Slyria Community Church Services and Local Visits
The Sunday schedule lists Sunday school at 10 15 a m and worship at 11 15 a m led by E G Steinman. The column records numerous visits and social gatherings across ElKader West Union and Cedar Rapids including Mrs Ida Meyer with Guernsey Smith, Ruth Rothlisberger visiting Fayete, and many family and neighbor visits to homes in Arington Ames West Union and Plainfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyria Community Church
E. G. Steinman
Ida Meyer
Guernsey Smith
Joe Downey
Keith
David Walsh
Elkader
Burdette Anderson
Atkins
Ralph Shaffer
Ben Dennler
Pete Fowler
Grinnell
Ruth Rothlisberger
Charlotte Medberry
Fayette
Harry Davis
Arington
Andrew Yearous
Fort Wayne
Eugene Woodworth
Chas. Medberry
ISC
Ames
Alton Medberry
Albert Dennler
Walter Dennler
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Cemetery Association
Will Christen
Floyd Frieden
Helen’ Rothlisberger
Arlene
Doris Ames
Doris Sealik
Cedar Rapids
Roy Halverson
Harold Strong
Iantha
Ruth
Otis ‘Rothlisberger
Charles Swale
West
August Yearous
Arthur Livingston
Wadena
William Yearous
Ed Mangeldorf
Rock Island
Arnold Sanders
Caton DeGraw
West Union
Will Frieden
Martha Chapman
Dale Patterson
Jesup
Dawson Clark
Marbel King
Robert Rush
Robin
Roger Amundson
Clermont
Donald Burchett
Moline, Jr
William Yearoua
Lyle
Floyd Patterson
Delbert
Ernest Meyer
Elma Reichert
Sunday Visits From Cherry Valley Families
Cherry Valley News lists numerous Sunday gatherings with the Frieden, Christen, Butikofer, Hofer, Hanson, Meisner, Yearaus, and other families visiting homes in St. Olaf, Independence, and nearby towns. Several attendees traveled to Iowa City to visit a relative in a Veterans hospital. A funeral visit occurred for Mrs Wm Hood in Independence as well as study club attendance in Volga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Frieden
Sam Dennler
Ernest Christen
Frank Christen
Ira Olson
St. Olaf
Eva Hofer
Shirley Rainey
Robert Hanson
Ben Butikofer
Louis Halverson
Leo Friederich
John Butikofer
Dan Butikofer
Deborah
Orlin Mason
John Christen
Thomas Pollock
Wm. Hood
Independence
Edgar Hood
John Dennler
Wilbur Peake
Trene Minihan
Martin Minihan
Volga
Social calls dot Gunder area households throughout weekend
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kjosa and Sandra visited Clarence Helgers on Monday. Several families from Maquoketa Cedar Rapids Decorah and Castalia were dinner and afternoon visitors in local homes weekend. Attendees included the Gulsvigs Wettlesons Leaths Holm and others as well as churchgoers to Swede Ridge Church in McGregor and Decorah trips by Kjosa and Loftsgards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kjosa
Sandra
Clarence Helgerson
Ben Gulsvig
Carolyn
Ronnie
Maquoketa
Emil Gulsvig
Robert Wettleson
Christine Rypestor
Corrine
Selmer Holm
Edward Leath
Ricky
Bruce
Roger ‘Holm
Cedar Rapids
Swede Ridge
Haugstul
Gunder and Norway
Mervin Reierson
Theo, Loftegard
Marion
Decorah
Adolph Vick
Nightly visits and a curious tale at the Rogan shop
A string of social visits includes Henkes and Olson households in overnight stays and dinner gatherings in the Olson and Jacobia homes. An incidental incident follows as Al offers a sale and a trailing customer departs, while an elderly Jacobs recalls nightly newspaper tales and the value of a windshield wiper in a fading anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Henkes
iMre
T. J. Olson
Henry T. Gilson
Carlyle Kirkeberg
Milo Olson
Norman Raisch
Chapin
Harold Christofferson
Ann
Milo Jacobia
Judy
Ray Jacobia
Jacobs
The Highway Story by Bob Hullihan
Al waits in a foggy chill, leaning on a car hood as the driver, with a gray blurred windshield, gives a wary “no sale” grin and comments on the harsh night. The scene unfolds with slow, terse dialogue about selling in bad weather.
Old Fellow in the Street Offers Gingerbread Ginger
A brief street exchange prompts a quick cooking suggestion. Fold thick applesauce into stiffly whipped cream with chopped preserved ginger and serve on hot gingerbread. The exchange implies a simple dessert idea in a casual encounter.
Boy Suffered Eye Injury From Golf Ball Inside Gas
Eleven year old Jimmy Sankot of Belle Plaine was injured when a golf ball was opened to inspect its contents. Pressurized gas escaped into his left eye causing pain but no lasting damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Sankot
Belle Plaine
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Slyria News
and Mire
Chas. Strong
Earl Strong
Sibley
Inez Shaffer
Lamont
Gerald Shaffer
Arthur Chapman
James Yearous
Anna White
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
John Tillotson Elgin, Yowa
ELGIN
Bank Pa
Fedral
Insurance
Coral Capital Na Pene
Eens
Elgin State Bank
Cherry Valley News
Gunder News
Bob Hullihan
Don Fauser
Brainard Road
Cattie
John Deere
McCormick-Deering
Poland
China
Thompson & Schatz
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