Clermont social notes recount February birthdays and visits
Mrs. Julia Helgerson and many neighbors attend birthday celebrations hosted by Amundsons and others. Guests include the Olson, Larson, Amundson, and Schmid families with baptisms and dinners noted. Several visits span Elgin, Cedar Rapids, Decorah, and Strawberry Point, plus a baptism at East Clermont Church and a farewell for the Hines family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Helgerson
Martin Anwndson
Will Burrow
Louie Amundson
Art Nelson
Otto Vasby
Henry Schweinerus
Richard Griebenow
Lana
Dennis
Mae Crow
Hot Springs
Ark
Lucian Appelman
Burkard Riegel
Marie Schmid
Elgin
Nels Gilbert
Cedar Rapids
Hans Sandvold
Andine Vasbey
Mary Olson
Walter Lundy
Vernon Olson
Marie Gerhard
Decorah
Elmer Olson
Evelyn Olson
East Clermont
Sanda, Olson
Kathleen Amundson
Oliver Larson
Almer Larson
Ames Olson
Karen
Anita
Almer Amundson
Hichard
Orvin Olson
LaVerne ‘Larson
Herb Martin
Satgatuck
Mich
L. W. Gaeth
Mark Gaeth
Stephen Knudsen
Lutheran Seminary
St. Paul
Martin Amundson
Local Social Roundup from Volga and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Glen Oldfather and Mr and Mrs Melvyn Puffett visited in the Kenneth Scott home at Marion on Sunday and met Kevin Ray Scott. Ruth Rays visited Volga over the weekend. Mrs Ruth Smith returned home after months with her son in Grinnell. The Donald Lamphier and Mrs Stompfle visited Oscar Lamphier home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Paul Crandall welcomed a baby boy on Feb 24 and are at Manchester Hospital. John Moats 13th birthday observed at Glen Moats and family. Iowa City trip with basketball players included museum and library visits. Iowa City defeated Illinois 93-79. Wayne Hummelg moving to late Jewell property this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Everitt
Jim Sheas
Hummel
John Bennington
California
Will Chase
James Hermen
George Nickels
Elmer
Ralph
Floyd Chase
Robert
Michael Edwards
Gary
Pete
Lester Chase
Harvey Adams
DeKalb, Til
Donald Adams
Walter Adams
Clifton Voshell
Mes
Paul Boenish
Manchester
Glen Oldfather
Melvyn Puffett
Artella
Kenneth Scott
Marion
Kevin Ray Scott
Maurine Scott
Ruth Rays
Volga
Ruth Smith
Glens
Grinnell
Walter Boys Sr
Greeley
Donald Lamphier
Stompfle
Oscar Lamphier
Paul Crandall
Carol Weger
Arlington
Floyd, Chase
Bearse
Wil Chase
Arthur Everitt
Joy Wheeler
Leming
Saderuasser
Iowa City
Iowa City Hospital
Weekend Visit Noted In Selmer Helm Household
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Helm of Fort Wayne Indiana spent the weekend visiting the Selmer Helm home and the Mrs Elda Marting home in Monona due to the death of Orlando Marting. Funeral services were held Saturday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Monona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Helm
Fort Wayne
Ind
Selmer Helm
Elda Marting
Monona
Orlando ‘Marting
Helm
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Roger Holm
Moniday
Harold Opland
Arthur Solberg
Hawkeye
Bernard Loftsgard
Otto Hanson, Jr
Rome
St. Olaf
Gilbert Loftsgard
Lyle Light
Rochester
Gerald Winters
West Union
Otto Gisleson
Milo Gisleson
Cornelius Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Lloyd Biederman
Volga
Real Estate Transfers and Car Registrations in Arlington and Area
Real estate transfers include Potter George and wife to Frank H Poor and wife lot 10 and west 1 2 lot 9 Elk 1 Calkin Add Arlington and Gehring E E and wife 4 Marie Doris Gehring lots 1 2 Whittenbaugh Add Wadena Postville Community Schools 1 to Fritz Oestman land in 1295 dated 12 30 57 Lamphier Henry to Robert Longmuir and wife SW SW 1192 7 dated 2 26 58. New cars registered Ward LeRoy C or Donna E Arlington Chevy Sedan 58 Barrack Alfred H Arlington Chevy Sedan 58 Habeas Corpus literally means you may have the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter
George
Frank H. Poor
Elk
Calkin
Arlington
Gehring
JWD
Local visitors and gatherings around Elgin community
Elgin residents hosted and visited relatives in surrounding towns. Guests included Lester Gehring and family at the Olesen home in West Union, Will Cheeseman of Elkader visiting Roy Leuchtenmacher, and Henry Reierson from St. Olaf. A birthday dinner celebrated Jeffrey Gehring’s sixth birthday with many relatives present. Various visits to Ossian, Decorah, Wapello, Calmar, and Waterloo tied to pastors, students, and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Gehring
Bobby
H. P. Olesen
West Union
Will Cheeseman
Elkader
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Arizona
Henry Reierson
St. Olaf
Leuchtenmacher
Karla Kohler
Arlene Scholen
Keith Kohler
Jack Gehring
Jeffrey
Charles Gehring
Kathryn
Will Pape
Gordon
Lynn
Hazel Gehring
S. F. Schoentag
Ina Kohler
Alice Winkler
Carmen Swenson
John O. Anderson
Oscar Holden
Joel Holden
Panama City
Jacob Gehring
Uriel
Ida Frieden
Sheryl Butikofer
Gloria Frieden
William Massner
Wapello
Stutrud
Jorgenson
Stavanger Ossian
Ossian
Decorah
Luther College
Glen Snyder
Prof
Berg
Devorah
Stock Exchange and Board of Trade
Ford Motor Co
United Steel Works
Dan Butikofer
Will Butikofer
Quincy
Dan Butikofer, Jr
C. B. Schori
Calmar
K. J. Meyer
Walt Kohls
Sheldon Kohls
Waterloo
Mary
Weekend visits spread across states and families
Carol returned home with them for a few weeks visit. Mr. and Mrs. Don Page spent the weekend in Denver, guests of the George Howard, Jr. family. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Mitts, Ruth and Linda and Mrs. Bertha Mitts spent from Friday until Sunday in the Willis Wharton home at West Point, Mrs. Bertha Mitts stayed for an indefinite visit with the Wharton family and also in Illinois and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Don Page
Denver
George Howard, Jr
Walt Mitts
Ruth
Linda
Bertha Mitts
Willis Wharton
West Point
Bertha ‘Mitts
Wharton
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa lost girl found after stroll along tracks
A 3 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Mayland of Britt, wandered onto the Milwaukee railroad track during a cold wave. A resident found her and brought her home, easing a worried neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Mayland
Britt
Marion Happy Hustlers Club Meeting Report
The Marion Happy Hustlers 4H Club met February 17 at Gary Kittleson’s home with twelve members present. Roll call noted favorite school subjects. Members received pamphlets on hunting and fishing, learned gun safety rules, and practiced gun positions. They watched a small fanning mill, played games, and enjoyed prizes. The next meeting will be a joint gathering with one or two other clubs at East Clermont Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion “Happy Hustlers
Gary Kittleson
East Clermont
Car rolls into downtown store through window
A dog in a parked car caused the vehicle to roll forward into a downtown store window after its owner, Mrs Lewis Marshall, left the motor running and the dog jumped around hitting the gear shift. No injuries reported in the incident involving a Cocker Spaniel named Al Humboldt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Humboldt
Lewis ‘Marshall
Dayton hunter Fox Eldon Wrede kills five fox in a day
Dayton resident Fox Eldon Wrede reports a recent kill count of five fox in one day and estimates more than 200 fox killed over the past decade. At Cherokee, Mrs. Carl Dose celebrated her 100th birthday. Born in Germany, she came to America as a young girl and has lived in Town since then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Eldon Wrede
Dayton
Wiley
Cherokee
Carl Dose
Germany
America
Anniversary on Ash Grove farm marks six decades married
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Leonard of Ash Grove celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Married in 1898, they have spent all sixty years of married life on the same farm where they now reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Leonard
Ash Grove
Gophers and Salt Money Facts From 1957 Iowa Note
Winneshiek County likely remains the pocket gopher trapping hub of Iowa. In 1957 bounties were paid on fourteen thousand five hundred fifty one pocket gophers. The term salary derives from salarium meaning salt money once paid to Roman soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gophers
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Driverless Car Accident In Douds Injures Vehicle
Two autonomous vehicles were involved in a collision in Douds when Lloyd Nelson left his car running in the street. The car slipped into gear and struck a parked vehicle owned by Arthur Daniels. Hart is noted as the European term for a full grown male deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douds
Lloyd Nelson
Arthur ‘Daniels
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Louis Couchman
Sewal
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Meriden
Marianna Propane CO
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State Farm Mutual
State Farm
Auto Ins. Co
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Paul K. Dickhoff
West Union, Iowa
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Postville
L.R. Tappan
Optometrist
Paul N. Moser
Muehlethaler
Towa
Ida
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