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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1950
Page
8
Illyria church schedules Sunday school at 10 15 a m worship at 11 15 a m. Evening service titled Why I believe in the Church will follow a week later. Committees praise an enjoyable Friday night program with penne and song led by Clara Babe and her committee. Various local families are noted as visiting or hosting events through the week.
Numerous social visits and dinners are noted across West Union Oelwein and surrounding areas. Guests include Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Kolar of Houston and various Frieden, Yearous, Woodworth, and Gibbs families visiting relatives in Hart, Quasqueton, Cedar Falls, and Waterloo. A church shower honors Marian Gehring, and locals attend a Shorthorn cattle sale in Dodgeville.
Wadena News reports the Fremont Marble family of Waterloo were dinner guests Sunday of Mrs. Flossie Woshell. The Albert Cook family and Mrs. Maggie Cook spent Sunday in the John Cook home at Lamont. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sniffin and family visited Cedar Rapids with Frank Wetzel's family. Wadena School notes list seventh and eighth graders with perfect attendance and spelling scores for the first six weeks, and a list of students achieving 100 per cent in tests. Carol Kay Mahoney visited Friday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer were dinner guests Sunday in the Elmer Knudtson home at Guttenberg. The Knudtson family visited Mr and Mrs O T Knudtson at St Olaf. Wm Barske Jr of Merrill Wisconsin spent a few days in the Geo Leuchtenmacher home. Albert L Dennler and Orlin Reimer of Elkader left for a week's vacation visiting Des Moines the Ozarks and other places. Louis Butikofer Herman Schupbach Marlene and Richard of Postville drove to Des Moines to visit Oma r Butikofer and Lorraine Yestous. Dinner guests Sunday in Martin Hanson home were Will Meyer of Maynard Jacob Frieden and John Durscher of West.
Union, Mr. and Mrs. Will Chase, Elmer and Ralph of Volga and the Archie Howard family attended a birthday gathering for Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Durscher, Mrs. Hanson, and Shirley Howard. Emil Frieden returned home Saturday evening after visiting his wife at St. Mary’s hospital in Rochester.
The column lists numerous Sunday and weekday visits among Gunder and Fayette residents. Names include Reiersons Loftsgards Hougs Ericksons Andersons Klues Halversons Gislesons Landsgards and other local families. A note mentions farm buildings may be warmed by insulating with board insulation or by using farm by products such as corncobs straw sawdust or commercial insulation.
This enrollment drive promotes three area clubs Pleasant Valley Sharp shooters Illyria Livestock Henderson Prairie 4-H with leaders Gehring Bare Schoeder and others. Members must obtain enrollment cards attend meetings start a project keep records and select enterprises such as beef dairy swine sheep poultry crops or rabbits. Clubs meet monthly and offer events like county party Christmas party tours camp livestock judging workouts sports festivals and county fair urging local youth to join this month.
There will be more beef and pork this fall than last year as cattle on feed increase and the spring pig crop climbs by 3 percent.
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