Community church notices and social events fill October schedule
Reading from Tlyrta and nearby congregations outlines Sunday school at 10:18 a m and worship at 11:15 a m with a Youth Fellowship Sunday at 7 30 p m. District men’s rally at West Union Methodist church and a Thursday supper and program at the Elieader area. Family night at Myra church on Oct 22 features Europe trip slides by Mr and Mrs E T Smith of Volga. Numerous local visits, anniversaries, and gatherings noted including a 25th wedding anniversary at Tlyria church and birthday celebrations across Clermont and Oelwein, with many residents hosting and attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlyrta
Ye. Greinman
West Union
Methodist Church
Myra Community Church
E. T. Smith
Volga
Oelwein
Leslie Bundy
Adam Kenyon
Floyd Frieden
Roy Rothlsberger
Earl
Helen
Ruth
Otis Rothlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Ellen Hunsberger
Ina Kohler
dJérome
Ralph Triem
Clermont
Tlyria
Raymond Benson
Birthday Club
Ruth Rothlisberger
Ed Wenger
Alan
Russell Smith
Janie Fink
Arlington
Orran Bane
Gerald Heck
Postville
Kenneth
Cheery Valley social notes from Shullsburg to Volga
Cheery Valley News lists Sunday visits across Shullsburg and Can ton South Dakota with stops in West Bend and Dubuque. Families including Lindsay Teutch man Butikofer Christen Lehman and Minihan travel for hospital calls a cattle sale and church events while visiting relatives in Volga Marion and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lindsay
Baby
Fritz Teutchman
Jake Teutchman
Shullsburg
Wis
John Qennler
Dale Jensen
Walter Mitts
D*wayne Barker
Ida ‘Christen
Pat
Irene Minihan
Martin Minihan
Vivian
Long Beach
Calif
Guy Souvignier
Canton
So. Dak
Souvignier
West Bend
Clarence Weipert
Bahamil
Waukon
John Christen
Elmer Butikofer
George Leuchtenmacher
Douglas Chapman
Frank Christen
Lydia Odegard
Joan
Laverne
Bert Thoman
Wilbur Lehman
Robert
Alpha
Ben Butikofer
Marilyn
Willie Torsgaard
Volga
Dan Butikofer
Emil Moore
Lewis C. Butikofer
Houston
Texas
Lowell Strong
Louis Butikofer
Eugene Lehman
Postville Hospital
Ernest Christen
Albert L. Dennler
Robert Hanson
Gene Lehman
Trene Minihan
CCW
Dubuque
John Nagel
West ‘Union
Pat Minihan
Marion Minihan
Jake Solberger
Marion
Martin Hanson
Russell Friederich
Cedar ‘Rapids
Ern Friederich
Cedar Rapids
Social notes from Brainard area dinners and visits
Mr and Mrs Glen Boyer were dinner guests Sunday in the Wilson Patterson home. Mrs Mabel Peters and Colleen Howard stayed with Louis Becker, then Reuben Howard, over the period. Mrs Melvin Hanson visited Lyle Martin Sunday. The Bill Cheney family and Mr and Mrs Jim Murphy of Oelwein spent Wednesday in Waterloo and Oelwein. The Don and Oscar Reeder families visited Tom Reeder’s Eldorado home Sunday. The Bill Cheney family and Mr and Mrs Jim Murphy visited Frank Murphy’s in Oelwein Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen McKellar
MerGregor
Earl
Helen Rothlisberger
Age Whittenbaugh
Wadena
Dale Patterson
Milo Frieden
Mabel King
Reynold Strong
Ralph Collett
Maiden Rock
Wis
Thos. Pollock
Glen Kurth
Farmersburg
Richard Hofer
Silas Davis
Faylette
Harry Davis
Raymond Benson
Susan
Ole Benson
West Union
Clifford Gage
Marian
Jim Yearous
Elmer Lembke
Lawrence Kraus
McGregor
John McNeff
Glen Boyer
Wilson Patterson
Mabel Peters
Colleen Howard
Louis Becker
Reuben Howard
Melvin Hanson
Lyle Martin
Bill Cheney
Tom
Dawn
Jim Murphy
Oelwein
Waterloo
Ray Hoover
Don
Oscar Reeder
pLansing
Vern Boyer
Lolahee Alice
Don Reeder
Wm. Ath
Albert Erickson, Jr
Herman Boyer
Harold Bennett
Clermont
Leslie Pritchard
Walter Pritchard
Presbyterian Ladies of West Union
George Miller
Pepin
Fred Wede
Russell
Vernon Wede
Larry
Lena Baumgartner
Rewben Miller
Social visitors and guests in West Union area homes
A record of local residents hosting and visiting guests in West Union and nearby towns. It lists Vern and Lola Boyer and others hosting at several homes, visits to Waterloo and Clermont, tea events, and supper guests including families from Foley Alabama, Pepin Wisconsin, Maiden Rock Wisconsin, Faribault Minnesota, and Lena.
Gunder News: Marion Doreas Society Meets Saturday
The Marion Doreas Society met at the church parlors on Saturday October 17 with hostesses Mrs Harvey Anderson Mrs P K Peterson Lena Nyhus and Morris Amundson. Guests and visits at local homes are noted including gatherings with Loftsgard Reierson Kjasa Bilden and Vick families and a 40th wedding anniversary honor at Postville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Doreas Society
Mdrms
Harvey Anderson
P. K. Peterson
Lena Nyhus
Morris Amundson
Consolidation Creates Maquoketa Valley Co operative
Straw berry Point Farmers Cooperative Creamery and Arlington Cooperative Creamery merge under Chapter 491 to form Maquoketa Valley Cooperative with Arlington Iowa as main business base. Authorized to manufacture dairy products and handle petroleum by products. Membership certificates issued in lieu of stock, $10 membership fee for new members. Business starts October 1 1953 with officers named and perpetual existence. annual meeting set for March 1954 with director terms staggered. Private property remains member equity, not corporate debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawberry Point Farmers’ Cooperative Creamery Association
Strawberry Point
Iowa
Arlington Cooperative Creamery Association
Arlington
Maquoketa
George Bassett
Donald Barrack
Lamont
Arthur Dittmer
Paul Gamm
E. L. Gross
Herman Otdoerfer
Noble Pugh
Strawberry Paint
Ernest Schmidt
Noble Seedorff
Died of California Home for Garner Pioneer Wallace Carr
Wallace Carr, a Garner pioneer who lived 71 years in Garner, died at his California home at age 86. He was among the town’s earliest settlers and long devoted to local affairs, leaving a legacy of community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner
Hom
California
Wallace Carr
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Harold Strong
Lyria Two
Reese Gibbs
Fort Riley
Kans
Rae Gibbs
Roy Burr
Cresco
Dick Grover
Delweth
Albert Dennler
Martha Chapman
Della Chapman
Jerome
West Division
Ada Kenyon
Gary
So Dak
Minneapolis
Rothlisberger
Elgin
Dale Klingman
Elieader
Carroll Klingman
Merton Strong
David
Hollis Enyart
Robert Enyart
Charles
Kenneth Schrader
Amelia Strong
Shirley
Janice Shaffer
Thos. Kerr
Evansdale
Larry Seadler
Maynard
Ralph Shaffer
Barbara Hunsberger
Walden Peters
Cedar Falls
I. F. Shaffer
Thos. Foxwell
Jacob Gehring
Phyllis
Fred Schneider
Youth Fellowship
Glen Johnson
Mdms
Arthur ‘Yearous
Guerney Smith
Yearous
Cemetery Association
Ladies’ ‘Aid Society
Chester Curtis
Gunhill Larson
Lavern
Robert Schneider
Erwin Metzger
George Butikofer
Schneider
Curtis
Ivan Anderson
Mavis
Wm. Burrow
Mr.Burrow
Barbara Yearous
Arthur ‘Yeartous
John Mettzger
Robert Kerr
Max Sargent
Will Christen
Elgin State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Elgin, Iowa
Lawrence Knudtson
Cheery Valley News
Brainard News
Gunder News
Mary Wold
Nylus
Mervin Anderson
Ruth Loftsgard
Sharon
Gilbert Loftsgard
Gilbert Loftsgrad
Marian Bilden
Sharon Loftsgard
Mabel Provaznik
Sumner
Kirkeberg Bros
T. T. Loftsgard
Orwen Loftsgard
Tilpher Bilden
Maynard Ludwig Land
Cornelius Reierson
Lloyd Reierson
Enoch Mark
Karol
Robert Bullock
Des Moines
Clarence Anderson
Carroll
St. Olaf
Kenneth Kjasa
Clarence Kirkenberg
L. O. Reierson
Otto Gisleson
West
Quincey
Ill
Ole Loftsgard
Aldora Anderson
L’myra
Kenneth Kjosa
Oscar Vick
Gordon
Marvin Vick
Nancy
Marion Lofisgard
South
Henry Vellersven
Harry Larson
Ossian
Henry Larson
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Johnson, Malvin & Wf
Geo. i
Cook & Wf
Pringle
Edna
Harold&, Landsgard
Bigin
Paul F. Gamm
Ghbours
Brix Paunson
E. R. Withell
D. C
State Bank
Elkader, Fa
Schori Bros
R. T. Martin
Postville State Bank
Postville, Ia
George Metzger
Bath Packing Co
Plouse
L. R. Tappan
Optometrist
Elkader
M. F. Schlein
Oak Drive
Huebner Corner
Plymouth
Dover
New Plymouths
Chrysler Corporation
Torkelson Motor Co
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