Wadena News local notices and family visits
Rev. C. L. Randall and family visited in Wadena after leading a quarterly conference and preaching at Garden Prairie and U B church. Numerous regional families gathered for picnics, dinners, and social events including showers, bridge, and visiting relatives. The Frey family held their fourth annual reunion at Lamont with about sixty attendees and officers elected for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Randall
Excelsior
Wis
Randall
Garden Prairie Church
U. B
Wadena
Wesley Tyler
Presbyterian Church
Wm. Nelson
Auction Bridge Club
Ed Raftis
W. R. Phelps
Arthur Herrling
Frank Welch
J. C. Kennedy
Raftis
Olive Knutson
Donna
Des Moines
Zella Duncan
John DeLong
Charles City
Howard Crandall
Don Crandall
Oelwein
John Fay
Fayette
Wm. Corkery
Mich
Amelia Kuhn
Edna Keil
Phyllis
Davenport
Richard Corkery
Francis Little
James
Merle
Cedar Rapids
Tom Flanagan
F. R. Feller
Floyd Whitcher
Iva Mae Parker
Hawkeye
Leslie Howy
Soid
Botine
Ross Whitcher
H. H. Whitcher
West Union
Lawrence Whitcher
Richard
Cora Trusty
Webster City
Roy Cline
A. C. Cline
Maggie Whittenbaugh
Emma Jennings
Arlington
Kathryn Baldwin
Dubuque
Margaret Cline
George Fay
Dora
Jennie Crawford
Gordon Fay
Waterloo
John Askey
Galena
Ill
Huber
Kay Ryan
Tom Baldwin
Glen Frey
Mary Ann
Hubert Frey
Tom Phillips
Robert Ernst
Virginia Herwig
Kathleen Gappa
Cedar Falls
Ray Herwig
Harold Oelberg
Elkader
Lawrence Fennell
Cele Jarrard
Fort Dodge
Walter Roys
Volga
Loretta Mattocks
Maynard Powers
Jackie
Crystal Lake
Nina Davis
Glen Garretson
Beloit, Ill
Harold Hermen
Wadena Presbyterian Church
Russell Nelson
Christian Endeavor
Dora Fay
John the Disciple
Frey
State Park
Lamont
Lee Jellings
Randalia
Will Frey
Cecil Beniington
Joe Kopid‘lansky
Manitowoc
Anna Cooley
Chicago
Jim Hall
Betty
Henry Baumgartner
Charles Jellings
Kansas City
Kan
Bank Statement for Elgin State Bank June 30 1941
Iowa Fayette County bank statement shows resources totaling 599371.20 with loans, U S bonds, deposits, and liabilities. It includes sworn certification by Samuel Mosby and B J Baumgartner as officers, dated July 8 1941, and notary Edna Hunsberger. Shiny Billie Calvert tale adds a local anecdote about a turkery Sobbler and a dented car after polishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Fayette County
Samuel Mosby
B. J. Baumgartner
B. J. Baukpartake
Edna Hunsberger
Max Thoma
F.E. Kohler
Billie Calvert
Norton
Turkey Sobbler
Oak Grove News Socials and recoveries
A long list of visits and gatherings in Oak Grove includes E I Nelson of St Olaf visiting Roy Leuchtenmacher, many families hosting guests in Peoria Volga Clermont and Reinbeck, tonsil surgery for Opal and George Howard, and a recovered gold watch returned to J R Strickland after years in a vacuum cleaner. Mrs Carl Tank visits Reinbeck business district after nine years of illness confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I. Nelson
St. Olaf
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Will Maibach
Mildred
Peoria
Albert Schupbach
Ruth
Lena Schupbach
Louis Lehman
George Schupbach
Carol
Salome Thoman
Wm. Kohls
Della Chapman
Arthur Chapman
Earl Kiple
Wm. Sheeley
Chicago
Silas Wilson
Joe Dinan
Archie Howard
West Union
Jim Yearous
Kathleen
Earl
Mary Allen
Clifton Powell
Milton _Ottoson
Martha Chapman
Delbert
J. R. Strickland
Parkersburg
Strickland
Carl Tank
Reinbeck
Elgin Iowa Council July 7 1941 Proceedings
Elgin Iowa town council met in regular session at the town hall with Mayor Falk and councilors Muehlethaler Torkelson ONeill and Dean present. Schori absent. Minutes of two prior meetings read and approved. bills audited and allowed including park mowing sums, salaries, fuel, oil, lights, trucking, sand, printing, and various local supplier charges. Bonds for cigarette and beer licenses accepted. budget hearing date set. clerk instructed to publish notice in Elgin Echo. adjournment motion carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Iowa
Falk
Muehlethaler
Torkelson
O'Neill
Dean
Schori
Gene Habeger
Geo. Boyle
Elgin State Bank
M.D
Matt Parrott & Sons Co
Town State Highway Co
Neptune Meter Co
T. W. Dean
City General Fund
Central States Power & Light Corp
West Union
Harold Bennett
Co. J. Harrington
le Rl&p. Ry
N. W. Bell Telephone Co
Geo
Wm. Howard
Leo Hutchinson
Labor
Leo Schori
C. O. Christ
L. F. Klingman
Chas. O'Neill
Chas. Wenger
N. W. Evans
W. F. Miller
Elgin Echo
C. J. Harrington
Local Church Services Announced for Elgin Clermont and Illyria
Methodist Church St Pauls Elgin and Illyria Church school at 10 a m worship at 11 15 a m Union Church Clermont worship at 7 30 p m You are invited to worship with us Joseph C Warton Minister
Elgin Baptist Church Announces Service Schedule and Activities
The Elgin Baptist Church with Minister Paul F. Zoschke and organist Alfred Jacob Jr lists Sunday worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, evening service at 7 45, and B Y P U at 8 35. On Wednesday July 16 Tabitha Society meets at 2, prayer at 1, and choir rehearsal at 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Zoschke
Alfred Jacob, Jr
Tabitha Saiety
Butikofer Trafalet Wedding at West Union Church
Carrie L. Butikofer wed Fred Trafalet Jr at Wesleyan Methodist church West Union in a single ring ceremony. Attendants were Lillie and Ben Butikofer. The couple planned a farm home near West Union with a short Cedar Rapids trip after the ceremony. Mrs Trafalet, from Elgin area, and Mr Trafalet, who came to America from Switzerland at age 11, will farm near West Union. Also noted is Darlene LaGrange winning second in a nationwide dress designing contest and a Sheldon storage bin collapse spilling nearly 3,500 bushels of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie L. Butikofer
Dan Butikofer
Fred Trafalet, Jr
Fred Trafalet
Near West Union
Wesleyan Methodist
West Union
R. C. Stephens
Lillie
Ben Butikofer
W. C. Falk
Rey
R.C. Stephens
Ida Butikofer
Trafalet
Elgin
America
Switzerland
Cedar Rapids
Darlene LaGrange
Grinnell
Sheldon
Budget Estimate Notice for Elgin Town Council Meeting
The Town Council of Elgin Fayette County Iowa will meet Thursday July 24 1941 at 8 00 P M at the Town Hall Taxpayers will be heard for or against the estimate of expenditures for the year starting April 1 1942 A detailed statement of receipts and dis bursements both past and anticipated will be available at the hearing Co J Harrington Town Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Fayette County
Iowa
Co. J. Harrington
Explosion at meat plant spooks visitor in Albert Lea
Eddie Landsberg of Britt recounts last week’s scare after stepping near a million dollar power station in Albert Lea Minnesota. A government watchman stopped him, mistaking him for a spy amid a noisy incident. At a Pella Gun Club shoot on the 14th contestants received Bologna rings. A glass jar of chicken exploded spraying glass and food as Mrs. Clarence Kruse of Holland was cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Landsberg
Britt
Albert Lea
Minn
Eddie
Pella
Clarence Kruse
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James Davis
Brainard
Walter Zupke
Summner
Lawrence Welch
H. W. Folsom
Don Folsom
Leo Ainsworth
U. S
Oak Grove News
Council Proceedings
St. Paul's
Illyria
Elgin Baptist’ Church
Butikofer
Atade
Fe Lebinants
Towa
ATES
Weibel Mill CO
Elgin, Iowa
Holland
Nash
Weat
Lena Baumgartner
Wilson
Hanson Market
Rors
Elgin Furniture Store
L. C. Muehlethaler
Elgin Clothes Shop Men’s and Boys' Store
Mel Kobler
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