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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1955
Page
8
Sunday school at 10 15 a m worship service at 11 15 a m Nearby residents and visitors are listed with time events and social visits Including Harold Strong and family, G J Heck Postville and Fayette connections, and a Farm Bureau tea at Harold Strong home noting Candy’s seventh birthday.
Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttered corn, sunset salad, tea rolls, butter, pumpkin and apple pie, milk and coffee. Serving begins at 5 00 p m. Adults one dollar, children fifty cents.
A long list of Sunday visits and dinners as Mr. and Mrs. Yearous hosted guests at Harpers Ferry. Families including Shaffers Rothlisbergers and Yearous relatives shared meals and called on friends in West Union Garnaville Elkader Waterloo and nearby towns. Diane Frieden’s 12th birthday was celebrated with fifteen girls after school. Ida Anderson’s birthday noted.
Numerous guests visited families in West Union and surrounding towns including Hunsberger Kimballs Yearous Peters Wenger and Meisner households. Attendees listed span Davenport Cedar Rapids Elgin Volga and Denison with birthdays celebrations and club meetings noted as well as dinners and Sunday visits.
The Cherry Valley list records Sunday dinners at Harold Meisner's with Ben Hofer Sammy and the Mervin Larson family and others. Nearby visitors include Loren Frieden, DeVere Hunt, Ole Emfbretson, Lena Nyhus, Ter Butikofer, Thore Kirk Jord an, and Wm Muehlenthaler of Long Beach. Clara Muehlenthaler and Wm Muehlenthaler visited Orlin Mason. Reuben Christen family stopped by Thursday evening.
A long list of social visits occurs across Clermont, Oelwein, Davenport, Rock Island, Racine and Water loo with guests at the homes of the Murphy, Martin, Boyer, Rowland and Peters families. The items note supper and dinner gatherings, moves back to a farm, a hospital absence, and a birthday party. Ninety percent of Iowa corn harvest accidents last year were caused by hurrying or unsafe methods, totaling 200 incidents.
Gunder News lists dinner guests and Sunday visits among families in Vebjorn Lands gard home St Olaf and nearby towns. Names include Holm Gulsvig Reierson Loftsgard Christensen Olson Klingman and others with visits to hospitals apartments and a trip to Gays Mills Wisconsin.
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