Christen and Dennler Families Gather in Local Homes
Cheery Valley News itemized Sunday and Tuesday visits across multiple households. People including Lucy and Will Christen Inez Chase John Dennler Roy Peeper Mary Lavalle and others were guests or visitors in homes such as Jim Taylor Orlin Mason Martha Mason and Louis Butikofer. Some travel to nearby towns for work or meals. Francis Butikofer's measles noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy
Will Christen
Inez Chase
Jim Taylor
John Dennler
Roy Peeper
Arlington
Fred Yost
Mary Lavalle
Postville
George Puller
Reuben Butikofer
Lester Butikofer
Jake Christen
Will
John
George Christen
L. Christen
Louis Butihofer
Oscar Baumgartner
Edwin Hangon
Louis Hofer
Harry Dennler
Floyd Odegard
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Martin Hanson
Vivian Minihan
Orlin Mason
Francis Butikofer
Orlin Mason Home
Gladys Hanson
Elkader
Court House
County Home Project
Pat
Dorothy
Decorah
Illyria Social Guests Visit West Union and Nearby Areas
Illyria items note Sunday greetings at the Frieden home near West Union with Mr and Mrs Harold Kimball. Guests include Mr and Mrs Irvin Curtis and daughter Mary from Cresco, plus visits to Ruth and Otis Rothlisberger and the Dennler home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Kimball
Jake Frieden
West Union
Irvin Curtis
Mary
Cresco
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Martha Chapman
Jerome
Thomas Pollock
Albert Dennler
Fred Rothlisberger
Elmer Kohls
Lavern Hyde
Harald Swale
Harold Glass
Thomas Shaffer
Viola
Elizabeth
Thomas Foxwell
Ralph Landon
Cumberland
Family and Social Visits Acrossн Area
Sunday guests and returns feature a chain of social visits. Nellie Foxwell traveled with family members, Charlotte Medberry and others returned to Fayette after stays, and multiple households hosted guests including the Moore, Butikofer, Hyde, Rothinsberger, and Hinton families with a stork shower at Lavern Hyde’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Foxwell
Landon
Cleve Bennett
Near West Union
Donald Paige
Shirley
Myron Moore
Fayette
Charlotte Medberry
Marie
Ruth
Jacob Schneider
George Butikofer
Robert Ernst
Ole Johnson
Henry Larson
Lou Nelson
George Hyde
Woodrow Hyde
Marie Gehring
Ruth Rothlisberger
Joe Jones
Will Hinton
Lavern Hyde
Ella Foxwell
Fred Rothinsberger
Local residents share visits and celebrations in Decorah and Postville
County Line News notes visits to Harry Groth in Decorah hospital and calls on the Arthur Groth home. Guests include Mr and Mrs John Sampson Cedar Falls and Kenneth Mark family in Postville. Birthday party for Mrs Henry Anderson with a purse gift. Numerous social calls and visits spread through Decorah Postville Elkader and surrounding households, with several residents away or hosting events. Randine Grace named after a Postville hospital discharge. Opal Larson attends Lutheran church shower for Iva Nell Lubbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selmer Groth
Ardis
Verna
Decorah
Harry Groth
Arthur Groth
John Sampson
Cedar Falls
Wm. A. Nelson
Kenneth Mark
Walter Imholt
Postville
Herbert Blockhus
Orvin Reierson
Carl Johnson
Henry Anderson
Anderson
Edgar Kimball
Sven Blockhus
Walter Mitts
Otto Blockhus
Burnell
Gerald
Francis West
Elkader
Dorell
Orville Berg
Raymond Friederich
Ole Reierson
Elmer Larson
Lars Larson
Lydia Martie
Bert Bruckner
Bernard Hanson
Echo report notes unseen sighting
A brief Echo note records a sighting reported by a witness. The report highlights the observer and location without sensational detail, signaling a possible event awaiting confirmation.
Oak Grove social notes and local visits listed
Mrs Harry Gilson hosted callers at Clifton Powell home Tuesday afternoon. Families from John Howard sr and Howard Hoyle homes visited, while others shared dinners and weekend stays with Clifton Powell, Henry Holzer, Oran Bane, and George Howard. A ruby ring lost for 14 years by Mrs G P Simeon of LeMars was found in a piped furnace. GWA new board member E T Hughes showcased a cribbage board crafted from eight woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Gilson
Clifton Powell
Johnie Howard
John, Howard, Sr
Chas
Clifton Wilson
Howard Hoyle
Lane Ash
Opal Howard
West Union
George Howard
Earl Kiple
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Adolph Hanson
Fanny Frieden
Sid Walters
Elizabeth
Harold Strong
Orville Bunting
Maynard
Oran Bane
Walter Dennler
G. P. Simeon
LeMars
Simeon
R. J. Klemme
Gwa
Water Follies Aquacade comes to Omaha week
An Omaha schedule advertises Billy Rose's Water Follies Aquacade at Aksarben Coliseum from Wednesday April 30 to Sunday May 4 starring Tarzan actor Buster Crabb e. The piece promises diving acts and entertainment at Cave under the Hill Hotel plus a state spelling contest at city hall and a Hill Hotel menu highlight. Baseball and high school games are also noted for that weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rose
Tarzan
Buster Crabbe
Aksarben Coliseum
Cave Under the Hill Hotel
City Hall
Jack and Jill
the Hill Hotel
Omaha
Brick Wall Incident and Local Clock Modernization
Everett Nuendorf of Eldora knocked out a 10-foot brick wall section at Sam Greens law office after misjudging a corner while driving. The Taylor county courthouse clock, in use 32 years, will be replaced by an electric timepiece. A school kite incident near Waukon sparked a grass fire, doused before major damage. In Algona, a cafe damages occurred when a cutting tree toppled, pulling wires and back wall from Shipley’s cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Nuendorf
Eldora
Sam Greensweig
Court House
Taylor County Court House
OWA
Helming
Waukon
Shipley
Algona
FLOWERS AND FOND FOLK NEWS ITEMS
A collage of brief notes: Mrs Otto Kieckhofer Marion tends an African violet with 51 blossoms, Remko Johnson near Waverly wonders if floods loom as wildlife seeks high ground, a muskrat entered a home through the door in western Iowa, Mary Lou Adams Monticello hears from Chicago attorney Irving Eisenberg about an autographed egg, Joe Moon Lacona falls from a gym balcony with no injuries, Rich ard Brickner Tiffin undergoes appendicitis surgery eight hours after his wedding, Helen Kuhn Algona is the bride, Corydon hosts Will Hogue farm rabbit hunts yielding three rabbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brickner
Tiffin
Ohio
Algona Hospital
Helen Kuhn
Algona
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County Line News
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Oak Grove News
E. T. Hughes
Selma
Pacific Coast
East India
British Guinea
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EL. C. Muehlethaler
Rock Island
ROHM
Rock Island Station
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Rock EL
Otto Kieckhofer
Marion
Remko Johnson
Near Waverly
Iowas
Mary Lou Adams
Monticello
Irving Eisenberg
Chicago
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Joe Moon
Lacona
Chariton School
England
Wayne County
Will Hogue Farm
Corydon
Elgin State Bank
Edith Bauman
Sale
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