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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1936
Page
8
Cheery Valley residents share visits and social gatherings at various homes. Families including Schneider, Friederich, Dennler, Gregerson, Peeper, Butikofer, Christen, and others host and attend weekend and weekday gatherings, birthdays, and dinners across Zin Des Moines Rochester Elgin Elkader and Volga areas, with many relatives traveling to and from Parental Dennler homes.
Fragmentary OCR notes state Alyria Itema Mrs Robt Wilson sr has been staying with her daughter Mrs Fre ent and now with another daughter Mrs Hans Winkler in Akorne Mrs Voc Rothlisberger and Ella with last Wednesday.
Mrs Myrtle Medberry leads a long list of weekend visits and calls across Cheery Valley Elgin and West Union with neighbors Fatigue and farm sale reports interwoven. The item notes Arthur Friederichs farm sale at Cheery Valley last Wednesday with residents and relatives attending including L V Humphry visiting Clermont and many local families hosting and visiting each other amid church society events and 4 H meetings in Fayette.
Mrs. Le Roy Meyer from near El kader and Mrs. Arthur Hermen with daughter La Fonda were guests in the Chas Doty home last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Walter Medberry and children visited Mrs. Ed Medberry last Wednesday. Coronel and daughter were guests in the S. H. Paxwell home Sunday evening.
Local residents exchange visits and meals across Brainard as families host guests in George Barker and Sidney Patterson homes. Multiple trips list attendance, and school elections in district No. 4 reelect Herman Boyer as director. Rev G A Thomas began a church notes series.
The notice outlines a church schedule with Sunday school at 10 a m, morning worship at 11, and evening services at 7 30 in the evening. It notes sermons on the eight Covenants of the Bible beginning this week.
Emil Gulsvig and son Elner spent Sunday evening at the C. J. Anderson home. Mrs. Henry R. Larson visits her daughter Mrs. Henry Mork and family for the week. Mrs. Henry Nyberg was at the John Heilum home Sunday. Mrs. Gilberg Tlalverson visits sister Mrs. L. P. Larson for a couple of weeks to recuperate. Lillian Halverson helped Mrs. Lou McNally with housework. Oscar Knudtson helped Gilbert Loftsgard with butchering. Mrs. C. J. Anderson and daughter Bessie stayed at the K. B. Mark home in Elgin. Dr. J. Neasham and Gladys Odegard of Ossian called on Mrs. B. Nelson. Selma Odegard returned home with them for a few days with the Neashams. Friends sympathize with Mrs. A. Gulsiig on the loss of her sister Mrs. Carl Wetzel. Funeral held at St. Paul’s Lutheran church Saturday afternoon. Eileen Leftegard recovering well from appendectomy at West Union hospital. Gilbert Halverson and family dined with L. P. Larson. Marion church parlor shower honored Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Solberg with gifts. Midnight lunch served. couple left for their farm near Hawkeye.
The attorney general rules that Town public school teachers are entitled to pay during shutdowns caused by the cold wave. The ruling follows a request by Miss Agnes Samuckon, state school superintendent, and is reported in todays Echo with local bargains noted.
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