Local social ties marked by visits and events in Hazelton and beyond
A long list of Sunday visits, suppers, and afternoon calls highlights the community network around Hazelton Ira and Mervin Clark Alton Hummel and Oelwein. Residents attend baptisms, cancer kick-off meetings, and Mozarteum Orchestra events in Wartburg college, with multiple families hosting guests from West Bend Quincy Sumner and Clermont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Clark
Ira
Mervin Clark
Hazelton
Alton Hummel
Oelwein
Alfred Jacob
Pauline Potratz
Sumner
Albert Potratz
Sumner Hospital
Diane Barker
Robert Mott
Clermont
Sheila Barker
Madons
Arthur Lantz
Harry Johnson
R. P. Strauch
Otis Torkelson
Clifford Gisleson
H. D. Yack
R. L. Grimes
Fayette
Progress Club
Elgin
Belva Snyder
Christine Rypesto
Corrine
Mozarteum
Ed Boleyn
Vonda
David Perry
Sterling
Dubuque
Menasha
Wis
Alvin Buroden
Robert Barker
Floyd Leuchtenmacher
Strawbery Point
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Phyllis Gehring
Quincy
Camp Fire
Ruby Shaffer
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Genevieve Dunkle
Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches Schedule
No choir practice this week at Elgin. Saturday 10 30 a m Confirmation class. Sunday April 11 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 30 a m Divine worship services 7 30 p m Luther League. Highland Thursday 2 00 p m Women’s Mission Society and Dorcas at Mrs Roy Halverson home. Assisting hostesses Mrs Ed Kuehl and Mrs Lydia Hanson 9 00 a m Confirmation class. Sunday April 15 9 00 a m Divine worship 10 00 a m Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Rt. Knulsen
Paxter Elgin
Luther League
Highland
Women’s Mission Society
Dorcas
Roy Halverson
Ed ‘Kueh
Lydia Hanson
Divine Worstip
Marion Mission Society Meets at St Olaf and Gunder
St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran churches announce meetings and services for April. Marion Mission Society meets Thursday at 2 00 p.m. Hostesses are Mrs Ole Loftsgard and Mrs Quinton Clark. Confirmands and services listed for April 14 15 with pastors noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Mission Society
Ole Loftsgard l
Quinton Clark
St. Olaf
Marion
Norway
First Baptist Church Weekly Schedule and Thought
The Friendly Church With a Living Message outlines a Wednesday 8 00 p m parish meeting for Sunday school and Bible school staff at the parsonage plus a 2 00 p m W M A gathering at Mrs Clara Baumgartner s home with Mrs Pauline Petratz as co host. An 8 00 p m Hour of Power and 8 45 p m chair practice follow. Sunday morning worship at 10 00 a m with 11 00 a m Sunday school and 8 09 p m Gospel hour C B F program and missions offering. Thought for the week is The world is like a camera look pleasant please.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Church
John Vanderbeck
Clara Baumgartner
Pauline Petratz
Methodist Church BE Service and Activities Schedule
Worship at 10:00 a.m. Sunday school 11:00 a.m. Junior choir 4:00 p.m. Thursday, choir 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Youth Fellowship Sunday 7:30 p.m. Local residents noted weekend activities and visits, including Wm. Grover at his Wellsburg relief foreman post and various social visits to Castalia, Pine Lodge, and Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Steinman
Wm. Grover
Rock Island
Wellsburg
Raymond Boleyn
M. A. Boyer
Luther College
Merle Clark
Pine Lodge
Oelwein
E. J. Hackett
Calmar
Ben Schori
Mark
John Grimm
Lloyd Capper Famiy
Lansing
Life Sketch of Theo Hanson and Funeral Details
Theodore D Hanson 61 died Monday 11 55 at Blessing hospital after collapsing while trimming trees in Quincy Il Services were held at Grace Methodist Church Wednesday with Sunday school members attending Burial in Quincy Memorial Park with pallbearers including Robert Harry Hanson and Richard Frieden Military rites performed Deputy Coroner announced no inquest He was born December 2 1894 in Elgin served in World War I He married Lena Frieden May 12 1926 in Nashua Surviving include his widow a daughter Janice three brothers and three sisters The community sent several relatives to attend the service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore D. Hanson
Grace Methodist Church
Quincy
Quincy Memorial Park Cemetery
Robert
Harry Hanson
Richard
J. Duane Frieden
Leo Meyer
Robert Koerr
Hanson
Blessing Hospital
Tom Baird
Mr. Hanson
Elgin
Thomias
Elizabeth ‘Baumgartner
315Th Engineers
Lena Frieden
Little Brown
Vale
Nashua
Central Fibre Products Company
Janice Hanson
Martin
Edwin
Fred Hanson
Ernest ‘Meyer
West Union
Martha ‘Chapman
Orlin Mason
Gee, Frieden
John Durscher
Clem Meyer
Edwin Hanson
Martin Hanson
Ernie Baumgartner
Erickson Lang couple wed in California Navy station ceremony
Lillian Erickson daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Erickson Post ville married Navy Lt Hugh Lang son of Mr and Mrs Hugo Lang Tecumseh near March 31. She is a Post ville High School graduate, served one WAF enlistment and worked in San Francisco. Lang a Nebraska University graduate and jet pilot with the Navy at Miramar California. After April 14 they will live at 3411 Waco Apt 8 Buena Vista Gardens San Diego California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Erickson
Ben Erickson
Postville
Navy
Hugh Lang
Hugo Lang
Tecumseh
Near
California
Waco
Apt
Buena Vista Gardens
San Diego
Calif
Frieden Family Hosts Jimmie’s 13th Birthday Dinner
Mr and Mrs Elmer Frieden entertained Sunday evening for Jimmie’s 13th birthday. Guests included the Walter Medberry and Gerald Frieden families. Mr and Mrs Albert Schori and Mr and Mrs C B Schori spent Tuesday in Dubuque on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Lela Bannart
Bertha Weggenbach
Eleanor Shrock
Anna Schmidt
Jacob M. Gehring
Henry McMillan
Alton Erickson
Baula
Eldora
Karlene
Sammy
Erskine Minn
Selmer Groth
Robert Falk
Robert D. Wilson
G. J. Mosby
Carol
John Cannon
Paul Watters
Jennifer
Steven
Jeffrey
Conner Dummermuth
Arvid Anderson
Walter Durscher
Mark
Elizabeth McMillan
Cedar Rapids
Rose McMillan
H. D. Yack
Charles Yack
Sumner
Ben Schori
St. Paul
Minn
Cindy
Rosemary ‘Barker
Kenneth Buroden
Ida Grether
Lloyd Swartley
Duluth
Swartleys
St. Louis
Elmer Meyer
George Bruellman
West Bend
Dan Butikofer
Will Butikofer
Quincy
Ed Metager
Bob Hines
Paul Butikofer
Bernard Loftsgara
Clarence Reierson
Harold Pfister
Shirley West
Glen Reierson
Emil Glewne
Waterloo
Noah Schrock
Oakville
George Metzger
M. A. Boyer
Fred
Wedo
Leo Boleyn
Reuben Miller
Eli Metzger
Chatfield
John Metzger
Clermont
Noah
Orville Moore
Lydia
Fred Martie
Ervin Metzger
Thore Thompson
Phoenix
Ariz
C. L. Huisinga
Aplington
Louis Falk
Minneapolis, Minn
Alfred Wenger
Tofield Heck
F.C. Muehlethaler
John Grimm
Mary Keiser
Millard Gisleson
Amanda Ruroden
Oscar Frieden
Frieden
Leo Foels
Tommy
Tamara
Postville
Arthur Foels
Waukon
Leslie Kleppe
Gary
Gayle
Jacob Friederich
Hulda Sutter
Anna Schupbach
Otto Blockhus
Francis West
Rudy Posseh
Floyd
Clara Brabham
Ruby Benson
Beverly
Betsy Benson
West Union
Libbie Larson
Minneapolis
Robert Larson
Walter Medberry
DeWayne Medberry
Joan
Arthur
Rockford
Ill
John Kiple
Garnaville
John Ki
Elmer Frieden
Jimmie
Gerald Frieden
Albert Schori
C. B. Schori
Dubuque
Social Calls Spread Through West Bend Area
Saturday visits tied together residents and guests from West Bend and surrounding towns. Hosts included Paul Banwart and George Bruellman families welcoming many friends, with guests from Oakville Sioux City and Quincy. Local gatherings featured afternoons and suppers with extended family and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Frieden
Paul Bannart
George Bruellman
West ‘Bend
Georgia IM. Schari
Sioux City
Albert Schori
Ruby Benson
Fleet Frieden
Arthur ‘Kelly
Mia. Thos. Ogle
Newell McIntyre
Micky
Julianne
H. F. Robbins
Emil Moore
Noah Schrock
Eleanor
Bertha Wagenback
Oakville
Paul Banwart
Lela
Clara
Edwin Banwart
Anna Schmidt
West Bend
Reuben Butikofer
Metzger
Werner ‘Moore
Dan Butikofer
Phyllis Gehring
J. M. Gehring
Uriel
Freddie Trafalet
Fred, Sr
Anna Butikofer
Will Butikofer
Paul Butikofer
Timmy
Jack Brown
Quincy, Il
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob Gehring
Taylor
Wm, Butikofer
Adolph Knoblock
Lester
Nash Shrock
Mediapolis
Bertha Waggenbach
Burlington
Paul Bamwart
Jon
Lynn
George Br
Jennie Boleyn
Jack Hockey 1
D. C. Doan
Mary Bailey
Walter Bovis
Guttenberg
Strawberry Point
Linda
Alice Hackmann
Carl Hackmann
Celia Kohls
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
Iowa
Amtenella N
West Union, Iowa
Sterling Hayden, Yvonne DeCarlo
van Johnson, Joseph Cotten In
Barbara Stanwyck, F. MacMurray
Elgin and
Highland Lutheran Churches
St. Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches
First Baptist Church
Theo
Ted
Lowe Brothers
O’neill
Drug Elgin
Falb & Light
Elgin, Iowa
Wm. Baumgartner
Leo Hanson
Aden Hanson
Harry Frieden
Edwin Frieden
Ernest Friederich
Jake Friederich
Ida Frieden
John Christen
Robert Hanson
Alfred Christensen
Paul Broadbent
Bermuda Shorts
Max Thoma
Elgin Furniture
Kroehler
Elgin Furniture Store
the Muehlethalers Dial
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