Community Day notes and weekend visitors in Union
Local page tracks weekend visitors from Davenport Dubuque Minneapolis and other areas visiting families in West Union Postville and Arlington. Activities include church picnics church school Illyria event planning for the 40th Annual Community Day with committees for speakers dinners tickets advertising and logistics.
Social visitors fill weekend in Cheery Valley homes
Cheery Valley residents hosted and visited over the weekend with many families. The Butikofer, Hanson, Dennler, Lantz, Christen, Minihan and Lehman households hosted or received guests. Milwaukee ball game attendance and numerous social calls marked the gathering.
Picnic and reunion notes from Illyria and Elkader fairs
The John Christen family and relatives attended a Dennler Pollock picnic honoring Mr. and Mrs. Schoeinheider of Chicago and celebrating Forrest Pollock’s sixth birthday at Illyria dining hall. The Dennler family held a late Ashe Olson reunion at Elkader fair grounds. The Good Neighbors Club plans a meeting at Elgin Park on June 9 if weather allows. Hostesses include Mrs George Nickels and Mrs Frank Christen. Reuben Howard joined Mr and Mrs George Leuchtenmacher for Canastota trip. Edwin Hanson visited Lydia and Harry Hanson, with Adolph and Leo Hanson and Mrs Aden Hanson in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schoenheider
Chicago
Arthur Yearoy
Barbara
Elkader
Louis Dennler
Thomas Pollock
John Christen
Ernest Christen
Frank Christen
Albert Dennler
Arnald Sanders
Walter Dennler
Melbert Meyer
Gordon Pollock
Elkader Fair Grounds
Lloyd M. Baumgartner
Cedar Rapids
Carl Gehring
LeRoy Gehring
Ossian
Lowell Gehring
Luana
George Williams
Waterloo
Ivan Anderson
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Chas. Swale
Clifford Bishop
West Union
Nellie Snyder
Kruse
Hawkeye
Fred Barrack
Arlington
Hervey Schmidt
Indiana
Robert Kerr
Susan Benson
Gerald Shaffer
John Nydegger
Iowa Falls
Gene Wenger
Roy Halverson
Jacob Wander
Clermont
Andrew Braker
Esther Braker
Dave Wilson
Clarence
Alta Thoman
Silas Wilson
Clifton Yearous
Lansing
Jerome Yeerous
Lucy Christen
Dennler Pollock
Illyria Dining Hall
Wm. Schoeinheider
Forrest Pollock
Albert L. Dennler
Ashe Olson
Good Neighbors Club
Elgin Park
City Hall
George Nickels
George Leuchtenmacher
Reuben Howard
Canastota
So. Dak
Edwin Hanson
Lydia Hanson
Harry
Adolph Hanson
Leo Hanson
Aden Hanson
Local visits highlight Memorial Day social mix
Gunder News lists numerous Memorial Day and midweek visits across families in the area. Guests include Loftsgard family, Larson, Fuelling, Olson, Embretgon, Belva Olson, Linda and LaRita, Eileen Olson, Hinkes, Waterloo residents, and others. A sequence of Sunday calls at Tilpher Bilden, Gisleson, and Christian son homes, plus picnics and dinners at Bergen and Brainerd households, marks a busy community holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orvin Loftsgard
Lloyd Loftsgard
Glen Larson
Ben Fuelling
Will Hergen
Mary Olson
Selma Groth
John Olson
Lansing
Waldo Embretgon
Belva Olson
Linda
LaRita
West Union
Eileen Olson
Karen
Gregory
Kathy
Harlen Hinkes
Cedar Rapids
Marion Olson
Mary Wold
Waterloo
Tilpher Bilden
Harold
Gerald Winter
Ena Doreen
Otto Gisleson
Bob Kurdelmeyer
Henry Jr. Christianson
Mathilda Christianson
Henry Vellersven
Floyd Thompson
Bud: Butikofer
Olvin Olson
Vickie
Will Bergen
Henry Helgerson
Clarence Helgerson
Joseph Kjosa
Kenneth Kjosa
Memorial Day guests and church baptisms across Mower area
The record lists multiple social visits in Minnesota and Iowa inclining Memorial Day dinners hosted by Emma Gutsvig and Selmer Holm in Highland Township. It notes baptism celebrations for Brenda Lou Holm and Clyde Christiansen with families from Monona Cedar Rapids and Elkader. It also covers travel and visits by Julia Wettleson and the Dreier party, and ends with ASC confirmation of cropland inspections for 1959 contracts and state conservation totals at 6,300 contracts over 500,000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Emma Gutsvig
Lou McNally
Emory Landsgard
Otto and
Mellien Mork
Mollie Mork
Selmer Holm
Highland Lutheran Church
Brenda Lou Holm
Roger Holm
Fort Wayne
Ind
Stutrud
Elda Martin
Mary Lou
Lanny
Jim Kranbeer
Monona
David Taylor
St. Louis
Edward Lenth
Ricky and
Bruce
Cedar Ra‘pids
Walace Marting
Farmersburg
David Taylors
Henry ,Jr. Christiansen
Abe West
Russell
Charles Christiansen
Henry Jr. Christiansen
Bernard Loftsgard
Gene Konlischek
West Union
Glenn Ferry
Bobby
Billy
Woodward
Carroll Klingman Jr
Bert Overhouse
Dubuque
John Lern
Merrill Olson
Fayette County Farmers Sign 8&2 Conservation Reserve Contracts
Farmers in Fayette County signed eight and two conservation reserve contracts to shift 6702.2 acres from crops to conservation use. Ellis W. Thompson, chairman of the county ASC Committee, says contracts signed since last fall will place land into the program for 1959. The reserve allows voluntary contracts for up to 10 years to move land from crop production to trees, grass, water or wildlife conservation uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Ellis W. Thompson
ASC
Tragic Tractor Accident Involves Four Year Old Boy Koh lhaas
Four year old William Koh lhaas received internal injuries when a tractor ran over him while riding with his father. His clothing caught in a wheel pulling him off the machine and the wheel struck his stomach, prompting medical attention. ARMS Peter Nielson of Alta injured when he fell from a swing. Both arms in casts with slings. Don Lindt of Sheffield caught a 34 inch ten pound Northern pike at Reed's lake near there, largest fish recorded at the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kohlhaas
Peter Nielson
Alta
Don Lindt
Sheffield
Reed’s Lake
Printing Services Advertisement for Labels and Tags
A compact ad promotes Printing 9 offering labels, shipping tags, and circulars with quality printing. It notes that advance orders may receive later billing.
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Milytia News
Rebecca Schellenger
Davenport
Lacy Kelly
Thomas Ogle
Earl
Helen. Rothlisberger
Faye Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Walter Ash, Jr
Bessie Ash
Just Herwig
Fayette
Alton Medberry
Richard Gehring
Jommy
St. Paul, Minn
Walter Lehman
Patty
Forrest Shaffer
Chester Curtis
Minneapolis
Fred Schneider
Mel Hermen
Dunkerton
Arthur Hermen
William Yearous
Howard Johnson
Dean
Cokato
Minn
Reynold Strong
Kenneth Scott
Harold Kruempel
Lyle Jones
Betty
Raymond Jellings
Ed Gernand
John Wilson
Harold Leuenberger
Mabel King
Charles Strong
Myrton Strong
Harold Strong
Oliver Heins
Oelwein
Leater Chase and Sons
Volga
Helen Wenger
Ida Peters
Ed Wenger
John Anderson
Nels Iverson
Donald Burchett
Paul Smith
Kenneth Strong
Chris
Clear Lake
Lyle Lindell
Ringsted
Uriel Gehring
Decorah
Wm. Massner
Wapello
Floyd Boyle
Gary
Jim Whitford
Forrest
Joe Ogle
Janie
Clyde Ramsey
Hollis Enyart
Kenneth Schroeder
Charles
Kathy Enyart
Postville
Harlow Chapman
Margaret
Creston
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Della Chapman
West Union Hospital
Arthur Chapman
Glen McKellar
Fred Dennis
Glen Odegard
Frank Pisney
Lime Springs
Lawrence Hofer
Richard Hofer
Glen Yearous
Jacob Schneider
Keith Brainard
Tofield Heck
Cornelia Burrow
Progressive Home Study Club
Thomas Foxwell
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Robert Schneider
LaVern Schneider
Ervin Metzger
George Butikofer
Fred | Schneider
Henry Holzer
John| Falk
Carl Haeckmann
Gus Heckmann
Maywood
Ill
Moline
Fay Thompson
McCausland
Herbert Thompson
Lone Tree
John Monnahan
Bruce Monnahan
Iantha
Howard Medberry
Orran Bane, Jr
Leo Benson
M. V. Kiple
C. D. Kiple
Ottumwa
Frank Kiple
DeKalb
Walter Rothlisberger
Howard Shaffer
Emmett Light
Clarence Thoman
Molris
Virgil Miles
Arnold Sanders
Rae
Delbert Chapman
Chase Strong
Virgil Torson
Wm.Yeerous
Duane Strong
John Grimm
Jim Yearous
Orran Bane
Carroll Klingman
Raymond Benson
Ben Dennler
Ralph Sheffer
Ralph Sheffer and Mrs. ‘Duane Strong
An Yearous
David Frieden
Lyle
Medberry
Larry Miles
Floyd Frieden
Milo Frieden
Fred Nydegger
Tut
John M. Tillotson
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin State Bank Dial
Elgin
Iowa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Elgin State Bank
Lawrence Knudtson
Cheery Valley
Harry Butikofer
John Dennler
George Pulfer
Robert Hanson
Martin Hanson
Lizzie. Chase Volga
Clarence Hofer
Carl Cousins
Laverne Lantz
Milwaukee
Orlin Mason
Caspers
Mesdames
Frank
John
Russell West
Karla Cousins
Raymond Weston
Lamont
James Duff
Elmer Christen
Elmer Sanford
Ft. Dodge
Martin Minihan
Ben Butikofer
Dan Butikofer Jr
Victor
Robert Lehman
Wilbur Lehman
Waucoma
Elmer Christen Mark, Lyle
Eddie
Christen Bros
Irene
Pat Minihan
Gunder News
Keith Brainerd
Walter Knutson
Gerald Guyer
Silas Butikofer
Myron Houg
Peter Lauer
Almer
State of
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Pixler’s Farm Store
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