Town Social Notes from Postville Area Gatherings
Mrs Nels Olson left Thursday for Oelwein to visit for a week with her daughter Mrs Carl Rasmussen. Janet Robinson celebrated her seventh birthday by entertaining 17 friends. Various families and relatives visited or hosted Christmas and New Year gatherings across Postville and nearby towns including Elkader and Oelwein, with meals and multiple family groupings.
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Nels ‘Olson
Oelwein
Bout
Carl Rasmussen
Janet Robinson
Robinson
John Luchsinger
Tony Nading
Lamont
Minnie Neuman
Maryville
Lydia Odegard
Otto Wallner
Cedar Rapids
Clarence Buroden
Edwin Loftsgard
Ida Halverson
Wayne Seidler
Robert
Chicago
Ida Casper
R. P
Straud
Loren Casper
San Diego
Calif
Elgin Lutheran Church Worship and Meetings
Veeyee Ven Elgin Lutheran Church led by Pastor Vance R Knutsen announces Watch Night service on New Year’s Eve December 31 at 10 30 pm with film strips and slides. Catechetical class January 2 at 1 15 pm. Sunday school January 3 at 9 30 am and divine worship at 10 30 am. Annual congregational meeting January 5 at 7 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance R. Knutsen
Methodist Church Worship and Communion Service Notice
The Methodist Church invites worship at 10:00 a m with Holy Communion observed during the service. Sunday school follows at 11:00 a m led by Rev BE G Steinman. There will be no choir rehearsal on New Year s Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. G. Steinman
St Olaf Lutheran Church Service Schedule
St Olaf Lutheran Churches announce a New Year schedule with Marion Norway and St Olaf services on January 1 at 11:00 a.m. January 3 at 11:00 a.m. January 9 at 9:00 a.m. confirmations for St Olaf and 10:45 a.m. confirmations for Marion. January 10 at 9:30 a.m. St Olaf and 11:00 a.m. Marion services. Pastor S J Strandford invites all to attend each service.
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Marion
Norway
St.Olaf i
St. Olaf
S. J. Strandford
First Baptist Church Watch Night and Week of Prayer
Rev John Vanderbeck leads a watch night service and morning worship with a sermon Enlarged Tents and Stretched Curtains. Holy communion at 11 30 am. Sunday school for all ages 12 30 pm. Fellowship dinner 1 pm. Meetings 2 pm and 2 30 pm. Week of Prayer Jan 3-9 with daily services. Women's Missionary Society meets Jan 7. junior and senior choir practices. Hour of Power at 8 pm. Dinner guests include Mr and Mrs F D Welch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Vanderbeck
Women’s Missionary Society
Rose Baechler
Christmas Socials Spotted Across Charles City Area
Mrs Alta Gehring and Hazel were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Gehring on Christmas. They visited Oelwein with Mrs George Holzer. Various local residents hosted or visited relatives over the weekend including the Habegers in Cedar Rapids, the Gehrings in Waverly, and Ed Anderson’s family in Waterloo. Loren Casper reports to San Francisco January 6 for six months aboard a ship, while relatives stay in Charles City. Several other local households hosted or visited, sharing holiday gatherings and travel.
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Marlene Mosby
New Orleans
D. O. Dean
Clinton
L.O. Henke
Robert Prestley
Prestleys
T Hem
Oscar Frieden
Wayne Seidler
Robert
Chicago
Mra
Bertha Lehman
Sharlene Gruver
Verna
DeWayne Medberry
Joan
Oelwein
John Kiple
Farmersburg
Walter Medberry
Gerald Frieden
C. O Torkelson
Otis Torkelson
Belva Snyder
Gene
Glen
Tda Frieden
Bonnie Lantz
Selmer Holm
David C. Taylor
Dubuque
Alma Scholen
Kathryn Stansbury
Paul
Hawkeye
Wallace McIntyre
Fritz Blockhus
Lansing
Otto Blockhus
Otis
Severin Blockhus
Alta Gehring
Hazel
Charles Gehring
George Holzer
Allen Habeger
Cedar Rapids
Eugene Habeger
Susan
Jack Gehring
Jeffrey
Waverly
Ed Anderson
Fredrik
Waterloo
Edith Berg
Edwin Krueger
Abe Habeger
Mdms
Ray DeSart
B.H. Brackin
Clarence Muehnethaler
Fred Schaer
Fred Burrow
Marjorie Johnson
Mary Keiser
Loren Casper
San Francisco
Calif
Charles City
Alice Short
Pamela
Fanny Frieden
Ida
Wm. Baumgartner
Elmer Baumgartner
Elkader
Eunice Gehring
Dorothy Boekenhoeur
West ‘Bend
Edward Kingman
Ottumwa
Mary Barrett
Clarence Hoag
Ralph
Blanche Hendren
Donna
West Union
Ed Klingman
Walter Kohler
Louis Klingman
Keith
Louis Thomas
Max Thoma
Dorothy Etter Visits Pilot Mound for Holidays
Dorothy Etter from Pilot Mound returns home Thursday to spend the holidays with her mother Mrs. Frieda Etter, sharing a family reunion moment amid seasonal cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Etter
Pilot Mound
Frieda Etter
Ida Christen and Dale Jensens visit George Chriaten family
Mrs Ida Christen and Mr and Mrs Dale Jensen spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs George Chria ten in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Christen
Dale Jensen
George Chriaten
Waterloo
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Joseph Hanson
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Kathryn’ Obye
Barney ‘Larson
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Don Parkins
Earlville
Bernard Hangon
Harold Opland
Warren Bostrom
Morris
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Leighton Beate
Ruth
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Bobby
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Elgin Clothes Shop
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First Baptist Church
F. D. Welch
John Staffenhagen
Rita
John
Robert Crawford and
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H. H. Wolf
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Elgin Canning CO
Elgin Furniture Store
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