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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
8
Illyria Community Church announces Sunday school at 10 16 a m and morning worship at 11 15 a m with a sermon on The Importance of the Christian Family The service invites family seating and notes a vote on Daily Vacation Bible School dates. Local celebrations include Mrs Ed Wenger birthday.
Numerous families and friends hosted and visited throughout Decorah and surrounding areas. Guests included the Thoman, Yearous, Patterson, Mattocks, Rothlisberger, Oswald, Baumgartner, Christen, Hummel, Hermen, Leuenberger, Shaffer, Wenger, Nickels, and Dennier households. Community groups plan meetings at the church, with May 14 set for Cemetery Assn and Ladies' Aid, and a Farm Bureau talk by Bernard Ebbing.
Mr and Mrs Fred Butihofer spent Sunday at Guttenberg visiting Elmer and Orvin Knudtson homes. Mrs Robert Hanson and Diane were dinner guests Sunday in the Ben Hofer home.
The Merion Dorcas Society plans a meeting on Saturday May 12 at the church parlors. Hostesses include Mrs Rosina Anderson Mary Kirkeberg Mrs Mervin Anderson and Mrs Marvin Staake. Visitors noted include Enoch Mork Abel Mork family and families of Oscar Lind Ole Peterson Elmer Meyer Louis Becker Melvin Olson Jacob Schneider Ruth Loftsgard Sharon Garvin Nelson and Arthur Landsgaard.
Local residents hosted and visited across multiple homes with birthdays celebrated for Mrs Orlando Loftsgard and Mavis Smith. Attendees included the Loftsgard, Aldora Anderson, Myra, Rodney Smith families, and guests from Ames Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids families.
Mrs. Caroline Erickson and Selmer visited the Lloyd Aanes home on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Haverson and Ronald were dinner guests of Mrs. Julia Landsgard on Sunday. The Glen Nygaard family spent the afternoon with the Helmer Lyngaas family, and Ed Johnson visited the Gilbert Anderson home with Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Larson.
The report lists multiple social visits among local residents. Ernest Holt hosted guests Sunday afternoon with Delores Erickson in Cedar Falls, while others attended parental homes and shared afternoons at Alvin Halverson and Donald Larson residences. Nora Springs events included Andrea Reinhart’s gathering and funeral attendance for A. C. Skel inger.
Pocahontas residents relieved as Pfc. Dick Illoon reported alive as a prisoner of war in Korea rather than a fatality. He fell into Chinese hands in February during a Chinese breakthrough group action.
Farmers may have seed oats left over as they switch crops in late spring. Treated oats must not be fed to livestock because the treating compound contains about 4 percent metallic mercury, which can accumulate in an animal’s body and cause poisoning with continuous feeding.
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