Illyria church notices and community gatherings
Sunday school at 10 15 a m communion at 11 15 a m Youth Fellowship at 8 00 p m January family church night picnic Friday at 7 00 p m former magician Vern Remy of Nashua featured Highlights include a book club gathering and numerous church and community visits and dinners across West Union Fayette Elkader Bristow Oelwein Guttenberg Monona Postville and Cedar Rapids with many hosts and attendees listed.
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Vern Remy
Nashua
Wadena Girls Plan For Fayette County Tournament
Wadena hosts the Fayette County girls basketball tournament in the gymnasium across January events. First round pairings include Stanley with a bye, Clermont facing Alpha, Hawkeye with Maynard, and Randalia with Arlington. Second round games run January 6 8 and 10 with semifinals January 11 and finals January 13.
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Fayette County
Wadena Gymnasium
Stanley
Oran
Clermont
Alpha
Hawkeye
Maynard
Wadena
Randalia
Hye
Arlington
Elgin
Ames Olson family visit and military leave report
Grand Meadow News records the Ames Olson family spending Thursday at the Robert Wharram home near Stanley while Pvt. Lillian Erickson began a ten day leave from Kasler Air Force Base in Mississippi with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Erickson.
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Ames Olson
Robert Wharram
Stanley
Lillian Erickson
Kasler Air Force Base
Mississippi
Mrs
Ben Erickson
Wm. Peterson
Cincinnati
Ohio
Delores Erickson
Town State Teachers College
Visitors at Lydia Hanson home near El Kader
Mrs Bert Thoman and Marion Christen called Friday at the Lydia Hanson residence near El Kader. Mrs Hanson had recently returned from Iowa City where she underwent surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Thoman
Marion Christen
Lydia Hanson
Elkader
Hanson
Iowa City
Halversons Tonsil Operation And Christmas Visits
A series of social notes from Alvin recounts Halverson undergoing a tonsil operation at New Hampton hospital Wednesday with return home Thursday. The piece lists numerous relatives and friends visiting, hosting, or traveling, including Loftsgards, Petersons, Johnsons, Holt, Bar ness, Helgersons, Bar ness, Blockhus, Martie, Wellersven, Odegaard, Nevin, Ericksons, Sutter, Kirkebergs, Reiersons, Olsons, and others visiting or hosting during the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin
Halverson
New Hampton Hospital
Community Dinner Guests and Holiday Visits Featured in Gunder News
A string of holiday hospitality highlights the Gunder News as families and neighbors share meals and visits. Gordon Landsgard, Margie Leath of Monona, Marion visitors, and several Olson and Anderson families gather across multiple homes for Christmas dinners and Sunday suppers. Balancing travel between Geo Landsgard, P K Peterson, and Olive Loftsgard households, the pattern shows a neighborhood rich in kin and community. Events include a wedding at Postville Lutheran church and various dinner-host evenings with multiple family clusters attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Loftsgard
Otto Wallner
Clarence Buroden
Alfred Martie
George Brenhan
Monona
Eddie Christianson
Ida Halverson
Kenneth
Gordon Landsgard
Geo, Landsgard
Margie Leath
Landsgard
Farm Topics Winter Tips for Livestock and Machinery
Pregnant ewes need winter exercise and water cups help dairy cows stay hydrated without freezing. Mice control relies on traps, and butter prices hinge on government surplus sales. A storage battery loses power in cold, usable at 40 percent in 0 degree weather. Now is a good time to start repairing farm machinery.
Protection Against Emergencies for Families and Livestock
The notice urges protection against emergencies crop failures and disease to herd and flock. It emphasizes safeguarding family welfare and livestock health for the coming year.
Early diving bells traced through antiquity to Roger Bacon
A brief note surveys ancient and medieval devices for underwater work. It cites Alexander the Great's reputed use of a diving bell in the 800s B.C. and Roger Bacon's similar device from the mid 1200s A.D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander the Great
B.C
Roger Bacon
Black stainless steel gear eyed for safer darkroom use
Prediction that photographic and darkroom equipment will soon be offered in black stainless steel to reduce accidental exposure. The shift aims to improve safety and reliability for photographers handling sensitive materials and chemicals in developing rooms.
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Mary Flana
Gan
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Gerald Hershey
Bristow
Oran Bane
Silner
Arthur Yearous
Bruce Jones
Dean Pollock
Barbara Yearous
Jones
Forest Shafter
J Plano
Marilana
Bera Ogle
Will Christen
Forest Shaffer
Ole Embretson
Inez Shaffer
Salome Thoman
Carol Wilson
Silas Wilson
Carol
Frank Suba
Ruth
Otis Rothisberger
Gene ‘Wenger
Wenger Bros
Mra
Edwin Loftegard
Mellien Loftegard
Gunder
Arthur Loftsgard
Fayette
Walter Pratt
Ed Evans
Keith Granger
Robert Barrett
West Union
Gene Wenger
Gerald
Donald and
Lee Grover
Oelwein
Albert
Ewaler
FP. J. Little
Cellar Rapids
Winifred Leahy
Nusemary
Thos. Flanagan
Mervin
Hunsberger
Harold Kimball
Frank, Luba
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Milton Miller
Ida Meyer
Oscar Baumgartner
Guernsey Smith Family
New Years
Melbert Meyer
Progressive Home Study Club
Albert Dennler
Harold Dennler
Mary Flanagan
Earl Rothlisberger
Harold Glass Family
Dundee
M. V. Kiple
Jim Yearous
Gerald Shaffer
Alton Medberry
Walter Ash
Orvin Thompson Family
Ruth Liddle
Fairbank
Mrs. Tofield Heck
Mr. and
Fred Burrow
Bert Erickson
Lois and
Kenneth Medberry
James Kerr
Waterloo
Ralph Shaffer
Rosella Strong
Mary Forward
Lone Tree
David Bartelma
Minneapoli
Andrew Yearous
Will Chase
Owen Nickels
Alma Gerloff
Herman Schuety
Guy Ernst
D. R. Whitley
Edwin Krueger
Elmer Lembke
Fred Kraus
Garber
Reuben Christen
McGregor
Fred Rothlisberger
St. Francis Hospital
Earl Kiple
Toffeld Heck Home
Ted Wilkinson
Cedar Rapids
Carroll Klingman
Reynold Strong
Edwin Hanson
Frank Christen
George Leuchtenmacher
Robert
Volga
Jack Zuercher
Martin
Robert Hanson
Archie Howard
Jerome Yearous
Roscoe Larson
Jeffrey Leemean
Guttenberg
Christen Bros
Co. J. Mulford
Albert Butikofer
John Dennler
Everting
Louis
Clarence Hofer
Dennler
Louis Butikofer l
Oma
Herman Schupbach
Postville
Richard Hofer
Ernest Christen
Clara Muehlenthaler
Lucy Christen
Thoman
Curt Hicks
Will Friederich
Louis Butikofer
Wmorkelson
Donna Schupbach
Hulda Sutter
Lewis Butikofer
Ern Friederich
Fred Butikofer
Wm. Moore
Elmer Frieden
Orvin Knudtson Family
Albert L. Dennler
Mervin Larson
Wm. Torkélson
Glen
Billy Dennler
Gene Lehman
Clarence Schneider
Willard Schroeder
Walter Lehman
Onya Butikofer
Des Moines
Arthur Chapman
Martha Chapman
John Nydegger
Howard Medberry
Robert Schneider
Ervin Metzger
George Hutihofer
Jacob Schneider
Fred. Schneider
Charlton Looby
Dalene Shaffer
Floyd Whitford
LaFonda ‘Wetherbee
Cedar Falls
Nancy Ernst
Wadena News
Grand Meadow
Bertina Burnas
Post+ville
Caroline Erickson
Oliver Christofferson
Leo Larson
Glen Nygaard
Helmer. Lyngase
Sheery Valley News
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Ed Johnson
Ernest
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Clarence Olson
Willard Martin
Arthur Helgerson
Einar Barness
Decorah
Ole Blockhus
Mickeli Martie
Caroline Martie
Henry Wellersven
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Alvin Halverson
Mary Nevin
Vinton
Helmer Lyng
Helen Hoag
St. Ansgar
Donald Miller
Waverly
Helmer Lyngans
Lawrence West
Allen Anderson
Donald Sutter
Clarence Kirkeberg
Lloyd Reierson
Woodrow Reed
L. O. Reijerson
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La'Vanda Olson
Mervin Reierson
Conrad Reinhart
Fountain
Minn
T. J. Olson
Olson
Emma Bear
Harold Opsand
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Waldo Embretson
Ole Loftegard
Henry Olson
Martha Johnson
Alfred and
Mary Kirkeberg
Virginia Heuser
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Janet Hellie
Norman Barth
John Opsand
Esther
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Julia ‘Wettleson
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Morris Amundson
Harold Opeand
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Gunda Olson
Oscar Lind
Rosella
John ‘Opsand
Bernard Hanson
John and
Arthur and
Kenneth Mark
Martin Wenger
Ids Meyer
Fred Hanson
Earl Lembke
Wm. Baumgartner
Elmer Meyer
Gunder News
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Marion
Carence Hirkeberg
Hiram, Gerald and
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Lloyd Schutte
Marion Olson
Mrs. Harvey Anderson
Ray Svenson
Alma Gunderson
Lloyd Nigbert
P. K. Peterson
Ruth ‘Loftsgard
Josephine Bilden
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Joe Kjosa
Louis Becker
Clarence Becker
Will Bergan
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Ole Loftsgard
Kenneth Anderson
John Opland
Bernard Hangon
Christine Rypestor
Dale Anderson
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