Music Community Church Notes and Local Gatherings
Sunday services at 10 15 a m and 11 15 a m drew good attendance. Family night was well attended and a pot luck lunch followed by Ladies Aid. A corsage honored Mrs Mary Ogle during the Mother’s Day service. No choir practice this week. Several local families hosted dinner or weekend visits, including the Leuenbergers and Gernands of Wadena and West Union, with Cemetery Assn and Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs Will Frieden’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Music Community Church
Bruce D. Jones
Arthurs Yearous
Ladied’ Aid
Mary Ogle
Otto Popenhagen
Paul Voshell
Wadena
Wm. Cunningham
Cedar Falls
Harold Tope
West Union
Harold Leuenberger
Ed Gernand
Harold Strong
Cemetery Assn
Ladies’ Aid Society
Will Frieden
Perry Medberry
Jerome Yearous
Arthur Yearous
Roy Burrow
Beloit
Wis
Frank Loving
Davenport
Fred Burrow
Mamie Davis
Amelia Strong
Reynold Strong
Sunday Socials Spread Across West Union Area
A flurry of family visits filled Sunday in West Union and nearby towns. Earl and Hazel Rothlisberger joined sister Hazel in Dubuque while Lyle Patterson and the Corbin family hosted. Numerous households welcomed guests from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines as part of a busy communal day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Hazel Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Lyle Patterson
Lyle Corbin
Elizabeth Foxwell
Local families share weekend visits and gatherings in Cheery Valley
The Cheery Valley News lists numerous Friday Saturday and Sunday social visits. Families mentioned include the Martins Meisners Larson Dennler Butikofer and others hosting or visiting in homes across Cedar Rapids Marion and West Union. Attendees include Roscoe Larson Frank Christan d Paul Dennler and Rev Bruce D. Jones.
Doreas Society to Meet in Church Parlors This Saturday
Gunder News reports the Doreas Society will gather in church parlors on Saturday, May 17, with hostesses listed as Mrs. Rosina Anderson, Mrs. Mervin Anderson, Mrs. Marvin Staake, and Mary Kirkeberg. Also noted are dinner guests at the Carl Johnson home including Rev J Strandford, the Guler family of Dubuque, the Melvin Petersons, and several local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreas Society
Rosina Anderson
Mervin Anderson
Marvin Staake
Mary Kirkeberg
Carl Johnson
J. Strandford
Guler
Dubuque
Melvin Peterson
Kenneth and
Rose Heins
Frankville
Ruby Kurth
Community Guests and Gatherings Across Town
A long list records numerous visitors and hosts in town life. Mrs. Selma Groth hosted friends, families attended confirmations at St Olaf Lutheran West Union, and multiple dinners and weekend visits connected residents including Andersons, Olsons, Loftsgards, and Leuchtenmschers, while Mother’s Day plans brought relatives from Madison and Ames.
Nutting and Boyle Families Dine With Lyon and Martins
Brainard society note reports Wm Nutting family Mrs Etta Nutting and the George Boyle family as dinner guests Sunday of Mrs Chloe Lyon and Mr and Mrs Dwain Martin in Brainard community social circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Nutting
Etta Nutting
George Boyle
Chloa Lyon
Dwain Martin
Local social notes from Cedar Rapids and area
Mrs Leta Westcott and Mr and Mrs Joe Sedlachek of Cedar Rapids were guests Sunday at the Dan Craft home. Robert Kerr, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Kerr, returned home Saturday from Union Hospital. Dinner guests Sunday in the Chas Peters home included the Louis Becker Reuben Howard and Joe Peters families. Mrs Glen Boyer and Mrs Maude Patterson visited Mrs Mary Bartlett Friday. Mr and Mrs Tom Boyer and Mr and Mrs Glen Boyer were guests in the Harry Anderson home Sunday. Mrs Maude Patterson spent Saturday with Mrs Chloa Lyon. Mrs Glen Boyer called at the Robert Kerr home Saturday. Vegetable crops need a more fertile soil than corn or oats or other farm crops. Tell em you saw it in the Echo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Pollock
Christ Dennler
Isaac Gehring
Geo. Butikofer
James
Fred Schneider
Ed Wenger
Alan
Etta Dunn
Fayette
Thompson
Orvin Thompson
Perry
Max
Alton
Howard Medberry
Albert Dennler
Oscar Baumgartner
Guernsey Smith
Andrew Dummermuth
Jim Yearous
Bruce Jones
Harold ‘Strong
Otis ‘Rothlisberger
Legion
Perry Medhberry
Thos
Dennler
Army
Foxwell
Navy
Wm. Dummermuth
Marine
Flower
Star
Wm. Kohls
Elmer Kohls
Richard Kohls
Kenneth
Clarence Winkler
Hans Winkler
Fred
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Arthur Chapman
Westina
Fort Atkingon
Harry Oleven
West Union
Carroll Klingman
Martha Chapman
Iida Meyer
Nellie McKellar
Raymond Benson
Susan
Ole Benson
Clermont
Will Frieden
Ardis
Roy Gibbs
Fred Burrow
Louis Lehman
Vingil Shaffer
Herschel Shaffer
Maquoketa
Inez Shaffer
Sam Yost
Esther
Andy Bracker
John Grimm
Harold Grimm
Alfred Ash
Willis
Ash
Jean Holtaman
Jim Barrett
Betty Paul
Walter Ash
Herbert Ash
Alton Medberry
Mesdames
Martin Minihan
Roscoe Larson
Frank Chrisjten
Orlin’ Mason
Francis Meisner
Realtd Meisner
Mervin Larson
Elva Lerch
Vernon Willker
Harald Meisner
Elmer Dennler
Harry Butikefer
Ione Torkelson
Ben den Ner
Reuben Butikofer
Waterloo
Albert Butikofer
Roy Chaplin
Frank Burwick
John Dennler
Bert Thoman
Bennie Hofer
Ben Hofer
Wm. Moore
Emil Frieden
Gladys Hanson
Cedar Rapids
Jake Solberger
Marion
Will Friederich
Adeline Friederich
Harvid Meisner
Frank Christand
Herman and
Geo. Schurbach
Lawrence Butikofer
Win. Torkelson
James Schlee
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Reuben Butihofer
Harry and
Lea Dennler
Wm. Lerch
Louis Hofer
Fred and
Edwin Hanson
Rex Mulford
Russell Wenger
Bruce D. Jones
Elgin
John Christen
Tofferson
Ann
Ray Jacobia
Mra
Frank Cahalan
Joe
Frank Fay
Earl Redder
Madison
Wis
Adolf Kummer
Mellien Loftsgard
Iona
Mervin Reierson
T. L. Loftsgard
Edna
T. T. Loftsgard
Helmer Loftsgard
Sharon
Arthur Loftsgard
P. K. Petergon
Henry Christianson
Will Seeley
Wazeka
Ralph Gunderson
Fam
Arthur Landsgard
Bernice and
Emery
Knute’ ‘Christianson
Harvey Anderson
Wayne
Harold Halverson
Leta Westcott
Joe Sedlachek
Dan Craft
Robert
Robert Kerr
Union Hospital
Chas. Peters
Louis [Becker Reuben Howard
Joe Peters
Glen Boyer
Maude Patterson
Mary Bartlett
Tom Boyer
Harry Anderson
Chloa Lyon
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