Illyria Community Notices of Social Guests and Visits
Social rounds in Illyria feature visits by Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kittleson to Clermont, birthdays celebrated at Pollock home, Roscoe Larson visiting Postville and Monona, and multiple suppers and gatherings among Anderson, Shaffer, Rothlisberger, Wenger, and Frieden families. Farm Bureau and 4-H Club to meet Feb 11 with sack lunch. Several families reported on sickness and hospital reads, while clubs elected officers and planned next month’s meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Kittleson
Clermont
Melvin Hunsberger
Arthur Chapman
Soup Sippers Chorus
Thos. Pollock
Pollock
Roscoe Larson
Elmer Bockmeyer
Postville
Martin Larson
Monona
Marie Schneider
Geo. Butikofer
Harold Johnson
Louie Anderson
Gerald Shaffer
Forest Shaffer
Daline
Jim Yearous
Kathleen
Lulu Rothlisberger
Harold Kimball
Fred Rothlisberger
Ruth and
Otis
Wenger Bros
Gene Wenger
Farm Bureau
4-H Club
Jerome
Martin Minihan
Will Hinton
Donald Page
Progressive Home Study Club
Alton Medberry
Ed Wenger
Sec’ytreas
Publity
Floyd Frieden
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
Albert Dennler
Fleet Frieden
Tommy
Charlotte
H. F. Robbins
Robert
Hawkeye
Ruby Benson
Famly
Thos, Ogle
Marjorie Dennler
Shirley Glass
B. J. Baumgartner
Louis Lehman
Fred Burrow
Chas, Doty
Martha Chapman
Orvin Thompson
Wood
Gunder News Brisk activity and visits around Decorah
Mrs Olavus Tolefton of Decorah arrived last week to the Mrs B Nelson home where Mrs Nelson has improved after illness. Mildred Halverson and Norma Loftsgard left for Cedar Rapids seeking work. Mrs Ole Loftsgard helped at the John Erickson home caring for Mrs Erickson and the baby. The Reinhart family of Postville moved to the Mrs K Johanson farm east of Gander. Mrs Ray Jacobia visited in Rudd with daughter Carol who teaches there. Mr and Mrs Merrill Olson spent Sunday at the John Learn home in Castalia. Ethel Mae Thoman spent the weekend with Lorraine Jacobia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olavus Tolefton
Decorah
B. Nelson
Nelson
Mildred Halverson
Norma Loftsgard
Cedar Rapids
Ole Loftsgard
John Erickson
Lawrence Reinhart
Postville
Oak Grove News Social visits and hospital note
Oak Grove reports a sequence of home visits with neighbors in Clifton Frederick, Fred ericksburg, West Union and Highland. Patty remains cared for at the Clifton Wilson home while Herbert Ash undergoes appendicitis surgery at West Union hospital.
Local visits mark Fayette social week
Mrs Herbert Dummermuth and Jud Conner called at the Albert Dummermuth home in Fayette on Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Raymond Stephens called at the BER Nutting home Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Alfred Jacob were guests at the Cleve Erhardt home last Wednesday. Eva and Alice Boyer visited Saturday at the Fred Wede home. Raymond Mays called at the Herman Boyer home Wednesday evening. Mrs Marshall Helms visited Friday at the John Barnhouse home near Clermont. Mr and Mrs Herbert Dummermuth and Conner visited Thursday at the Eldred Patterson home nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tow Reed
West Union
Fleet Frieden
Tommy
Floyd Frieden
David
Joe Frieden
Betty Schneider
Geo
Buitkofer
Jim Yearous
Gerald Shaffer
Glendola Knake
Henry Knake
Strawberry Point
John Pulfer
Lea Rothlisberger
Elmer Lembke
Charlton Looby
Melvin Gregerson
Melvin
Carroll Klingman
Cleve Bennett
Arthur Yearons
Forest Shaffer
Howard Shaffer
Ellen Hunsberger
Ruth Rothlisberger
Jerome Yearous
Mervin Hunsberger
Walter Royce
Martin Wenger
Stanley
Guernsey Smith
Howard
Alton Medberry
Perry Medberry
Herbert Dummermuth
Jud Conner
Albert Dummermuth
Fayette
Raymond Stephens
Ber
Social visits and family gatherings across West Union area
Mrs Brackin visited her ill mother Mrs Cook on Saturday. Several neighbors and relatives stopped by the Ray mond Mays home Tuesday afternoon. West Union households hosted guests from the Boyle, Nutting, Lyon, and Moats families from Sunday to Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Brackin
Mary Cook
Sidney Nutting
E. R. Nutting
Ellen and
Huth
Walter, Pritchard
Sheldon Moats
Corrine
George Moats
Mounticells
Clarence Tripp
Wm, Nutting and Sons
Frank Lyon
Cheery Valley Social Roundup Includes Local Visits
Cheery Valley residents share a weekend of hospitality with neighbors and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butikofer and family hosted and hosted guests from Romona and Francis, while Ethel Mae Thoman visited in the Ray Jacobin home near Gunder. The Lester Chase family moved to the Will Ellings farm near Volga, and multiple households hosted gatherings including Jim Taylor’s on Wednesday evening and John Dennler’s on Sunday. Various social calls involve Ida Meyer, Arvid Troyer, and the Baumgartners, among others, with hospital stays and local visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Butikofer
Romona
Francis
Erma Friederich
Jacob Friederich
Ethel Mae Thoman
Ray Jacobin
Gunder
Lester Chase
Rosa Schlupp
Will Ellings
Volga
Arvid Troyer
Martin Wenger
Wm. Torkelgen
Jim Taylor
Mary Pulfer
Ida Meyer
Will Friederich
Town City
University Hospital
Albert Butihofer
John Dennler
Richard Hofer
Francis Meisner
Mary
Betty
Louise Baumgartner
Robin Lehman
Edwin Hanson
Oscar Baumgartner
Albert Butikofer
Anna Schupbach
Frank Christen
John Christen
Jacob Butikofer
Minnie
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Elmer Christen
Will Christen
David
George Christen
Francis West
Freeport
Martin Hanson
Christen Bros
Ashe Olson
Clermont
Jake Lehman
Stanley
Guernsey Smith
Christen Family Social Notes and Divorce Case
Local social items note visits and gatherings among Christen family members and friends including Frank, John, Jacob Butikofer, Meisner, West, Hanson, Taylor, Lehman, Guernsey Smith and others. A divorce petition by Margery Martin against Wilford Martin of Greenfield cites his Jehovah's Witness beliefs and alleged threats over patriotism and flag salutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah's Witness
Margery Martin
Wilford Martin
Greenfield
World's Champion Herd Sets Dairy Records in Oregon
Morningside Hospital of Portland owns a herd of purebred Holstein cows that established a new world record for all dairy breeds by averaging 710.2 pounds of butterfat and 20,125 pounds of milk per cow. The standout cow Colantha Tidy Matador leads Oregon with 1,021.9 pounds butterfat from 31,918.2 pounds of milk.
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Portland
Oregon
Morningside Hospital
Colantha
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Ellery Queen
Dashiell Hammett
Agatha Christie
Stuart Palmer
Ellery
Myszine
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