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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1951
Page
8
The Week of Dedication offering yielded thanks as Mrs. Eugene Wenger’s Sunday school class collected 181 pounds of clothing for Korean relief. The March home talent night will be held Friday with a 1:00 p.m. picnic supper. many social notices follow including visits and dinners across local families. a cow accident injured Floyd Frieden with a broken hand.
The Charlton Looby and Edwin Loftsgard families and Jannan Mark were supper guests Sunday in the Elmer Lembke home. Several families and individuals attended dinners and social visits through the week, with funeral attendance for Mrs. Alice Cummings in Alpha on Saturday and various hosts hosting gatherings in West Union Fayette Kenimore and Dundee area communities.
Gunder News reports the Marion Mission Society will meet Thursday March 8 at church parlors with hostesses Mrs L C Peterson and Mary Kirkeberg. The Eugene Galloway family of Des Moines visited the E K Mark home for the weekend. Nearby guests and dinners are listed with local families and numerous Cedar Rapids visitors noted throughout the period.
Mr and Mrs Ray Jacobin left Thursday for Clear Lake for a few days with Milo Munger joining them to Nora Springs for a Frank Munger visit. A Friday evening party at the Harry Am oundson home featured Otto Gisleson Kenzi etti Anderson Mer jon Loftsgard Milo Gisleson Mr and Mrs Mervin Rejerson Mr and Mrs Gordon Lands gard and the Joe Baker family. Gordon Lands gard hosted a dinner Thursday night for Mrs George Lands gard with guests including the honored guest, George Lands gard, and Mr and Mrs Harold Lands gard plus Arthur Lands gard and Hernita.
Community notices detail visits among families in Oelwein West Bend and Volga. Residents attended Farm Bureau planning, hospital checkups in Rochester, and eye care in New Hampton. The Good Neighbors Club met with Valentine poems, prizes, and charity donations. March plans include a meeting hosted by Mildred Minihan.
Grand Meadow area social notes recount visits and gatherings. Ed and Dickman spent Wednesday in La Crosse. Archie Johnson of West Union visited Ed Johnson’s home Sunday. Gerald Schneider and the Ed Dickman family dined at Lee Havelick’s home. Millard Bilden hosted a group Saturday night. Lea Larson and Adrian joined Spenser Nesvik’s near-excerpted home gathering.
Ossian and Mrs Don Wilson relocated Monday to the Alford Buraas farm. The Ed Dickman family, who had occupied the property for two years, are moving to Belingham, Washington.
Louie Erickson returns from California and Arizona for health improvement. Leo Larson Adrian move to Orville Berg farm for the year. Gericke and Linda at Don Wilson home. Heine visited there. Helmer Lyngaas hosts dinner with Glen Nygaard family and Bert Lyngaas. Aanes Loftsgard visit Caroline Erickson. quilt group helps Fritz Blockhus. Wilson and Buraas dine with Gericke. Lyngaas at Triem home Clermont. Landsgard at Olson home for dinner.
Wadena schools report first dental cards returned by Billy Mattocks and Barbara Yestous. A long list notes students present daily, parties for birthdays, and multiple family visits and dinners across Volga Hawkeye Oelwein Dubuque and Clermont. Community events include Valentine party, 500 club gathering, and a turkey dinner with prizes.
Held over from last week the Wadena Community Club met in the school gym for a business session. The financial report was read and four directors were elected, Pagis, Agnold, Dunn, and Reith Jee.
A long list of local families hosted Sunday visits and meals in Arlington Cedar Rapids Waterloo Oelwein and Rock Island areas. Names include the Armstrongs Aylsworths Kuhenses Proberts Hermans and Bennetts among others. The piece also notes a birthday party for twins and a civic notice about wind resistance in farm building design with a March 15 deadline for bids or participation.
The piece reflects on why adults often suppress children's questions and urges encouraging curiosity. It notes that questioning peaks by ages five or six and argues survival depends on adults and leaders finding the right answers, urging society to nurture inquiry rather than shaming it.
Rows of red raspberry plants should be separated by 7 or 1 feet, while blacks and purple need to be 9 or 10 feet apart. Keeping the grainline straight is a must. lengthwise and crosswise threads are at right angles when aligned.
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