Macie Josephine Swenson, infant daughter of Shawn and Jill Swenson, was baptized Sunday morning at worship services in Bethlehem. Her sponsors were Shelli Swenson and Deborah Hellwinckel. Guests later at the Ardell and Jen Spath home also included the above named and the grandparents, Gordie and Dianna Spath, Wells, and Larry and Phyllis Swenson, Luverne. Mike, Robin and Madison Spath were also in attendance. Ron and Janet Solberg spent from Thursday, July 3, to Tuesday, July 13, in Fosston visiting Ron’s relatives and in Wheaton visiting Jan’s mother, Hattie Walz. They were met there by their daughter, Janine, from Champlain, Ill. She is working at the college there while also taking credits and working on her Ph.D.Wendell and Kathryn Erickson went to the Cities last Monday to stay with Anna and Mike Gilman while attending the Legislative Alumni dinner and theatre, July 12, at the Old Log Cabin Theatre in Excelsior on the shore of Lake Minnetonka. They enjoyed visiting with former legislators and their spouses and returned to Hills, Tuesday, July 13. Patrick Nester, Winona, and Andrew Carmany, Tyler, spent several days at the home of their grandmother, Joanne Goehle. They returned to their respective homes on Tuesday, July 13. Hannah, 4, and Molly, 2, daughters of Scott and Kristi Ebert, Harrisburg, S.D., spent Monday and Tuesday of last week with grandmother Cyndi Ebert. Gregg is at the lake, working on their newly constructed home and Scott helped out a couple of days. Diedrick Aukamp, Germany, spent a couple of days in the home of Sheldon and Ellie Sandager. He was a foreign exchange student in their home in 1967. There was a family dinner Friday night at the home of Kent and Paula Kolsrud in Sioux Falls. Present were Stacey Bommersbach, Sidney and Jordyn, Holly, Mich., Harlan and Bonnie Kolsrud, Worthington, David, Char and Chris Kolsrud, Beaver Creek, and Alice Kolsrud, Hills. Friday, July 9, Dick and Audrey Heidenson and Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended the U.S. Coast Guard band concert at Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls. Joanne and Tom Goehle attended Andrew Carmany’s fast pitch softball tournament in Edgerton on Saturday. Besides attending four of the five games, they also spent time with Colby, Katie and Brenda Hadler. The Steve and Leanne Carmany family also attended the games. Rheta DeBoer, her sister and two high school friends, have a tradition of getting together once a year. They did that last week Monday meeting in Sioux Falls for their annual outing. Last Saturday and Sunday, Wendell and Kathryn met their daughter, Kristin and Patrick Anderson of Sioux Falls for an outing at Lake Madison. Also present were Patrick’s parents, Carl and Laverne Anderson, Braham. Don and Edyth Briggs, along with a tour group, visited Chicago, July 8 through 12, taking in the sites. Sunday Tom and Joanne Goehle, along with the Rick Nester family of Winona, the Carmany family from Tyler, the Hadler family and Amber Rieck, Edgerton, were guests of Vivian Holst in Luverne. Tedd and Dianne Larson, Trisha, Lance and Lucy returned home after spending a week with his sister, Brenda and Jeff Marshall in Portland, Ore. Brad and Deniese Larson, Leanna and Andrew, Lakeville, also were in attendance.After spending two weeks visiting relatives in the area, Marj Roning’s sister and her granddaughter, Vivian and Amanda Gauvin, San Jose, Calif., and her aunt, Magdalin Poindexter, Escondido, Calif., returned to their homes this week. They had come for a family reunion in Chamberlain, S.D.Don and Edyth Briggs went to New Ulm Sunday to attend Heritage Days. Henry Esselink returned to his home Sunday after being hospitalized in Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, after suffering a stroke.