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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1964
Page
9
The Brainard News notes numerous Sunday visits and weekend calls across Oelwein and nearby towns. Families from Monticello Fayette and Volga joined dinners and gatherings at various homes including Reynolds Stro and Will Christen Home, with several women entertaining at churches and households. Mothers Day figures into several gatherings as relatives from Guttenberg Sumner and Ossian share familial meals and appreciations.
A long list of Sunday and weekend visits marks Illyria news as families including the Gene Thornton Lehman and Roy Halverson clans hosted and visited relatives in Waucoma Castalia Waterloo Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. The note lists many by name with occasional towns such as Fort Wayne Offutt and Aurora, highlighting social ties and community life across multiple households.
Cheery Valley Edwin Hanson called on P. W. Minihan at Elkader Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Christen visited Saturday evening in the Cheery Valley area.
Gunder News notes multiple local visitors including Harold Opland Morris Samundson family and Janet David Steven, who spent an afternoon at the Arthour Ole Amundson home. Others from Clermont Elkader McGregor Manchester Decorah Guttenberg and downstream towns were weekend or Sunday visitors to several households.
Sunday afternoon visitors included Mr and Mrs Ole Loftsgard Mr and Mrs Lloyd Loftsgard and Harold in the Tilpher Bilden home. Various relatives attended dinners and birthdays at Reierson Loftsgard Kjosa and Joseph Kjosa homes. A seventh birthday party for Dixie Lee was held Saturday. Mothers Day visits featured several families including Olson Thompson Butikofer Anderson Velleraven Peterson and Millard Olson. Other relatives visited Clermont Decorah Castalia Minneapolis and nearby towns for medical and family moments.
Jeanette Krueger of Clinton spent Mothers Day at the Gui eger home. Ernest Brandt Roxanne and Susan of Waverly visited Mrs. Helen Blockhus. A long list of callers visited Mrs. Helen Blockhus including Laverne Larson Barbara Lizzie Thorson and others. Connie Marie Medberry born May 6 at Postville Hospital weighed 6 pounds 15 ounces and was transferred to Iowa City Friday. Wm Massner family of Wapello and Jack Willett family of Cedar Falls joined in at Jacob Gehring home over the weekend.
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