Busy social calendar fills week at Elgin and surrounding towns
A flurry of visits and gatherings fills the week across Elgin, Clermont, Monona, and nearby communities. Families attend bridal and baby showers, class reunions, and birthday parties while relatives travel from Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Minneapolis, and beyond to join dinners, picnics, and Sunday meals.
Community Social Roundup From Gunder Area
Sunday dinner guests included Mrs Aldora Anderson L Myra and Mrs Edward Krambeer in the Loftsgard home. Numerous relatives visited the Donald Enlow family in Decorah Elkader Clermont and West Union with names like Gisleson Kjosa Kurth Lands gard and Bergen. Several overnight and weekday visits occurred among Amundson Knutson Larson and Solberg families in Clermont McGregor Castalia West Union and St Olaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldora Anderson
L'Myra
Edward Krambeer
Ole Loftsgard
Otto Gisieson
Lawrence Naylor
West Union
Donald Enlow
Donna
Colorado Springs
Colo
Otto Gisleson
Gerard Groth
Rita
Richard Anderson
Spencer
Farghum
Bertha
Decorah
Millard Olson
Paul
Elkader
Louis Kjosa
Clara Christensen
Aubrey Guyer
Lawrence West
Gerald Winter
Ben. Fuelling
Lorimer
Farmiersburg
Kenneth Kjosa
Lloyd Loftsgard
Harold
Raymond Loftsgard
Clermont
George Schupbach
Sharon
Chuckie
Orlado Loftsgard
Brian Amundson
Morris Amundson
Arthur Solberg
Martin Nelson
Merrill Olson
Selmer Holm
Clara Kurth
Milton’ Kurth
McGregor
Wayne Flack
Jane Ann Loftsgard
Walter Knutson
Arthur Landsgard
Emory Landsgard
James Hangartner
Castalia
Morris Landsgard
Gordon Landsgard
Olvin Olson
Vickie
Will Bergen
Rosina Landsgard
Thor Thorsgaard
St Olaf
Wednessey
St. Olaf
Donald Larson
Kurt and
Kent
Ole Embretson
Lena Nyhus
Social visit and church attendees in small town notes
Mrs Thor Thorsgaard hosted Mrs Susie Carney at St Olaf for coffee on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Selmer Holm and Richard Leath attended church at the Little Brown Church and met Mrs Holm's aunt in Mason City. Mrs Ellen Mason shared a coffee visit with Mrs Selmer Holm. Brenda Eberling visited Postville. Dixie Reierson stayed with Joseph Reierson. Mr and Mrs Joseph Reierson and family had Sunday supper with Robert Eberling in Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor ‘Thorsgaard
Susie Carney
St Olaf
Wil Thorsgaard
Selmer Holm
Richard Leath
Little Brown
Holm
Mason City
Skellinger
Ellen Mason
Brenda Eberling
Postville
Dixie Reierson
Joseph Reierson
Robert Eberling
Social visits fill weekend in Roscoe Larson area
Cheery Valley and Rock Valley families gathered across Thursday to Monday, visiting in Roscoe Larson and Christen homes. Attendees included Mrs. Donald Caspers, Mrs. Ida Christen, Herman Zimerman, Mary Clary, Margaret Muehlethaler, Linda and Jeannie Thoman, Earl Garmoe, and many relatives. The group shared meals, called on hospitals, attended memorials, and joined a picnic at Pike’s Peak with relatives from Missouri and Illinois. Mrs. Wilbur Peake received word of Wilbur Pugh’s death in Indiana and planned funeral attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danaler
Leslie Lembke
Floyd Patterson
Wadena
Earl
Helen
Hazel Rothlisberger
Amanas
West Branch
Robert Shaffer
Jim Whitford
Volga
Thomas
Mark Benson
Fremont Ogle
Winthrop
H. F. Robbins
Thomas Ogle
Elkader
Milo Frieden
Chapman
Prairie du Chien
Wisc
Andrew Braker
Silas Wilson
Ida Oswald
Waureka
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Roy Halverson
Nels Iverson
Clermont
Betty Birbrich
Minneapolis
Sharon Johanningmier
Monona
Judy Lembke
Des ‘Des Moines
Roy Lembke
Karl Lembke
Elmer Lembke
Donald Caspers and Sons
Ida Christen
Roscoe Larson
Herman Zimmerman
Mary Clary
Margaret Muehlethaler
Rock Valley
Ernest Christen
Ellen Mason
Paul Bossard
Farmersburg
Bossard
Des Moines
Celia’ Thoman
Earl Garmoe
Linda
Jeannie
Fairfield
Richard Hofer
Ann Dennler
Christen Bros
Martin Hanson
Michael Lantz
Decorah
Walter Lantzs
David Lantz
Marvin, Lantz
Ellen Magon
Frank
Christen
Rose Schmid
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
Ralph Reed
Wilbur Peake
Mace Crandall
Wm. Moore
Francis Butikofer
Celia Thoman
Wilbur Pugh
Logan's Park
Ind
David Loeffelv
Dubuque
Fred Butikofer
Max Lehman
George Butikofer
Ben
Silas Butikofer
Missouri
Illinois
Pike’s Peak
Marilyn Butikofer
Ole Embretson
J. B. Kelly
Lloyd Kelly
Bellevue
Ben Butikofer
Dean
Elgin Park
Wm. Baumgartner
Oelwein
Vern Boyer
Richard Miller
John Christen
Clara Muehlethaler
Gladys
Edwin Hanson
Lucy Christen
Sunday Socials Across Local Homes Highlight Family Visits
The Silas Butikofer family visited the Erickson home on Sunday as guests at a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs George Nickels and Gerald in honor of Mr and Mrs Owen Nickels of Muskogee Oklahoma. Numerous relatives and friends from nearby towns joined in, including the Chase families, Nancy Wickler and Ronald Brandt wedding, and other local residents sharing meals and greetings through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Medberry
Margaret
Harold Strong
Keto Muncie
Weston
Arthur Yearons
Bernice Zurcher
Minneapolis
Stanley Boyer
Neil
Waterloo
Thomas Pollock
Raymond Benson
Carroll Klingman
Jerome Yestous
Clyde Ramsey
Fred Tressemer
Arlington
Joe Ogle
Arthur Hermen
Aka
Lyle
Fort Collins
Colo
Glen Bliger
Walter
Grantberg
Wise
Floyd Frieden
Owen Nickels
Muskogee
Okla
Geo. Nickels
James Hermen
Roger Frieden
LeRoy Rothlisberger
National Guard
Camp Ripley, Wise
Silas Butikofer
Charles Erickson
George H. Nickels
Gerald
Owen J. Nickels
Oklo
Lizzie Chase
Elmer
Ralph
Lester Chase
Willis
Volga
Floyd Chase
Donald
Fayette
Jerry Anderson
Stacey
Lori
Clermont
Dianna Edere
Jesup
Steven
Duane
Will Christen
Glen
Louis
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Joe Frieden
Larry Thompson
Jacob Schneider
Roy St John
Blackstone
Clifford St. John
Cornell
Orran Bane
John Otten
LaCrosse
Thomas Foxwell
Wm. Dennler
David
Walter Boys
Bill Morgan
Rochester
Mich
Ida Peters
Helen Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Ed Wenger
Walter Wenger
Strawberry Point
Gene Wenger
Elizabeth McMillan
Chris Wenger
Henry McMillan
Mark
Otto Wallner
Marlene
Edwin Loftsgard
Greg Frieden
Allan Halverson
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Kurl
Beauty Salon
Elgin State Bank
DIAL
Elgin
Iowa
Sok Hae Insurance Corporation
Knudteon
Gunder News
John Tillotson
Meee
Cheery Valley
Lydia Hanson
Harry
Lydia Odegard
Joan
Elgin Local News
Herbert Ash
Walter Ash
Lane Ash
Max Medberry
Donald Glen
Ackley
Belva Snyder
Sylvan Torkelson
Karen
Kevin Luana
Louis Lehman
Anita
John Knecht
Chicago
George Vaughns
Howard Stewart
Floyd Puffett
Manchester
Gus Pappas
Earlville
Andrew Brackin
Inez Brackin
Nancy Wickler
Ronald Brandt
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fauser Oil Co
Fayette County
Jerry Smith
IMCA
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Wilma
Ed Leary
Clay County Fair
Lew Folds
George Kremser
Earl Dunn
Jan van Ohmer
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