Wadena Alumni Day Opens With Meeting and Ball Game
The Wadena Alumni gathering began with a 1 PM business meeting at the school led by president Fremont Clark. Officers elected included Ila Mae Johnson, Mary Kennedy, Mrs. Roy Leonhart, Mary Sniffin, Faye Corbin, John Erickson, and Warren Frey. Afterward alumni and high school students paraded to the ball field for a game, followed by a dinner for about 115 attendees at the Presbyterian church. Memorial and Bible school plans, a wedding notice for Thomas D. Sniffin and Betty Brockmeyer, and various local social notes fill the report.
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Wadena
Fremont Clark
Ila Mae Johnson
Mary Kennedy
Roy Leonhart
F. R. Feller
Mary Sniffin
Faye Corbin
John Erickson
Warren Frey
The
Presbyterian Church
Dick Leonhart
Neema Weber
Junior Patterson
C. C. Sniffin
Thomas D. Sniffin
Betty Brockmeyer
Wm. Brockmeyer
Oelwein
Camp Claiborne
Uncle Sam
Clayton County
Harold Oelberg
Edna Dummermuth
Elgin
J. R. Wood
Oak Grove News social guest list and visits
Fern Hoover of West Union visits Mrs. Roy Leuchtenmacher. Clint Crooks dined with the John Howards. Lauretta Gilson stays with Harry Gilson. Silas Wilson and family dine with Thoman and others. Navy leave for Carol Wilson from Prairie du Chien to Norfolk, Virginia. West Union visits include the Gilsons, Lane, Nelson, Boyle, Peters families.
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Fern Hoover
Af West Union
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Clint Crooks
John Howard
Thes. Poluck
Dean
Chris Dennier
Lauretta Gilson
Harry Gilson
Silas Wilson
Carol
Salome Thoman
Oran Bane
Brainard
Prairie du Chien
Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Walter Dennler
Beryl Boleyn
Fayette
Chas
Hader
Herbert Ash
Clifton Powell
Local Dinner Guests and Visits Reported in County Line News
County Line News notes numerous Sunday visits and weekend gatherings. Families guests include Brandt Schroeder and Swenson households. Gilbertson Amundson Blockhus Larson Reierson Fascher and others. Auxiliary items mention teaching at a Norwegian schoolhouse and a farewell party for Arno Fascher family planning a move near Oelwein.
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Ewald Brandt
Archie Schroeder
Karen
Carmen Swenson
Richard Bigler
Donna
Ervin Miller
Mavis
Alois Swenson
Swenson
Luelia Gilbertson
Gus Gilbertson
Signy Hanson
Leslie Hill
Elkeder
H. H. Gilbertson
George Hanson
Hazel Gilbertson
Arlene Amundson
Carl Johnson
Martin
Herbert Blockhus
Martin Helgerson
Merrill Gunderson
Ejimer Larson
Alton
Carrie Thorson
Opal Larson
Decorah
Norma Blockhus
Harlan
Bernice Blockbus
Lavern
Oliver
Harald Skarshaug
Henry Skarshaug
Belle Reierson
Arno Fascher
Oelwein
Local Social Visits Highlight Blooming Weekend
Pvt. Morten Helgerson and his mother from Postville spent Thursday at Gunderson home while relatives met. Albert Gunderson underwent surgery in La Crosse and is recovering with family reporters noting good progress. Calls at the Blockhus home included Clara Blockhus and many neighbors as Muriel Arno and Severein Blockhus visitors share Friday afternoon moments.
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Morten Helgerson
Clara Helgerson
Postville
Gunderson
Louisa Martie
Severein Blockhus
Ronald
Herbert Blockhus
Community notices from Grand Meadow area: visits and events
Grand Meadow residents report weekend travel to Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids employment and Monona visits. Prochial school starts at Olson school with Thelma Lyngaas as teacher. Many locals host and visit relatives at Reinhart Nygaara and Lyngaas homes. Clermont park school picnic attendees listed among area families.
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Selmer Erickson
Lyle Aanes
Cedar Rapids
Veryl Andrew
Walter Lundy
Dale
Henry Olson
Darlene Olson
Howard Kluss
Monona
Tom Olson
Ole Stry
Stanley
N. D
Andrew Reinhart
Prochial School
Olson
Thelma Lyngaas
Delores
Chester Barta
Clifford Osmundson
Milton
Marjorie
Cresce
Glen Nygaara
Edwin Stry
Leo Larson
Harold Skarshaug
Mary Skarshaug
Anna Brorby
Winifred
Thelena Groth
Minerva Thorson
Evan Lien
Chester Perry
Ewald Lyngaas
Clermont Park
Ellen Nehring
Martin Amundson
Victor Casten
Lawrence Casten
Gerhard Halverson
Howard
Austen Helgerson
Irene
Arthur Helgerson
Oline Helgerson
James
Ed Brackin
Yvonne
Harvey
Arlene Platt
Hazel Gilbertson
Horace Morse
Ewald Lyn- Baas
Dorothy Helgerson
Cadet James H Hottenroth rated top at West Point
In West Point New York Cadet James H Hottenroth of New York City is named the number one cadet in the class set to graduate from the United States Military Academy on May 29. The announcement was made by Major General Francis B Wilby Superintendent of the Academy.
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West Point
N. Y
James H. Hottenroth
New York City
United States Military Academy
Frederick W. Hottenroth
Manhattan College High School
Francis B. Wilby
Patriotic Horse Show Adds to MacArthur Week
June 5 evening event at Bedford will feature a horse show as part of MacArthur Week planned for June 14. Bedford Horse Show Assn. formed to organize the event. ESSAYIST Anna Diamond, daughter of a chain grocer executive, author of Sixteen Pages of Print, wins $1,000 prize and gold medal from the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. for her essay. Hog prices and feed costs rise mid May. No discrimination against hogs up to 350 pounds. Best time to cut medium red clover for maximum hay yield is near full bloom.
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Bedford
Electric fence faults and safety cautions in rural setups
Weeds, poor insulation and rusty wire cause trouble in electric fencing. A setting at 45 degrees helps keep weeds from shorting the fence, but poorly glazed insulators and homemade controls are unsafe. Do not connect with power lines. use proper materials and cautious installation.
Carnation Holstein Breaks World Milking Record
Seattle record event for Carnation Ormsby Madcap Fayne a Holstein Friesian at Carnation Milk Farm shatters all time world milk production with 41 943 4 pounds in one year. Daily average about 55 quarts versus seven for an ordinary cow.
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Seattle
Wash
Carnation
Ormsby
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