Local Social Notes From Cheery Valley and Braker Homes
Cheery Valley and Alta Thoman host Tuesday evening at the Braker home where George Nickels and family travel for a Denver visit. Nearby gatherings include Merlin Nickels, Mrs. Wilbur Peake, and Willard Mareland visiting in Merlin and Guttenberg. Multiple family visits, birthdays, and reunions noted with Des Moines, Davenport, and Grundy Center connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheery Valley Yee
Alta Thoman
Braker
George Nickels
Grandwin
Linda
Mark
Denver
Igbert
Merlin Nickels
Wilbur Peake
Merlin
Willard Mareland
Guttenberg
Jack Gehring
Cerapids
Fonday
Sam Dennler
Dennler
Roscoe Larson
Franest
Ida Christen
Lydia Odegard
Joan. _ Hanson
Tara
Des 3
Lydia Hanson
Janie Berse
Chat- Minn
Christen Bros
Sunday visits and hospital entry noted in area social items
Martin Hanson and Gladys spent Sunday in the Don Dom iny home in Waverly. Mrs Ellen Mason entered Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse Wisconsin Sunday as a medical patient, address ard Floor Room 314. Reminder of a club picnic at Elkader on Sunday July 2. The John Butikofer family visited Sunday in the Eugene Schting home in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hanson
Gladys
Don Dominy
Waverly
Ellen Mason
Lutheran Hospital
LaCrosse
Wisc
Elkader
John Butikofer
Eugene Sch
Illyria social notes and visits across counties
Sunday visits and gatherings feature Clifton Prinrle Clermont Glen Webb from Sioux Falls South Dakota with Will Kerr. Thomas Foxwell family at Elkader park. Shaffers and Rob ert at Jim Whitford Volga home. callers at Silas Wilson home. Talcott reunion at Fayette. Gordon Pollock home guests Albert and Fred Parker and girls Volga. Shaffers at Graham Jacobs Waterloo picnic. Dennter visitors Nydegger. Ida Oswald visiting Ruth and Otis Rothlisberger Waureka Wise. Progressive Home Study Club to meet July 5. Whitcher West Union and Powell Strawberry Point at Emmett Licht home. Wilberr dinner at Robert Kerr. Hermen family visiting Harold Hermen Sterling Cole. Anne Howard Archie Howard and Ann at Donald Dominy Waverly. Orran Bane Jr Waterloo Milton Morgan Ed Wenger guests Gene Wenger. Melinda Wenver birthday. John Grimm family visit to Albert Dennler. Silas Wilson visit Oscar Yunsberger Wadena. Lee Roy Collins visit Carl Gehring. Wm Yearous Lyle visit Alice Yearous Albert Klingman Strawberry Point. Kipke De Kalb Illinois Saturday Forrest Shaffer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Prinrle Clermont
Glen Webb
Sioux Falls
Reynold Strong
Talcott
Fayette
Albert Parker
Fred Parker
Volga
Gordon Pollock
Ralph Shaffer
Graham Jacobs
Waterloo
Albert Dennter
Fred Nydegger
Ida Oswald
Waureka
Wise
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Progressive Home Study Club
Howard Whitcher
West Union
Thomas Powell
Strawberry Point
Emmett Licht
Wilberr
Robert Kerr
James Hermen
Steven
Duane
Harold Hermen
Sterling, Cole
Anne Howard
Archie Howard
Ann
Donald Dominy
Waverly
Orran Bane
Milton Morgan
Ed Wenger
Gene Wenger
Melinda Wenver
John Grimm
Albert Dennler
Silas Wilson
Oscar Yunsberger
Wadena
Lee Roy Collins
Carl Gehring
Wm. Yearous
Lyle
Alice Yearous
Albert Klingman
Frank Kipke
de Kalb
Til
Forrest Shaffer
Peters Family Hosts Sunday Supper Guests
Brainard News reports Mr and Mrs Donald Peters and Robin of Waterloo and the Bill Peters family were Sunday supper guests of Mrs Vivien Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Peters
Robin
Waterloo
Bill Peters
Vivien Peters
Local residents host dinners and visits across West Union area
A flurry of social visits and dinners spread through West Union and surrounding towns as neighbors hosted guests from Des Moines to Monona. Notable gatherings included Mrs. Richard Kohls hosting midweek in West Union, and the Tom Meighan family visiting the Gehring residence. Multiple families, including the Peters, Holm, and Reiersons, hosted Sunday dinners or weekend calls with extended kinfolk and friends from Wells to Monona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Kirke- Selmer Holm
Andberg
Monona
Wm. Landsgard
Steven
Ning
Joseph Rei
Greg
Tom
Julie
Pensacola
Jerson
Fla
Roger Holm
Brenda
Pam
Duluth
Minn
Olga Landsgard
Ole
St. Olaf
Community Social Ties Highlight Local Visits and Picnics
Mrs. Kenneth Kiosa spent Friday with Clara Kurth for a birthday. Several families from Wyre Rassig Loftsgard to Waterloo attended picnics at Harpers Ferry. Weekend visitors included Kathryn Burstrom from Freeport and Kathryn Edblad from Park Ridge. Major gatherings featured anniversaries and multiple dinners with the Amundsons, Hansons, and Edblads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kiosa
Clara Kurth
Linda
Marlene Thorseard
St. Olaf
Myron Houg
Steven Helgerson
Bessie Loftsgard
Rassig
Loftsgard
Charles
Leland Larson
Fayette
Emma Larson
Harpers Ferry
Fred Larson
Waterloo
Mellien
Otto Mork
Millard Hoag
Julia Youd
Farmarshore
Mollie Mork
Emory Landsearch
Kathryn
Ruth Burstrom
Freeport
Ill
Morris Amundson
Edward Edblad
Park Ridge
Morris Amundsen
Harold Opland
Kendra Loftsgard
Rachel
Backbone Park
Strawberry Point
Edblad
Elgin Echo Masthead and Postal Notice From 1891
The Elgin Echo appears as a historic newspaper item from Elgin Iowa. The text notes second class mail status and a Fayette County location with an old post office citation under the March 3 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Fayette County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Leuchtenmacher
Alice
Ben Butikofer
Robert Hanson
Kenny
Keith
Bobby
Albert L. Dennler
Susan
June Wells
Davenport
Helen Christen
Helen
Town City
Merlin Gender
Albert L. Dennier
Harry Butikofer
Wm. Dennier
Ben Dennier
Lea Johansen
Muehlethaler
Grundy Center
Larry Dennier
Polk City
Ben Dennlers
Tee
W. Auction Market
Farmall
T.A
P. S
M Farmall
H Farmall
Ford
John Deere
Massey Harris
Bob Falb
Illyria News
Brainard News
Richard Kohls
Clarence Tripp
Robert Peters
Paul Larson
Lawrence Gehring
Dick Brackin
Harmony
Melvin Hanson
Jim Hanson
Gregg Hanson
Wells
Lyle Martin
Floyd Whitcher
Wert Union
Ed Fenner
Dan Reider
Des Moines
Winchester Arms & Ammunition Clinic
Hotel Fort Dee Moines
Tom Meighan
Sumner
Cindy Peters
Herb Bleckhus
Gerald Bond
Jeffery
Terry
Carol Fenner
Kewanee
Gary Alber
Eldorado
Darrell
Wikader
Gerald Blockhus
Selmer Holm
Elda , Marting
Lonny Marting
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Walley Marting
Debbie
Michele
Farmersburg
Helen Reinhart
Selmer
Roger Halm
T. L. Loftsgerhard Marion
Louise Vick
Postville Hospital
Louis Krosa
Carroh Anderson
Jackie
Clarence Anderson
Merle Gregerson
Joyce
Edgar, Wise
Louis Kjosa
Arvey Berg
McGregor
Henry Vellersven
Kath- Jene Bere
Otta Gisleson
Gerald Winter
Ridgeway
Otto Gisleson
Lawrence West
Laurence Naylor
Kathleen Berg
Willie Tharsgaard
Marlene
Will, Bergen
Mervin Reierson
Lloyd Lofisgard
Kenneth Kjosa
Cornelius Reierson
Joseph Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Diane
Gunder
Maquoketa
Elgin Echo
Iowa
James A. Hermen
Happy
U.S.A
Elgin State Bank
DIAL
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Francis Butikofer
Wayne Hendrickson
Grinnell
FELCO
Statex
Felco/Statex
Felco/Statex Cooperative
Felco/Statex Cooperatives
Elgin Cooperative
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