in a clean cool place just warm enough to avoid freezing for 18 to 24 hours. This method is said to force out the animal heat, making the carcass easier to cut.
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