Illyria Olyria Church Notes in Community Roundup
Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m mark a church schedule with a union Easter sunrise service at 6 00 a m at Elgin Baptist. The page lists many local visits and dinners among families in West Union Dundee and surrounding towns, naming Steinman Yearous Shaffer Frieden and other residents with numerous social calls and shared meals.
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Olyria Community Church
E. G. Steinman
Union
Elgin Baptist Church
Reeder and Martin Families Visit Nearby Homes
Brainard News reports social visits last week around Clermont Waterloo Hawkeye and surrounding areas. The Roger Reeder family visited Ed Heins in Clermont while Lyle and Jorris Martin families called on Melvin Martin. Alfred Pritchard from Waterloo spent the weekend with Walter Pritchard. Mr and Mrs Herman Boyer hosted Dick Henry in Waterloo and Clyde Crandall welcomed guests at Hawkeye. Don Reeder went to the Veterans hospital in Minneapolis for a check up. Mr and Mrs Hubert Cummings hosted a surprise birthday party for Mrs Harvey Howard in Clermont with guests including Roger Reeder Billy Peters Joe Peters Bob Kerr Willis Lion Clarence Hendrickman and John Metz.
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Albert Schupbach
Ruth
Lena Schupbach
Fannie Frieden
Bent Thoman
James Duff
Volga
John Christen
Pat Minihan
Martin Minihan
Vets
Iowa City
Bert Thoman
Lydia Odegard
Martin Hanson
Ernest Christen
Cpl
Wm. Butikofer
Christen Bros
Kenneth Mark
Laverne Odegard
Wilbur Lehman
Waucoma
Robert Heins
Diane
Michael
West Union
Albert Butkefer
John Dennler
Dale Jensen
Larry Halverson
Clarence Hofer
Ida Christen
Frank
Bud
Josephine Thoman
West Bend
Paul Peterson
Danny
Garnaville
Roscoe Larson
Clara Muehlenthaler
Josephine
Bud. Thoman
Frank Christen
Val Oliver
Watterloo
Robert Hanson
Harry Butikofer
Albert
Reuben
Bert Butikofer
Werner Moore
Wm. Farrhow
Quincy, Il
Henry Vellersven
Ben Dennler
Germany
Bud Thoman
Lydia Hanson
Harry
Roger Reeder
Ed Heins
Clermont
Lyle
Jorris Martin
Melvin Martin
Alfred Pritchard
Waterloo
Walter Pritchard
Herman Boyer
Dick Henry
Clyde Crandall
Hawkeye
Don Reeder
Veterans’ Hospital
Minneapolis
Hubert Cummings
Harvey Howard
Mra
Howard
Billy Peters
Joe Peters
Bob Kerr
Willis Lion
Clarence Hendrickman
John Metz
Local households host Sunday and Monday dinners
The report lists a sequence of social visits with several families hosting and visiting each other. Mr and Mrs Melvin Hanson and Jim dined with the Lyle Martin family, then they joined Bob Hanson in Elkader. Don Reeder and sons dined with Vern Boyer in West Union. Lawrence Gehring and Jack Brackin visited the August Brause home and later the Sid Patterson home. Gary Alber and Randy of Maryville joined Lyle Martin for Monday supper.
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Ers
Wayne Bunting
Littleport
Melvin Ahrens
Elkader
E. G. Steinman
Walter Rothlisberger
Harold Leuenberger
Donald Burchett
Lawrence Alleman
Orran Bane
Orran, Jr
Jim
Jerome Yearous
Harold Glass
Gregory
Dundee
Jim Yearous
Ger
Darlene
Diane
Melvin Hanson
Lyle Martin
Bob Hanson
Don Reeder and Sons
Vern Boyer
West Union
Lawrence Gehring
Jack Brackin
August Brause
Sid Patterson
Gary Alber
Randy
Maryville
Community Notes From Gunder Area Families
A collage of social visits and gatherings around Gunder and nearby towns. Weekend dinners, Sunday dinners, and birthday or confirmation observances feature repeatedly as the Jim Olson, Loftsgard, Reierson, Olson, and Amundson households host relatives and friends from Cedar Rapids, Clermont, Castalia, St Olaf, Dubuque, and Arlington.
Family gathering at Mellien Loftsgard home noted
Mrs. Carl Patrick’s funeral last Tuesday at the Mellien Loftsgard home was attended by Mdms. T. L. Loftsgard Elwin Loftsgard Mervin Reier son Kenneth Anderson Gilbert Loftsgard Lloyd Loftsgard Berhard Loftsgard DeVere Halverson Jacob Schneider Ruth Loftsgard Orvin Loftsgard and T. T. Loftsgard plus several children.
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Carl Patrick
Mellien Loftsgard
Mdms
T. L. Loftsgard
Elwin Loftegard
Mervin Reierson
Kenneth Anderson
Gilbert Loftegard
Lloyd Loftsgard
Berhard Loftegard
DeVere ‘Halverson
Jacob Schneider
Ruth Loftsgard
Orvin Loftsgard
T. T. Loftsgard
Ice cake saves Montana family after icy crash
A family of six in Montana survived a crash when a massive chunk of ice loped from the Turkey River banks and wedged under their car, halted on an icy road after a rear impact. The destroyed vehicle belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Crawford and slid down a 15 foot embankment but was kept from entering the river by the ice.
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Montana
Oscar Crawford
Turkey River
Humboldt Couple Marks 64th Wedding Anniversary
At Humboldt, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Luke recently observed their 64th wedding anniversary. They remain active and mobile, enjoying the milestone together.
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Humboldt
Gus Luke
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