Local social notes from near Elgin and surrounding towns
Daily life updates list visits, calls, and travels of residents from Elgin West Union Oelwein and nearby areas. Names include Wilder Herrling Gell Broughton Jennings Toomey Whittenbaugh Peterman Whitcher Corkery Knutson Molumby Livingstone Raftis Hall Wetzel Rundell Neuman Burgin and others. Events span weekend calls, visits to relatives, hospital stays and weekly gatherings with notes on hosting and hosting locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Wilder
Near Elgin
Mrs. Greathead
Lyle Herrling
Herrling
Detroit
Mich
Minneapolis
Minn
Robert
Bessie Whittenbaugh
Oelwein
Alden Gell
Dale Broughton
West Union
B. A. Jennings
Margaret Toomey
Strawberry Point
Herman Peterman
Cedar Rapids
Harry
Lawrence Whitcher
Waterloo
D. O. Clark
Martin Minnihan
J. TU. Kennedy
Alla Leonhart
Warren Willerton
L. G. Meyer
Wadena
Marvel
Betty Crawford
Robert Pierce
Arlington
Kathleen Corkery
Chicago
A. J. Knutson
J. L. Knutson
Walter Molumby
Katherine Messerli
Dickenslows
Frank Raftis
Fred Heiden
Margaret Broughton
Wanda Everetta
John Staffenhagen
Ji Ole “Sete Youn Erickeanstare
Margaret Johnson
Harley
Teolena Olson
Town City
Harley Johnson
University Hospital
Earl Livingston
Lima
Frank Livingston
Esri Wetzel
Council Bluffs
Mabel Livingston
Beulsh, N. D
United Brethren Church Activities and Officers
Rev C L Randall leads Sunday school at 10, morning worship at 11, and Christian Endeavor at 7 39 p m with a prayer service at Mrs Moore 3 5 Jan 7. UBC E officers elected: President Mrs W F Moore, Vice president Marie Jenneon, Secretary Marian Davis, Asst Beer Gertrude Frey, Treasurer Max Fennings, Asst Treasurer Mrs George Davis, Pianist Mrs Robert Frey, Asst Pianist Mrs Lawrence Welsh. New Year watch party and dime social at Mrs Margaret Johnson drew about thirty five. doxology at dawn, short talk by Mrs Moore, prayer by Rev Razdall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Randall
Christian Endeavor
Mra
Moore
W. F. Moore
Marie Jenneon
Marian Davis
Beer
Gertrude Frey
Max'"Fennings
George Davis
Robert Frey
Lawrence Welsh
Margaret Johnson
Berg's sale promotes warm clothing and safety tips
Presbyterian church notes Pastor Rundell, then includes a sales pitch for Berg's sale urging readers to buy shirts. Fire safety reminders rise with colder weather. New Year's visitors John Reusser Iowa City and Randolph Bloomfield stayed with Fred Reusser family. Marie Randolph mentioned locally as Marie Reusser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Reusser
Iowa City
Randolph
Bloomfield
Fred Reusser
Marie Reusser
Elgin urged action on long trucks blocking streets
A Charleston area notice complains about long trucks parking slantwise on Center Street and intruding into traffic as streets are narrow. It calls for trucks to be parked lengthwise on side streets and urges local merchants to patronize Charleston firms, citing a poorly printed Morehouse job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Center Street
Wat Am
Cemas
Charlestos
Morehouse
Charleston
Enterprise Courier
Northwestern Bell plans 4.1 million Iowa telecom upgrade in 1982
The Northwestern Bell Telephone Company will spend about 4.1 million dollars in Iowa in 1982 for improvements, extensions, and reconstructions across the state. The program excludes roughly 2.2 million dollars for repair and daily maintenance and anticipates over 1.4 million local calls daily with long distance handling for about 13 million calls next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Bells Telephone Company
Ana
Berg's sale prompts haste amid odd winter bustle
Local note highlights Berg's sale drawing shoppers on New Year's weekend. J John Lyford and family, Beinfeld and kin celebrate at J C Schmid home as outdoor games mix with a quiet town mood. An outbreak of rabies triggers a dog quarantine in parts of Winneshiek county in northern Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Beinfild
Hickader
John Lyford
Tennant
J. C. Schmid
Spring Valley
Minn
Iowa
Winneshiek County
Fragmentary ad notes sale at Britk City drug store
A damaged line references a sale at Stoehr's Drug Store with unclear details. The fragment mentions Pon Antes and Britk City but provides no usable context or full names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britk City
Phartney
Stoehr’s
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al Dahlgren
Harvey Teutsch
Fayette
Ora Hall
Glen
Oelwe
Roy Bentner
Mra. Bentner
Hawkeye
Grace Wittenberg
Sumner
M. A. Klingman
Kathryn Grover
Postville
Frank Tschantz
Charles Hilton
Jessup
A. H. Mitchell
Fred Quinn
Mitchell
Genevieve Leonhart
Ted Welsh
Wadena Co-operative Commission Company
Ladies’ Aid Society of the United Brethren Church
Roy Burgin
Roy Bennington
Volga City
Ernest Probert
Hans Larson
Ole Johnagn
Leona Vosher
Debre
Frances McGlavey
Artington
Leslie Wheeler
Marie
Rey
H. C. Rundell
Neuman
Sulphur Springs
Earl
Charles Anderson
Fred Ernst
United Brethren Church
Presbyterian Church
Berg
Telephone Co
Elgin State Bank
Fayatta
Total
Bainiewn
Fayette County
Samuel Mosby
B. J. Baumgartner
Beal
Et Mosby
J. Baumgartner
EB. M. Hoag
Ernest Schori
Hang Winkler
Schumacher
Weibel Mill Co
Elgin, Iowa
J. A. Boleyn
Tom Watne
Oasian
Ossian Bee
Iyfl
Hershey Baking Chocolate
I. G
Your
I. G. A. Grocers
N. W. Evans
ED C. Olson
Clermont
Bank
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