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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1942
Page
8
Oak Grove notes list Mr and Mrs Clifton Powell at a Delwe school picnic taught by Katherine Powell. Numerous calls and visits follow including the Meyers and Wescotts near West Union, Wilsons, Sutter and others at various homes, with caring for Mrs Gilson and illness updates on Mrs Harry Gilson and Mrs Dennler.
Harry Groth visited Friday evening at Olaf Berg’s home. Albert Gunderson is at La Crosse Lutheran hospital. Those visiting Sunday included Andrew and Anna Gunderson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stolle and Mrs. Harry Gunderson. Mrs. Harry Gunderson stayed with him for a few days. Olaf Berg and family were guests at Edgar Kimball’s Saturday evening. Marian Everson visits grandmother Nellie Kimball for several weeks. Orville Berg Lavern Clinton and family spent Sunday afternoon with Carl Halverson. Gilbert Anderson dined with Hans Hanson. Selmer Groth and Helen Groth joined Jim Halverson’s home Sunday afternoon. Muriel Arno visited Elmer Larson Friday afternoon and then went to Almer Amundson’s that evening.
Clara Blockhus returned from Decorah hospital to the M. J. Blockhus home where she is cared for. Neighbors and relatives from Blooming Prairie Minnesota Elkader and Ames Olson plus many Blockhus family members visited and spent Sundays and Sundays afternoons at various Blockhus homes.
Ilyria Items note Memorial services at the Myria church on Sunday afternoon May 31 with Rev Mason of Rahdalia giving the address. The column also lists numerous visits and social calls across area towns including Littleport West Union Elkader Guttenberg and Prairie du Chien with family gatherings and library events.
Accompanied Mrs Chas Doty and Clarence to Cedar Rapids forenoon. At 3 pm Clarence left for Sacramento California. Mr and Mrs Ed Wenger visited friends Thursday evening. DeWayne Medberry spent week with grandparents L C Popenhagen at Marion. Harrill Larson family near Elkader and several others dined at Arthur Yearous home. Ruth Rothlisberger attended Friday school picnic led by Celia Andrae. Mrs Walter Medberry visited Don ald Paige last Tuesday. Lavern Hyde hosted guests from Clermont West Union Fayette Sunday. Jonard Fette Joan and George Lembke El alder guests at Elmer Lembke’s. Walter Medberry family dinner at Elmer Frieden home. Donald Frieden had birthday.
The Marion Ladies Aid Society will meet May 28 at the church parlors with hostesses named. Reports mention Adelia Webster visiting her sister, Earl Hanson, and various local residents hosting and visiting across Gunder, Cedar Falls, Nashua, and surrounding towns. School terms end with picnics and programs at Wel lersyen, Brorby, and Gunder Center schools. Myron Houg serves as Chanute Field instructor.
Cheery Valley News reports Gladys and Robert visited the Frank Christen home Tuesday evening. Celia Andrae stayed Tuesday night with Christen Bros. Ethel Mae Thoman and Carol and Lorraine Jacobia drove to Jeswick Saturday to bring Dorthea Jacobia home after teaching there. Betty Minihan stayed Wednesday night with the Martin Wenger family. Edna Dummermuth is at the Emil Moore home caring for Mrs. Moore.
Ill health noted for several individuals with some improvement. Many households host or visit relatives including Dennler, Christen, Meisner, Wenger, and Hansen families. Social calls occur Sunday and Monday at multiple homes around Millville, Elkader, and nearby farms.
Fred Wooten presented cakes to the mother with the most sons in U S armed forces and to the oldest mother registering, as he remembered local mothers on Mother's Day in Ogden.
For the first time in 30 years Grundy county will have no contest for the sheriff's job John A Meyer will run unopposed in both the primary and general elections Dale Smith of Grinnell pursued a patent from January 1938 to 1942 covering a combined bed and carriage for ambulance work Virgil Hole of Sac City injured his arm in a bicycle crash then re injured it on a teeter totter both incidents labeled a nuisance Clarinda senior Boy Scouts sponsor bicycle safety schools to teach riding rules and local ordinances
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