Loftsgard daughter earns band spot in Waterloo trials
Ruth Loftsgard daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Loftsgard of West Union earned a place in the Town All State Band from tryouts in Waterloo on Saturday. A high school junior she plays baritone and has previously won first last spring in the State Contest at Boone. She will join her band instructor and his wife to Des Moines November 26 for a two day band festival and has been offered a music scholarship from Buena Vista Conservatory.
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Ruth Loftsgard
Arthur Loftsgard
West Union
Waterloo
Boone
Ey Smith
Des Moines
Music Conservatory
Buena Vista
Arno Fascher
New Hampton Hospital
Christine Schori
Hawkeye
Dauhter
Ward C. Olesen
Adolph Koevenig
Hill City
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Lulu Schmid
Edith Berg
John R. Schmid
Albert Schori
Gonzales
Texas
Georgia
Warm Rings Foundation
Milan Stansberry
C. C. Torkelson
Joanne Mosby
Dubuque
W. P. Kohls
Verna Blockhus
Decorah
Ole M. Blockus
John Falk
Tille Hanson
Hulda Stoehr
Libby Bucher
Clara Sutter
Monona
Bruce D. Jones
H. B. Gilson
Mel Kohler
F., D. Welch
Cedar Rapids
Grand Chapter
Susie Young
Emma Reusser
Bloomfield
Vern Randolph
W. D. Siems
Danville
D. E. Tinker
John Meierkord
Waukon
Methodist Church Weekly Schedule and Bazaar
The Methodist Church outlines morning worship at 10, Sunday school at 11, Youth Fellowship at 7 30 Friday evening, and choir practice at 3 15. A church bazaar and all church chicken supper are planned for Thursday with opening at 3 pm and serving from 5 30 pm until finish. The Illyria youth were hosted by church young people, with Marlene Mosby Marilyn Falk Jim Bogis and Donald Frieden praised for contributions. Mesdames Gordon Mosby and L L Kiple provided lunch for the youths.
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All Church
Illyria
Marlene Mosby
Marilyn Falk
Jim Bogis
Donald Frieden
Gordon Mosby
L. L. Kiple
Elgin Baptist Church notes and schedule
Elgin Baptist Church announces Sunday worship at 10 am with communion and a 11 am church school continuing the nations contest from Oct 31 to Dec 5. Afternoon service at 2 pm with the topic Practical Christianity. Weekly junior choir, Acts study, I Kings Bible study, and choir rehearsal. Revival weeks nearby and a mission offering for the Schantz during the Harvest Festival.
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Arthur Ittermann
Christian Workers Conference
I&i
St. Paul
First Baptist Church
Sumner
Howard Johnson
Schantz
Saint Olaf Lutheran Church Mission Festival Dedication
St Olaf Lutheran churches hold a November 7 mission festival with the dedication of a new Hammond Organ at 10 30 a m Pastor G A Sundby to preach and dedicate the instrument Miss Kathryn Ulvilen A B M Mus at the organ organ recital by Miss Ulvilen and a greeting from Mrs Sundby at 1 30 p m All welcome to each service Dr S J Strandford pastor
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Norway Lutheran Church
G. A. Sundby
Kathryn Ulvilien
Ulvilen
Card of Appreciation for 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Ernest Meyer express heartfelt thanks to relatives and friends for the flowers gifts and cards sent for their 50th wedding anniversary noting appreciation from their family and themselves.
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Ernest Meyer
Card of Thanks from Mrs Arno Fascher
I express sincere thanks to friends neighbors and relatives for cards letters gifts and visits while I was in the hospital Your thoughtfulness and kindness are deeply appreciated and will always be remembered. 10p. Mrs Arno Fascher.
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Arno Fascher
West Union Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Thanks
A reading shows residents expressing thanks for prayers cards letters and visitors during a hospital stay at St Marys. The column lists numerous guests and trips including Ed Erickson home West Union Carrie Steele Wm Blake and Robert Steele to Des Moines Paul Patterson Lansing IL Elizabeth McMillan Cedar Rapids H B Gilson and Sheldon Boyle travels and rural letter carriers meeting in Independence.
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LeRoy Steeler
Richard
Ed Erickson
West Union
Carrie Steele
Wm. Blake
Robert Steele
Des Moines
Steele
Robert
Ed Erickson Bame
Paul Patterson
Lansing
Sidney Patterson
Chica Lyon
Lawrence Gehring, Jr
George Boyle
Elizabeth McMillan
Cedar Rapids
H. B. Gilson
Dea’ Moines
Frederick
Famly
Job as drama of faith and suffering in Carlyle’s reading
A reflection on the biblical Book of Job as a dramatic study of pain, integrity, and faith. It discusses Job’s testing by Satan, the ensuing losses, the friends’ debates, and the question of Job’s historical reality, linking to themes of suffering and belief.
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Tomas Carlyle
Carlyle
Jov
Job
Satan
Hamlet
Macbeth
Shakespeare
Smith
Jones
the International
Idan Etias
Local Dinner Guests and Visits Across towns
Mr and Mrs Guy Whitford hosted at West Union with George Gilson of Dubuane as guest. Herbert Ash family visited in the afternoon. Jug Grother and Gertrude Erhardt planned a four month visit in Duluth with the Lloyd Swartley family. Creighton Conner and Ronald of Prairie du Chien stayed with John Anderson. C B Schari enjoyed homecoming dinner with C R Carpenter in Fayette. R P Straush stayed with Robert Schultz in Luana from Thursday to Sunday.
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Guy Whitford
West Union
George Gilson
Dubuane
H. B. Gilson
Herbert Ash
Jug Grother
Gertrude Erhardt
Duluth
Minn
Lloyd Swartley
Creighton Conner
Ronald
Prairie du Chien
Wis
John Anderson
C. B. Schari
C. R. Carpenter
Fayette
R. P. Straush
Robert Schultz
Luana
Obituary for Mrs Adeline Friederich in Elgin area
Funeral services for Mrs Adeline Butikofer Friederich were held Sunday October 31 at the Apostolic church officiated by Rev Fred Grimm of Quincy IL. Born December 18 1874 in Elgin she married Gottfred Friederich in 1904 and had five children Selma Meisner William Arthur Esther Bruellman with several grandchildren and siblings. She died October 28 after a stroke at her daughter’s home aged 73. Burial followed at the church cemetery with many relatives and friends attending from multiple towns.
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Adeline Friederich
Harold Meisner
Apostolic Church
Fred Grimm
Quincy
Adeline Butikofer
Friederich
Jacob
Anna Butikofer
Elgin
Gottfred Friederich
Selma Meisner
Edward
Harry
Eddie
Ben Butikofer
Walter Lehman
Reuben Metzger
Wm. Butikofer
Eli Sutter
Ernest
LaVerne Schlupp
Hazel Horst
Hudson
Emil Bruellman
Geo. Bruellman
Elaine and
Melvin
West Bend
Kirk Hicks
Arlington
Ralph Sargent
Volga
Elmer Johnston
West Union
Marilyn at Fourteen Chooses Responsibility and Trust
A fourteen year old girl named Marilyn defends her readiness for dating by highlighting her home duties and maturity. She argues she can be trusted to attend a Halloween party with friends while her mother warns of risky behavior shown by other girls at the bus station. Marilyn asserts respect for parental guidance and responsibility.
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Marilyn
Stevens
Jane
Hat Saved Man as Truck Tumbles Off Road
Bill Breckman of Clarinda lost his hat when a gust blew it away. He reached for the hat causing his truck to go off the shoulder and flip once before landing upright on its wheels. The hat remained undamaged.
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Bill Breckman
Clarinda
Alarms After Fire Prevention Week Hit Clarion Volunteers
Clarion's volunteer fire department answered four alarms in one afternoon just after Fire Prevention Week. Advisories urge keeping dairy cattle out of cornstalk fields sprayed earlier with DDT chlordan or toxaphene, chemicals reused in Iowa this year for crop and pest control.
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Clarion
Iowa
Insulating Iowa barns trims costs and protects stock
Iowa farmers face high rat losses and variable incentives to insulate buildings. Uninsulated barns waste heat, stress animals, and raise costs. Proper insulation and ventilation, plus smaller livestock waterers, reduce heating needs and labor while keeping barns healthier.
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Iowa
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Howard Boyle
Alanna
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Inez Shaffer
Robert’ Miller
Oelwein
Reuben Howard
Thos, Howard
Kenneth Bureden
Fred Nydegger
Hulda
Robert Bartholomew
Lima
LaVern Schlupp
Collins
Earl Kiple
Bertha Kiple
Karen
Linda
David
Wm. Howard
Nelle Reusser
Shirley
Will Kohler
Mabel Holzer
Henry Holzer
Madison
S. C
Arthur Nelson
Elmer Larson
Albert Halverson
Harold
Mary Tatro
Osage
Nelson
Leonard Turnmeier
Knut Arno
Arno
Carl Blockhus
Clara
Vin Olson
Iowa City
Norris Olson
Coralville
Clarence Olson
Minnie
I. M. Hoyland
Hilda
Aanes
E.0. Lien
Clarisa
Lavern
Oliver Larson
Beverly Theresa Thornton
Wilbur
Thornton
Beverly
Ern Bauder
Fritz Blockhus
Ole Reierson
Joe Wander
Kenneth Ruroden
Sheriff’s Office
Fred A. House
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Elgin Echo
Elgin Baptist Church
St. Olaf Lutheran Churches
St. Mary's Hospital
Louis Kjosa
Sheldon Boyle
Independence
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Dr. Foreman
Rolfe
Dewey Warren
Mrs
Alvin Johnson
Nee Geraldine Whittle
White Springs
McGregor, Ia
Ray Alto
Big Smith
Long
Max Thoma
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin Furniture Store
Fred C. Muchlethaler & Sons
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