Social notes outline small town visitors and moves
Sunday guests included Mr and Mrs Alfred Ruckdaschel Sharon Phil Mrs Clarence Ruckdaschel and Marie. Mrs John McMillan went to Des Moines for a cosmetologist convention returning Monday. Elizabeth McMillan of Cedar Rapids stayed at home. Leo Grether judged flags and music contests in Oelwein. Lulu Schmid and Edith Berg dined with Martha Chapman. LaVerne Lyons Douglas Mason City visited Jess Moody's with house guests Edwin Joseph Gayle Lezlee from Chicago. Klingman’s Clothes Shop advertises hours. Dore Jackson of Oelwein visited F D Welch. family toured Volga and Crain home. Louis Becker spent a week in Rochester. Newell McIntyre family moved to West Union. Klingman family to apartment vacated by McIntyres. Clifton Wilson hosted Robert Wilson JoAnn and Roberta for Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McMillan v
Des Moines
Elizabeth McMillan
Cedar Rapids
LaVerne Lyons
Douglas
Mason City
Jess Moody
Edwin Joseph
Gayle
Lezlee
Chicago
Dore’ Jackson
Oelwein
F. D. Welch
Volga
D. J. Crain
Newell McIntyre
West Union
Edward Klingman
McIntyres
Walter Lantz
Mdms
George Vaughn
John Tillotson
John Lantz
Oscar Holden
Lulu Schmid
Ernest Baumgartner
Clarence Rei_erson
David Lantz
Ruby Holden
Janice Lantz
Lezlee Joseph
Local social notes pepper West Union area dining guests
Mr and Mrs Tofield Heck and Mrs Clara Baumgartner hosted Sunday dinner with Fred Burrow, while many others visited in West Union, including the Beckers, Howard, Winkler, Cannon, Loftsgard, and Denniler families. Numerous calls, birthday celebrations, showers, and club gatherings reflect a busy community weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tofield Heck
Clara Baumgartner
Fred Burrow
St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches Activities
O R Hargstul pastor outlines church events across St Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches. May 3 Ladies Aid in church basement hosted by Opal Houg Ruby Torkelson. May 5 St Olaf confirmands at 9 00 Marion at 11 00. May 6 services 9 00 at St Olaf 10 30 at Marion. May 10 Marion Mission Society hosts Ladies Aid with Louis Kjosa Lloyd Reierson T L Loftsgard Otto Gisleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Hargstul
Norway
Ladies' Aid
Opal Houg
Ruby Torkelson
St. Olaf
Marion
Marion Mission Society
Mdms
Louis Kjosa
Lloyd Reierson
T. L. Loftsgard
Otto Gisleson
First Baptist Church Weekly Schedule and Thought
The Friendly Church with 5 Living Message led by H John Vanderbeck lists hours for Hour of Power at 6:00 p.m. stewardship revival for families, choir practice at 8:45 p.m., morning worship and communion at 10:00 a.m., Sunday school at 11:00 a.m., fellowship dinner at 12:00, church board meeting at 12:45, gospel hour at 1:30, with special music by a quartet from Beth el College St Paul MN. Thought for the Week quotes Horace Greeley on Bible reading and freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Friendly Church
H. John Vanderbeck
Bethel College
St. Paul, Minn
Horace Greeley
Methodist Church Service and Activities Schedule
Worship at 10:00 a m Sunday school 11:00 a m Choir rehearsal Thursday at 7 30 p m Youth Fellowship Sunday 7 30 p m WSCS meets Thursday this week in church parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Steinman
WSCS
Vance R. Knutsen
Pastor Elgin
Luther League
Highland
Women's Mission Society
Dorcas Society
Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches Activities
Elgin and Highland Lutheran Churches list weekly schedules for junior choir confir mation and Sunday school with services. Notices include a Women’s Mission meeting, birthday greetings, visiting friends, thanks from Dennis Meyer after hospitalization, and local social mentions.
Social visits and weekend guests across Waterloo area
The article lists numerous visitors and guests from Waterloo and nearby towns. It mentions Mrs J M Gehring and family, Uriel, Phyllis, Ella Gehring, Dan and Edt Metzger, Werner Moore, Andy Bracker, Esther Bracker, Marlene Wede, Marcia Wolf, Coleen Howard, Jeannie Shaffer, and others visiting or traveling for employment and weathering service changes. It notes Mr and Mrs Walter Lamb and John of La Crosse visiting Rev John Vanderbeck, and Kenneth Herrice with Floyd Leuchtenmacher as supper guests. Fredrik Anderson, of Hartford Conn, faces Air Force call June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Moore
J.M. Gehring
Uriel
Phyllis
Ella Gehring
Dan Butikofer
Ed Metzger
Werner Moore
Andy
Esther Bracker
Marlene Wede
Marcia ‘Wolf
Coleen Howard
Jeannie
Shaffer
Waterloo
Walter Lamb
John
la Crosse, Wis
Rev
John Vanderbeck
Ed Anderson
Edith Berg
Increase in Average Value of Iowa Farms
Estimates from the Preliminary 1954 Census of Agriculture show Iowa farm values rising to 36 077 dollars for land and buildings, up from 27 566 in 1950. The total Iowa farm land value reached 5.9 billion dollars, with per acre value up to 198 77 from 160 71, while average farm size grew to 176.5 acres as the farm count fell to 192 933. Iowa leads in total farm area and holds 94.9 percent of the state’s 35 868 800 acres in farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Quadruplet Birth at Heinbeck Nanny Goat Farm
A Toggenberg nanny goat at Heinbeck has given birth to four offspring, a rare event as goats usually have two or three kids at a time. Local breeders note the unusual litter and monitor the new arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinbeck
Toggenberg
March Egg Production Report for Iowa Farms
Egg production on Iowa farms in March totaled 484 million eggs, matching March 1955 but below the ten year March average of 496 million. Flocks averaged 1,953 eggs per 100 layers, a rate exceeded only once for March in 1954. The March 1955 rate was 1,931 eggs per 100 layers, compared with the ten year average of 1,771.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Towa
Tolerance Defined as Understanding Others Beliefs
The quote by Joshua Loth a general statement on tolerance frames it as a positive, cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices and habits without requiring agreement or acceptance. It emphasizes respectful comprehension over endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Loth Leibman
Five Generations in Perry Area Photo Moment
At Mrs. M. E. Fagen’s home near Perry a family group photo captured five generations. Mrs. Fagen, 94, stood with her daughter Sara Clark, her grandson Donald Clark, her great granddaughter Mrs. Wm. Nicholas, and great great granddaughter Denise Nicholas in a vivid family portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Fagen
Perry
Fagen
Sara Clark
Donald Clark
Wm. Nicholas
Denise Nicholas
Better Late Than Never Conflicted Welcome at School
A humorous exchange between a father and his son at a boarding school unfolds. The father arrives just after a delayed train and half-jar of money becomes the central gag. The boy quips the train’s lateness justified the request.
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Jack Gehring
Alfred Ruckdaaschel
Merle Ruckdaschel
Sharon
Phil
Clarence Ruckdaschel
Marie
Leo Grether
Oelwe
Martha Chapman
Klingman’s
Elgin
Louis Becker
Rochester
Minn
Becker
Clifton Wilson
Robert D. Wilson
JoAnn and
Roberta
Alslin
West Union, Iowa
Fred. MacMurray, Dorothy
Danny Kaye
Glenis Johns
John Lund
William Bendix
U. S. Navy
Mrs
Charles Becker
Thos. E. Howard
Alice Winkler
Lawrence Cannon
West ‘Union
Bernard Loftsgard
Jim Daniels
Vernon Wede
Delwein
John Falb
Maywood
S. &. Morris
Mr. Falh
Walter Falk
Albert Schupbach
Lena
Ruth Schupbach
Della Chapman
Charles Chapman
Rex Mudlford
Linda
Hilly
Sally
Farley
William Ewing
Jane Dennler
Sam Denniler
Melbert Meyer
Francis Wolf
Clermont
Elmer Meyer
Gayle and
Lene Baumgartner
Celia Kohls
LaCrosse
Wis
Clarence Kohls
Steven
Strawberry Point
Kathy
Mark
G. J. Mosby
Carol
Richard Wright
Cedar Walls
Karl Meinhard
Dorothea
Donna Meinhard
Shirley Rainey
Fayette
Ern Friederich
Pauline Petratz
Anna McNeil
John Durscher
Salome Miller
Ida Grether
Alfred Jacob
Melhert Meyer
500 Club
Glen Little
Virgil Torson
Archie Howard
Herbert Ash
Thomas Howard
Orran Bane
Charlton Looby
Dale
C. B. Schori
Dubuque
Bess Stohr
Richard Hofer
Elmer Larson
0. M. Blockhus
George Hanson
M. J. Blockhus
Jerry Baird
Jimmy
Almer Amundson
Kathleen
Richard
J. P. Medberry
Mary Erickson
Wadena
Ern
Friederich
Bobby Medberry
John Kipie, Jr
Garnaville
Lawrence
C. C. Torkelson
Jane Torkelson
Otis
Belva Snyder
Glen
Ivan Torkelson
Lynette
Otis Torkelson
Susan
Patti
Elgin Lutheran Fellowship Room
Glen Reierson
Lester Tope
Clifford Olson
Fayette Jim Crider
Cleo Moore
Millard Gisleson
Ole Reierson
Janice Loftsgard
Danice Anderson
Yvonne West
Paula Larson
Sandra Blockhus
Stanley Anderson
David Thompson
Elkader and
O. H. Larson
Reuben Howard
Leonard Heins
Roland Grover
DeVere Halverson
Larry
Steven Halverson
P. K. Peterson
Postville
Albert Halverson
Harold Halverson
Ruth Loftsgard
Hugo Hackmann
Carl Hackmann
Albert Butikofer
Anna Schupbach
Panny Frieden
Phyllis Gehring
Reuben Butikofer
Gottlieb Pulfer
Nels Olson
Carl Rasmussen
Klingman’s Clothes Shop
Elgin, Iowa
St. Olaf and Gunder Lutheran Churches
First Baptist Church
Elgin and
Highland Lutheran Churches
Paul Zurbriggen and Sons
Leon Jacob
Jack Adrian
Eddie
Ed Wagner
Nelle Mathews
Robert Burges
Jean
Scotty
Earl Kiple
Gerhardt Potratz
Pauline Potratz
Leo Schori, Jr
Sue
Leo Schori
Marjorie Johnson
Harry Johnson
Dennis Meyer
Floyd Leuchtenmacher
Kenneth and
Herrice
Roy Leuchtenmacher
George Howard, Jr
Terrie
Don Page
Lester Gehring
Bobby
Lloyd Dewey
Edward C. Olesen
Marie Olesen
Mary
Kevin
Hawkeye
Christ Jesus
Pt Es Svewmoe
Yee
Max Thoma Elgin
Actuas
Dation
Lane
Elgin Furniture Store
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