Residents of the Hills area — be sure to watch the Miss America Pageant coming up in Atlantic City on Saturday evening, Sept. 20. Most times we cannot connect with any of the contestants, but this year we have a young lady in the competition who has relatives in Hills. She is Brenda Plimpton’s niece, namely Christina O’Niel, who is Miss Nevada. Brenda and daughter, Jayme, left Wednesday to watch the show. Jayme is hoping her cousin will be the next Miss America! And so are we! Chuck and Maxine Hanson, Austin, spent the weekend with Dorothy, Arnold and Einar Thorin. Joining them on Sunday afternoon to help Shorty celebrate his 90th birthday were Jerry and Diann Thorin, Todd and Deya Thorin and family, Sioux Falls, Dennis Roning and Marie Soehl. Thursday evening Vi VanWyhe and Steve VanWyhe, Steen, attended the patriotic cantata entitled "America — We Must Not Forget" at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls. Lexia DeWit, daughter of the Cliff VanWyhes, was one of the members in the mass of 200 voices in the chorus. Wendell and Kathryn Erickson attended Turkey Day in Worthington Saturday and also visited their daughter, Margaret.Betty Elbers attended the Women of Faith Conference in St. Paul Friday and Saturday. David and Nancy Swanson spent from Friday until Sunday in the Cities where they visited Nancy’s ailing and aged aunt in a nursing home. Chuck and Rheta DeBoer attended the patriotic program "Remembering 9-11-01" at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls Thursday night. Sunday evening visitors in the DeBoer home were Henry and Cathy DeGroot, Sioux Falls.Tuesday, Betty Elbers attended the Bible League Retreat in Sioux Falls. Dean and Peggy Goettsch accompanied by Alice Goettsch went to Sioux Falls to enjoy supper with Annette Goettsch and Tony Goettsch on Sunday. Last Monday Chuck and Rheta DeBoer motored to Spencer, Iowa, where they met their son, Jeff and Karen DeBoer and two sons from Garner, Iowa, to enjoy the fair. Beth Sandager came from Herrick, S.D., to spend a couple of days in the home of her parents and will be going on to Madison, Wis., to visit other relatives.Wednesday afternoon Betty Elbers drove to Edgerton to visit her mother, Jessie Boeve, a resident of the Edgebrook Nursing Home. Don and Edyth Briggs attended the Augie, Southwest State University, Marshall, football game Saturday afternoon in Sioux Falls.
