Weekend Visits and Social Exchanges Among Iowa Families
Local social notes recount weekend visits and hosting by the Kohls, Martin, Gehring, Brackin, and Pritchard families in Waterloo, New Hampton, and surrounding areas. Guests include Mrs. Richard Kohls, Janet Gehring, and Janet’s mother Mrs. Gehring, with travel to Iowa City and Marion for teaching duties.
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Richard Kohls
Art Pdaald
Bob Sake Reeder
Vern Buyer
W. A
Ka Fa
Atchie
Jacky
Lyle Martin
Lyle Pritcherd
Washburn
Wilter
Everett Patrick
Ed Fenner
Wilma Grimes
Paul Buckley
Melvin Hanson
Mickey Martin
Hagen
Verh Bayon
Keen
John Brackin
Waterloo
Lawrence Gehring
Vivien Feters
Dennis Olson
Sun
Thie Og Fenner
Kohls
Clarence
Tripp
Tom Meighan
Kelly
Bunscats
Frice Gehring
Walker Pritchard
Cons
Marvin van Sitkle
Schmeltzer
Gaye Milla
Wis
Tom. Hayaiett
I Get
Pest
Imperial
Ri, Jimes
Ervin Brackin
Lawrence Gehrig
Mabel
Minn
Dick Brackin
Cresco
Melvin Englehardt
Iowa City
Janet
Marion
Gerald Gehring
Gehring
Illyria Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Illyria residents and friends gathered for weekend visits with family and neighbors across towns including Decorah Volga Sumner Cedar Rapids Blooming Prairie and Monona. Attendees included the Thompson Frieden Rothlisberger Thoman Runoden and Hagelie families along with many relatives sharing meals and companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Thompson
Luther College
Decorah
Orvin Thompson
Elon DeWitte
Aras
Will Frieden
Westman
Milo Frieden
Roeder
Volga
Otis
Ruth Rothlisberger
Ida Pulfer
Marie Schmid
Alta
Clarence Thoman
LaVerne Schneider
LaVerne Schneider Famie and Mr. and Mrs. George Bufer
Iebeth
Abeth Schneider
Famil
Walter Rothlisberger
Hns
Baxter Springs
Glen
LeRoy Stumme
Sumner
Tripoli
Orran Hane
Inergo Minneosta
Denald Burchette
Moline
Gene Wenger
Carl € Gehring
Sun
We Tay Halverson
Stéan Engine
Kenneth Medberry
Howard Medberry
Ion Landswerk
Cresco
Jacob Wander
Stevennings
Ben Denice
Kenneth Rainey
Wo. den
Sunday Dinner Guests Across Cedar Rapids Area
Sunday social notices list numerous households hosting relatives and friends across Volga Postville Elkader and nearby towns. Names include Dennler Roys Rothlisberger Frieden Kruempel Anderson Light Yearous and several families. A hospital mention notes Alice Yearous in Elkader hospital and other kin visits amid weekend travel and local reunions.
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Egard
Joan
Ben Dennler
Walter Roys
Ruth Roys
Ethel. Probert
Clifford Brandt
Volga
LeRoy Rothlisberer
Walter Rothlinger
Floyd Frieden
Harold Kruempel
Cedar Rapids
Orvin
Thompson
David
Dale Anderson
Postville
Roy McShane
Fayette
Emmett Light
John Light
LeRoy Rothlisberger
Walter Rothlisberger
Roger Frieden
Ivan Anderson
Gene Lel
Roy Halverson
Nellie Kimball
RB Mrs. Stoels Martie
Mereuhahan
Moma
Edwin, Loitsgard
Raymond Benson
Glen
Sae Pulenday
Emmett
Hazel Rothlisberger
Dubuque
Land Earl
Helen ‘Rothlisberger
Faye Whittenbaugh
Adena
Alton Medberry
Harold Leuenberger
Black Hills
C. S. Taylor
Akron
Ohio
Elkader
al Parker
Gordon Pol- Kruempel
College
Iowa City
Sam Oleon
Dawson
Minn
Mabel Crandall
West Union
Pod
Orvin Thompson
Clermont
James Hermen
Cleve Bennett
Elma Reichert
Bill Bennett
Good Neighbors Club Meeting at Highland Lutheran
Cheery Valley Good Neighbors Club met September 8 at Highland Lutheran Church. Hostesses were Mrs. Harold Meisner, Mrs. William Torkelson, and Mrs. Mervin Larson. Twenty one members attended, sharing summer highlights. guest Mrs. Sylvan Torkelson joined. Decision made to dine at Cliff House in Decorah on September 22.
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Good Neighbors Club
Highland Lutheran Church
Mdms
Harold Meisner
Wm. Torkelson
Mervin Larson
America
Sylvan Torkelson
Cliff House
Decorah
Community News Notes and Visits Across Town
Mrs Reuben Bee announces a birth notification and Oct 13 plans at Mrs. Ernest Christen home with Clara Muehlethal and Lucy Christen serving as hostesses. Local residents including Kirk Hicks Arlington and the Lerch family visit, while newborn Julie Lynn Mall stands among hospital and nursing home updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Bee
Notober Casate
Ernest Christen
Clara Muehlethaler
Lucy Christen
Social Hosts and Guests Spread Across Multiple States
The article lists numerous overnight and dinner guests including Inga Hanson staying with Janet Amunds on Tuesday, Mabel Goverhouse and Ricky of Dubuque for Sunday dinner with the Merrill Olsons, Selmer Holm and family visiting Du luth Minnesota and touring Wisconsin, Edward Leath and family in Wheeling Illinois, and Thursday supper at the Orwen Loftsgard home with Victor Guyer of Clermont, Harry Guyer of Montique California, Walter Knutson, and Mark of West Union, plus Gerald Blockhus hosts.
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Inga Hanson
Janet Amunds
Mabel Gqverhouse
Ricky
Dubuque
Merrill Olson
Selmer Holm
Roger Holm
Duluth
Minn
Wisconsin
Edward Leath
Wheeling
Ill
Orwen Loftsgard
Victor Guyer
Clermont
Harry Guyer
Montique
Calif
Walter Knutson
Mark
Local social roundup of Friday through Sunday visits
Mrs Mervin Reierson and others called at multiple homes including Lloyd Reierson Bernard Loftsgard and Ole Loftsgard. Visitors included Me and Mrs Orlando Loftsgard Ken Kjosa Will Bergen and families plus many guests at the Loftsgard and Kjosa households. Several outings reference reunions dinners and religious or college plans with relatives in Ossian Gunder and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon
Schiller Park
Lloyd Loftsgard
Ed Monroe
Ossian
Joseph Rejerson
Harold Hanson
Bernard Hanson
Elsie
Cora
Enoch
George Long
Celesty
Orlando Loftsgard
Norman
Sutter
Iowa City
Ben Fuelling
Lorimer
Kenneth Kjosa
Theodore Kjosa
Lewiston
Minn
Kjosa
Winona
Iowa Corn Picking Contest to Expect Bigger Crowd
The Iowa State Mechanical Corn Picking Contest typically draws 10 000 to 16 000 people and is expected to grow as Sen Hubert Humphrey accepted an invitation to speak and Sen Barry Goldwater was invited. The event set for October 13 on Carl Oldenburg farm between West Union and Hawkeye, co sponsored by the West Union Junior Chamber of Commerce and WMT Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
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