Decorah Weddings Highlight Local Nuptials and Club Events
Two weddings in Decorah are noted as Miss Irene V. Musser and Nels M. Fardahl unite at First Lutheran with family observers. The ceremony places in Decorah CCC camp and nursing staff ties are mentioned. Separate notices cover Farm Bureau farewell, Child Study club, Fortnightly club, bridge party, and Relief Corps activities. A second wedding, Miss Otellia Gabriella Norlie and Ivar W. Johnson, occurs at the Norlie home with Concordia and Luther ties noted. Johnson will farm in Ferndale Washington. A card party hosts and CCC personnel are also listed among local social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene V. Musser
Michael J. Musser
Nels ‘M. Fardahl
John J. Fardahl
Adams, Minn
T. A. Hoff
Vivian ‘Finholt
Walter’ Musser
Decorah Hospital
Fardahl
Decorah
CCC
O. M. Norlie
Ivar W. Johnson
August Johnson
Flasher
N. D
Agnes and
Camilla Norlie
Joseph Norlie
Burr Oak
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Luther College
Johnson
Ferndale
Wash
Paul Rice
Engineering Corps of Co
C.C.C
Ralph Lee
Local clubs host dinners. several birthdays noted
Earlville Monday club enjoyed a dinner and quilting at Mrs. Louis Schaller’s home. Outlook club members honored Mrs. Lomna Dunn on her 77th birthday and Mrs. Emma Dickson on her 82nd. Figures for bridge prizes list Mrs. Dean Slick and others amid a gathering of neighbors and relatives. The Glanzes plan to move to a Manchester area farm, and local groups schedule a Legion supper and lodge installation events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schaller
Outlook Club
Lomna Dunn
Emma Dickson
Sarah Diesch
Grace
Holsther
Dean Slick
Leola Benda
Lillian Kahl
Ernest Hunt
J. E. Clifton
H. A. Bergman
Orra Larson
Mayme Bramley
Leela Benda
Faye Taylor
Ruth Klaus
Golda Larson
Helen Diesch
Grace Holscher
Isabel
Neil Clifton
George Glanz
Rebekah Lodge
Valentine social at Methodist church boosts local activity
Troy Mills residents gathered Thursday for a Valentine party hosted by Mrs Helen Simmons for the Social club of the Methodist church with Mrs Ruth Rowe leading the program. A Euchre club surprise party followed Monday night at the John Melendy home with guests including Mr and Mrs William Dudley and their daughter Freda, and other neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Simmons
Methodist Church
Ruth Rowe
John Melendy
William Dudley
Freda
Claud Hermann
Charles Butterfield
Victor Hockin
George Carpenter
Leo
Laurel Wreath Quilt Block Makes Trillium Centerpiece
Nancy Page readers receive a free 18 trillium applique leaflet. The Cedar Rapids Gazette describes tracing patterns, fabric cutting, and careful stitching to create a lavender trillium block for a 25-block Laurel Wreath quilt with seven remaining blocks to finish.
Oxford Social Highlights From Nemora Study Club And Local Groups
Oxford residents hosted the Nemora Study club meeting with talks on patriotism by multiple members and guests. Rebekah and Ladies Aid groups hosted events, readings, and musical pieces as birthdays and gatherings were shared among families and neighbors.
West Branch Couples Tie Marriages in Tipton
West Branch Miss Martha Thuma and Harvey Paulsen wed at Tipton Methodist parsonage with Rev. R C Jerrell. They plan to live on a farm east of West Branch. Clara Stroppel and Alvin Anderson also married in Tipton. attendees included Alfred Anderson family and Vincent family. A Davenport Blackhawk hotel wedding dinner followed Then the newlyweds will reside at the Anderson farm east of West Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Thuma
J. L. Thuma
West Branch
Harvey Paulsen
Tipton
R. C. Jerrell
Paulsen
Clara Stroppel
Alvin Anderson
Moriarty
Alfred Anderson
Harold Stotler
W. M. Vincent
Velma
Blackhawk
Davenport
Mrs. Anderson
Anderson Farm
Rev M J Thiltgen Hosts St Francis Choir At Dinner
The Rev M J Thiltgen entertained St Francis choir and guests at his Ossian home Tuesday evening. Honors at five hundred were awarded to Mrs Andrew Barthelme, Wilfred Lansing, Mrs William Murphy, Wilbur Peyer, and Mrs H Hemsath. Attending were the Barthelmes and son Marc, Mr and Mrs William Murphy, Mr and Mrs Henry Hemsath, Mr and Mrs Andrew Dessel, Bernice, Lucie and Herminigild Barthelme, Helen and Olivia Eimers, Ernestine Klein, Wilbur Peyer, and Wilfred Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Thiltgen
St. Francis Choir
Andrew Barthelme
Wilfred Lansing
William Murphy
Wilbur Peyer
H. Hemsath
Marc
Henry Hemsath
Andrew Dessel
Bernice
Lucie
Herminigild
Vincent and
Emerenda Barthelme
Helen and
Olivia Eimers
Ernestine Klein Wilbur Peyer
Social Clubs Host Bridge and Meetings in Clermont
A bridge party at Mrs. Charles Rodgers home yielded Thelma Christianson high score and Clifton Pringle second. The Study club met with Mrs. R. V. Brandt with Mrs. L. L. Carr in charge. West Lutheran Mission Society gathered Thursday with hosts including Mrs. N. H. Nelson and Mrs. Melvin Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rodgers
Thelma Christianson
Clifton Pringle
Russell Gruver
R. V. Brandt
L. L. Carr
Mission Society of the West Lutheran Church
N. H. Nelson
Melvin Nelson
A. Nordhus
G. Gunsten
Request for Missing Laurel Wreath Quilt Blocks
The Cedar Rapids Gazette asks readers to mail ten cents per missing Laurel Wreath quilt block and a stamped addressed envelope to Nancy Page at The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Copyright 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Nancy Page
The
Cedar Rapids
Social shower and bridge party greetings at local homes
Tama honored Edith Bohacek with a Belle Plaine shower hosted by Mrs. David E. Terry. Guests included Miss Margaret McCartney and Mrs. R. H. Whalen who won bridge prizes. A sequence of birthday and hospitality events featured many locals and visitors in social club evenings and bridge scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Bohacek
David E. Terry
Belle Plaine
Margaret McCartney
R. H. Whalen
Margaret Monroe
Eldora
J. B. Brusseau
Peoria
Ill
D. Hines
Robert Schultz
Marie Whalen
Toledo
Joseph Chervenka
Robert Brooks
Joseph Bohacek
Jene Seabert
Darleen Kurtz
Marcelle McCartney
Vera McKinney
Isabelle Dee
Charlotte Dupre
Howard Kauble
Norman
Annamae Kulas
Billy Pratt
Joseph Crabtree
Harley Mikkelson
Richard Booth
DeVere Fahling
Duane Cumpston
Delbert Hanlon
Duane
Raphael R. R. Dvorak
Alvin Kouba
Leroy Vanderwicken
Walter Willett
Ray Hungerford
Hilda Lawler
Robert Hanna
Harry Christianson
Ruth McQueen
McQueen
Mary Slaboch
Rowley church and social events mark week in Rowley
Rowley Methodist members held church night with Rev W G Rowley and district superintendent presiding. Eastern Stars hosted a box social in Masonic hall with a list of participants and a lone act play. Presbyterian Martha Washington guild and welcome home reception for Pastor Stewart followed. Rowley Masons hosted meetings with talks by Oswald Sandbach and Russell Philips. Birthday celebrations for Mrs W A Haines and Mrs Harry McMurray included cards bancos and 500 and banco games with several local residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Rowley
Davenport
Russel Philips
Masonic Hall
Calvin Clayton
Beth McGlade
Vera Buchanan
Ethel Mae Rosencrans
Alice Ericks
Azotus Crain
Eleanor Stoddard
Presbyterian Church
Stewart
Rochester
Minn
Rowley Masons
Oswald Sandbach
Decorah
Rowley Methodist
Brandon
Lawrence Rosene
L. H. Beatty
S. A. Ellswood
J. B. Dingsley
W. A. Haines
Winthrop Hosts Various Local Social Activities
Winthrop residents host a dessert luncheon for Mrs J F Kinney and Mrs W F Sharpe to open a Monday Night Bridge club week. A Friday luncheon entertained the Every Other Friday club at Mrs George Brubaker’s home. A miscellaneous shower for Mrs Donald Donlea featured prizes for Mrs John Tillotson and others. The Woman's Literary club will meet at Mrs William Sharp’s home. The marriage of Miss Bernice Peck and Donald Donlea occurred at the Little Brown church in Nashua with Rev William Kent officiating. The bride is a Winthrop High and State Teachers College alumna and a rural school teacher. the groom is from Winthrop and works in the elevator business. they will reside in West Winthrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Kinney
W. F. Sharpe
George Brubaker
Theodore Reinhold
Frank Donlea
Earl Mulford
Howard Allyn
Donald Donlea
D. D. Hupp
Velma Meffert
John Tillotson
Darrell Wilson
Hazel Cusick
Verna Wessels
Doris Peck
Woman’s Literary Club
William Sharp
Harry Frantz
L. N. Norman
Dee Braden
Bernice Peck
Little Brown
Nashua
William Kent
George Hickman
Charles Peck
Winthrop High School
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
West Winthrop
Maynard Farm Bureau Women Host All Day Meeting
Maynard Farm Bureau women were entertained Tuesday in an all day meeting at the home of Mrs. C. H. Knos. Attending were Mesdames Ingels Mal ven Knight Ashbaugh Steege Cummings Patridge Meyers Miehe Olson Cummings Surfus Harrison Kiel Butts and Miss Alice Cummings. A one act play was presented by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
C. H. Knos
J. F. Ingels
Tilla Malven
A. E. Knight
W. P. Ashbaugh
Fred Steege
J. R. Cummings
Irving Patridge
Charles Meyers
Carl Miehe
E. O. Olson
Frank Cummings
L. C. Surfus
S. H. Harrison
Grant Kiel
Shirley Butts
Alice Cummings
Good Will Club
Steve Gladstone
Fayette
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society
Masonic Hall
Harlan Township Farm Bureau
Freemont Township
W. E. Pace
Guy Allen
Albert Betz
Robert Ponsar, Jr
Vern Logan
Atkins Social Roundup and Local Events
A shower honored Mrs. Victor Schminke at Vinton with attendees Atkins Mesdames Schminke Keiper Haerther Koehn and McGivern. Card club hosted by Mrs J H Rinderknecht. High scorers in five hundred were Mrs J W England and Mrs J T Barker. Atkins high juniors plan Done in Oil for Feb 28 and Mar 1 at the band hall. Mrs Walter Wilhelm hosts the English Ladies Society. Jean Tow surprised by classmates at farewell moving to a Baldwin farm. guests included Mrs Trosky Ardis Johnson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schminke
Lena Keiper
William Schminke
Clarence Schminke
Paul Haerther
W. G. Koehn
Henry Keiper
George Haerther
Elmer Keiper
J. H. Koehn
P. J. McGivern
Victor Schminke
Vinton
J. H. Rinderknecht
J. W. England
J. T. Barker
Atkins High School
Walter Wilhelm
English Ladies Society
Jean Tow
Baldwin
Mrs. Trosky
Ardis Johnson
Mary Beatty
Bertha Lensch
Emily Wehrhaw
Iris
Toledo Social Roundup Hosts And Meetings In November
Toledo multiple hostesses staged a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Clyde Otterman at the Wolfe apartment with Ruth Whalin as her former name. United Brethren women held a dinner and Missionary program. Lions club hosted wives and friends at Legion rooms with a program. Rebekah Circle met at Mrs W H Beem home with out of town guest Mrs Verne Maxwell. Tama Toeldo DAR met with Georgiana Jenks as program and guests. Guest night at Lenora Schultz home with Rep E E Wieben. Sorosis Mon day hosted by Mrs Walter Huyck with program by Mrs Sloan and Mrs Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Wolfe
Rel Morgan
George Whalin
Burton Whalin
Winn Ebersole
Carl Ebersole
Leon Emerson
Wolfe
Clyde Otterman
Otterman
Ruth Whalin
Flora Wise
Gertrude Surface
Ida Otterman
Archie Otterman
L. H. Surface
Ruth
Marguerite
Hugo Jansen
Della Beck
Leo Holmes
Lawrence Beck
C. Whalin
G. Whalin
Ned Dann
Bent Brown
A. Chizek
Florence Mowry
Nina Hill
Betty Byerly
Alice le Fever
Dan Berger
Kenneth Blake
Bert Emerson
Lester Emerson
Frank Emerson
Earl Youngman
Margaret Pugh
Charles Head
Carl Mason
Robert Blyth
Russell Wise
Adam Otterman
Charles Brandt
Dell Bullard
United Brethren
the Missionary Society
J. C. Child
George E. Gary
Anna Jacobs
F. B. Carson
Marie Dickens
Carrie McKinney
D. W. Bowman
E. A. Benson
W. S. Ebersole
I. E. Tyler
W. L. Duncan
Lions Club
Legion Rooms
Floyd J. Sickra
W. J. Davidson
H. P. Giger
F. C. McClusky
Et. Yerkes
Jean Struble
M. L. Kensinger
Kensington
Rebekah Circle
W. H. Beem
Dorothy Beem
J. M. Anderson
Viola
Verne Maxwell
Reinpeck
Tama
Lenora Schultz
E. E. Wieben
Dysart
Wieben
Mildred Maplethorpe
Harriet Harlow
Walter
What Cheer Thursday Club Attends Local Program
The What Cheer Thursday club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. George Ax mear and the Girls glee club from the junior high on the program. Hostesses included Mrs. Helen Morrow Sadie Roland Mabel Irwin and Anna Laurence. Donald Doty hosted a senior high class birthday party Monday night. The Episcopal Ladies guild met Tuesday at Mrs. Eliza Moode. Mrs Katheryn Richardson hosted the Mission society of the Methodist Episcopal church Monday. Mrs. Robert Schott welcomed the P E O at her home Tuesday. Royal Neighbors lodge officers met Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Axmear
Gertrude Jean Kitzman
Helen Morrow
Sadie Roland
Mabel Irwin
Anna Laurence
Donald Doty
Episcopal Ladies Guild
Eliza Moode
Katheryn Richardson
Mission Society
The
Methodist - Episcopal Church
Robert
Quasqueton R N A Hosts Farewell for Van Ettens
The Quasqueton R N A lodge held a farewell party at city hall Wednesday for Mr and Mrs Paul Van Etten. They plan to move to Jesup on March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. A. Lodge
Paul van Etten
City Hall
van Ettens
Jesup
Community Groups Host Social and Scout Events in Wapello
Wapello hosts include a miscellaneous bridal shower for Mrs. Robert Black at her mother’s home, Chapter ET of P. E. O. meeting, Colonial club quilting gathering, Lions club wives’ supper with Scout talks by Sterling Lord and T. W. Kerfoot, and a high school event with a four-voice quartet and a large Parent-Teacher association turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Black
H. L. Davison
H. B. Davison
H. W. Baker
Ora Morgan
Louise Havenhill
Neva Sillick
Lillian Sellers
Margaret Parish
LeRoy Jack
Kathryn Hall
Robert Odle
Harriet Schmitt
John McCullough
Hilda Odle
Kathleen
Margery Wilson
Verlee Pullin
Florentine Pease
Edra Owens
Mary Ellen Nugent
Mary Louise Dodds
Lois
Ruth Huddle
Nola Belle Ohlwein
Zella Vollmer
Floyd Miller
A. W. Hinderman
LeRoy Pierce
Morning Sun
Pierce
Colonial Club
Eva Deihl
Lions Club
Eastern Stars Hall
Frank Calderone
Sterling Lord
Burlington
T. W. Kerfoot
Fort Madison
Paul Williamson
Eugene Reipe
Quentin Reipe
Phillip Dotson
Louisa County Epworth League
Methodist
Columbus Junction
Oakville
Wapello
O. G. Orcutt
Parent-Teacher Association
Monay
Charles Stroup
Mabel Stroup
Pearl Kremer
Ada Smith
J. G. Keck
Fred Outcamp
Lloyd J. M. Guthrie
Elmer Brown
T. E. Minor
Lena Hesse
H. E. Hoover
Jessie Farrer
H. E. Cover
J. C. Doods
P. E. O. Chapter Hosts and Luncheon in West Liberty
Mrs. Adelaide Stober and Miss Myra Potter hosted the P. E. O. chapter meeting in West Liberty with Mrs. S. W. Koster presiding. Guests included Mrs. O. V Mor ris and other members. Reba Duncan was honored at a Thursday luncheon hosted by Mrs. A. L. Dice, with out of town guest Mrs. William Barger of Iowa City. Luncheon entertainments by Mrs. Ivan Noland and Mrs. S. C. Snider concluded with bridge prizes awarded to Mrs. J. C. Carey, Mrs. James Harney and Mrs. Ray Whitacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Stober
Myra Potter
S. W. Koster
O. V Morris
George Hise
W. A. Smith
Carrie McClunn
Stober
Reba Duncan
Inlaw
A. L. Dice
William Barge
Marion barber opens Megg’s shop on Tenth Street
Clarence Meggers, after eight years in Marion barber shops, rents the former Foughty shop on Tenth Street and will run Megg’s barber shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Meggers
Marion
Foughty
Tenth Street
Megg
West Marion Garden Club Meets at 2 P M
The West Marion Garden club will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. S. L. Hiland home. Members will respond to roll call with A Flower and Iris Cult ure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Marion
Kalona Pot Luck Social and Rock Club Results
Kalona Mr and Mrs Leslie Walker hosted a pot luck supper on Wednesday with guests including Mr and Mrs Tom James Mr and Mrs Ivo Grady Mr and Mrs V G Hochestetter Mr and Mrs T V Knerr and Mr and Mrs Ivan Alt Prizes for high score went to Mr and Mrs Virgil Hochstetter Gordon Engstrom hosted a Rock club gathering with Mr and Mrs Louelle Strickler Mr and Mrs Francis Hofer Mr and Mrs Homer Yoder Jack Gingerich William Gingerich Cleola Grady and Belle Strickler In the prizes Homer Yoder and William Gingerich won first and Jack Gingerich took consolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Walker
Tom James
Ivo Grady
V. G. Hochestetter
T. V. Knerr
Ivan Alt
Virgil Hochstetter
Gordon Engstrom
Louelle Strickler
Francis Hofer
Homer Yoder
Jack Gingerich
William Gingerich
Cleola Grady
Belle Strickler
Local church groups host Monday and Wednesday meetings
Mrs Agnes Schrim and Mrs Hazel Gilliatt led an American Legion auxiliary gathering Monday evening while Mrs James yy hosted the Brethren Aid Society on Wednesday, with both events held in community rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Schrim
Hazel Gilliatt
Levon
James
Brethren Aid Society
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Trillium
Caroline
Nancy
Oxford
R. R. Kapp
Nemora Study Club
D. E. Worthman
George Clearman
Henry Dee
R. R. Cook
D. W. Swanson
Dennis Kennedy
G. F. Haas
Florence Oakes
George Cotler
Lucy Henderson
Ella Oakes
Glen
Lin
Ben Rotler
Robert Kahler
Henry Kahler
Lorraine Rotler
Emmet Smith
Vernon Hummer
Luella Hummer
Charles Buhr
Edwin‘. Kahler
Mervin Dellamuth
Fred Schulterle
Irene
Matt Peterzelka
Oliver Oi
Andrew Smith
Clarence Inz
Reed’s
Reed’s Cleaners
First Avenue
Ossian
Clermont
Rowley
J. W. Barnoske
Joe
R. G. Adams
William Schueler
Elmer Schueler
Charles G. Freeman
Andrew Jones
Charles H. Freeman
H. J. Wehrhan
Winthrop
Maynard
Atkins
Quasqueton
West Liberty
Frank Kent
Furniture Mart
Marion News
Edward Sediacek
Aces of
Masonic Temple
Loraine Circle
Eastern Star
Earle Edwards
Osceola Lodge
No. 18
William Fowler
Tennyson Club
Delbert Pugh
Harold Phillips
Tennyson
Kalona
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People’s
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Ast St. SE
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