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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
8
Cheery Valley News lists numerous social visits across families in Orlin Mason Postville Volga and Elkader areas. Dinners and Sunday gatherings involve Baumgartners Dennlers Friederichs Schupbachs Dennlers and various siblings with neighbors and relatives sharing meals and updates. Marian Marie Baumgartner born Oct 12 at Elkader hospital noted among local families.
Sunday and Monday social items list travels and visits across households. Eleanor Butikofer left Sunday for Camp Toccoa Georgia to visit Orlando Loftsguard. Mrs Martin Hanson called at the Christen home Tuesday after Martha Chapman and Delbert visited the Baumgartner home Sunday evening. Mrs Fred Butikofer spent Monday with Mrs Fannie Frieden.
Oak Grove residents record visits to and from neighbors and relatives over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilson traveled to Dyersville, others hosted guests at the Gilson, Dennler, Howard, and Allen households. Several Cedar Rapids and local families shared meals and calls during the period.
Merlin Hellum, recently drafted, is stationed at McChord Field in Washington as Pvt. Merlin B Hellum of the 414 Med Det Sta Hosp. Nearby, Ed Brackin and family returned to Chana Illinois after a weekend with relatives. Mrs Nyborg accompanied them briefly. Nearby moves include the Wolds to the Ness house in Gunder and the Martin Halverson family moving upstairs at the Carrie Nelson home. A party honored Johnny Olson for his birthday while Hiram and Johnny Olson joined the Navy and may depart soon. Gerald Olson of Mare Island visited. Almer Anderson hosted guests with the C J Anderson and Myron Anderson families at Clermont. P K Peterson and daughters and John Hellum visited Gilbert Peterson near Decorah. Rodney Smith and Margaret visited Ole Loftsgard. Harlan Henkes and family from Cedar Rapids joined the T J Olson home weekend vistors with Harold Skarshaug of Ames arriving for a few days.
Illyria Items lists multiple Sunday calls with Marion Waterloo Dundee Aurora and Strawberry Point hosts. Officials note guests from Elkader Mathersfield and Sacramento, with Shorthorn cattle sale attendance in Lancaster Wisconsin and a furlough visit from Sacramento.
A long list of visits and gatherings fills a Sunday and week events around West Union and nearby towns. Numerous families including Lofts gard, Yearous, Gehring, Kimball, Woods, Rothlisberger, Chapman, and Page welcomed relatives and friends from Postville, Du buque, Monticello, and McGregor for dinners, hospital visits, and letters of thanks. Thee social calendar also notes a 44th wedding anniversary gathering and a Guernsey cattle sale.
Thore Thompson and family hosted guests including Mr and Mrs Joe Frieden Shirley and others Sunday in the Walter Rothlisberger home following prior dinner guests Tuesday in the Thos Ogle home. Orvin Thompson visited Helmer Anderson in Clermont while John Pulfer and family and several others gathered at Leo Rothlisberger’s Sunday evening.
Local social roundup lists numerous visits and gatherings. Families including Amundson Reinhart Johnson Erickson Osmundson Larson Blockhus Shipton Olson and others are shown hosting or visiting in midweek and weekend events across Grand Meadow Ames Decorah and West Doris Johnson and Willard Martin appear among hosts and guests. Multiple Sunday gatherings at Olson and Johnson homes reflect a active social calendar.
Nancy Craig and Bob Conrad from Cresco gathered school children to build their first snowman of the season on the Conrad lawn on Saturday September 26. The snowman was christened September Morn.
Peter J. Stenseth and Robert Phillips of Calmar died when a tree fell on their truck during a heavy snow storm east of Cresco weeks ago. They were returning from an Austin packing plant with livestock when the accident occurred. Atty. George R. Little of Primghar has received the Purple Heart for bravery in World War I, wounded July 25 1918 at Chateau Thierry. Remember! Scrap slaps Japs. Sock 'em!
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