Gunder News Items From a Snowbound Rural Community
Gunder pupils driving to school now stay in Postville due to slippery roads. The community laments the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jenson who moved to Waterloo for employment. Mrs. Harold Opland improves after illness. Census enumerator Martin Hanson has worked locally. Myron Anderson aids Marion Lind farm chores while Mr. Lind assesses. Elmer Amundson of Clermont visits T. T. Loftsgard home. Gladys Odegard of Ossian weekends with the Odegard family. Lillian Meyer dines with Gilbert Loftsgard. Alfred Jenson sale drew many, auctioneer John Wells. Arthur Landsgard and family visit Mrs. E. Landsgard. Mrs. John Weberg and Mrs. Gilman Knutson arrive to help after a family call.
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Gunder
Postville
Alfred Jenson
Waterloo
Jenson
Harold Opland
Martin Hanson
Myron Anderson
Marion Lind
Mr. Lind
Elmer Amundson
Clermont
T. T. Loftsgard
Gladys Odegard
Ossian
Chas
John Wells
Arthur Landsgard
E. Landsgard
John Weberg
Gilman Knutson
Death notices and local social visits in Inwood and Sioux Falls
Death of Mrs A O Nyborg announced with return to Inwood and Sioux Falls. Visits paid to B Wold by Mr and Mrs Orville Paige, Theo and Harry Wold. Wold not progressing as hoped. Mrs Ole Loftagard visited Mrs Joe Lind. H E Landsgard and Doris dined with Mrs B Nelson. Chas Odegard visited Mrs G Kurth. Kurth baby improving. Edwin Loftsgard hauled corn to St Olaf for George Landsgard. Joe Lind hosted quilting session.
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Nyborg
Inwood
Sioux Falls
Orville Paige
West Union
Theo
Harry Wold
B. Wold
Wold
Ole Loftagard
Joe Lind
H. E. Landsgard
Doris
Cheery Valley Social Notes Span Weekend Visits
Cheery Valley residents share extended visits and family gatherings. Patsy Minihan spent Saturday evening at the Chris Gregerson home while Leo Meyer visited Hanson Bros. and Hilda Meyer stayed overnight with Ben Dennler. Several relatives gathered Sunday afternoon at Ida Christen’s home. Additional visits included Walters Butikofer at Wm. Larson’s, and the Dennier household caring for a newborn ten pound boy born Friday January 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Minihan
Chris Gregerson
Tillis Butikofer
Emil Moor
Leo Meyer
Hanson Bros
Hilda Meyer
Ben Dennler
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Clara Muehlenthaler
Ida Meyer
Harold
Hilda
Melbert Meyer
Louis Kurth
Ida Christen
Walter Butikofer
Wm. Larson
Lillian Christen
Alma
Gladys
Robert Hanson
Ellen Hanson
Jacob Kurth
Selmar Holm
Helen Reinhart
Lawrence Butikofer
Carrie
Tillie Butikofer
Local Social Visits Network in West Union Area
Dinners and calls traced through West Union Elkader and nearby towns with multiple households hosting relatives and friends. Notable attendees include the Dennler, Frieden, Christen, Muehlenthaler, Schupbach, Hunsberger, and Baumgartner households, plus the Knudtson, Meyer, and Hanson families visiting across several days.
Brainard Items Touching Local Families and Visits
Mrs George Boyle spent last Thursday with her sister Mrs Wm Nutting. Mr and Mrs Joe Peters attended the funeral of Mrs Peters brother William Grimes at West Union last Sunday. Mrs Frank Lyon spent Thursday afternoon with her aunt Mrs Sarah Helms who has been ill. Cecil Tripp aids at Wm Nutting home. Dorothy Etter returned to the SidI Nutting home Sunday to teach in Pleasant Valley district No 4. She spent Sunday with her mother in Elgin. Ray Gilbert home after two weeks with his father in Marshalltown. Mrs Sidney Nutting and daughter Azalia visited George Schroyer in West Union Sunday. Mr Schroyer ill but improving. Ladies Aid of Brainard Baptist church meets Thursday Jan 31 with Mrs Don Cummings. Lunch at one. Make no bad news and this paper will print none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Boyle
Wm. Nutting
Joe Peters
Oak Grove Social Notes Highlight Local Guests
Local families hosted and visited across Oak Grove and nearby towns including West Union Elgin and Wadena. Notable gatherings featured the Dill Allen Reed Holzer Thoman Leuchtenmacher and Wilson families with multiple dinners suppers and Sunday visits. The item ends with a proverb about town pride.
Illyria community notes and local visits list
Illyria area residents hosted guests across Elgin Wadena Volga Cheery Valley and West Union with many Sunday dinners and Sunday visits. People shown include Shaffer Rothlisberger Medberry Foxwell and Benson among others plus general social activity and rural life notes. A town remark notes farmers in Iowa legislature and the old age pension joke.
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C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
Gunder News
Cheery Valley News
Fred Butikofer
T. Knudtson
Anna
Mabel Dennler
Clarence Schneider
Lawrence Grimm
Sam Dennler
Emil Frieden
Mra
Levi Frieden
Elkader
Lucy
Ben Baumgartner
Edwin
Aden Hanson
Ern Meyer
Efford Hunsberger
Elgin
Ruth Schupbach
Albert Schupbach
Frank Christen
Adolph Hanson
John Deere
Litchfield
Deering
Bob
Melotte
H. T. Knudtson
Fred R. Berg
Elgin State Bank
Oak Grove News
Homer Dill
Bert Allen
Wm. Kohls
Edwin Bauman
Harold Strong
Carlers
Reynolds Strong
Illyria
L. W. Reed
Ralph Reed
Howard Medberry
Henry Holzer
Holzer
Clara
Florence
Clarence Thoman
Wm. Kerr
Harold Bennett
John Howard
J. M. Shaffer
Harry Gilson
Wm. Frederick
Florence Thoman
Hans Keiser
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Phil Leuchtenmacher
Leo Rothlisberger
John Rothlisberger
Tim Thoman
Ed Boyle
Howard
Margia Barker
Frank Boyle
Ward Brabham
Hans Winkler
Jim Muncie
John Muncie
James Kerr
Ralph Shaffer
Wadena
Genevieve Wilson
Janet Stickler
Rob. Wilson
Lyle Wilson
Howard Shaffer
Walter Rothlisberger
Walter Medberry
Roy, Cline
Gottfred Frieden
Ida
Volga
David Humme
Ruth Rothlisberger
Ida Mattocks
Rosanna Rothlisberger
Francis West
Jaka Butikofer
Cheery Valley
Grace Foxwell
Thos. Bergen
St. Olaf
Bert Benson
Nancy Ernst
Harold Hermen
Clayton
Lester Chase
Forest Shaffer
Oak Grove
Thomas Foxwell
Thomas Benson
H. F. Robbins
Jerome Yearous
Ellen Hunsberger
Jake Yearous
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Walter Roethlisberger
C. L. Klingman
Libbie Larson
Chas. Doty
Arthur Kelly
Chas. Medberry
Kenneth
Ed Medberry
Viola
Elizabeth Foxwell
Elmer Lembke
June Kerr
F. Shaffer
Thomas
Latun Rethlisberger
George Butikofer
Maxie
Betty Schneider
Ida Frieden
Cheers Valley
Anna Gibson
Carl Egli
Darlene Yearous
Elgin High School
Norma Robbins
Perry Medberry
Alton Medberry
Tephen Foxwell
Rex Medberry
Thomas Pollock
Amelia Strong
Reynold Strong
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