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Community visitors and dinner guests fill Postville week
Long list of visitors and neighbors called on or dined with Postville and nearby families. Notables include the Gulsvigs Blockhus and Henzman households, Medberrys, Nuttings, Seitzes, Loftsgards, Moore, Gilsons, and many more across Postville West Union Decorah and surrounding towns. Numerous church and conference events cited along with holiday open houses and store promotions.
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Ernest Gulsvig
Ronald Blockhus
Lila Henzman
Postville
O. H. Larson
C. ©. Torkelson
Cornelius Reierson
Clara Hellum
Curtis Gilson
Leonard Moore
Robert Medberry
Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir
Linda
Beeville
Texas
Walter Medberry
Elsie Popenhagen
Adolph Normark
Minneapolis
Lorenz Schatz
Lake Mills
Herbert Dummermuth
Conner Dummermuth
Louis Seitz
Leonard Seitz
Monona
Dale Seitz
Vernon Wede
Reuben Butikofer
Cedar Rapids
Robert Moore
John Butikofer
Henry Wahls
Louis Brandt
Garnaville
Oran Nutting
Mary
Fred Wede
Dick Boyer
West Union
Wayne Gilson
David
Clermont
Russell Wenger
Charles Wenger
John Tillotson
Edward Klingman
M. H. Moore
Methodist Church
Edgewood
Glen Nims
Walter McIntosh
Teresa
Decorah
Ronald Lofisgard
Gerald Jacobs
Roy Leuechtenmacher
Celia Thoman
Elmer Frieden
Agnes Gilson
Lee Roy Collins
Myron Moore
Merman Larson
Toni Mangartner
Robert Chapman
Bess Stohr
Anne Dennler
Lyle Light and
Leatha
Mel’ Kohler
Ruth
Gibson
Harold Halverson
Karl Lembke
Leonard Roberts
Myron Chapman
Brad
Lawrence Mueller
Etkport
Lillian Olson
Carl Rasmussen
Oelwein
Marvin Staake
Roger Staake
St. Olaf
Melvin Mojokken
Inga Evenson
Harley
Melvin Reierson
Ronald Loftsgard
Jack Adrian
West Union Country Club
DeWayne Medberry
Rockford
Ill
Andrew Molokken
Charlie Koester
Richard
Ronnie Meisner
Drew
Willy Bergen
Ronald Win
Iceland
Lwith
Ingibjorg
Kristi
Alice Gordon
Garrison
Ida Christen
Lydia Odegard
Joan
Gilbert Loftsgard
Charles
Ed Boleyn
Clarence Fehlhafer
McGregor Hospital
Dan Lauder
Roanoke
Bert Butikofer
Paul Butikofer
Timmy
Mark Grimm
Wapello
Clarence Trickel
Whipholt
Minn
Elmer Reitz
Harold Trump
Marila
Kahoka
Leon Shepard
Frank Christen
Celia Thorman
Harry
Cline
Martin Wenger
Elizabeth Moore
Ira Farney
Barbara
Eureka
Bill Butikofer
Durant
George Schupbach
Floyd Frieiden
Shirley Butikofer
Orlan Reimer
Jane
Philman Larson
Richard Kohls
Tom Hayzlett
Hulda Nydegger
Carl Hackmann