West Union Community Notes From Brainard News
Reports from West Union describe Union Study Club at Ray Fenner home and visits across area. Carried are multiple calls to homes in West Union, Sumner, Lime Springs, and surrounding towns, including gatherings at the Fenner, Meighan, Gehring, and Boyer residences and a reunion at the Appelman picnic grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Boyer
Union Study Club
Ray Fenner
West Union
Vle Martin
Melvin Hanson
Ern Holzer
Jorris Martin
Jim
Gary al
Ed Fenner
Floyd ‘Whitcher
Riley Grimes Visted
Richard Kehls
Roger Reeder
Ed Heins
Cleramont
George Boyle
Lawrence Gehring
Joe Lerch
Kenny
Terry
Mary McCoy
McGregor
Lyle Martin
Richard Kohls
Donald
Chica Lyons
Julia Boyer
Dick, Henry
Waterloo
Norma
Isaac Gehring
Tom Meighan
Summer
Appelman
West Union Fairgrounds
Ruth Ann Kohls
E. B. Grimes
Fred Schneider
Artur
Ella
Issac Gehring
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Gerald Cook
Larry
Paul
Emmett Weyant
Edgewood
Bob Hanson
Elkader
Walden
Council Proceedings Elgin Iowa August 9 1960
The Elgin Iowa town council met in a special session with the mayor and all councilmen. A contract was approved with Smith Construction Co Spencer Town for installing a sewer extension of 208 feet on Pleasant Street. The group discussed providing city water to residents south of the creamery but no action was taken pending further possibilities. The meeting adjourned with Mayor Leo L. Schori and Town Clerk Leo E. Friederich in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
Wilson
Smith Construction Co
Spencer
Town
Pleasant Street
Boyle
Leo .L. Schori
Community visit notes from Gordonsville area
Ellen Monnahan and girls of Gordonsville hosted relatives from Minnesota over the weekend. Numerous social visits occurred across families including Loftsgards, Reiersons, Amundsons, and Thompsons with dining and open houses noted. Activities featured slide shows, supper gatherings, and afternoon calls, with several Clermont and Decorah connections involved.
Local family visits noted across Metropolis area
A long list of social calls and visits is reported from Des Moines to Dubuque. Numerous dinners and Sunday gatherings feature Christines Reier and Loftsgard families, Cory Andersen, Reiersons, Thompsons, Kjosas, Olson, and nearby households. Guests arrive from Ames Monona Decorah Elkader and beyond for meals and travel tales.
Elgin Local News Furlough for Pvt Metzger
Pvt. Larry Metzger, son of Mr and Mrs Reuben Metzger, is due home this weekend from Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for a two week furlough. He plans to be stationed in the south after his leave. Mr and Mrs John McMillan, Mr and Mrs Don Fauser, Mr and Mrs Don Sutter, Mr and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Metzger
Reuben Metzger
Fort Leonard Wood
South
John McMillan
Don Fauser
Don Sutter
Iowa Fish Boy Angler Lands Two Catfish
Iowa youth David Mayberry, 12, Maquoketa, hauled in two large catfish recently. One weighed 12 pounds and the other about six pounds, showcasing his fishing skills on the local river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Mayberry
Maquoketa
Fragmented OCR hazards expose local injuries at mill and farm
The text records several injuries from industrial tasks and farm labor. It notes a man crushed by equipment at a mill, a worker with a crushed hand, and a woman burned in a tractor incident. It also mentions a retiree, Mrs Bes Birk Petersen, after many years as assistant postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ‘Opperman
Manning
Hopkinton
Bes Birk Petersen
Traveling curve leads to man falling from car
The door opened and he fell out of the car causing a head injury. Medical staff required 30 stitches to close lacerations on the skull.
Local Visits Mix Across Cedar Rap ids and Regina
Dick Westprahl of Cedar Rapids visited the Kenneth Amundson home for two weeks. Mrs C A Hauser and others stopped by Monday to see their cousin, Mr and Mrs Arnold Paul, and Rev Pea Larimer Potrett and family of Regina Sask Canada joined in. The group traveled to Milwaukee Thursday to visit, returning Saturday to be with sister Mrs Lamb. Louis Othmer of Muscatine and Harold Othmer of Cedar Falls visited Edward Krueger and then stopped to see patient Lena Borchardt at Fayette County Hospital. Louis is Lena’s brother and Harold her nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Westprahl
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Amundson
C. A. Hauser
Susan
Mary
C. L. Bradley
Jeff
Arnold Paul
Pea Ma Larimer Potrett
Regina
Sask
Canada
Clarissa Miller
Milwaukee
Mrs. Lamb
Louis Othmer
Muscatine
Harold Othmer
Cedar Falls
Edward Krueger
Lena Borchardt
Fayette County Hospital
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Brainard News
Stolk Hed Ad EY
Malle
Minnesota
Council Proceedings
Leo E. Friederich
Gunder News
Ellen Monnahan
Gordonsville
Minn
Henry Nyberg
Ole Loftsgard
Orlando Loftsgard
Ludwig Anderson
Harold Johnson
Monroe
Carolina
H. Gerdis Wigesland
Decorah
Helga Hilden
Tilpher Bilden
Elizabeth
Brenda
Debra
Lloyd Loftsgard
Robert Eberling
Rickey
Elmer Eberling
Postville
Joseph Reierson
Arthur Loftsgard
Christine
Cindy Claire
Des Moines
Gilbert Loftsgard
Bernard Loftsgard
Marilyn
Bernard
Dan Butikofer, Jr
Lloyd Referson
Richard
Hetty
Diane
Myron ‘Houg
Elaine
Pauline Amundson
Clermont
Morris Amundson
Arthur Landsgard
Emory Landsgard
Otto
Mellien Mark
Milo Gisleson
Jorgina Stearns
Minneapolis
Emma Gulsvie
Seurday
Tillman Thompson
Julia Wettleson
Nellie Ward
St. Olaf
Carol
Linda
Sharon Wellner
Diane Lehan
Kay
Kendra Loftszard
Linda Wellner
Vickie Olson
Mervin Reierson
Theodore L. Loftsgard
Kay Loftsgard
Andine Vasbey
Avalon Theatre
Avid Ladd
Donald Crisp
Dog of
Flanders
Mitchum
Eleanor Parker
the Hill
Harry Wold
Lilly Engelhart
Viola Holt
Salome
Aziz
Martha Johnson
Mary Olson
Selma Groth
Harold Skarshaug
Karen
Donna
Ames
Waldo Embretson
Waldo
Ernest Mikkelson
Dennis
Sandra Kjosa
Ingelwood
Calif
Kenneth Kjosa
Herry Cline
Inez Brackin
Gus. Pappas
Reuben Wir
Monona
Nellie Hanson
Ida Mee
Rid
Walter Kuntz
Howard Hanson
Judy
Betty
St. Uel
David Gibbs
Strawberry Point
Helen Hanson
Conner Dummermuth
Reuben Howard
O' Neill - Bowen Bi
Lynxville
Wise
Art Nelson
Kathy
Gary
Hudson
Rey Chapman
Robert Chapman
Frieda Etter
Charles Cook
Charles
Rosemary
Hutchinson
Libble
Laren
Leo Boleyn
Boyer
Ellen Well
Pail Zurbriggen
Tom
Alamosa
Colo
Zurbriggen
Adems State College
Ome Priedech End
Joan Clark
Randy Melinda
Lord Gisleson
West
Yvonne
Kenneth E. Larson
Lat Dubuque
AMS
Hope
Johnny Carsor
Ebay
Camer
the Fuscieation
Molly Bee
The
Chordettes
Seft
America
World Livestock
Spectacsier Gretalbay
West Union, Iowa
Foley
Promenaders
Slim Wilson
Jim Yearous
Highway 56
GE Electric
Crosley
Admiral
Lampe
Ford
de Laval
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