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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
8
Ilyria Community Church holds Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m with a pews dedication planned. Local residents share Sunday visits with relatives and friends across Fayette Postville Decorah Grays Lake and Ames.
Local society notes list numerous Sunday visitations and dinners at homes in West Union and Cedar Falls. Families including Gehring, Kilcher, Kerr, Bane, and Dennler share gatherings with neighbors and relatives. Community groups plan meetings in May with volunteers from the Cemetery Assn and Ladies Aid Society, while club activities continue at the home of Harold Strong.
Brainard News notes many local residents visiting friends and family across West Union Hawkeye and nearby towns. Guests include Mr and Mrs George Boyle Mrs Chloa Lyon Dick Henry family and Herman Boyer with extended visits by Reeder Nutting Kerr Lyon and Ruroden households. Ruth Nutting returned from Iowa City with a cast while multiple dinners and birthday gatherings mark a busy social week.
Cheery Valley residents including Gerald Dennler and John Muehlenthaler Jr. of Des Moines spent the weekend in Dennler homes. John Christen family visited in Wm Rainey home. Mrs Albert L Dennler visited Otis Torkelson home. The Leuchtenmachers and Louis traveled to Cannastota S D. Mrs Geo Nickels spent time in Martin Hangon home. Walter Butikofer family visited Jacob Butikofer home. Rev and Mrs Nesset of Clermont visited Albert L Dennier and family. Dennier and Dennier guests dined with Ben Dennler. Martin Hanson and Archie Howard families dined with Will Chase in Volga. Mrs John Christen and children and Claneueennanterney visited James Duff home in Volga. Grandma Kalworth of Extra plans spring gardening.
The item lists numerous visits and dinners in Wadena and nearby towns. It notes Emma Humphry of Winnipeg visiting Maggie Cook and others, plus Mrs. Helen Westbrook and Russell Jennings at a Fen nel home. Ella Aylsworth and Adolph Redwick announce their April 21 Syracuse wedding after Des Moines and Iowa State College ties. Various church ladies events, anniversaries, and funeral or farewell gatherings are mentioned with multiple local names and households.
Gunder News notes the Marion Mission Society will gather at church parlors on Thursday May 1. Hostesses listed include Mrs. Louis Kioza and Mrs. Theo L Loftsgard along with Mrs. A H Rankin and Johnny of Long Beach California visiting at Ray Jacobin home. Numerous local families are cited as Sunday visitors or dinner guests across Ray Jacobin, Loftsgard, Jacobia, and Erickson households in Postville and nearby areas.
Gerald Olson and Myron Houg families shared a Sunday afternoon with the Otto Gisleson family, enjoying time together at a local gathering.
Frank Worster age 74 of Monticello was severely burned after fainting and falling into a brush fire he was tending. Sam Bacon, driving by, saw Worster and pulled him from the flames.
Hubert Babbitt of Humboldt began collecting shells at 18 and now believes he has one of every US rifle and shotgun shell type. His 497 item collection features a six gauge, 50 calibre shot gum shell last produced in 1827.
A field note indicates per capita coffee consumption metrics, noting that the average U S drinker annually uses the equivalent of a year’s output from nine Scotch pine trees, highlighting a peculiar unit of measure for agricultural yield.
About 2,500 trees were planted at Lake Park in Glenwood over the past several weeks, part of a community green space effort. Local volunteers assisted with planting and cleanup, boosting the park’s tree cover and future shade.
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