Community Guests and Church Events Highlight West Union Area
A long list of neighborhood visitors gather at homes across West Union and nearby towns including Fayette Guttenberg and Arlington. Notable attendances include the Scheffert and Yearous families with relatives from Cedar Rapids Elkport Monona Clermont and Garber. A church basket dinner follows Sunday service and there are multiple family visits and hospital news plus an upcoming cemetery association and Ladies Aid meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Minihan
Guttenberg
David Bartelma
Town City
Andrew
Mary Holt
Judy Mosehel
Near West Union
Viola Foxwell
Fred Rothlisberger
Celia Andrae
Will Christen
Nellie Kimball
Anna
Mae
Roy Halverson
Harold Kimball
Floyd Frieden
Joe Frieden
Herman Larson
Donald Page
Martha
Chapman
Delbert
Elmer Frieden
Hetty
Jerome Yearous
Oelwein Hospital
Earl Scheffert
Max Guyer
Cedar Rapids
Lawrence Guyer
Reynold Schefffert
Frank Schaffer
Garber
Lester Year
Olaf Berg
Mervin Hunaberger
Shirley
Jiles Hicks
Arlington
Myrtle Medberry
Perry Medberry
Volga
Loren Hyde
Lerty
Ant
Nils Knudtson
Elkner
Ed Gehring
Carl Gehring
Myron Moore
Fayette
Hazel Rothlisberger
Owasa
Cemetery Assn
Ladies’ Aid Society
Arthur Yearous
Ruth Rothlisberger
C. L. Klingman
L. W. McKellar
Lulu Rothlisberger
Lydia Kerr
Waterloo
Richard Kohls
Wm. Kohls
David
Richard Hofer
Mervin Hungberger
Ladies’ Aid
East Clermont Lutheran Church
Elmer Lembke
Waukon
Walter Roathlisberger
John Probert
Walter
Farm Bureau
Walter Rothlisberger
John Rothlisberger
Leo Rothlisberger
Wichita
Kansas
Social calls fill Oak Grove week in local homes
Oak Grove notes report numerous visits and gatherings. De Francis Krueger acted as caller in Harry Gilson home Thursday afternoon. Families from Hanson Dennler Howard and Kohls shared Sunday and Tuesday visits across several homes in the area, and a wedding brought Dennler and Whit ley families to Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Francis Krueger
Harry Gilson
Martin Hanson
Archie, Howard
Walter Dennler
Beryl Boleyn
Fayette
Ward Brabham
Tommy Howard
Clifton Wilson
Wm. Kohls
Fred Schott
Sumner
Fred Schaer
Local Women Plan Annual Eye Day Meeting at Marion Church
Bertha Jane Casper begins at Allen Anderson home. Ladies Aid Society to meet at Marion Lutheran church parlors on Saturday May 15 for the annual eye day meeting. hostesses named. Numerous social visits and family gatherings noted around Marion area with several relatives visiting, guests, and engagements mentioned. Delores Nyborg to wed Lieut Harland Troy at Quantico on May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Jane Casper
Allen Anderson
Ladies’ Aid Society
Marion Lutheran Church
Clarence Anderson
T. L. Loftsgard
T. Kjose
Ollard Nyborg
Sherrill
LeClair
O. J. Nyborg
Vern Hupfer
Edward
Anna Muths
Monana
Lowell Fox
Eileen Loftsgard
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Kiosa
Alien Anderson
Danice
Dan Sutter
Marion Church
Delores Nyborg
Knut Christianson
Medberry Farm
Quantico
Harland Troy
Orlando Loftsgard
Ole. Loftsgard
Arthur Amundson
Howard Hanson
Lillian
Edna Loftsgard
Mervin Reierson
Almer Amundson
Hildur
Ruth
Norma
Rosella Opsand
Milo
Marian Olson
Norman
Gilbert
Lilliann Halverson
Frederick Sutter
Hazel Gilbertson
Arvey Berg
Clarence Amundson
Lorence Reinhart
Opal
Oliver
Lavern Larsoz
Arthur
Carol Jane Jacobia
Rudd
Lorraine Jacobia
Elkader
Dorothy Jacobia
Delhi
Ray Jacobia
Cheery Valley Social Notes From Nearby Homes
Cheery Valley items list visits in local homes over the week. Mr and Mrs Emil Moore visited Puffer Bros on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ern Friederich and Anna stayed with Orlin Mason Friday night. Mrs Fred Butikofer and Ramona spent Thursday with Fanny Frieden. Ernest Christen and Lucy Christen visited James Duff home near Volga Sunday afternoon. Ben Dennler visited G Dennter home Sunday. Rose Dennler and Harry Butikofer were guests in Lester Butikofer home. Ethel Mae Thoman stayed Tuesday night with Christen Bros. family were dinner guests Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Howard
Martin Minihan
Orlin Mason
Roscoe Larson
Ben Dennler
Rosa Baumgartner
Jacob
John Christen
Fred Dennler
Ethel Mae Thoman
Martin Hanson
James Duff
Ernest Christen
Lucy
George Christen
Bert Thoman
Ethel Mas
Rose Dennier
Frank Christen
Chris Den‘pler
Ida Meyer
Oscar
Mary
Betty
Louise Baumgartner
Kenneth Mark
Martin Wenger
Wm. Larson
Elmer Denner
Jake Lehman
Ida Christen
Shirley ‘Boyle
Jake Denner
Frank Burwick
John Dennler
Emil Moore
Puffer Bros
Ern Friederich
Anna
Fred Butikofer
Ramona
Fanny Frieden
Lucy Christen
James ‘Duff
Volga
G. Dennter
Rose Dennler
Harry Butikofer
Lester Butikofer
Christen Bros
Brainard Funeral Attendees Honor Mrs Moats
Relatives and friends from afar attended the funeral of Mrs. Sheldon Moats on Tuesday. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Ziba Tripp and Mary Lou of Janesville Wisconsin, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Nottnagel and Darlene of Marquette, Mr. and Mrs. George Moats, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Clark, Reece and Imogene Moats, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon Moats
Ziba Tripp
Mary Lou
Janesville
Wis
Fritz Nottnagel
Darlene
Marquette
George Moats
Donald Clark
Reece
Imogene Moats
Local Monticello and area visits noted in community roundup
A series of visits and hospitality across Monticello Cedar Rapids Janesville and nearby towns are recorded including guests in multiple homes from Glen Bancroft to Eva Rutledge. The piece also notes baptisms in West Union and urges city residents to raise small flocks of chickens to supplement meat supplies. It cites figures for chicken yield from a small flock.
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EB R. Withell
D. C
Etkader
Lowa
Iilyria
Schori Bros
Elgin
Iowa
Klingman’s Fountain Service
R. A. Crider Veterinarian Dial
Elgin, Iowa
Henry H. Wolf, M. D
Baumgartner
Dial
Oak Grove News
Jimmie Bredfield
Wm. Frederick and Sons
Clarence Kohls
Louis Dennler
Thos. Pollock
Arthur Chapman
Chris Dennler
Fred Krueger
Mary Matthys
Lena Baumgartner
John Sutter
Gunder News
Cheery Valley
Alfagold Laboratories
Iotone
John Hellum
Ghe Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
West Union
Geo. Montgomery
Gene Threnyin
China Girl
Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Andy Hardy
Andy
Joan Crawford
John Wayne
Reunion
France
Paris
Yannisi
West
Neptunite
O'Niell Drug
Lowe Brothers
Eees
Glen Bancroft
Bud Hankin
Edwin Casper
Monticello
Virginia Omah
Orville Henke
Frank Lyon
Eva Rutledge
Wm. Boyle
Alice
Frank Boyle
Raymond Mays
Donald Nottnagel
Henry Danks
Eldorado
Wm. Nutting
Gary
S. S. Patterson
John Rutledge
E. R. Nutting
Oran Nutting
Sidney Nutting
Kenneth Kjosa
Larry
Brainard
West , Union
Barbara Gilbert
Genevieve Peters
Margaret Helms
Reuben Howard
Chas. Peters
Arthur Patterson
Joe Peters
George Howard
United State
Defense Bond
Elgin, State Bank
Massachusetts
Texas
America
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
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