Neighbors Club gathers for social and gifts drive
Members of the Neighbors Club met Tuesday with Mia and Beulah Hanson as hosts. About 29 members attended a roll call sharing what they liked best about the term. Guests included Dennler and Mrs Archie Howard. The group decided to send two dollars for crippled children. Myrtle Butikofer led scripture prayer and thought for the day. Arnold hats were requested for attendees. Clara Mueh lenthaler won a prize for the oldest bonnet, believed to be at least 75 years old. Several social visits followed among families in West Union and nearby towns with dinners, suppers, and Sunday visits noted.
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Ifs
Mia
Beulah Hanson
Ima
Dennler
Arnold
Clara
Muehlenthaler
Celia Thomen
Louise Leuchtenmacher
Louise
Christen
Alice Howard
I Meyer
Rose
Brainard Week's Letter Social Notes
Brainard News item recounts Sunday visits among local families. Joe Peters home hosts Billy Peters and Gerald Blockhus with Alvie Westprahl. Harvey Howard faces upcoming surgery at Town City hospital. Supper guests include Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Boyer with Wilson Patterson. Mrs. Herman Boyer and Stanley visit Dick Henry in Waterloo. Mrs. Amos Pritchard visits sisters in Decorah and Elkader. Dan Craft and Joe Peters dine with Ray Gilbert in West Union.
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Billy Peters
Gerald Blockhus
Alvie ‘Westprahl
Joe Peters
Harvey Howard
City
Glenn Boyer
Wilson Pat_terson
Herman Boyer
Stanley
Dick Henry
Waterloo
Amos Pritchard
Decorah
Elkader
Dan Craft
Joe ‘Peters
Ray Gilbert
West Union
Dinner Guests Fill Sundays at Local Homes in Iowa Town
Numerous households in Oelwein and surrounding areas hosted Sunday dinners and weekend visits. Names include the Cheney, Knoll, Lyons, Murphy, Peters, Dinan, Lantz, Heins, Beck er, Pinney, Metzger, Musser, Yearous, Christen, Yearous, Rothlisberger, Shaffer, and others. Attendees traveled from nearby towns like Clermont, West Union, Garnav ille, Hopkinton, and Davenport reflecting a close-knit community social cycle.
Illyria News Sunday School and Youth Rally Report
Illyria community reports Sunday school at 10 15 a m worship at 11 15 a m plus a sub district youth rally at Oelwein starting 3 00 p m. Numerous local families and guests from Cedar Falls Cedar Rapids West Union Arlington Mason City and Floyd Point attend dining visits and home gatherings over the weekend. Pvt Joe Ogle returns from Fort Leonard Wood for a week furlough.
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Mlyria Community Church
E.G. Steinman
Oelwein
Glen McKellar
Arthur Yearous
Cedar ‘Falls
Barbara Yearoua
Ida Peters
Lena Wenger
Elizabeth McMillan
Cedar ‘Rapids
Donald Burchett
Arlington
Orran
Bane
John ‘Nydegger
Howard Medberry
Ew Wenger
Ed Wenger
Alan
Gene.Wenger
Guernsey Smith
Fanny Smith
West Union
Harry Butikofer
Albert L. Dennler
Wm. Dennler
Ben Dennler
Robert Kerr
Ted Whitford
Volga
Walter Ash
Ben Hofer
Glen Medberry
Floyd Frieden
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Otis
Earl
Ruth
Helen
Wazel Rothlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Roy Gehring
Chitford
Marion Dorcas Society to meet in church parlors
Mrs Lloyd Pape of West Union reports the Marion Dorcas Society will meet Saturday April 24 at the church parlors. Hostesses named are Mrs Kenneth Anderson Mrs Arvid Anderson Mrs Olvin Olson and Maurice Landsgard. Local residents Martin Loftsgard and others hosted dinners and visits across Clermont Monona Decorah and Waterloo areas.
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Marion Dorcas Society
Mdms
Kenneth Anderson
Arvid Anderson
Olvin Olson
Maurice "Landsgard
Everett Henkes
McGregor
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Elsie Larson
George ‘Leuchtenmacher
Mra
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Archie Howard
Wm. Moore
Martin Hanson
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Bert Thoman
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Win. Torkelson
George Schupbach
Orlando Loftsgard
Louis Butikofer
Lavern Lantz
Robert Hanson
Jack Zuercher
Edith Cole
Martello
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
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Len Heins
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Elmer Pinney
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Rob Gilbert
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Lyle Martin
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