Birthday Dinner, Visits in Archie Howard Area
Cheery Valley News reports a weekend of social visits and dinners across West Bend Elkader and West Union. The Martin Hanson family joined Shirley Ann Howard’s birthday dinner at Archie Howard’s home. Multiple families including Dennlers Christens and Friederichs visited and called on relatives, with several dinners shared and a finger injury noted for Arthur Friederich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hanson
Archie Howard
Shirley Ann Howard
Evelyn Dennler
Frank Christen
Melbert
Robert
Lydia
Lilly Thoman
West Bend
Lillian Christen
Adolph Elvers
Elkader
Paul Bossard
Ira Olson
Jake Dennler
Wm. Larson
Walter Butikofer
G. Friederich
al West Bend
Ellen Hanson
Exa Meyer
West Union
Bhe
Chris Gregerson
Arthur Friederich
Elmer Dennler
Ida Christen
Otto Blockhus
Gerald
Walter Christen
Johns Friederich
Lilly
Robert Thoman
Hanson Bros
Fred Butikofer
Ramona
Francis
Jake Christen
Elizabeth Christen
Garnaville
Fred Burrow
Vern
Rex Medberry
Max Lehman
Louisa Lehman
L. Christen
Joe Baumgartner
Lillian
Alma
Gladys Hanson
Clara Muehlenthaler
Ethel Mae Thoman
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Oscar Baumgartner
Martin Wenger
Illyria Visitors Attend Cheese Day in Monroe Wisconsin
Illyria items note Perry Medberry and family near Volga were Sunday dinner guests at Walter Medberry’s home. Will Frieden and family with Mr and Mrs Jerome Yearous attended a Cheese Day celebration in Monroe Wisconsin last Wednesday. One main attraction was a fine event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Medberry
Volga
Walter Medberry
Will Frieden
Jerome Yearous
Monroe
Wis
Community notices and gatherings around Elgin area events
Mrs Rachel Frieden and area families hosted visitors from Cheery Valley and surrounding towns. Many meetings planned including Cemetery Association and Ladies Aid on October 16 with local hosts. Numerous family visits, farm sales, dairy cattle congress attendance, and Sunday dinners feature throughout Oak Grove, Cheery Valley, and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Frieden
Elgin
Elsie
Omalee Butikofer
Rose
Marie Schmid
Cheery Valley
Fred Schneider
Cemetery Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
C. L. Klingman
Andrew Ernst
Ira
Sloane
Roy Ernst
Oto
Arthur Yearous
Fred Rothlisberger
Lew Metsquire
Herman Metsquire
August Nuss
Arlington
Ed Wenger
Gene
Rex Roberts
Fayette
C. N. Klingman
Carroll Klingman
Libbie Larson
Waterloo
Helen
Hazel Rothlisberger
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Lulu Rothlisberger
Albert Dennler
Opal
Chas, Medberry
Nancy Ernst
Guy
Sadie Arndt
Milo Peterman
Rosella Strong
Harold Strong
Oak Grove
Albert Lubke
Clermont
Harold Kimball
S. H. Foxwell
Arthur Chapman
Tim Thoman
Reynold Strong
Walter Rothlisberger
J. D. Shaffer
Thomas Foxwell
Earl
Mamie Humphry
West Union
Amelia Strong
I. F. Shaffer
Near West Union
Will Frieden
Alton Medberry
Elmer Frieden
Walter Medberry
Francis West
Guernsey Smith
Paul
Elkader
Martha Chapman
Delbert
Ida Frieden
Davis
Harry
Lima
Ted Whitford
Volga
E. E. Owens
Homestead
M. A
Gottfred Frieden
Farm Bureau
Dyria
Fayette County
England
France
Oak Grove News Dinner Guests and Homecoming
Arthur Chapman returned home Tuesday from the Postville hospital and is able to be up and around a little each day. Several families shared meals this week including Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Howard and others. Arch ie Hopper's family hosted a birthday anniversary for their daughter, Shirey Ann, with many relatives in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Chapman
Postville Hospital
Chas, Wilder and Sons
Lou Dennler
Thos. Howard, Jr
Enos Howard
Ed Conner
Reuben Howard
Alexander Schaer
Tommy Howard
Robert
Martin Hanson
Rosa Schlupp
Archie Howpee
jSnirey Ann
Social visits and guests across Clermont and Wadena
Brainard items note Numerous social calls and dinners this week. Willis Lyon returned from Chicago after a month with the Paul Patterson home. George Fay and John Fay hosted visits in Wadena. Clermont hosts included Malvin Johnson, Wm Carmichael, and others. Several families, including Dummermuth, Nutting, Peters, Lyon, Patterson, and Conner, shared meals or calls with local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Lyon
Chiicago
Paul Patterson
Albert Dummermuth
Derry
Kay
George Fay
Wadena
Sidney Nutting
Eugene, Nutting
Ellen
John Barnhouse
George Cook
Malvin Johnson
Clermont
Joe Peters
Sullivan
Sidney Patterson
Don Cummings
Chas, Peters
Gee
Bayle
Frank Lyon
Lew Martin
Levi Learn
Wm. Carmichael
Lima
Eldred
Eva Dummermuth
Hazel Patterson
Vern Boyer
Reuben Miller
Elgin
Jud Conner
Joe Dickenson
John Fay
Herman Boyer
Sidney
Local Party Guests and Community Notes in Gunder
Gunder residents hosted dinners and visits across several families including the Hellum, Larson, Johnson, Hines, Halverson, and Olson households. Attendees attended the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo, and parish events at Marion church and decorator society meetings were announced. A large barn raising near Grand Meadow township and sewing school in Postville were noted, with continued visits to West Union and Decorah areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hellum
L. P. Larson
Martin Johnson
Hines
Elkadex
Bessie Olson
Knudt Halverson
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Luther League
Marion Church
K. Stearns
St. Olaf
West Union
T. U. Loftsgard
Sonstegard
Arthur
H. E. Landsgard
Thheir
E. E. Landsgard
George Landsgard
Ole
Otto Gisleson
T. Kjosa
Bertha West
Decorah
Ole Gisleson
Dorcas Society
Schutte Furniture
Postville
Louis McNally
Grand Meadow Township
Mr. McNally
Postville Herald
Fred Nydegger, Jr
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George Leuchtenmacher
Illyria
Ben Brabham
Clara Brabham
Wm. Pritchard
Joe Yates
Sarah Johnson
Roy Leuchtenmacher
Bob
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Genevieve
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Manchester
Silas Wilson
Oscar Hunsberger
Ward Brabham
Hans Winkler
Lawrence Cannon
Bert Allen
Harry Gilson
Wm. Kohls
Reuben Light
Strawberry Point
Wm. Kerr
Homer Dill
Tol Fayette
Wisconsin
Warren Joyce
Harry McGee
White
Harold Bennett
Clint Crooks
Johnnie Howard
South Dakota
Chris Dennler
Walter Dennler
Beryl Boleyn
Marie
Signy Hannon
Harold Meyer
Chass Doty
Dan Butikofer
Bert Thoman
John R. Schmid
Oma Lee Butikoier
Donald Jensen
Harlan Bartlett
Chicago
G. A. Thomas
Northern Baptist Convention
Shenandoah
Thomas
Claire Brown
Joe Dinan
Oltmar
Eldorado
Melvin Hanson
Arthur Patterson
Azalia Nutting
Kenneth Kjosa
Eldred Patterson
Roy and
Lloyd
Floyd Patterson
Wa‘dena
Harry Stillman
Ann Helen
Oak Grove News
Gunder News
E. R. Withell
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