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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1941
Page
8
A long list of neighbors and relatives share visits, dinners, and outings across Cedar Falls La Crosse and nearby towns. Families and individuals travel from Ames West Union Fayette and Arlington to attend showers picnics and birthdays while remaining residents host and entertain.
Brainard and Clermont residents, including Mr. and Mrs. George Boyle and Shirley and Bob, plus others, spent time in the Nutting, Lyon, Peters, Barker, Craft, and Bartlett homes. Ray Gilbert returned from a California trip. Ruth Hope fills in for an ill Mrs. Peters. Brainard Church notes report Sunday school at 10 o'clock led by Rev. A. E. Burroughs.
Leo Sanders discovered a 28 inch eel in the Cedar River near Nashua recently. Three sets of twins plus another pair of brothers are enrolled in Waverly kindergarten this year. Mrs Olive Kingland of Lake Mills received a one dollar bill in an anonymous letter claiming 50 cents had been found years earlier and paid back.
County Line News lists extensive social visits across Decorah and nearby towns. Multiple families including Blockhus, Thorson, Voelker, Meisner, West, and Berg share Sundays at various homes, with extended relatives, guests from Dubuque, Waseca, Ames, and McGregor attending events and celebrations. A milestone 80th birthday for Hilda Aanes is noted alongside college plans for Norman Amundson and other local gatherings.
Two carloads of walnut logs were shipped from Mt Vernon to a Kentucky veneering concern. A separate item notes Charles Foglesong of Guthrie Center showing a hill of potatoes of ten potatoes, one attached to the vine with others radiating outward, and Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Lark and daughter of Onawa returning from a 6000 mile motoring trip, with Mr. Lark driving most of the way at age 85.
Multiple households in Cheery Valley and nearby towns host dinners and Sunday visits. Guests include families of Dennler Meisner Christen and Langs gard with extended duration visits. Activities center on shared meals, porch gatherings, and a nutrition project meeting at Elkader.
Professor Harold M. Skeels, a psychology teacher in Evanston, forgot two suitcases on the bumper of a passing car while unlocking his own. He was en route to his Iowa City home, raising concerns about memory and attention in transit.
Oak Grove residents hosted and visited friends across families and neighbors. Mr and Mrs John Howard joined the Frank Cummings home while Geraldine Howard traveled with the Geo Metzger group to Quincy Ti returning Friday. Multiple gatherings included the Wilsons at Clint Rush’s near West Union and the Leuchtenmachers hosting guests with the Peters and Kohls families also visiting illness noted.
Gunder News records a Dorcas Society gathering hosted by Mrs. Ole Gisleson and others on Saturday September 27. Social visits occur across households including the Rodney Smith home near Postville and Myron Anderson residence, with several names listed among callers. Elver Anderson had tonsils removed at Decorah hospital, and pupils at Gunder school enjoyed a vacation due to teacher Gladys Feterson's illness. Delores Nyborg and Eileen Mork are noted visitors, with several Monday and Tuesday local outings involving Loftsgard, Reierson, Reed, and Anderson households. Earl Hanson and Orlando Loftsgard joined Myron Anderson for a Cedar Rapids trip Tuesday evening.
Joe Nothem of Remsen was directed to a blaze by a call that ended with the reply it was his own barn. The incident spots a rural fire confusion and hints at property risk in Remsen.
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