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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1961
Page
8
Sunday dining guests fill many homes in the area. Families visiting included Frieden Dennler, Curtin, Schneider, Metzger, Butikofer, and Rothlisberger clans along with Elgin and West Union travelers. The week featured social calls, celebrations, and a program preceding American Legion services with multiple families hosting in Clermont, Guttenberg, and surrounding towns.
Cheery Valley Myr and Mrs Robert Hanson and others attended Arthur Cousins funeral at the Presbyterian Church in Wadena. The William Dennler family were supper guests in the Hanson home. Various locals visited friends and relatives at Christen Bros, in the Good Samaritan Home, and at many homes including the Schaub, Hanson, and Peake households. Commencement events at Garneville High School featured Anne Schaub.
Mrs and Mrs Martin Hanson and Gimdys spent Sunday evening with the Robert Hanson family. Wm Torkelson Sylven Torkelson and children visited the Albert L Dennler home. Leonard Heins and girls Bernard Loftegard and children enjoyed a supper at Elkader. Merle Gregerson and family of Marion were dinner guests with Louis Kjosa. Henry Jr Christensen and Millard Christensen and family from St Olaf called afternoon. Bonnie Kjosa attended Luther League picnic at Bible Camp near Strawberry Point. Bud Butikofer quad family shared Sunday coffee with Alvin Olson.
A sequence of social reminders from West Clermont Lutheran community details confirmations at the church and numerous Sunday dinners and visitors. Names include Lucille Anderson, Arnold Guyer, Kenneth Kjosa, Mary Olson, Clarence Anderson, Lawrence Naylor, Gerald Winter, Doreen Winter, David Winter, Otto Gisleson, Morris Amundson, Merrill Gunderson, Joan, Sylvia, Harold Opland, Christine Rypesto, Mary Ann Anderson, Julia Wettlegon, Floyd Thompson, Emma Larson, Carroll Klingman Jr, Merle Klingman, Joseph Reierson, Effigy Mounds site visits, Yellow River fishing, and group errands to Oelwein hospital.
Local families from Brainard and nearby towns visited relatives in West Union and Sumner areas. Notable gatherings included Mr. and Mrs. Howard Vane and others in the Lawrence Gehring home and weekend visits by the Thomas Meighan family, Lyle and Giles Martin households, and Don Reeder, Glenn Boyer, and Ray Gilbert homes with various guests.
Diana Reeder was an overnight guest Thursday of Linda Cummings in Clermont, reflecting a social exchange noted in local society pages.
Illyria 4 H Clipperettes met at the Illyria church on Saturday May 13 with 19 girls and 6 guests. An nette Meyer chaired. Secretary Jantha Strong and treasurer Anita Dennler reported. Camp and club tour discussed. Hostesses Marilyn Miles Jeannette Strong. Program included talk on Meat Alternates by Marilyn Miles, Ways of Getting Milk Into Our Diet by Janice Frederick, and a demonstration on A Meringue by Iva Feller and Anita Dennler. Afterward the group baked cookies at a workshop.
Polio season is here and families are urged to consider vaccination timing. Protecting against polio requires the full series of injections spread over weeks, with officials noting the importance of completing all doses for effective immunity.
Health authorities urge pre vaccination every three years to maintain immunity. A single smallpox vaccination does not provide lifetime protection for you or your family, underscoring the need for ongoing protection measures.
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