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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
8
R A Crider, Elgin Iowa veterinarian, listed. Community items from Elyria Tyria include church services, many local visits, picnics and gatherings across Fayette, Castalia, Dubuque, Elkader, and Cedar Rapids. Mentions of families such as Medberry Strong Smith Frieden Gehring and Yearous, Woerner and Kohls, plus Cedar Rapids trips and a cattle sale near Masonite.
Cheery Valley residents spent Sunday in gatherings at multiple homes. Mr and Mrs Jake Solberger and Harvey joined Mrs Lousa Dennler of Marion for forenoon visits at Martin Hanson’s home. Dinner guests included Thos Howard and Archie Howard family at Hanson home and the James Duff family at Jora Christen home. Additional visits featured Albert, Glen and Bill Dennler at Harry Butikofer’s, and the James Shlee family with Orlando Loftsgard Alice Frieden and Marlene Schupbach at Louis Butikofer’s. The Herman Schupbach family visited in the afternoon, followed by Melbert Meyer Walter Dennler Bert Thoman Ed Leonard Elmer Dennler and families at Frank Christen house.
Several families and relatives including Ben and Pauline Dennler Clarence Schneider and others traveled to Plattville Wisconsin to visit the Ernest Friedlin home. Numerous relatives visited and dined in the John Dennler home with Saturday notes of hospital recovery for Oma Lee Butikofer after an operation.
Mrs Charles Peters and Mrs Chloa Lyon attended a visit at the Louis Becker home with Mrs Robert Kerr. Eddie Bentencourt and California guests visited Herman Boyer and friends. Mrs Tom Boyer returned from a recent operation in New Hampshire hospital. Mrs Herman Boyer hosted the Ladies Aid at her home. Further visits included Doyle Baker and Ronnie and Reuben Howard at the Peters home, and Dan Craft with Ray Gilbert and families visiting Bessie Sullivan and Gilbert Burden homes. Joe Peters and family dined with the Robert Kerr family.
A sequence of visits and dinners occurred across multiple households. Vern Boyer and family along with several neighbors joined the Dick Henry home near Waterloo for Sunday dinner. Others hosted or visited include Paul Stillman, Jesse Olson, Dan Craft, Gerald Olson, Virgil Torson, and the Kerr and Knoll families in Clermont, Gander, and New Hampton areas.
Mr and Mrs Walter Pritchard were supper guests in the Herman Boyer home Sunday Catfish advice notes that clipped fin cats with metal tags likely carry a conservation commission tag and should be returned.
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