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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1950
Page
9
Clifton Yearous and family entertained guests in Lansing while numerous relatives and friends visited in Wadena Cedar Rapids and West Union over the weekend. Attendees included Young and Yearous families from Des Moines Ames and Waterloo, with many dinners and suppers noted at homes in Woodward Elkader Clarion and West Union.
Mrs. Bert Thoman and Mrs. Fannie Frieden visited last Monday in the Lydia Hanson household. Walter Lehman returned from Postville hospital Tuesday. Gladys Hanson aided with Lehman work for several days. Oma Butikofer of Des Moines spent the weekend with Louis Butikofer. Mary Eggiman of Bellaire, Ohio, visited her uncle Sam Yost starting Monday, attending dinner at John Grimm’s Thursday. The Good Neighbors Club met Tuesday October 24 with Irene Minihan and Elms Christén assisting. The club plans a meeting November 9 with Anna Metzger and Wanita Fried erich, featuring a white elephant sale. Bingo entertained. door prizes went to Mildred Minihan, Mildred Schupbach, and Wanita Fried erich. Twenty-seven members answered roll call. Louis Bargett of Davenport called at Frank Christen, Bert Thoman, and Christen Bros. homes Tuesday. Lydia Martie, Sophie Groth, and Mrs. Frank Christen visited at Orliks Mazon home Wednesday. The George Nickels family hosted a picnic dinner Sunday with guests from Volga and Garni...
Mr and Mrs Herman Boyer and Stanley were weekend guests in the Dick Henry home at Waterloo. Dinner guests Sunday in the Gene Nutting home included the Albert Baldwin family of Delwein Mrs Chloa Lyon Melvin and Oran Nutting families and the John Barnhouse family of Clermont. Mr and Mrs Don Reeder and Dickie were guests in the Vern
The Kerr and Boyer families hosted and joined relatives for Sunday meals at various homes. Lyle Martin Jeri Melvin Hangon and Jimmy traveled to Newton for weekend visits with kin and friends. J W Murphy and Mrs W E y were guests at the Kerr home. Dinner gatherings included Mrs Peters Lyon Kerr and others at the Kijosa and Lyon homes.
Hog feeding guidance covers 75 to 200 pound hogs and using soft corn for hogging down. Silo storage and self feeding oats with corn advised for hogs in fields. Wooden floors deemed best for storage bases. Urges completing farm chores before winter and ordering fertilizer for next spring amid possible railroad shortages. Sweet clover price not specified.
Bromegrass seed is set to drop as supply increases this year. Newly planted Evergreens need deep watering before frost to survive winter. Large steers weighing 800 to 900 pounds fatten best on good pasture, says Rex Beresford, extension beef cattle specialist at Town State College. Run an Echo Want Ad and Watch the Results.
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