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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1942
Page
8
Mrs Robi Wilson called Tuesday at the Clifton Wilson home and many local families shared visits and dinners over the week.Harvey Howard of Neilsville, Wis visited relatives here Thursday and Friday as households hosted extended kin.
Illyria items note Guernsey Smith and family were guests Saturday at Leonard Moore home near Elkader for Dennis Cook, Smith, and Moore birthdays. Robert Schneider of Ames visited from Thursday to Sunday. Mrs. Harold Kimball stayed Friday with Gene Westcott near West Union. Andrew Yearous hosted Sunday. Celia Andrae weekended with Fred Rothlisberger and Reynold Strong. Harold Kimball and Mrs. Ernest Meyer visited West Union hospital. Frieden family mentioned. Chas Woods improving from pneumonia. Flanagan ill with flu. Relatives and friends called at Jerome Yearous home last week, including Raymond Ben.
A long list of neighbors gathered for visits and events across Fayette and surrounding towns. Families including Yearous, Woods, Chapman, Dennler, Meisner, Pollock, and Ernst shared meals, quilting parties, birthdays, and church activities, with many guests from Castalia, West Union, Strawberry Point, and Volga joining in. Local gatherings featured band performances at Wertman gym, farm moves, cattle sales, and multiple Sunday visits to celebrate family occasions.
Fred Hanson Mr and Mrs Harold Meisner George Lerch John Uber and Mr and Mrs John Dennler were dinner guests in Will Fried erich home Sunday. Mrs Orlin Mason called at the L Christen home Friday afternoon Mr and Mrs Martin Wenger and
Social notes report Mr and Mrs Ole Reierson and family visiting in Melvin Vick’s home and many neighbor visits. War era items describe droughtless wells rising in Iowa, a Navy officer granted 18 hours for marriage, and a local drive for defense bonds with store sales. Also snippets on garage fire and ham curing myth.
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