Illyria Church Notices and Social Gatherings
Sunday's services canceled as Rev Jones attends conference in Mt Vernon. Local families hosted guests at several homes including Schultz, Baumgartner, and Yearous gatherings. Aid Society officers elected and activities planned. visitors from Cedar Rapids, Gray Lakes, and Milwaukee noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Mt. Vernon
Carl Gehring
Pete Son
Lowell
Bob Schultz
Luana
Elmer Baumgartner
Elkader
Harold Meyer
Strawberry Point
Francia Wolf
Oscar Baumgartner
Glen Baldwin
Cedar Rapids
Aid Society
Thos. Ogle
Melbert Meyer
Oran Bane
Alice Winkler
Clarence Winkler
Paul Mollenhaur
Lydia’ Obuchowski
Gray Lakes
Harold Grimm
Cleve Bennett
Carol Wilson
Mervin Hunsberger
Mra
Richard Hofer
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Donald Winters
Eldorado
Arthur Yearous
Perry Medberry
Robert McGregor
Milwaukee
Wia
Albert’ Behrens
Myrtle Kramer
Medérville
Ole’ Benson
Clermont
Raymond Benson
Tofield Heck
Mary Pulfer
Ida Meyer
Gene Lewis
Cresco
Fred Rothlisberger
Otis
Kentucky
Louise Klingman
Santa Monica
Calif
Apent
Wenger Bros
Local social news from West Union and surrounding areas
Numerous names and visits fill a long West Union area social column listing Sunday gatherings dinners picnics and family visits in West Union Volga Alton Oelwein and nearby towns. Residents including Dennler Schafer Shaffer Rothlisberger Foxwell Dennler and many others are noted with neighbors relatives and friends visiting hosting and traveling to events at parks churches and homes across the region.
Social News Roundup From Local Homes and Visits
Sam Yost and Andy Bracker spent Saturday evening there. Mrs Bert Thoman and Mrs Fanny Frieden were Friday guests at the home of Mrs Lydia Hanson. Patsy Minihan left Wednesday night for Canton South Dakota for an indefinite stay with his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Gaylon Souvegnier and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Ella Chase
Volga
Will Christen
Cla
Schreiner
West Anna
Frederick Schupbach
San Diego
Calif
Anna Schupbach
Albert Dennler
Alton Medberry
West Union Fairgrounds
Gerald Shaffer
Carol
Arnold Sanders
la Crouse
Wis
Earl Redmond
West Union
Myron’ Chapman
Fred Burrow
Chas
Fritz
Hawkeye
Eureka Burrow
Reynold
Harold Strong
Amelia Strong
Tal
Oscar Baumgartner
Gernsey Smith
R. D. Smith
Earl
Helen
Hazel Rothlisberger
Floyd Patterson
Wadena
Reva Medberry
Ray
Jeanne Sanders
Richard Grover
Oelwein
Vernon Knight
Pueblo
Colo
Don Winfield Donna
Bowen
Leslie Means
Vinton
Roy Knight
Webger Bros
Howard Shaffer
Reuben Howard
Forest Shaffer
Inez Shaffer
John Nagel
Martin Minihan
Mary Montgomery
Maggie Torkelson
Fred Schaer
Henry Steeman
Harold Leuenberger
Ella Foxwell
Ruth Rothlisberger
Elizabeth McMillan
Wenger Bros
Louie Zuercher Volga
Arthur Hernsen
Floyd, Frieden
Joe Frieden
Thos
Foxwell
Allen
Lloyd Tope
Ralph Shaffer
Clifton Kerr
Shirley Shaffer
Arnald Kilcher
la Fonda
Sharon
Reynold Strong
Allen Wenger
Leonard Roberts
Clarence Winkler
Jennie Belle
Chas, Swale
Louis Butikofer
Rachel Frieden
Hulda Sutter
Orlin Mason
Clayton Schreiner
Martin Hanson
Lansing
Ben Dennier
Bert Thoman
Walter Dennler
Cedar Rapids
Ethel Mae Thoman
Archie Howard
Beverly
Ben Dennler
Harry Butikofer
Willard Schroeder
Postville
John Christen
Ernest Christen
Beulah Hofer
Lucy Christen
Viola Foxwell
Clarence Hofer
Wm. Rainey
Ben Hofer
Good Neighbors Club
Roscoe Larson
Geo
Leuchtenmacher
Irene Minihan
Selmer Holm
Leo Nading
State Park
Strawberry Point
John Dennler
Dale Jensen
Shullsburg
Dan Burke
Clermont
Irene Min_ Lester Butikofer
John
Den
Sam‘ Yost
Andy Bracker
Fanny Frieden
Lydia Hanson
Patsy Minihan
Canton
S. D
Gaylon Souvegnier
Community Dinner Guests And Visits In Gunder
A long list of Sunday and weekday visits and dinners among Gunder families is recorded, naming households such as the Henry Olgan, T. J. Olson, Jacob Schneider, and Ole Loftsgard families, plus a Groth reunion trip to Austin, Minn. Also noted: Iowa Livestock losses cost farmers $25 million from June 1948 to June 1947, with a survey by Iowa State College Statistical Laboratory showing average yearly stock loss per farm and a cow grazing pattern statistic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Opsand
John Opsand
Henry Olgan
Sal Rodney Smith
Orlando Loftsgard
Kaye
Myron Anderson
L’myra
Ole
Loftsgard
Allen Anderson
Hulda Sutter
Waldo Embretson
Marlene
Waldo
P. K. Peterson
Emery
Bernita Landsgard
Mervin Anderson
George Landsgard
Harry Olson
Green Bay
Wis
Ole E. Olson
Helmer Loftsgard
Sharon
T. T. Loftsgard
Jeanette
Jacob Schneider
Ole Olson
Olvin
Delores Bergan
Lorendo Embretson
Merlin Hellum
Elaine
August Peck
Ossian
Ralph. Gunderson
Groth
Austin
Minn
Christ Halverson
Lake Mills
Harvey Anderson
Wayne
Alma Anderson
Margaret Smith
Ole Loftsgard
Mary Embretson
Theimer Olson
Iowa
Iowa State College
Salute to Sales June Dairy Month
June Dairy Month honors dairy farmers and the milk they produce, praising milk as nature’s perfect single food. It notes milk’s nutritive value, affordability, and the dairy industry’s role in advertising, research, and soil conservation through hay and pasture rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United States
Echo Snippet Omits Graduates Names and Local Happenings
Last week's Echo item omits graduate trio Cathryn Ogle Bessie Chapman Donald Gilson and Nicklaus Rennison from the class list. Rosa Frieburghaus scalded her foot. Milton G Webb funeral held, Elmer E Bowen died June 3. Cedar Rapids teacher Delig Lehman stays with mother. Mary Wenger operated at Dubuque Finley Hospital. site work on school addition progresses. forage values noted for grasses and legumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echo Sn
Cathryn Ogle
Bessie Chapman
Donald Gilson
Nicklaus Rennison
Rosa Frieburghaus
Milton G. Webb
Elmer Everett Bowen
Delig Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Mary Wenger
Dubuque Finley Hospital
Lou Wenger
Ina Roberts
Spring Pig Crop Below Last Year
The June pig survey reports a 1948 spring pig crop of 11 334 000 head, 386 percent below 1947 and the smallest spring farrowings since 1941. It is about 1 percent above the 10 year average, and higher than fall intentions. December 1947 intentions to cut 1948 spring sow numbers by 18 percent were revised upward by publicity and education to 13 percent below 1947, aided by a record litter size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Tractor accident kills Ellis Myers after platform drop
Ellis Myers died instantly when his tractor overturned while backing off a platform. The machine toppled after a one foot drop of the platform edge, spraying spray solution and causing a fatal result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Myers
Ninth Week Report on Security Loan Drive
South Lee county leads the state with 87.41 percent of its quota in Savings Bonds sales as the ninth week closes. Townward progress shows 47.14 percent of its 100 million quota, while officials warn the state will miss its overall target without broader county campaigns. County figures show Clayton 46.88 percent, Allamakee 48.30 percent, Winneshiek 45.39 percent, and Fayette 40.68 percent of quotas met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Lee County
Clayton
Allamake
Winneshiek
Fayette
Quota
Also Mentioned on This Page
L.R. Tappan
OL 'Blkader
R. ‘Ay Crider "Veewioadan Elgin
E. F. Withell
D.C
Schori Bros
Elgin
Illyria
Harold Glass, Jr
Dundee
Jim Yearous
Harold Glass
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Harry Biabing
Cedar Falls
Busy Bees
Post‘ville
McGregor
Guernsey Smith
Ed Wenger
Ning
Rex Roberts
Geo. Havenstrite
Cheery Valley News
William
Walter Butikofer
Gunder News
Gunde Olson
Henry Olson
Clarine
Harry Vauslin
Clarence Kirkeberg
Max Hunsberger
John Opland
Bernard Hanson
The
Echo
Muncie
Indiana
Pen
John Tillotson
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Conporation
Elgin, Iowa
Laurence Knudtson
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