Illyria Community News Highlights Social Visits
Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m at Illyria Community Church E G Steinman minister. Numerous visits and dinners described across Cedar Rapids Elkader West Union Strawberry Point Clermont and White Plains New York with residents from Robbins Ogle Grimm Dennler Yearous Hanson Dennler and others. A 4 H Livestock Club Christmas party and several birthday celebrations noted along with travel photos from Europe.
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Outiunity Church
E. G. Steinman
Local residents attend Handel’s Messiah in Decorah
Cherry Valley News reports Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer and Mr and Mrs William Moore attended Handel's Messiah in Decorah Saturday evening. Also listed are Mr and Mrs George Leuchten Ymacher, Mrs Orlin Mason and Edwin Hanson visiting Sunday afternoon in the Ernest Meyer home. The John Christen family visit led at the James Duff home Saturday.
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Fred Butikofer
William Moore
Handel
Decorah
George Leuchten
Ymacher
Orlin Mason
Edwin Hanson
Ernest Meyer
John Christen
James Duff
Social calls and visits fill Clarence Helgerson home
Sunday evening gatherings at the Clarence Helgerson residence included the Otto Gisleson family. Numerous callers to neighboring homes such as Kenneth Krosa and Thas Peterson reflect a busy weekend of social visits with relatives and friends from Castalia Postville and Cedar Rapids.
Brainard News Family visits and homecomings listed
Mrs Herman Boyer returned home from a week in the Dick Henry Waterloo home and visited there for a few days. Roger Reeder and others visited Ed Heins in Clermont. Ross and H H Whitcher from West Union visited Ed Fenner, and Herman Boyer spent an evening at John Barnhouse in Clermont. Dick Henry of Waterloo was a dinner guest at Glen Soyer’s home.
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Herman Boyer
Dick Henry
Waterloo
Henry
Mr. Boyer
Roger Reeder
Ed Heins
Clermont
Ross Whitcher
H. H. Whitcher
West Union
Ed Fenner
John Barnhouse
Dick Henry Waterloo
Glen Soyer
Community visitors and gatherings around West Union
Mrs Lyle Martin and Mickey spent Friday in the Robert Musser home at West Union. Sunday visitors in the Lawrence Gehring home included Grace Gehring and other Gehrings and Mary Murphy. The Lyle Martin family were supper guests Wednesday in the Melvin Hansen home. The Amos Pritchard family and Darrell from Waterloo spent the weekend with Walter Pritchard and visited Charles Corbin. Thursday evening guests in the Glen Boyer home included Harold Bennett Herman Boyer and Wills Lyon. Paul Stillman of Clermont spent part of the week in the Walter Pritchard home. Mrs Clarence Buroden hosted a bridal shower for Ellen Nutting on Wednesday. Guests included many local residents and Ruth Nutting and Alice Boyer. Mr and Mrs Bill Ash visited Friday in the Glen Boyer home. Herman Boyer was a supper guest in the Ronald Bantz home Friday.
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H. F. Robbins
Thomas Ogle
John Grimm
Will Frieden
Guernsey Smith
Tofield Heck
Harold Grimm
Jake Solberger
Marion
Ben Dennler
Wilbur Peake
Ivan Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Roy St. John
Mary Pratt
Blackstone
Orran Bane
Louis Dennler
Harold Strong
Amelia Strong
Reynold Strong
Will Christen
Mabel King
Arnold Sanders
Jeanne
Albert Dennler
Dorsey
Europe
Joe Downey
Gen. Keith
Charles Downey
Elk" Port
Otis Rothlisberger
Ames
Bernard Ebbing
Waterloo
Lester Perry
Strawberry Point
Raymond Benson
Virgil Torson
Virgil Miles
Gerald Shaffer
Ernest Yearous
Lansing
Jim Yearous
4-H
Birthday Club
Lyle Martin
Mickey
Robert Musser
West ‘Union
Lawrence Gehring
Grace Gehring
West Union
Phyllis
Eunice
Uriel Gehring
Mary Murphy
Melvin Hansen
Amos Pritchard
Darrell
Walter Pritchard
Gary
Brad
Amos Pritch
Glen Boyer
Edward Fenner
Gene Nutting
Wm. Nutting
Chloa Lyon
Wilson Patterson
Nita and
Marian
Roger Reeder
Sidney Patterson
John Howard
Hubert Cummings
Vern Boyer
Richard Kohls
Walter Pritchard and Sons
Charles Corbin
Alta ‘Cooley
Don Reeder
Joe Kjosa
Ida Halverson
Edwin Loftsgard
Janice
Eddie Christensen
Ruth Nutting
Alice Boyer
Bill Ash
Herman Boyer
Ronald Bantz
Illyria 4 H Club Holds December Meeting and Party
The Illyria Livestock 4 H Club met Monday December 5 with 24 members answering roll call and sharing their projects. Plans included a skating party with the Henderson Prairie club and forming a boys and girls basketball team. Lyle Medberry reported on the county officers meeting in Fayette and Arthur Chapman showed slides from their trip.
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Illyria Livestock 4-H Club
Henderson Prairie Club
Lyle Medberry
Fayette
Arthur Chapman
Robert Kerr, Jr
Christmas Party Exchange and 1954 Club Program
Carlton Krueger reports on a club event noting an exchange of names for the Christmas party and the filling out of the yearly club program for 1954. Games were played during the gathering.
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Carlton Krueger
Iowa rural science notes on 1954 travel deaths and farming
A 1954 Iowa statistic shows 3.9 deaths per 100 million miles of travel. The Master Swine Producers list reveals over half of 1955 honorees used farrowing crates. Projections show pig costs fall by a third with high quality bulky forage as main gestation ration.
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Iowa
The Adolescent In Your Family Story
A mother recalls joy in her teens and preteen, noting an 18 and 15 year old. She recounts a casual moment when Bob greeted her in the kitchen with a friendly slap on the back. The piece argues that family harmony shapes adolescents’ well being.
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Bob
Pleasant Valley 4-H News Meeting Highlights
The Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters met December 5 at Donald Reierson’s home. Thirteen members named favorite songs, two new members Carlyle and David Blockhus joined, and Duane and Richard reported a basketball game with Illyria 4-H. A paper drive was discussed.
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Pleasant Valley Sharpshooters
Donald Reierson
Carlyle
David Blockhus
Duane
Richard
Illyria
Adolescent Growth and Guidance pamphlet offer
The article discusses adolescence as a growth phase not to fear, emphasizes parental love and confidence, and promotes the Children's Bureau pamphlet The Adolescent In Your Family, obtainable from the U S Government Printing Office for 25 cents. It also notes a 1954 soybean variety Clark dominating Iowa seed certifying entries, and advises checking laying flocks for diseases to maintain egg production.
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Children's Bureau
Clark
Iowa
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