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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1963
Page
8
A long list of weekend guests and company visits across towns like Iowa City Cedar Falls West Union Decorah and Clermont. Families including Ben son Yearous Probert Medberry Rothlisberger and Loftsgard share hospitality with kin and friends while birthday celebrations hospital visits and church events mark a busy period.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Loftsgard and Herold spent Sunday afternoon with Raymond Loftsgard family in Clermont. Visits to Cedar Rapids to see Elmer Eberling at St Luke's Hospital. Decorah conference attendance by Reierson and Loftsgard families. Community members hosted birthdays and gatherings with several local households noted.
The Good Neighbors Club will meet Tuesday May 14 at the Lutheran Church dining hall in Elgin. Mr and Mrs George Leuchtenmacher and Mr and Mrs Robert Leuchtenmacher called Wednesday afternoon in the homes of W Minihan and Frank Christen. The Fred Knoke family visited in the Silas Butikofer home Friday evening.
Mrs George Nickels and family attended Stacey Andersons birthday party Saturday afternoon at the Jerry Anderson home in Clermont. Dozens of neighbors and relatives from Marion Volga Davenport Davenport area visited and called at multiple homes including the Hanson Butikofer and Lantz families. Several social gatherings occurred with church events noted at the Illyria Church dining hall and weekend visits spanning Castalia Decorah St Olaf and surrounding communities.
The ECHO invites all former Elgin area residents to attend the 1983 homecoming on August 2 3 and 4. Send a postcard to confirm planned attendance and encourage former friends and relatives to join the trip.
Elgin community prepares for the 1995 Homecoming events August 2 through 4. Alumni gatherings, parade plans, and school activities are scheduled across local venues to celebrate the milestone.
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