Cheery Valley News Social Roundup and Visits
Owen Nickels left for Cedar Rapids and is now employed at Killians. Clara Muehlenthaler spent last Thursday afternoon in the Martin Hanson home. Geo Leuchtenmacher returned home from the veterans hospital in Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Butikofer visited the Wm. Moore home in Marion. John Dennler Roscoe Larson Rex Mulford and Bert Thoman toured Mt. Hope and Shullsburg Wis visiting the Christ Teutschman home. The Good Neighbors club met March 16 with eleven members and one guest. contests were won by Mrs. Bert Thoman Mrs. Roscoe Larson Mrs. Martin Hanson and Gladys Hanson. The April meeting will be with Mrs. Walter Lehman. Martin Hanson family visited Christen Bros Sunday. Tony Torkelson spent weekend with Ben Dennler. Geo Leuchtenmacher and Philip Leuchtenmacher with son went to Canistota SD Sunday. Edwin Hangon visited Ben Dennler Sunday afternoon. Rosa Dennler Levi Frieden and Ben Dennler spent Thursday in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Nickels
Cedar Rapids
Killians
Clara Muehlenthaler
Martin Hanson
Geo. Leuchtenmacher
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Fred Butikofer
Emil ‘Moore
Marion
Wm. Moore
John Dennler
Roscoe Larson
Rex Mulford
Bert Thoman
Mt. Hope
Shulls
Walter Lehman
Christen Bros
Tony Torkelson
Ben Dennler
Philip Leuchtenmacher
Canisota
Edwin Hangon
Rosa Dennler
Levi Frieden
Local confirmations and social visits noted in Gunder area
Gunder News reports confirmation services at Postville and Evangelical Lutheran churches. Nora Peake among 31 confirmed. Numerous Sunday meals and visits list families from Fairbank, Decorah area, including Liddle, Embretson, Olson, Anderson, Amundson, Raisch, Jacobin, Kirkeberg, Loftsgard, and Groth households. Local schools represented at county spelling event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Vellersven
Postville
Waldo Embretson
Henry Olson
Clarine
Kenneth Anderson
Arthur Amundson
Norman Raisch
Jean and
Marilyn
Near
Hampton
Ray Jacobin
Harvey Anderson
Wayne
Clifford Olson
Clarence Kirkeberg
Cornelius Reierson
Margaret Smith
Ole
Loftsgard
Myron Hoag
Marvin
Gerald Olson
Miz
Otto Gisieson
Gerhard Groth
Decorah
Local social notes and school contest results at Elkader
The article lists Saturday participants in a local contest including Layon ne Trade Center school and Donald Olson of Gunder school. It recounts Danice Anderson’s sixth birthday party with classmates and teachers, family visits, birthday dinners, and several family announcements including a birth in Postville and various weekend visits and gatherings across area families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkader
Layonne
Trade, Center School
Donald Olson
Gunder School
Kenneth Anderson
Otis Gisleson
Danice Anderson
Joan
Kathleen Gisleson
Lavonne Trude
Mar Jene
Gerayn Wallner
Ronald
Charles Loftsgard
Aldora Anderson
Harley Swenson
Trudy
Otto Gisleson
L’myra Anderson
Danice
Mervin Reierson
Cornelius Reierson
John Olson
Postville Hospital
Helen Ann
Allen Anderson
A. O. Anderson
Nels Iverson
Ole Loftsgard
Rodney Smith
Orlando Loftsgard
Kaye Ellaine
Orlando
Henry Olson
Clarine
Donald
Hiram Olson
Earl Redder
Madison
Wis
Adolph Kummer
Ole E. Olson
Milton Olson
Connie
Arla Mark
West Union Hospital
Illyria Community Church Easter Services and Baptisms
Illyria Community Church plans Easter Sunday services at 10 15 a m Sunday school and 11 15 a m morning worship. The Illyria male quartet illness Sunday noted. Baptism and church membership reception planned. New members Mrs Arthur Hermen and Tames, and Mrs Thomas Foxwell by transfer. Easter missions offering urged. Various social visits and club meetings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illyria Community Church
Illyria
Church
Arthur Hermen and
Tames
Thomas Foxwell
First Methodist Church
West Union
Social visits and gatherings fill a week near Wadena
A long list of local visits, dinners, and social events stretches across the week from Wadena and surrounding areas. Families such as Kohls, Yearous, Hunsberger, and Freiden are noted with relatives and friends visiting, hosting dinners, and attending basketball tournaments in Iowa City and Town City. Easter vacation plans bring relatives from Ames and Clermont to spend time with parents.
Lenten Services At M E Church West Union
Eugene Whitford a Cornell College student presents Lenten services at the M E church in West Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E.church
West Union
Eugene Whitford
Cornell College
Social visits mark community week in Brainard area
Mrs George Overbeck and Mrs Dan Craft hosted and visited with neighbors including Mrs Mary Bartlett and Mrs Chloa Lyon. Families such as the Boyers Kerr Peters Peters and Reeder gathered at various homes and at the Fredericksburg church roller skating party with a birthday observance for Robert Gilbert. The week featured multiple visits, overnight stays, a mouth operation for Vern Boyer, and communal meals and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Overbeck
Dan Creft
Mary Bartlett
Frank Deaver
Fredericksburg
Vern Boyer
Joe Peters
Robert Kerr
Charles Peters
Chica Lyon
Eva
Don Reeder
Waterloo
Boyer
Ray Gilbert
Raymond Mays
Robert Gilbert
Chas, Peters
Dick Henry
Chloa Lyon
Willis
George Boyle
Elgin
Wilson Patterson
Peggy
Helms
Stanley Boyer
Willis Lyon
Dale Buroden
Gary
Andy Grimes
Lyle Pritchard
New Hampton
Baptist Church
Dan Craft
Barbara Gilbert
Walter Pritchard
Barbara
Marian
Kenneth Monnahan
Louis Becker
Glenfield
N. D
Roger Reeder
Robert Martin
West Union
Corn Tassels and Pollen Hay Fever Impact
Corn tassels shed large quantities of pollen grains which, carried by wind over long distances, cause significant hay fever.
Fayette County Taxes Rise 13.84 Percent for 1948
A Fayette County report from County Auditor Hazel Gehring shows 1948 tax to be collected at 13.84 percent above 1947. 1947 certified taxes totaled 1,348,654.97, versus 1,535,307.19 for 1948, with allocations listed for county, school, towns, townships and funds including road and emergency allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of
Fayette County
Hazel Gehring
Fair Ground
Taxes Raise U.S. Tax Bill Exceeds Food Costs in 1946
Official statistics show the 1946 food bill at about $39 million while federal taxes alone, excluding state and local levies, totaled more than $40 billion. The contrast highlights the scale of tax collection relative to food expenses in the postwar period.
Pepper Used In France And Holland To Deter Moths
In France and Holland coarse ground pepper is brushed into furs and costly carpets to prevent moth damage. It is favored over sprays and repellents. The term pepper relates to the lively taste and energy pepper adds to foods, reflecting its zestful reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Holland
Patience of Camel and Rheumatic Fever Notes
A fragment from a period piece discusses patience of the camel in poetry and contrasts it with medical notes on rheumatic fever. It mentions the nervous symptoms of chorea or St Vitus dance, with half of affected children showing prior illness and school age onset. It notes jerking movements and possible speech impact as the condition progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vitus
Elgin Produce Crumblized Chick Starter Boosts Gains
Crumblized Chick Starter from Elgin Produce claims 9.10 percent heavier six weeks in 13 tests versus mash. Cargill Crop-proved 200 seed corn adapts to northern Central zone, with 100 to 105 day maturity and strong drought and disease resistance. Grass seed mix includes Red Clover Alfalfa and Timothy. Hardware Co offers freezers, spreader, chick litter, peat moss, dryer bed, and feeders. Mill and dairy feeds listed with wide product range and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cargill
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Iowa
R. A. Crider Veterinarian Dial
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E. R. Withell
D.C
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Cheery Valley News
Gunder News
Carroll Klingman
Earl Scheffert
Monona
Guernsey
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R. D. Smith
Alta Klingman
Libbie
Larson
Nellie McKellar
Glen
Amelia Strong
Andrew
Martin Minihan
John Nagle
Jim Yearous
Ralph Shaffer
Harold Grimm
Chapman
Thos. Pollock
Louis Dennler
Perry Medhberry
Myrtle Medberry
Clyde King
Oscar Hunsberger
Wadena
Elmer Kohls
Wm. Kohls
Anton Kohls
Arthur Hermen
Andrew Yearous
Fred Rothlisberger
Barbara Rainey
Joran
Bane
Junior
Arthur Chapman
Henry Holzer
Otto Krueger
Lena Peters
Louise Miller
Clermont
Jim Muncie
Florence
Silas Wilson
Forest Shaffer
Tofield Heck
Howard Medberry
Rosella
Lowell Strong
Robert Yearous
Ames
Martha Chapman
Debhert
Oscar Baumgartner
Jim Wolfe
Floyd Frieden
Neils Iverson
Anna Gibson
Rae Gibbs
Lester Butikofer
Mervin Hunsberger
Hazel Rothlisberger
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Gordon Pollock
Jennings Mitts
Iowa City
Arnold Sanders
Orvin Thompson
Bertha Cornish
Eva.Ernst
Arthur Yearous
Kenneth Mark
Benny Butikofer
Jerome
Shullsburg
Arthur Hermen l and
James
Harold Hermen
Melbert Meyer
Gerald Shaffer
Town City
Jerome Yearous
Floyd Patterson
Lyle Patterson
Faye Whittenbaugh
Joan Oldfather
Earl Rothlisberger
Ralph Sheffer
Virgil Torson
Robert Schneider
Lavern Schneider
Lawrence
Irvin Metzger
Mary Ann
Fred Schneider
Leo Meyer
Charlton Looby
Baby
Ted Wilkinson
Lanny
Edwin Loftsgard
Janice
Ida Halverson
Kenneth
Eddie Christianson
Halverson
Annette
Howard Beardmore
Clifton
Forest Sheffer
Inez Shaffer
Reynold
Brainard News
Schori Bros
Harry H. Frieden
Elgin, Town
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John Tillotson
Green Colonial Furnace Service
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Elgin Echo Office Outfitters
Mongolian Plains
Sahara Desert
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit. Insurance Corporation
Laurence Enndts
Elgin Produce
Nutrena Feed Dealers
Canada
Culler Hardware Co
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