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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
8
A long list of Sunday visits and guests appears around Illyria in Arlington and nearby towns. Memorial services are set for Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock, followed by a church program with hymns readings solos and a West Union Male Quartet.
A Legion led program continues at the cemetery with decoration of soldiers' graves by children. Elgin Junior Band and West Union Male Quartet perform selections. Perry Medberry and others are listed among participants for the Roll Call and exercises.
Oak Grove social pages list Genevieve Wilson of Dubuque visiting the Rob Wilson home over Sunday. Numerous relatives and friends gathered in homes around West Union Volga City and nearby towns for birthday parties, prayers, and social calls through the week, with several households hosting and hosting guests from Elgin Elkader Clermont and Fayette. Families report illnesses including whooping cough and measles among children, and locals attended Memorial services in Lima.
The Elmer Dennler family and Mr and Mrs Fred Dennler and daughter Margaret were dinner guests in the Jake Dennler home Sunday. Various locals and relatives including Rose Friederich and Melbert Meyer returned home for visits as several households hosted guests and relatives over the weekend.
Schneider and Joe Habeger left Friday for Rock Valley to attend their uncle Gottfred Pfar Ter's funeral. Ern Lerch and Albert Friederich did carpenter work at the Ed Metzger home last week. The Elmer Baumgartner family visited the Oscar Baumgartner home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Herbert Haas and family and Mr and Mrs Archie Howard spent Sunday at the Martin Hanson home, with Mrs Martha Chapman and her son Delbert visiting Tuesday evening.
Mr and Mrs E G Grimes and Irene spent Wednesday with Mrs Sarah Helms Cecil Tripp visited the E B Grimes home last week The B Y P A held a prayer meeting at Clarence Tripp home Tuesday evening The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs Frank Lyon s home Thursday afternoon Mr and Mrs Roland Bartlett called at Herman Boyer s home last Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs Ray Gilbert spent last area evening at Roland Bartlett home Mr and Mrs Joe Peters visited Wm Sullivan home in Clermont last Saturday Mrs Clara Bartlett went to West Union Saturday to visit son George Barker Rev G A Thomas called at Frank Lyon s home Saturday Rev G A Thomas and friends drove to West Union Sunday to hold services in Baptist church Lila Gruver and John Barnhouse called at Lew Gruver s home in Elgin Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Grimes and 'Soi' Howard visited Sunday afternoon in the Joe Peters home. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Barker spent Sunday in the W. H. Barker home. Beverly Hovey, recently attending school at Iowa City, returned Sunday to visit his parents.
Mrs E E Landsgard and Bessie Olson visited Mrs Roy Walters on Sunday afternoon. Thelma Halverson visits Osage for a couple of weeks. Ole Loftsgard and family attended confirmation at East Lutheran church and called on Mrs Ole Johnson near Clermont. G Kurth and family visited Lars Olson. T T Loftsgard and family spent last Saturday in Decorah. Mrs Waldo Embertson and Agnes Olson visited Hans Sands Vold at Ossian last Thursday. Marie Kirkeberg spent Friday in Waterloo. Mr and Mrs Roy Halverson were supper guests in Henry Christianson home Sunday. Gilbert Loftsgard hauled a cheese load to Boscobel, Wis. Mrs Lou Reierson was a supper guest of Mrs Waldo Embertson last Saturday. Several from the area attended a picnic at Elkader fair.
Mrs Henry Bigler and Mrs Robert Wettleson will host the Mission Society at the church parlors Saturday afternoon June 2. Mrs 8 W Rubyer of Randalia helped her mother Mrs C Theo Schmid celebrate her 65th birthday over the weekend. Kathleen Steele visited Decorah in the home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Harvey. Lesley Cooley of Dubuque visited Elkader relatives then joined a Chase Feller home dinner before departing for home.
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