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Postville Happenings Highlight Local Visits and Gatherings
A flurry of social visits fills Postville and nearby towns as residents frequent homes of friends and relatives across Cedar Rapids Fay ette Elgin and West Union. Notable gatherings include Helen Boyer and Leo Boleyn visiting Florence Baldwin, and many others sharing meals picnics and companionship at multiple homes including the Frieden Baechler and Christensen households. Community events feature a Methodist WSCS lunch stand for Corn Day on August 13 and ongoing family and neighborly exchanges throughout the region.
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Helen Boyer
Leo Boleyn
Florence Baldwin
Gerald Heck
Postville
Helga Bilden
M. J. Blockhus
Clarence Peterson
Alla Frieden
Willura Sehronener
Laverne Hyde
Duane Barker
Gary Hyde
Springville
Cedar Rapids
Bud Hyde
Elkader
Greg
Karen
Kathy Olson
Alta Frieden
Methodist
WSCS
Elgin Park
Melbert Baechler
Harpers Ferry
Robert Robbins
Dorothy Jones
Dubuque
Ed Boleyn
Kenneth Perry
Hiawatha
Bessie Perry
Castalia
Raymond Boleyn
Linus Hildebrandt
Fay~ette
C. L. Northrup
Herbert Ash
Leonard Roberts
Elizabeth Mayne
Betty Topping
Jack Adrian
Jackie
Eddie
Dutton’s Cave
Ed Wagner
West Union
Charlie Koester
Eldorado
Rose Baechler
Jon Shaffer
Dennis Shaffer
Selma Kohls
Clara Shaffer
Celia Kohls
Strawberry Point
Dean DeSart
Mark and
Jay
John Leonhart
Robert Larsen
Towa City
Minneapolis
Twins
Orioles
J. A. Erickson
Minneosia
Norman Erickson
Leon Shepard
Anna Schupbach
Celia Thoman
Bertha Lehman
Lyle Leath
Rockford
Ill
Ida Christen
LeRoy Larson
Lynn
Cedar Falls
Allan Anderson
Larson
Larry Gehring
State Center
Ruth Boyle
Clarence Muehlethaler
C. B. Schori
Lorence Muehletheler
George Falk
Paul Zuthopeen
Evis Anne Woeward
Francis Butikofer
Wm. Boyle
Alice
Jim Frieden
Kevin
Steven Frieden
John Christen
M. F. Schlein
Lester Gehring
W. H. Leake
Chicago
Max
Leo Lehman
Sam Howard
Alpha
David Boleyn
Iowa City
Emmett Trappe
Song
Valley Inn
Conner Dummermuth
Lori Blackmor
Evanston
Wayne Wangsness
Decorah
Keith Steere
Davenport
Richard Gulsvig
Waterloo
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Wm. Dennler
Russell Friederich
Lawrenee White
Marion
Charles Baumler
Fayette
Louis Dennler
Lester Robbins
Lovie Becker , Sr
Robert Kerr
Wadena
Mary Howard
Louis Becker
Charles Becker
Alice Kjosa
Susan
Kathy
Burnell Frieden
Cecil Schroeder
Marilyn Loftsgard
Ronald Loftsgard
Fleet Frieden
Newell McIntyre
Julie
Holly
Johnny
Burnell Benson
Ruth Ann
Kyle
Methert Baechler
Klingman
Gerald Frieden
Richard Frieden
Elmer Frieden
Jack Willett
Jacob Gehring
Grant Schultz
Clifton Voskil
Ira Voshell Jr
McGregor
Ida Cummings