Weekend visitors and local gatherings in Cherry Valley
Local notes recount visits and social events across Cherry Valley area. People named include Bitikofer Frieden Mra Grimm Hoerr Quincy Christens Donlon Larson Reeder Van Gorder Musser Hanson and many families. Events cover Sunday dinners, funerals, furlough homecomings, and picnics at Backbone State Park with numerous relatives and friends in Elgin Postville Des Moines Waterloo Davenport Anamosa Clermont Delhi Monticello and Hawkeye regions.
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Vern Boyer
Don Reeder
Isons
Des Moines
Carl Appelman
Harry Anderson
Hawkeye
S. Stover
Anamosa
Sid Cherry
Davenport
Henry Bartlett
Delhi
Bryan Bartlett
Monticello
Backbone State Park
Robert van Gorder
Waterloo
Albert Erickson
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Clara Muehlenthaler
Minnie Hagensick
Waukon
Wanda Barnhouse
Clermont
Robert Musser
West Union
Lyle Martin
Melvin ‘Hanson
Joe Lerch
Reuben Miller and others visit area homes in Brainard news
The Reuben Miller family from West Union visited Tuesday evening in the Vern Boyer home. The Robert Kerr family called on Sunday in the George Peters home. Wilbur Schultz family from Farmersburg visited Friday evening in the Albert Erickson Jr. home. Mr and Mrs Glenn Boyer and Mrs Tom Boyer dined Tuesday in the Louis Appelman home Hawkeye. The John Dugan family from Maynard visited Friday afternoon.
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Reuben Miller
West Union
Vern Boyer
Robert Kerr
Jqge Peters
Wilbur Schultz and
Farmersburg
Albert Erickson, Jr
Glenn Boyer
Tom Boyer
Louis Appelman
Hawkeye
John Dugan
Maynard
Illyria News Church Events and Local Visits
Illyria Community Church announces Sunday School at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m with an ice cream social and program planned for Thursday evening. Families and locals visited relatives and friends in Dundee Clermont Milestone Boulder Weng er Cresco and West Union over the weekend.
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Alyria Community Church
E. G. Steinman
Community guests and reunions fill weekend in Waterloo area
Local families hosted and visited across multiple towns including Wat erloo Fayette Elgin West Union and Clermont. Gatherings featured the Belle Creek Club reunion in Clermont with a picnic and numerous relatives and friends from Iowa and Ohio.
Local Visit and Social Roundup in Chester Area
Jean Ludwig of Chester visited for a few days starting Sunday at the Cornelius Reierson home. The Mervin Anderson family joined calls at Adolph Olson and L. O. Reierson homes. Keith Erickson and Marjorie Minger were honored at a West Union fairgrounds picnic. Funeral services for Oscar Knuts were held at the West Union Lutheran church. Betty Holm and David Taylor stayed with Selmer Holm. Corinne Rypeos ter hosted dinner guests Arthur Solberg Hawkeye and Martin Nelson called in the afternoon. Visitors to the Selmer Holm home included Belva Snyder Mary Gunderson Luella Brown Olafus Holm Decorah and B. T. Simonett Mankato Minn. Rodney Smiths visited Orlando Loftsgard. T. J. Olson hosts welcomed Harvey Nesby and P. K. Peterson for weekend calls. A party honored Mr and Mrs Rudy Re ler and Janet Warren Ore marked relatives meeting. The gathering ended with a lunch and attendance by Richard Erickson Johnny Erickson Bert Erickson Wadena Ray Kingman Volga Oscar Baker Lois Baker Monona Louie Anderson and others.
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Jean Ludwig
Chester
Camei
Cornelius ‘Reierson
Mervin Anderson
Adolph Olson
L. O. Reierson
Ole Loftsgard
West Union Fair Grounds
Keith Erickson
Marijorie Minger
Keith Reierson
Oscar Knuts
Lutheran
David Taylor
Dubuque
Selmer Holm
Christine Rypestor
Corinne
Arthur Solberg
Hawkeye
Martin Nelson
Selmer Holm Home
Belva Snyder
Mary Gunderson
Luella Brown
Elkader
Olavus Holm
Decorah
Janet
Warren
Ore
Erickson
Oscar Baker
Juliusohnson
Monona
Richard Erickson
Johnny Erickson
Bert Erickson
Wadena
Ray Kingman
Volga
Oscar, Baker
Dinner guests at Henry Olson home Sunday evening
A brief note from a local social column records that dinner guests were hosted at the Henry Olson home on Sunday evening, listing acquaintances and discretionary local names joined for the informal gathering.
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Henry Olson
Dairy Herd Coop to Host First Annual Meeting
The Big DHI Cooperative based in Postville will hold its first annual meeting on Thursday August 7. The event includes a dairy housing tour and record analysis session for all dairy families. Morning tour starts at 10:00 a.m. at the Lyle Zieman farm in Luana with a 4-stanchion barn observed, followed by a visit to the Donald Kugel farm in Luana.
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Big ‘ Dhi
Postville
Lyle Zieman
Luana
Donald Kugel
Drag-line incident disrupts service before Ike speech
At the Arno Krambeer farm in Luana a loose housing setup was noted. A picnic dinner is planned for noon at the Memorial Hall in Postville. A drag-line caused a panic among thousands of TV viewers in Highland Park Des Moines when it shorted a power line cutting power just 15 minutes before General Ike’s Chicago address.
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Arno Krambeer
Luana
Memorial Hall
Postville
Highland Park
Des Moines
Ike
Chicago
Twins Injured When Tree House Falls At Bode
Two pairs of twins John and Stephen Kraebel plus Larry and Gary Knudson were bruised when a tree house collapsed twelve feet to the ground. Larry Knudson suffered a fractured skull. the other brothers had multiple injuries. A separate Algona burglary featured a thief breaking into a cafe and stealing six T bones and eight sirloins. Echo Want Ads urged sales.
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Bode
John
Stephen Kraebel
Larry
Gary Knudson
Knudson
John Kraebel
Ayme
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