Weekend Dinner Guests Span Many Iowa Towns
A long list of Sunday and weekend visitors gathers at homes in West Union Chester Postville and surrounding towns. Families from Cedar Rapids Waterloo Monona and Iowa City join locals for dinners and visits. Community ties and intercity connections mark the social notes of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hoover
John Luchginger
Lester
Ted Neuman
Richard
John Freitig
Walter Neuman
Strawberry Point
Tont Désménad
Columbus Junction
H. D. Yack
Lawrence
Richard Brackin
Oregco
John Anderson
Lawrence Gehring
Ivan
Dean Torkelson
Iowa City
Dorothy Torkelson
Cedar Rapids
Norma
Robert Martin
Linda
Fred Martin
West Union
Wm. Gruver
Patty
Bob Amdahl
Robert Gruver
Waterloo
Lew Gruver
Barbara Yenney
Sam Lehman
Louis Bauman
Grand Junction
Colo
Caroline Bauman
R. C. Dorn
Walter Bauman
John Bauman
R. C. Bauman
Walter Shipp
Fruita
Cole
Elgin
The
Baptist Church
Kigin Baptist Church Invites Two Evenings of Fellowship
Kigin Baptist Church invites participation in a special spiritual fellowship with services at 8 o'clock on Thursday and Friday. Alfred Jacob Jr. is organist. Sunday morning worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, and evening services at 2. Minister: Paul F. Zoschke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Alfred Jacob, Jr
Hia
Oelock
Remembering God's Law and Promises in Deuteronomy
A devotional summary explains Deuteronomy as a second law reminding Israel to hearken to God's statutes for life and victory in the land. It emphasizes trust in God's promises, recounting the Exodus, and the ongoing power of God in the believer's life through the Holy Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
God
Promised Land
Jordan
Moses
Earl L. Douglass
Egypt
C. Moore
Heaven
Earth
Lutheran Church Services Schedule
Luther Church announces February services at Marion at 9 30 and 7 30 p m and Norway at 11 o clock. Luther League gathers at Marion at 7 30 p m. All welcome at each service signed Pastor J Strandjord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Norway
Luther League
J. Strandjord
Longest straight rail line spans Nullarbor Plain
The longest straight railway in the world runs 330 miles across the Nullarbor plain in southern Australia with no turns, hills, valleys, trees, or towns. The vast limestone expanse hosts the Trans Australian railway, followed by South America’s 205 mile Mackenna to Junin stretch on the Buenos Aires and Pacific railway in Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nullarbor Plain
Australia
Trans- Australian
South America
Mackenna
Junin
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway
Argentina
Baby Primrose Cultivation and Buying Tips
The baby primrose is a popular house plant. It flowers slowly from seed, so buying well established plants from commercial growers is wise. Availability is in late fall or early winter.
Methodist Church Choir Rehearsal and W S Circle Meetings
The Methodist Church announces a choir rehearsal Thursday evening at 7 30. Circle meetings of the W S C S are set for Thursday February 21 with Circle A hosted by Mrs Allen Habeger Circle B by Mrs G J Mosby Circle C by Mrs J C Warton and Mrs Ray Chapman assisting Rev Joseph C Warton is the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Habeger
G. J. Mosby
J. C. Warton
Ray Chapman
Joseph C. Warton
Whitcher Powell Wedding Ends In West Union Ceremony
Miss Alice M. Whitcher daughter of Mr and Mrs Ross Whitcher West Union married Thomas A. Powell son of Mr and Mrs Clifton Powell in a Sunday afternoon double ring ceremony at the Methodist church in Waukon The Rev W A Mitchell officiated in the presence of families and close friends The bride wore a coral two piece gabardine dress with pearls and gardenia corsage The groom a Elgin high school graduate from 1938 and farmer couple planned a Madison Wisconsin wedding trip and will reside on a farm southeast of West Union
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice M. Whitcher
Ross Whitcher
West Union
Thomas A. Powell
Clifton Powell
Waukon
W. A. Mitchell
Catherine Powell
Ralph Whitcher
Model Cafe
Madison
Wis
Cliifton Powell
Cathryn
Dorothy Sullivan
Clermont
Fayette County Republican and Democratic Nomination Announcements
A collection of public notices by Fayette County residents announcing candidacy for various Republican and Democratic nominations in the June 1946 primary and related terms. Names include Robt Wilson, Clyde Munson, rm Knox, Albert S Estey, Hazel Gehring, Herbert D Klammer, J C Davis, Kutschat, Fred W Gremmels, Fred A House, and Don Shaw, with offices ranging from County Recorder Treasurer Attorney Auditor Clerk of Courts Sheriff and State Representative to County Supervisor and Clerk of the District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo-Enterprise
Fayette County
Rm. Knox
West Union
Albert S. Estey
Hazel Gehring
Elgin
Herbert D. Klammer
Payette County
J.C. Davis
Oelwein
Kutschat
Board of Supervisors
Fred W. Gremmels
Echo
Enterprise
Fred A. House
Eldorado
Viela Marie Blake
Iowa
Don Shaw
Sorting Handkerchiefs for Ironing Choose Shapes
When ironing sort all plain handkerchiefs into squares and the better ones into triangles This allows selecting a preferred option for day or night use based on the shape chosen.
Martin Lerch Wedding in Clermont Church
Miss Viola Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs M L Martin Elgin and Joseph Lerch were married on Thursday Feb 7 at 9 am in the Catholic church at Clermont Rev Robert Cooney officiated in the presence of immediate families and a few close friends The couple were attended by Jorris Martin and Elva Mae Lerch The bride wore an aqua street length dress with an orchid corsage A dinner at Klingmans cafe followed by a shower dance at the Elgin opera house Birds are fed Mrs Fred Tillmont of Moravia tends birds through snow covered ground reporting ten visiting species counted at her backyard feeding table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Martin
M. L. Martin
Elgin
Joseph Lerch
Clermont
Robert Cooney
Jorris Martin
Elva Mae Lerch
Klingman's Cafe
Elgin Opera House
Fred Tillmont
Moravia
Iowa Not Quite Dead and Thrilling Times in Beres
Kenneth Graybill, a local butcher, narrowly escapes serious hand injury after a hog he killed bites him while being skinned. In Fontanelle Beres, residents created a thrill ride by driving a tractor pulling a galvanized iron covered wooden sled across a field, yielding multiple whip crack effects as riders try to stay aboard on icy days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Graybill
Schaller
Graybill
Iowa
Beres
Fontanelle
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Walter Bovis
Art Earle
Sheldon Boyle
Ethel Kohler
Clifton
Robert Kohler
T. F. Shipton
Chester
C. J. Harrington
Everett Weithorn
Ben Weithorn
Monona
Sally Buckdasher
Postville
Gene Schori
Kenneth
University
Iowa-Purdue
Caroline Lauer
Wall
S. D
Efford Hunsberger
Wm. B. Miller
Miller
St. Joseph's Hospital
New Hampton
Hobeger
Genevieve Dunkle
Edith Berg
Edwin Anderson
Kigin Baptist Church
Les Harold L
Weatt
BRON
Lutheran Church
West Elgin
Dial
Lena Baumgartner
Trans- Atlantic Telephone
Lorna Groves
Penarth
England
Murray Petersen
Bremerton
Wash
Petersen
Bales Echo-Enterprise
Robt, Wilson, Gin
Ghe
Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
10WA
Constance Moore
Tito Guizar
Mexico
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Abbott & Costello
Hollywood
Bud
Lou
Ed Gardner
Bing Crosby
Pat O’brien
Ellen Drew
Martin-Lerch
Boyer
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Johnson
Elgin Furniture Store
Fred C. Muehlethaler & Sons
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