Community Picnic Highlights Local Guests and Arrivals
A week of social visits and picnics unfolds across West Union and surrounding areas. Families from Elkader, DeKalb, Cedar Falls, and Milwaukee gather for dinners at homes and public parks, while the Fury Bureau meeting and 4-H club programs bring residents together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Kramer
Western Pring
Noel Mitch
Glenview
Guerriy Smith
Fury/Bureau
Jly
4-I Club
Kit Gehring
Walter i Rothlis
Floyd Frieden
Rothlisberger
Home Trade Dollars Promote Local Prosperity and Community Growth
A local appeal emphasizes using home trade dollars to sustain town life and progress. It argues benefits include better roads recreation facilities parks and a more attractive diverse community with trusted friendly local merchants. Residents are urged to keep dollars circulating locally.
Marion Mission Society meets Thursday in church parlors
Gunder News: Marion Mission Society plans a July 8 gathering at church parlors with hostesses Mrs Lena Nyhus and Mrs Matilda Christianson. The note also lists visitors and social visits among local families including Loftsgard Bilden and Reierson households, and mentions Mrs M E Mikkelson of Decorah passing July 2 after a 12 day illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Mission Society
Lena Nyhus
Matilda Christianson
Arthur Groth
Victor
Concord
Calif
Fred Muehlethaler
T. J. Olson
Kenneth Kjosa
M. E. Mikkelson
Decorah
Oscar Nyberg
Postville
Ole Loftsgard
Aldora Anderson
L'Myra
Clermont
Marsha Smith
Dan Butikofer
Ruth Loftsgard
Sharon
Myron Hoag
Ben
Silas But
Agnes
Evelyn
T. T. Loftsgard
Helga Bilden
Martin Bilden
Picnic Hearts Gather for Weekend Family Visit
Cheery Valley News reports a Sunday picnic at the Albert L Dennler home with Mr and Mrs William Muehlenthaler and Emil Dennler families, plus Mrs Frieda Bailey of Grinnell. Clayton Schreiner and Cynthia of Denison visited until Tuesday in Martin Hanson and Lillian Schreiner homes, after a trip to Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Johnson End
Cokato Minn
Reynold Strong
Walter Morris End
Town City
Myron Chapmen
Robert Yesrous
Gernaville
Arthur Yearons
Dean Pollock
Arnold Digre
Sly
Decorah
Perry Medberry
Edith Ernst
Slater
Wm. Muehlenthaler
Elkhart
Frieda Bailey
Grinnell
Ben Dennier
Thos, Dennier
Neal
Elgin
Louis Dennier
Clara Bane
Cedar Falls
Donald Burchett
Arlington
Orvan Bane
Lester Chase
Louie Zuercher
Volga
Oliver Heins Oelwein
James Hermen
Arthur Hermen
James Kerr
Waterloo
Ralph Shaffer
Prairie du Chien
Arnold Gibbs
West Union
Rae Gibbs
Dale Klingman
Guttenberg
Carroll Klingman
Hubert O'Brien
Crewston
Florida
Alice ‘O’brien
Milwaukee
Wis
Ed Kohler
James Geraghty
McGregor
William Yearous
Alice O’brien
Jerome Yearous
George Butikofer
Elgin Park
Harold Meyer
Strawberry Point
Ida Meyer
Thos. Dennler
Louis Dennler
Gene ‘Wenger
Ellen Hunsberger
Wm.Muehlenthaler
Emil Dennler
Des Moines
Harry Butikofer
Wm. Dennler
Albert L. Dennler
Clayton Schreiner
Cynthia
Denison
Martin Hanson
Lillian Schreiner
Colorado
Owen Nickels
New Sharon
Carol Nickels
George Schupbach
James Schlee
Lawrence Butikofer
Orlando Loftsgard
Herman Schupbach
Postville Park
George Leuchtenmacher
Palmer ‘Memorial Hospital
West ‘Union
Robert Hanson
Martin ‘Hanson
Gladys
Schreiner
Lil- Mian Schreiner
Earl Garmne
Fairfield
Bert Thoman
Mr. Garmoe
Theo. Hanson
Archie Howard
Fred ‘Butikofer
Melissa
Myrna
Keren Moore
Clara Muehlenthaler
Walter Andreae
John Christen
Will Smith
Lewis Butikofer
John ‘Denner
Alphie Reierson
Wm, Pfister
Lavern Denner
Clarence Hofer
George Christen
Dale Jensen
Dayra
Ida Christen
Bert
Thoman
Trene Minihan
Volga Sacred Heart Club
Dennler
E. G. Steinman
Curtis Engelhardt
Myron Chapman
Roscoe Larson
Martin Minihan
Wm. Torkelson
Eleanor Reeves
Diane Hanson
Christen Bros
Orlin
Many Guests Visit in Nickels and Hanson Homes
A flurry of weekend visits and casual gatherings cross Iowa towns including New Sharon Omaha Council Bluffs and West Union. Families such as Nickels Hanson Butikofer and Christen hosted and joined picnics dinners and afternoon calls with relatives and neighbors from Froelich Volga Arlinton Clermont and Fairfield over the weekend.
Ball game trip and family visits across Waterloo area
Brainard News notes Herman, Junior and Glen Boyer with Willis Lyon and Dale Jensen attended a ball game in Waterloo Tuesday evening. Several families hosted dinners and visits including Cheney and Murphy families in Oelwein and West Union respectively, Sitter and Rowland gatherings in Logansport and Clermont, and Joe Peters home welcoming Joe Peters Jr on furlough from Fort Bragg NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Boyer
Don Reeder
Bill Cheney
Robert ‘Wilosa
Oelwein
Glen ‘Boyer
Andy ‘Grimes
Vera Trade
Mabel Peters
Colleen Howard
Joe Peters
Lyle, Giles
Jorris Martin
Joe Lerch
Lew
Melvin Martin
Clermont
Herman
Junior
Glen Boyer
Willis Lyon
Dale Jensen
Waterloo
Jim Murphy
Reuben Miller
West Union
Vern Boyer
Sitter
Logans‘part
Ind
Ezra Rowland
Robert Cook
Charles Strong
Lyle Olson
Dennis
Billy
Peters
Cindy
Joe Petera
Joe Peters, Jr
Fort Bragg
Ray Gilbert
Dan Craft
Spraying Sheep With DDT Protects Flock For Years
A thorough spraying with DDT can protect a flock of sheep from ticks and Ice for perhaps as long as three years. The best time to spray is soon after shearing.
Anaplasmosis: rising threat to cattle health today
Growing concern cites anaplasmosis as a deadly cattle illness spreading beyond mild climate regions into northern areas. It is caused by a parasite infecting red blood cells and transmits via mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and contaminated instruments. Symptoms include weight loss and jaundice, with fatalities up to one third. diagnosis by a vet is essential, and there is no vaccine.
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Arnold Idérs
Wing Mal
Fhyette Park
Arnold "Yeher
Orvald Lars and
Edgar
Elkader
Ben Denner
Richard Hofer
Mervin Hunsberger
1Wm
Yeurous
Wm. Bond
Santa Clara
Floyd Patterson
Faye ‘Whittenbaugh
Ed Gernend
Helen
Hazel
Earl Rothlisberger
Raymond Weston
Lamont
Thomas Pollock
Chancey Troyer
Chippewa Falls
Virgil Troyer
Arvid Troyer
Barbara
Ron Raffone
Gayle
Wenger Bros
Lavern
Robert
Tacob
Fred Schneider
Reece
Wayne Gibbs
Fort Leonard ‘Wood
Jack ‘Brannon
St. Paul
Minn
Mabel King
Bob Shepard
Kenneth Strong
Yellow Stone Park
Harold Clynch
Elma
Ann
Guernsey Smith
Western Spring
Noel Smith
Storm Lake
Cresco
Gordon Pollock
Forrest
Cote
Plax- Cote
O’neill
Elgin State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wadena
Lawrence K
Elgin, Iowa
Ilgein State Bank Son
Gunder News
Cheery Valley News
Brainard News
Cory
Farmer's Corners
Raarqard OT American Foundation For Aatmot Health
Goodyear
George Metzger
Bath Packing Co
R. T. Martin Dentfist
Postville State Bank
E. R. Withell
D. C
Elkader, Ia
M. F. Schlein
Oak Drive
Hubhner Corner
Iowa
L. R. Tappan
Optometrist
Elkader, Towa
Don’s
Are Corto
Colorsol
Martin-Senour
Schori & Kuster Lumber Company
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