Cheery Valley social notes from Communia to Elkader
The Elmer Baumgartner family and many neighbors share dining visits across Communia Garber and nearby areas. Multiple couples and families, including Christen, Wenger, Dennler, Lehman, and Frieden households, host or visit one another in weekly gatherings with brief travels to Des Moines Chicago and Volga. A few incidents include Geo Leuchtenmacher breaking a collar bone from a hay load.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Baumgartner
Communia
Oscar Baumgartner
Dora Medberry
Martin Wenger
Albert Erickson, Jr
Lee
Gene Kuehl
Elkader
Ramone Butikofer
Elmer Christen
Garber
Jacob Christen
Clara Muehlenthaler
Orlin Mason
Gladys Hanson
Walter Lehman
Frank Christen
Chris Dennler
Robert
Gerald Murry
Forest Peterman
Florence Peterman
Selmer Holm
Eugene
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
John Christen
Marion
Ben Dennier
Arnold Kramler
David
Fairfax, Minn
Fam
Emil Frieden
Washing wicker furniture cleaning method noted
When washing wicker furniture add one tablespoonful of household ammonia to one quart warm water. Apply with a brush, rinse with a cloth wrung out of clear lukewarm water.
Brainard Community Notes Include Visits and Funeral
Brainard and surrounding area residents visit kin and friends across Iowa and Wisconsin. Marion Monroe Munger, longtime Brainard Baptist member, dies July 4 in Iowa City. funeral July 6 in Brainard with burial at Pleasant Grove. Survivors include son Harry Munger and several step-children and relatives in Hazelton and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Monroe Munger
Brainard Baptist
A. E. Burroughs
Fredericksburg
Pleasant Grove
Brainard
Herman Boyer
Joe Peters
Melvin Boyer
Glen Boyer
Vern Boyer
Chas. Peters
Lola
Eva
Ruth
Clara Boyer
Ivory
Palaces
Barbara Gilbert
Ray Gilbert
Amanda
Blick Munger
Buchanan County
Fairbank
University Hospital
Iowa City
Laurie
Mgr. Munger
Hazelton
Brainard Baptist Church
Harry Munger
Palmer Bartholomew
Anpin
Wis
Elza Bartholomew
Cedar Rapids
Ona Reed
Oklahoma
Sam Vargason
Lloyd Munger
Ona Helm
Social visits and dinners around the Loftsgard and area families
Dr and Mrs J Strandford Eunice called Friday afternoon at Ole Loftsgard home. Mrs Leo Johnson of Waterloo visited Delores Anderson in Henry Olson home. Various dinners and gatherings followed at Harold Opland Helmer Loftsgard Louie Amundson John Hellum and other local households with many relatives and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bartlett
Monticello
Kate Bartlett
Herman Royer
Stanley
Levi Learn
Sidney Patterson
Ray Gilbert
Arthur Craft
Merle
Mrs. Myers
Marshfield
Wis
Dan Craft
Oelwein
West Union
Illy- Tia
Otto Mark
Ning
John’ Hellum
Helmer Loftsgard
Hileen
Sharon
Mellien Loftsgard
Henry Larson
Harry Larson
George Kohlman
Elizabeth
Henry Vellersven
Clemens Loftsgard
Chicago
Merlin Hellum
Elaine
John Hellum
Chas. Bergan J
Guttenberg
Henry Nyborg
Gustav Kreeth
Donald
Gottfred Kurth
Maynard Lantz
Carrie Nelson
Henry Olson
Clarine
Nelvin Loftsgard
Ben Fuelling
Will Bergan
Marion Lind
Manchester
Oscar Lind
Orlando Loftsgard
Ole Loftsgard
Norma Ops
Sunday Social at St Olaf Leads to Duet of Visits
Mr and Mrs T J Olson and Elmer and Mrs Selma Groth spent Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs P K Peterson in a neighborhood gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Olaf
T. J. Olson
Elmer
Selma Groth
P. K. Peterson
Illyria Community Church Notes and Visits
Illyria items cover Sunday school at 10 40 a m church services at 11 20 a m many local visits and dinners with the El mer Lemibke family Mia Nellie Kimball and others host and attend gatherings at West Union Strawberry Point Dundee Manchester and nearby homes 4 H and Farm Bureau meet with sack lunches and a round of social visits continue through pages 7 and 8 with multiple family guests and birthday celebrations observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria Community Church
J. C. Warton
Arthur Yearous
Chas
Ulish
Eunice
Elmer Lemibke
Ralph Schrader
Virginia
Yura
Ariz
Mia
Nellie Kimball
Floyd Ernst
New Albia
Guy Ernst
Shirley
Joyce
Pleasant Point
West Union Fair Grounds
Virginia Glass
Dundee
Manchester
Strawberry Point
Ella Foxwell
Chicago
Fred Rothlisberger
Milton Morgan
Billy
Owasso
Mich
Wenger Bros
Eugene Woodworth
Wm. Glass
Harold Glass
Farm Bureau
4-H Club
Merle Shaver
Mishawaka
Ind
Chapman
Thos, Dennler
Junior Glass
Ina Kohler
Adolph Lehman
R. D. Smith
West Union
Guernsey Smith
G. Pfister
William
Fred Schneider
Chas. ‘Swale
Lillian Swale
I. F. Shaffer
Thomas
Ralph Shaffer
Floyd Frieden
Leo Rothlisberger
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Donald Page J and Shirley
Marie Fischer
Cemetery Assn
Ladies’ Aid
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. B. Withell, D. C
Kray
State Bank
Iowa
Cheery Valley News
Klingman’s Fountain Service
Schori Bros
Elgin
R. A. Crider Veterinarian Dial
Elgin, Iowa
Prudential Insurance Co. of America
R. P. Strauch
George Boyle
Frank Lyon
Rewben Howard
Robert Kerr
Delores Kerr
Wm. Nutting and Sons
Etta Nutting
BE R. Nutting
Glen
Ziba Tripp
Janesville
Clarence
Legs Learn
Northeastern Iowa Baptist Association
West Snion Fair Grounds
Baptist Church
Frank Barnhouse
Willis Lyon
Prairie du Chien
West Point
United States Military Academy
Dwight A. Riley
N. Congress Street
Athens
Ohio
Gunder News
Confucius
Illyria
Jim Yearous
Kathleen
Jake Yearous, Jr
Wavotte
Lester Chase
Arthur Hermen
Donald Page
Ella Moore
Herman Larson
Arthur Loftsgard
Clarence Buroden
Edwin Loftsgard
Virgil Torson
Roger
Lima
Shirley Shaffer
Torson
Elien Hunsberger
Jerome Yearous
Forest Shaffer
Aug
Elmer Malkow
Madison
Hazel Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Floyd Patterson
Leo Roethlisberger
Raymond
Janice
Arla
Earl Rothlisberger
Roland Grover
Gerald Shaffer
Jerome Yearous l
Fayette
Harry Reichert
Oran Bane
Glen Little
Bunting
Wayne
Sadie Arndt
Littleport
Howard Medberry
Eer
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
Rosella Strong
Mary Woods
Martin Halverson
Kenneth Halverson
Arthur Yearovs
West Union Rendering Works
Enterprise
Ridge Riders
Ray Alto
Carl Bean
Quaker
Schumacher
Weibel
MillCo
Echo
Lawrence Gehring
West Union Animal By-Products CO
H. B. Gilson
Dial
Eee
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wadena
Laurence Knudtson
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