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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1958
Page
1
Elgin Echo lists a parade of guests and callers visiting families in Elgin and nearby towns, including the Opland, Roblin, Dennler, Hofer, Schupbach, Thoman, Nickels, Hanson, Chase, and Embretson households. Social events include a 50th wedding anniversary and a wedding at Peoria. Local reflections close with two aphorisms.
Mr. and Mrs. George Leuchtenmacher and Irene Minihan drove to Iowa City Wednesday for a Veterans Hospital check up. They visited Bert Thoman and Pat Minhan as patients. Mrs. Bert Thoman returned home with them after several days. Chris Scholen of Hollywood, California, was a dinner guest Friday in the Orlin Mason home.
Brainard area social notes list numerous visitors and hosted gatherings over a few days. Names include Peters, Peters, Peters, Reeder, Lyons, Metzger, Whitcher, Ledbetter, and many local residents attending suppers, bridal showers, church events, and dinners across West Union Clermont Park Rapids Tintah and Hamburg Wisconsin.
Mr and Mrs Otto Gisleson and Kathleen were visitors in the Kenneth Krosa home. Margaret Hanson visited Harold Op sand home. Cler mont hosts included Mr and Mrs Carroll Kling man and several Loftsgard family members. They hosted a picnic dinner for Karol and Sharon Loftsgard, members of the Marion church confirmation class. Guests included Keith Brainard Postville, Raymond Loftsgard Elkader, Clara Meyer, Kenneth Anderson family, Clermont, Julia Loftsgard, Mellien Loftsgard, Mer vin Relersen, William Bergen, Ruth Bilden, Edwin Bernard and T L Loftsgard, Jacob Schneider, DeVere Halverson, Myron Hoag families and Rev Bruce Boyce. Merlin Hellum hosted a dinner Sunday for daughter Elaine, also a Marion church confirmation class member.
Mr and Mrs Gerald Shaffer hosted a Wednesday evening for Jimmy Shaffer’s fifth birthday with guests from the Reynold Shaffer family of Lamont and Inez Shaffer and Jim Yearous. Carl Gehring visited Lloyd Baumgartner in Cedar Rapids on Sunday.
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