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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
8
E R Withell D C Chiropractor operates at State Bank Building Etkader Iowa with X Ray and Neurocarometer equipment. A discussion highlights distinctions in chiropractic practice between practitioners in the area.
Oak Grove residents report multiple Sunday visits and gatherings. Families including Kohls Winkler Cannon Leuchtenmacher Peters Yates and Pritchard attended picnics and calls. Local clubs and hospital visits referenced with Medberry and Medbesiv noted.
Dilyria items Elmer Lembke and family attended the wedding of Harvey Kraus of Chicago and Gladys Oidoefer of Strawberry Point at St. Sebald church last Saturday afternoon. Lester Chase and family from Strawberry Point with Afarold Hermen and Eddie from Wadena joined a picnic near the Turkey River on Sunday in honor of Arthur Hermen's birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ebendort and Mrs. Will Ebendort of Topeka Kansas were guests in the Ed and Carl Gehring homes. Chas Daly Clarence and Mrs. Marjorie Ryder sight-seeing at Guttenberg Sunday.
A dense notice list details showers visits and gatherings across West Union and nearby towns. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Yearous, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Yearous, Kathleen, Donna Medberry, Walter Kiple, Harold Kimball, John Dur scher, Jake Frieden, and many others. Visits span Postville, Dubuque, Ames, Cumberland, and Cedar Falls with mentions of farm work, hospital trips, and a Hosh Higgins Parkway dedication.
Mrs. Jake Frieden spent a few days with her mother Mrs. Rosa Schlupp. Families from nearby towns visited and hosted meals with multiple local residents including the Dennler, Frieden, Lehman, Christen, Ubersax, and Metzger households. Several attended Cheese Day in Monroe and Ern Lerch's funeral with travel to Elgin and West Bend.
The report lists numerous guests from Hawkeye Castalia Fredericksburg West Union and New Rockford visiting Sunday at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Boyer Sidney Nutting and Frank Lyon. Names include Anna Appelman Leyi Learn John Learn Caroline Mueller and others. Additional visits feature Emil Bruellman and Mrs Habegee with the Burroughs family.
Friday visitors include supper guests in the Glen Boyer and Vern Boyer homes. Wadena guests stayed with the Wm. Nutting family Sunday. WCTU members from Fayette attended last Tuesday. West Union Baptist Missionary Society plans a September meeting at Brainard church with Brainard Ladies Aid. Mrs. Sidney Nutting leads the program. picnic lunch to follow. Sunday school at 10, choir practice Thursday, preaching Friday at 8. Rev. A. E. Buroughs is pastor.
Joe Lind Melbert Hoefer and families traveled to Clinton for carpenter work and light housekeeping. Kenneth Kjosa visited Decorah hospital and Mrs Kjosa is recovering. Hellum family hosted Sunday supper with Kenneth Hellun and daughter. Merrill Johnson shower nearby McGregor drew many locals. Pearl Egge returns to Minneapolis to start college. Bernice Peterson clerks in Elgin. Dennis and Linda Lau of Fayette dined with Odegard family. Gisleson and West hosted visits. Doren Society to meet Sept 29 at church parlors. Olson and Giste son families visited near McGregor. Loftsgard family visited T T Loftsgard home.
Minneapoli Mian resident Pearl Hee spent a few days with the Martin Amundson family and others in the Gle Reierson and Gilbertson households. Decorah visitor Laelia Gilbertson recuperating after tonsil operation at parental home before returning to work. Local gatherings include Orville Berg and Raymond Friederich with Hunsberger and Gilbertson families, and block of visits at the Reierson and Gilbertson homes.
Evening Mrs. Ole Blockhus of Decorah spent a few days last week with her mother Mrs. Carrie Thorson. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Larson and family were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Staff. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Reierson and family were callers Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Louisa Martie. Martin Amundson returned from a fishing trip at Park Rapids Minnesota. He was awarded this trip and week's outing by the Vinton Carn company. Mrs. Olaf Berg and Arvey visited in the Ben Erickson home Monday evening. Mrs. Edgar Kimball spent Monday night with Sophia and Sarah Groth at Clermont. Sophia and Sarah Groth and Mrs. Carl Blockhus and Clara were guests Saturday of Mrs. Carrie Thorson.
Local residents share visits and dinners across Grand Meadow lines with the Olson, Lyngalls, Nygaard, Landsgard, and Holm families. A funeral in Clermont drew many locals while others hosted guests in Postville and Gander areas.
Mrs. Julia Landsgard and Mrs. Alvin Halverson spent Saturday afternoon at Bert Lyngans home. They visited Tuesday with Mrs. Olivia Olson.
Harald Olson left Marquette with a truck bound for Decorah when a young hitchhiker attacked to stage a hold up. The driver fought back and walked six miles to Marquette for treatment after a cut hand. The truck snapped seven highway guard posts and needed a wrecking crew to recover.
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