Groth families reunion set for Mason City park
Local notes report a tenth annual Groth families reunion planned at Mason City park on Sunday June 25 with Mrs. Mel Kohler as secretary and four families to receive invitations. Readers note social visits, farm work, and community events across West Union and nearby towns as farmers resume field tasks after frequent rains.
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Dean
Ray’ Deiat
Soldier, Town
Josephine
Miss DeSart
Marian Widney
DeSart
Moorhead
Groth
Mason City ‘Park
Mel Kohler
E. M. Hoag
Aea. Hote
Minne, Tis
Minneapolis
F. D. Welch
Prairie. du. Chien
Wis
J. I. Phillips
Elgin
B. & Q. Railway
Mr. Phillips
Norway and McGregor Church Services Announced
A church notice invites attendees to May 28 and Marion events at 10 30 and 8 00. First Lutheran of McGregor hosts Young People's service with hymn verses and a sermon about the Gates of Heaven. Strandjord Pastsor invites all to attend.
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Norway
McGregor
Marion
Heav
Illyria Church Notes Promotes Attendance At Services
Snyder and La Fonda Shaffer mark Sunday schedule with Sunday school at 10 15 a m and church service at 11 15 a m. New attenders welcomed as memories announced for Memorial Day June 4 and Homecoming June 18 at Friendly Church.
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Snyder
la Fonda Shaffer
Baptist Church Notes May 25 and June 1 Event Schedule
Church events list Ascension service Thursday May 25 8 pm choir rehearsal 9 pm Memorial Day service Sunday May 28 10 am Sunday school 11 am services in West Union jail 3 pm B Y P U program committee meets 7 30 pm B Y P A program 8 pm featuring Captain Kathryn Kruger Gus Kruger Alfred Jacob George Dorscher Eda Zurbriggen Gertrude Kohla Kathryn Kruger Clarence Kohls Edward Kruger Carl Miller Gus Kruger Bible Questions Mary Baechler Baritone Solo Lorence Muehlethaler Male Chorus song Thursday June 1 8 pm covenant ig choir rehearsal 9 pm.
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West Union
Kathryn Kruger
Gus Kruger
Alfred Jacob
George Dorscher
Eda Zurbriggen
Gertrude Kohla
Clarence Kohls
Edward Kruger
Carl Miller
Mary Baechler
Lorence Muehlethaler
Memorial and convention notices invite community attendance
A note urges a June 7 picnic at West Union fair grounds and a Memorial service next Sunday morning. It invites participation in a B Y P A convention at Victor from June 15 to 18 and requests attendance. The message ends with a warm invitation to meetings and fellowship.
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West Union Fair Grounds
Victor
Memorial Day church observance and schedule notes
M E Church presents J J Snyder and Mia Klingman as pianist for a Memorial Day program next Sunday at 10 a m with hymns creed prayer anthem The Nation s Praise and choir reading God the All Merciful plus two short musical readings In Flandera Field and The Unknown Dead Lolita Blake Lavanda Carr provide accompaniment A 12 o clock cafeteria luncheon supports church accounts followed by social afternoon and Ladies Aid meetings Choir practice Thursday Evening All members urged to attend Gilbert N Haugen of Northwood, ill since returning from Washington, has been confined to bed for two weeks, unable to oversee farming and banking duties.
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J. J. Snyder
Mia
Louis Klingman
God
All Merciful
Lucian Appelman
Flandera Field
Lolita Blake Lavanda Carr
Ladies’ Aid Society
Gilbert N. Haugen
Northwood
Washington
Elgin High School class night and honors noted
Elgin High School prepares for the senior class night on May 25 with a formal program led by Supt. L. B Carter. The event includes salutatory, essays, orations, poems, class music, and the presentation of diplomas, with seven baseball lettermen to graduate and track letters earned by five athletes.
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Elgin High School
High Schor
Glass Grumbler
Lowell
Bennett
Erma DeSart
Ruby Boyle
Ruth Grover
Glass
Supt
L. B Carter
L. B. Carter
Nojeke High School
Moe
Washby
William Weibel
Norma. Robbins
Don Helms
Stella Kjosa
Opal Dummermuth
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Wayne Gilson
Eileen Evans
Lowell , Bennett
Forrest Shaffer
Robin Hood Hat Summer Wear a New York Hat
A jaunty stitched suede hat described as a Robin Hood style emerges with a playful nod to New York fashion. The piece highlights casual summer headwear and a distinctive European styling influence.
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New York
Local School Honors and Examinations Notes
El kema Ardis Groth Dorothy Krager Margaret Crider Bessie Grimm and Ethel Mae Thoman, Clara Baldwin Betty Elkema and Margaret Crider achieved 100 percent in spelling over six weeks. Crider, Carter and Betty Elkema exempt from all semester exams. Grammar room eighth graders rated 9 in arithmetic drill include Helena Boleyn Doyle Bennett Louise Baumgartner Evelyn Dennler Helen Muehrethaler Junior Schupbach Lois Dean. Seventh graders with 9s: Maxine Hunsberger Clarence Haas Roland Gruver Lola Martin Lester Baker Robert Kohler Elon Stillman Pauline Boleyn Kenneth Schori Georgia Grimes William Haas. Seventh grade average 9. fifth grade average 8. Lucille and Irma Berndt of Fayette visited high school Monday. one plans to teach in Lime Springs next year. Loraine Carpenter, Elgin high 1930 graduate, now teaching fifth and sixth grades at Lime Springs next year. Time to shop: gas oils tires at our station. clocks available at Kiples Service Station. New Stove line offering sweeping reductions at Feller's Hardware West Elgin. World’s Fair 24-page edition preview in next Sunday’s Chicago Herald and Examiner.
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Elkema
Ardis Groth
Dorothy Krager
Margaret Crider
Bessie Grimm
Ethel Mae Thoman
Clara Baldwin
Betty Elkema
Lewis Carter
Helena Boleyn
Doyle Bennett
Louise Baumgartner
Evelyn Dennler
Helen Muehrethaler
Altoona
Loraine Carpenter
Elgin High
Lime Springs
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