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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1950
Page
4
Elgin area residents hosted family gatherings and guests for Thanksgiving. Mrs. L O Reierson stayed with the Adolph Olson home in St Ole, following Mrs Olson’s death. Numerous households welcomed relatives including the Lehman family from Waucoma and the McKellar Klingman group.
Louis Halverson visited in the Albert Halverson home and with relatives before Thanksgiving. Dozens of relatives and friends shared meals at the Bemiss, Baumgartner, Ogle, Gehring, Benson, Kelly, Robins, Frieden, Capper, and Howard homes. Many traveled from West Union, Clermont, Castalia, Postville, Des Moines, Chicago, and Milestone with funeral notices noted for Floyd Tate in Spencer.
Pupils from Lime Kiln, guided by teacher Phyllis Gehring and Mrs. Fred Schaer, toured Humphry's dairy, county courthouse offices, county jail, Union office, bakery, Fayette county home, and Palmer Memorial hospital last Tuesday. At the county home they presented a Thanksgiving program to patients, and they cheered Mrs. Lawrence Gehring recuperating at home.
Pleasant Valley 4 H Club met with Grace Gehring Thursday night. Record books and sewing books were handed out. The girls planned the program for the year. The next meeting will be with Joyce Gehring and after the program they will make scarves.
Oscar Possehl and George Rickert of Elkader were callers Monday evening in the Frieden home. Mrs Alma Tyipp and Mary and Mrs Tryphe Snadtson were dinner guests last Thursday in the Grimes home. The Earl Aanes family of Fayette joined for supper. Mrs Ruby Benson and family were supper guests Monday of Mr and Mrs Carl Gchori at West Union. The Gerald Heck family were Thanksgiving dinner guests of Mrs Florence Baldwin. Mrs Roy French and family were supper guests there. Mrs Frieda Etter's Thursday guests were the Lawrence Etter family of West Union, Mrs Mabel Grover and Dorothy Etter. Dorothy was home from Sabilla for the weekend. The Keith Thoma family of Clermont were dinner and supper guests in the Max Thome home Thanksgiving and Sunday. The Louis Thoma family of Springville were also guests Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ed Klingman spent Thanksgiving at Clarence Houg's home, West Union. Lavanda Olsgn and Randolph Reierson were Thanksgiving dinner guests in the Woodrow Reed home. Roger Reed is spending a few days in the Ralph Reed home at West Union. Mr and Mrs Guy Machow and Dennis of Clermont were Thanksgiving dinner and supper guests in the Maynard Lantz home. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Cannon of West Union had as their dinner guests Friday evening in honor of their son Jack's birthday. Marlene Mosby, Marlys Wenger, Harry Cline and Mr and Mrs Harry Wenger were present.
The text discusses a Minnesota law governing licensing, regulation, and revocation of beer permits. Larson Hikes, a business operator convicted of permitting gambling devices, could lose all state licenses including beer, cigarette, restaurant, and hotel. The proposed measure aims to automatically deter gambling operations by revoking licenses.
Four Des Moines youths urged stricter rules for teenage drivers at the Iowa Congress of Parents and Teachers panel. They proposed probationary licenses for ages 16 to 21 with revocation for serious moving traffic offenses. The discussion centered on teen driving problems under the theme The Citizen Child His Driving Problems.
The Myron Chapman family and other relatives were Thanksgiving dinner guests at the Chapman home in Dubuque, including C D and Della Chapman, G J Mosby and daughters, and Jack Cannon. Additional guests Thursday evening at Clifton Wilson’s home included Robert Howard, Thos B Howard, Lena Cooley, Alice Winkler, Robi Wilson, Marie and Alice Grimm of Davenport, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert.
A dinner gathering included Harold Griti and Lester, Lawrence Giimin, Helen Widin, Marilyn Fish Torkelson, Marlene Mosby, 18.0 Cy Cedar Falls, Barbara Crider, George Bovis, Lowell Strong, Noel Smith, Bob Hanson, Thomas Denner, Martyn Wenger, Duane Pinney, Burton Wolf, Madison and Fayette correspondents. Fatb & Light debut a new international ton and a half truck for their business. they now have two in use.
Mrs Chloa Lyon and family visited in West Anbir with Mr and Mrs Dick Henry and their sons of Waterloo. The Hertha Boyer and J W Murphy families shared Thanksgiving in Oelwein and Judy stayed through Sunday. The William Nutting family joined Mrs Chloa Yon’s home for a Sunday visit.
A village store scene yields quick quips from a hillbilly about military life and a traveling salesman. A polite suspect and a wary couple exchange light dialogue on etiquette, farming, and pears versus apples. A young man ponders travel while a girl departs with a nickel in hand.
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