Community notes and visits at West Union area churches
The column lists many visitors and social trips around West Union Clermont and Volga, noting Rev Bruce Jones away with his wife, no Sunday services August 18, and a long chain of gatherings. Names include Yearous, Howard, Dennler, Pollock, Hofer, Hunsberger, Berg, Klingman, Strong, Shaffer, and many families at picnics, dinners, and church events across towns such as Postville Fay erop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miyria
Bruce Jones
Mra
Arthur Yearous
Jones
Wm. Howard
Billie
Bruce Howard
West Union
Jerome
Jim Barrett
Fayette
Visitors from Janesville and Davenport Stay overnight
Week end visitors at the Fred Burrow home include Mr and Mrs LeRoy Burrow Ronald from Janesville Wisconsin Lois Burrow Frank Loving and Mr and Mrs Dallas Loving from Davenport Mrs Roy Burrow and Ronald will stay for the rest of the week here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred ‘Burrow
LeRoy Burrow
Ronald
Janesville
Wis
Lois Burrow
Frank Loving
Dallas Loving
Davenport
Roy Burrow
Cheery Valley guests gather for dinners and visits
A string of social visits fills a Cheery Valley week with dinners and gatherings. Herbert Hood and W H Pollock dine at the Christen home in Daytona Beach and numerous families from West Bend and nearby towns visit, attend a funeral, and travel to Elgin and Des Moines area for hospital stays and homecomings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Hood
Daytona Beach
Florida
W.H. Pollock
John Christen
Resece Larson
Rex Mulford
Sam Frieden
John Dennier
Joe Thoman
Barry
West Bend
Bert Theman
Christen Bros
Decorah
Martin Hanson
Theo. Hanson
Quincy
Theo
Hanson
Janice
Freddie Frieden
Elgin
Harry Butikofer
Werner Moore
Albert Butikofer
Butikofer
John Dennler
Fred Butikofer
New Hampton
Dennler
St Joseph Hospital
John Butikofer
Glen Medberry
Ben Dennler
Albert Erickson, Jr
Oma
Lawrence Butikofer
Dennis
Black Hills
Colorado
Harry
Bert Thoman
Christ Dennier
Silas Wilson
Salome Thoman
Gottfred Kaufman and Son
Fremont
Wis
Ben den
Paul Bossard
Marie
Ruth
Mervin Scott
Gene Glawe
St. Olaf
Lydia Hansen
Lucille Doeppke
Teddy
Elkader
Frank Christen
Jake Christen
Bert Thomen
Ethel Mae
Fred Nydegger, Sr
Will Christen
Johns Christen
Mary ‘Ann Baumgartner
Oscar Baumgartner
Birthday and visit notes from Brainard community
Brainard residents share visits and extended stays across families from Vern Boyer home to Marcus Washington Cler mont and Lansing Illinois. Celebrations mark Barbara Gilbert’s 11th birthday as relatives and friends gather for meals and greetings in regional homes.
Local family gatherings mark week with visits and birthdays
Mrs Harlan Troy and Vicky Sue with Nyborg families visited the Ole Loftsgard home Wednesday afternoon. Henry Olson family hosted a Sunday picnic at the Hiram Olson home honoring Henry Milo Linda Olson and Geradine Howard. Selena and Milton Olson retrieved their parents from Duluth after a five week vacation. Arnold Halverson and Christ Halverson of Lake Mills dined with the T J Olson family Sunday. Rev S J Strand ford visited Elmer Anderson Gulsvig Tillman Thompson Fiskerbeck Ossian family and others at Thore Thompson’s near Wadena for Torvald’s birthday. Mrs Ole Loftsgard visited Glen Minger at Oelwein last Thursday. Marlena Embretson visited Henry Olson’s home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde King
Ralph Landon
Cumberland
Viola Foxwell
Massachusetts
Elizabeth Foxwell
Des Maiines
Aperft
Ralph Shaffer
Yearous
Gerald Shaffer
Chas. Swale
Ida Mattocks
West Union
Harold Strong
Forest Shaffer
Ruth Rothlisberger
Tofield Heck
Janice Olson
Clermont
Anna M. Kimball
Mervin Hunsberger
Jerome
Louise Miller
Milwaukee
Wis
Earl Kipley
Donald Page
Shirley
Cleo Moore
Wadena
Oelwein
Jake Frieden
Tillman Thompson
Thore Tompson
Orvin Thompson
Harlow Chapman
Creston
Arthur Chapman
Martha Chapman
Yellowstone Park
Andrew Yearous
Thos. Duff
Volga
Verla Benson
Thos. Ogle
Avis Lou Mark
Nellie McKellar
Glen
Alma Ostlie
Jim Yearous
Kathleen
West Union Fair Grounds
Guernsey Smith
Paul
R. D. Smith
G. A. Brooks
Lawrence Hofer
Postville
Hazel
Erma Butihofer
Richard Hofer
Roberta Mosby
Virginia Glass
Carroll Klingman
Jerrome
Mary Ogle
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Wadena Park
Harlan Troy
Vicky Sue
Oscar Nyborg
Ollard Nyborg
Shirel
Alen
Ole Loftsgard
Henry Olson
T. J. Olson
Elmer
Johnnie
Selma Groth
Waldo Embretson
Hiram Olson
Henry
Milo
Linda Olson
Geradine Howard
Selena
Milton Olson
Duluth
Minn
Gle Olson
S. J. Strandford
Elmer Anderson
Emil Gulsvig
V. A. Fiskerbeck
Ossian
Rosina Anderson
Kenneth
Dale
Arvid
Myron Anderson
L'Myra
Elver Anderson
Thore Thompson
Torvald
Glen Minger
Marlena Embretson
Cattle Disease Challenge Marks Dairy Industry Efforts
The dairy industry confronts brucellosis in milk producing animals with vaccination drives. About 40,000 calves were vaccinated in April across the United States, 13,000 in the nine oads, and several positive tests indicated by blood teat checks. Dolly Madison becomes the 61st White House hostess, serving for eight years with President Jefferson era as widow James Madison’s secretary of state.
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United States
White House
Dolly Madison
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Madison
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