Community Notes From Local Homes and Visits
Residents recount weekend gatherings and visits across town. Families such as Vellersven Naylor Gisleson and Kath leen called at Gerald Winter home. open house for Rev Strandford at St Olaf parsonage. Ole Loftsgard hosted Solomon family from Fayette. Funeral for Henry Mikkles attended at Decorah Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vellersven
Lawrence Naylor
Otto Gisleson
Kathleen
Gerald Winter
Marion Lutheran Church
St. Olaf Parsonage
Arno Strandford
Ole Loftsgard
John Solomon
Fayette
Kenneth Kjosa
Henry Mikkles
Decorah Lutheran Church
Gerhard Halvergen
Henry T. Olson
Hiram
Milo
Marion Olson
Clarence Anderson
Fred Waalk
Florence
Alabama
Cedar Rapids
Alan Seabrooke
Arthur Seabrooke
Seabrooke
Kendall
Picnic Supper Gatherings at Tilpher Bilden Home
A neighborhood social note records a picnic supper at the Tilpher Bilden home with guests from the Lloyd Loftsgard and Bilden families including Mrs Ju ia Bilden and daughters Agnes Evelyn and Louisa. Additional recent visitors named are Henry T. Olson and guests Arthur Groth Victor Waldo Embretson Waldo Kenneth Kjosa and Sandra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilpher Bilden
Lloyd Loftsgard
Juia Bilden
Agnes
Evelyn
Louisa
Henry T. Olson
Arthur Groth
Victor
Waldo Embretson
Waldo
Kenneth Kjosa
Sandra
Illyria Community Church News Highlights July Sunday Schedule
Illyria News reports at Illyria Community Church Sunday School at 10 15 a m and worship service at 11 15 a m Pastor Donald T Caspers leads the church service. Local families and guests are listed as dining visiting and spending time with neighbors across nearby towns during the Fourth of July period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria Community Church
Donald T. Caspers
Picnic and visits mark Elkader area Fourth of July
A busy Fourth of July weekend in Elkader and neighboring towns featured picnics at the Elkader fair grounds and Floyd Frieden home. Families including Rothlisberger, Medberry, Hofer, Hofer, Frieden, and Kerr shared meals and gatherings in West Union, Clermont, Alton, Oelwein, and nearby homes. Attendees included Arthur Yearous, Gail and others, with several trips to Marion, Boulder, and Wisconsin park celebrations noted. The Ladies' Aid and Cemetery Association scheduled their church gathering for July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Glass
Dundee
Jim Yearous
Artha Bailey
Gerald Shaffer
Dick Grover
Cedar Rapids
Albert Dennler
Joy Grover
Floyd Ernst
LaCrosse
Wis
Guy Ernst
Arnold Sandera
Eldo Schutte
Postville
Pat Murphy
Warrenton
Roger Amundsons
Sharnell Rothlisberger
Dianne Frieden
Clear Lake
Ella Foxwell
Fayette
Thomas Foxwell
Jerome Yearous
William Howard
West Union
Roy Showal
Omaha
Neb
James Hermen
Alvira Simmons
Canada
Arthur Kelly
Don Sutter
Leo Benson
Duane Strong
Joe Ogle
Thomas Ogle
Alton Medberry
Kenneth ‘Medberrys
Clarence Hofer
Richard Hofer
Walter Ash
Milo Frieden
Emmett Light
Elkader Fair
Gail
Thomas Pollock
Gordon Pollock
Marion Christen
Fred Smith
Arlington
Lester Chase
Volga
Arthur Hermen
Oliver Heins
Oelwein
Hermen
Ray Showalter
Walter Rothlisberger
Joe Frieden
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Floyd Frieden
Clifton Kerr
Nashville
Tenn
Kerr
Oelwein Park
Delores Kerr
Clermont
Robert Kerrs
Debbie Halverson
Edwin Loftsgard
Arthur Yearous
Andrew Yearous
Marion
Boulder
Colo
David Bartelma
John Holman
St.Louis
Arthur ‘Holman
Mr. Light
Wm. Christen
Chas, Erickson
Paul Bossard
Farmersburg
Alonzo Engelhardt
St. Olaf
Arnold Kilcher
Reynold Strong
Gerald Heck
Tofield Heck
J. F. Shaffer
Payette
Ralph Shaffer
Wm. Yearous
Hosmer
Lansirng
Wisconsin
Albert L. Dennler
Ben Dennler
Chester Curtis
Minneapolis
LaVern
Robert Schneider
Ervin Metzger
Jacob Schneider
Eunice Gehring
Geo. Butikofer
Fred Schneider
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cemetery Assn
Arthur Chapman
Andrew Dummermuth
Chancey Troyer
Chippewa Falls
Gene Wenger
Ed Fenner
Winston
Otis
Ruth Rothlis
Berger
Myrton Strong
Frankville
Vivid Small-Town Notes From Cheery Valley
Cheery Valley News records a string of local visits and gatherings. Families including the Hansons Schreiners Meisners and Christens are noted visiting hospitals, hosting picnics, and sharing meals around July with multiple extended relatives in Decorah Waterloo and Fayette.
Social Notes From Brainard and Surrounding Areas
Brainard residents and neighbors shared meals and visits across several towns including Waterloo Elkader Clermont and Omaha. Guests included the Cleve land Hanson Peters Reeder Grimes Crain Gehring and Miller households with multiple family members and travelers listed.
Local families share visits and birthday celebrations
Mrs Glenn Boyer Dorothy Appleman and Irene Homewood spent time with relatives in Hawkeye and West Union. Paul Patterson Lansing Mich and Chica Lyons hosted visits in West Union. Many households hosted guests including Peters Peters Nutting and Reeder families across Clermont Eldora West Union and St Olaf with multiple birthday events and weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Peters
Donnie Peters
Waterloo
Billy Peters
George Pape
Clermont
Walter Pritchard
Gary
Tie Corbin
Julie
Robert Pritchard
Arlington
Dickie
Bobby Reeder
Duane Patterson
Russey
Twila Martin
Lyle Granger
Racine
Chlca Lyons
Grangers
Mrs. Lyons
Bill Nuttings
West Union
Glenn Boyer
Lou Appleman
Bill Feller
St. Olaf
Diana Reeder
Bill Nutting
Paul Patterson
Lansing
Mich
Chica Lyons
Sid Patterson
Don ‘Reeder and Sons
Anna Reeder
Tom Reeder
Eldora
Lawrence Gehring
Isaac Gehring
Thomas Meighan
Residents share meals and visits across several towns
Dinner guests in Sumner and West Union included Mr and Mrs Ron Bantz and daughters at the Leonard Meighan home. Ed Fenner and Gale Hovey families visited. Mary McCoy celebrated her 89th birthday at a McGregor picnic with Riley Lyle and Giles Martin Ira Moody and Father FaJson. Fourth of July Lions Park picnic near West Union honored Mrs Carl Rylander and daughters with multiple guests. Lyle Martin family and Robert Van Gorder family of Waterloo also visited McGregor homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Kiple
Ernest Christen
Walter
Lucy Christen
John Christen
Carl Cousins
Karla
Waterloo
Robert Hanson
Clarence Hofer
James Duff
George
Bob and
Scott
Harold Meisner
Lyle
Glen
Dorothy
Leo Dennler
John Denler
Helen
Genevieve
Bert Thoman
Erin Friederich
Orlin Mason
Martin Hanson
Harry Butikofer
Will Friederich
Edwin
Hanson
Dale Jensen
Dgyra
Ida Christen
John [Dennier
Dennier
Leo
Thos. Pollock
A Parker
Sterling
John
Will Christen
Fayette
Howard Cleveland
Ron Bantz
Darrell
Elkader
Melvin Hanson
Lyle Martin
van Ledbetter
Oelwein
Ed Fenner
Joe Peters
Robert Kerr
Roger Reeder
Ed Heins
Clermont
Randalia
Julia Boyer
Leame
Jorris Martin
Jim
Sandy
Leonard Meighan
Sumner
Bantz
Payette
Floyd Whitcher
West Union
Gale Hovey
Chicago
Emma Hovey
Decorah
Ed Riley
McGregor
Mary McCoy
Melvin
Giles Martin
Riley
Ira Moody
FaJson
Lions Park
Carl Rylander
Anchorage
Alaska
Glenn Boyer
Don Reeder
Leo Boyer
Linda
Esther Platz
Lime Springs
Verna Boyer
Lola
Alice
Sidney Patterson
Wilson Patterson
Emma Heisermen
Dorland
Ray Mays
Albert Erickson
Robert van ,Gorder
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Harold Strong
Iantha
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Sharon
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Cheery Valley News
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Irene Homewood
Larry Fenner
Boone
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Leo C. Beucher
Best Buy
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