West Union Socials Fold into Local Homes
Brainard News records a series of Sunday dinners and weekday visits across West Union and surrounding towns. Ed Fenner hosted and visited, with guests Rex Folkerts and others staying in multiple homes including Wilson Patterson and Lyle Martin households. Additional visits occurred in Waterloo, Sumner, Wadena, Clermont, and Diana with Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. Meighan, and Mr. Reeder noted among attendees.
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Ed Fenner
Ross Whitcher
West Union
Rex Folkerts
Steamboat Rock
Wilson Patterson
Richard Kohls
Miss Grimes
Paul Buckley
Melvin Hanson
Lyle Martin
George Butikofer
Lawrence Gehring
Ted
Floyd Whitcher
West Ye Ion
Tom Meighan
Kelly
Sumner
Lawrence Brackin
Waterloo
Charles Henniger
Gerald Bond
Jerry
Wadena
Roger Reeder
Diana
Russell
Ed Heins
Clermont
Billy Peters
George Pape
Mrs Vivien Peters Visiting Don Peters Home
Mrs Vivien Peters is spending a few days at the Don Peters home in Waterloo.
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Clermont
Vivien Peters
Don Peters
Waterloo
Cheery Valley Good Neighbors Club Meeting Notes
The Cheery Valley Good Neighbors Club met March 9 at Mrs. Ernest Christen's home with 28 members. Guests Mrs. Guernsey Smith, Mrs. George Nickels and Mollie Schneider attended. Discussions included gifts, secret pals, lunch limits, and a story on forgiveness. Several memberships and social activities were noted, with many visits to members in Guttenberg and nearby towns. Mrs. Harry Butikofer underwent surgery at Falmer Memorial Hospital West Union.
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Good Neighbors Club
Ernest Christen
Clara Muehlethaler
Lucy Christen
Guernsey Smith
George Nickels
Mollie Schneider
Maggie
Sunshine Committee
Red Cross
Good Samaritan Society
Stanley Shaeffer
Sharon Schupbach
Wm. Friederich
Sam, Dennler
Lester Wenger
Louis Butikofer
Wim. Friederich
Ben Dennler
Harold, Meisner
Wm. Torkelsson
Roscoe Larson
Willis Currier
Guttenberg
Ellen Mason
Frank
Christen
Mark
Joe Olson
Wm. Torkelson Jr
Marion
Albert L. Dennler
Andrew Brackin
la Porte
Jen Roscoe Larson
Ben Butikofer
Ole Embertson
Elkader
Mr. Embertson
Karolen Butikofer
Diane
Dennis Hanson
Martin Hanson
Robert Hanson
Frank Kulish
Frank Ku
Local Dinner Guests Highlight Roland Hackmann Family
Elgin local notes report the Roland Hackmann family of Clermont were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hackmann. Celia Kohls of Strawberry Point was an afternoon caller.
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Roland Hackmann
Clermont
Carl Hackmann
Celia Kohls
Strawberry Point
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Chrysler
Community Dinner Guests and Weekend Visits
The text lists numerous local residents and families from Postville and nearby areas who hosted or were visited over a weekend. Names include the Shippy, Gulsvig, Dickses, Kohler, Buroden, Ander son, Halverson, Frieden, Kerr, Becker, Heins, Thorson, Sehhaer, Jacob, Hellum, Lauer, Gilson, Schupbach, Bu tikofer, Schrader, and Frieden households, with several Sunday dinners and calls noted. The fragment reflects social activity in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Kohler
Clifton
Wilton
Alvin Buroden
Postville
Allan Anderson
Bertina Halverson
Elmer Butikofer
Vita Hellum
Oscar
Biker
Clara McNally
Richard Frieden
Reuben
Howard
Robert Kerr
Willy
Wadena
Louis Becker
Judy
Leonard Heins
Eugene Thorson
LaVerne Larson
Marilyn Schaer
Wheaton
John Sehhaer
Dinner Guests Saturday Eve Grimin
Mr and Mrs Arthur Lantening hosted dinner guests at their home Saturday evening. The invitation referenced Mr and Mrs Lawrence as attendees in a cordial social event from local society notes.
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Arthur Lanténing
Mrs. Lawrence
Grimin
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