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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1957
Page
8
Community church events fill the week with family nights and worship services. A large roster of area residents and guests share meals, visits, and hospitality across Independence Elkader West Union and surrounding towns.
The Good Neighbors Club met October 8 at Mrs. George Schupbachs home with 27 members weighing in on the Russian satellite. Guests included Mrs. John Butikofer. gifts and cards were shared for ill and new baby members. plans for Christmas remembrance were set. officers urged members to bring coffee strips to the November meeting.
The Ron Bantz family visited Tuesday evening in the Douglas Guyer home. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanson from Elkader visited in the Lyle Martin home Wednesday evening. Mrs. Julia Boyer went to the Dick Henry home in Waterloo on Friday to spend a few days.
Mr and Mrs Don Reeder and sons visited Sunday in the Ralph Knoll home at New Hampton. Jane Knoll had surgery last Monday and spent time in the New Hampton hospital. Mr and Mrs John Dugan Maynard were dinner guests in the Lawrence Gehring home last Tuesday. Jeri Martin attended Sally Stephenson s birthday party Saturday afternoon. Mrs Lyle Martin Mickey and David and Darrell Hanson spent the afternoon in the Melvin Hanson home. Janet Gehring was an overnight guest Monday off Ruby Shaffer. Mr and Mrs Don Peters Waterloo and Dennis Olson Clermont spent the weekend in the Joe Peters home. John Ries Randalia was a supper guest Saturday in the Ron Bantz home. The Billy Peters family spent Sunday in the George Pape home. Clermont Mr and Mrs Abner West and Russell visited Tuesday evening in the Don Reeder home. Sunday dinner guests in the Melvin Hanson home were the Lyle Martin family and Jim Hanson and Gerry Snider Fayette.
A truck owned by Serenus Eis bernd rolled away as brakes failed while parked near the Calmar post office. It crossed the street and crushed the front porch of the Robert Schlitter home next to Today’s Best Buy. A Want Ad.
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