Elgin area social notes show many visitors and dinners
A long list of residents from Elgin and nearby towns hosted and visited kin and friends. Guests included Pearl and Eldred Dummermuth, John Fay, Blanche Dummermuth, Millard Gisleson, Ole Reierson, Dennis Shaffer, Louis Lehman, Jacob Friederich Jr., and many others. Events featured dinners, show outings, birthday observances, and hospital calls at Elkader and Postville locations with numerous family connections across Cedar Rapids, Mankato, Arlington, Decorah, and Waukon.
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Elgin
Pearl Dummermuth
Eldred Dummermuth
John Fay
Fayette
Don Jenson
West Union
Blanche Dummmermuth
Millard Gisleson
Ole Reierson
Almer Amunds
Elkader Hospital
Marie Martin
Baptist Church Schedule and Youth Week Activities
O H Meth pastor presides over Wednesday Bible study and choir rehearsal, Thursday training on Jesus the Teacher, Sunday services at 10 and 7 30 with 11 00 Sunday school. Community Youth Week events at Elgin Lusheran Church and Valley High School Gym feature Duane Pederson the magician. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus the
Elgin Lusheran
the Valley High School
Duane Pederson
Apostolic Christian Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday school begins at 10:15 a.m. with worship service at 10:30 a.m. Afternoon services follow at 12:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostolic Christian Church
St Pauls Methodist Church Announcements
St Pauls Methodist Church led by Pastor Lee Roy Collins hosts worship at 9 45 a m and Sunday School at 10 45 a m Word day January 24 choir rehearsal at 7 00 p m and January 25 junior high membership training class meets from 5 05 to 5 05 p m
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St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Lee Roy Collins
Wed
Iilyria Community Church Weekly Schedule Update
The church lists Sunday School at 9 45 a.m. and Worship at 11 a.m. on Sundays. On Wednesday January 24 the senior choir will not rehearse but will sing on January 28. A Tiyria family night pot luck starts at 7 p.m. On Sunday January 28 there is an open house for Mr and Mrs Albert Dennlers golden wedding from 2 to 4 p.m. LY.F. meets at 7 30 p.m.
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Iilyria Community
Lee Roy Collins
Tiyria
Albert Dennlers
Ly.f
Norway and Marion Lutheran Churches Weekly Schedule
Pastor Robert Henriksen leads Norway and Marion church activities with meetings on Thursday and Sunday services at Norway 9:00 and 10:10 for Sunday School and Marion 10:30 with 9:15 Sunday School. Other events include ALCW meetings, choir practice, Hillbilly Shakedown at St Olaf gym, waterloo venue, and a Wednesday ALCW workshop in Marion basement.
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Norway
Marion
Robert Henriksen
ALCW
Marion Sr
McElroy
Waterloo
Sun
St. Olaf
Elgin Highland Parish Lutheran Youth Rally and Classes
The Elgin and Highland Parish American Lutheran Churches list services and activities for January. Junior and senior confirmation classes meet, Sunday School and morning worship proceed, and a Youth Rally is scheduled at Elgin Church with a 7 30 pm sermon Would You Believe. Senior choir rehearsals are noted in both communities.
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Elgin-Highland
Elgin
Elgin Church
Highland
Social Visit and Out-of-Town Travel Notes
Mr and Mrs John Christen and Mr and Mrs James Frieden visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Elmer Frieden at Rochester. Bertha Hediger left Saturday for New York then Switzerland. She spent a few days with Lena and Ruth Schupbach. Mr and Mrs Ivan Meisner and Randy and the George Lerch family were dinner guests Sunday in the Harold Meisner home. Afternoon callers included Mr and Mrs Art Friederich Strawberry Point Mr and Mrs Elden Shaw Edgewood and Mrs Fred Butikoffer. Mr and Mrs Al Butikofer and Tommy and Wilbur Wiegen were Monday supper guests of Mrs Marie Butikofer and Ruth. Mrs Anna Schupbach and Mrs Bertha Lehman were supper guests Sunday evening of Lena and Ruth Schupbach. Mr and Mrs Guernsey Smith visited with Mrs Alfred Cook St Olaf Sunday evening then visited Monday in the W N Rickens home Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Reierson
Levi Mulokken
Scott. Reierson
Legion Hall
Walker
Levi Molokken
Clarence Reierson
Ernie Brandt
Waverly
Helen Blackhus
Millard Gisleson
Robert Reierson
Becky
Postville
Kenneth Mark
Sylvan Torkelson
Roger Frieden
Clark Hummel
Arlington
Earl Kiple
Milo Frieden
Mari Ellen
M. J. Blockhus
Kilder Gilbertson
Clifford Kittleson
Decorah
LeRoy Rothisberger
Kim
Gary Hyde
Cedar Rapids
Dayton
Independence
Fred Wede
Arden Greener
Edna Greener
Allan Greener
George Schupbach
Chuckie
Dan Butikofer, Jr
Louis Halverson
Monona
Bettina Halverson
Fred Heins
Alvin Buroden
DeVere Halverson
Nancy
Bertia Halverson
Clara Helium
Postville Hospital
Ruth and
Lena Schupbach
Bertha Hediger
Anna Schupbach
Jacob Friederich, Jr
Bertha Lehman
Louis Becker, Jr
Lloyd Schultz
Walter, Butikofer
Martin Wenger
Lena Wenger
Lehman
Elmer Larson
Richard Amundson
Washington, D. C
Gene Soebakken
Khristine
Peter
Nevada
Almer Amundson
Orvin Olson
Karen
Jo Ann
Iowa City
George Leuchtenmacher
Elkader
Richard Hofer
Clermont
Calvin Penz
Pauline
Steven
Rochester
LaVerne Larson
Oliver
Edwin Frieden
Ida Frieden
Ronald Hills
Todd
Allen Habeger
Arthur Lantz
John Christen
James Frieden
Elmer Frieden
New York
Switzerland
Lena
Ruth Schupbach
Ivan Meisner
Randy
George Lerch
Harold Meisner
Art Friederich
Strawberry Point
Elden Shaw
Edgewood
Fred Butikofer
Marie Butickfer
Ruth
al Butikofer
Tommy
Wilbur Wiegen
Guernsey Smith
Alfred Cook
St. Olaf
Mrs. Guernsey Smith
W. N. Rickens
Harold Pfister
Clifton
Carol
Leo Bachman
LaVern Bachman
Verna
Larry
Oelwein
Leo Lehman
Harry Johnson
Wm. Torkelson
Leanne
Ray Bollman
Julie
Lanny
Gibson
Martie
Harold Grimm
Kevin
Tomah
Wise
John Grimm
Marvin Staake
Howard Barnhart
Dean
Annie Olson
Alma Peterson
Roger Staake
Lester Staake
Grace Evans
Karl Lembke
Newton
Jacob Gehring
Amundson Family Week Guests and Hospital Releases
Aie Richard Amundson traveled from Andrews AFB to visit the Almer Amundson home last week and left for Goodfellow AFB on Sunday. Almer Amundson was released from Elkader hospital last Sunday and Mrs. Amundson on Wednesday. Numerous relatives and friends visited or were hosted at area homes, with birthday celebrations and gatherings noted, including the Pfister and Bachman families, and visitors from Arlington Oelwein Monona Newton Switzerland and Tomah.
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Richard Amundson
Andrews Afb
Washington, D. C
Almer Amundson
Goodfellow Afb
Texas
Elkader Hospital
Roger Amundson
Quinton Olson
Elmer Johnson
Norris Reierson
Weekend visitors and dinner guests across Oelwein area
Social visits span several towns as Mr and Mrs Carl Rassmussen host in Oelwein with many weekend callers including Mr and Mrs Willie Thorsgard and Marlene in St Olaf and numerous extended families visiting in Dike West Union Clermont and Abington Pa. Additional gatherings feature Mrs Belva Snyder Mrs Stella Boyle and J D McCully family with Ann McCully’s sixth birthday celebration.
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Carl Rassmussen
Oelwein
Lilly Olson
Cela Butikofer
Willie Thorsgard
Marlene
St. Olaf
Ben Butikofer
Alta Frieden
Silas Butikofer
Dan Butikofer
Gene Snyder
Kimberly
Kelly
Dike
Belva Snyder
Robert Miller
Roberta
Linda
Tom
Dwight Robinson
Faynette
Stella Boyle
Darwin Rueber
Kristi
Brenda
Curtis Butikofer
A. B. Jacob
Also Mentioned on This Page
Clarence Muehlethaler
Hose Baechler
Mel Baechler
Cornelia Burrow
Clara Baumquitner
Max Lehman
Louis Lehman
Janice Friederich
Cindy Leimer
Mankato
Dennis Shaffer
Alverson’s Store
Hal Phone
Elvin Furniture Store
the Muehlethalers
Iowa
Dial
Florence Clark
Robert Clark
Mary Doyle
Chicago
Clifford Johnson
Abington
Les Ralston
Pasadena
Calif
Hulda Bauman
Grand Jet
Cole
Len Simek
John Steffins
Harold Strong
Leon Jacob
Lillian Anderson
Lawrence West
Ralph Hanson
R. A. Crider
Owatonna
Minn
J. D. McCully
Ann McCully
Jim Mondry
Randolph Rejferson
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
Costello
Iga Marlene
IGA Baker’s Dozen Donuts
Iga
van Camp
Wilson
California
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