Community Notes From Chevvy Valley News Gossip
Local social roundup lists Hulda Sutter and Donnie Baumgartner visiting Ern Friederich’s home. Christ Teutchman and Janet Swartz guests of Shullsburg residents. Herman, Hammer, and Mia Swartz visits. Lara Muehlenthaler at Louis Letinian’s Clayton cabin. Orlin Mazon and Martin Minihan home visits. Otto Ernst of Zotingen and Peter Ernst spend weekend with Sam Yost, Esther, and Andy Stacker. Ernsts plan to move to Chicago. Lyle Krueger family, Otto Ernst, and guests attend Dennler gatherings. Clare Muehlenthaler to Rock Valley. Francis Butikofer on 21‑day leave before San Diego. Jacob Christen and families visit. Will Christen visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hanson
al van Belsen
Kansas City
Pat
Irene Minihan
Lyle Krueger
John Dennler
Otto Ernst
Zotingen
Switzerland
Peter
Chicago
Sam Yost
Esther
Andy Stacker
Ernst
Christen Bros
John Nagle
West Union
Karen Hoyt
Hawkeye
Martin Minihan
Frank Christen
Genevieve Christen
Clermont Park
Thomas Dennler
Margie Dennler
Clare Muehlenthaler
Rock Valley
Francis Butikofer
Great Lakes
Thi
San Diego
Calif
Jacob Christen
JohnChristen
Wm. Miller
John Christen
Will Christen
Alyria church services and meetings announced
Clyria Community Church led by B. G. Steinman invites the public to Sunday School at 10:15 a.m. and worship at 11:15 a.m. with Holy Communion observed during the service. Juadies Aid and Cemetery Association meetings have been scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyria Community Church
B. G. Steinman
Juadies’ Aid and Cemetery Association
Local families host gatherings across West Union area
A long list of visitors and weekend guests marks social activity around West Union. Names include Heins, Hermen, Lembke, Gehring, Rothlisberger, Shaffer, Hollubs, Musak, Schneider, Chapman, Strong, Kellman, and Gibbs. Events span dinners, picnics in Lyons Park, showers, reunions, and visits to nearby towns such as Ossian, Ottumwa, and Spillville, with several trips to Sterling, Ohio, and Milwaukee connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Strong
Milan
Ohio
Amelia Strong
Mamie Davis
West Union
Harald and
Reynold Strong
Lyons Park
Spillville
Prairie du Chien
Venard Sinclair
Carmel
Ind
Mervin
Edwin Loftsgard
Floyd Prieden
Walter ‘Rothilisberger
Will von Gunten
LeRd Rothlisberger
Bobby
George Wilson
Waterloo
Carl Gehring
Jerry Clynch
Elma
Myr
Richard Hofer
Myron Chapman
Walter Morris
Town City
Ed Olson
Linda
Cambridge
Minn
J. ©. Doland
Brainard
Mabel King
Harold Strong
Richard Garl
Fayette
Alton Medberry
Harold Hermen
Sterling
Colo
Robert Fisher
Bonnie
Edgewood
Arnold Gibbs
Susan
Rae Gibbs
Otis Rothisberger
Wm. Wiebke
Allison
Leslie Ernst
Albert City
Arthur Yearous
Harrill ,Larson, Elkader
Andrew Yearous
Will Frieden
Alvina Prieden
Rose Dennler
Rochester
Jim Yearous
Harold Glass, Jr
Dundee
Chapman
Elgin
Akron
LeRoy Rothhlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Floyd Frieden
Lyle
George Fenchel
Imésena
Gertrude Fenchel
Gertrude
Strawberry Point
Cemetery Assn
Ladies’ Aid Society
Morris
Raymond Benson
Thomas Pollock
Will Raney
Guernsey Smith
Paul
Harry ‘Olesen
Thos, Foxwell
Lloyd
Local family visits spread across towns in Prairie area
Brainard News reports where Mr. and Mrs. Jim Murphy of Oelwein and Norbert Murphy visited in Bill Cheney's home. Various families from Clermont Marshfield and Eldora stopped by and stayed with friends, including celebrations for Joy Lerch and Giles Semuctine birthday party at the Giles Martin home. Ruth Knoll gave birth to a son Kurt Wayne, July 9, the couple Vern Boyer and Lola land and Alice Boyer noted. Net: several Sunday afternoon and weekday visits plus a hospital stay and a birth noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Murphy
Oelwein
Bill Cheney
Norbert ‘Murphy
George Pape
Albert Westprahl
Clermont
Billy Peters
Arthur Craft
Marshfield
Wis
Dan Craft
Robert Kerr
Charles Strong
Mabel Peters
Tom Reeder
Doyle
Eldora
Don Reeder
Reuben Miller
Vern Boyer
Melvin Hanson
Lyle Martin
Lola Land
Alice
Leo Boyer
Lime Springs
Ralph Knoll
Hampton Hospital
Hampton Hospital. Mrs. Knoll, the Former Ruth Boyer
Kurt Wayne
Albert Erickson, Jr
McGregor
Jorris ‘Martin
Wm. Nutting
West | Union
Chloa Lyon
Leslie Pritchard
West! Union
Walter | Pritchard
Joe Lerch
Jorris
Giles Martin
Joy Lerch
Ang
Government Uses Tax Money to Buy Butter for Price Support
A historical view claims the government uses over a million dollars in taxes daily to buy surplus butter to prop up prices, with Ezra Benson directing the program. It notes large holdings of dried milk and cottonseed oil, industry monopoly fears, and debates on antitrust enforcement to prevent taxpayer burden and farm collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Brannan
Henry Wallace
Benson
Agriculture
Washington
Agriculture Department
Anti Trust
Jualioa Department
Life Sketch of Ole M Johnson in Wadena
Funeral services were held for Ole Martin Johnson at the Presbyterian church. Born August 18, 1892, he died July 11 at 60 from a cerebral hemorrhage. Lifelong Highland Lutheran, married March 23, 1923 to Pearl Erickson, with three children. Surviving: widow, son Derrell of Arlington, daughters Ila Mae and Donna Ray, four granddaughters, sister Caroline, niece and nephew, plus many relatives. He valued family, community, and dog field-trials with his son and Blaze, with frequent social visits noted around Postville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole M. Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Ole MM. Johnson
Ole Martin Johnson
Christian
Sophie Johnson
Highland Lutheran Church
Pearl Erickson
Wadena
Alfred
Ole
Derrel
Blaze
Derrell
Arlington
Ilo Mze
Duwain Ray
Donna
Earl Halverson
West Union
Paula
Sandra Halverson
Dawn
Debra Ray
Caroline
Ralph Reed
Woodrow Reed
Elgin
Keith Trewin
Marion Dorcas Society to Meet Saturday at Church Parlor
The Marion Dorcas Society schedules a meeting for Saturday, July 18, at the church parlors. Hostesses include Mrs. Tillman Thompson, Geo Lands gard, Gordon Lands gard, Mrs. Mary Wold of Waterloo, and Mrs. Cornelius Reierson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Dorcas Society
Mdms
Tillman Thompson
Geo, Landsgard
Gordon Landsgard
Mary Wold
Waterloo
Cornelius Reierson
L. C. Reiers
Ruth Loftsgard
DeVere Halverson
Robert
Larry
Jacob Schneider
Patricia
Freddie
Lloyd Loftsgard
Marian
Ruth Bilden
W. T. Me
Nutty
St Waterloo
Cornelius Reigr‘gon
Clarence Kirke
Indian war club head found near Fiscus in Audubon county
The head of an Indian war club was unearthed near Fiscus as a water pipe was laid. A grooved haft survived just below the surface. In Osceola last week J. S. Schaffer killed a viper, a rare nearby sight. Monkey keeper John Summers was bitten by Tarzan the monkey while reclaiming spectacles from the enclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiscus
Audubon County
J. S. Schaffer
Osceola
John Summers
Audubon
Tarzan
Water young trees and shrubs in heat with care
In hot weather water young trees and shrubs deeply once a week and avoid standing water which can drown them. Maintain steady moisture without overwatering to protect roots and prevent rot.
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Chevy’ Valley ‘News
Alyria. News
Oliver Heins
Oel‘weth
Arthur Hermen
Elmer Lembke
Roy Lembke
Elkader
Ruth
Lowell Gehring
Luana
Otis Rothlishberger
Lester Chase
Ted Whitford
Volga
J. F. Shaffer
Malph Shaffer
LeRoy ‘Hollubs
Gerald Heck
Postville
Florence Baldwin
Tofield Heck
Albert Parker
Sterling,ll
Thos. Pollock
Lester Grimm
Grays Lake
Fred Rothlisberger
Marian Woodward
Richard Earl
Appelman
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Brainard News
W. Marder
Ezra Benson
Utah
National Federation of Independent Business
Wadena News
Tilpher Bilden
Harlan
Elizabeth
Erling
Brenda
Decorah
Alfred Wigisland
Wigisland
University Hospital
Iowa City
Gunder News
WAR Club
Uwa
Jawa
Schori Bros
Iowa
E. R. Withell
D. C
State
R. L. Myers
Optometrist
L. R. Tappan
Phong
Elkader, Iowa
Elgin Produce
Elgin, Iowa
Plymouth
DENG
Torkelson Motor Co
Dial
Elgin, Towa
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