Local social notes from Brainard area families visits and calls
Mr and Mrs George Howard and family joined by Mr and Mrs Lewis Becker visited the Chus Peters home on Sunday. Calls were made at multiple homes including D H Craft and Florence Tripp. Visits spanned Brainard Elgin Clermont and West Union with relatives and friends stopping by churches and homes throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howard
Lewis Becker
High
Chus
Peters
Martin Hovey
Beverly
D. H. Craft
Dorothy
Hol Boyle
Frank Lyons
D. Hi
Will. Barker
Elmer Boyer
Glen
Melvin Boyer
Elgin
Jim Hartlett
Herman Boyer
George Boyle
Harry van Ogden
Chicago
Arthur Craft
Pete Miller
Out Under Way Dinner Guests In Clermont Area
Myrtle Skarshoug was a dinner guest Sunday of Mrs. F. Brorby in Clermont. Agnes Kirkeberg, attending business college at Oolweia, was a weekend guest at her parents home. B.S. Houg and families with N. T. and T. Loftegard families were dinner guests at the T. J. Olson home. Dillis Hook visited Lillian Wald Saturday afternoon. T. L. Loftsgard and family spent Sunday at the parental H. Amundson home in Clermont. Mrs. B Nelson stayed with sister Mrs. Gus Gunderson in Elgin. The Ladies Missionary Society will entertain at the E. S. Houg home Friday afternoon. Many from the area attended the Erickson pale near Wade na last Wednesday. Amy Nelson visited her sister Miss T. N. Loftseard and then returned home near Clermont. Olga Becker, previously ill, is much improved. Mellien Loftsgard and family were dinner guests at the Gilbert Burras home. Mary Kirkeberg stayed with her sister Mrs. Max Twunsberger in Elgin. Thomas Loftstuen attended a party in Clermont Saturday. Knudt Houg of Elgin spent Monday night at the EBS Houg home. Most area residents are nursing colds and sore arms from vaccination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Skarshoug
Gilbert Burras
Mary Kirkeberg
Mirs
Max Twunsberger
Elgin
Thomas Loftstuen
Clermont
Knudt Houg
Ebs
Ladies Aid and Cemetery Association Meeting Notes
The Ladies Aid and Cemetery Association met with Mrs. Jack Shaffer last Thursday. A future meeting is planned at the church on February 21 in honor of Washington's birthday. Various local residents attended visits and calls, including Will Yesroug, Miss Nettle Peters and nephew Russell, Harlow Chapman, Shaffes of Elgin, Fred Nothlisberger, Rex Medberry, Lawrence Cannon, Mrs. C Wenger, Mrs. S Ht. Foxwell, Elizabeth Foxwell, Chas Rothlisberger, Martha Chapman, Fred Rothobergerger, Fred Habeger, Rev. E J Starr, and neighbors from Brainard and Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid and Cemetery Association
Jack Shaffer
Washington
Will Yesroug
Illyria Church Notes and Local Social Roundup
Visitors and neighbors share Sundays at the Higin and Klingman families near Volen City and Hikader. Sick lists include LaFonda Shaffer and Walter Medberry. Rev J Starr notes a helpful sermon and ongoing church activities with Epworth League, choirs, and Sunday school.
Den Dwellers and Quiet Grumbles
A humorous exchange depicts a quarrelsome couple, a wife praising smoking in her husband’s den while the husband’s den is absent, and a playful jab about his growling presence throughout the house.
Oak Grove Items Update From Local Neighbors
Mrs Ed Conner and Mrs Ward Brabham hosted Friday afternoon calls at the Will Kohla home while Mr and Mrs Wm Brabham dined with the Aull Brabham family. Howard Boyle was surprised by a party of youths. Mrs Reuben Howard has been ill. The Robert Wilson family have been sick. Faye Brabham was confined to bed due to vaccination. Adolph Anderson reports a wild cat attack along the Turkey River. he recalls a terrorizing encounter with large tracks resembling a man's hand and torn clothing. hunters found no creature nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Conner
Ward Brabham
Will Kohla
Wm. Brabham
Aull Brabham
Howard Boyle
Reuben Howard
Ben Brabham
Thomas
Hull Brabham
Bert Allen
Marshal Allen
Robert Wilson
Faye Brabham
Adolph Anderson
Joel Clark
Blader
Turkey River
Farm joke and notices from Iowa page
A collection from an Iowa page mentions an old joke about a North Dakota farmer waking a harvest hand at three and quipping about tame oats. Also noted are Mrs. Sheldon Boyle’s illness, a District Court probate notice for Anta Hunsberger dated January 7 1935, Theodora Blanchard family visit, a Brainard winter stay, and a small classified sale line for second hand harness and a humorous dialogue about grass and concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
North Dakota
Payetts County
Anta Hunsberker
West Union
Theodora Blanchard
Wisconsin
Brainard
Waucoma
Chas. Feller
Fragmentary Pet Ad Sparks Whiskers Muddle
The readable fragment mentions dogs or pups with prices quoted as 25 dollars for females and unspecified for males. Locations include Mrs. and Shoborg Chisago with garbled names. The text is incomplete and lacks clear event or actor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vordale
Shoborg
Chisago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Martha Chapman
Fred Roth- Uoberger
Fred. Habeger
West Bend
Fred Sehneider
E. J. Starr
Fred Rathlisberger
Chas. Doty
C. L. Klingman
Peter Larson
Hikader
Water Wenger
Olgin
Mirs. C. Wenger
Reymonds Beer
Lawrence
Zimmerman
Illyria
Will Kirwin
Epworth League
John Rothlisberger
Almelia Strong
J. Starr
John T. Riley
G. Neff
Grandather
Stoehr Drug CO
Elkader-West Union Road
John Deere
de Laval
Leghorn Hens
Leghorn Roosters
Carothers
Audt
Marshall Allen
Samuel Mosby
Eagle “Mikado
Bres
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
RADIO
Mae Arrangamente
George M. Gilson
Fred P. Mafin
Devils Lake
N.D
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