Social notes from Illyria and surrounding towns
Illyria News recounts dinners and visits across Fayette, West Union, Clermont, Monona, and Hawkeye. Recurring names include Yearous, Medberry, Rothlisberger, Sanders, and Gehring as families host and guest over weekends and Sundays. Several moves and farewells to Hawkeye punctuate the week.
Good Neighbors Club meets in Jan at Lantz home
Cheery Valley’s Good Neighbors Club held its January meeting with 22 members and two guests. Officers for 1890 were elected, funds were allocated to new books and the March of Dimes, and various members were noted as attending, dropping out, or visiting. Future plans include February at Elgin Lutheran Church with new hostesses, and numerous social calls and visits among members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbors Club
Walter Lantz
Wilbur Peake
Dan Butikofer, Jr
Reuben Metager
John Christen
Celia Thoman
See,treas
Louis Butikofer
Lucy Christen
Russell Friederich
Fred Butikofer
Lizzie Chase
Jess Moody
Harold Meisner
Will Friederich
George Leuchtenmacher
Elgin Lutheran Church
Fred
Ben
Dan Butikofer
Irene Minihan
Roscoe Larson
George Nickels
Martin Minihan
Lewis C. Butikofer
Harry Butikofer
Ben Dennler
Larry
Tommy Dennler
Albert L. Dennler
Edwin Hanson
Martin Hanson
Ben Butikofer
Norway Lutheran Church
Bruce Boyce
Louis Batikofer
James Schlee
Postville
Lewis O. Batikofer
Mark Schlee
Batikofer
Anne
Tele Sophie Seeland
Johennah Knuitson
Olga Landsgard
Gunner Landsgard
Betsy Johanson
St. Olaf
Mesdames
William Moore
Kent
Francia Batikofer
Fred Batikofer
Mia
Belle Knudtson
Irene
Pat Minihan
Johannah
Minihan
Elkader
Jerry Anderson
Merlin Nickels
Joe Thoman
Josephine
Frank
Walter Christen
Lydia Hanson
Harry
Leo Dennler
Orlin Reimer
Esther Braker
Alta
Clarence Thorman
Andrew Braker
Joe Thoma
West Bend
Alf
Christen Family Social Visit Reported in West Bend
Mrs Martin Harson served as caller during the week. Sephine and Frank of West Bend were supper and all night guests at Christen Bros home on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Will Christen, Mr and Mrs John Christen, and Mr and Mrs Frank Christen called there Thursday forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rothlisberger
End
Ted Whitford
Volga
DeVere Halverson
Ivan Anderson
Leo Benson
Thomas Ogle
William Yearous
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Faye Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Walter Rothlisberger
Emmett Light
Dale Sanders
Hawkeye
Richard Schmidt
Julie
Waterloo
Larry Reinig
Toledo
Burdette Anderson
Bradley
Atkins
Ralph Shaffer
Betsy Benson
West Union
Raymond Bennson
Alton Medberry
Arnold Sanders
Monona
Richard Hofer
Ed Wenger
Orran Bane
Gene Wenger
Carl Gehring
Tofield Heck
Roy Halverson
Nels Iverson
Clermont
Mins
Nellie Kimball
Martin Harson
Joe Thoman
Joe Sephine
Frank
West Bend
Christen Bros
Will Christen
John Christen
Frank Christen
Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebrated in East Clermont Church
Mr and Mrs George Hanson celebrated their golden wedding at East Clermont church with a Sunday afternoon gathering attended by relatives and friends including Holm, Amundson, Opa, Loftsgard, and Reijer families. The event followed a week of family visits and a baptismal dinner for John H Mueller's son of Luana. Community members from Gunder and surrounding areas participated in the celebration and related visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Yearous
Betsy Henson
West Union
Albert Klingmen
J. P. Medberry
George Leuchtenmacher
Tofield Heck
Raymond Benson
Susan
Emmett Light
Roy McChane
Fayette
Reynold Strong
Jeanette
Arnold Sanders
Mabel King
Herold Leuenberger
Howard Medberry
Orren Bane
Henry Holzer
LaVern Schweinerus
Castalia
Carrol Klingman
Roger Halverson
Nels
Iverson
Clermont
Walter Rothlisberger
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Busy Bees
Selmer Holm
Andrew Reinhart
Helen
Morris Amundson
Harold Opa
East Clermont
George Hanson
Rodney Smith
Marsha
Ole Loftsgard
Bernard Loftsgard
Glenn Reijerson
Gunder
Wayne Amundson
Ole Lofisgard
John Solomon
Waldo Embretson
Mary Olson
Laurence Naylor
Gerald Winter
Otto Gisieson
Mervin Reierson
Lloyd Schutte
Henry Olson
Marion Olson
Henry Vellersven
Dan Butikofer
Sam Schneider
Myron Houg
Theodore Loftsgard
Marion
Hest Clermont
John H. Mueller
Luana
Henry Christianson
Christianson
Postville
Arvey Berg
Louis Kjosa
Mathilda Christianson
Henry Christianson, Jr
Will Bergan
Floyd Thompson
John Butikofer
Olvin Olson
Tilpher Bilden
Agnes
Louis Bilden
Notable Weekend Visits and a Long Lost Ring Found
Ed Leath and Kenneth Kroga families share Cedar Rapids and Decorah dinners. Dean Helgerson’s confirmation brings guests from West Union and Hawkeye. Mathilda Christianson attends granddaughter Honia’s confirmation in Decorah. Kjosa family also hosts. Harvey Anderson home hosts Wayne Helgerson’s confirmation with a large group. Dow City’s Fritz Thomsen receives a wedding ring lost 14 years ago found by a relative on the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Leath
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Kroga
C. C. Smith
Decorah
Clarence Helgerson
Dean Helgerson
Willard Martin
Adrian
Bobby
Hldorado
Clarence Sampson
Levert Sampson
West Union
Theodore Sampson
Milford Sampson
Karen
Hawkeye
Carroll Klingman, Jr
Jake Evenson
Mathilda Christianson
Louis Rrosa
Honia
Louis Kjosa
Fritz Thomson
Down City
Thomsen
Tatum Couple Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs W F Tatum of Nora Springs recently marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary in a family celebration. The couple wed decades ago and are long time residents of the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Tatum
Nora Springs
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Illyria News
Harold Vogt
Farmersburg
Milo Frieden
Jerome Yearous
Clifton Yearous
Lansing
Mrs. Paul Smith
Mrs. Bunton Wolf
Ames
Mrs. Guernsey Smith
Elma Reichert
Lyle
Clem Meyer
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Lena Wenger
Harlo Meyer
Robert Kerr
Myron Sheppard
Cora March
Harold Leuenberger
Harold Strong
John Wilson
Terry Whittenbaugh
Harold Tope
Thomas Foxwell
Elgin State Bank
Elgin
Iowa
Waders
Ieacue Corporation
Lawrence Knudtson
Cheery Valley
Gunder News
Harold Opland
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Texas
Donna
Tex
Mexico
New Orleans
Louisiana
Arkansas
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Elda Marting
Mamie Fette
Harvey Anderson
Wayne
Paul
P. K. Peterson
Vernon Anderson
Marlene
Barbara
Merlin Chapman
Walter Follett
Harold Halverson
Steven
Diane
Roy Swenson
Robert
Carol
Margie
Bonnie
Millard Nelson, Jr
Linda
Mark
LaVerne Swenson
Reddy
Interstate Power
BUICK
Electra
John Falb & Sons
Center St
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