Ray and Lois Nelson spent last Tuesday in Freemont, Neb., and Wednesday in North Bend, Neb., visiting an Army friend and wife, Frank and Pat Minarick. Ray and Frank are two of the last four of the former 10 Army couples who used to have an annual reunion in different areas of the United States. Dean and Peggy Goettsch, Tony and Annette, spent the weekend with her mother, Helen Schoen, at Albert Lea. Together with Peggy’s brother and family and her sister and husband and family the group celebrated their Easter holiday.Jeff and Missy Bass and boys attended the 90th birthday celebration Saturday for his grandmother, Faye Bass, at Prairie Crossing in Sioux Falls. Jean Hanson, Sioux Falls, S.D., was a Sunday dinner guest at the Ray Nelson home. She then visited with friends at Tuff Village and Tuff Home. Roger and Ruth Jackson motored to Detroit Lakes last week to attend funeral services for the wife of Roger’s first cousin when they had a visit with many relatives. They went on to Bemidji to visit friends, to Park Rapids and also to Menahga, where they visited Kim Rasmussen who formerly lived in the Hills area.Lois and Ray Nelson had Tuesday lunch in Hawarden, Iowa, and visited the remodeled library, as Lois’s great aunt was a former librarian there for many years. They also looked up her aunt’s home that was recently remodeled. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the Hospice charity dinner and auction Friday evening in Luverne. Sheldon, Ellie and Fran Sandager went to Marine on the St. Croix last Wednesday and were guests in the home of Lee and Betty Sandager. Thursday they attended funeral services for Arnold Sandager at Stillwater and they returned home Friday. Friday Michelle Nester came from Winona to spend until Saturday in the home of her mother, Joanne Goehle. They, together with Brenda Hadler and Leann Carmany, attended the Hospice charity dinner and auction in Luverne Friday night. Harriet Skattum attended a bridal shower Saturday for her granddaughter, Gretchen Edwards, at the First Lutheran Church in Forestburg, S.D.Hills American Legion Auxiliary #399 recently received a letter of thanks for their cash gift of $25 in support for the Flag Pole Fund located at the new Luverne Community Hospital and Clinic. Look for our name on the displayed plaque!Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the Green Earth Players performance of "Arsenic and Old Lace" Saturday in Luverne. Sunday dinner guests of Fran Sandager at Tuff Village were Charlie and Dawn Sandager and family.