Christmas club meeting with gifts and visits in Cheery Valley
The Good Neighbors Club met on Tuesday December 6 at the homes of Mrs. Martin Hanson and Gladyz with co hosts, thirty one members and three guests shared childhood Christmas memories, funds were raised for the sick committee and gifts given to members in service and for babies and weddings. Many visits and dinners followed with members and friends from Waucoma Volga Manchester and West Union attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbors Club
Martin Hanson
Gladyz
Russell Friederich
Robert Hanson
Albert L. Dennler
Carol (Nickles) Anderson
Orkelson, Jr
Kenneth Rainey
Armed Services
Harold Meisner
Wm. Torkelson
Celia Thoman
Lena
Sarah Schupbach
Leonard Moore
Mra
Jess Moody
Archie Howard
Alma Scholen
Frank Christen
Ernest Christen
Irene Minihan
Volga Study Club
Charles Hennington
Volga
George Leuchtenmacher
Ida Leuchtenmacher
Gunder
Ben Butikofer
Pfister
Legion Building
Manchester
Walter Pilgrim
Calmar
John Christen
Fred Dempster
Arlington
Will Christen
Orville Larson
Myron Chapman
Russell Larson
Harry Olesen
West Union
Sylvan Torkelson
Leo Dennler
Martin Minihan
Roscoe Larson
Larry Halverson
Community Guests Share Sunday And Weekend Visits
A list of neighbors from Postville Monona Dubuque and Ruthven visited and hosted across weekends and Sundays. Including Mr and Mrs Robert Frederick Allen and Charles, Bert Overhouse of Dubuque, Wayne Flack Monona, Ole Loftsgard Ray Klingman and others. Several dinners and casual calls noted among the Loftsgard Reierson Kjosa and Mork families with visits from Abe West Russell Helen Hanson Bernard Loftsgard and Bruce Boyce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Frederick
Allen and Charles
Postville
Joseph Reierson
Bert Overhouse
Dubuque
Merrill Olson
John Learn
Wayne Flack
Monona
Clara Kurth
Ole Loftsgard
Ray Klingman
Kenneth Erosa
Myron Houg
Abe West
Russell
Helen Hanson
Dwight
Susan
Bernard Loftsgard
Bernard, Jr
Raymond Loftsgard
Bruce Boyce
Mary Olson
Selma * Groth
John Bastikofer
Lester
Butikofer
Olvin Olson
Vickie
Will Bergen
Harold” Opsand
Ole Bidne
Big Canoe
Mr. Bidnes
Opsand
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Christine Rypestol
Mervin Reierson
T. L. Loftsgard
Oscar Thompson
Clara Christensen
George Paulson
Ben Frautschy
Albert Christensen
Mollie Mork
Emory Landsgard
Enoch T. Mork
Otto
Mellien Mork
Emory Landsgard Home and of Mrs. Mollie Mork
Henry Christianson
Mathilda Christianson
Victor Fiskerbeck
Ruthven
Emma Gulsvig
Lawrence West
Otto Gisleson
L. O
Illyria Christmas Program and Community Notices
Christmas program committee includes Mrs Melbert Meyer Mrs Virgil Miles and Kenneth Medberry with workers groups handling gifts, trees, and meals. Local families share holiday visits birthdays and anniversaries with multiple dinners suppers and guests across West Union Lansing and Elkader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbert Meyer
Virgil Miles
Kenneth Medberry
Carroll Klingman
Alton Medberry
Thomas Pollock
Girls of God's Workers Class
Cim
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Cheery Valley
Robert Lehman
Mary
Wilbur Lehman
Waucoma
Christen Bros
Joe Frieden
Hulda Nydegger
Dale Jensen
Ida Christen
Martha Chapman
Delbest
Clem Meyer
Andrew Braker
Val Oliver
Michael
Waterloo
Clarence Hofer
Clayton Schreiner
Cynthia
Muehlethaler Funeral Home
Elgin
Towa
Elgin State Bank
IRL
Iowa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wadena
Lawrence Knudtson
Gunder News
Illyria News
Boys of God's
Charles Swale
Harold Strong
Richard Nelson
Oelwein
Lawrence Nelson
Guy Ernst
Albert Dennler
Carl Gehring
Lola Yearous
St. Paul
Thomas Foxwell
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Paul Smith
Gordon Pollock
Ben Dennler
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Kim Rothlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Floyd Frieden
Allen
Jimmy Foxwell
Robert Kerr
Guernsey Smith
Mervin Hunsberger
Allen Schneider
Jerome
Glen Medberry
Raymond Benson
Ralph Shaffer
C. A. Colburn
Prairie du Chien
Wil
Joe Ogle
Hookam-Turner
Marshalltown
Will Yearous
Clifton
Halverson
Bert Butikofer
Wm. Farrhow
Frida
Fred Schneider
Mike Anderman
Will Orr
Irene Donohoe
Arthur Yearous
Elkader
Donald Caspers
Andrew Yearous
Joan Haurum
Ethel Strein
Gene Wenger
Mrs
Henry Holzer
Sun
Orran Bane
Leo Benson If
Duane Strong
Thomas Ogle
Janie
H. F. Robbins
Mer
Kingman’s Clothes Shop
Elgin, Iowa
Bob Falb
L. R. Tappan
Constellation
Youngstown
Gehring Hardware
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Elgin Echo
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