Cheery Valley Social Notes Travel and visits fill a weekend
A long list of visitors and hosts fills a Cheery Valley page. Des Moines residents Erma Butikofer Gladys and families join Ben Dennler and Martin Minihan households for Sunday meals and gatherings. Neighbors from Fairfax Volga Elkader Maynard Strawberry Point and Wisconsin appear in multiple small visits as families host dinners and afternoon calls. Betty Minihan graduates summer school at Upper Iowa and plans to teach in Oran consolidated schools.
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Dren
Jake Christen
Willard Schroeder
Wisconsin
G. Dennler
Adolph Hanson
Marjorie
Christen Bros
John Leonard
Strawberry Point
Betty Minihan
Upper Iowa University
Oran Consolidated Schools
Illyria Social Roundup Of Dinners And Visits
A long list of Sunday dinners suppers and visits from Illyria and nearby towns includes Mr and Mrs Mervi er aruan hosting guests from Elkader Arlington Fayette Hawkeye and West Union. Family gatherings at Pollock Klingman and Yearous homes feature many relatives with picnics and birthday celebrations plus visits to Cedar Falls Manchester Independence and Waterloo.
Gunder News Social Roundup from Decorah Area
Mr and Mrs Louie Hovland visited at the Marion Lind home Tuesday evening. Mrs Caryl Torkelson and Mrs Ness spent Wednesday with Mrs Martin Halverson. Mrs Oscar Lind visited with Mrs E E Gulsvig at the Jack Renzman home in Postville. Mr and Mrs Almer Anderson and Dwayne were dinner guests Sunday at the C J Anderson home. T L Loftsgard and Edna called at the T T Loftsgard home Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Harlan Henkes and son moved to Cedar Rapids for work. Pvt Lloyd Reierson of Camp Chaffee Ark visited the Cornelius Reierson home Saturday evening. Tretta Hanson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Hanson, is at Decorah hospital after an appendicitis operation Saturday night. Dinner guests Sunday at the P K Peterson home included Mr and Mrs Gilbert Peterson and Kenneth, Selmer, Mabel of Decorah, Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hellum and Darlene, Mr and Mrs John Hellum and Myrlin, Mildred Peck and Mildred Barnes. Mr and Mrs Henry Wellersven dined with Mr and Mrs Peter Erickson of Rossville.
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Louie Hovland
Marion Lind
Caryl Torkelson
Ness
Martin Halverson
Oscar Lind
E. E. Gulsvig
Jack Renzman
Postville
Almer Anderson
Dwayne
C. J. Anderson
T. L. Loftsgard
Edna
T. T. Loftsgard
Harlan Henkes and Son
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Henkes
Lloyd Reierson
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Cornelius Reierson
Tretta Hanson
Mark Hanson
Decorah Hospital
P. K
Local Victorian era social notes from Oak Grove area
Mrs Ida Butikofer and others hosted and visited in Fairfax Minnesota. Numerous families including the Dennlers Gilsons and Winged guests shared Sundays and Sundays afternoon calls. The death of Emma Waiters brought a family trip to Willow River for burial.
Grand Meadow News social notes and local visits
A long list of visits and gatherings frames this week in Grand Meadow. Mr and Mrs Walter Lundy and Dale, Mrs Laura Holt, Mr and Mrs Arthur Olson at a funeral in Elkader, and many neighbors share Sunday hospitality in Clermont and surrounding areas. Major General Edmond Bristol Gregory and Brigadier General James L Frink noted as local natives who rose to high Army posts amid wartime pride. In Logan, sports headlines blend with daily life as locals joke about a soft ball league clash.
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Iowa
Uncle Sam
Edmond Bristol Gregory
U. S. Army
Storm Lake
James L. Frink
Army Transport Service
Ida Grove
Sam
Logan
Brainard Community Notes Social Visits and Local Gatherings
Brainard residents and guests shared activities during the week with visits to relatives in North English Clermont and Fayette. The B Y P A met at the church Friday. Several families hosted dinners and afternoon calls, including Nutting, Lyon, Moats, Learn, and Barker households, plus Brainard Ladies Aid planning for Thursday.
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Cleone Cram
North English
Eval Boyer
George Boyle
Shirley
Wm. Nutting
Jimmie
Gary
Frank Lyon
Ruth Nutting
Sidney Nutting
Clermont
Kay Dummermuth
Fayetts
Eldre
Don Cummings
Brainard Ladies’ Aid Society
Fred Weda
Herman Boyer
Stanley
Vern Boyer
Grace Barker
Robert Barker
Melvin Boyer
Dan Craft
Craft
Roy Burnside
Kenneth Rowland
Hawkeyes Dinner Guests Share Weekend Hosts
Mrs. Sullivan and Ike Grimes joined the Hawkeye family for dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peters and Barbara visiting the Wm Nutting home Saturday.
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Hawkeye
Wm. Sullivan
Ike Grimes
Joe Peters
Walter Pritchard
Barbara
Stepmother Sponsors U.S. Tug Moreno at Cramp Yard
Mrs. Charles H. Kramb stepmother of three Navy men killed in the war sponsors the U S S Moreno tug launch at the Cramp shipyard on the Delaware River in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
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Philadelphia
Charles H. Kramb
U.S. S
Cramp
Delaware River
Mist Queller and a Hole in One Sparked Controversy
The Mount Vernon fire department equips hoses with a fog nozzle to vent smoke before entry. Stan Heath scored a hole in one at Cherokee golf course recently but cannot have it recorded due to an inmate witness at Cherokee hospital.
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Mount Vernon
Stan Heath
Cherokee
Cherokee Hospital
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