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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1939
Page
8
A fragment notes there is a difference in chiropractic practitioners and mentions X Ray and Neurocalometer in Elkader Iowa with a State Bank Building location reference.
Mrs. Fred Butikofer and Fran cis and Ramona spent Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Fanny Frieden home. Numerous families visited or hosted gatherings in the area including Dennler, Frieden, Meisner and Friederich households. A large crowd enjoyed a social and program at the Brick school Friday evening led by Celia Andrae and pupils.
Mrs Orlin Mason spent Wednesday with her brother Fred Hanson at the Postville hospital Clara Muehlenthaler spent the last week in the L Christen Mrs Ernest Lerch spent the weekend in the G Friederich home helping care for her father who was quite ill but at this writing he is somewhat improved Mr and Mrs Clarence Schneidler were dinner guests in the Ben Dennler home Sunday Mr and Mrs Ernest Christen Lucy Christen and Clara Muehrenthaler called at the Max Lehman home Sunday afternoon Hilda Meyer of Littleport and Harold Meyer of Strawberry Point spent the weekend in the Oscar Baumgartner home Alma Hanson accompanied Mr and Mrs Adolph Elvera to Cedar Rapids Saturday
Oak Grove residents hosted and visited across many homes including the Leuch tenmacher, Peters, Thoman, Gilson, and Howard households. The March of Faith film at Marion church attracted praise, with numerous school programs aiding local treasuries and a birthday gathering for a ill neighbor, all within a busy weekend of gatherings and civic events.
Household guests include Mr and Mrs Beryl Boleyn and families and Archie Welch hosts. Welter Pritchard family spent Sunday at the Pritchard home with Mr and Mrs George Walling and Mrs Woodle. Wilma Staffenhagen and J Phillips joined Mrs Welch for Thursday evening at the Gilson home. Earl Kiple visited Mrs Mary Keiser Tuesday. Dilla Baldwin visited Hang Winkler Sunday evening. Lyle Wilson visited Ward Brabham in West Union Thursday evening.
Mr and Mrs Ray Gilbert and family moved to Marshalltown Friday for factory work. Several families visited in Clermont and Brainard homes including Miller Cummings Lyon Barnhouse Belknap Nutting and Boyer families. Brainard L A S plans to clean the church Thursday. Church notes list Sunday school at 10 30 am and preaching at 8 pm by Rev R A Belknap. Local social visits include birthday party for Lillian Whitcher near West Union.
Illyria residents and relatives are listed with numerous visits, dinners, and house parties. Families from Oelwein Washington West Union Clermont Mt. Vernon Volga City and Ames gathered for birthdays weddings and reunions while Highland school pupils marked a ninth birthday. Continued social calls and hosts include Rothlisberger Lembke Kimball and Shaffer households among others.
William Red Rawlings of UNC captured the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate title at the Greenbrier Tennis Club White Sulphur Springs after a grueling five set match lasting three hours. He defeated Delos Parsons of West Virginia amateur titleholder and Marshall College foe in Huntington, West Virginia.
Fort Bragg in North Carolina is described as the largest artillery reservation in the world. A separate note mentions Heddenchiensee palace with a novel dining table dumbwaiter that lowers the table for dishes and rises for the next course, showcasing elaborate rooms and a mechanical setup.
A dramatic caption questions Finland's future amid tensions with the United States and the Soviet Union. The scene shows a view of Helsingfors from an aircraft at about 1,000 feet, with an estimated population mention of 3,500,000 surrounding the heroic notion.
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