Local Visiting and Community Events in Fenton Area
Fenton Iowa Nov 28 1939 report lists Silas Finnestad Chicago visitors and a family gathering at Norman Finnestad home. Notes training school, bridge games, feather party, and local entertainments with prize winners and guests. Many residents and relatives attend dinners, showers, and local club activities across multiple households.
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Penton
Iowa
Silas Finnestad
Chicago
Lars Pinnestad
Norman Finnestad
Mir
Harvest and social notices dot Ruthven life
Ruthven Iowa events include a miscel arose shower for Afs Ronald Hynes with about thirty relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Bernard Schroeder hosted thirty guests for the 35th wedding anniversary of Mrs Schroeder’s parents, W A Thayer of Emmetsburg. Harvest Day at Methodist church featured displays of fruits vegetables and grain with Rev Beldon Weikel and District Supt Buchan in attendance. Mrs M G Barringer and Ora Hymer entertained Mr and Mrs Edw Southworth and Miss Inez Cornwell at dinner. Mrs Gustave Linden traveled to Rochester to visit relatives. Mrs IL Sporen suffered a stroke but is improving at home. Kenneth Cosgrove and son visited with HL Rummertfeldt and James Moran with Anthony Miller nearby. Funeral attendance noted for Sister Marcel Lester Gillette of Fostoria. Farm Bureau meeting planned at Lost Island center school.
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An Ruthven
Afs
Ronald Hynes
H Sporan
HL Rummertfeldt
James
Moran
Anthony Miller
Perry Gesartham
John Cedarholm
Gut Oy
Marcel“Lester
Gillette
Fostoria
Farm Bureau
Lost Island Center
Book Drive Contest Winners Named in Chaotic Report
Winners named in a disordered notice for a book drive contest. The fragment mentions Et Mars and a few unclear names and places, suggesting event results and participants but with numerous garbled terms.
Ayrshire Man Hurt As Car Turtled
Kenneth Zeigler of Ayrshire was injured early this week when his car veered into a ditch after the front wheel locked. The vehicle was badly damaged and Zeigler was shaken and bruised.
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Ayrshire
Kenneth Zeigler
Ruthven
Mr. Zeigler
Ruthven Tops Cylinder in Close Doubleheader
Ruthven high school swept Cylinder in a Friday gym night doubleheader. The Ruthven girls won 37 to 35 and the Ruthven boys edged Cylinder 29 to 27 in tightly contested games. Mrs. Julia Wilson of Fort Dodge visited over the weekend with her sister, Miss Nellie Crowley.
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Ruthven High School
Cylinder
Ruthven
Ruthven Girls
Ruthven Guys
Julia Wilson
Fort Dodge
Nellie Crowley
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Amos Finnestads
Loyd Finnestad
Amer Cody
Ed Bergeson
Johm Finnnestad
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Independence
F. W. Ruske
Everett Drever
Seco High
Chas
Newel
Mesdames Everette Dreyer
Amos Finnestad
Paul Eigler
Raymond Stoeber
Clarence Theesfield
Dorothea Gerhart
Happy Birthday Club
Wm. Anderson
Mesdames
Ida Grem' Tmels
Ted Tindeland
Sam Torkel- Son
Airs Lowman
Emmetsburg
Marvin Pierce
Win Solberg
Fred Fessler
Bill Jubbs
Ded
Tindeland
Dale Long
Art Jub
Tom Juhl
Bill Reasoner
Marion Brow
Fenton Sym
John Munch
Leorn
Mueller
Rand
EK. Johnson
Weber Yager
Johnson Home
Wes
Geo
Jentz
Ernest Votteler
Shieijt
John R. Waite
Fenton Gym
Olaf Norland
Arnold Hentelman
Lawrence Hantelman
Elden Hank Maria Carty
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J. A. Mueller
Virginia Ruth
Reinbeck
RJ. Clausen
Ray Zweitel
Clyde Brooks
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Grant
Iowa Falls
John Light
Melvin Manseger
W.H. Stoeber
Glefiys
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Stoeber
Methodist Hospital
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Richard
Art Riedel
Dorothy
Mark
Janice Helgevold
Gevolds
the Schaeffers
Ole Peterson
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Ben Mitchell
Joseph Helgevold
Eagle Grove
John Meling
Anna
Albert Mitchell
Ana Marie
Benora
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Chester Staar
Primshar
Mise Besch
Jerome
Mike Besch
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Florence Meyer
Frank Meyer
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Ebner Weisbrod
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Henry Luedtke
Edna Peul
Klemme
DeRidder
Louisiana
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J. W. Bell
Fred Kluss
Glen Kluss
Ed Zweifel
Titonia
Rosé Betty
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J. A. G. Smith
Wallace
Fred Newel
Beth Ann
Edwin Gustafson
Sherburn
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Carl iKern
Gustafson
Mr.Kern
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Davenport
Herman
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Derwood Kern
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Robert Meade
Ethel Decker
William Hughes
Marigene Thomps
Wiliam Berger
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Rose O'Connor
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Frestymen
Betty Storck
Hugh Neary
Patricia Deneen
Patrick Brennan
Helen Kane
Robert Neary
Jeanette McTigue
Robert Burns
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Carol
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Neary Furniture
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