Parsonage Meeting and Christmas Plans in 1957
Phi Study 2023 and Ladies Aid meet at 2 p m Sunday with 10 15 a m Sunday school and 1 18 a m worship. Christmas committees led by Mrs Gien McKellar John Christen Delbert Chapman. program by Harold Strong and Christ Jewels Sunbeams Busy Bees God s Workers and Loyal Followers. Several social and family visit notes follow among West Union attendees and neighbors with numerous names and hosting households listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cemetery Asan
Sre
Gien McKellar
John Christen
Delbert Chapman
Harold Strong
LeRoy Roth- Jisberger
Ralph Shaffer
Thos. Foxwell
Fremont Ogle
David
Arthur Chensvold
Les ‘Chensvold
West Union
Joe Ogle
Roy ‘Halverson
LaVern Schwelnerus
Castalla
Robert Leeman
Roscoe Larson
Alton Medberry
Walter Ash, Sr
Helen
Mildred
Alice
Laura
Florence Weiland
Bay City
Mich
Anna Schmidt
West Bend
Ruth Schupbach
Phyllis
Eunice
Uriel Gehr
Community club notes end of year party and visits
Cheery Valley News reports the Good Neighbors Club meeting at Mrs Francis West home on November 12 with hostesses Mrs Wilbur Peake and Mrs Dan Butikofer Jr. Thirty members attend along with three guests. Memorial given, Christmas plans discussed, prizes won, and December meeting announced. Local visits and wedding attendees noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbors Club
Francis ‘West
Wilbur Peake
Dan Bulikofer, Jr
Otto
Blockhus
Walter Mitts
Loren Frieden
Martin Hanson
Will Meyer
George Nickels
Dan Butikofer
Louis Butikofer
Ben Butikofer
Allfred Hofer
Robert Hanson
Ben, Dennler
Albert L. Dennler
Harry Butikofer
Marilyn
Luann
Dean Butikofer
Ole Embretson
Elkader
Adolph Evers
Qrlin Mason
Ervin Mogler
Ottosen
Albert Bannart
Sandra
West Bend
Bert Thoman
Christen Bros
Tom Torkelyon
John Dennler
Irene Minihan
Mary Burke
Dubuque
Ben Dennler
Wm. Torkelson
William, Jr
Sylvan Torkelson
James Hermen
Steven
Duane
Joe Olson
Martin
Hanson
Robert ‘Hanson
Robert Nickels
Central City
Wm. Butihofer
John Christen
Gordon Pollock
Richard ‘Hofer
Lehman-Hoppenworth
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
Quilt Social Hosts and Social Calls Across Nearby Homes
Mrs Kenneth Kjosa hosted a Dorcas Society quilting bee with fourteen ladies on Wednesday November 13 at her home. Week's visitors included Mrs Ray Reierson, Mr and Mrs Roger Thompson, Mr and Mrs Marion Olson and family from Monona, the Bert Overhus family from Dubuque, Willie Thorsgaard family from Volga, and Gerald Olson family of Luana plus Lloyd Schutte family of Postville. Gerald Reierson and Cornelius Reierson hosted and Dianne Elaine and Pauline Amundson were weekend guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Kjosa
Dorcas Society
Henry T. Olson
Ray Reierson
Roger Thompson
Marion Olson
Monona
Bert Overhus
Dubuque
Merrill Olson
Willie Thorsgaard
Volga
Merlin Hellum
Sandra
Ben Fuelling
Farmersburg
Gerald Olson
Luana
Lloyd Schutte
Postville
Cornelius Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Dianne
Elaine
Pauline Amundson
Local Social Notes Reflect Cedar Rapids Visits and Illness
In Cedar Rapids area, Harold Opsand and Bernard Loftsgard households hosted and visited family and friends over midweek. Trips included Chicago to meet Edward Edbind and welcome newborn Susan Marie. Several locals, including Bruce Boyce, P K Peterson, and Henry Olson, dropped in for meals and suppers as others cared for ill Clifford Christianson in McGregor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Opsahd
Bernard Loftsgard
Helen Boland
Kenneth Boland
Cedar Rapids
Theo. Loftsgard
Bruce Boyce
Bernard Hanson
P. K. Peterson
Geo. Schupbach
Milo Gisleson
Harold Opsand
Mervin Reierson
Curtis
Bruce
Kenneth Anderson
Chicago
Edward Edbind
Susan Marie
Matilda Christianson
Charles
Henry T. Christianson
McGregor
Clifford Christianson
Mollie Mark
Emory Landsgard
Julia Loftsgard
Keith Brainard
Marsha
Postville
Lawrence Naylor
Gerald Winters
Otto Gisleson
Henry T. Olson
Belva Olson
West Union
Local Social Notes From Strawberry Point Cedar Rapids and Waukon
The Mainard Druecker family were dinner guests Sunday of the August Dreucker in Strawberry Point. Merlin Nading and Dianne visited with Cyril Krause in Cedar Rapids. Mrs Ted Whitford stayed with her mother at Cresco over the weekend. Les Wheeler has been ill with flu but is improving. The Bud Cox family of Waukon visited Mrs Lera Robinson and Frank family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainard Druecker
Dreucker
Strawberry Point
Merlin Nading
Dianne
Nading
Cyril Krause
Cedar Rapids
Ted Whitford
Woodworth
Cresco
Les Wheeler
Bud Cox
Waukon
Lera Robingson
Frank
Weekend Visits Across Local Homes Mentioned
Mr and Mrs Paul Taylor and children spent the weekend in the Sidney White and Howard Taylor homes. The Floyd Chase family visited Jim Whittard in Oelwein and Wes Tyler in Maynard. Mr and Mrs Gundmeyer welcomed a baby girl recently. The Wm Berger visit Clark Hummel Sunday. The Eders Gary of Oelwein spent the weekend with Volga relatives. The Lamphier Duane family went to Iowa City for a check up. The Hummels were supper guests of Les Wheeler. Homer Carroll of Cedar Falls visited Wayne Carroll Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Mra
Paul Taylor
Sidney White
Howard Taylor
Floyd Chase
Jim ‘Whittard
Oelwein
Wes Tyler
Maynard
Gundmeyer
Wm. Berger
Clark Hummel
Michael Eder
Gary
Oelwelh
Volga
Orville Lamphier
Duane
Iowa City
Les ‘Wheeler
Homer Carroll
Cedar Falls
Wayne Carroll
Donna Paulsen Escapes Injury In Wagon Accident
Donna Paulsen of near Lakota escaped serious harm when a wagon she rode in jackknifed and threw her to the ground. The pin falling from the hitch caused the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Paulsen
Lakota
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Fred Schneider
John Grimm
Michael
Norman Grimm
Shellsburg
Thos. Pollock
Albert Dennler
Ruth Roys
Walter Rothlisberger
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Floyd Friaden
Melbert Meyer
Bert Benson
Leo
Elvin Tragord
Waterloo
Emmett Light
Jim Jacobson
Edwin Loftsgard
Oliver Heins
Arthur Hermen
Roger Amundson
Susan
Clermont
Kenneth Medberry
Progressive Home Study Club
Guy Ernst
Reynold Strong
Wm. E. Baumgartner
Orlin Mason
Frank. Christen
Edwin Hanson
Erwin Metzger
George Butikofer
Jacob Schneider
Arthur Schneider
Hoppenworth-Lehman
Buck Creek Lutheran Church
Won. Burrow
Ivan Anderson
Glen Yearous
Claude Block
Sumner
Walter Dennler
R. V. Porter
Monticello
Orran Bane
Orran, Jr
Ed Wenger
Andrew Yearous
Hommes
Gerald Shaffer
Glen Littl
Floyd Frieden
Wast Union
John M. Tillotson
Elgin, Iowa
Elgin State Bank
Peararat
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Adena
Lawrence Knudison
Cheery Valley News
Gunder News
Elgin Echo
Elgin
Iowa
Fayette County
Strauch & Hermen
Karl Meinhard
Goodyear
Fauser Oil Company
Dial
Plymouth
All America
Angeles
Rockies
Star of the
Pimote
Torkelson Motor Co
Center Street, E
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