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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
8
The week’s notices record numerous Clermont and nearby residents visiting friends and relatives in West Union Oelwein Dorchester Spring Valley and Waterloo. Names include the Peters Gilbert Boyer Cheney Martin and Reeder families with events focused on dinners, birthdays, and church group activities.
Illyria community reports visitors and family gatherings as Sgt Kenneth Halverson returns from Korea on furlough. A list of Friday to Sunday visits includes Halversons, Shaffers, Kiple, Yearous, Patterson, Ogle, Thoman, and others. Memorial Day committee members are named for church exercises on June 6 with roles in speaker, program, decorating, and logistics.
Sunday gatherings included Harold Strong hosting Myrton Strong and family and others while Oelwein and Waterloo visitors joined Gerald Shafter and Kerr households. Furloughs and weekend stays occurred in West Union Britt Cedar Rapids and Postville, with clubs meeting at Rath and Meyer homes.
In Cherry Valley the Morms and many neighbors shared quilting helpers, birthday celebrations, and dinners. Families including Hanson Butikofer Moore Lehman Friederich Metzger Dennler Schupbach and Larson joined gatherings at Hofer Hanson and Erickson homes. Good Neighbors club invites members to bring baby pictures for the next meeting.
Gunder News records on communal events in Marion with upcoming society gatherings. The Marion Dortas Society plans a May 16 meeting at the church parlors hosted by Mrs. Marvin Staake and Mrs. Mervin Anderson, with others hosting. Numerous local families are listed as guests, visitors, and overnight callers at various homes, including the Loftsgard, Kjosa, Reierson, Olson, and Hellum households, along with trips to Chicago and Madison.
Brainard News notes several gatherings as Herman and Glen Boyer families visited in Davenport and Newton area homes. Diana Reeder, daughter of Roger and Reders, is reported with the mumps. Other visits include Lyle Martin family and Mrs. Melvin Hanson with Ethelyn Johnson and Pat Goswiller in Newton, Alfred Jacob in Clermont, and Reuben Miller in West Union.
The report lists several households from Monona Cedar Rapids West Union and nearby areas celebrating birthdays for Mrs Clarence Buroden Sgt Halverson and Sandra Christensen. Household furniture is described as decorated with pomegranate and tulip motifs once used by the Pennsylvania Dutch.
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