Cheery Valley social notes list local visits and gatherings
Mrs Jack Zuercher and baby Forrest Wayne returned from Postville hospital and stay with George Leuchtenmacher. Dozens of local families, including Dennlers, Christen, LoftsGard, Butikofer, and Knudtsons, hosted dinners, visits, and court whist evenings. Several out of town guests from Kansas City and Evansville joined, with trains and hospital stays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Zuercher
Forrest Wayne
Postville Hospital
George Leuchtenmacher
Harry Dennler
Floyd Odegard
Willy Friederich
John Christen
W. H. Pollock
John Dennler
Edwin Hanson
Ida Christen
Illyria Community Church Events and Social Gatherings
Illyria community church schedules Sunday school at 10 15 a m worship at 11 15 a m next Sunday evening guests invited young married group to Sumner Methodist church February 1 Fayette rally led by Rev Bruce D Jones and officer elections for Progressive Home Study Club followed by a pot luck noon social. Numerous family visits and dinners noted among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iyria Community Church
Our Church
Sumner Methodist Church
Fayette
Bruce D. Jones
Community Gatherings and Visits Across Gunder
Gunder residents and guests shared a series of social visits and dinners. Clarence Kirke berg and companions traveled to New Hampton to see Mrs. L O Reierson, while Reuben Howard, Henry Olson, and their spouses visited Gerald Olson. The Arvey Berg and Otto Giliason households met the Kjasa family, and the Will Bergan group hosted Ole E Olson Olvin and Selina. Allen Anderson visited Decorah hospital to see Mrs A O Anderson and Mrs Harley Svenson, both patients there. The Social Thimble Club and families hosted a surprise dinner for Mrs Rex Medberry at 6 30 PM on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Loftsgard
Rex Medberry
Clarence Kirkeberg
Lloyd Reierson
Henry Olson
Clareen
Donald
Waldo Embretson
Henry Vellersven
George Landsgard
Cornelius Reierson
Joseph
L. O. Reierson
New Hampton Hospital
Henry Radloff
Berdean
Milton Olson
Geo, Landsgard
Philman ‘Larson
Cor
Nelius Reierson
New Hampton
Reuben Howard
Gerald Olson
Arvey Berg
Otto Gil- Jeson
Louis Kjasa
Will Bergan
Ole E. Olson
Olvin
Selina
Allen Anderson
Decorah Hospital
A .O. Anderson
Harley Svenson
Thimble Club
Local social notes from Brainard area
Brainard News reports Mr and Mrs Ralph Knoll of New Hampton as dinner guests in the Vern Boyer home. Local youth held a roller skating party in Elgin Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr and family attended a birthday dinner Sunday at the Ralph Shaffer home honoring Mrs Kerr. Mr and Mrs Vern Boyer visited Thursday evening in the Fred Wedo home in Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Orlando Loftsgard
Herman
Schupbach
Donna
Richard
Louis Butikofer
Ida Meyer
Francis Wolf
Roscoe Larson
Bennie Butikofer
John Dennler
Harry Butikofer
Ben Dennler
Mrs. van Eisen
Kansas City
Pat
Irene Minihan
Martin Minihan
Irene
Mason City
Lydia Hanson
Lucille Doeppke
Teddy
George Patton
Janet Sue
Evansville, Ltd
Progressive Home Study Club
Thos. Foxwell
Ray Benson
Susan
Thomas Pollock
Rae Gibbs
Arthur Yearous
Clifton Kerr
Virgil Torson
Cleve Bennett
James Kerr
Ralph Shaffer
Howard Boyle
Sheldon Boyle
Robert Miller
Oelwein
Dora Boyle
Amelia Strong
Harold and
Reynold
Arndt
Manchester
Bbck Rapids
Wm. Kerr
Reuben Light
Waterloo
Thos. Kerr
West Union
Robert Kerr
Brainard
Oscar Baumgartner
Fred Hanson
Thos
Pol Jcock
Marie Dennler
Albert Dennler
Harold Strong
Alden Wilson
Orvin Thompson
David
Melbert Meyer
Harold Glass, Jr
Jim Yearous
Inez Shaffer
Harry Gilson
Guy Whitford
Carl Gehring
Forest ‘Shaffer
Joe Dinan
Wilder Mattocks
Fred Gernand
I. F. Shaffer
Reynold Strong
Ralph Knoll
New Hampton
Vern Boyer
Elgin
Ralph ‘Shaffer
Wm, Kerr
Fred Wedo
Community Notes From Grand Meadow Social Roundup
Mrs Raymond Thoen of Ken sett left Sunday for home after a week with the Alfred Burans. John Opperud of Rockford spent the weekend with Ole Peterson. Mrs Orvin Olson of Iowa City helped Mrs Almer Amundson settle into their new home. Others visited, moved farms, and hosted gatherings at various local homes and farms including the Reinhart and Larson families. Alfred Buraas now rents the Anderson farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Thoen
Kensett
Alfred Burans
John Opperud
Rockford
Peterson
Orvin Olson
Iowa City
Almer Amundson
Mavis Larson
Leo Larson
Rudy Reinhart
Minneapolis
Andrew Reinhart
Mother's Club
Arthur Helgerson
Kenneth Halverson
Alvin Halverson
Adrian
Ames Olson
Einor Barness
Casten
Eldorado
Caste
Former $30 Cow Sells At Sioux Falls Market
Richards Lowe of Larchwood tried to fetch 30 dollars for a 17 year old Holstein cow in the mid thirties. After no buyers, he kept her for milk and fat production and recently sold at the Sioux Falls stockyards for 22 cents a pound totaling about 490 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richards Lowe
Larchwood
Lowe
Sioux Falls
Sheep Drenching Demonstration Tuesday at Grand Meadow Farm
A sheep drenching demonstration will be held at the Bertie Waters farm in Grand Meadow township on Tuesday Jan 27 at 1 30 p m. One of eight such demonstrations in Clayton county and the only in the northeast. Farmers needing breathing procedure info should attend. Specialists from Ames and the state sheep association will assist local veterinarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Waters
Grand Meadow Township
Clayton County
Ames
State Sheep Association
Last Rites Friday for Ralph Johnson Wadena
Funeral services were held Friday in Wadena for Ralph Johnson, 60, who died Tuesday evening Jan 13 at Oelheim hospital from injuries after a tree fell while he and Earl Livingston cut wood on the Deam Probert farm east of Wadena. Livingston was only slightly injured. Survivors include his wife and daughter Betty, a Tripoli teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena
Rabph Johnson
Oelheim
Johnson
Earl Livingstors
Deam Probert Farm
Livingston
Betty
Tripoli
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cheery Valley News
Bert Thoman
Ben Dennier
Fred Butikdfer
Francis
Guttenberg
O. T. Knudtson
Wm. Moore
Marion
Knudtenn
Rex
Medberry
Milo Jacobia
Ray Jacobia
Herbert Gass
Myron Anderson
L'Myra
Adolf Kummer
Billy
Court Whist
Illyria
Alton Medberry
Kenneth Medberry
Gunder News
Grer H
Morrell
Miracle
Ade
Falb’s Market
Brainard News
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Iowa
Laurence Knudison
Grand Meadow News
Ralph Johnson
P&es
Co-Op
Universal
Torkelson Bros
Chevrolet
America
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors
John Falb
Elgin, Iowa
Falb Motor Co
Postville, Iowa
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