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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1938
Page
8
Cheery Valley society notes list numerous visits across homes including the Dennler, Christen, Butikofer, and Hanson families. Guests include Ruth Royce, John Probert, Elizabeth Christen of Chicago, and others from nearby towns, with several trips to Cedar Falls Prairie du Chien Elgin and Bay City.
Elizabeth and Will Christen visited the James Duff home near Volga on Saturday. Mrs. Rosa Baumgartner spent Sunday evening in the Louis Butikofer home. The L. Christen home hosted Sunday evening guests. Mrs. Adolph Hanson and son Junior Leo Hanson of La Grange Missouri and Mrs. J. C. Wells of Clinton visited the L. Christen home Sunday. Hilda Meyer spent the past week with the Adolph Elvers home near Elkader. Mrs. John Pulfer took her daughter Iona Jean to Iowa City for treatments at the university hospital.
A busy stretch of local gatherings and visits is detailed with church events, club meetings, family visits, and school openings. Notable entries include a farm bureau meeting at the Ilyria church, the Progressive Home Study Club meeting with Mrs. Ed Wenger, and multiple weekend visits among the Yearous, Wenger, Rothlisberger, and Bartelma families, plus teacher appointments and rural schools reopening.
Lawrence Gehring and family visited Fred Schneider's home. Merrill Probert, Will Sage and families, plus guests from Chicago, Florence and Clarence Thoman and Martha Chapman and Delbert, joined Nellie Foxwell. Elgin public school students returned to duties after summer vacation. Rex Medberry and family toured McGregor. Ernestine Hopis helps Mrs Benson with housework. Bert Baker of Sargent Bluffs visited Arthur Yearon. Elmer Frieden's wife stayed with her aunt, Mrs. Frank Gehring. Arthur Groth of Decorah attended dinner with Walter Medberry’s family. Harry Frieden and family called on Jasper Mitts.
Residents and relatives from Grand Meadow and nearby towns are noted visiting homes across Clermont Elkader Cedar Rapids and Decorah. The record lists numerous gatherings at Olson Erickson Lyngaas Landsgard and Wede households and mentions trips to Chicago Minneapolis La Crosse and the Minnesota state fair.
Oak Grove school opened Tuesday with Serene Yack as teacher. Florence Muncie spent Tuesday afternoon with Florence Thoman. Visitors included Mrs. Orlin Mason in Cheery Valley and families of Harold Strong, Amelia Strong, and Clyde King in Cedar. Mrs. Herbert Dummermuth hosted her Ladies Aid group last Thursday. Howard Medberry, Oran Bane and families joined Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holzer and Mrs. Bert Allen to visit Mrs. Henrietta Cunningham in Volga City. Robt Wilson returned the last.
Benton residents hosted and visited relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids Monona La Crosse and Elgin with numerous Sunday dinners and Monday afternoon calls. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wm Pritchard family and Wm Leighty visiting daughters and husbands and many local families attending picnics and meetings.
A 17-car caravan with a large support truck and equipment visited Red Oak for a brief stop. The group of 70 travelers, all neighbors from Illinois, planned a coordinated vacation en route to the Black Hills and Wyoming. J. A. Boleyn and Lawrence Etter were in Waterloo on Tuesday.
Mrs. P. J. Colligan of Moline Illinois, married 43 years and mother of four, won first prize of $10,000 in the Better Homes for a Better America contest for a 100 word essay on home. She has moved 16 times, learned the value of home, and now resides in the community she left as a bride.
Community entries list visits and hosting by Brainard area families including Bartlett Bartholomew Randalia and Hawkeye residents. Also noted are church services at Brainard, a W C T U convention near Donnan, and a Farm Union Picnic at H W Helms. Fayette Leader credits and a quip about a new refrigerator invention.
Miss Alice Mahnke daughter of August Mahnke of Farmersburg marries Milton Monlux son of Mr and Mrs Wm Monlux at Monlux Mohnke St Johns Lutheran Farmersburg Friday at 1 30 pm Rev H Adix conducts single ring ceremony Olga Mahnke and Edison Leath attend. After a lunch the couple plan to live on the Monlux farm in Wagner township following a wedding trip to Des Moines and other Iowa points. Monona Leader
In Waukon a bizarre fundraiser charged a penny per inch around the waist at church dinners. Several women paid modest amounts while one patron faced a 60 cent fee for her measurements.
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