Residents Gather for Weekend Socials Across West Union
A flurry of Sunday and weekend visits unfolded across West Union and nearby towns as families, guests, and relatives shared meals and hospitality. Attendees included the Benson and Yearous households, the Schwartzes, Hunsbergers, and many others from Cedar Rapids, Castalia, Oelwein, and Lansing, with drivers and hosts arranging dinners, picnics, and casual calls through Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Feller
Mer Memorial, Hospital
Susan Benson
Iowa City
Raymond Benson
Janet Rothlisberger
Cedar ‘Rapids
Lelisberger
Phillip Wander
Feaiily
Castalia
Odd
Lloyd Leath
Elkader
Arthur
Delbert
Della Chapman
Samaritari i
West Union
Mra
Gilbert _Har
Roy Werson
LaVern Schweinerus
Louie
Zuercher
Volga
Or Hermen
Jacob Schneider
John McSweeny
Oelwein
EL ‘Finch
Flora
Clarkie Voshel
Clarion Mathys
Iva Mathys
Wadena
Silas Wilson
Carol Wilson
Glen Medberry
Jay
Tile Pagan
Eunice
Local families share visits and birthday gatherings in Ossian area
Postville residents Mr and Mrs Robert Eberling and family visited the Joseph Reierson home on Thursday. Loftsgard and others hosted birthday and farewell gatherings, with multiple family groups attending dinners and tea events in Ossian Decorah and West Union. Several guests called on ill Helen Reinhart and celebrated Mrs Winter's birthday, while Olof and Bergen families joined social visits throughout the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eberling
Postville
Joseph Ierson
Mervin Reierson
Joseph Reierson
Orlando Lottsgard
Lewis Butikofer
Butikofer
Loftsgard
Jake Schneider
Greg Hever
West Union
Exley Fisht
Oelwein
Florida
Selmer Groth
Helen Reinhart
Selmer’ Holm
Bertha Zhen
Dick McCoullough
Carol
Reece S St. Ee
Holm
Lester Butikofer
Thore Kjenkejordan
St. Olaf
Harold Opsand
Henry Wellerson
Sunda
U Olson
Mit
Ie Bilan Butikoteranger
Lawrence Naylor
Gerald Winter
Decorah
Olgin Olson
Gilbert Loftsgard
Larry
Ronald Loftsgard
Gilbert Latts
Clermont Visit Recalls Mrs Lottsgard's Stop
A fragment notes Mrs T L Lottsgard visiting in a Fijiya Thompson home near Clermont, highlighting a social call and local ties within the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oss Clermont
Mra
T. L. Lottsgard
Fieya Thompson
Sunday Visitors and Local Calls Across Don Reeder Home
Sunday afternoon guests included Vern Boyer of West Union and Ralph Knoll family of New Hampton. Several households hosted visitors through the week, with notes of calls to Don Reeder and Lawrence Gehring homes, plus a Wisconsin trip for Gay's Mills sighting. A closing saying remarks on poverty as a mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Reeder
Vern Boyer
West Union
Ralph Knoll
New Hampton
Richard Kohls
Vern Darnell
Jill
Dirk
Randy
Steve
Jeff
Joy Alber
Lyle Martin
Joy
Floyd Whitcher
Ed Fenner
Lawrence Gehring
George Butikofer
Alert. Amdahl
Frieda Sorenson
Rochester
Mirin
Lena Wagner
Anna Reeder
Ruth Ann Kohls
Independence
Jeri Martin
Melvin Hanson
Wilson Patterson
Bob Gilbert
Fayette
Wilma Grimes
Paul Buckley
Heidi
Gay’s Mills
Wisc
Thomas’ Meighan
Leonard ~Meighan
Sumner
Local visits and family gatherings in Cheery Valley area
A crowded log lists visits across Cheery Valley with the Butikofer, Christen, Mason, Peake, Dennler, Lantz, and other families. Attendees include Helen Christen of Iowa City, Joe Olson home guests, and relatives attending weddings and a funeral. The piece ends with a quip about guided missiles versus car accident reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Butikofer
Marie Butikofer
Helen Christen
Iowa City
John Christen
George Nickels
Mark
Linda Nickels
Joe Olson
Clermont
Celia Butikefer
Silas Butikefer
David Leffenthaler
Oscar Lumegren
Dubuque
Wilbur Peake
Ellen Mason
Frank Christen
Roscoe Larson
Ben Dennler
Stanley Moser
Robert Leuchtenmacher
Gilbert Hargelanes
la Verne
Harry Butikofer
Andrew Breckin
la Porte City
Marvin Lantz
Decorah
Walter Lantz
Jess Moody
Silas Butikofer
Charles Erickson
Merlin
Guttenberg
Val Oliver
Carl Cousin
Waterloo
Clarence Hofer
Lester Crain
Allen and Chapman
Grace Methodist Church
Oelwein
Martin Hangon
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Berdean Hageie
Clarion Hagelie
Edward Christensen
Steven
Kenneth Halverson
Edwin Loftswon
Brad’ L. Smith, Bilendér
Thomas Foxwell
Lloyd Tope
Lyte Medberry
Ellen Hunsger
Jerome Yearous
Melvin Hunsberger
Donald
Sutter
Thomas Ogle
Duane Strong
Joe Ogle
Portiatlus
Curtis Strong
Priscilla Martie
Bert Breuhahn
Monona
Edwin Lottegard
Ruth Roth
Mire Clifton Yearous
Lansing
William Yearous
Roger Frieden
Scott
Roger Torson
LeRoy Rothlisherarte
Vern
Frieden
Joe Erleder
Ud "Ph Bithday
William Dennler
Danny
Roscoé Larson
Kenneth
Shirley
Rainey
Lawrence White
Cedar Rapids
Russell Friederich
James
Hermenne
Ben Hen
Ne Witter Dennler
Ed Wenger
Gene Wenger
Dale Roberts
Del
Virginia Collins
Dianne Frieden
Aid
Paul Smith
Jere
Mene Inn
Mtedberts
Roberta
Howard Medb
Archie Howar
Walter Ash
Roger Amundson
Herbert Ash
Crayton
Lane Ash
Alton’ Medberry
Emmett Light
Elvin Tragord
Ross Whitcher
Howard ‘Whitcher
Marion Whitcher
John Tillotson
Colonia
Elgin State Bank
Elgin
Iowa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vadena
Francis Butikofer
Gunder News
Brainard News
Cheery Valley
Gladys
Robert Hanson
Albert L. Dennler
Ernest Christen
Celia Thoman
Lucy Christen
Earl Kiple
Irene Minihan
Elkader Community Hospital
Fred Knoke Family
Wm. Baumgartner
Bily Bros
Spillville
Paul Peterson
Arno Deude
Garnaville
James Duff
Marvin
John Christes
Interstate Power
Ihs
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Lowe
Minnesota
IPC
Pathfinder Atomic Plant
Babcock
Elgin, Iowa
Interstate Power Company
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