Illyria News Highlights Thanksgiving Gatherings
The community shared Thanksgiving visits across multiple towns including Mason City Britt and Oelwein with numerous families listed. Sunday school and worship at the Community Church were noted, plus many name specific dinners and hospitality by the Yearous Shaffer Shaffer and related families in Clermont Langworthy Arcadia areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miyria
E. G. Steinman
Local Thanksgiving Guests Share Meals in West Union
Mr and Mrs Cornelius Reier visited Clarence Anfinson on Friday afternoon in West Union. Dr and Mrs S J Strandford and the Keith Brainard family were dinner guests Sunday at the T T and Orvin Loftsgard home. Thanksgiving dinner guests included the Hiram Olson family, the Marion Olson family, and Mr and Mrs Richard Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen McKellar
Mason City
Carrie Steele
LeRoy, Steele
Oelwein
I. F. Shaffer
Fayette
Robert Kerr
Ralph Shaffer
Reynold Strong
Jeanette
Raymond Budachek
Lone Tree
Earl Thompson
Iowa City
Orvin Thompson
Fred Burrow
Burrow
Clermont
Lena Wenger
Cedar Rapids
Wenger Bros
Hazel Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
David
Paul
Glen Christen
David Thompson
Leslie Lembke
Margaret Meadberry
Raymond Rothlisberger
Clarence Buroden
Edwin Loftsgard
Gene
Kenneth Lewis
Cresco
Fred Rothlisberger
Lloyd
James
Harold ‘Tope
West Union
Thos. Foxewell
Oscar Hunsberger
Harold ‘Léuenberger
Harold Strong
Mabel King
Carol Wilson
Clarkie Voshell
Wadena
Aulden Wilson
Sumner
du Queen
Ark
Myrtle Medberry
Kenneth
Albert Dennler
Margie Rennier
Dorothy Lewis
Johnny Nydegger
Irene Wenger
Robert, Lavern
Jacob Schneider
Ervin Metzger
George Butikofer
Fred Schneider
Arthur Hermen
Lafonda
Wethenhee
Oliver Heins
Myr
James Hermen
Louis Zurcher
Arvey Berg
Postville
Mervin Hunsberger
Frank Kiple
de Kalb
Harold Tape
Leo Benson
Thos. Ogle
Harold Grimm
Lester
Grays. Lakes
III
Oran Bane
Arthur Chapman
Ei Wenger
Léw Wenger
Earl Rothlisberger
Alma Scholen
Ervin
Corrinne
George Landsgard
Orlin Reimer
Philman Larson
James’ Hermen
Will Chase
Volga
Raymond Benson
Susan
Ole Benson
West ‘Union
Harold Dennler
Max Medberry
Harold Leuenberger
Alton Medberry
Will Christen
Dale Anderson
Pantville
Rease Gibbs
Rae Gibbs
Will Yearous
Gerald Shaffer
Nels Iverson
Anna Gibson
Russell Jones
Forrest Shaffer
Lorraine Yearous
Fort Dodge
Arthur Yearous
Silas Wilson
Salome Thoman
Inez Shaffer
Waverly
John Nydegger
Shirley Shaffer
Oscear Baumgartner
Ida Meyer
Harold Meyer
Strawberry Point
Helen
Faye ‘Whittenbaugh
Clara Bane
Milo Frieden
Ed Wenger
Howard Medberry
Henry
Holzer
Lena
Gene Wenger
Ison
Lloyd Schutte
Gerald
Milo Olson
Kenneth Anderson
Merritt Reierson
Kenneth Mark
Arvid Anderson
Harvey Anderson
A. J. Lindbey
Minneapolis
Alden Anderson
Hutchinson
Kans
Alma Anderson
Vernon Anderson
Roy Swenson
Walter Follett
Millard Nelson, Jr
Jess Taylor
Kenton Krueger
Hiram Olson
Henry Olson
Marion Olson
Richard Pearson
Chicago
Orvin ‘Loftsgard
Ayis Lou
Randeen Mark
Kenneth Mork
Henry Mork
al Iden
Orlando Loftsgard
Aldora” Anderson
Ole Loftsgard
Rodney Smith
Chapin
Norman Raisch
T. L. Lofisgard
Gunda-Gisleson
Milo
Mervin Reierson
Bernard Hanson
John Opsand
Morria
Arthur Amundson
Harold Opland
Louis Becker
Harold Skarshaug
Ames
T. J. Olson
Henry Wellersven
Otto Gisleson
Harlan Henkes
Larry
Waldo Embretson
Johnnie Olson
Rosella Opland
Warren Burston
Harold Opsand
Victor Guyer
Orvin Loftsgard
Laverne Lantz
Rosella
Arthur
Morris Amundson
Christine Rypestor
Earl Kipley
Clarence Kirkeberg
Carlyle
Danice
Stanley Anderson
Hulda Sutter
Leo Sutter
Selmer Holm
Wm. Torkelson
Cornelius Reierson
Clarence Anfinson
S. J. Strandford
Keith Brainard
T. T
Marion Ollson
Richard Pear
Cheery Valley News social visits and gatherings
Friday to Sunday locals hosted and visited relatives across multiple households in Cheery Valley. Families including Minihan Christen Garmoe Butikofer Dennler Friederich Jensen Hanson Mason and Thoman hosted or were hosted for visits, dinners, and gatherings with extended kin in Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drone Minihan
Kansas City
George van Bisen
Frank Christen
Marie Dennler
West Union
Lewis Butikofer
Earl Garmoe
Linda
Fairfield
Bert Thoman
Fred Butikofer
St. Olaf
T. ‘Knudtson
Paul Butikofer
la Grange
Albert Butikofer
Ern Friederich
Russell
Anna
Harold Friederich
Amana
Roscoe Larset
John Dennler
Dale Jensen
Will Friederich
Iowa City
Teddy
University Hospital
Martin Hanson
Gladys
Archie Howard
Amy L. Torkelson
Arlene ‘Scholen
Albert L. Dennler
Walter Dennler
Orlin ‘Mason
Robert Hanson
Diane
Clarence Hofer
Roscoe Larson
Orlin Mason
Thanksgiving Dinner Guests Near Al pha in Wilbur Lehman Home
Sunday guests at the Wilbur Lehman home near Al pha included the Albert L Dennler and Harry Butikofer families Edwin Hanson and Glen Dennler joining Mr and Mrs Ben Dennler for Thanksgiving dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Lehman
Alpha
Albert L. Dennler
Harry Butikofer
Edwin Hanson
Glen Dennler
Ben Dennler
Local Social Notes From Grand Meadow Area
Mrs Glen Nygaard and others spent Saturday at Helmer Lyngsons. Families visited, helped with ducks, and shared meals at several homes. Lavern and Don Wilson families hosted and a daughter was born to Don and wife.
Iowa Farm Population Drops Since 1940
Iowa's farm and rural population fell from 60 percent in 1930 to 53 percent in 1950 as the state gained about 60,000 residents from 1940 to 1950. The national growth rate was higher, while Iowa sent about 180,000 more people to other states than moved in during the decade.
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Iowa
United States
Population shifts hit small farms and villages in Iowa
Farms and villages under 600 people lost population at a higher rate as farm sizes grew by about 4 acres per farm. About two thirds of Iowa villages under 500 lost an average of 37 people, while towns 500 to 1,000 rose by roughly 5 persons per town. In 1,000 to 3,500 population towns, one third fell, and those that gained averaged near 7,500 net growth across the class.
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Iowa
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