Local families visit, trips noted across Iowa and Minnesota
Clermont residents share hospital news in La Crosse and health visits. Carlin family returns from Milbank ordination of John Garvey to priesthood and attends Father Garvey’s first Mass with Grace McKernan. Esther Carlin to vacation with siblings after 22 years mentoring Villa Marie College faculty in Erie. Carlin and Finnegan families host visitors. Jorgensons in Kansas City for mental health panel. Memorial Day guests include multiple families from Waverly Clinton Iowa City and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlin
Milbank
So. Dak
John Garvey
Father Garvey
Grace McKernan
Harmony, Minn
Mae and
Ray Garvey
Austin
Minn
Esther Carlin
Erie
Penn
Villa Marie College
Memorial Day notes and local family events
Mrs. W R Blake learned of her granddaughter Anne Steele’s illness at Finley Hospital where she was improving. Carol Blake, Cedar Rapids, graduated Mount Mercy Academy and was named junior prom attendant and in the glee club Top Hats. Memorial Day visits and dinners involved Dummermuth and Schatz families from Cedar Rapids Lake Mills Sioux Falls and Payette. Various relatives from Cedar Rapids West Union Lake Mills and Minneapolis visited or stayed with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Blake
Anne Steele
Finley Hospital
Carol Blake
W. R. ‘Blake
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy Academy
Glee Club
Herbert Dummermuth
Lorenz Schatz
Lake Mills
Earl Dummermuth
Sioux Falls
Floyd Dummermuth
Andrew Dummermuth
Emory Dummermuth
Janita Dummermuth
St. Paul
Pearl Dummermuth
Payette
Go. Dak
Walter Dummermuth
Postville
Lynn Johnston
West Union
Community Visitors and Milestones in Gunder Area
The past week saw numerous callers and social visits across Gunder, Monona, and nearby towns. Families including Olson, Loftsgard, Reierson, and Hanson hosted and visited relatives and friends. Bernard Hanson marked his 20th anniversary with a gathering at Harold Opland’s home. Additional outings included a move assist to Decorah by the Kittleson family, and trips to Roxanna Illinois and St. Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Nelson, Jr
Vernon Anderson
Barbara
Marlene
Ted Loftsgard
Dean Loftsgard
Teresa
James Lennon
Mary
Dave Appelman
H. R. Young
Wichita Falls
Texas
Louie Hov‘land
Grace Olson
Don Wilson
West Liberty
Elmer Nelson
Fayette
Roy Swenson
T. J.olson
Harlan Henkes
Cedar Rapids
Donald Olson
Marion Olson
Carol
Monona
Joe Baker
Rodney Smith
Ole Loftegard
John Solomen
Emory Landsgard
Mollie Mork
Bruce Bryce
Enoch
Robert Melien
Otto Mork
Jacob Schneider
Sharon Loftsgard
Lloyd Reierson
Arthur Loftsgard
Des Moines
Theo ‘Loftsgard
Ed Barnes
Ole Amundson
Clermont
Kenneth Anderson
Mervin "Reierson
Merlin Hellum
Volga area church services and community notes
Local churches list service times for Methodist Presbyterian Lutheran and other congregations. Social news covers birthdays anniversaries, visits, club meetings, school picnic, and residents traveling or entertaining in Volga and nearby towns.
Mrs. Marguriette Thyne to Move to Iowa City
Over Sunday visits are noted as Mrs. Marguriette Thyne plans to leave Tuesday for her future home in Iowa City. She taught home economics and English at Volga school for several years. Various local families host gatherings, church notices, and Memorial Day plans appear, followed by reflections on understanding and parenting by Dr. Fritz Redl and The Overstreets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Larson
Volga
Arlington
Vera Martin
Henry Findreae
Oelwe
Frieda Adams
Mayme Minger
Garnaville
James Duff
Schoo ‘House
George Lane
Henry Lamphier
Lane
Grand Island
Nebr
Arthur Everitt
Joy 'Wheeler
Wadena
Cecil Duff
Robert Duff
Wartburg College
Waverly
John Follon
Lester Wenger
Elgin
Follon
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Ray Zwanziger
Walter Roys
Kansas
Colorado
Will Chase
Elmer
Ralph
George Nickels
Floyd Chase
Robert
Marguriette Thyne
Marcus O'Brian
Thyne
Iowa City
Ronald Bushkowski
Otto Bushkowski
Bible School
St. Pau
Dubuque Hospital
Carol Nickels
John Staffenhagen
Volga Band
Boy Scouts
Methodist Church
Art Freiderich
Mainard Drue
Artella
Mervyn Puffett
Les Wheeler
Tenney
Ray Fuller
Marion
Fred Smith
Oelwein
Oscar Lamphier
Cliff Wheeler
Ann Smock
Clark Hummel
Harry Boleyn
Larry Berns
Lena Hummel
Floyd Smith
Fritz Redl
Glow and Finish in Furniture Crafting Process
The article explains how modern furniture is finished with careful prep to fill cracks and holes and remove glue smears. Fluorescent dyes are added to glue to aid visibility during inspection, and under a near ultraviolet lamp the furniture glows like a neon sign.
Medieval Valentine Rite Kisses First Sight as Bond
The piece recalls how in old times Valentine customs linked kissing the first appealing person sighted on the day to establish a yearly sweetheart bond, contrasting with modern gifts of cards candy and flowers.
Woman in Moon The Reverend’s Astounding Claim
The Rev. Leon Rivard of St Adolphe Canada, an amateur astronomer, declares that the Man in the Moon is a woman. He describes her figure as 860 miles long, lying between two mountain chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Rivard
St. Adolphe
Canada
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Lyle Gunderson
Carl Torkelson
la Crosse
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Kanosha, Wis
John and
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G. E. Jorgenson
Kansas City
Dr. Jorgenson
H. J. Moen
el Paso
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Joe Brorby
Earl Simpson
Norman Current
Clinton
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Osk Drive
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Dan Federson
Inga Larson
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Oscar Larson
Stephen
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Council Bluffs
Arthur Stee
Sandra Olson
Ames Olson
Howard Larson
Frank Stones of
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Gunder News
J. W. Bearse
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Percy Clark
Cromrath
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Sacred Heart Volga
Andrea
Legion Hall
Frances ‘Wheeler
Kenneth Turner
Les ‘Wheeler
Berse
Floyd Leming
Mark
Key City
Baler Twine
Ealing
Bakewell
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Walt Disney
Three Faces of
Eve
David Wayne
Joanne Woodward
Lee J. Cobb
CinemaScope
Tommy Sands
Lil Gentle
Glenn Ford and
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Starline
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L. L. Jurgemeyer
Meade Alcorn
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George Strayer
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