Dinner guests celebrate confirmation at Decorah church
Mrs Nate Ackermann of St Louis Park entertained at a Sunday dinner at the Woldum home in Decorah for the confirmation of her son David at First Lutheran Church. Attending were Mr and Mrs O H Larson Mr and Mrs Leonard Moore Lennis Elkader Mr and Mrs Philmon Embretson St Olaf Mr and Mrs Dean Torkelson Kristi Erik St Ansgar Mr and Mrs Gerald Mechelhause Sioux City Henry Mechelhause Hartley Mrs Dora Wilkinson Sheldon Mrs Martin Woldum and Ruth Renasse Decorah Mr and Mrs Laurence Butz family Mr and Mrs Melford Woldum Ridgeway Linda Cheryl and Margaret Mayer Riceville Mr and Mrs C Torkelson Bir and Mrs Ivan Torkelson Bruce Lynette and Mrs Beiva Snyder.
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Nate Ackermann
St. Louis Park
Minneapolis
Minn
Wmd
Morris Woldram
Decorah
Woldam
Ackermann
David
First Lutheran Church
O. H. Larson
Leonard Moore
Lennis
Elkader
Philmon Embretson
St.Olaf
Dean Torkelson
Kristi
Erik
St. Ansgar
Gerald ‘Mechelhause
Sioux City
Henry Mechelhause
Hartley
Dora Wilkinson
Sheldon
Martin Woldum
Ruth Renasse
Laurence Butz
Melford
Woldum
Ridgeway
Linda
Cheryl
Margaret Mayer
Riceville
Torkelson
Bir
Ivan Torkelson
Bruce and
Lynette
Beiva Snyder
All State Music Concert Attendees Spotlight Iowa City
Mr and Mrs Ernest Baumgartner and Mrs Allen Anderson and Danice attended the All State Music Concert at the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City. Connie Baumgartner played first chair tenor sax in both band and orchestra. Stanley Anderson participated in band and chorus. Final concert Friday evening with instructor Leo Grether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Baumgartnner
Allen Anderson
Danice
Iowa
Court House News New Cars Registered
George Jorgenson of Clermont registers a Buick two door while Wenger lists a Russell or Avis Elgin Plymouth Station Wagon and Hennis of Clermont records a Falcon two door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jorgenson
Clermont
Wenger
Russell
Avis
Elgin
Hennis, Francis
Marion Busy Bees 4 H Club Meeting
The Marion Busy Bees met at Sharon Schupbach's home. An achievement show is planned for July 20 at the Legion hall with Mrs Swansieger and Mrs Putz to judge. Demonstration teams were selected for junior and senior groups. A workshop occurred June 25 at Vera Coffin's with talks by Char Jan Butikofer and Sharon Schupbach, lunch was served.
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Marion Busy Bees
Sharon Schupbach
Swansieger
Putz
Legion Hall
Elsie Hanson
Charlan Butihofer
Inga Hanson
Diane Hanson
Ima Jean Brackin
Casrol Frieden
Mary Hofer
Genevieve Christen
Baptist Youth Attend Bible Camp at Clear Lake
Youth from First Baptist Church joined over 300 Junior and Senior attendees at the Iowa C B Y F Youth Camp in Clear Lake for a six day session with themes Faithful Follow and speakers from Youth for Christ and local churches. Elected Iowa C B Y officers included Leonard Thye as president and Carol Dryer as secretary, with a mission project set at 2 100 000 dollars for the coming year.
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First Baptist Church
Iowa
Leonard Thye
Burlington
Iowa C. B. Y
Marilyn Marquardt
Steamboat Rock
Carol Dryer
Aplington
Don Keuchman
Elgin Church
Jean Schaer
Martha Schaer
Kim Zurbriggen
Lee Boleyn
Alyce Oelberg
Vicki Habeger
Anita Lehman
D’lene Krueger
Patti Johnson
Joan Muehlethaler
Barbara Muehlethaler
Stanley Hackmann
Rachel Hackmann
Kenneth Schroeder
Clarence Muehlethaler
Eldon G. Schroeder
Class Reunion of 1947 Held at Heidelberg Gardens
The class of 1447 held a reunion Saturday evening June 23 at Heidelberg Gardens Tuana with attendees including Kenneth Fascher Davenport Leona Kimpston Grimm Osian Carlyle Kirkegaard Monona Wayne Seidler Bertha Jane Casper North Lake Il George Christen Waterloo Grant Schultz Patricia Herwig Postville Sylvan Torkelson Luana Robert Downey Marion Albert L Dennler Jone Torkelson Avis Lou Mark Eugene Schori Eileen Frieden Ivan Torkelson William Dennler A number of classmates unable to attend listed including Louis Halverson Isc Lowell Strong Fairfield Robert Yearous Banner Joseph Reierson Elgin Gene Konichek West Union Reynold Shaffer Lamont Kenneth Larson Dubuque and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heidelberg Gardens
Tuana
Kenneth Fascher
Davenport
Curtis Grimm
Leona Kimpston
Ossian
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Monona
Wayne Seidler
Bertha Jane Casper
North Lake
George Christen
Waterloo
Grant Schultz
Patricia Herwig
Postville
Sylvan Torkelson
Luana
Robert Downey
Marion
Albert L. Dennler
Jone Torkelson
Russell Wenger
Avis Lou Mark
Eugene Schori
Eileen Frieden
Ivan Torkelson
William Dennler
Louis Halverson
Stoughton
Isc
Lowell Strong
Fairfield
Robert Yearous
Banner
Wyo
Joseph Reierson
Elgin
Gene Konichek
West Union
Reynold Shaffer
Lamont
Kenneth Larson
Dubuque
Barry Anderson
Dorothy Grimm
Chicago
Jerry Lansing
Dona Gilbertson
Oelwein
Harold Glass
Kathleen
Funeral Services for Mrs Ethel Anderson
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Anderson were held Friday at 2 00 pm from Burnham Wood funeral home for the 82 year old with Rev. K G Rumppe and grandson Rev. Vernon Anderson officiating Burial was at West Union cemetery with six grandsons as pallbearers Survivors include four children twenty two grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren Her husband Andrew N Anderson died February 9 1952 born May 19 1880 in Elkader educated at Elkader High School and taught rural schools before a life on farms in Clayton County and surrounding areas
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Burnham Wood
Ethel Anderson
K. G. Rumppe
Wesleyan Methodist Church
West Union
Vernon Anderson
Elizabeth Stanton
Elkader
Elkader High School
Clayton County
Andrew N.anderen
Grand
Meadow
Postville
Ana
Mr. Anderson
Picnic Supper Honoring Schupbachs In San Diego
Entertainers Mrs. Sarah Schupbach Lena and Ruth Schupbach hosted a picnic supper Sunday in honor of Mr and Mrs Frederick Schupbach and Jane in San Diego California. Guests included the William Schupbach family Hiawatha Robert Sieleman family Oelwein Mr and Mrs Herman Schupbach and Richard Postville Mr and Mrs Ray Weithorn Monona Mrs Wayne Seidler North Lake IL Mr and Mrs Reuben Schupbach George Schupbach family Mr and Mrs Louis Lehman Anita and Mesdames Bertha Lehman Anna Schupbach and Martha Friden Mrs Marie Butikofer Ruth Shirley and Albert were evening visitors.
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Sarah Schupbach
Lena
Ruth Schupbach
Frederick Schupbach
Jane
San Diego
Calif
William Schupbach
Hiawatha
Robert Sieleman
Oelwein
Herman Schupbach
Richard
Postville
Ray Weithorn
Monona
Wayne Seidler
North Lake
Reuben Schupbach
George Schupbach
Louis Lehman
Anita
Mesdames
Bertha Lehman
Anna Schupbach
Martha Frieden
Marie Butikofer
Ruth
Shirley
Albert
Snyder Moves to Villisca
The Rev. George S. Snyder, after nearly six years in MontEZuma, has been transferred to Villisca a town about seventy miles southeast of Omaha.
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George S. Snyder
Montezuma
Villisca
Omaha
District Court to Hear Will for George Paulson
Notice announces a hearing on July 6 1962 before the District Court for probate of the last will and testament of George Paulson deceased in West Union Iowa. Clerk Herbert D Klammer dated June 25 1962.
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George Paulson
District Court For
West Union
Iowa
Herbert D, Klammer
Elgin Families Attend Harvards and Picnics
Mr. and Mrs. John Tillotson and William Miller visited Harvard Til Sunday. They stayed with the Ervie Baird home and attended a Thomas picnic. Other local guests included the Gries and Seidler families, Bertha Lehman, Marvin Staake, and Cedar Falls visitors.
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Aid
John “Tillotson
William Miller
Harvard
Tillotsons
Ervie Baird
Thomas
Mr. Miller
John Gries
Ethel” Seidler
Waterloo
Wayne Seidler
Robert and
Paul
North Lake
Lions Elect International President in Nice Convention
Curtis D. Lovill of Gardiner Maine was elected International President at Lions International 45th annual convention in Nice France. Lions International with 640000 members in 116 countries is the world’s largest service club known for youth programs community service sight conservation and aid to the blind. Last year clubs completed more than 100000 community service projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis D. Lovill
Gardiner
Maine
Lions International
Nice
France
Lions Clubs
Lobe
Clayton County Pig Crop Report 1962 Spring Declines
Towa's 1962 spring pig crop is 4 percent below a year earlier. Farmers report the fall 1969 farrow total could set a record high, 3 percent above the previous. The spring crop is estimated at 11,143,000 head, down 4 percent from 11,623,000 in 1991 and 12 percent below the 1951-80 average of 12,625. The drop follows fewer sows farrowing and smaller litters.
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Towa
Extension Service Calendar of Events
Extension Council meets Monday July 2 at 6 pm. Brown Swiss Canton Show in West Union. Milking Shorthorn Show on Tuesday July 3. Fairfield Indians 4H club meets Thursday July 5. Westfield Whirlwinds 4-H Club meets. Garden Lawn and Ornamental Plants Clinic at Oelwein Library Friday July 6 at 1 30 p.m.
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Brown
West Union
Fairfield Indians
Westfield Whirlwinds
Oelwein Library
Winning Numbers From Elgin Cash Drawing
Two players each won five dollars in Elgin last Saturday evening Harry Everett and Lewis Butikofer. Drawn numbers included 283 456 829 1182 19 1438 1610 707 89 688 464 382 592 968 pai 1741 417 1572 336 199 1668 1044 749 107 653.
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Elgin
Harry Everett
Lewis Butikofer
Wolf attacks Erbe as Farm Bureau captive in Iowa race
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate State Senator Melvin Wolf of Waterloo launches his campaign with a sharp assault on Governor Norman Erbe. Wolf portrays Erbe as controlled by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, calling the organization a powerful insurance and mercantile entity that wields extensive political influence in Iowa.
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Wolf
Norman Erbe
Melvin Wolf
Waterloo
Erbe
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Iowa Republicans Debate Farm Bureau Influence in Legislature
A fragment recalls a speech praising education and welfare while criticizing the Iowa Farm Bureau’s perceived control of state lawmaking. The speaker, Welt, argues the bureau should be influential in a farm state but not dominate politics. Mentions of Parsons, Fairfield, and a theater reference follow the political snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wolf
Iowa Farm Bureau
The Silence of the Good People Quote by Rev King
A brief quotation quotes Rev. Mr. King stating the tragedy today lies not in the noise of the bad but in the silence of the good. The remark emphasizes moral responsibility and public virtue amid social turmoil.
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Mr. King
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