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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1950
Page
8
Mlyria items note Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with a May attendance uptick. Dedication of new pews Sunday morning features a male quartet and girl class music. a guest speaker may attend. Memorial services set for Sunday afternoon June 4 with details upcoming.
Neighbors hosted and visited across multiple households including the Heck, Medberry, Yearous, Shaffer, and Baumgartner families. Guests traveled from Cedar Rapids, Arlington, Clermont, West Union, Fayette, and Oelwein to share dinners, suppers, and Sunday visits with local families, funeral attendance noted, and committees named for upcoming Memorial and Community Day events.
Cheery Valley news notes visits among Garmoe Dennison Schreiner and Christen families near West Union Wadena and Fairfield plus Good Neighbors Club meeting May 9 with roles and contests. Future plans include a June gathering hosted by Ernestine Butikofer and Myrtle Butikofer with Florence Friederich.
Brainard notes supper guests in the Melvin Hanson home with Mr and Mrs Lyle Martin and Marvel and Roger Frederick. Herman Boyer and Glen Boyer accompanied by spouses visited Toledo and Leonard Bartlett’s home. A Mothers Day party was held Friday at the school house hosted by teacher Mrs Lyle Martin and her pupils with a short program afterward.
A list of local social visits and dinner guests includes the Ray Gilbert family at the Karl Martin home in Clermont, Clyde Crandall and family staying with Glen Boyer, and multiple gatherings involving the Wm Nutting, Herman Boyer, Dan Craft, Ralph Knoll, Melvin Hanson, and Clarion Kinsel families among others.
Clifton Kerr of Waucoma was a guest Sunday in the Robert home, sharing fellowship and conversation during the weekend visit.
A Kerr residence prompts renewed interest as local ads resurface, listing numerous vacancies and services. Community readers notice a stream of want ads echoing through the neighborhood, signaling brisk local commerce and household needs.
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