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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
8
A nostalgic column mixesWORLD WAR costs and ad humor with household reports. It recalls radio programs and a dance bill critique, then shifts to community life with visits, births, school memories, and a long list of neighbors in Postville and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Chapman of Oak Grove were guests Sunday evening of his mother Mrs Martha Chapman. Mrs Lulu Rothlisberger and family were guests Sunday evening at Floyd Patterson home near Wadena. Ben Beer of Roanoke Illinois was guest of the Fred Schneider family last Thursday night. Mrs Ed Medberry is on the sick.
Oak Grove residents host and visit across several households. Mr and Mrs John Nyens of Weldon Nebr and others from St Olaf and Wa dena share Sunday calls with families including J M Shaer Clifton Powell Roy Leuchtenmacher Frank Lyon and Ralph Shaffer. Ivan Medberry and family also appear in the gathering.
Ottosen residents Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bruellman and Virginia Lou visited Mr. and Mrs. G. Friederich and relatives. Ellen and Edwin Hanson called on H. H. Gisleson and Jim Bilden homes. Multiple assortments of relatives visited in Ossian, Gunder, West Bend, and Garnav ille areas including Friederichs, Thomans, Zauggs, Yoerss, Bossard, and Han sons.
A series of social visits are noted across Fairfax with the Christen and Friederich families hosting and visiting friends. Frank Christen and relatives joined in at the Mrs L Christen home Thursday evening. Alice Friederich spent Friday with Otto Blockhus. Other gatherings included Frieden and Butikofer families with Sam Butikofer hosting Saturday. Ernest Brueliman and Virginia Lou spent Thursday with Ern Lerch near St Olaf. Bert Thoman and daughter visited Ben Hofer Sunday afternoon.
Gunder News reports Julia and Lily Wettleson returning from a week in St Paul. Almer Amundson returns home near Clermont after helping on T. T. Loftsgard’s farm. Many locals attend a silver wedding anniversary in Elgin. Residents visit relatives in Decorah, Postville, and Wapsie areas. Various locals are named with weekly gatherings at homes, farms, and parsonages.
Mr. and Mrs. Craft and friends spent Monday in Herman Boyer and Rev G A Thomas homes. Mrs. Bartlett and Mrs. Gilbert visited Pastville and Kenosha. Several calls and visits occurred Wednesday and Thursday with neighbors, including a surprise shower for Mrs. Thomas. A group traveled to Rochester, Minn., and family gatherings continued through the weekend.
The commercial department begins personal accounts and journalizing weekly posting. The typing I class learns 17-letter alphabet and 2-letter word sentences. Shorthand II class does speed tests to track progress. Senior class elected Kenneth Evans president Viola Berndt vice president Signy Hanson secretary treasurer during Sept 14 meeting.
The Echo article extols the country paper as the community’s nucleus and the country editor as a pivotal force in civic progress. It frames the editor as the advance agent of growth, a church ally, and a school patron saint, underscoring the press as central to local life.
A penny in an empty box rattles loudly as field mice excavate in Prosser Washington wheat lands. Farmers say these activity patterns signal a grueling winter, according to long-standing local wisdom from residents.
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