Community notices and gatherings across Postville area
Readers share a long list of local visits birthdays and social events across Postville and surrounding towns. Families including Kerr Dennler Klingman and Shaffer households host and attend dinners parties and fairs with relatives from West Union Gays Mills and Waterloo noted along with travel to Colorado and California for visits.
Cheery Valley News Social Guests Visit Home
Mr and Mrs Fred Butikofer were supper guests Sunday in the George Butikofer home. Mr and Mrs Hubert Sass of Monona visited Sunday afternoon in the Frank Christen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Butikofer
George Butikofer
Hubert Sass
Monona
Frank Christen
Local visits shared during weekend gatherings
Brainard News notes Mr and Mrs Lyle Bantz of Hamburg Wisconsin spent several days this week in the Ron Bantz home. Mr and Mrs Joe Peters and Dennis Olson of Clermont visited relatives in Waterloo over the weekend. Saturday visitors in the Ron Bantz home included Mr and Mrs Martin Boedeker of Fayette and Mr and Mrs LaVerne Ries of Randalia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gehring
Fred Schneider
Marie
Arthur
Alles
Irvin Metzger
Glenn Boyer
Leonard Anfinson
Lima
Roger Reeder
Leonard Olson
Waucoma
Forrest Whitcher
Linda
Lyle Martin
Joe Peters
Donnie Peters
Waterloo
Bobby Peters
Reinbeck
Cedar Falls
Kermit Roland
West Union
Glen Boyer
Bob Boyer
Turlock
Calif
Patrick Scott
Boyer
Hazel Appelman
Boyers
Melvin Hanson
Bob Hanson
Elkader
Jack
Jim Hanson
Dave Bolton
Fayette
Janet
Jacob Gehring
Cynthia Price
Ray Hoover
Bob Bowers
Bess Ash
Bob Gilbert
Don Reeder
Jack Hockey
Edith
Norma
Thomas Meighan
Jack Willett
Vern ‘Boyer
Mrs. Boyer
Mon Reeder
Leo ‘Boyer
Esther Platz
Waldron Platz
Lime Springs
H. H. Schaeffer
Cresco
Lyle
Bantz
Hamburg
Wis
Ron Bantz
Dennis Olson
Clermont
Martin Boedeker
LaVerne Ries
Randalia
Local Elgin News Big Family Gatherings Over Weekend
The Elgin area social scene centers on multiple family visits with Rev. and Mrs. Willis Petratz hosting and Clara Krueger joining for a weekend, plus numerous guests from Waterloo Edgewood Atkins Monona Decorah and Postville. Several dinner and supper gatherings feature extended kinship networks and care updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Petratz
Emery
Dek
Clara Krueger
Russell Wenger
Steven
Wenger
David Ellefson
Aow
Daniel
Triangle
Virginia
K. Mork
Postville
Alber Mork
Mary
Melvin Olson
West Union
Henry Mork
Kaaren
LeaRae
Decorah
Alan Seabrooke
Jill
Rosina Anderson
Aldora Anderson
L’‘Myra
Clermont
Carlyle Anderson
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Mark and
Kendall
Elgin
L. G. Johnson
Steamboat
Rock
Harry Johnson
Local visitors call on West Union and Nichols households
Mr and Mrs Charlie McBride and children from Randalia visited Sunday in the Ron Bantz home. Mrs Ed Fenner spent Thursday with Mrs H H Whitcher in West Union. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Norm Corde of Nichols and Mr and Mrs LaVerne Homewood and daughter from Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Petery
Alvie Westphal
Cedar Rapids
Ed Fenner
Ray Fenner
Ed Fenners
Glenn Jones
Leavenworth
Kans
H.H. Whitcher
Eugene Whitcher
Ross Whitcher
Floyd. Whitcher
Jerry
Everett Patrick
West Union
Bill Feller
St. Olaf
Lawrence ‘Whitcher
Michael
Sumner
Charlie McBride
iRandalia
Ron Bantz
H. H. Whitcher
Norm Corde
Nichols
LaVerne Homewood
Houston
Texas
Turkey Dinner Set by Wadena Legion on Oct 2
The Wadena Legion and Auxiliary have scheduled a fall turkey dinner for Thursday evening October 2. Serving begins at five o'clock and continues as long as needed with advance ticket sales planned as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena Legion and Auxiliary
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Tyr Cowie
T. Caspere
Ann Miles
John Grimm
Memphis
Teriie
Robert Kert
Harlo Meyer
Cleremont
Kerr
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cemetery Assnmet
Ed Wenger
Carl Gehring
Guernsey Smith
Gene ‘Wenger
Andrew Dummermuth
Gerald Shaffer
LeRoy W Rothlisberger
Arthur Chapman
Mervin Hunsberger
C.A. Colburn
Skokie
Relph Shaffer
Ben Dennler
Frome
Western States
Raymond Henson
Susan
Arthur Yearous
Carroll Klingman
Silas Wilson
Hal and
Granelie Wilson
Orran Bane
Henry ‘Holzer
Jacob Schneider
Gerald Heck
Kenneth Halverson
Edwin Loftsgard
Janice
Ida Halverson
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Alton Medberry
Arnold Sanders
Gays Mills
Albert Dennler
Maquoketa Valley
Harley Helms
Robert Kerr
Viroqua
Ralph Shaffer
Will Kerr
Dale Klingman
Carroll Klingman, Jr
Burdette Anderson
OD. R. Whitley
John ‘Wilson
Paul ‘Ainsworth
Clarkie Voshell
Henry Mathys
Wadena
Myrton
Harold
Kenneth
Reynold Strong
Chas. Strong
Hal
Tranelle
Jerome Yearous
Fred Tschantz
Barbara Yearous
Martha Chapman
Debert
Chas
Della Chapman
Hannah ‘Lantz
Fred Hanson
Floyd Frieden
Roy Rothligberger
Walter Rothlinberger
Harry Wenger
Martin Wenger
Gene Wenger
Ed Werger
Elsie Rice
Bernice Everson
Merril
Geo
Leuchtenmecher
Erest Christen
Clara Muehlethsler
Lucy Christen
Joe Frieden
George Nydegger
Leo Nading
Andra
Keith
Eddie Mackey
Win. Moore
Francis Butikofer
Fred Buttikofer
Bert
Carl Cousins
Lavern Lantz
Milwaukee
Robert Hanson
Clarence Hofer
Eo Nading
Bert Thoman
Adeline
Dan Lehman
Merril, Wis
Lamont
Billy Peters
George Pape
John M. Tillotson
Iowa
Cheery Valley News
Elgin State Bank Dial
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Elgin State Bank
Knudtson
Brainard News
Riley Bros
Torkelson Motor CO
Elgin, Iowa
Buick’s
Buick
Mervin Anderson
Mary Wold
Realte Wold
Joanne
Edgewood
Merlin Anderson
Gregory
Bradley
Atkins
Cornelius Reierson
Rex Mulford
William Ewing
Farley
Ewing
Klingman’s
Allen D. Porter
Kim
Leo Schori
Eugene Schori
Anna Schupbach
Otto Ramsier
Auburn
Mich
Albert Schupbach
Lena Schupbach
Fanny
Max Hunsberger
Elmer
Lisbyd Meyer
Hunsberger
Postville Hospital
Northwestern Gell Telephone Company
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