Community Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
A series of local visits and gatherings across Mason City, Elkader, Edgewood, West Union, and surrounding areas include Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Norem hosting, Stella Kigeick and Clara Madson attending in Mason City, JoAnn Fung’s engagement shower at St. Mark's in Edgewood, and numerous family dinners and courtesy calls. Guests travel from Camp Rucker, Ala to Cedar Rapids, Marshfield, and Dubuque for shared meals, celebrations, and notes of July 4th vacation plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Norem
Stella
Kigeick
Clara Madson
Mason City
Glen McKellar
Mary
Wayne Baumgartner
Elkader
Oscar Baumgartner
Joe Dinan
Joe Downey
Keith
St. Mark’s Church
Edgewood
JoAnn Fung
Robert Downey
Camp
Grover
Myrtle Medberry
Guernsey Smith
Harry Olesen
West Union
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Leo Olesen
Community Day highlighted in local note filled with visits
Local families from West Union, Oelwein, Volga, Castalia, and Preston exchanged Sunday greetings. Guests included the Harold Strong and Yearous families, with noting visits to Oelwein Hospital. Des Moines trip for the Fourth referenced and a birthday luncheon for Mrs. Shaffer. Community thanks given for 32nd Community Day success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeye
Ben Dennler
William
Willard Schrader
Postville
Arthur Yearous
Barbara
Des Moines
Lorraine Yearous
Waldena
Ralph Shaffer
Will Schmidt
Castalia
Harvey Schmidt
Dean Kneeskern
Preston
Minn
Lavern Schneider
John Pulfer
Ervin Metzger
Fred Schneider
Harold Glass
Forest Shaffer
Jim
Louis Blumer
Wall
Dak
Floyd Boyle
Waterloo
Robert Lehman
Jerome Yearous
Marion Mission Society to Meet at Church Parlor
The Marion Mission Society will meet July 12 at the church parlors. Hostesses are Mrs. Lou McNally and Mrs. Mollie Mark. Decorah visitors Sven Christine and Raymond Tollefson were at Theo Loftsgard home Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Mission Society
Lou McNally
Mollie Mark
Sven
Christine
Raymond Tollefson
Decorah
Theo. L. Loftsgard
Henry Olson
Lloyd Schutte
T. T. Lofergarld
Leslie Lantz
Shard
Richard Thiele
Oliver Larson
Keith Brainard
Lavern Lantz
Ruth Loftsgard
Myron Hoag
Jason Schneider
Waldo Embretson
T. J. Olson
Cornelius Reierson
Carrie Tollefson
Mervin Reieson
Lloyd Reierson
Tollefson
West Union
Mervin Reijerson
Cornelius ‘Reierson
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Wood- Tow Reed
Sunday gatherings dot Clear Lake area notes
Sunday at Clear Lake was spent by Donald Olson and Mr and Mrs Jana Sendir Branch with the Carl Hill family. Dinner guests included Henry Christianson and the Wil Seeley families, Mrs James Seeley of Waureka Wisconsin, and the Harvey Anderson family. Afternoon visitors included Arthur Lands gard, Alma Gunderson, DeWayne Solm, Arnold Gunderson, and the Quin ton Torkelaon families. Elizabeth Skarzhaug Amés visited Mr and Mrs E K Mark and was also at the Oscar Lind home. Henry Olson attended a birthday dinner for La Kita at the Hiram Olson home in West Union. The Louie Hovland and George Hanson couples visited Mc and Mrs Oscar Lind. A picnic Sunday at the Elver Anderson Home honored Elver with Delores and Olvin Olson, Ivel, and Christine Tollefson of Decorah. Friday dinner guests were Will Bergan’s, and Sunday they hosted Thor Torsrud and Thos Peterson families of St Olaf, with Joe Kiosa’s family as afternoon callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. K. Peterson
Henry Christianson
Wil Seeley
James Seeley
Waureka
Wis
Harvey Anderson
Arthur Landsgard
Almas Gunderson
DeWayne Solm
Arnold Gunderson
Quinton Torkelaon
Elizabeth
Skarzhaug
Amés
E. K.mark
Oscar Lind
Henry Olson
Hiram ‘Olson
West Union
La‘Kita
Louie Hovland
George Hanson
Rosina Anderson
Arvid
Kenneth Anderson
Dale Anderson
Aldora Anderson
LiMyra
Orvin Thompson
Elver Anderson
Elver
Delores
Olvin Olson
Ivel
Christine Tollefson
Decorah
Will Bergan
Thor
Torsrud
Thos. Peterson
St. Olaf
Joe Kiosa
Local Dinner Guests Across Several Families
Cheery Valley News notes varied social visits this week. Families including Dennler Rainey Butikofer Hofer and others hosted dinners and Sunday visits in several homes across Ben Dennler Clarence Hofer Roscoe Larson John Christen and Frank Christen households with multiple relatives attending. Irene Minihan departed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Dennler
Barbara Rainey
Albert L. Dennler
Harry Butihofer
Ben Dennler
Lavern Lantz
Victor
Clarence Hofer
Hofer
Robert Hanson
Amanda Spitzalski
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Joan Heuer
Roscoe Larson
Frank Christen
Irene Minihan
Local Visitation Notes From Dennison Area Homes
Sunday and weekend visits highlighted by a series of calls and gatherings across Dennison West Union and surrounding areas. Families including Christen, Thoman, Dennler, Butikofer, Schreiner, Meyer, Hanson, and Muehlenthaler shared time at several homes.
Bridge of Local Guests Highlights Quiet Weekend
Brainard News notes Arthur Craft of Marshfield hosted by Dan and Craft. Walter Pritchard welcomed guests including Marian Patterson who traveled to Alaska for an extended stay. Mason City visitors joined Dan Craft home gatherings with Farnsworths. A large group gathered at the Chloa Lyon home for Sunday calls from Patterson and Boyle families. Lone picnic at Strawberry Point with Lyle Martin family and Kerrs. Moody guests joined Dan Craft and Vern Boyer homes Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Craft
Marshfield
Wis
Dan Craft
Charles Corbin
Arlington
Bill Monnahan
Leslie Pritchard
Kenneth Monnahan
Franklin Baldwin
Orlwein
Walter Pritchard
Marian Patterson
Alaska
Li J. Farnsworth
Mason City
Melvin Hanson
Jimmie
Lyle Martin
Robert Kerr
Colleen Howard
Strawberry Point
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Jess Moody
Vern Boyer
Funeral Held for Mrs Margaret Bigler in Wadena
Funeral services were held Saturday at the Presbyterian church for Mrs Margaret Bigler with Rev Henry Jones officiating. Burial followed in Wadena cemetery. She was born November 21, 1876 in La Porte City and educated at Iowa State Teachers College and the University of Minnesota. She taught in La Porte City and Minnesota, married Louis B. Bigler in 1918, and lived in Wadena before moving to La Porte City then Sparta Tennessee, where she died June 27. Survived by step daughter Alice Bigler Geer and step son Robert Bigler of San Diego, plus other relatives and many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bigler
Presbyterian Church
Henry Jones
Wadena
Margaret ‘McQuilkin Higler
la Porte City
R. J
Jane Thompson McQuilkin
Iowa State Teachers College
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Louis B. Bigler
Local family visits and homecomings noted
Over the past week Joyce Leigh Mary and Carl Erickson, Mrs Maggie Cook, Mr and Mrs Ray Burke and Billy from Oelwein, Mr and Mrs Warner Aysworth from Milwaukee, Clem Curran and Chas Puffett guests of Luther Crandall, Charlton Looby Edwin Lofisgard families at Thos Flanagan home, Walter Dennler visited Charlton Looby home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce
Leigh
Mary
Carl Erickson
Maggie Cook
Albert Cook
Marengo
Ray Burke
Courthouse Real Estate Transfers and Car Registrations
Real estate transfers recorded: Ralph J. Wells to Alma Nelson, Lot 3-5 Block 7, Clermont. Woodrow Leonhart to William W. Leonhart, Lots 137-138 Herriman’s Add., Wadena. EsthEn Oeclberg to Milton J. Eide, 123-4 SE corner Block 15 West Union Pleasant Valley School District to A. B. Jacob. new car registrations list George Frieden Chevrolet sedan West Union, V W Luce Chevrolet coupe Elgin, Thos Ogle Chevrolet 4 door Elgin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph J. Wells
Alma Nelson
Clermont
Woodrow Leonhart
William W. Leonhart
Herriman
Add
Wadena Esthen Oeclberg
Milton J. Eide
SE Corner
West Union
Pleasant Valley
A. B. Jacob
George Frieden
V. W. Luce
Elgin
Thos. Ogle
News Analyst Calls for Decentralized U S Government
Harry J. Taylor, a news analyst, urged decentralization to save the nation. Speaking at the final session of the Lions International convention in St. Louis, he argued centralized power cannot guide the country to peace and prosperity and that high taxes threaten the future, contending socialism at home aids communism abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry J. Taylor
United States
St. Louis
Taylor
Europe
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Salome Thoman
Roy Burrow
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Fred Burrow
Ida Mattocks
Fred Rothlisberger
Lena Gehring
Harry Butikofer
Glen Dennler
Camp Rucker
Alan
Chas, Downey
JoAnn Funk
Arthur Hermen
Louie
Gunder News
Donald Olson
Clear Lake
M. Jana’ Sendir Branch
Carl Hill
Elaine
Cheery Valley News
Treasury Department
United States Defense
H Serrara
Elgin State Bank
Iowa
Kansas City
George van Biers
Frank
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Rob Lehman
Bert |Thoman
Mary Clothier
Pam
Tile Hanson
Christen Bros
Gary
Louis Blomer
Rob ‘Lehman
Bert Thoman
Earl Garmoe
Linda
Fairfield
Emil Frieden
Melvin Clark
Cynthia
Kent
Sam Dennler
Albert Butikofer
Clayton Schreiner
Dennison
Martin Hanson
Lillian Schreiner
Clara Muehlenthaler
Orlin Mason
Edwin ‘Hanson
Brainard News
Wadena News
Jeannan and
Jerry Schmidt
Nashua
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Naturaly Beauty
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Schori & Kuster Lbr. Co
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