Community notes from Postville area residents
Sunday gatherings and visits fill the Postville community as families host dinners and guests. Multiple households including Loftsgard Olson Peterson and Halversons welcome relatives and friends from Ames, Elgin, Nora Springs, Decorah, and West Union amid hospital releases, farm moves, and birthday meals. Local society activities include Marion Mission Society meeting on March 11 at the church parlors with specified hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellien Loftsgard
Helmer Loftsgard
Lesle Lantz
T. T. Loftsgard
Milton Olson
Connie
Ole Olson
Selina Olson
Postville Hospital
P. K. Peterson
Rex Medberry
Harold Skarshang
Karen
Donna
Ames
T. J. Olson
Marion Mission Society
Clarence Kirkeberg
Kenneth Kiosa
Cornelius Reierson
Homer Jacobin Farm
Betsy Christianson
Harvey Anderson
Wayne
Harold Halverson
Elgin
Milo Jacobia
Milo Munger
Ray Jacobia
Harold Christofferson
Postville
Nora Springs
Frank Munger
Banble
P. K
Ole Amundson
Arthur Amundson
Marion Olson
Henry Olson
Allen Anderson
Harley Swenson
Woodrow Reed
Hiram Olson
Linda
Louis Halverson
Sharon
Gilbert Halvergan
Pet Vern Trudo
Therman Peterson
Donald
Nellie Comely
Ormus Trudo
Gerald Olson
Milo Olson
Fern Tarsrud
Bennie Schneider
Ronald Loftsgard
Mavis Smith
Ole Loftsgard
Myron Houge
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Decorah
Tilyria Items Alyria Community Church Schedule
Sunday school at 10 15 a m and morning worship at 11 15 o clock. The church night moved to Tuesday evening next week due to conflicts. A song service will feature old songs of faith and a program of interest to all is planned. Youth Fellowship will serve lunch after the service to raise money for the Clear Lake Institute fund. Mr and Mrs Lewis Barnes of near Fayette were guests Sunday evening of Mr and Mrs Silas Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Davis
West Union
Harold Strong
Orville Berg
Marvin
Richard Hofer
Will Frieden
Fred Klingman
Arlington
Thos, Powell
Strawberry Point
Gene Knapp
Elkader
Powells
Orvin Thompson
David
Fred Rothlisberger
Clermont
R. D. Smith
Guernsey Smith
Everett Merritt
Kellerton
Viola Foxwell
Cedar Falls
Thos
Foxwell
Clarence Winkler
Ogle
Richard Grover
Oelwein
Progressive Home Study Club
Harold Grimm
Tofield Heck
Arthur Chapman
Alton Medberry
Leo Benson
Thos. Ogle
Otis Rothlishberger
Des Moines
Albert Dennler
Thos. Pollock
Arthur Yearous
Andrew Yearous
Robert Longmuir
Fred Burrow
Ervin Metzger
Fred iSchneider
Alyria Community Church
Youth Fellowship
Clear Lake Institute Fund
Cheery Valley News Local Social Visits and Guests
Cheery Valley News reports multiple local social visits across Volga and nearby towns. Several households hosted guests with Friday to Sunday gatherings, supper guests, and leisure calls among Nickels, Butikofer, Dennler, Christen, Leuchtenmacher, Manson, Nading, and related families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Elia Chase
Volga
Geo. Nickels
Owen Nickels
Chase
Glen Yearous
Ben Dernier
Will Friederich
Marie
John Dernier
Harry Frieden
Fred Butikofer
George Nickels
Waterloo
Louis Butikofer
Oma
Lewis But
Marion Christen
Christen Bros
Edwin Manson
Leo Nading
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Orlin Mason
Frank Christen
Social visits and gatherings in Brainard area
Families and friends from Brainard and surrounding towns gathered at homes and a local schoolhouse for meals and social time. Notable guests included Mr. and Mrs. Nutting, Mrs. Etta Nutting, the Peters family, the Reeder and Kerr households, and the Barnhouse and Boyer families. A miscellaneous church shower honored Mrs. Wilson Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Nutting and
Etta Nutting
West Union
E. R. Nutting
Chloa Lyon
Ray Gilbert
Joe Peters
Robert Kerr
Lyle Olson
Dennis
Gander
Ed Heins
Clermont
Roger Reeder
Mary
Wanda Barnhouse
Herman Boyer
Wm. Nutting and Sons
Ethelyn Johnson
Melvin Hanson
Wilson Patterson
Lester Crain
Cecil Snively
Joseph Kjosa
Louis Becker
Tom Boyer
Glen Boyer
John Metzger
Doyle Baker
5. S. Patterson
Raymond Mays
Marshall Helms
Charles Peters
Dan Craft
Reuben Howard
Melvin Boyer
Ruth Hitch
Lola Boyer
John Barnhouse
If School Does Not Seem Worth While
A mother and son discuss schooling as the boy shows his report card and contends with a mix of grades. The piece urges parental involvement to make education feel useful, with examples of at home arithmetic help and budgeting tasks to show immediate value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Mary Louise
Farm and education notes highlight home study benefits
The item notes that home school learning is more effective now than future sermons. It mentions the Chicken of Tomorrow program returning to Iowa and aligned with a national extension. It adds that dairy herd improvement hinges on the owner’s feeding and management, and introduces a three minute milking method to save time and boost output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Amazing new hearing devices debut with four vacuum tubes
The Microtone Company unveils tiny hearing aids with automatic noise suppression and a push pull output using four vacuum tubes, promising powerful, clear sound. They offer free information to anyone interested, inviting readers to write for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Microtone Company
Dept
Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
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Reynold
Harry Gilson
Will Hinton
Wadena
Gerald Heck
Hinton
Clara Muehlenthaler
Myron Chapman
LeRoy Alcorn
Cleve Bennett
Pritchard
Eddie Hermen Wadens
Arthur Hermen
Floyd Frieden
Fleet Frieden
Melvin Gregerson
Melvin
John Probert
Ruth Roys
Hazel Rothlisberger
Leo Meyer
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Leo Rothlisberger
Arnold Sanders
Jean
Kenneth Medberry
Ralph Sheffer
Ellen Flann~gan
Elmer Lembke
Foxwell and
Allen
Tilyria
Lewis Barnes
Near Fayette
Silas Wilson
Cheery Valley News
Brainard News
Welfare Basenakh
R. A. Crider Veterinarian Dial
Elgin, Iowa
E.R. Withell
D.C
State Bank
Elkaier, Ia
Chrysler
Plymouth
Torkelson Bros
Pollotis
Jersey
Allis-Chalmers
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Hugh Conkey
Diz
Audt
Neil Bank
L. R. Tappan ‘Optometrist
Elkader, Jowa
George Metzger
Rath Packing Co
Dubuque Pack
Dubuque
Eals
Pleasant Valley Township
Illyria Township
Clayton County
Marion, Highland
Wagner Townships
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Conporation
Laurence Knudtson
Lansing
Interstate Power Company
Renne Gtd Company
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