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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
8
Community records show several visits and gatherings. Guests at the Arthur Hermen home included E. R. Withell and a chiropractor office, along with various family visits and Sunday meals among Medberry, Frieden, Klingman, Rothlisberger, Shaffer, Yearous, and other local residents. A Ladies Aid supper is planned for Oct 18 at the church.
The Progressive Home Study club met with fifteen members, led by Mrs. Ed Wenger on the topic The Farm Family and the World Today. Plans for a Halloween party at the church basement October 16 were set with the Farm Bureau, and a rock party occurred at the Rothlisberger home. Various guests visited area families and residents attending showers and visits in West Union and nearby towns.
Mrs Sid Walters visited Mrs Clifton Powell Tuesday afternoon and Hazel Helgeson joined Sunday guests Mrs Jerome Yearous Mrs Clarence Winkler and children visit this week with her father B H Brackin. E T Nelson spent Monday in Roy Leuchtenmacher home. John Nydegger called at C M Klingman home Saturday. Clarence Kahls and Joan dined with Mr and Mrs Wm Kahls. George Gilson and son from Dyersville plus Donald and Wayne Gilson and their families visited. Clarence Winkler and children were at H B Gilson home Saturday. Ray Klingman and Glen Little were dinner guests of C M Roy Leuchtenmacher accompanied Hattie Torkelson to her Elkader home Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Skarshaug visited the Ern Bauder home for a few days and called on Selmer Groth Andrew Reinhart and M. J. Block hus homes. Local threshers held a meeting at Swen Swenson home. Baptisms and family visits involve Ole Reierson and families, with sponsors and guests noted. Several relatives spent Sundays with neighbors and attended church hospitality at the Ole Reierson and Francis West homes.
Brainard items report social activity including Mr and Mrs Raymond Mays visiting the Wm Hoover home in West Union. Ray Gilbert of Marshalltown welcomed a daughter born Tuesday October 1. Ed Frisbie family spent Sunday with relatives at Nora Springs and Glen Boyer family also mentioned.
Mrs Anna Appelman near Hawk eye hosts and guests include Mr and Mrs Louis Becker and family at Joe Peters home. Mrs George Boyle and Eth 1 and Bob visit in Wm Nutting home. Mrs Glen Boyer and Mrs Ed Frisbie and sons visit Arlo Homewood near West Union. Raymond Mays and Mrs Wm Nutting visit Sidney Nutting home. Kenneth Appelman and Arlie Granger of West Union visit Glen Boyer. George Boyle and family guests at Frank Lyon home. Herman Bayer and daughters Beatrice and Clara Chesley Bayer and Willis Lyon return from North Dakota. Brainard Church Notes The BYPU met Tuesday eve.
A London church announces Sunday school at 10 a m with no preaching next Sunday evening and invites kneeling for comfort. Separately the 1940 state fair reports an average price of 130 per head for 4 1 baby beeves, up 25 from last year's 105.
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