Illyria Community Seeks Memorial Day Plans
Local Illyria church prepares services for Memorial Day on June 6 as residents visit relatives and attend Easter events. Families from Anamosa to Wadena and surrounding areas spent weekends with relatives and friends, sharing news of illnesses, hospital visits, and graduations in a long list of social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Popenhagen
Anamosa
Walter Medberry
Thos
Ogie
Guernsey Smith
Neilsville
Wis
Illyria Church
Lew Wenger
Ida
Lena Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Nina Davis
Highland Lutheran Church
Jerome Yearous
Ellen Hunsberger
Waterville
Florence Cline
Roy Cline
Wadena
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Thos. Olson
Gunder
Oak Grove News Guest Day Fragments Highlight Sunday Visits
Local column lists numerous Sunday visits across Elgin West Union Volga City and surrounding towns. Families hosted and visited include Wilson Reichert Meyer Lang and many others with engagements at the Howard Bennett Kohls Pritchard and Winkler homes. Catherine Powell ends teaching duties with a school year picnic.
Elgin Social Visits Reported In Local Notes
Mrs. Jim Muncie hosted an evening with Mrs. Harry Gilson and Mrs. Clifton Powell visiting Wayne Gilson in Elgin. Mrs. John Luchsinger aided Mrs. Hans Winkler with wallpaper last Wednesday. John Nydegger, Howard Medberry and families, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holzer were guests at Oran Bane’s home Sunday. Ben Roys and son Dale of Volga City called at the Jim Muncie home Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Austin Wilbur
Hawkeye
Rudy Yunker
Elgin
Allen Longmuir
Near Volga
Will Frieden
Irenna
Farmersburg
Fleet Frieden
Thos
Pollock
Thos. Benson
Forest Shaffer
Daline
West of Elgin
Jim Yearous
Andrew Yearous
Arthur Yearous
R. D. Smith
West Union
Guernsey Smith
Paul Smith
Jerome
Wadena
I. C. Jerdee
Elsie Marie
Clermont
Henry Frieden
Elmer Frieden
Mary Ogle
Cathryn
Joe Ogle
John Wilson
Iowa City
Wilson
Will
Clifton Wilson
T. W. Doon
Harry Reichert
Ern Meyer
Leo
Wanda Lang
Robert
Reuben Light
D. D. Mays
Cleve Bennett
Joe Yates
Don
Helen Timmerman
Bayotte
Bert Allen
Harry Gilson
Wm.Frederick
Hans Winkler
Harold Strong
Eldorado
Rudy Koester
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Wm. Kohls
Wm. Frederick
A. E. Seevell
Cedar Rapids
Wm. Pritchard
D. O. Dean
Walter Pritchard
McGregor
Wayne Gilson
Helen Wenger
Elsie Kocher
Near West Union
Earl Kiple
Silas Wilson
Harald Leuenberger
Jim Muncie
John Muncie
Joe Chapman
Volga City
L. L. Kiple
Karen
Eat Kiple
Florence
Clarence Thoman
Catherine Powell
Spring Valley
John Howard
Lawrence Wilder
Warren Joyce
Florence Thoman
Clifton Powell
John Luchsinger
John Nydegger
Howard Medberry
Henry Holzer
Ben Roys
Son Dale
Community notes from Grand Meadow and nearby towns
Weekend visits and social gatherings populate Grand Meadow area with numerous calls and meals at homes in Decorah Clermont Elkader and Waukon. Families including Olson Landsgard Olson Martin Lyngaas and Reinhart feature among guests with a church concert by East and West church choirs at the Highland church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Olson
Richard Olson
Ole Reierson
Willard Martin
Arthur Helgerson
Decorah Hospital
Bert Liyngaas
Henry Olson
Clermont
Selmer
Florence Erickson
Elkader
Julia Landsgard
Dorf Opperud
Laura Holt
Immanuel Larson
Eldorado
Robert Reinhart
Waukon
Andrew Reinhart
Bertha
Marilyn
Darlene Olson
Theo Olson
Norway Church
Hans Larson
George V. Larson
Kathryn
Ewald Lyngaas
Glen Nygaard
Glenda
Clifford Osmundson
Eunice Landsgard
Olivia Olson
Waterloo
Robert Wharram
Joan
Richard Bigler
MaDonna
Arthur Olson
Darlene
Marilyn Olson
Willard
Highland
Brainard Social Notes Include Local Guests
Brainard social items list Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Moats Mrs. Martha McAloon and family Mrs. Grace Carpenter Mrs. R. A. Belknap and WCTU meeting Edna Appelman and neighbors Ray Burkham home visitors and other local households. Church notes announce Sunday school at 10 and preaching at 7 45 p m Rev R A Belknap pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Moats
D. H. Craft
Martha McAloon
New Hampton
Grace Carpenter
Seattle
Wash
Patterson
R. A. Belknap
Fayette
Edna Appelman
Viola
Geraldine Howard
Sidney Nutting
E. R. Nutting
Oran Nutting
Kenneth Krosa
Marie Humphry
Clermont
Ray Burkham
Farmersburg
Clarence Tripp
George Barker
Ira Cherry
Glen Boyer
E. G. Boyer
Clara Bartlett
Frank Lyon
Royal Tiff
Ella Nhiff
West Union
Lawrence Howard
Harvey Howard
Wisconsin
Eldred Dummermuth
Herbert Dummermuth
Brainard
Dennlers and Butikofers Attend Shullsburg Wedding
Mr and Mrs John Dennler and Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer traveled to Shullsburg Wisconsin to visit the Ubersax family and attend a wedding reception for Francis Ubersax and his wife The couple stayed with Fred Ubersax and returned Monday reflecting a cheerful weekend visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dennler
Fred Butikofer
Shullsburg
Wis
Fred Ubersax
Community Socials and Family Visits Across Local Towns
A parade of Sunday and weekend visits spans West Union Oak Grove Elgin Millville and Fayette as Mr and Mrs William Baumgartner Howard Mason and many others call on relatives friends and neighbors. Mentioned are Dennler Dennler families Meyer Christ en Knudtson Lehman and Hanson households along with a note of sympathy for the Butikofer family and a lighthearted closing on budgeting methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Baumgartner
Howard Mason
West Union
Hanson Bros
Frank Christen
Chris Dennler
Oak Grove
Ida Meyer
Harold
Ern Baumgartner
Elgin
Butikofer
Alfred Imhof
Francis
Ramona Butikofer
Martin Wenger
Marlys
Kenneth Mark
Bert Thoman
Ethel Mae
Wm. Rayne
Fayette
Are You Better Off Poll Shifts and Club Convention
A survey by the American Institute of Public Opinion shows 36 of 100 say they are better off versus 64 not better off, with majorities in both parties agreeing. It notes 8 of 10 Republicans and 6 of 10 Democrats feel worse off. Club women nationwide will meet May 10 to 17 in Kansas City for the General Federation of Women's Clubs triennial convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute of Public Opinion
Union
District of Columbia
Alaska
Kansas City
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. Withell
D.C
State Bank
Iowa
Illyria
Walter Rothlisberger
Walter Boys
John Probert
Volga
Gene Nutting
Sid Nutting
Fred Rothlisberger
Leo Paige
Helen Gennifer
James Hermen
Elgin High School
Oak Grove News
Grand Meadow News
Cheery Valley News
Adolph Hanson
Jake Christen
L. Christen
Glen
Rose Marie Dennler
Jake Lehman
Ida Christen
Martin Hanson
United States
Feller & Baumgartner
West Elgin
American Legion
West Union, Iowa
Court Hussey
Town’s Finest
NBC
West Union Post American Legion
Park Pavilion
Main Street
C. Wilson
Echo
Elgin Echo
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