Neighbors Club meeting honors Grandma Moses and fund gifts
The Neighbors Club met February 19 at the Lis with a program including the Scratch trot hymn What a Friend We Have in Jesus and a roll call by name. Members raised funds for the Heart Fund and memorials, heard reports on Grandma Moses, and enjoyed a Valentine poem reading. Several social visits and hospital news followed, including Diane Friederich's 11th birthday celebration.
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Odd -Neighboers
Lis
Jesus
Serandparents
Casper Fiel- Friedén
Heart Fund
Frank Christen
Walter Dennler
Ivan Meisner
Elkader Hospital
Albert L. Dennifer
Russell Friederich
Fred Butikofer
Grandma Moses
Illyria social notes record weekend visits and birthdays
Numerous names from Ames Volga Winthrop West Union Fayette Kay Orange Turquoise LeRoy Rothlisberger and others celebrate gatherings. Readers note extended family visits from Chapman Hermen Yearous Foxwell Dennler Frieden Rothlisberger and related kin with multiple dinner and birthday events in Volga West Union Fayette and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil .Torson
Marion Whitcher
Howard Whitcher
West Union
Emmett Light
Russell Friederich
Wm. Dennier
Dave Dawson
Howard Medberry
Eugene
John Smith
Ed Wenger
Gene Wenger
Orran Bane
Gerald Heck
Postville
Jacob Schneider
Forrest Shaffer
Jim Whitford
Volga
Mrs. Shaffer
Community Shifts and Social Calls Across Local Families
Sunday visits fill the week as Gunder News Kay and family spent time with grandparents. Neighbors and relatives from Elka der to St Olaf join in gatherings at various homes including Burton, Clermont, Monona, Decorah, and Luther College. A surprise birthday party and a card-filled evening mark current social life in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Kendra
Norman Loftsgard
Ole Loftsgard
Hilda Dunsrude
Elkader
Vebson Landsgard
Ole
St. Olaf
Selmer Holm
Warren Burstrom
Mount Morris, Sr
Marion Olson
Monona
Lloyd Loftsgard
Millard Bilden
Decorah
Martin Bilden
Case Haugen
Sandra
Diane Bilden
Luther College
Cornelius Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Alvin Olson
Vickie
Floyd Thompson
Wadena
John Butikefer Jr
Will Bergen
Mrs. Bergens
Landegeard and Orlan Lands Gard Event Attendees
Attending were Mrs. Alma Scholen Arlene and Corinne Scholen Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Benson Mrs. Phiten Larson Mr. and Mrs. Leo Friedereich Mrs. Gord on Landsgard and Mrs. Maurice Landsgard.
Local dinner gatherings highlight weekend visits
Elgin residents hosted and entertained guests from Postville Clermont and Oelwein over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Jack Adrian entertained Mrs Victor Walter while Mr and Mrs Keith Kohler hosted Mrs Leon Hansen and Mrs M F Schien. The Kohlers celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary with Marjorie Johnson and Duane Fuhrman present. Further, Mr and Mrs Mel Kohler dined with Dr and Mrs H H Wolf Friday evening. On Sunday Mr and Mrs Herward McMullan hosted Gary and L Cresco for dinner with Harry Johnson and Marjorie Johnson visiting her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Chapman
Bret
Gary Swanson
Jim Carr
Ames
Arthur Chapman
Arthur Hermen
Louie Zuercher
Volga
James Hermen
Lizzie Chase
Thomas Ogle
Leo Benson
Winthrop
Arthur Yearous
Andrew Yearous
Forrest Shaffer
Edgewood
Carol Haas
West Union
Thomas Foxwell
Roger Armundaga
Clermont
Alton Medberry
Sally
Silas Wilson
Mabel King
Hart Strong
Pam
Lisbon
Duane Strong
Reynold Strong
Jeannette
Will Christen
Etergy Clinic
Iowa City
Tofield Heck
Tom
Jim
Sharon Heck
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Heck
Chicago
Wm. Denniler
David
LouAnn
Emmett Light
Jack Adrian
Victor Walter
Postville
Keith Kohler
Leon Hansen
Mirs
M. F. Schiein
Mel Kohler
H. H. Wolf
Kohlers
Marjorie Johnson
Duane Fuhrman
Oelwein
Herward McMullan
Gary
L. D. Cresco
Harry Johnson
Retires Bessie Orr After 30 Years as County Auditor
Bessie Orr of Creston retires this year after nearly three decades with the county auditor’s office. Orr’s long service marks a major shift in local government administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Orr
Creston
County Auditor
County recorder reports unusual triplet sheep birth
A sheep on a Union County farm south of Rock Rae gave birth to triplets, all large and well formed and frisky within hours. The event, noted by local officials, highlights an uncommon yet healthy multiple birth in livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faner Scholtens
Rock Rae
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Willard Marer
Ead
Guttenberg
Wilbur Peake
Robert Hanson
Lydia Hanson
Harry
George Nickels
Walter Lantz
Martir
Ean Heh Fee Sieahdr
Mia
Ellen Mason
Edwin Hanson
Ted Friederich
University Hospitals
Diane
Gladys
Albert L. Dennler
Francis Butikofer
Roscoe Larson
Mildred Minihan
Emma Eppens
Illyria News
JoNell
Walter ‘Rothlisberger
Wee Frieden
West, Union
Ella Foxwell
Fayette
Kenneth Medberry
Lindy Frey
Waden
Patricia King
Hazelton
Charles Strong
Kenneth
Myrton Strong
Harold Strong
Lloyd Holtzman
Allen
John Christen
Genevieve
Clyde Ramsey
Arlington
Fremont Ogle
Joe Ogle
Pete Kuhlesa
Herbert Schulbruck
Hawkeye
Robert
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Albert Dennler
Bobby K. Michael
Thelma
Wm. Dennler
Ivan Anderson
Nellie Kimball
Anna Mae
Roy Halverson
Bawter Springs
Kans
Mervin Hunsberger
Olaf Berg
Berdean Hagelie
Edwin Loftegard
Alfred Martie
Thomas Foxwelll
Lloyd Tope
Will Yearous
Herl
Louis
Roger Frieden
Levi Frieden
Robert Frieden
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Janet
Gunder News
Henry Olson
Castalia
Lucian Appelman
Joseph Reierson
Clarence Anderson
Kenneth Kiosa
Mrs. Myron Hoag
Lowell
Dan Butikofer Sr
Lucille Anderson
Clara Kurth
Harold Opsand
Ole Loftisgard
Kenneth Kjosa
P. K. Peterson
E. K. Mark
Otto Gisleson
L. A. Reierson
Gilbert Loftsgard
Marilyn
Jerry Lottsgard
Emma Larson
Marilyn Lofttsgard
Milo Gisleson
Gerald Winter
Kenneth Anderson
T. L. Loftsgard
Louis Kjosa
Howard Hanson
Geo, Landsgard
Colorado
Elgin State Bank
Whitewall
Chrysler
Newport
Daytona International Speedway
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Torkelson Motor Company, Center Se
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Elgin Local News
Recorder of Union
Tim
Couredtine
John Tillotson
Elgin Produce
Elgin, Iowa
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