Obituary and community notices from Elgin area
Former resident Myria Items Roy Kimball died Friday at home east of Elgin aged local widow and two daughters and a son. Funeral held at Elgin M E church and burial in Elgin cemetery. Multiple social visits and relatives listed from Elgin Arlington Garnavill and nearby towns with various families visiting, hosting, and staying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Kimball
Elgin
Nels Everson
Canoe
Anna Mae
Harald
Elgin M. E
Local visits and social rounds in Cheery Valley area
Cheery Valley residents and guests share visits and meals across multiple homes including the Thoman, Frieden, Dennler, Christen, Gerber, Besley, Bauman, and Hanson households. A Manches ter cemetery gate was padlocked at night due to motorists using the driveway as a speedway harming hedges and fences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Local families host guests at Sunday gatherings
Henry Frieden Max Lehman and families and neighbors from Elgin Cheery Valley Urbana West Union Elkader and Gary join Mrs Lena Hunsberger for a Sunday gathering. Numerous relatives attend dinners and picnics including Mr and Mrs Arthur Groth near Decorah and Mrs Roy Cline Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Frieden
Max Lehman
Louisa Lehman
Near Elgin
Ida Meyer
Cheery Valley
Elmer Fried
L. W. McKellar
Fred Burrow
C. L. Klingman
L. V. Humphry
Myrtle Medberry
C. W. Doty
Ben Frank
Urbana
Wm. Walthers
Elkader
Lena Hunsberger
Milo Peterman
Nancy Ernst
Ida Mattocks
Rosanna Rothlisbeger
West Union
Celia Lehman
Elgin
Walter Rothlisberger
Fred Rothlisberger
John Rothlisberger
John Kenyon
Rachel
Gary
S. D
B. D. Schulte
Latimer
Mrs. Schulte
Kenyon
Ed Wenger
Gon Gene
Martin Wenger
Thos. Ogle
Cathryn Ogle
Marie Dennler
Thos
Oak Grove Community Social Roundup
Oak Grove residents and guests share a busy week with visits and dinners at the Holzer, How ard, Thoman, and Peters homes. Reuben Howard and Bonnie attended Joe Peters birthday dinner. Lydia Gerber and others joined Tim Thoman for suppers in Morton and Fairbury relatives visited Elgin and Wadena area homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Dummermuth
Paul Voshell
Henry Holzer
Warren Joyce
Voila Marie
John Howard
Howard Medberry
Marlene
J. F. Gehring
Tim Thoman
Harold Steels
Iowa City
Beryl
Catherine Gerber
Fairbury
Inl
Lydia Bauman
Rachel Besley
Morton
John R. Schmid
Marie
Reuben Howard
Bonnie
Joe Peters
Joe
John Nydegger
Noor
Chris Dennler
Frank Christen
Cheery Valley
Arthur Chapman and
Douglas
Ursday
Albert Dennler
Chas. Peters
John Neuenschwander
Fayette
Bert Allen
Joan
Wm. Woodle
Frank Boyle
Rosa Reed
Rob. Ernst
Wadena
J. J. Snyder
Theresa
Betty
Jane Lou Reusser
St. Louis
Earl Kiple
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Q. H. Larson
Elkader
Otto Hanson
Clifton Powell
Gladys Hanson
Archie Howard
Mabel Holzer
Elgin
Shirley
Tommy Howard
Clint Crooks
John Luchsinger
Alfred Jacob
Wesley Miller
Clarence Kohls
Mary Matthys
Lena Baumgartner
Sunday Socials and Visits Highlight Rural Community Notes
Rev Fisherbeck traveled from Solon Springs Wisconsin to fetch his wife and daughter who had visited three weeks with her parents Emil and Mrs Gulsvig. Otto Gisleson and family spent Sunday with Henry Christianson. Mrs Gilbert Loftsgard and Lillian Meyer of Clermont visited Mrs B Nelson on Friday. Edna Loftsgard helped with housework. Bessie Anderson's return from Postville hospital follows surgery for appendicitis. Dorcas Society hosts an ice cream social at Marion church on Sunday evening July 25. Everyone invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisherbeck
Solon Springs
Wis
Emil Gulsvig
Otto Gisleson
Henry Christianson
Gilbert Loftsgard
Lillian Meyer
Clermont
Kenneth Krosn
Tina Nelson
Elkader
Ole Embertson
T. Kjosa
K. Stearns
A. C. Wold
Emil Gulsviz
Bessie Anderson
Postville Hospital
Kenneth Kjosa
Meckelsons
Decorah
Irene Halverson
Selmer Holm
Dorcas Society
Marion Church
Local Callers Visit Mrs B Nelson Home
Mrs Emil Gulsvig and daughter Mae and Mrs Fisherbeck called Monday evening in the Mrs B Nelson home. Also noted is a report on Spanish Civil War fatalities and anti US propaganda from Moscow. Robert Wharram and Chauncey Wharram farm 400 acres south of Stanley and plowed 60 acres of corn in 11 hours with a tractor and two row cultivator, with tractor speed up to 15 mph. they have 220 acres of corn under cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Gulsvig
Mae
Fisherbeck
Mrs. B. Nelson
Spain
Russia
United States
California
Moscow
San Francisco
North Pole
Robert Wharram
Stanley
Chauncey Wharram
Independence
Visiting relatives bringTogether at Tidy Iowa Town
Gunder News reports Clara Madsen of Minneapolis visiting relatives for a week. Marion congregation attended services at the Aase Haugen Home near Decorah Sunday with a picnic and afternoon visiting. Houg and family from St Olaf visited Kjosa home. Loftsgard families visited Monona. Edwin Loftsgard and Kenneth Hel tum spent Saturday in Decorah. Landsgard families joined H E Landsgard and Clermont guests at Orange Sunday in Oscar Lindley home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Thoman
Ethel Mae
Ben Hofer
Ern Frieden
West Bend
Richard Fish
Rob Lehman
Betty Christen
Elgin
Jake Dennler
Leona
Madeline
Catherine
Lydia Gerber
Fairbury
Ill
Rachel Besley
Lydia Bauman
Morton
Bev
Did
Lauian
Jaringily
Ellen Hanson
Orlin Mason
Ben Dennler
Adolph Hanson
Jake Christen
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Junior Christen
Edwin Hanson
Spring Valley
Eliza Friederich
Jake Solberger
Gedar Rapids
Fred Dennler
Chris Dennler
Oak Grove
Frank Christen
Madaline
George Butikofer
John Wahls
St. Olaf
L. Christen
Joe Baumgartner
West Union
Sam Yost
Esther
Andy Bracker
Ernc Frieden
John R. Schmid
Dan Butikofer
Louise Lehman
Max Lehman
Marion
Arthur Yearons
Ed Wenger
Gene
Emil Schneider
Kenneth Mark
Janaan
Ida Meyer
Martin Wenger
Arthur Chapman
John
G. Friederich
Ern Baumgartner
Wm. Baumgartner
Oscar Baumgartner
Clara Madsen
Minneapolis
Aase Haugen
Decorah
O. K. Houg
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R. Withell
D.C
State Bank Bldg
Iowa
Myria
Fred Schneider
Morton, Tr
Lydia
Magdeline
Leona Gerber
Tis
Ed Wilson
Richland
Nebraska
Ern. Frieden
Rob. Lehman
Wilma
Peter Larson
Waterloo
Lee Donahue
Maxwell
S. H. Foxwell
Lea Butikofer
Elmer Frieden
Anamosa
Walter Medberry
Giles Hicks
Arlington
Leo Paige
Leola Paige
Jasper Mitta
Wailer Medberry
Chas. Ulish
C. L. Kiple
Toledo
Ohio
M. W. Kiple
Jim Yearaus
L. C. Popenhagen
Joy Popenhagen
I. F. Shaffer
Near West Union
Carroll Klingman
J. 3. Snyder
C. Wenger
Reynold Strong
Carl Andrae
Susette Aegerter
Sumner
Martha Chapman
de Wayne Medberry
Otto
George Popenhagen
Gladys Butikefer
Will Frieden
Guernsey Smith
C .H. Larson
Hubert Zaps
Garnaville
Cheery Valley News
Oak Grove News
Clectric Fence CO
Howard Medberry Elgin
Klingman’s
Johnston
Elgin State Bank
Elgin, Iowa
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake Bay
Annapolis, Md
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Fares
Representative O'Neil
New Jersey
Acme
England
Bilbao
Laval University
America
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Cardinal Villeneuve
Quebec
Canada
Aminmt News Servic
Miami
India
Long Island College of Medicine
Henry L. Doherty
Don Budge
U. S
Budge
Gunder News
Arthur Landsgard and
Famiy
H. E. Landsgard and
Family
Oange
Oscar Lindley
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