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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1954
Page
8
Illyria Community obituary notes and social column detail dinners visits and gatherings. Residents from Cedar Rapids Ames Dubuque and West Union attend events at the church. Community Day committees named with chairs, roles, and assignments. Local families host dinners and travel between Fayette Eldorado and Guernsey Smith homes.
Mr and Mrs Alton Medberry attended the funeral of Vern Ash at Oelwein on Saturday afternoon.
Families including Laurence Schupbach, George Schupbach, Herman Schupbach, plus Christens, Dennlers, Meinhards and others visited Sunday afternoon or dinner in various Cherry Valley homes. Several birthday and social visits continued through the week with extended kin from Waterville Elkader and Postville mentioned among hosting households.
The week includes surgery updates for a local resident, visits by family to veterans in hospital, a car wreck incident, a birthday gathering at the Bond home with five hundred played and prizes awarded to several women, and a funeral attended by relatives from multiple cities. Also listed are many town and church notices, upcoming mission meetings, and dinner guests from nearby communities.
The Reierson family attended funerals and visited relatives across Minnesota and Iowa. I H Skarshaug was laid to rest in Rochester, Minnesota. Gilbert Loftsgard and Karol visited Marshalltown for eye clinic checks and called on Mrs. Charles Bigler in Cedar Falls. Henry Olson and families hosted dinners in West Union and Monona. Marian Bilden and Karol Loftsgard stayed with Lloyd Loftsgard after Monday night.
Mr and Mrs Myron Houg and family and Mr and Mrs Merlin Hellum visited in the Dan Bulikofer home Sunday afternoon Gerald Olson Luana visited in the Henry Olson home Friday evening Myrtle Skarshaug Rochester Minn and Mrs E K Mark visited in the Lloyd Referson home Monday afternoon
The Harry Olson family and Mrs. Anton Olson of Green Bay Wisconsin were guests in the Ole E Olson home over the weekend. Mrs. Gerald Olson and children visited in the Henry Olson home on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Henry Olson called on Mrs John Hellum Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Orwen Lottegard were dinner guests Sunday in the Victor Guyer home Clermont. Mrs Lloyd Reierson and children were mentioned in the sequence of visits.
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