Ginter guests and local visits fill Elkader Friday
Numerous residents shared meals and callers at the Seth Clark home in Elkader. Guests included the Ginter family and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schneider, with visits from Myron Moore of Fayette and Donald Page, plus others at nearby homes. Church services and schedules are listed for area congregations.
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H. J. Pete
Cedar Rapids
Wenger Broa
Donald Page
Shirley
Walter Medberry Hozel’ Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Harry Yauslin
Clermont
Fred Rothlisberger
Ruth
Otis
Martha Chapman
Alton Medberry
Floyd Lane
West Union
Dick Grover
Rochester
Arthur Hermen
Lester Chase
Louis Zurcher
Volga
Elmer Kohls
Wm. Kohls
Thos. Flanagan
Chas, Wilson
Mary Ogle
H. F. Robbins
Rosina Anderson
Tillman Thompson
Floyd Ernst
New Albin
Guy Ernst
Handy Hands
Clara Bane
Kathryn Winters
Floyd Whitford
Guy Whitford
Eugene
Jim Yearous
Forest Shaffer
John Metzger
Darlene
Gerald Shaffer
Rosalind Krumpel
Celia Andreae
Reynold Strong
Orville Berg
Mervin Hunsberger
Jack Gehring
Andrew
Yearous
Glen
Eugene Woodworth
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jerry
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
Virgil Torson
Roger
Ralph Shatifer
Bert Benson
Leo Benson
Chas
Wilson
John
Thos. Ogle
Ellen Flanagan
Anna Kimball
Mamie Schneider
Helena Hazel Rothlisberger
Ruth Schneider
Brainard News Social Visits and Family Gatherings
Brainard residents and neighbors held a series of Sunday and weekend visits. Ira Cherry and family visited the Herman Boyer home while Mrs. Craft and Mrs. Gilbert joined Robert Kerr home guests. Families including the Boyers Nuttings Peters and Olson shared meals and evenings at various local homes.
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Ira Cherry
Davenport
Herman Boyer
Dan Craft
Ray Gilbert
Robert Kerr
Marshall Helms
Cleve Erhardt
Vern Boyer
Hermen Boyer
Clara
Stanley
M. A. Boyer
Richard Johnston
West Union
Wm. Nutting
Joe Peters
Lyle Olson
Elieader
Wm. Sullivan
Barbara
Robert Gilbert
Howard Smith
Robert Kerra
Chas
Peters
George Boyle
Chloa Lyon
Funeral for Mrs. Margaret Whittersbaugh in Wadena
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the United Brethren church for Mrs. Margaret Whittersbaugh who died at home on Monday November 5 at age 69 years 8 months 11 days. She lived in Wadena since childhood, married John Whittenbaugh in 1894, who died in 1925. Survived by six children, 16 grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren. one child Gentie died in infancy. Service conducted by Rev. G W Ukena with singing of In the Garden and The.
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United Brethren Church
Margaret Whittersbaugh
Clara Margaret Jennings
James and
Anna (Walters) Jennings
Jennings
Wadena
John Whittenbaugh
Alta Broughton
Lola Gell
West Union
Lyal
Robert
Wa‘dena
Bessie Gilbert
Hudson, Mich
Gentie
Local Grand Meadow Notes Show Social Visits and Birthday Celebrations
Community reflections list visits among families from Grand Meadow including Odegard Nutting Lyngaas Halverson and Lantz households. Picnics and chicken dinners mark birthdays and anniversaries while rural chatter mentions trips to Decorah Ossian and McGregor. A relic percussion caps box from 1867 surfaces during home remodeling with no gun found.
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Andrew Hampe
Chris Jacobson
Changed Names Until 1810 Buffalo N Y known as New Amsterdam
Buffalo New York was historically called New Amsterdam until 1810 when the name shifted to Buffalo reflecting its growing settlement and regional identity. The transition marks a key chapter in early western New York history and urban development.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New Amsterdam
Gay Gadgets Column From Nancy Pepper Explores Youth Trends
New columns explore high school life with observations on sentimental bracelets bearing engraved messages and programs like Reindeer clubs. Notes mention common teen practices and fashion, then shift to light anecdotes about local youth activities and runaways, plus a river of small town humor.
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A.M.L
Helping Mother Foster Responsibility In Toddlers
The piece shows how small children gain satisfaction from taking tasks, with Marcie at age three trying to dress, cook, and set the table while a mother guides and forgives miscues. It notes growing self reliance comes from success and handled missteps, ending with a brief humorous aside about Fred Frazier and a baby buggy fire case.
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Mother
Marcie
Fred Frazier
Hamburg
Frazier
Fred
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