Social calls and weekend visits in Postville area
Sunday and weekend gatherings mark visits across Blooming Prairie, Postville, Strawberry Point, and nearby towns. Families such as Blockhus, McMillan, Hendrickson, and Schupbach share dinners, birthdays, and quilting sessions while neighbors like the Habegers host parties. A birthday celebration and card club highlight community ties amid travel between Cedar Rapids, Clermont, and Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Blockhus
Blooming Prairie
Minn
J. Blockhus
Mra
Barney Larson
Shirley
Ernie ‘Holt
Postville
Henry McMillan
John McMillan
John ‘McMillan
Davis ‘Walker
Cornter Point
George Butikofer
Elizabeth Schneider
Marie
Arthur
Allen
Richard
Schmid
Cedar ‘Rapids
Lulu Schmid
Ruth Outer
Chicago
Ida Pulfer
Clarence Kohls
Strawberry Point
Walter Kohls
William Kohls
Lowell Bennett
Flint
Midh
Zuba City
Calif
Cleve Bennet
Iagara Falls
New York
Lowellig
Cleve Bennett
Martin Wenger
Harry Cline
Stan ‘Wenger
Cline
Elmer Larson
Wm. Kohls
Ena Baumgartner
Rose Baechler
M. Jones
Charles City
Allen Habeger
Lyle ‘Aanes
Joe Dinan
Lyle Aanes
Mesers
Mdms
Arthur Helgerson
Willet Miller
Carman Swenson
Clermont
John Anderson
Louis Dennler
Robert D. ‘Wilson
Ina Kohler
Nellie Kimball
Anna ‘Mae
Ellen Hunsberger
A. P. Lehman
Charles Gehring
Kathryn
Jane Dennler
Jack ‘Gehring
Waverly
Anna Schupbach
Gordon Schupbach
Robert Siebeman
Oelwein
Reuben Schupbach
Fanny Frieden
Herman Schupbach
John Howard, Sr
F Warren Joyce
Methodist Church Service and Activities Note
E G Steinman minister conducts worship at 10:00 a.m. Holy Communion observed. Sunday School at 11:00 a.m. Choir rehearsal Thursday 7:30 p.m. Youth fellowship next Monday 7:30 p.m. Membership training class Saturday 2:00 p.m. at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.G. Steinman
Cheir
Lenten Services and Church Activities at Elgin Lutheran Church
Elgin Lutheran Church led by Pastor Vance R. Knutsen schedules Lenten services April 1 at 7 30 p m at the Legion hall with the theme The Voice of Indecision. Junior choir above the locker at 7 30 p m and senior choir above the locker at 8 30 p m. Catechetical class April 3 at 11 25 p m. Sunday April 4 includes Sunday school at 9 30 a m Divine worship at 10 30 a m Luther League meets April 4 at 7 30 p m at Janice Larson home chaired by Joan Friederich. Church council meets April 6 at 8 00 p m parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance R. Knutsen
The
Legion Hall
Voice of Indecision
Luther League
Janice Larson
Joan Friederich
Church Council
St Olaf Lutheran confirms and social notices urge church services
St Olaf Lutheran Church announces confirmands will not meet on Thursday April 8 with services at 9 30 a m and 11 00 a m in Marion and Des Moines. Marion Mission Society meets with Mrs Ole Loftegard and Mrs Myron Hoag serving. A 9 a m service Saturday April 10 for confirmands and a 10 45 a m Marion confirmands service with St Olaf Ladies Aid food sale at 2 00 p m. Many social visits and dinners follow in Decorah, Reinbeck, Grundy Center, Dows, Sheffield, Blooming Prairie and elsewhere with guests listed including Mr and Mrs Garry L Cline and Jeffrey, Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith, Mary Becker, A B Jacob family, Edwin Loftsgard, Clarence Boleyn, Abe Habeger, Esther Oelberg, Alyce, and other local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf
Marion
Marion Mission Society
Garry L. Cline
Jeffrey
Mark Cline
Decorah
Robert Cline
Ida Pulfer
Shower
Roy ‘Funk
Gridley, ML
Earl W. Kiple
Milwaukee
Wis
Louis Becker
Ruth Loftsgard
Maynard Lantz
J. ®. Brownell
Maynard
Mitchell
Hanserg
8. C. Blockhus
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Carl Torkelson
Harry Gunderson
Clermont
Edwin Loftsgard
Clarence Boleyn
West Union
Eli Habeger
Hollis
Evansdale
Abe Habeger
Vergil Boleyn
Robert Bell
Detroit
Mich
Arnold Raatz
Edwin Krueger
Russell Wenger
Roberta Kane
Tama
Charles Wenger
Louis Dennler
Margie
Marie ‘Lauren
Frances Jones
John ‘Wood
Lima
Allen Robinson
Volga
Dick Jones
Dennler
J. R. Wood
Wadena
M. J. Moore
Jimmie
Christie
Don Page
Fred Popenhagen
Randalia
Myron Moore
Fayette
Albert Halverson
John 10. Anderson
Allen Habeger
Fred Talley
Waterloo
Myr
Wm. Kohls
Walter Kohls
Clarence Kohls
Steven
Strawberry Point
Alfred Jacob, Jr
A. B. Jacob
Luther College, Decorah
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakota
Debbie
Hawkeye
Colleen Boleyn
John Vanderbeck
Kathy
Esther Oelberg
Selmer Erickson
George Leuichten- Macher
Wm. Barske
Antigo
Elkader
Leuchtenmachers
J. Wm. Barske
Paul Snyder
Witt Funeral
Leuchtenmacher
S$. C. Blockhus
Lyle Gunderson
Ralph Brown
Marsha
Ireton
Wm. &. Baumgartner
John Tillotson
Rochester
L. L. Kiple
Linda
David
Bertha Kiple
Nelle Reusser
Harold Ahlman
Lionel Weston
Allen
Thos, Weston
Lionel ‘Weston, Jr
Coldar Falls
P. J. Anderson
Millard ‘Olson
Rose Baechler
Russell Jennings
Gaylon
Lena Baumgartner
Robert Bemiss
Harold Halverson
Ervin Etter
Janesville
Thank you note from Oo W Krueger after Rochester stay
A brief thank you message expresses gratitude to friends for cards letters and flowers received during a stay in Rochester. The note from Oo W Krueger acknowledges the kindness and says it was very much appreciated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
W. Krueger
Social news from West Union area gatherings and visits
Local residents hosted and visited varyingly from West Union to Elkader across a week. Names include Schupbachs Schultz Barkers Schatzs Trafalet Fossehl Meier Schmidt Olson Mulford, plus many Dennlers, Barns, Vanderbecks, Barokes, and others attending weddings, services, and music festival events at Luther College Decorah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Schupbach
Anna Schupbach
Willis Schultz
Marion
Gerald McDermott
Dubuque
Kenneth Barker
Herbert Schatz
West Union
Fred Trafalet
Hawkeye
Rudy Fossehl
Rudy, Jr
Elkader
Lloyd Meier
Wm. Schmidt
Louis A. Olson
Clermont
Plant scientists tout plastic film to extend fruit freshness
USDA researchers report new plastic film wrappings help keep fruits fresh longer with some experiments showing a small yield advantage from winter manure hauling as fields accumulate mulch and organic matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lara Hendrickson
Crystal Lake
Nelson Hendrickson
Humboldt
C. W. Hendrickson
C. W. Lammert
Lester Gehring
Bertha Lehman
Celia Lehman
Gena Schupbach
Bertha Pulfer
Ruth Schu
Evansdale, Wis
Elgin
Elgin Lutheran Church
St. Olaf Lutheran Churches
LaVerne Larson
Oliver Larsons
Lew Gravyer
John Barnhouse
J. C. Probert
Grant ‘Schultz
Margie Dennler
Marie Lauren
Janesville, Wis
F. D. Welch
J. P. Medberry
Medberrys
Arthur Kelly
Leo Schori, Jr
Leo Schori
John Falb
Maywood
E. L. Morris
Reuben ‘Howard
Marvin Perry
Ed Boleyn
Ernest ‘Bruellman
Blue Earth
Oscar Frieden
Fayette County
Loftus Cafe
Eugene Alcorn
Rudy Posseh
HNLA
Merle Clark
Farm Service Co
Farm Bureau
Dinette
Elgin Furniture Store
Muehlethalers
Long
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