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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1966
Page
8
Gunder News notes weekend visits from families such as Mr and Mrs Lloyd Reierson and son Richard who attended Mother's Day Fetivities by the SUI Music Department in Iowa City. Other gatherings include dinners and Sunday visits in Postville Ossian and Decorah area homes with several families hosting and visiting across multiple homes.
Mrs Selmer Holm and others hosted visitors including Clarence Jacobson of Rudd and Keith Brainard family from Pastville. Myron Hall Albert Rypestel of Christians sand Norwa passed away April 22. Numerous local relatives and friends from Emory Landsgard Otia Mork Gunda Gisleson and others shared Sunday gatherings and dinners across Corah Elkader Guttenberg and Storm Lake areas.
The Good Neighbor Club will meet Tuesday May 10 at St Pauls Methodist Church Elgin with hostesses Mrs Eben Mason Mrs Roscoe Larson and Mrs Frank Christen. Social notes list visits and dinners among local families including Nickels Christen Hanson and Frieden.
A string of social visits marked the weekend in small towns as families hosted supper and Sunday dinners. Guests included the Myrten, Halverson, Pollerk, and Wenger families among others, with several pairs dining in Fayette, Strawberry Point, Tripoli, and Charles City.
Harry Feller and partners from Marion and Beck y visit Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gehring while Mrs. Harold Dennler stays with her daughter Anita in Cedar Falls. Various locals attend gatherings in Volga and Rockville Conn with Fern Nydegger Strong and Christen. A convention in Des Moines sets dates June 10 and 11 with addresses by Dr. Charles Clark and H. L. Heving. Delegates will vote and Fay County Democrats elect new central committee with officers named including Poitevin Wei gel Frey Petrick.
A Fayette County Democratic convention on Friday night May 6 is expected to draw a record crowd. Democratic Chairman Steve Story cites strong pre-convention activity and earlier events, with James Meyer, Upper Iowa Student Body President, in charge of arrangements at Colgrave-Walker Auditorium on the Upper Iowa campus in Fayette, starting at 8 p.m.
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