Community Family Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
The Hither Baumgartner family of Commuunia hosted dinner with the Oscar Baumgartner home. Numerous relatives and friends from Straw berry Point Elkader Decorah and West Union shared meals and visits across Sunday and Monday, including Stott Sell Harold Meyer Elmer Meyer and many others. Reactivated service members visited from Camp Forest Tennessee and Des Moines, expanding a notably social weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jine Hanson
Baumgartner
Frank Christen
Chris Dennler
Wm. Sutter
Dan Sutter
West Union
Rachael. Frieden
Orlin Mason
Irene
Pat Minihan
Roscoe Larson
Decorah
Louis Butikofer
Louis
Wm. Torkelson
Elmer ‘Meyer
Camp Forest
Tenn
Des Moines
Earl Meyer
Camp
Harry Butikofer
Albert Butikofer
Ben Dennler
Ida Meyer
Harold
Elmer Meyer
Gladys Butikofer
Martin Wenger
Celia Andreze
Christe Bros
Hans Ubersax
Clifford Sergeant
Shullsburg
Wis
John Dennler
Social callers visit Pauline Dennler home Sunday night
Mr and Mrs James Schlee called at the Louis Butikofer home last Wednesday evening. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Ben Dennler Mr and Mrs Jake Lehman Mr and Mrs Wm Larson Mr and Mrs Bert Tho man Ida Christen Leo and Lavern Denniler Ida Meyer Oscar Baum gartner. Zeta Marie Butikefer Volga spent Saturday night with her grandmother Mrs Pauline Dennler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Schlee
Louis Butikofer
Ben Dennler
Jake Lehman
Wm. Larson
Bert. Thoman
Ida Christen
Leo
Lavern Denniler
Ida Meyer
Oscar Baumgartner
Pauline
Community Visits and Local Gatherings in Illyria
Illyria residents and visitors from Pueblo Chicago and Cedar Rapids mingle at family and church events. The Farm Bureau and 4 H club plan a church meeting with talks by Dr Crider and Miss Vaupel. Members host cousins, neighbors, and relatives across several local homes and weekend gatherings.
Social Visits Highlight Fayette Area Gatherings
Shirley hosted guests Sunday at the Myron Moore home in Fayette. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Frieden visited the Floyd Frieden home Sunday evening, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wenger and Alan joined Sunday afternoon for Mrs. Rose McMillan. The Floyd Frieden family and children were supper guests at the John Probert home, with Mrs. Walter Rothlisberger accompanying them home for a short visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley
Myron Moore
Fayette
Joe Frieden
Floyd Frieden
Ed Wenger
Alan
Rose McMillan
John Probert
Walter Rothlisberger
Brainard Social Notes From the Lyon Home
Visitors gathered at the F. W. Lyon residence on Sunday afternoon including Wm Nutting and family Mrs Dan Craft Mrs Ray Gilbert and children and Mrs Sidney Patterson and Wilson. Others called at local homes through the week including Mrs Joe Peters at Jim Bartlett's and Mr and Mrs Fred Wede with Mr and Mrs M A Boyer at Vern Boyer’s. Families and relatives from nearby towns shared meals and visits with the Boyer and Appelman households and local schools hosted guests from Los Angeles Wichita and California in varied social stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Lyon
Wm. Nutting
Dan Craft
Ray Gilbert
Sidney Patterson
Wilson
Joe Peters
Jim,Bartlett
Fred Wede
M. A. Boyer
Vern Boyer
Jim Barnett
King Mentell
Marlene
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry Stillman
Menell
Georgia Stillman
Raymond Mays
Chesley Boyer
Turlock
Herman Boyer
Peggy Helms
Cleve Erhardt
Laura
Hazel Appelman
Wichita
Kans
Tom Boyer
Glen Boyer
Lew Appelman
Hawkeye
Howard Boyer
California
George Boyle
Local Social Ties Highlight P K Peterson Visits
Gunder News reports Mr and Mrs Arthur Landsgard visited P K Peterson home while Mrs Ralph Gunderson aided her ill mother Betsy Christianson. Dorcas Society and Ladies Aid plan May 13 church meeting with hostesses and wool drive for Red Cross. Various neighbors hosted birthdays and a funeral attended by Petersons and Gladys. Ruth Opland and Edna Loftsgard attended Luther League conven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Landsgard
P. K. Peterson
Ralph Gunderson
Betsy Christianson
John Hellum
Dorcas Society
Ladies Aid
Ole Gisleson
Mary Kirkeberg
Marvin Staake
Otto Gisleson
Red Cross
Elmer Sonersend
Heisner
Erickson
Helga Harvedt
Sarah Sinshot
Anna Estevon
Palma Moon
Winifred Sampson
Miss Bullard
Carmen
Decorah Hospital
Harald Opsand
Opsand
Selma Groth
Betsy Christians
Gladys
Ruth Opland
Edna Loftsgard
Luther League
Weekend visits and gatherings in Ames area families
A long list of social visits fills a weekend report with: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Olson with the Skarshaug family in Ames. Mrs. Carline Lauer from Wall South Dakota visiting Rex Medberry and Hellum families. various dinners and birthday celebrations at the homes of Hellums, Jacobi n, Halversons, and others. Substitutions and hospital returns noted. several trips to Decorah and Guttenberg families also mentioned. a birthday party for Allen Anderson drew relatives and friends from several households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Clear Lake
Henry Olson
Ames
Harold Skarshaug
Carline Lauer
Wall
S. D
Rex Medberry
Kenneth Hellum
John Hellum
Maynard Lantz
Gilbert Halverson
Frank Cahalan
Cedar Rapids
Ray Jacobin
Hildur Opsand
Gladys Peterson
McNeil
Clarence Ruroden Land
Adolph Ruroden
John Wold
Iowa City
Otto Hanson
Norman Loftsgard
Clara Brabham
Chas, Bergan
Guttenberg
Henry Nyborg
Dorothy Creag
Decorah
Harold Opsand
Kenneth Kjasa
T. J. Olson
Bernard Hanson
Donna Gilbertson
Carrie Nelson
Allen Anderson
Robert Bemiss
Linda
Eva
Dora Bemiss
Willard Hanson
Axel Dahl
West Union
Frederick Sutter
Arlene Helgerson
Delores Anderson
Milo Olson
Mrs. Burnell Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. C
State Bank Big
Ehkader, Kowa
Cheery Vailey Steins
Schori Bros
Elgin
Iowa
Klingman's Fountain Service
R. A. Crider Veterinarian Dial
Elgin, Iowa
Prudential Insurance Co
Amatia Life Insurance
R. P. Strauch
Illyria
Vernon Knight
Evelyn Roberts
Pueblo
Colo
Wenger Bros
Marie Fischer
Chicago
Leo Rothlisberger
Farm Bureau
4-H Club
Dr. Crider
Miss Vaupel
Ruth Rothlisberger
Leo Page
Arlington
Walter Medberry
Roma Jean
Bobby
Donald Page
Delwein
Leon Olson
Clermont
Anna Gibson
Nellie Kimball
F. €. Mason
Andrew Dummermuth
Celia Andreae
Nellie McKellar
Glen
Alma Ostlie
Carroll Klingman
Reynold Strong
Nancy Ernst
Howard Medberry
Myrtle Medberry
Forest Shaffer
J. M. Shaffer
Jerome Yearous
Martha Chapman
Anna Mae Kimball
Clifford
Willi Stirk
Will Carter
C. C. Sands
Jim Yearous
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Hazel Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Cemetery Assn
Ladies’ Aid Society
R. D. Smith
Meriin Cook
Guernsey Smith
Chas, Doty
Will Pollock
Eliza Pulfer
Arthur Yearous
Ray Klingman
Volga
Echo
Dial
THE
Elgin Echo
Gunder News
U.S. Coast Guard
Italy
Treasury
L. O. Reierson
Randolf
Woodrow Reed
Cornelius Reijerson
Ole E. Olson
Geo. Landsgard
Danice
Eliza Friederich
Mervin Reierson
Theo. L. Loftsgard
Elgin Opera House
Kxel Melodiers
Denny Slofoot
Baker Boys
Wade and
Curley
Margie Spencer
Seltzer
Fis
Hex
MoorMan
MoorMan’s Minstrate
Moorman Mfg, Co
Quincy
MoorMan Dealer
B. H. Brackin
Bndouce
Pall
Monarch
Schori & Kuster Lumber Co
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wadena
Arthur Herrling
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