Busy Bee Family and Friends Gather in Postville News
Extensive social notes list visits and travels of residents from Postville including Schori Husinga Falb and Kohls families with trips to Rochester Mayo Clinic and Des Moines. Opera outings at Wartburg and Waverly, birthday gatherings, weddings, and weekend hospitality appear across towns like Waterloo Oelwein Elkader and Cedar Rapids with many cousins and neighbors hosting and attending dinners and picnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buggene’ Schori
Rochester
Wagner
Waverly
Thos. Gorgas
Waterloo
F. C. Meuhlethaler
John Staffenhagen
Fox
F. D. Welch
Robert Crawford
Fayette
John Falb
EB. J. Hackett
Calmar
Ben Schori
Walter Falk
Pierson
Jack Whipple
Mark Clelland
Albert Schori
C. B. Schori
Sioux City
Georgia M. Schori
Herbert Ash
Walter Ash
West Union
Fred Finch
Lloyd Holtzman
Wahonka Camp
Arthur Lantz
Re. Lantz
Allen Anderson
Mary Keiser
Chicago
Harry Keiser
Leo Falb
Adam
Larry
Robert Falb
Roger
Douglas
H. W. Falk
Fred Burrow
Bettendorf
Frank Loving
Louis Lehman
Anita
Howard Wolf
Iowa City
H. H. Wolf
Otis Torkelson
Plymouth
Des Moines
Vincent W. Luce
Paso Robles
Calif
Louis Klingman
Arlington
Oskaloosa
Tama and
Hudson
Marlene Mosby
Strawberry Point
G. J. Mosby
Bernard Knox
Dorothy Bennett
Carl Rasmussen
Oelwein
Nels Olson
Milton Mikesh
Fayette County
Leo Grether
M. F. Schlein
Postville
Keith) Kohler
Louis Butikofer
Butikofer
John Butikofer
Dennis
Sheryl Butikofer
Lewis Butikofer
Orlando Loftsgard
George Schupbach
Herman Schupbach
James Schlee
Wm. Torkelson
Robert Prestley
Donald
Clinton
D. O. Doan
L. 0. Koevenig
Leo Schori
Sue, Oelwein
Lyle Granger
Racine Wis
George Boyle
Notice of School Election in Clermont Elgin Iowa
PUBLIC NOTICE announces a special school election for the Consolidated School District of Clermont Elgin in Fayette and Clayton Counties Iowa. A bond proposal up to 525000 dollars for a new high school site building and athletic fields will be voted on November 29 1954 with two precincts at Clermont and Elgin High School gyms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont-Elgin
Fayette and
Clayton
Iowa
Clermont
Clermont Township
Dover Township
Fayette County
Grand Meadow Township
Clayton County
Elgin
Pleasant Valley
Illyria Township
Marion Township
Highland Township
Consolidated School District
Board of Directors
Town
Gladys Hanson
Postponed Public Card Party At Social Hour Club
Notices reveal the Social Hour club postponed its public card party planned for November 5. Neighborhood social updates include visits among Rorie, Greenley, Kohls, Etter, Halverson, and Schupbach families across Rochester Minn West Union Dorchester Strawberry Point Monona Ackley Postville. Birthday party hosted by Letha Light with lunch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Rorie
LeEtta
Rochester
Minn
Frank Pinney
Selma Greenley
Minneapolis
Frank Greenley
L. D. Hitch
West Union
Mary Kohls
Walter Kohls
Ervin Etter
Janesville
Wis
Frieda
Etter
Dorothy
Frances
Rorie
Lynn Halverson
Dorchester
DeVere Halverson
Robert Bemiss
Albert Halverson
Louis
Kohls
Clarence Kohls
Strawberry Point
Letha Light
Letha
Light
Anna Schupbach
Gordon Schupbach
Ray Weithorn
Billy
Monona
Reuben Schupbach
William Schupbach
Ackley
Herman Schupbach
Postville
Methodist Church Worship and Baptism Hours
Methodist Church announces worship at 10:00 a m Sunday school at 11:00 a m and choir rehearsal Thursday at 1 30 p m Infant and child baptisms to be administered this coming Sunday if presented by parents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Steinman
Elgin Lutheran Churchactivity schedule under Pastor Knutaen
The Elgin Lutheran Church outlines weekly activities led by Vance R. Knutaen. Thursday includes junior choir practice and membership class. Saturday offers junior and senior confirmation and Sunday school with divine worship at 10:30. On Tuesday November 2 at 8 pm the board of trustees meets at the parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance R. Knutaen
Board of Trustees
St Olaf Lutheran Church Events This Week
St Olaf Lutheran Churches announce Norge Luther League meets Thursday at 8 p m. Friday features Beloit Children Home pictures. Saturday at 9 a m is confirmation. Sunday services at 9 30 a m and Marion at 11 a m. All welcome, Pastor S J Strandford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway Luther League
Norway Aid
Beloit
St. Olaf
Marion
Sunday Worship at First Baptist Church Schedule
The Friendly Church led by Rev. John Vanderbeck lists a weekend program with junior choir practice at 7 30 p m hours of power slide program from the American Bible Society and senior choir practice at 8 45 p m Sunday Oct 31 morning worship at 10 00 a m with the message Where Do You Stand 11 00 a m Sunday school for all ages 8 00 p m Gospel hour special Tabitha Society room program Thought for the week Some people are content to spend a weekend with Jesus but balk at having Him as a permanent guest There is more melody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Friendly Church
John Vanderbeck
American Bible Society
The
Tabitha Society
Jesus
Bring the Babies to Church Crying Over Snoring Saint
A fragmentary line urges bringing crying babies to church over a Saint’s snoring. The brief hints at a religious setting, suggesting a humorous or local remark about church services and infant disruption. No other names, places, or dates are readable in the excerpt.
Local society notes from Elgin area families
Elgin residents travel to visit relatives across Wisconsin and Iowa. Several families, including Mulford, Ewing, Brownell, Lantz, Trafalet, Falb, Anderson, Welch, Evans, Krueger, Medberry, Oldfather, Frieden, Wiethorn, Schupbach, Vaughn, Light, and Ash, are listed hosting, visiting, or dining with relatives in towns like Dubuque, Gays Mills, LaCrosse, Guttenberg, Clinton, Strawberry Point, Littleport, Monona, Ackley, Elkader, Arlington, Manston, and Oelwein. Multiple weekend trips and dinners reflect active local social ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Mulford
Bubuque
Ronnie Ewing
William Ewing
Finley Hospital
J. R. Brownell
Mason City
Vesta Brownell
Ames
Mahlon Lantz
Des Moines
Maynard Lantz
Fred Trafalet
Hawkeye
Belle Knudts
Guttenberg
Kenneth Evans
Clinton
Grace Evans
Gus Krueger
Janette
Jeanette
Colleen Howard
Marie Krueger
J. P. Medberry
Louis Oldfather
Strawberry Point
Oscar Frieden
Orville Frieden
Marlys
Littleport
Ray Wiethorn
Billy
Monona
William Schupbach
Ackley
Carl Bennett
Cedar Rapids
Roland Possehl
Dorothy Seifert
Elkader
Gordon Schupbach
Jimmy
George Vaughn
Oelwein
Sielemans
Anna Schupbach
Jimmy Schupbach
Herbert Ash
Marnie ‘Daan
Reuben Howard
Clifton Wilson
Weekend Guests Signal Quiet Social Scene at Waterloo
Mr and Mrs Roger Walker hosted guests over the weekend including Bonnie and Marcia while Mr Kenneth Stoakes also hosted at Waterloo. Dining guests included Mr and Mrs Selmer Groth and David Meyer with Mr and Mrs Henry McMillan. Other visitors were Mrs Mary Skarshoug Mrs R Stone and Collins who visited Mrs Ed Bauser in West Union and spent Thursday with the Ole Olson and Reg Mulford families. You'll never feather your nest on a wild goose chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Walker
Bonnie and
Marcia
Kenneth Stoakes
Waterloo
Selmer Groth
David Meyer
Mrs
Henry McMillan
Mary Skarshoug
Ameg
R. Stone
Collins
Ed Baus der
West Union
Ole Olson
Reg Mulford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Albert Schupbach
Ruth
Gottlieb Puffer
Lena Schup‘bach
Emil ‘Moore
Sidney Halvergon
Ronald and
Sidney, Jr
Ridgeway
Elmer Meyer
Ruth Schupbach
Phylis Gehring
Bert Butikofer
Lew Gruver
University Hospital
Wm. Grover
John Barnhouse
Josephine Knell
Charles .Gehring
R. P. Strauch
Hazel Gehring
Knight's Gymnasium
Wartburg College
Roy Leuch
Minnesota
South Dakota
Osage
Fenton
West Bend
Janice Torkelson
T. C
Cedar Falls
Oliver Torkelson
Schutte-Torkelson
Alta Klingman
Libbie Larson
Fred C. ‘Mason
Chas
Grover
Carroll Klingman, Sr
Sen
Lee
Postville Hospital
Elasg
L. L. Kiple
Raymond Boleyn
Avalon Theatre
West Union, Iowa
Humphrey Bogart
van Johnson
Herman Wouk
Joe McCrea
Marl Blanchard
Black Horse Canyon
Sun
Mon
Web
Jane Wyman
Rock Hudson
Elgin Lutheran Church
St. Olaf Lutheran Churches
First Baptist Church
Arline E. Nieman
McCann Seed Co
Chas. Wenger
D. C. Doan Elgin
Goodrich “Litentufs” Rubber Work Footwear
Max Thoma
Debbie Reynolds
Comtes
Debbie Reywolds
Athena
M-O-M
Lane Cedar Chest
Elgin Furniture Store
the Muehlethalers
DVAT
Owa
Floyd Dittmer
Democratic
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