Community Guests and Visits Across Glen Boyer Area
Local families from Brainard Spring Valley McGregor Elkader Durand and Waterloo share visits and hospitality. Several households including Cheney Martin Hanson Patterson and Gehring families hosted relatives and friends in the Glen Boyer area with notable gatherings at Union Study Club and others through midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Grimea
Glen Boyer
Henry Cheney
Spring Valley
Minn
Bill Cheney
Melvin Hanson
Jock
Lyle Martin
Gary ‘Alber
Melvin Martin
Maureen
Clermont
Jim Murphy
Oelwein
Charles Corbin
Arlington
Herman Boyer
Willis Lyon
Dick Henry
Waterloo
Union Study Club
Clifford Bishop
Lewis Bishop
Wm. Ash
Ray Hoover
Marshall Helms
Ray Gilbert
Blayne Gilbert
Marshalltown
Local Residents Visit and Travel Notes
Cherry Valley News reports Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Solberger of Marion hosted dinner at the Martin Hanson home on Monday. Further visits include Andy Bracker and Sam Yost at John Denmiler’s home, and weekend trips by George Schupbach family to Taylor, Missouri. Trene Minahan returned from Kansas City, Nellie Barske and Lola headed to Antok, Wisconsin, and Alexander Pollock visited John Christen’s home on Sunday. Richard Schupbach of Postville is spending weeks in ?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Solberger
Marion
Martin Hanson
Andy Bracker
Sam Yost
John Denmiler
George Schupbach
Chuckie
Louis Butikofer
Taylor
Trene Minihan
Kansas City
Nellie Barske
Lola
Antok
Wis
George Leuchtenmacher
Alexander Pollock
John Christen
Richard Schupbach
Postville
Orval
Wiebke
Allison
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Robert Kerr
Tommy Robinson
Wisconsin
Illinois
Nancy Ernst
West Union
Bernice Peterman
Barbara
Oelwein
Guy Ernst
Ben Dennler
Frieda Bailey
Bert Thoman
Town City
Birdie Ellingson
Decorah
Roy Halverson
Richard Hofer
Jerome Yestous
Mervin Hunsberger
Mainey-Cousins
Illyria
Clark Hummel
Arlington
Arthur Hermen
Martin Minihan
Roscoe Larson
Ida Meyer
Orran Bane
Clara
Henry Holzer
Ed Wenger
Alen
Gene ‘Wenger
Loralee
Howard Medberry
Medberry
Olaf Berg
Julia Halverson
Astrid Kimball
Clermont
Ernest Meyer
Clem
Gladys
Jerome Yearous
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Sand Lake
Minn
Mtyria
Glen McKellar
Raymond Benson
Arthur
Harold Glass
Dundee
Forrest
Gerald Shaffer
Artha Bailey
Jim Yearous
John Foster
Kelly
Dubuque
Rebecca Shellenger
Davenport
Ogle
EB. A. Reiners
J. ©. Anderson
Ivan Anderson
Ladies Aid and Cemetery Assn
Mdms
Reynold Strong
Cleve Bennett
Alton
Thomas Kerr
Evansdale
Wm. Kerr
Ralph Shaffer
Mason City
Thomas Pollock
Arthur Yearous
Thos, Ogle
Ramsey-Seehouse
Buck Creeke
Thos. Foxwell
Ella Foxwell
Amy Richards
Willis Brooks
Alan
Gene Wenger
Will Christen
Will Chase
Volga
Lambert Bailey
Lansing
Mich
Fayette
Oscar Lamphier
William Yearous
Lloyd Schultz
Will Smith
Thos Pollock
Forrest Pollock
C. A. Corburn
Skokie
Alton Medberry
Pat Murphy
Community Visitors Drop In At Christen and Related Homes
A list of visitors to several area homes over the past week includes the James Duff family in the John Christen home, the John Butikofer and Bert Thoman households, and many relatives and friends from Elkader Waterloo Alpha and other towns. Sunday evening gatherings continued with Christen Bros hosts, while Pam Clothier stayed with the John home Friday night and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Butikofer
James Duff
John Christen
Bert Thoman
E. G. Steinman
Reuben Christen
Elkader
George Christen
Waterloo
Wilbur Lehman
Alpha
Dale Jensen
Dayla
Ida Christen
Bertha Lehman
Joe Frieden
James Dull
Lydia Odegar
Joan
Jack Gehring
Ernest Christen
Helen
Genevieve
Lucy Christen
Linda
Mary Butikofer
Lydia Hanton
Harry
Teddie Doeppke
Christen Bros
Pam Clothier
Syria News Wyria Community Church Events
Syria News items list worship times at the Community Church with Minister E. G. Steinman and note social visits among local families. Several weekend and weekday visits are described, including guests from Monti, San Bernardino, Arlington, Dubuque, Des Moines, Fayette, and Cedar Rapids, plus preparations for a community day play "Thank You, Mr. Parker."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyria Community Church
E. G. Steinman
Willis Brooks
Monticello
Orran Bane
Glen McKellar
Carroll Klingman
Arthur Yearous
Ray Klingman
Volga
Jordan
San Bernardino
Calif
Clyde Ramsey
Sharif
Arlington
Thos, Ogle
Emmet Light
Whitcher-Thayer
Decorah Lutheran Church
Thomas Foxwell
Lloyd Tipe
West Union
Artha Bailey
Fayette
Forrest Shaffer
John Wilson
Mabel King
Perry Medberry
Quinton Olson
Albert Dennler
Jim Wolfe
Michael
Des Moines
Floyd Frieden
Thos, Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
I. F. Shaffer
Ralph Shaffer
Hazel ‘Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Parker
Ella Foxwell
Large Community Gatherings Mark Town Events
The week featured a 4 H Live stock tour and a picnic at Robert Kerrs, a Farm Bureau meeting in Wadena with a 7:00 picnic, and numerous family visits across West Union Decorah Oelwein Arlington and other nearby towns. A week of church school closing dinners birthdays and attendance at Luther College commencements followed amid multiple hosting homes and joint family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Foxwell
Robert Kerr
Farm Bureau
Wadena
Local Hosts Welcome Friday and Sunday Dinner Guests
Gunder News reports Friday evening visitors at Henry T Olson home include Hiram Olson and family from West Union and Lloyd Schutte family from Castalia. Sunday supper guests at Bernard Loftsgard home included Emma Larson of Washington DC and Clara Meyer from Clermont, along with Gilbert Loftsgard family. Thursday evening guests at Cornelius Reierson home were Elmer Eberling and Joseph Reierson from Castalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. Olson
Hiram Olson
West Union
Lloyd Schutte
Castalia
Emma Larson
Washington, DC
Clara Meyer
Clermont
Gilbert Loftsgard
Bernard Loftsgard
Elmer Eberling
Joseph Reierson
Cornelius Reierson
Tractor overturns kill Stanton farmer Harry Rea
At Stanton a tractor on the farm he had operated for 26 years overturned into a ditch, taking the life of Harry Rea aged 60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Harry Rea
Brucellosis Infection Down in Iowa Herds
The cattlemen report a drop in brucellosis among Iowa cattle with 4.6 percent infected in early 1955 tests versus 6.3 percent in early 1954. The state lags behind the nationwide eradication plan aimed for 1960, and only four states show higher infection rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Kentucky bluegrass versus birds foot trefoil yields
Kentucky bluegrass appears a better companion for birds foot trefoil than bromegrass, suggesting a superior pairing in forage mixtures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
College president digs first dirt on new dormitory
John Fisher, newly installed president of Buena Vista College, helped dig the first spadeful as construction of a $300,000 men’s dormitory began at Storm Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storm Lake
Buena Vista College
John Fisher
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Brainard News
Cherry Valley News
Syria
Crossroads
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Elgin, Iowa
Myr
Myron Hoag
Lloyd Reierson
Orlando Loftsgard
Nevis
Marion Olson
Merle Olson
John Learn
Helen Olson
Gottfried Kurth
Alvin Koehn
St. Olaf
Martha Lee
Chicago
Edward Cregier
Rose
Omaha
Neb
Sverrie Sandberg
New York
Harold Opland
Luther College
Carol Lee
Lee
Gunder News
O’neill
Drug Elgin
E. R. Withell
D. C
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Elkader, Ia
M. F. Schlein
Weil
Oak Drive
Muchner Corner
Phong
Lowa
Louis Schutte & Son
Clermont and
Funeral Home
Sil-O-Lass
NEW Yorker
NEW
Chrysler
America
Torkelson Motor CO
Center St
Elgin, Ia
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