Wallingford News Highlights Local Visits and Socials
Mrs Earnest Skattebo reports visitors from California and Nevada visiting local families in Wallingford including the Loylands, the Pedersens, and Jeffery Olson home. Reunions and circle hostesses mark a busy week with attendees from Minneapolis to Visalia. Several residents and guests attend Bible camp at Ingham Lake with an open house celebrating a 25th wedding anniversary drawing about 235 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Resh
California
Nordhin Peterson
Paul
Effie Nielsen
Coleen
Estherville
i@eiday
Kathy
Mary Jane Skattcbo
Kathryn Lundy
Joannie Klippsing
Ingham Lake
Clare Skattebo
Vera Hermansen
Ruthven
Ada I. Myers ‘How
Minneapolis
Leroy Schacherer
Ed Schacherer
Manchester
Phillip
Janet
Pamela
Chicago
Marvin Egeland
Amos Egeland
Norman Thomas
John Thomas
Edgar Tyerson
Wallingford Fourth of July Celebration Guests
A Sunday shrimp dinner and guest register honor the Schacherers family with Mary Delores Lorraine Louis Eugene Margaret and Lucille of Sioux City. Visitors from Austin Texas Kimball South Dakota Sioux Falls Wyrlon Okoboji Fairmont Emmetsburg Detroit Dolliver Alpha Swea City Superior Estherville and Wallingford attended. James Lee Skatwebo had a throat operation Friday. mother stayed with him at Spirit Lake hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Burg
Frank Reuland
Lorraine Schacherer
Austin
Texas
Kimball
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Wrylon
Okoboji
Fairmont
Emmetsburg
Detroit
Mich
Dolliver
Alpha
Swea City
Superior
Whittemore
Estherville
Wallingford
Gracttinger
Lela Ritaman
Fred Graettinger
Jake Zitterich
Everett Johnson
Elwood Hyatt
Frank Christensen
Richard Kropf
Ottosen
C. I. Skattebo
Sandra Gunderson
Henry Lofblom
Duane Kropf
Inland Iowa News Bits From Ruthven Ringsted And Sumner
A family fest Sunday featured a watermelon brought by Paul and remarks on grandparents Mr and Mrs Floyd Eaton of Ruthven and Mr and Mrs CGI Skattebo and Mr and Mrs Nordern Peterson. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Dallas Custer was baptized at Wallingford Lutheran Church. Pastor and Mrs CG BL Gunderson attended the Fessler and Lowell Christensen wedding at Ringsted Presbyterian. A daughter of Mr or Mrs Merlyn Clark was ill with measles last week. In Sumner Hiram Toas observed his ninth birthday, one of the town’s oldest residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Eaton
Ruthven
Cg.i
Skattebo
Nordern Peterson
Paul
Dallas Custer
Wallingford Lutheran Church
BL Gunderson
Dane Fessler
Lowell Christensen
Presbyterian Church
Ringsted
Merlyn Clark
Veteran receives high school diploma in 1954 Independence class
Ronald Brown a two year Korea veteran and combat engineer earned his Independence High School diploma as part of the 1954 graduatings class. A separate item reports James Dawson of Sidney struck by lightning while milking a cow. he and the cow were knocked down and stunned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Independence
Ronald Brown
Combat Engineers
Slose
James Dawson
Sidney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Earnest Skattebo
John Loyland
Susan
Sal Dybdahl
Fast Town Circle
Mines
Elsie Gunderson
Wayne Bryan
Ronnie Herum
Beryl Felkey
Eureka
Nevada
Jeffery Olson
Pete Pedersen
Visalia
Calif
Pedersen
Kristina Nielsen
Thor W Nielsen
Nordoin Peterson
Ambrose Call State Park
Algona
Sherman Gunderson
Gary
David
Helen Davis
Thoreson’s
Graettinger
Iowa
Wallingford Co-op
Teading
Schacherers
Mary
Delores
Lorraine
Louis
Eugene
Margaret
Lucille
Sioux City
Trecy
Gilford Osher
Graettinger’ Insurance Ag’y
Sumner
Hiram Tloaase
Dearborn
Leh
Grartuinger, Iowa
Lee the Printer
Walt Weedel
Heidecker
Torreson Oil Co., Distr
Wallingford, Owa
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