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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
8
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A flurry of visits and hosting marked the weekend with gatherings at multiple homes. Families from Fairbury and Dubuque joined relatives in Elgin and Ames events while friends from Cedar Rapids and West Union stopped by the Medberry and Rothlisberger households for social activities and a Cheery Valley school program. Noelle Noel’s eighth birthday was celebrated at the Guernsey Smith home with kin from nearby communities.
Local sorrow extends to the Thoman family after a recent death. The article lists numerous social visits and gatherings across families in the area, including Mary and Fanny Palmer, the Rothlisberger, Frieden, and Medberry families, attendance at a Fayette County husking contest and a U S A homecoming football game, and multiple church and community events. It notes funerals at Hills Lutheran Church and surrounding social ties, with many relatives visiting, dining, and traveling between Ossian, Elgin, West Union, and nearby towns.
Cheery Valley residents hosted and visited across the area this week. Mrs. Francis Carkery of Wade na spent Monday with Mrs. Orlin Mason, while West Bend guests included Sam Metzger and Clara and Frank. A plate social at Cheery Valley school drew a large crowd, with many neighbors at events and family gatherings noted around West Union Hudson and Fairbury connections.
Oak Grove News notes sympathy for the Thoman family and records a stream of Sunday visits and weekend gatherings. Local residents including the Oran Bane, Henry Holzer, Ward Brabham, Lois Feller, Nona Kerr, Clarence Winkler, Bert Allen, Harold Strong, Joan Kohls, and families in Rochester Minnesota share hospitality. Mrs. Earl Kiple travels to Cedar Rapids for a two week stay with sister Mrs. Earl Eaton. A pre-nuptial shower honors Kathryn Howard in the R P Strauch home. The Hugh Conner family from Rochester joins a Sunday picnic in the Thomas Howard home with multiple relatives in attendance.
The column records neighborhood happenings around the George Howard household. It mentions Mrs. Joe Dinan hosting the Ladies Aid Society, Opal Howard aiding in Louis Becker’s house, visits by Viola and Floyd Howard to Vern Boyer and Joe Peters, a shower for Art Erickson in Eldorado, and the Aid Society’s meeting with program and bible contest led by Mrs. Vern Boyer. Visitors included Mrs. A Thomas and Mrs. Leo Boleyn. It also notes a Republican rally in Elgin attended by Mr. and Mrs. Don Cummings and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dummermuth, with Sheldon Moats as guests last Thursday.
Brainard items show visits by Rev. and Mrs. G A Thomas and daughter of Fairbank with Don Cummings, travel to L A 5 meeting, and return home Friday. Other gatherings include Mrs A R Belknap with Rev and Mrs Paul Jones at Independence, Mrs Clara Bartlett in Sidney Nutting home, and Ray Gilbert visiting Melvin Hanson in Iowa City hospital. Dinner guests at Sheldon Moats home include Monticello families, with Nutting visiting the Bicinard school and Ula and Clarence Howard spending time together.
A quirky note reports Kim Watson of Los Angeles entering an emergency hospital and claiming two fingers missing after a buzz saw incident. He said he amputated them with a hammer and chisel. Surgeons noted the work as an excellent job. Also covered is a birthday party for grandmother Frieden, visiting from Kiowa, Kansas, with gifts and luncheon. West Bend Journal.
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