Local families share visits and travel plans across cities
Mr and Mrs Reynold Balmer and family of West Union dined with Mr and Mrs Wack Adrian. Elizabeth McMillan of Cedar Rapids and six others depart Sunday for a two month European tour. Mrs W C Mitchell of Alexandria VA and Mrs Alma Tripp of Raleigh NC visit R L Grimes and D O Dean homes Tuesday. Charles and David Mitchell visit grandparents in Buffalo Center then travel here. Mrs Tripp has stayed with her daughter and son in law. Sal McCartney of Ames was an overnight guest of J M Gehring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Reynold Balmer
West Union
Mrs. Wack Adrian
Elizabeth McMillan
Cedar Rapids
Sal McCartney
Ames
J. M. Gehring
Many neighbors visit various friends over several weeks
Mrs Clyde Wenger and Debby with Mrs Fred Gernand of Volga drive to Cedar Rapids on business. Lynnette Schori visits Cedar Rapids for the Carlyle Anderson home. Mrs C B Schori visits Calmar. Albert Halverson and Mrs Schreyer with Debra and Michael visit Fayette. Prestleys visit D O Dean home for a week and three weeks. Linda Reed birthday picnic with many relatives from Decorah West Union Hawkeye Arlington and other towns. Herman Helmers travels to Manson Bemidji Medalia for several weeks. Criders host visitors from Eldorado Janesville and Wisconsin. First Baptist youths return from Clear Lake encampment and other church groups attend North American Baptist Convention. Several other local visits and family celebrations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Wenger
Debby
Fred Gernand
Volga
Cedar Rapids
Woodrow Reed
Linda Reed
Tle. Phillips
Bobby
Tommy
Decorah
Ralph Reed
Robert Ernst
Earl Halverson
Paula
West Union
Keith Trewin
Karen
Gary
Kurt
Hawkeye
Darryl Johnson
Monte
Lauren
Arlington
Mabel Johnson
Pearl Johnson
Wadena
W. W. Wenger
Clarence’ Nus
Carl Nus
Ed Gevnand
First Baptist Church Events and Guest Speaker
The Friendly Church With the Living Message posts events for July including Women's Missionary Union at 2:00 p.m. and Hour of Power at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday. Sunday activities include a morning worship at 10:00 a.m. with guest speaker Rev. Wilis Pottratz, Sunday school at 11:00 a.m., and Gospel Hour at 8:00 p.m. Thought for the week quotes Emmons on humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Church
Living Message
John Vanderbeck
Women’s Missionary Union
Wilis Potratz
Town Day at Methodist Church Ahead of Des Moines Conference
The Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 8:45 a.m. worship at 10 a.m. Choir rehearsal Thursday at 7:30 p.m. WSCS meets this Thursday at church parlors. Jurisdictional conference planned in Des Moines July 11 to 14. About two carloads from the church are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Steinman
Des Moines
Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches Schedule
Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches announce services and meetings. Elgin Friday July 6 7 30 p m Luther League officers to be elected. Sunday July 8 9 30 a m Sunday school colored slides based on the New Testament followed by 10 30 a m Divine worship. Highland Sunday July 8 9 00 a m Divine worship. Decorah Circuit Sunday school teachers institute begins July 8 at Luther College continuing through July 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance BR
Knutsen
Elgin
Luther League
Highland
Decorah
Teachers’ Institute
Luther College
St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches Services and Meetings
notices from Saint Olaf and Gunder Churches include service times on July 8 and church meetings for Marion officers on July 12 and choir practice on July 13. Local families visit relatives, a nursing home transfer, and a Kansas City wedding are noted among community items. Memorial verse honors Robert Merlin Gdegard, who died July 4, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Merlin Gdegard
Lydia Odegard
Local social notes from Oelwein and area visitors
Oscar Odegard and son Don ald visited Robert Barker in Oelwein Saturday. Several families hosted and visited across Luana Cedar Rapids and West Union. Attendees included Arch Larson, Lulu Schmid, Leo Falk, Jack Adrian, Robert Wilson, Gottlieb Pulfer, Fanny Frieden, Roland Possehl Arcadia Wis., Bertha Lehman, Oscar Frieden, Dr. Richard Schultheis, Kathryn Knudtson Doris Mehrhard Glenda Wede Judy Larson and Margaret Medberry. Many plan trips to Clear Lake Perry Elgin Elkader and other locations for visits and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Knudtson
Doris Meinhard
Glenda Wede
Judy Larson
Margaret Medberry
The
Clear Lake
Methodist Institute
Local Social Notes From Cedar Rapids to Decorah
A series of short social items notes visits and gatherings across Iowa. Families including Johnson Torkelson Ash Par kins Gisleson Hellum Loftsgard Kjaer and Petratz are mentioned with dinners weekends picnics and a sixth birthday party. People travel to Hazelton Early Earlville Dorchester Decorah and Postville for visits and events.
Social notes from Lime Springs Kanawha and Buffalo Center
Myrna Lane of Lime Springs visited Mrs. Clara Baumgartner for a few days. Ernestine Holzer traveled to Buffalo Center to see a college friend, Mrs. Jack Fischer. On Monday and Tuesday she stayed with the James Christ family in Kanawha. Mrs. Robert Hanson and Darryl were dinner guests Monday of Mr and Mrs. Ern Holzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Robert Adrian
Cornell, Wis
Jack Adrian
Ed Boleyn
Vonda
Marvin Perry
Sam Howard
Alpha
Barney Larson
Clarence Ruroden
Iowa City
Rose Ruroden
University Hospital
Robert Kohler
David
Perry
L. J. Krohn
Pauline Petratz
Dorchester
Lydia Kumpf
Kumpf
Petratz
Myrna Lane
Lime Springs
Clara Baumgartner
Ernestine Holzer
Buffalo Center
Jack Fischer
James Christ
Kanawha
Robert Hanson
Darryl
Ern Holzer
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Iowa
Sterling Hayden
Arthur Franz
Gregory Peck
Jane Wyman
Florida
George Gobel
Mitzi Gaynor
Jane Russell
Cornel Wilde
Lynnette Schori
Cedar ‘Rapids
Carlyle Anderson
C. B. Schori
Calmar
Kenneth Meyer
Albert Halverson
George Schreyer
Debra
Michael
Louis Halverson
Fayette
Robert Prestley
Donald
Clinton
D. O. Dean
Mrs. Prestley
Herman Helmers
Manson
Minnesota
Bemidji
Medalia
Virgil Crider
Eldorado
R. A. Crider
Charles Knight
Janesville
Wis
Crider
Wm. Haas and
Steven
Cicero, Ill
Herbert Haas
First Baptist Church
North American Baptist Convention
Paul Muhly
E. R. Grove
W. J. Grove
Florence Grove
Grove
Fred Burrow
Rex Medberry
Postville
Clara Krueger
Karl Miller
Edwin Krueger
Alfred Wenger
Clermont
Max Lehman
Albert Schuchbach
Dale Jensen
Earl Kiple
Paul Zurbriggen
John Falb
Walter Falb
Ida ‘Christen
Leo Lehman
Lulu Schmid
K Clara Baumgartner
Fred Muehlethaler
Louis Lehman
Alvin
Lena
Ruth Schupbach
Charles O'Neill
Mel
Walter Kohler
John Schaer
Ed Lehman
S. C. Blockhus
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Donald Blockhus
Minneapolis
Steven Larson
Wells
Carl Torkelson
M. J. Blockhus
Mark
St. Paul, Minn
Emily Glenne
Kathy
Albert Schupbach
Ruth and
Lena Schupbach
Joe V. Schneider
Oscar Frieiden
Regina Hutchinson
Leo Hutchinson
Milwaukee
Floyd Britt
Lafayette
Ind
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
Elgin and
Highland Lutheran Churches
St. Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches
Bruce Boyce
Marion
Norway
Sheldon Kohls
Children of
Waterloo
Walter Kohls
Rose McMillan
Good Samaritan
Debra and
Belmond
PF. W. Minihan
Irene Minihan
Mrs. Martin Minihan
Kansas City
Mary Ellen van Bessen
J. T. McKeone
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
Prairie Village
Kansas
Ed Medberry
Oscar Odegard
Donald, Oelwein
Robert Barker
Art Larson Luana
Richard Schmid
Kenneth Rumppe
Palmer Memorial Hospital
Mr. Boleyn
Robert Falb
International Harvester
Leo Falk
Robert D. Wilson
500 Card Club
Falks
Gottlieb Pulfer
Fanny Frieden
Albert Schupbach Home
Roland Possehl
Arcadia
Bertha Lehman
Oscar Frieden
Jacob Friederich
Postville Hospital
Richard Schultheis
California
New York
Clara ‘Krueger
Dr. Schultheis
the Baptist Church
Binghamton
Lloyd Swartley
Duluth
Harold Rossman
Pasadena
Calif
Swartleys
Kenneth Larson
Allen
Lawrence West
Ernest Larson
Leonard West
West
John Kiple, Jr
John IV
Garnaville
DeWayne Medberry
Joan
Arthur
Rockford
Walter Medberry
Guy Gould
Elkader
Noel Broadbent
Chrissie
Otis Torkelson
Charles Loftsgard
Fort Lewis, Wash
Gilbert Loftsgard
Carol
Ronnie
Bernard Loftsgard
Merle Clark
Richard Clark
Randy
Jeanine
Harry Borland
Peter Kraft
Stanley
Louis Klingman
Edward Klingman
Kenneth and
Mary Clothier
Pam
Anna McNeil
Waukegan
Ill
Douglas McNeil
McNeil Hame
Dubuque
Harry Johnson
Patti
Marjorie Johnson
Jane Susan
Lynette
Alfred Christensen
Hazelton
C. L. Northrap
Cheryl
Oral Lane
Herbert Ash
Shirley K
Don Parkins
Earlville
Clifford Gisleson
Merlin Hellum
Prairie du Chien Park
Bertram Kurth
Early
Carl Hackmann
Kathryn Kjaer
Kathryn
Mrs. Kjaer
Linda DeSart
Marsha Knudtson
Diane
Jeanine Clark
Susan
Jane
Patty Torkelson
JoAnn Wilson
Diane Kjaer
Max Hunsberger
Lloyd Meyer
Mary Kirkeberg
Janice Nightengale
Ingried Peterson
Don Olson
Lowe Brothers
O’neill
Elgin, Iowa
Jess
Max Thoma
Oana
G. E
Elgin Furniture Store
the Muehlethalers
DIAL
Arun
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