Illyria Area Social Roundup and Community Notes
Illyria residents host guests and share life events from March through late March. Dates include March 14 births, a tractor accident near Ogle, school director elections, and a Fayette wedding anniversary celebration. Community members travel between Ar ington Waterloo Fayette and West Union for visits, parties, and illness notes. The Epworth League plans a March 22 service honoring local servicemen in the navy and army including Terry Wilson Alexander Pollock Clifford Feller J. D. Shaffer Harold Meyer and Clarence Doty.
Marion Dorcas Society to Meet at Church Parlors Saturday
Gunder notes the Marion Dorcas Society will meet Saturday March 21 at church parlors with hostesses Mrs Cornelius Reierson Mrs Clarence Kirkeberg and Mrs L O Reierson. Nora Peake of Postville visited the Ereemry Vellersven home. The group sent food boxes to ax boys in the armed forces last week including fruit cookies and candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Dorcas Society
Cornelius Reierson
Clarence Kirkeberg
L. O. Reierson
Nora Peake
Postwille
Ereemry Vellersven
Ax Boys
Verra Wiupfer
Lena Clark
Seth Clark
Elkag@er
Clark
Ed Brackin
Community Social Roundup in Likely North Dakota Area
Mrs Olaf Berg spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs Bo era Kimball. Mr and Mrs Nels Everson and I Marian spent Saturday night and Sunday in the home of Mrs Nellie Kimball. Lawrence West family were guests of Mrs Amanda Ruroden Friday afternoon. Julia Johnsaoom and Alice were overnight guests Friday in the Martin Amundson Rome. Darlene and Lydia Reierson spent Saturday with Ardis Groth. Mr and Mrs Oseax Holden are parents of a girl born Thursday March 12. Orville Saboe were dinner guests of Mrs Belle Reierson last Saturday. Anna Buroden and Clifford Olson visited in the Lestex-Tope home last Sunday. Mrs Edgar Kimball called at Selmer Groth home Friday afternoon. Gerald and Duaxrre Wander spending a few days in the Ole Rei prac home. Mrs Olaf Berg visited Thursday afternoon with her sister Mrs Edgar Kimball, Dr and Mrs O J Swenson of Waseca Minn spent Monday in the Carmen Swenson home. Olef Amundson family visited in the Almer Amundson home Saturday evening and helped Amundson celebrate birthday anniversary. Signy Hanson of Stanley spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Geo Hanson. Mrs Elmer Larson spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs Carrie Thorson and Mrs Emer Amundson. Mr and Mrs WilL E I Welson and family and Mr and Eas Wayne Shipton were dinner guests Sunday of the J B Shipton family. Clarence Kittlescoma took Mr and Mrs John Sampsontra to Eagle Grove Friday. They also visited with Mrs James Young, who is at a Fort
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf Berg
Erar Kimball
Nels Everson
I Marian
Nellie Kimball
Lawrence West
Amanda
Julia Johnsaoom
Alice
Martin Amundson
Rome
Darlene
Lydia Reierson
Ardis Groth
Edgar Kimball
O. J. Swenson
Waseca
Minn
Local Socials Report From Ames Area Homes
Dodge hospital events and several weekend visits mark a polite round of social calls. Mr and Mrs Gordon Junker hosted and visited neighbors in the Ames Olson and Nelson homes, with multiple families and children sharing meals and a surprise party in Decorah area homes.
Social Roundup From Grand Meadow and Nearby Homes
Neighbors and friends visit and host gatherings across Grand Meadow and surrounding farms. Mrs Clarence Olson and family host in Decorah area. numerous calls and visits occur at the Willard Martin, Ed Johnson, Otto Larson, and other homes. Directors meet at Center schoolhouse as local residents share time with family and friends.
Cheery Valley social round includes Ubersax visit and neighbors
Francis and John Ubersax and Joe Gable of Shullsberg Wis visited John Dennler's home on Monday. others dropped by L Christen home the past week including Bert Thoman Ethel Francis Ubersax Joe Gable and Mrs Martin Hanson. Several families hosted gatherings and weekend calls across nearby homes.
Local social notes include visits and gatherings
Mr and Mrs John Dennler hosted. John Ubersax and Edwin Hanson visited Albert Butikofer on Thursday. Arthur Meisner of Elkader spent the weekend with Francis Meisner. Reuben Butikofer was a supper guest at the John Dennler home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehman
John Dennler
John Ubersax
Edwin Hanson
Albert Butikofer
Arthur Meisner
Elkader
Francis Meisner
Reuben Butikofer
Oak Grove Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Community members report visits and meals at various homes including the Dennlers, Howard, Wilson, Gilson, and Kiple families. Attendees include the Burodens, Bakers, Lanes, and Joyces with hospital and club visits noted. Mrs. Hoffman’s 55th wedding anniversary trip hosts referenced. Gary and Harry Gilson also mentioned.
Progress Club Meeting Discusses Domestic Relations
The Elgin Progress Club met at W. C. Falk home Monday evening March 16 with Mrs. Ivan Flower as hostess. Thirteen members attended. Gladys Ash read articles on marriage and divorce while Neema Lehman reviewed Family Fun pages from Parents magazines. A social evening is planned March 30 at Mrs. Paul Waters home near Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
W. C. Falk
Ivan Flower
Gladys Ash
Neema Lehman
Paul Waters
Postville
Pork Marketing Record Cited By Keith Thoma
Keith Thoma showcases a hog marketing record after recently selling 14 hogs aged months and 12 days for $395.50. The pigs gained about a pound and a half daily since birth, averaged 219 pounds, and came from two sows that produced fourteen piglets all surviving to become porkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Thoma
Elgin Social Roundups Highlight Bridges and Family Gatherings
Mrs H H Wolf hosted a Monday bridge evening with about twelve couples as Mr and Mrs Chas Wenger celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Louis Stalbaum from Elkader and various local families. Also reported: Alice Cummings underwent an appendectomy in West Union and is reported satisfactory. A Waterloo pair visited Elgin, and Janet and Jeanette Krueger marked their fourth birthday with a party past Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Wolf
Chas. O’neill
Sheldon Boyle
Walter Bovis
Chas. Wenger
Louis Stalbaum
Elkader
Jona Falk
Alice Cummings
Don Cummings
West Union Hospital
Arthur Lantz
Waterloo
Elgin
Lance
Myron Chapman
Chas
Chapman
Janet
Jeanette Krueger
Navy confirms loss of U S S Houston in Java Sea battle
An official Navy Department release last weekend states the U S S Houston was among 13 U S ships lost in the battle of Java. The Allied force sank six Japanese ships as the battle unfolded. The second American ship sunk was the destroyer U S S Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
U. S. S. Houston
United States
Java
Navy Department
U.S. S
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E. R. Withell
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State Bank
Iowa
Illyria
Arington
Andrew
Strawberry Point
Guernsey Smith
Helen Fox
Fayette
Thos. Ogle
Chas. Woods
Cleo Moore
Wadena
Donald Paige
Thomas Shaffer
Nellie Foxwell
Thomas
Viola
Ralph Landon
Cumberland
Elizabeth Foxwell
Landon
J. J. Snyder
Traer
Harold Kimball
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Arthur Chapman
Merlin
W. H. Pollock
Alexander
Thomas Pollock
Opal Dennler
Martha Chapman
Charles
Robert
Pattison
Jerome
Highland
Harold Glass
Reynold
Harold Strong
Una Montgomery
West
Harold Leuenberger
West Union
Charlton Looby
Walter Rothlisberger
Arthur Kelly
Reynold Strong
Floyd Bark
Randalia
Floyd
Ogle
Tommy
Perry Medberry
Volga
Albert Dennler
Howard Medberry
Alton Medberry
Myrtle Medberry
Shirley
Virginia
Progressive Home Study Club
Foxwell
Woods
Cr. M. Klingman
Andrew Yea2rous
John Zuercher
Larxxeont
Albert Parker Exach
Fred Smith
Will Smith
William
John Christen
Christen
Martha Chapoonan
Delbert
Suraday
Jerome Yearous
Flosch Frieden
David
Walter Boys
L. W
MicKellar
Mirs
Doty
Dérazard Paige
Myron Moonze
Jake Gehring
Fred Schneider
Army
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Epworth League
Terry Wilson
Alexander Pollock
Clifford Feller
J. D. Shaffer
Harold Meyer
Clarence Doty
Schori Bros
Klingman’s Fountain Service
R. A. Crider Veterinarian Dial
Elgin, Iowa
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
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Jim Halverson
Arthur Groth
Decorah
Gordon Junker
Almer Leo Nelson
Arthur Helgerson
Clifford Kittleson
Carmen Swenson
Almer Nelson
Ames Olson
Will and
William Nelson
Clarence
Henry Kittleson
Grand Meadow News
Clarence Olson
Ole Blockhus
Helen Reinhart
Willard Martin
Lavern
Adrian
Ed Johnson
Alfred Buraas
Fern
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Mason City
Clara
Myrtle Peterson
Dorf Opperud
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Anton Skaren
Lawrence Casten
Center
Selmer Holm
Laura Holt
Alphie Thorson
Evan Lien
Carolyn Erickson and
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Cheery Valley News
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Joe Gable
Shullsberg
Wis
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Bert. Thoman
Ethel
Francis U2ersax
Martin Hanson
Jacob Christen
James Duff
Frank Christen
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Martin Minihan
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John Nagel
Dan Burke
Clermont
Dorothy Minihan
Rochester
West Bend
Albert Keller
Vivian
Billy
Patsy Minihan
J. W. Minihan
Jake Christen
Lester Butikofer
Leo Dennier
John Dennier
Gladys Hanson
Kenneth Mark
Guernsey Smith and
Ida Meyer
Oscar Baumgartner
Martin Wenger
Marlys Wenger
Dan Sutter
Erna Baumgartner
Eliza Friederich
Louis Butikofer
Ben Dennler
Oak Grove News
Walter Dennler
Oran Bane
Thos. Howard
Clifton Wilson
Sam Howard
Emery Buroden
Doyle Baker
Geo. Howard
Herbert Ash
J. F. Lane
Ash
Wayne Gilson
H. B. Gilson
John Howard
Ed Boyle
Earl Kiple
L. L
Roland Grover
Walter Ash
Reuben Howard
East Community Club
JF. Margroff
Gary Gilson
Harry Gilson
Presho
S. D
Joe Hoffman
Warren Joyce
J. M. Shaffer
Progress Club
Echo
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Schori & Kuster Lor. Co
Tseng
Varnes
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