Sunday Gatherings and Visits Across Area Community
A long list of Sunday dinners and weekend visits across multiple towns includes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strong hosting in Elkader, Hal Berger and family celebrated, and groups like the Reese Gibbs and Kevin of Waverly visiting. Numerous locals from Waterloo to West Union and Volga attended meals, suppers, and afternoon calls at various homes, with Thomas Benson’s birthday noted.
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Charles Strong
Butch Schultz
Eikeder
Carol ‘Wilson
Hal
Berger
Reese Gibbs
Kevin
Waterloo
Burdette ‘Anderson
Atkins
Roger Amundson
Clermont
Howtie
Jenice
Ida Halverson
Alfred Martie
Emmett Light
Ross Whitcher
West Unter
Elmer Lembker
Judy ‘End
Wanda
Mire
Fred Kraus
Garber
Charles Swale
West Union
City
Ruth Rothlisberger
Jim Duff
Volga
Will Christen
Walter Allen
Elkager
Bert ‘Benson
Thomas Ogle
Fremont
Leo Benson
Thomas Benson
Local Families Visit Across Towns
Varying guest lists and Sunday dinners mark weekend social activity in Luana Postville Volga Clermont and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Lowell Gehring host and entertain while neighbors attend dinners and services, with Kimball Nickels Foxwell and Hermen among those noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verson
iMr
Glen Moats
Arlington
William Mr
Harold Kimball
West Union
George Nickels
Gerald
Thomas Foxwell
Will Christen
Community Visit Highlights Weekend Socials in Orlin Mason Home
Cheery Valley News reports a weekend of visits with Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Mark in the Orlin Mason home on Friday. Saturday and Sunday saw multiple families from McGregor Postville and surrounding areas share time, meals, and a picnic dinner at various households including Bert Thoman, Martin Hanson, and the Mason home. Additional gatherings included calls from neighbors, dinner guests at John Dennler’s, and plans for the Good Neighbors Club meeting on November 1 with a coffee strip reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Mark
Orlin Mason
Clayton Schreiner
Cynthia
McGregor
Martin Hanson
Don Dominy
Postville
Kenneth Strong
Archie Howard
Robert Hanson
Doris Meinhard
Bert Thoman
Frank Christens
Reuben Butikofer
Lewis Blumer
Wall
Arlington
Ida Meyer
Harold Meyer
Strawberry Point
Mrs. Mason
Adolph Elvers
Walter Mitts
Edwin Hanson
Sam Frieden
Leo Dennler
John Dennler
Rex Mulford
Irene Minihan
Belya Sayer
Fred Butikofer
Francis Butikofer
Raymond Brandt
Butikofer
Jack Zuercher
George Leuchtenmacher
Dan Butikofer, Jr
Weekend Visits Across Don Peters and Related Homes
Local families including Brainard News figures Mr and Mrs Billy Peters and Mrs Ron Bantz spent time visiting multiple homes in Waterloo Rainbeck Poll i Richard Fermer and Delmer Fenner areas. Other gatherings included Cliff Homewood in Dorchester and Vern Boyer in West Union with various relatives at social visits Friday through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Peters
Dinny
Steven
Joe Peters
Don Peters
Waterloo
Bob Peters
Rainbeck
Ron Bantz
Rhonda
Barbara
Walter Pritchard
Ed Fenner
Delmer Fenner
Poll i
Richard Fermer
Frank Heliwege
Vis
Melvin Hanson
Robert Hangon
Darrell
Kader
Lyle Martin
Glenn Boyer
Cliff Homewood
Dorchester
Lawrence Gehring
Albert Halverson
Aubrey Eeyes
Rome
Vern Boyer
West Union
Doyle
Jack Adrien
Community Social Notes From Local Visits and Visits
Local residents share visits and suppers across towns including Tegeel Orth, West Union, Randalia, Lansing, Monona, Osage and Luana. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Boyer, Joe Peters Jr, Ann Metzgenefetz, Carol Soli, Gloria Frieden, Lois Pulfer, Vern Boyer, Lola, Chica yn, Willis, Paul Patterson, Mrs. Ron Bantz, Rhonda, Harold Opland family, Bernard Hanson, Delbert Ruhens funeral, Lucille Moore, Ben Fuelling, Ole Loftsgard, Luther College meeting attendees Marion Loftsgard, T. L. Loftsgard, Adolph Vick, Joseph Referson, Dixie, Myron Houg, Dan Butikofer, Sam Schneider, Willie Thorsgaard, Orvin Loftsgard, Christine Rypestol, Robert Wettlesen, Guy Bement, Clarence Hilgerson, Gerald Winter, Doreen, Lawrence Naylor, Mathilda Christianson, Theoline Nelson, Stanley Novake, Henry Olson, Mary, Henry Christianson Jr, John Mueller, Luang, Mervin Reierson.
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Mira
Glenn ‘Boyer
Tegeel
Lola
West ‘Union
Don Reeder
Chica
Willis
Paul, Patterson
Lansing
Wwlrs
Ron Bantz
Rhonda
Aues
Randalia
Lloyd E. Reierson
Richard
Betty
Cornelius Reierson
Kenneth Kjosa
Suunday
Harold Opland
Bernard Hanson
Merrill Olson
Delbert ‘Ruhens
Eenent
Lucille Moore
Volga
and Mirs
Ben Fuelling
Ole Loftsgard
Pearl Johnson
Wadena
Marion Loftsgard
Luther College Auditorium
T. L. Loftsgard
Adolph Vick
Joseph Referson
Dixie
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Monona
Mondhay
Myron Houg
Dan Butikofer
Sam Schneider
Willie Thorsgaard
Orvin Loftsgard
Hilta Dunsrud
Lena Nyhus
Selmer Holm
Arthur Solberg
Hawkeye
Christine Rypestol
Robert Wettilesons
Guy Bement
West Union
Clarence Hilgerson
Gerald ‘Winter
Doreen
Lawrence Naylor
Otto Gisleson
Mathilda ‘Christianson
Theoline Nelson
Osage
Stanley Novake
Petersons Visit Kjosa Home Sunday Afternoon
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Peterson were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Louis Kjosa home.
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Thomas Peterson
Louis Kjosa
Unusual Chimney Destroys Attic After Parsonage Demolition
An unusual chimney in the attic of the Mamrelund Lutheran parsonage in Stanton was recently destroyed when the building was torn down. The chimney ran through the attic floor above the furnace and angled east toward the room center.
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Mamrelund Lutheran Parsonage
Stanton
Sam Norwood’s Return Highlights Coin Oddity in Algona
San Francis co visitor Sam Norwood, after a half century absence, tours Algona and shares his hobby of coin collecting. He owns a silver dollar minted with the year 18722, the sole example of its kind, appraised at over a thousand dollars today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Norwood
San Francisco
Algona
Gam
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Fleet Frieden
John
Terry Kelly
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Dennis
Edward Christensen
Arnold Sanders
Melbert Meyer
Clem ‘Wilson
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Eunice
Louie Gregorson
Jerome Yearous
George Butikoter
Ervin Metzger
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Milo Fiieen
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Robert M. Hanson
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Iowa
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Elgin State Bank
Lawrence Kaudtaon
Cheery Valley News
Brainard News
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Mary
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Henry Christianson, Jr
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Luang
Mervin Reierson
Louis Kijosa
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John Deere
McCormick
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Paul Hofer
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