Bible Class Guests Of Mrs Protheroe
The Methodist Bible Class met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Mattie Protheroe home with twenty members present. Mrs. Gustav Huehn led the program before a social interlude. The next meeting is September 17 at Mrs. J M Phillips home with Mrs. J Ralls assisting. Birthday observances noted for Ella Heard Anna Wehrman Elizabeth Edgar Mattie Protheroe Rosa Upton. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Protheroe
Gustav Huehn
J. M. Phillips
J. Ralls
Ella, Heard
Anna, Wehrman
Elizabeth Edgar
Rosa Upton
Miss Hamm Birthday and Going Away Party
Mrs Ralph Correll entertained six girls Friday afternoon for Linda Hamm celebrating her 10th birthday and a going away party Linda will move to California with her parents in late August Games were played and a decorated birthday cake was served with party lunch Balloons served as favors and Linda received several gifts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Correll
Linda Hamm
Linda
California
Pvt. Floyd Crippen Honored at Picnic
A Sunday picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Glen Crippen’s home honored Pvt. Floyd Crippen on furlough from Camp Kilmer. Attendees included family and friends such as Mr. and Mrs. Ray Willcox and Mr. and Mrs. Jo Kusserow, with plans to report September 21 before possible deployment to Frankfort, Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Lloyd Crippen
Pvt. Crippen
Glen Crippen
Ray Willcox
Jo Kusserow
Dean, Carroll and Linda
Jim Duncan
Verl
David
Wendell Willcox
Curtis Boylan
Ramona Claypool
Sevena
Harold Kusserow
Paul Ruhnke
Gerald Dreier
Donna
John
Charles
Rollin Lightfield
Harold
Crippen
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Frankfort
Germany
Cemetery Society Has Annual Picnic
The Cemetery Society met Thursday evening for their annual picnic at the north Shelter House in the city park. Twenty four members were present with a social time after the picnic dinner. Also noted a later visit in Eldora with residents named Petty Vin ton and Willig in events involving Estherville residents Vern Von Hagen and Wesley Willig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cemetery Society
North Shelter House
Frank Petty
Fred Vinton
Upcoming Community Events Listings for Late August
A schedule of local gatherings includes Rebekah and Tuesday Bridge Club on August 26 hosted by Mrs. d. R. Bahne, several study clubs and dinners through August 28 at Pine Lake Country Club with multiple hosts, September 2 Newcomers' Club at Pine Lake lodge, St. Mary's and Mother Cabrina Study Clubs, and a Barnard reunion at Quaker Heights on Sunday, August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah
Bridge Club
D. R. Bahne
W. E
W. V. BF
Pine Lake Country Club
John Starr
Keith Strothers
Dick Loverin
Clark Akers
Charles Marks
Howard Schaa
John
Wood
Bob Legzerman
Don Marks
Pine Lake Lodge
St. Mary’s Study Club
Katherine Ibach
Mother Cabrina
L. F. Stielow
Barnard
Quaker Heights
Schuler Reunion At Quaker Heights
The 24th John and Elizabeth Schuler family reunion gathered 104 members at Quaker Heights on Sunday August 17. Officers were reelected after a basket dinner as prizes awarded for oldest member youngest member and farthest traveler. A $5 donation to St. John’s Carillon fund was approved and plans set for a memorial wreath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John and Elizabeth Schuler
Quaker Heights
Clair Kuhlman
Dale Kasischke
Lena Thake
Clarence Wengert
Bruce Bowers
LaVern Meekins
van Neys
Calif
St. John’s Lutheran Church
State Center
Schulers
Roy Moore
Louis Nolta
Sadie Kuhlman
Sharon
Randall Wengert
Vyron Wengert
Harvey Schuler
McCallsbore
Meyer Brecke
Edward Schuler
Alvin Schuler
Ardis
Rex
Nevada
Russell Schuler
Rhodes
Ernie Schuler
Zearing
LaMont Wengert
St. Anthony
Barbara Rosemary
Beverly Robertson
Clemons
F. S. Schuler
Marguerite
Union
Glen Bleckensderfer
Janet
Collins
Arlene Kuhlman
Kathryn Jessen
Loren Bowers
Marshalltown
Milo Schwarck
Whitten
Dale Kasisch
Welcome
Minn
Linda
Ronnie
van Nuys
Leon Mocklebust
Ames
Des Moines Radio Family Guests of Frank Aikens
Mr and Mrs George Weber of Des Moines and their son and family Rev and Mrs Bill Weber and three children spent last week vacationing in state cottages at Pine Lake. The Webers operate radio station KWDM in Des Moines. Edith Weber heard on the radio is familiar to KWDM listeners. The Webers and their party were dinner guests one evening at the Aiken home east of Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weber
Des Moines
Bill Weber
New York City
Pine Lake
Frank Aiken
East
Eldora
Weber
Aiken
Shower Honors Miss Tresemer in Steamboat Rock
A Thursday afternoon shower at Mrs. C. Juchem’s Steamboat Rock home honored Eldora bride elect Miss Matilda Tresemer. Guests from Eldora Steamboat Rock Conrad New Providence Whitten Grundy Center and other locales attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pierson
Russell Pierson
Ben Juchem
John Janssen
Janice
Jean
Ray Finster
Werner Tresemer
Trena Readout
Bessie
Eldora
Christena Enenga
Henry Sinning
Helen
Florence Juchem
Steamboat Rock
A. Koch
Gertie Engle
Henrietta Wisman
Conrad
Sylvia Gilmore
New Providence
Henry Koch
John Koch
Beverly
Whitten
Isabelle Bakker
Grundy Center
Miss Bea Burgess Honored at Cards
Mrs. C. A. Van Patter hosted a dessert party in honor of Miss Bea Burgess of Lawton Oklahoma who is visiting at the R. A. Scott home Samba was played at two tables after the dessert lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. van Patter
Bea Burgess
Lawton
Okla
R. A. Scott
Marks Reese Vows Read in Wyoming
Mrs Bess Marks of Eldora and Merle O Reese of Lead South Dakota were married Thursday August 21 in Cheyenne Wyoming. Both are well known in Eldora with Mrs Reese connected to Marks Drug store and Mr Reese formerly employed at Marks Drug store for 14 years before service. He now owns a drug store in Lead where the couple will live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Marks
Eldora
Merle O. Reese
Lead, S. Dak
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Reese
Marks Drug Store
Armed Service
Lead
S. Dak
Baker Bushman Marriage in Estherville Ceremony
Mrs Edna Baker of Eldora and Warren Bushman of Ames were married Wednesday August 13 at the Methodist parsonage in Estherville with Rev Dill officiating. They return to Eldora after visiting northern Iowa and will reside in Ames where Mr Bushman is employed at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Baker
Eeldora
Warren Bushman
Ames
Methodist
Estherville
Dill
Eldora
Iowa
Runyon and Petty families visit. trips noted
Mr and Mrs J K Runyon and family returned to Eldora from Green Bay Marion and Minocqua Wisconsin. Miss Winifred Petty of Des Moines spent the weekend in Eldora with her mother Addie Petty. I K Runyon to Malay where he is superintendent. school opens September 1. Beep Anderson and Gary Boeke of Wellsburg take a week trip through Colorado visiting relatives. Glen Carson hosts Dick Muller visit in Ackley. W E Brightwell returns from motor trip with Langdon McMillen to northern Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin Dells, stopping in Waterloo and Ackley. Theo Swasand and JoAnn return from Winnipeg Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Runyon
David R. Runyon
Debra
Mason City
Green Bay
Marion
Minocqua
Wisc
Eldora
Winifred Petty
Des Moines
Addie Petty
W. E. Brightwell
Langdon McMillen
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin Dells
Waterloo
Ackley
Eldora visitors and travelers listed in weekly notes
The Eldora Herald Ledger itemizes numerous local residents and guests from nearby towns and states. Rev. John K Moore and Martha returned from Denver. Ray Loewen and family visited Eagle River Wisconsin. George Dahl of Milwaukee joined Eldora visitors. families from Spirit Lake Toronto Chicago Cedar Rapids and Algona were present. Several couples vacationed in Mitchell Lake Minnesota and snowballed to Cedar Falls Wisc. Others attended dinners and a town reunion while youths prepared for college teaching.
Diverse New Biographies Spark Library Picks This Month
Doris Kaas catalogs new library biographies and fiction. Notables include My Life's History by Grandma Moses detailing late in life painting, and Presenting Jane Austen by May Becker. The roster spans Farley Mowett People of the Deer, Joan Lowell Promised Land, Guy Morrison We Shared an Island, Marian Corey McCall's Complete Book of Dressmaking, William Bricker The Complete Book of Collecting Hobbies, Ludwig Bemelmans How to Travel Incognito, Jane McIlvaine It Happens Every Thursday, Carol Beattie For Goodness Sake, Wittaker Chambers Witness, and Delinquents in the Making by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck. Also listed are The Irony of American History by Reinhold Niebuhr, American Capitalism by John Galbraith, The Houses in Between by Howard Spring, The Elegant Witch by Robert Neil, Year in Paradise by Sara Jenkins, Brave Interval by Elizabeth Yates, Air Bridge by Hammond Innes, There Was a Man in Our Town by Granville Hicks, The Chicago Story by Ira Morris, No Crime Like the Present by Audrey Gaines, The Horseshoe Trail by Donald Hobart, and House by the Orchard by Peggy OMore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma ‘Moses
May Becker
Jane Austen
Hudson Bay
Farley Mowatt
Brazil
Promised Land
Joan Lowell
Australia
Guy Morrison
Ludwig Bemelamans
Paris
Jane McIlvaine
Carol Beattie
Reinhold Niebuhr
John Galbraith
England
Europe
Victoria
Howard Spring
Robert Neil
Granville Hicks
Chicago
Ira Morris
Audrey Gaines
Donald Hobart
Peggy O’more
Also Mentioned on This Page
Miss Hamm
Floyd Crippen
Vern von Hagen
Wesley
Willig
Pictures
Troy Studios
Schuler
Tuan
Frank Aikens
Tresemer
Marks-Reese
Baker-Bushman
I. K. Runyon
Runyon
Beep” Anderson
Gary Boeke
Wellsburg
Colorado
Beep
Canyon City
Glen Carson
Dick Muller
Theo Swasand
JoAnn
Winnipeg
Canada
Larry Lee Tansey
Burlington
Bane
Bob Carson
Earl ‘Travis
E. Page
Eldora Herald-Ledger
Wath
John K. Moore
Martha
Denver
Rev. Moore
Ray Loewen and Sons
Ray Trout
Eagle River
Wise
Dells
George Dahl
Milwaukee
W. E. Hanson
Spirit Lake
Toronto
Ill
Mr. Hanson
Lys Flickinger
Alice Condon
Algona
Miss Condon
Jack Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Nelle Kramer
Val Hilsabeck
Joe Kramer
Ryan
Dick Hootman
Colfax
Mitchell Lake
Frances Yount
James G. Yount
Town State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Ed Messer
Hampton
Hubbard
Alvin Hundertmarkt
Donna Louise
Cindy Lee
Fort Worth
Texas
Ruby Hundertmarkt
John Zimmermann
Oscar Olson
Wesley Willig
E. M. Jones
Yes Moines
Marvin Thomason
Don Jones
David Thomason
Donna Jones
Slater
P. E. Stone
Duane Navenwort
Tawa Falls
Fort “Nden
Olson Park
Bill Vigars
Avram
Jimmie
Roy Ryan
Round Lake
Allen
John Pardon
Petey and
Jackie
Clarion
Widara
W. C. Wars
Paggy
W. . Vicars
Mee
Harald Haneh
J. L. Blarkstork
Joan
Stanford
Tonite & Wed
Algms
Yan Paul Johnson
Coustas
Rome
Shaw
ORDA
Florida Frontier
Tenenc
Ries
John Russell
Will Goer
Zane
Grey
Dan
Andy Devine
Timber
Sun
Mon
Garee
BASCO
Grayson Kelton - Keel
Marge
Gabor
Kurt Kasznar
Tibet
Jeanie
Jerry Lewis
Washington Story
Mesabi
Bob Hope
Roy Rogers
Bing Crosby
For You
Library News
Doris Kaas
McCall
Marian Corey
William Bricker
Wittaker Chambers
Sheldon
Eleanor Glueck
New York
Florida
Paradise
Sara Jenkins
Carolinas
Smokies
Elizabeth Yates
Hammond Innes
Ellery Hodder
Western Auto Supply Company
Brunswick Industrial
Dubuque
Hardin County Fair
Jessie Meeker
Lee Lundy
John Graham
Thieman Feeders and Waterers
Champion Farm’ Buildings
Hadley Grain CO
Wleigh
Ymcness Company
Herald - Index
Pacific Railroad
NTRAI
Santa Fe
Sinclair
Correll & Stielow, Eldora
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