Local Society Notes From Wadena and Surroundings
The Wadena News reports a Red Cross sewing afternoon by the Good Neighbor Study club with thirteen members and a lunch. Presbyterian Ladies' club hosted by Mrs J H Wilson with a program by Mrs J R Wood and Mrs R Nelson. Several residents travel, visit, or return home from Madison Des Moines Chicago and other towns. notices include military training, hospital news, nursing school, and a funeral in West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Study Club
Floyd Patterson
Red Cross
John Ward
J. H. Wilson
Presbyterian Ladies’ Club
D. Hunsberger
Masters
J.R Wood
R. Nelson
Lanes
Sniffin
Des Moines
Navel Mechanics Aeronautic
Great Lakes
Ray Heyer
Madison
Wis
Husand
Jimmie Herrling
Lyle Herrling
Kansas City
A G. Berking
Francis Walters
Thad Walters
Elsworth
Monte Fay
Fayette
George Fay
Jack Gehring
Olive Knutson
Marybelle Aylsworth
Chicago
D. O. Clark
Rue Randal
West Union
Fabian Cousins
Isle
Minn
Fremont Clark
Leallen Knox
Charles City
Lew Cline
Pueblo
Colo
Mike Tynan
Prudence
David
Morgantown
W. Vit
A. G. Herrling
Ray Cline
Ward Froley
Pueblo, Colo
Private William Robbing Targeted by Practical Joke in Texas
Private William Robbing of Waukon now in Texas reports a string of prank letters. In three days he received 170 cc of something and more is expected. Much mail came postmarked Louisville Kentucky. Robbing could not identify senders from that locality. One clipping called him a lone soldier who gets little mail and appealed to the editor for a response. Some letters included money and questions about his cigarette brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Robbing
Waukon
Texas
Robbins
Loulaville
Robbing
Local Social Roundup from Grand Meadow and Clermont
A crowded social week in Grand Meadow and Clermont features numerous visits and gatherings. Mrs. Laure Belt hosts, various families host clubs and callers, and residents like Willard Martin and Howerd Kluss visit relatives near Eldorado and in nearby towns. A large bazaar draws attendees at East Clermont church as Ames 4-H member Ariene Amundson returns from Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D Jromz
Eliot
Laure Belt
Immanuel Larson
Clermont
Gerhard Halverson
Alvin Halverson
Ronald
Willard Martin
Toursdey
Howerd Kluss
Monona
Aimes Olson
Mont Rober
Heimhart and
Severn
Walker
Andrew Reinbert
Sundey
Eldorado
Carolin Erickson
Simon Nelson
Ernest Holt
Arthurs. Olson
Mina Olson
Laura Holt
Christine Kittleson
Arthur Meckelson
Hjelmer Meckelsen
Vernon Anderson
Barabara
Bert Lyngans
East Clermont
Arthur Olson
Julia Landsward
Millard Bilden
Sandre
Ben Moreh
Ed Johnson
Doris
Alfred Olson
Ariene Amundson
Ames
Bettina Burnas
Gloria
Carolyn Erickson
Local Social News From Selmer Groth and Halverson Homes
County Line notes guests from the Halverson and Groth families visiting Selmer Groth on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Helen Groth returned after visiting Arthur Groth and Jim Halverson homes. Mrs Henry Peterson and daughters visited Almer Amundson Saturday afternoon. Mrs Hilda Aanes returned from Minnesota with Elaine and Carroll Halverson for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Halverson
Arthur Groth
Carl Halverson
Selmer Groth
Helen Groth
Henry Peterson
Clarence Peterson
Almer
Social visits fill weekend at local homes
Numerous families and relatives visited each other Sunday and Monday across the community. Attendees included Berg, Larson, Kittleson, Blockhus, Reierson, and Holts families, with gatherings at the Kimball, Amundson, and Gilbertson homes and a stork shower hosted by Mrs. Orville Beng.
Cheery Valley News Social Roundup
Anna Schupbach spent last week in the Louis Butikofer home. Mrs. Nygaard of Clermont is at the Levi Frieden home caring for Mrs. Frieden and son Roger Benjamin born June 6. Sunday visits include Celia Andren and Arlington. Archie Howard family dinner at Martin Hanson home. Ernestine Benson stayed with Ethel Mae Thoman overnight Friday. Bert Thoman and Francis Wolf visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Schupbach
Louis Butikofer
Nygaard
Clermont
Levi Frieden
Frieden
Roger Benjamin
Lorraine
Mabel
Junior
Elia E Eunice
John Jr. Butikofer
Celia Andrae Nedr Arlington
Archie Howard Tel
Martin Hanson
Ernestine Benson
Ethel Mae Thoman
Bert Thoman
Richard Hofer
Francis Wolf
Lexington abandons ship as crew evacuates in Coral Sea
Washington DC reports the U S Lexington crew sliding down ropes into the sea and into small boats after abandonment. Over 2,000 sailors were saved though one man was lost. U S forces claimed victory with 37 Japanese ships sunk or damaged to three U S ships sunk including the Lexington Lima and Neosho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Wirerath Cimer
Lexington
U. S
Coral Sea
U. 8
U. S. S. Lima
Former Elgin Superintendent Rejoins 50-Year Reunion
Dr. Wm S Bailey of Poplar Bluff Missouri once Elgin high school superintendent 1893 95 returned to Upper Iowa University for a class reunion of the 1893 95 cohort. Thirteen living members remain six attended the campus event. In the photo left to right first row Judge Charts E Andersen Grayton NJ Maxtess Anna L Huie Milo 2 Maltbie second row Dr Herbert C Woods Tama Mr William C Mubry Glendary Calif Dr William S Bailey Poplar Bluffs Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. S. Bailey
Poplar Bluffs, Mo
Elgin High School
Alma
Anna L. Huie
Fayette
Milo
Maltbie
New York City
Herbert C. Woods
Tama
William ¢. Mubry
Glendary
Calif
William 8. Bailey
Poplar Bluffs
Weekend Visits Across Dennler Home Circle
A flurry of Sunday and Friday gatherings centered on the Ben Dennler home and related households. Numerous families including Schroeder, Lehman, Meson, Frieden, Butikofer, and Meisner joined others for dinners, suppers, and short visits, with Elmer Meyer of Fort Bragg and Joe Lerch of Fort Bragg noted among guests. John Friederich Jr. returned from Rochester clinic, and summer visitors like Dorothy Minihan and Yvonne Chapman were mentioned in context of the Dennler network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Butikofer
Martin Wengeress
Elmer Meyer
Fort Bragg
Elmer Baumgainer
Wm. Baumgartner
Gene Westcott
Lena Meyer
West Union
Mobert Meyer
Francis Wolf
Jake Lehman
Leavern Dennler
Ida Christen
Betty
Bert Thoman
Christen Bros
Alvina Frieden
Mabel
G. Dennler
Levi Frieden
Walter Butikofer
Jake Butikofer
Ida Butikofer
Emil Moore
Clarence Schneider
Harry Dennler
Ben Hofer
Oscar Baumgartner
Otto Blockhus
Song
John Friederich
Fred Butikofer
John Dennier
Gladys Hanson
Clayton Schreiner
Independence
Sam Dennier
Walter Lehman
Eugene
Ramona
Francis Butikofer
John Pulfer
Will Christen
John Christen
Adolph Hanson
Orlin Mason
Christen Tos
Willard Schroeder
Postville
Jake Solberger
Harvey
Edwin Hanson
Harry
Leo Dennler
John Dennler
Lawrence Butikofer
Francis Meisner
Leonard Moore
Herman Moore
Emily Hungerford
Lawrence Lerch
Vernon Wilkes
Mary Jennings
Harold Meisner
Joe Lerch
N. C
Grand Coulee Dam Star in Hollywood Film Contract
A Hollywood producer will film with Grand Coulee dam as the backdrop in a full length picture, the res domesticated news service reports. A voting machine in Pottawattamie County was found by county auditor C A Bowers after being moved with a school house and later stored in a farmer's granary. Votes cast for a county candidate failed to register earlier the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Coulee Dam
Hollywood
Recesiation Bureau
Pottawattamie
C.A. Bowers
Mary Humphry Humphry Rites Held in Oregon Home
Mary Humphry Humphry born Oct 25 1860 in Fal England eldest child of J T S Humphry and Grace. Died June 2 1942 at William Humphry's McMinnville Oregon home at 81 years 7 months 7 days. Survived by brothers Martin Walter William and sister Mrs S H Foxwell plus three nieces and one nephew. She lived in Iowa California and Oregon and joined Methodist churches in England and McMinnville. She moved to McMinnville in December 1939 and had been ill before bedfast briefly. Mary never married and had cared for a brother in California before his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphry
Fal Rngland
Fign
William
McMinnville
Oregon
J. T. S. Humphry
Grace
England
Elgin
Iowa
Martin
Long Beach
Calif
Walter
West Union
Jows
S. H. Foxwell
California
Mary
Methodist Church
Ore
Honey Demand Drops as Missouri Beekeepers Brace for Quiet Season
News notes a dip in honey demand in Missouri with beekeepers fearing a weaker market, while predicting one of the best seasons in honey production ahead. A Chicago photo shows a giant three foot diameter cookie gifted to an orphanage by Clara Lu N Em, described as the equivalent of a large box of cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Chicago, AL
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Wadena News
New Hampshire
Grand Meadow News
County Line News
Olef Berg
Orville Berg
James Friederich
Anna Gibson
Charles Kimball
Edgar Kimball
Clara Block
Elmer Larson
Ole Amundson
Jean
Mer Larson
Almer Amundson
Ole Reierson
Louisa Martie
Lydia
Rachael Frieden
Henry Anderson
Ole Kirkestue
Mr. Kirkestue
Herbert Blockhus
Nicholas Johnson
Marion Church
Orville Beng
Werg
Olaf Berg
Mervin Hunsberger
Barbara
Georganna Probert
Jerome Yearous
Ellen Hunsberger
Ames Olson
Arthur Helgerson
Harry Helgerson
Carmen Swenson
Almer Nelson
Clifford Kittleson
Cheery Valley News
Washington, D. C
U.S. S. Lexington
Mary Humphry
New York
Miles
Perlex
Perlex Com
Bouhern
Perlaw
Insurance Association of
Fayette County
Re-Insurance Association
Citizens Savings Bank
Hawkeye
Lightning Fousea
Re-Insurance Co
A. D. Knox
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