Illyria Community Day Committees Planned for June 28
The Illyria community gears up for the annual day on June 28 with detailed committee listings. Chairs oversee play, dinner, supper, ticketing, programs, tent setup, lighting, and advertising while many residents assist as organizers and guests attend local events and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mdms
Forrest Shaffer
Thomas Foxwell
E. G. Steinman
Jim Yearous
Helen Rothlisberger
Local dinners nestle among Chester and Os ian visits
Sunday gatherings show Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Reier and others visiting at Maynard Ludwig in Chester. Nelsons plan a closing out sale Saturday before moving to Manchester May 2. Several families and relatives share meals and calls across St Olaf Ossian Waterville and surrounding homes with many guests and neighbors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Reierson
Joe Reierson
Maynard Ludwig
Chester
Christine Rypestor
Corrine
Martin Nelson
Arlington
Nelsons
Manchester
Susie Carney
St. Olaf
Merrill Olson
Gottfried Kurth
Aalvin Koehn
Edwin Monroe -Homs
Ossian
Larry Dean
Bernard Hanson
Harold Opland
Art
Morris Amundson
Otto Gisleson
Pastor Haugstul
Waterville
Sandra Anderson
Kenneth Kjosa
Haugstul
Joe Kjosa
Ole Loftsgard
Rodney Smith
Marsha
Melody
Orlando Loftsgard
Lloyd Reierson
Joann
Kathleen
Mervin Rei
Community Socials and Visits Highlight Cherry Valley News
Elizabeth Christen of Wilmette Illinois was called by her father’s death on Thursday. Several local families hosted gatherings and visits over the weekend and into Monday, including the Dennler, Howard, Butikofer, Frieden, and Hanson households, with guests from Fairfield, Chicago, Forrest Illinois, and Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Christen
Wilmette
Inl
Guernsey Smith
John Dennler
Russell Friederich and Son
Chicago
Martin Hanson
Gladys
Archie Howard
Earl Garmoe
Fairfield
Hert Thoman
Ernest Christen
Lucy
Wilbur Peake
Wm. Rainey
Frank Peake
Mederville
Lavern Lantz
Victor
Rockford
Robert Hanson
Ben Butikofer
Willie Torsgard
Volga
John
Butikofer
David
Raymond Frieden
Luana
Joe Thoman
Bert
West Bend
Walter
Lucy Christen
Lydia Hanson
Harry
Walter Butikofer
Dan Butikofer
Family Visit Notes From Decorah Sunday Supper
A fragment reports Bert visiting Decorah on Sunday and sharing a supper as guests with the John Christen family, indicating a weekend gathering with relatives.
Clermont Area Social Roundup
Brainard News item lists weekend and midweek visits among Clermont and West Union families. Guests include Dennis Olson, Harold Bennett, and Mr and Mrs Harry Witcher. Ed Fenner and George Pape households host visitors. Notable birthdays noted for Leslie Pritchard and Mark Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Boyer
Harold Bennett
Clermont
Dennis Olson
Joe Peters
Harry Witcher
Madison
Wis
Ross Whitcher
H. H. Whitcher
West Union
Ed Fenner
Billy Peters
Candy
George Pape
Pape
Gerald Blockhus
Leslie Pritchard
Lawrence Gehring
Janet
Grace
Leonard Meighan
Sumner
Reuben Miller
Leonard Larson
Ossian
Mark Larson
Local families visit and birthday greetings noted
In a sequence of social calls and visits, Glen Boyer and Grace Barnhouse with families from San Antonio Dorchester La Crosse Ossian West Union Clermont and Waterloo spent time in Oelwein Ossian West Union and Clermont. Birthday observances included Mrs. Boyer and Michael Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Boyer
Grace Barnhouse
San Antonio
Texas
Cliff Homewood
Dorchester
Lyle Martin
Melvin Hanson
Robert Hanson
Darrell
Oelwein
Bill Cheney
Herman Boyer
Dick Henry
Waterloo
Boyer
Michael Henry
Mickey
Gary Alber
West Union
Don Reeder
Vern Boyer
Melvin Martin
Clermont
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Illyria
Wyria Community Church
Medberry
Joe
Ogle
Melbert Meyer
Howard ‘Medberry
Glen McKellar
Glen Yearous
Carol ‘Wilson
Gerald Shaffer
Virgil Torson
Eugene Medberry
Orran Bane, Jr
Virgil Miles
Milo Frieden
Orran Bane
Alton Medberry
Carroll Klingman
Raymond Benson
Thomas Pollock
Harold Strong
Arthur
Yearous
Walter Rothlisberger
Will Frieden
Reynold Strong
Arthur Yearous
Cleve Bennett
Arthur Strong
Billy Bennett
Ralph Shaffer
Charles Medberry
Harry Bulikoter
Ruth Rothlisberger
Mabel King
Ornan Bane
Jim Vicarous
Robert
Guy ‘Ernst
Albert Dennler
Marie Theus
Rock Island
Edna Johnson
Ida Borgelt
Martha Caver
Ell
Davenport
Will Christen
Michael Halverson
Nels Iverson
Lester Chase
Oliver Heins
Arthur Hermen
Dale Klingman
Kathy
Elkader
Carroll Kling
Elvin Tragord
Emmet Light
Roy Halverson
Jake Wander
Elmer Lembke
Harvey Kraus
Will Noonan
Silas Wilson
Howard Medberry
Henry Holzer
Salome Thoman
Harry Feller
Forrest Feller
Eddie Anderson
Sheri
el Paso
Arnold
Toledo
Roger Amundson
Yvonne Perry
Strawberry Point
Paul Mellenhauer
Grays Lake
Ill
Harold Grimm
Charles Swale
Richard
Ruth
Otis Rothlizberger
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Cemetery Assn
Roy Rothlisberger
Andrew Dummermuth
Arthur Chapman
Ida Meyer
Carl Gehring
Ed Wenger
Gene ‘Wenger
Floyd Patterson, Jr
Wadena
Ida U Halverson
Eddie Christensen
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Don Winters
Eldorado
James Kerr
Leo ‘Benson
Wm. Denner
St.Olaf
Ben Denner
Will Orr
Mason City
Forrest Fischer
Andrew Yearous
Louis Becker, Jr
Wm. Kerr
Robert Kerr
Carold Wilson
Henry Matthys
Arnold Gibbs
Fritz Vagts
Rae Gibbs
Harold Ashby
Jane
Randalia
Albert.Dennier
Kenneth Medberry
Guy Ernst
Anna Maier
Littleport
Joe Downey
Keith
Robert Black
Monona
Ella Foxwell
Fayette
Thos. Foxwell
Amelia Strong
Ed Savagee
Arlington Methodist Church
Iowa
Northwest
Northeast
Otis W. Rothlisberger
Elgin Meyer’s Hatchery
Postville
Elgin State Bank
Elgin
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vadena
Gunder News
Cherry Vailey News
Decorah
John Christen
Brainard News
Conner Rexall Drug
Elgin, Iowa
Sales Commission
Waukon, Iowa
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