Cheery Valley Good Neighbors Club Meeting Planned
The Good Neighbors Club will meet September 8 in the Auxiliary room at Elgin with hostesses Mrs. Clarence Hofer Mrs. Sam Denner and Mrs. Orlin Mason. Weekend social notes list visits and dinners among local families including Embretsons Nelsons Leuchtenmachers and Hansons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbors Club
Auxilary
Elgin
Clarence Hofer
Sam Dennler
Orlin Mason
Ote Embretson
Elkader
Nels Nelson
North
Hollywood
Calif
Ben Butikoter
Arthur Luttig
Richland
Wis
Nellie Barske
George Leuchtenmacher
Robert
Mra. Leuchtenmacher
Jack Zuercher
Mt. Vernon
Marilyn Butikofer
Dan Butikofer
James McKeons
Theresa
Kansas City
Irene
Pat Minihan
Hubert Cummings
Hulda Nydegger
Frank Christen
Robert Hanson
Martin Hanson
Marion Christen
Clayton County
Des Moines
Jerry Anderson
Merlin ‘Nickels
George Nickels
Joe Olson
Clermont
Loftsgard and Kjosa Families Host Visitors
Sunday visits at Tilpher Bilden and Mary Olson homes linked different families. Quilting circle guests included Mrs. Mary Olson, Selma Groth, Mrs. Enoch Mark, Cornelius Reierson, L. O. Reierson, Kenneth Kjosa, Ole Loftsgard. Guests from Decorah and Ingelwood joined the Kjosa household for a few days, with Arthur and Ernest Mikkleson staying and Arthur Mikkleson from Roxana visiting over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Loftsgard
Tilpher Bilden
Otto Gisleson
Kathleen
Lawrence Wests
John Qigon
Ruth
Tommy
Joann
Lansing
Waldo Embretson
Mary Olson
Selma Groth
Quilting Com
Enoch Mark
Cornelius Reierson
L. O. Reierson
Kenneth Kjosa
Ole Loftsgard
Shvin Engebretson
Susy
Decorah
Ernest Mikkleson
Marsha
Ingelwood
Calif
Arthur Mikkleson
Roxana, Ill
Ernest
Arthur
Many Families Share Weekend Gatherings Across West Union
Mr and Mrs Lucian Apple man and others hosted and visited across multiple households in West Union and environs. Numerous dinners, suppers, and Sunday visits included the Loftsgard, Christensen, Edblad, Amundson, Halverson, Yearous, Rothlisberger, and Shaffer families with trips to Des Moines State Fair and a Marion Iowa City medical outing noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucian Appleman
Orvin Loftsgard
LaVerne Lantz
Milwaukee
Wis
Otto Gisteson
Henry Christensen Jr
Mathilda Christensen
Merlin Hellum
Roger
Bernard Loftsgard
Gilbert Loftsgard
Carol
Charlie
Cover
Robert Bullock
Des Moines
Enya
Albert Hanson
Harold Opsand
Edward Edblad
Susan
Rita
Otto Gisleson
Gerald Winter
Milo Gisleson
Morris Amundson
Niles
Harold Opland
Martin Nelson
Manchester
Robert Wittleson
Mary Anderson
Postville
Arthur Amundson
Julia Wettleson
Christine Rypestol
Corrine
Paul
Sylvia
Inga
Elsie
Enoch
Meillen
Otto Mark
Marion Loftsgard
Emory Landsgard
Lena Nyhus
Jacobin
Meillen Loftsgard
Louie Martie
Theolina Nelson
Osage
iChuck
Marion
Donald Wallner
Beverly Spjut
Cedar Rapids
Edwin Loftsgard
Raymond Benson
Walter Rothlisberger
Glen Yearaus
Illyria Social Notes Move Through A Busy Weekend
Ida Oswald Otis and Ruth Rothlisberger host Monday supper with Mr and Mrs Orran Bane. Elka der Mrs Arthur Yearous stays with her mother Carrie Ernst in Cloane as Ernst ill. Several families visit and travel between Madison Wis Elkader Monona Cedar Falls Guttenberg and Gay Ga, with several dinners and picnics noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Oswald
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Orran Bane
Arthur Yearous
Elkader
Carrie Ernst
Cloane
Ernst
Ivan Anderson
Jacob Schneider
Canada
Jimmy Schneider
Richard Hofer
Elmer Malkow
Madison
Wis
Earl Rothlisberger
Floyd Patterson
Wadena
A. F. Swanson
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Tofield Heck
Earl Kipie
Guttenberg
LaVern Schneider
Clermont
Fred Schneider
Roy Shepard
Monona
Cpl
Arthur Strong
Derry Point
Carolina
Harold Strong
Joe Dinan
St. Michael
Garber
Janice Loftsgard
Social Welfare
Birthday Party Honors Albert Halverson 75th
Albert Halverson was honored Tuesday afternoon with a birthday gathering at home attended by numerous relatives from West Union Hopkinton Postville and Dixie. Lunch was served and a gold wrist watch was presented to the celebrant as friends and family wished him well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Halverson
Debbie
West Union
Lloyd Nelson
Connie
Hopkinton
Edwin Loftsgard
Loftsgards
Nelsons
Edward Christensen
Glen McKellar
Walter Rothlisberger
Michael
Allen Halverson
Nels Iverson
Clermont
Iverson
Roy Halverson
William Yearous
Lloyd Patterson
Vinton
Andrew Yearous
Albert
Will Klingman
Elgin
James Hermen
Jerry Anderson
Kenneth Garetgon
Lamont
Earl Rothlisberger
Thomas Foxwell
Martha ‘Chapman
Delbert
George Butikofer
Fred Martie
Fred Schneider
Ella Gehring
And
Albert Halverson
Robert Bemiss
Paul
George Schoyer
Debra
Louis Halverson
Holly
Cindy
Alvin Buroden
Dixie
Bonjie
Dary
Kari
Postville
Harold Halverson
Steven
Diana
DeVere Halverson
Bobbie
Nancy
Belle Plaine grower grows 6 foot 11 inch gladiolus
Russell Hecht of Belle Plaine is a prize winning gladiolus raiser. His recent bloom reached 6 feet 11 inches and was still growing. The variety was developed by his brother Kenneth Hecht of Iowa Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Hecht
Belle Plaine
Mr. Hecht
Kenneth
Iowa Falls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cheery Valley News
Ab West
Celia Thoman
Christen Brothers
Edwin Hanson
John Christen
al Parker
Rockford
Clayton Schreiner
Cynthia
McGregor
Forrestville Beach
Robert Henson
Orlando Loftagard
Gunder
American Legion and Auxiliary
Westgate
Albert L. Dennier
Elkader Fair Grounds
Ben Dennier
Glen Dennier
Larry
Wm. Dennier
Richard Frieden
Ernest Christen
Lucy Christen
Celis Thoman
Sylvan Torkelson
Wm. Torkelson
Albert L. Dennler
Walter Dennler
Ida Christen
Ort
John M. Tillotson
Elgin, Iowa
Gunder News
Elgin State Bank
DIAL
Iowa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Lawrence Knudtson
Uriel Gehring
Decoreh
Melvin Nims
Fayette
Leslie Kleppe
Gary
Gayle
Perry Larson
Patty
Judy
Carroll Klingman
Carol Shaffer
Klingman
Elkader Fairgrounds
Ben Wilson
Gordon Pollock
Paul Smith
Alta Yearous
Ottumwa
Leslie Yearous
Lewis Dempster
Arlington
Andrew
Forrest Shaffer
Gladys Reeder
Creswen
H. J. Kiple
Farmersberg
Jim Whitford
Volga
Inez Shaffer
Harley Helms
Andrew Braker
Alta
Clarence Thoman
Will Christen
Guy Ernst
Andrew Haas
Esther Braker
Carol Wilson
Silas Wilson
Alta Thoman
Janie Ogle
Clyde Ramsey
John Hollman
St. Louis
Emmett Light
Light
Ruby
Lola Yearous
First Methodist
Mabel King
Howard Medberry
Henry Holzer
Gerald Shaffer
Jimmy
Winton
Gene Wenger
Ed Wenger
Florian Burchett
Illyria News
Elgin Produce
West Elgin
G. E. Refrigerator
Siegler
Herman Scheel
Orvin Thompson
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