Local Visitors and Family Gatherings Reported Across Town
A string of social visits and weekend guests are listed including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wettle and family, Mrs. Mary Anderson and children, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schnelle, Julia Wettesoni, and Corrine Rypestol among others. Notable stops include Selmer Holm and Joseph Reierson parties visiting Carlyle Kirkegberg, plus Cedar Rapids guests at Mathilda Christianson’s home. Local residents from Decorah and Waterloo are noted visiting or returning from hospitals and short trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cigar
the Law
Robert Wettle
Mary Anderson
Raymond Schnelle
Julia Wettesoni
Corrine Rypestol
Rypestol
Websor
Tues- Selmer Holm
Joseph Reierson
Dixie
David
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Monona
Merle Gregorson
Cedar Rapids
Thie Mathilda Christianson
Bill and
Henry' Christianson
Mathilda Christianson
Mitsi Myron ‘Houg
Postville Hospital
Curtis Anderson
Mervin Reiers
Selma Sonstegard
Donald
Waterloo
Family notices from Steamboat Rock and area events
The report lists numerous social visits and family gatherings around Steamboat Rock and nearby towns. Attendees include Brainard Néwa, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Patterson, Rex Folkerts, Norma Gehring, Artis Ralston, Lawrence Geh ring, the Reeder family, Diana’s 12th birthday, Bill Nutting, Judy, Don Reeder, Baptist Missionary Society, Joe Peters, Julia Boyer, Richard Johnson, Cliff Homewood, and other local residents across West Union, Clermont, Dorchester, Jesup, and Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Patterson
Folkerts
Steamboat’ Rock
Patterson
Rex Folkerts
Steamboat Rock
Norma Gehring
Artis Ralston
Hazelton
Mra
Lawrence Gehring
Reuben Butikofer
Ea Heihs
Velmer
Harold
Clermont
Roger
Joe Peters
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Julia Boyer
Glenn Boyer
Richard Johnson
West Union
Kenneth Appelman
Wichita
Kans
Cliff
Family visits noted in Giles Martins area social row
Warida Martin spent Tuesday night with Jeri Martin. Mrs. Melvin Hanson was a supper guest Monday in the Lyle Martins home. Mr and Mrs Lyle Martin and family were dinner guests Sunday at the Bill Cheney home in Oelwein. Johnny Barnhouse of Clermont stayed Tuesday to Friday with the Julia Boyer home and dined Thursday with the Lyle Martin household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles Martin Hows
Warida Martin
Jeri Martin
Melvin Hanson
Lyle Martin
Bill Cheney
Oelwein
Johnny Barnhouse
Clermont
Julia Boyer
Jim Yearous
Harold Glass
Dundee
George Childs
Aurora
Nels. Iverson
Roy Halverson
Donald Childs
Gordon Pollock
Forrest Apent
William Schoenheider
David Messick
Gerald Shaffer
Canistota
Joe Ogle
Bill Younberg
West Union
Harry Everett
Janet
Robert Moore
Donald Sutter
L. L. Kiple
Ellen Flanagan
Thomas Ogle
L. E. Yost
Cleveland
Ohio
Andrew Braker
Silas Wilson
Carol Wilson
Roland Schroed
Mary
Minneapolis
Harold Strong
Mabel King
Belle Ocker
Chas. Strong
Kenneth Strong
Chris
Leon Shepard
Joe Ogles
Guy Ernst
Anna Maier
Littleport
Will Christen
David
Paul
Eden
Dak
Jerome Yearous
Rudolph Reentehler
Guttenberg
Roscoe Larson
Willie Carrier
Bob Leeman
L. E. Yoat
Esther Braker
Clarence
Alta Thoman
Santa Clara
Calif
Terry Whittenbaugh
Jimmy Murphy
Wadena
Harlan Yearous
Colorado
Cole Sedgewick
Raymond Benson
Illyria area salutes a busy week of kinfolk visits
A long list of relatives and friends gathered across West Union Elgin and surrounding towns for picnics birthdays and Sunday dinners. Guests included Rothlisberger families Yearous Schneider Shaffer Ogle and many others from Waterloo Postville Clermont and Cedar Rapids with outings to Chicago Elkader and Canistota. Local celebrations featured birthday remembrances and multiple calls on relatives during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas Pollock
Lola Yearous
St. Paul
Forrest Shaffer
C. H. Colburn
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Ralph Shaffer
Harry Davis
Arlington
Otis Rothlisberger
D Avid
Dunlap Woman Suffers Forehead Gash in Pool Accident
Mary Jo Helle of Dunlap sustained a forehead gash after a diving mishap at the swimming pool. The injury occurred when another youngster struck her as he dived, causing a minor collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Helle
Dunlap
Birthday mark for Lyon County’s oldest resident Mary Bauchspies
Mrs. Mary Bauchspies, Lyon County’s oldest resident and age 95, celebrated her birthday. She is the last living member of a family that included 12 children and is connected to Susan Ray Hanson through her lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvord
Lyon County
Mary Bauchspies
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Tva
Furrace
Job
M. Tillotson Zin
Towa
Brainard, Néwa
DIAL
Elgin
Iowa
State Bank
Illyria News
Richard Schmidt
Julie
Ralph Giraffer
Walter Rothlisberger
Leo Hothlisberger
Raymond
Burlington
LeRoy, Rothlisberger
Leo Rothlisberger
Otis
Ruth Rothlsberger
Ida
Oswald
Earl
Helen
Hazel
Rothlisberger
Patty Schneider
G.I. Heck
Postville
Thomas. Ogle
Mr. Ogle
Leo Benson
Duane Strong
Janie
Lawrence
Leslie Schneider
Fred Schneider
Ida Peters
Elizabeth McMillian
Helen Wenger
Milton Morgan
Owosso
Mich
Ed Wenger
Thomas Siamis
Harry ‘Wenger
Henry McMillan
Gene Wenger
Ruth Roys
Floyd Frieden
Les Roy Rothlisberger
Ellen Hunsberger
Altan Thoman
William Yearous
Reynold Shaffer
Lamont
Dessert Cox
Vinton
Carroll Klingman
Merle Klingman
Elkatier
Henry Mathys
Clarkie ‘Voshell
Mdms
Martha Chapman
Glen Mc
Donald Burchett
Sioux Falls
So. Dak
Florian Burchette
Henry Holzer
John Grimm
Michael
Helen Hanson
Otto Hanson, Jr
Marion
Howard Hanson
Jerry Simpson
Loras "Heck
Lee Havelick
Joan
Miss Vorwald
Ray Simpson
Donna Oakon
Charles City
Elkader
Nellie Hanson
Loras Heck
Osage
Christ Building
Don
Fayette County Fair
Interstate Power
Gunder News
Elgin Produce
Elgin, Iowa
Reddy
Ifome
Freezer
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