Ahhh, Augusta! What a friendly little town. I have many good memories of happy times in this town. Here is an example of some of the things that were happening in the lives of Augusta area people back in 1942 were: Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pence and family of Appleton, were overnight guests at the home of her brother, Ralph Golden. Wednesday they went to Elmwood to spend the Easter holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Golden. Ralph Pettis received word the first of the week that his sister, Maybelle, now Mrs. Nick Webber, had died Sunday morning, March 29 at her home at Harlowton, MT. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Korth attended a family gathering at Spencer Sunday at the home of his sister Mrs. Frank Oelrich. Bob Gregor and Pete Kramshuster now have employment as carpenters at Merrimac, WI. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Victor Olker of Hayward, March 29, a son. Robert Dittmer has enlisted in the quartermaster's corps and left Monday for Camp Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Christian Magnussen and family left for Milwaukee Tuesday, where they will make their home. On March 26, they were supper guests of the F. C. Walker home, and in the evening a farewerll party was given for them by Mr. and Mrs. Walker. Five hundred was played at four tables. On March 28, friends and neighbors tendered the Magnussen family a farewell party at their home. Mrs. Lloyd Karow drove to Princeton, MN Saturday for a weekend visit with her husband, who is employed there. She returned here Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Johnson, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Adeline Coey, of Bruce, drove to Lodi Tuesday. They were called there by the death of the women's sister, Mrs. Armand Ketterer. Robert Ryax of Madison was a guest at the D. V. Lampman home Sunday. Donald Dickinsen, who attends embalmer's school in Chicago is spending his Easter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dickinsen and other relatives. Mrs. John Mahon accompanied Miss Vine Miller of Eau Claire to Ripon Thursday for a visit with relatives and friends. Miss June Bell of St. Paul was a guest of her sister, Mrs. Verne Gilbertson, over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dodd of Superior and their daughter, Miss Roberta Dodd, of New Auburn, spent Sunday with their daughter, Miss Joan Dodd, and they were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Young. Corp. Gilman Polinski arrived Wednesday morning from Chanute Field, Rantoul, IL, to spend a 20 day leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Polinscki. He is recovering from an appendectomy. Mrs. Oscar Jeffers of Bayfield is visiting at the Wm. Bates, A. O. Wilson, and Mrs. Henry Bates homes. Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jeffers and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Jeffers of Chippewa Falls visited at the Wm. Bates home. +++++++++++++++++ It was a pretty friendly place, huh? And it still is! I hope you get a chance to go there sometime. They have some great antique shops and a super genealogy section in their public library! Just ask their head librarian, Nancy, where the records are located! -- Nance Sampson Eau Claire Co. Mail List Owner mailto:[email protected]