Winter guests and community notes from West Union area
The column lists visits and gatherings around West Union Iowa including Margaret Musser with Coronel Rothlisberger, Harold Strong and family visiting Chas Rothlisberger, and multiple family members staying at Elgin and Volga City area homes. Rattlesnakes are noted as increasing locally. The Leap Year social, cemetery and Ladies Aid meetings, and the Foxwell Humphry family reunion are summarized with attendee lists and social details. Dr. R A Grider and family visited Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
Walter Rothlisberger
Wagnéree ‘Farm Bureau
Clayton
Rey- Strong
Margaret Musser
Coronel Rothlisberger
Harold Strong
Monona
Yast Simday
Earl
Gene Medberry
Lew Lehman
Nese Elgin
Leo
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Clear Lake
Mae Harrington
Elgin
C. Wenger
Fred Reichert
Rudy Yunker
John Rothlisberger
L. W. McKellar
Chas
Medberry
Big
M. W. Kiple
Jim Yearous
The
Cemetery Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
Andrew
Fair Grounds
West Union
Charles
Chas. Rothlisberger
Arvils Shaffer
I. F. Shaffer
Harry Brackin
Will Wenger
Volga City
Andrew Cook
Elkader
Wenger
Walter Roys
Herve Robbins
Earl Rothlisberger
Nettie Fischer
Levi Puller
Martha Chapman
Roy Bennington
Fred Rothlisberger
Junior
Marjorie
Lucille Hanson
Geo. Christen
Cheery Valley
Tommy Howard
Reuben Howard
Hazel
Walter Dennler
Lew Dennler
Albert Dennler
Gerald
Forest
Ella
Mary Foxwell
H. Festwell
Oak Grove Social Roundup Hosts Wide Local Family Gatherings
Communities in Oak Grove share a weekend of visits and dinners as Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Possehl Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilson and many others hosted kin from Monona Garnaville West Union and Elgin. Barbara Ann Wilson is ill with tonsillitis. Birthday celebrations for Mrs. Gilson featured a cake from daughter Mrs Frederick. Numerous relatives from Cedar Rapids Volga City New Hampton Oelwein and Hawkeye joined at various homes for meals and greetings through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Possehl
Harry Gilson
Clifton Powell
Philip Cords
Ray Cords
Monona
Wil
Paul Sargent
Dale
Manhattan
Kansas
Werethat Buckham
Irene
Buckham Jr
Garnaville
Harold Strong
Barbara Ann Wilson
Wm. Frederick
Donald Gilson
Elgi
George Gilson
West Union, Co
Jack Shaffer
Enos Howard
Reuben Howard
Louis Dennler
Simon ‘O'Neil
Cedar Rapids
John O'Neil
Volga City
Ed Boyle
Evelyn Bruil
Hawkeye
Albert Dummermuth
Herman Kohls
Hawkleye
Clyde King
M. Fishback
John Howard
Joe Peters
Geo. Howard
Walter Kohls
Frank Boyle
George Boyle
Poy Camens
Aeneas Cell
Wm. Kohls
George Howard
Lyle Wilson
Genevieve Wilson
Henry Miller
New Hampton
Floyd Patterson
Oelwein
Ray Heirs
Jackie
Wm. Brabham
Bert Allen
Ralph Reed
L. W. Reed
Lloyd Peterson
Ben Brabham
Paul McGarney
Lewis
Jack White
Chicago
Thos, Howard, Sr
Delbert Lyons
Elgin
Walter Kohle
Hans Winkler
Tommy Howard
Hazel
D. C. Doan
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dells
Ern Meyer
Harry Reichert
Olaf Hoag
Julia Quammen
Joe Baumgartner
Clarence Hoag
Ronald
Ralph
Paul
Orlin Mason
West Union
Phil Wolfe
Darlene
Eldorado
Ellen
Aden Hanson
Cedar Flats
Albany
Sunday Guests at Several Local Homes
Supper guests Friday at the Clifton Powell home included Mr and Mrs Harry Jacobs Mr and Mrs Roy Leuchtenmacher Miss Lewis and Mrs Torkelson. The Elmer Boyer home hosted the Reed couple on Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Harry Jacobs
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Lewis
Torkelson
Clifton Powell
L. W. Reed
Elmer Boyer
Local Visits Highlight Elgin Social Roundup
Mrs Emma Bunting visits Elkader and sisters in Wadena join others visiting in Humphry Roberts and Imhof homes. Guests include Mr and Mrs Ben Hofer and family, Mr and Mrs Chris Schweitzer, Mrs Elmer Yenney and children, Mrs E C Olsen and children, and Mr and Mrs Ray Herwig. Also mentions Ole Larson and family visiting Pipestone friends. Halver H Gisleson back in Elgin after illness as local activity resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Bunting
Elkader
Margie Herwig
Wadena
Humphry Roberts
Ben Hofer
Alfred Imhof
Chris Schweitzer
Balt Kamm
West Union
Elmer Yenney
Fayette
M. Yenney
E. C. Olsen
Wis
T. W. Dean
Feller’s Hardware
West Elgin
Halver H. Gisleson
Elgin
Elmhurst area social and reunion roundup in Iowa
A string of social visits and gatherings is reported from West Union and nearby towns. Rey Mia and families plus several named residents attended suppers, picnics, and a Foxwell-Humphry reunion. A sick relative, Chas Feller, is improving with daily rest. A group traveled 2,600 miles across multiple states visiting relatives and friends, with many local names noted among the trip’s stops. The piece also notes a Templeton rye whiskey raid revealing tainted water sources from a hog yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine de Sart
Carroll County
Iowa
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Sam Butikotér
Marthi'Chapman
Sot Delbert
Will Frieden
Arthur Yearous
Raymond Benson
Darlene Yearous
Postville
Geraldine Kohler
L. O
Perry Medberry
Alo Patterson
John Kerr
Clara
Rothlisberger
Marie Gehring
Carl Gehring
R. A. Grider
Oak Grove News
Henry H. Wolf, M.D
Baumgartner Bldg
Rea
Towa
Lowe
Elgin State Bank
R. A. Crider Veterinarian
Elgin, Iowa
J. Neasham
Chiropractor
Frank Howard
Lows
Jakie Yearous, Jr
Polly
John E, Kiple
Neer
Optometrist
C. W. Heiserman
West Union, Iowa
F. L. Sires
Ed Riser
Waterloo
Sumner
MacGinnes
William and
Azalia Nutting
Ruth Belnap
Robert Conley
Fairmont
Lowe Bros
Stobhr Drug Store
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