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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1945
Page
8
A crowded social page lists weddings and family visits across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. Neighbors attended services at St Reneian Church and shared meals, while relatives from Des Moines, Clermont, and Arlington visited or hosted at several homes. People named include Tilyria Items John Erickson and Hele Tate among others.
Mrs Sidney Patterson hosted visitors including Mrs Chica Ly on Saturday evening. Mrs Etta Nutting, visiting in Wisconsin, stays with her son William Nutting and family. L Barker of Dubuque visited several days in the Dane Craft home. Robert and C L Barker called at Clarence Tripp’s Sunday. Blayne Gilbert and Ray Gilbert returned to Beaman after visiting Mrs Ray Gilbert’s family. Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr welcomed a daughter born October 23 at West Union hospital. Barker and Gilbert families hosted Dan Craft and Nutting home visits. Halloween program and pot luck supper held at the school last Friday night.
The Marion Luther League will meet Sunday evening November 4 at 8 o'clock in the Marion church for a special program. A social hour will follow. Please bring flashlights.
Community notes show Mr and Mrs Curtis hosting dinner guests at the Will Freiderich home. Ida Meyer and Oscar Baumgartner visited Mrs Francis Wolf in Postville. Multiple families, including Meinaner, Meisnen, Dennler, Hanson, Lerch, and others, hosted or attended meals and Sunday visits at various homes near Volga and Wadena.
Popcorn is described as an exceptionally efficient source of human food due to its high usable calories per acre. The note emphasizes its productivity and nutritional value as a staple crop.
Ten home and is now laid up with a cracked bone in his shoulder. Celia Aldreae and her pupils entertained a large crowd at a program and social at the Cheery Valley school Thursday evening. Mrs Bert Thoman spent Wednesday afternoon in the Elmer Frieden home. Mr and Mrs Martin Wenger and Stanley and Elmer Meyer were dinner guests Sunday in the Walter Wenger home at Strawberry Point. Mr and Mrs Harold Glass and Virginia spent Friday evening in the Martin Wenger home.
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