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Birthday and Anniversary Feasts Highlight Elgin Socials
A long parade of guests and neighbors gathered for birthdays and anniversaries across Elgin and area towns. Families including the Brockways, O Neills, Beckers, Schultzes, Halvorsons and Kohlers hosted dinners and afternoon visits at homes in Elkader Waterloo Postville and Fayette as community members marked celebrations and shared meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kiple
Marjorie Reed
R. A. Crider
Altus
Ola
B. D. Keith
H. H. Wolf
Fayette Co. Medical Assn
West, Union
Louis Becker
C.C. “Breakiway
Reuben Howard
Mesdames
Lena Coolley
Cornelius Reierson
Clara Hellum
Carl Torkelson
Ern Holzer
Lawrence. Grimm
Moores
Elgin
L. L. Kiple
David
Carl Schulz Jr
Carl Schulz Sr
Waterloo
Steven Schulz
Earl Aanes
Fayette
Robert Grimes
Clifton Wilson
Jnnez Shaffer
Gerald “Shaffer
Vinton
Alfred Christiensen
Volga
Stanley Shaffer
Wadena
Donald Caspers
Mabel King
Forrest Sheffer
Melbert Baechter
Ralph « Collett
Maiden Rock
Wis
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Louise
Klingman’s
Liane Ash
Mark
Ed Medberry
Keith
Herbert Ash
Walter Ash
West Union
Judia Roach
Ruth
Tom
Ridgeway
Sidney Halverson
Oliver Torkelson
Dale Johanson
Cedar Falls
Don Fauser
Harry Everett
Elgin Furniture Store
DeVere Halverson
Larry
Steven
Halversona
Pi Postville
Herbert Haas
Albert Halverson
Ruth Loftsgard
Sharon
Harold Halverson
Diane
Leo Lehman
John P. Falb
Fort Bragg
N. Carolina
Max
Farmersburg
Kathryn Knudtson
Cedar Rapids
George Falb
Leon Lehman
P.V.T. E-1
John P Falb
No. Carolina
Wayne Truesdell
Maynard
Hollis Finch
Allen Habeger
C. D
Towa Medical Society
Des Moines
L. T. Engrman
Estella Feller
Los Angeles
Calif
Steven Halverson
Harold Halversons
P. K. Peterson
Postville
Metta Krueger
A. B. Jacob