Brainard Items from Last Week's Letter
Local notes list Mr and Mrs Herman Boyer and families and kin visiting near Alpha and D H Craft homes. Several gatherings include Mrs Sidney Nutting at West Union and a Des Moines teachers convention attendance by Marian Patterson and Elizabeth and Winnifred McMillan. News covers dinners, visits, and small social events across multiple households in Brainard and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Boyer
Vern Boyer
Glen Boyer
E. G. Boyer
Clarence Jones
Georgia Boyer
Alpha
Ray Gilbert
Barbara
D. H. Craft
Melvin Hanson
Sidney Nutting
Geo. Schroyer
West Union
Oelwein
Marian Patterson
Elizabeth
Winnifred McMillan
Des Moines
Clara Bartlett
Bobby Gilbert
Frank Lyon
Bidney Nutting
Arthur Patterson
Grace Howard
Chas. Peters
Reuben Howard
Louis Becker
Oak Grove News Dinner Guests and Social Visits
Mrs Mary Matthys was a dinner guest Sunday in the Wm Kohls home. She called at Edwin Bauman's. Cleve Bennett and others visited in the Wm Kerr home. Ward Brabham Lawrence Cannon Winkler family and Robin Wilson Jr visited in Hans Winkler home. Harold Strong Amelia Strong and Silas Wilson families visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Matthys
Wm. Kohls
Edwin Bauman
Cleve Bennett
Wm. Kerr
Ward Brabham
Lawrence Cannon
Clarence Winkler
Robin Wilson, Jr
Hans Winkler
Harold Strong
Amelia Strong
Silas Wilson
Local social roundup notes visits and gatherings
Mrs. Tim Thoman’s home hosts Sunday visitors while Mrs. Howard Medberry sees friends on Tuesday. Numerous calls and visits occur among Shaffer, Bane, Matthys, Holzer, Dummermuth, Leuchtenmacher, Dennisler, Kerr, Grover, King, Margroff and others across households, with a 500 card club gathering and high and low scores recorded. Funeral attendance at Lima for Frank Holtzman noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Thoman
Howard Medberry
Oran Bane
John Nydegger
J. M. Shaffer
Howard Shaffer
Forest Shaffer
Clyde Irish
Herbert Dummermuth
Ed Nelson
Elkader
Howard _Medbery
Martin Hanson
Archie Howard
Henry Holleer
Illyria Bridesmaid at Lorrimer Perry Helen Kainz Wedding
Mrs Raymond Benson served as bridesmaid at the Little Brown Church ceremony for Lorrimer Perry and Helen Kainz. Guests from Garnaville included Helen Hazel and Ruth Rothlisberger Viola and Elizabeth Foxwell and Ida Frieden among others. The event honored Ruth Schneider's birthday anniversary and included Andrew Ernst of Sloan and his son Leslie of Hinton visiting with Mrs Arthur Yearous family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Benson
Little Brown
Lorrimer Perry
Helen Kainz
Garnaville
Helen
Hazel
Ruth Rothlisberger
Viola
Elizabeth Foxwell
Ida Frieden
Fred Schneider
Ruth Schneider
Mndiversary
Andrew Ernst
Sloane
Leslie
Hinton
Arthur
Fred Rothlisberger
Ruth
Salome Thoman
Ida
Walter Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Wenger Bros
Arthur Kelly
Walter Humphry
West Union
J. C. Warton
Nellie Foxwell
Wayne Olson
Franklin Shipton
Clermont
Nellie Kimball
Roy Halverson
Harold Kimball
George Butikofer
M. A. Klingman
Wadena
Howard Mason
Local families gather for Sunday visits and meals
Norwa y and McGregor Lutheran churches and numerous households near Hawkeye host guests Sunday. Communities from West Union Clermont Fayette Postville and Volga City share meals and recitals as friends and relatives visit, dine, and spend the afternoon with the Wenger and Frieden families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
McGregor Lutheran
H. F. Robbins
Robert
Hawkeye
Ogle
Thos
Benson
Paul Smith
R. D. Smith
West Union
Guernsey Smith
Will Wenger
Volga City
Wenger Bros
Fleet Frieden
Joe Frieden
Lulu Rothlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Local Social Visits Highlight Monticello Scotch Grove and Sheldon
This week’s letter notes guests visiting Monticello and Scotch Grove areas including Mr and Mrs Glen Bancroft and George Moats in Sheldon. Mrs BR Belknap and Mrs Don Cummings visited Andrew Dummermuth. Ethel Boyle stayed with the Wm Nutting family. Wilson and Merian Patterson joined friends in Fayette. Clara Bartlett and others dined with Frank Lyon. Clarence Tripp and George Tripp dined with D H Craft. Raymond Mays mentioned among gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Bancroft
George Moats
Monticello
Fred
Minnie
Scotch Grove
Sheldon
Wm. Nutting
Community Notes and Local Visits Near Nutting Home
Monday evening found Melvin Nutting helping Arthur Patterson with wood. The Howards and Victor Moody enjoyed an oyster supper Friday. Peters, Grace Howard, and the Bechers hosted visits on Sunday at the Reuben Howard and Louis Becker homes. Brainard Church notes Sunday school at 10 30 a m and preaching at 8 p m led by Rev A R Belknap pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Nutting
Melvin Nutting
Arthur Patterson
George Howard
Victor Moody
Howard
Chas. Peters
Grace Howard
Reuben Howard
Louis Becker
Brainard
A. R. Belknap
Elmer G Boyer Passes Away at 75 in Brainard Area
Elmer G Boyer born Sept 3 1863 in Pleasant Valley township died Nov 12 1998 at West Union hospital aged 75 years one month ten days He married Clara Bartlett March 1 1886 who died Feb 10 1937 They had seven children Melvin Vern Grace Myrtle Glen Herman and Mary plus 26 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral at Brainard Baptist Church with Rev G A Thomas and Rev C R Belknap officiating Interment Pleasant Grove Cemetery near Brainard The family thanks friends for support during illness and burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Grant Boyer
Pleasant Valley Township
West Union Hospital
John
Elizabeth Boyer
Mr. Boyer
Clara Bartlett
Melvin
Vern
Grace
Wm. Barker
Flynn
Myrtle
Fred Veasy
Rochester
Minn
Glen
Herman
West Union
Mary
Ira Cherry
Fayette
Brainard
Brainard Baptist Church
G. A. Thomas
Fairbank
C. R. Belknap
Pearly White Way
Marian Patterson
Ray Gilbert
Thomas
Oldest Inhabitant Credits Age To Auto Absence
The aged resident explains that seven decades passed without automobiles and the last thirty years confined to home, attributing longevity to this unusual life pattern.
Dr Irvin Abell Receives Laetare Medal at Notre Dame
Rev. John F. O Hara presents the Laetare Medal to Dr. Irvin Abell of Louisville Ky, president of the American Medical Association, amid concerns of government action under the Anti-Trust Laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notre Dame
Ind
John F. O'Hara
Ievin Abell
Louisvill, Ky
Abell
American Medical Association
Notice of Will Hearing in Fayette County District Court
Notice in the District Court of Fayette County that the last will of Elmer J. Boyer, deceased, will be heard for probate on December 12, 1933. Dated West Union Iowa November 15 1938 by Clerk Philip K Meskel and Deputy Ruby Boyle. Iowa traffic deaths through November 1 rise to 452 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
Elmer J6
Boyer
District Court
West Union
Iowa
Mrs Gertrude Bowen Rites Held at M E Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Bowen aged 75 were conducted Thursday at 2 PM at the M E church with Rev J C Warton presiding. She died at her daughter’s Dubuque home after illness. she leaves two daughters Bess Greenley of Dubuque and Grace Bowen of Buffalo N Y, a brother T W Dean and sisters Mrs Emma Lewis of Elgin and Mrs Nanny Warner of Kerney Nebraska. Burial followed beside her husband Elmer Bowen in Filgin cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Bowen
M. E
J. C. Warton
Bowen
Earl Greenley
Dubuque
Bess Greenley
Grace Bowen
Buffalo
N.Y
T.W. Dean
Emma Lewis
Elgin
Nanny Warner
Kerney
Nebraska
Filgin Cemetery
Elmer Bowen
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Oak Grove News
Potasi
Klingman’s Fountain Service
R. A. Crider
Elgin, Iowa
Henry H. Wolf
L. S. Hutchinson
Elgin State Bank
Henry Matthys
Harry ‘Miller
Lew Grover
Clyde King
Frank Holtzman
Lima
Earl Kiple
East Community Club
Irvie Margroff
Illyria
Ed Meyer
Castalia
D. Grimes
Wilma
Richard Kohls
Near West Union
O. W. Krueger
Elmer Kohls
Rosella
Lowell
Earl
Duane "Strong
John Falk
L. W
Clifford Larson
John Christen
Fred Rothjisberger
Marion Lutheran Church
Marion
Aires South
Chicago
Rock Island
C. Anderson
Rock Island Station
Davenport, Iowa
Elmer G. Boyer
Elgin Oilco
Firestone Tires
Irvin Abell
Laetare
Will
State of
Philip K. Meskel
Ruby Boyle
Men’s Union
Clothes
A.J. “Art” Kutschat
Wisconsin
Armour
Ib Bay
Corbin
Falb’s Meat Market
OLD Reliable
Ty and
Ina
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