Ilyria Items Illyria Church Notes
Sunday school at 10:20 a m and church service at 11:20 a m noted. Numerous local visits and guests are listed among parishioners and neighbors. Birth of David Dean Orvin Thompson son announced at Postville hospital on Saturday Jan 19 with family celebrations and a Washington birthday church meeting planned for Feb 22.
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J. €. Warton
Arthur Veerous
Ed Wenger
H. J. Peters
Lena Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Glass
Strawberry Point
Herold Glase
Virginia
Donald Meisquire
Manchester
Anna Gibson
Chas. Kimball
Edgar Kimball
Oscar Hungberger
Lou Hunsberger
Harold Leuenberger
Guy Ernst
Alton Medberry
Lloyd Holtzman
Fayette
Edwin Loftsgard
Elmer Lembke
Carl Gehring
Ed’ Gehring
Lena Aeschliman
Leo Rothlisberger
Cheery Valley News Social Roundup at Homes
Cheery Valley notes a flurry of Sunday and weekday visits as families including Pollock, Alexander, Dennler, Christen, Erickson and Schupbach share meals and calls. Various guests attended dinners and afternoons in Cedar Rapids and local homes. Bert Thoman suffered a painful timber accident, with a tree crushing several toes.
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Pollock and
Alexander
John’ Christen
Thos. Pollock’s
Louisa Dennler
Ben Dennler
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Albert Erickson, Jr
Wm. Torkelson
William, Jr
Louis Butikofer
Martin Hanson
Ida Butikofer
Eliza Pulfer
Ed Metzger
Ida Meyer
Francis Wolf
Alert Erickson, Jr
Lee
Chas. Erickson
George Leuchtenmacher
Orlin Mason
Ernestine Fried
Jerome Yearous
Walter Lehman
Eugene
Oscar
Wayne Baumgartner
John Dennler
Bert Thoman
Gladys
Local Social News Highlights in Gunder Area
Mr and Mrs Nelvin Loftsgard moved to their new home near Deeerth on Wednesday. Numerous local families visited or hosted guests, including Reiersons, Olson, Halstenson, Sutter, Kirkeberg, Reierson, and Anderson households. Nearby travel and dinners linked the Loftsgard, Amundson, and Landsgard families with Monticello visits and local celebrations.
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Nélvin Loftsgard
Deeerth
Cornelius Reierson
Austen
Halstenson
Lioyd. Reierson
Vt. Olson
Rosina Anderson
Postville Hospital
Orvin Thompson
David Dean
Lloyd Reierson
Henry Olson
Frederick Sutter
Allen Anderson
Clarence Kirkeberg
L. C. Reierson
Delores Bergan
Everett Henks
Gilbert Halverson
Lloyd Aanes
Mellien Loftsgard
T. T. Loftsgard
Ole Amundson
Merlin Hellum
Elaine
Rudy Cimmerman
Monticello
Mervin Reierson
Selina Olson
Webrarn Landsgard
Esten Landsgard
Local Social Notes Highlight Feske Overbeck Visits and Dinners
Brainard area notices show Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Feske and children hosting gatherings with family from Sutton and other towns. The Ladies Aid met January 16 at the church with a pot luck lunch and roll call. Guests included Latta Homewood Mrs. Ray Gilbert Lorraine Dan Craft Ruth Boyer and others. Additional visits feature Tom Boyer trip to California and multiple dinner and supper gatherings at the Peters How ard Boyle Nutting Becker and Helms households with various relatives and friends attending.
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Oscar Feske
Darlene
Orinda
Gayle Overbeck
Sutton
Tom Boyer
California
Ray Gilbert
Dan Graft
Mary Bartlett
Wm. Nutting
Gee, Boyle
Bob
Chloa Lyon
Reuben Howard
George Boyle
Robert Kerr
Chas. Peters
Chica Lyon
Jon Peters
Lyle Olson
Elkader
Joe Peters
Chioa Lyon
Willis
Louis Becker
Tom Reeder
Dan Craft
Melvin Hanson
Marshall Helms
Peggy
Clive Helms
Mayme Boyle
West Union
Ervin Metzger
Community Socials and Visits Highlight Grand Meadow News
Grand Meadow locals recount Thursday and Sunday visits across area homes. Names include Andersons, Ericksons, Loftsgards, Larson, Martie, Halverson, Lyngaas, and Buraas. Assessor Helgerson is busy calling on farmers as autumn rounds continue.
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Vernon Anderson
Barbara
Marlené
Bert
Leo Larson
Adrian
Hazel Johnson
Clermont
Lavern Odegard
Nickoli Martie
Clara Peterson
la Crosse
Wis
Caroline Martie
Andrew Reinhart
Clifford Larson
Willard Martin
Mina Olsen
Clarence Olson
Ole Reierson
Robert
Caroline Erickson
Meilien Loftsgard
Ed Johnson
Julia Landsgard
Bert Lyngaas
Leona
Helen Reinhart
Sunday Visitors At Mrs. Landsgard Home
Mrs. Julia Landsgard hosted guests on Sunday while Mrs. Carrie Thorson visited Clarence Olson on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Julia Landsgard
Carrie Thorson
Clarence Olson
Smart vs Smarty Children Speak Truthful Ways
A reader discussion on children showing keen logic from seven year old scolding a teasing sister to a toddler declaring he is a real person not a toy. Teasing fosters vanity or timidity, while respectful response helps prevent a child from becoming overly self conscious or a "smarty" through no fault of their own.
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Charley McCarthy
Teddy
Calder
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