Community Church notices and August circle reports
Community Church Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship service at 11 16 a m are listed. The August flower church list names Mrs Will Frieden Mrs WiLL Christen and several others. The article records visiting relatives, family gatherings, picnics, and multiple social events involving members from Waterloo Clermont Decorah Postville and other towns with many names, dates, and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myria
Will Frieden
Will Christen
Orlin
Mason
John Christen
Ralph Shaffer
Cherry Valley social notes recount gatherings and visits
Local residents in Cherry Valley and nearby towns hosted and attended multiple visits through Thursday to Sunday. Families including Chase, Hermen, Metzger, Schneider, Hanson, Zuercher, Leuchtenmacher, Lantz, and Christen shared meals, picnics, dinners, and informal calls in homes at Volga, McGregor, and Lamont, with several trips to Eau Claire and Montana noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Chase
Ralph
Elmer
Volga
George Nickels
Harold Hermen
Lester Chase
Ervin Metzger
Joe V. Schneider
Rose Baumgartner
Ern Friederich
Martin Hanson
Roscoe Larson
Christen Bros
Lydia Hanson
Teddy Doepp
Marilyn
Ole Embretson
Elkader
Lester
Butikofer
Thos. Peterson
St. Olaf
Fred Trafalet
Hawkeye
Willie Torsgaard
Silas Butikofer
Myron Hoag
Merlin Hellum
John Christen
James Duff
Hattie Duff
John Zuercher
Lamont
Olson family and relatives share weekend gathering in Iowa
Mr and Mrs Arthur Mikkelson and son Arthur Jr of Roxana Illinois with Ernest Mikkelson family Decorah joined Kenneth Kiosa and several Olson families for a Sunday picnic at Henry T Olson home in West Union to celebrate Mrs Henry Olson's birthday. Gilbert Halverson and Knut Halverson visited Sunday afternoon with Gerald Olson and children Luana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur ‘Mikkelson
Arthur, Jr
Roxana
Ill
Ernest Mikkelson
Decorah
Kenneth Kiosa
Hiram Olson
West Union
Gloyd Schutte
Postville
Marion Olson
Monona
Gerald Olson
Luana
Milo Olson
Donald Olson
Henry T. Olson
Henry Olson
Gilbert Halverson
Knut Halverson
Gilbert Loftegard
Karol
Gerald
Larry
Local Visitors And Guests Travel Through Area Homes
Otto Gisleson visited home Monday evening. Harold and Mrs Landagard and others hosted Sunday meals in Arthur Landagard’s home. Sharon Patrick stayed overnight at Karol Loftagard. Mrs. Lloyd Schutte and Cindy visited Postville, while Marian Olson and daughters visited Henry T. Olson. Lorimer Fueling, Preston Olson, and the Joseph Kjosa family called on Kenneth Kjosa. Cornelius Reierson hosted dinner for Lloyd Reierson. Kenneth Kjosa, Sandra and Ted drove to Decorah where Ted left for Great Falls Montana with A P Anderson and his wife returning from Denmark. Ted will be gone indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Gisleson
Harold Landagard
Clerinbmt
Geo. Landsgard
Arthur
Preston Olson
St. Olaf
Joseph Kjosa
Kenneth Kjosa
Cornelius Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Sandra
Ted
Decorah
Great Falls
Mont
A. P. Anderson
Denmark
Community Guests And House Visits In Local Town
Brainard News notes residents and guests visiting area homes this week. Lois Kerr stayed at Joe Peters residence while Karolyn Kerr spent days with Bill Cheney. Donnie Peters traveled to Merrill Wisconsin to collect Marcella McIntyre. Families including Reeder Whitcher Boyer Pritchard Martin Barnhouse and Pape hosted or visited others in Clermont West Union and Oelwein. Norbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Kerr
Joe Peters
Karolyn Kerr
Bill Cheney
Donnie Peters
Merrill
Wis
Marcella McIntyre
Don Reeder
Forrest Whitcher
West Union
Glen Boyer
Ash
Ilo Corbin
Arlington
Walter Pritchard
Jorris Martin
Clermont
Lyle Martin
Herman ‘Boyer
John Barnhouse
Ray Gilbert
West ‘Union
Dan ‘Craft
Billy Peters
Cindy
George Pape
Jim Murphy
Oelwein
Norbert
Family gatherings and club meetings across local homes
Murphy and Johnny Barr and others spent Friday in the Cheney home. Ellen Nutting visited the Joe Peters home. Lyle Martin and Robert Musser were supper guests in Melvin Hanson’s home. Cindy attended a Sunday family picnic at Gerald Blockhus’s. The Kerr family dined with the Peters. Herman Boyer hosted Friday visitors in Waterloo. Monday guests at Vern Boyer’s included Fred Wede and family, Isaac Gehring, and John Brackin. Brainard Ladies Aid met at M. A. Boyer’s. Maude Patterson and Lola Boyer led the program. Julia Boyer gave devotions. White Cross packing discussed. Alice Boyer and Marlene Wede attended. Next meeting August 18 with Mrs. Chioa Lyon. Fredericksburg and Brainard Aids hosted by West Union Ladies Aid at the Baptist church. Mrs. Gardiner spoke on Hawaii and missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Shaffer
Floyd Boyle
Waterloo
Ellen Hunsberger
Jerome Yearous
Clermont
Diane
David Frieden
Rose Schmid
Marie
Mra
Salome Thoman
Birdie Ellington
Decorah
Roy Halverson
Inez Shaffer
Forrest Shaffer
Arthur Hermen
Harold Hermen
Sandra
Sharon
Wilbur Inger
Postville
Cemetery Assn
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society
John Christen
B. G. Steinman
Orlin Mason
Lucy Christen
Highland | Lutheran ‘Ladies’ Aid
Aid Society
Glen McKellar
Melbert Meyer
Gene ‘Wenger
Helen Rothlisberger
Treas
Harry Feller
Iva
Wild Wood Park
Charles City
Clifton Yearous
Arlene Timmerman
Church
Ernest Yearous
Lansing
Andrew Yearous
Yearous
Jeanne Shafter
Cedar Falls
Eleanor Martin
Merced
Calif
Rey
Theos
Foxwell
Bila Foxwell
Ralph Shaffer
G. J. Martin
West Union
Eleanor
Reynold Strong
Mire
Wm. Burton
Donna
Bill
Betty Donnehue
Fort Des Moines
Charlotte Medberry
Fayette
Thos, Foxwell
Harold Glass
Dundee
Jim
Arthur Chapman
Merlin
Earl
Alfred Rogneas
Sioux Falls
S. D
Orvin Thompson
Torvald Thompson
Harold White
Chiscago
Dale Missildine
Des Moines
Anna White
Burton White
Tofield Heck
Gerald Heck
Guernsey Smith
Ida ‘Meyer
Ruth Gehring
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Elkader Fair Grounds
Sicyad Baumgartner
Navy
Progressive Home Study
Fayette Park
Ed Wenger
Carol Wilson
iMr
Levi Frieden
Silas Wilson
Robert Kerr
Chas. Downey
Garber
Jacob Christen
Vern Boyer
Fred Wede
Russell
Lawrence Gehring
Janet
Isaac Gehring
John Brackin
Brainard Ladies’ Aid
M. A. Boyer
Maude Patterson
Lola Boyer
Julia Boyer
Alice Boyer
Marlene Wede
Chioa Lyon
Fredericksburg
Brainard
Baptist Church
Iowa Crop Report July 1 1954
Crop prospects in Iowa as of July 1 are good for the most part with feed grain production expected to be greater than in 1953 and land above average. Hay production is expected to be less than last year though above average. Corn production Iowa is estimated at 581,229,000 bushels versus 581,145,000 in 1953 and the 1943 52 ten year average of 540,655,000 bushels. Oats are estimated at 238,914,000 bushels compared with 154,646,000 in 1953 and the 10 year average of 208,234,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Record Soybean Acreage Reaches New High This Year
Acreage planted for all soybeans this year is estimated at 2,167,000, the largest on record and 6 percent above the 1942 high of 2,061,000. Hay production is put at 6,298,000 tons from 3,887,000 acres, with 1.62 tons per acre, below 1953's 6,474,000 tons but above the 10 year average. Pastures improved in June after heavy rains, July 1 conditions at 87 percent of normal, versus 90 percent last year and a 10 year average of 95 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Els
Jean Thomson family returns home after 460 mile boat trip
The Jean Thomson family traveled a 460 mile river journey in a new house boat. They picked up the craft in Grafton Illinois and brought it upstream to Cresco Iowa via Lansing over eleven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Thomson
Cresco
Mississippi River
Grafton
Illinois
Lansing
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Carroll Klingman
Merle
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Ida Halverson
Janice Loftsgard
Sandra Christensen
Otto Wallner
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Elgin State Bank
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Elgen State Bank
Lawrence Kanudison
Cherry Valley News
Gunder News
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Opportunity Knocks
Trip
George Metzger
Bath Packing Co
L. R. Tappan
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Funeral Home
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