Mary Carter accompanied Alf and Marilyn Metzger to Lyons, S.D., on Sunday to attend church services at the Lutheran Church. Mary’s great-granddaughter is a senior graduating from school there and the church was honoring the graduates of the church with a gift of a homemade quilt.Don and Edyth Briggs motored to Iowa City, Iowa, on Friday to attend funeral services for Don’s cousin, Shirley Briggs. They returned to Hills Saturday. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson and Dick and Audrey Heidenson enjoyed supper out Friday night and later attended the Tri-Valley Chorus and Barber Shop performance at Viborg, S.D.Wilmer and Betty Elbers returned home last week Thursday after attending the International Milk Haulers convention in Nashville, Tenn. Gene and Shirley Sandager, Brittany and Kelly were Sunday dinner guests of Fran Sandager at Tuff Village. Paul and Evangeline Opheim drove to Moorhead early Sunday morning to join family members in celebrating Benjamin Cherland’s graduation from Concordia College. He graduated with honors in music. Benjamin is the son of Carl and Meredith Cherland of Regina, Saskatchewan. Carl is the son of the former Ramona (Opheim) Cherland and Clarence Cherland. Paul and Evangeline returned home late Sunday evening. Leanna Gaugler turned one year old on April 29. She is the daughter of Jesse and Karen Gaugler. Her birthday was celebrated with the Drust and Page children and their moms. Also Leanna’s grandparents, Roger and Ardella Gaugler who came from Elgin, N.D., for the event. Roger, Ardella, Karen and Leanna Gaugler went to Brookings, S.D., on Saturday, April 30, to attend the graduation of Annie Gaugler from South Dakota State University with a major in animal science. She is the daughter of the Roger Gauglers. Karen and Leanna returned to Hills Saturday. Grace Miller, who had been hospitalized in Sioux Falls for a few days, has returned to her apartment in Luverne. Chuck and Rheta DeBoer spent the weekend in the home of their son, Jeff and Karen DeBoer and children, Josiah and Micah, in Garner, Iowa. Friday night Audrey Heidenson was a guest of her daughter-in-law, Lyn Heidenson of Brandon, S.D., at the mother- daughter banquet in Palisades Lutheran Church. Wilmer and Betty Elbers attended the confirmation services Sunday at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne in honor of their grandson, Steven Walker’s, confirmation. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson helped Patrick Anderson of Sioux Falls celebrate his birthday on Sunday. Colby Hadler, Edgerton, spent Friday with his grandmother, Joanne Goehle. Bob and Twila Kirsch spent Friday with family at Heron Lake. Riley Lentz came home with his grandparents to spend until Sunday here.