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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1956
Page
8
Saturday and Sunday visits fill Ole Amundson and nearby homes with relatives and friends. Hosts include Landsgard, Lindley, Landsgard, Amundson, and Opland families. Several birthday and anniversary celebrations noted, plus travel from San Luis Obispo.
Alyria News lists E G Steinman ministering at Sunday school 10 15 a m and worship 11 15 a m. It records numerous visits and social events including Will Christ of Waseca Minnesota guests of Jim Yearous and Shirley Patterson in Des Moines and weekends with Forrest Shaffer. Numerous neighbors and families are noted sharing dinners anniversaries and picnics at local venues such as Norway Church and state park near Strawberry Point.
A lengthy report lists numerous social visits and meals across Elkader Fayette West Union Oelwein and surrounding areas. Names include Dale Klingman Kathy El kader Carroll Klingman Ida Meyer Francis Wolf family and many others with dinners smorgasbors and weekend visits noted. The piece highlights extended family and community ties with multiple households hosting relatives and friends over a recent period.
Lisberger, Mrs Glen McKellar and Mrs E G Steinman will entertain the Ladies' Aid Society and the Cemetery Association next Wednesday Sept 19 at the church. The Ted Whitford family and Mr and Mrs Don Whitford of Volga were supper guests Tuesday at Forrest Shatter's home. Officers for the Hlyria M Y F elected Sunday evening are David Freiden president Dennis Meyer vice president Margaret Medberry secretary Marion Christen treasurer Ann Miles and Diane Frieden about recreation.
The Cherry Valley News lists numerous social visits and gatherings. Families such as Engebretsens, Butikofers, Christens, Hofer, Hanson, Peterson, Nagels, and Masons share dinners, afternoons, and evenings in homes across Rock Valley Mason City West Union Volga and nearby towns. Notable events include a 25th wedding anniversary at Norway Lutheran Church and multiple hospital or x ray visits in Iowa City.
Brainard News notes several families hosting Labor Day guests and Sunday dinners. Roger Reeder, Lyie Martin and Stanley Boyer hosts are listed with Cedar Falls Waterloo Story City and other nearby communities mentioned among visiting relatives and friends.
Marshfield Wisconsin residents hosted and visited over several days with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Billy Peters and Cindy, Don Reeder and family, George Craft, Glen Boyer, Ed Bettencourt, Stanley Boyer, Ira Cherry, Dick Eckstrand and baby. Ian Davenport area hosting included Mrs. Dick Donion.
Ten visits to the local authority cost Roy money and earned a wary reputation. The official warned him about speeding and school-zone driving, then imposed ten dollar fines as the pattern continued. After seven convictions Roy shifted to a brisk, cash-transaction attitude.
Roy, a habitual traffic violator, dies driving on the wrong side of the highway at high speed with his parking lights on. A 17 year old girl also perishes. The community shows muted sorrow over Roy but grief over the girl’s death remains widespread.
Local official pondered using Roys conviction records to trigger a license suspension. He considered mailing the records to the state safety department but waited beyond the eleventh visit for action.
Nine teen Charles Harms Jr of Chicago captured the national junior clay target championship at Vandalia Ohio after tying Carl Jacobson of Oakland California at 4197 and winning the shoot-off to take the title.
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