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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1961
Page
8
A local bulletin corrects the Good Neighbors Club meeting date to November 14 from November 4. The column lists numerous social visits and guests over recent days including Mrs Tillie Pagen Eunice and many families visiting in homes around Elkader Volga and nearby towns with several bridal showers and dinner guests noted.
Mrs Millard Hoag of Farmersburg visited Kenneth Kjosa. Decorah guests Christine Tollefson and Delia Brandhagen attended Kjosa dinners. Numerous calls and visits followed at L Lottsgard Emme Guls vig Clarence Anderson homes. People attended Luther College events and birthday celebrations. Several Amundson and Loftsgard family visits documented with other local residents and guests throughout the week.
Sunday afternoon Betty Bennett Cedar Rapids and Billy Bennett visited the Virgil Torsan family. Saturday night guests included Donald Buckett Shelley Moline Ill Laralee Melinda and Brian Wenger at the Orran Bane home. Other callers and dinner guests listed include the Schwind family Volga Will Christen Ivanell Hal Wilson Silas Wilson Harold Dennler Dick Grover family and Vernon Anderson Marlene Clermont. Hazel Rothlisberger Dubuque visited the Rothlisberger home. Pete Kuhlman family visited Hans Kuhlman in Austin Minnesota. William Yearous Lyle visited Floyd Patterson in Wadena. Emmett Light family were supper guests of Louis Light West Union. Jim Yearous and Jerome Yearous visited Andrew Yearous in Elkader hospital. Will Paige visited Don Clark. Don Larson Elizabeth Elkader and Myron Chapman Brad West Union were Sunday evening visitors in the Raymond ...
Community guests and family visits populate the week with numerous supper and dinner gatherings. Families hosted include Benson, Gisleson, Yearous, Dennler, Hermen, Strong, Chris ten, and Ogle, in Clermont West Union Cas tansion and surrounding towns. The Evening Circle held meetings, with plans for a fall festival November 18 and a Ladies Aid program. Lunch featured chicken dressing, mashed potatoes, corn, cranberry salad, bread, pie and coffee, served family style.
The secretary and treasurer presented reports. The Guild paid 400 dollars to the church treasury. Forty four pounds of clothing were sent to the church.
Orville Clark of Estherville raised a giant squash this year with the largest fruit tipping the scales at 45 pounds. The record squash underscores a bumper season for local gardeners and marks a notable extraordinary harvest in the region.
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