Community notices detail summer visits across Iowa and Minnesota
A collage of relatives and friends travel and visit. Margaret Mammen Evelyn Nelson and families return from Fort Worth Texas to celebrate Tina Jean’s birth. Numerous July gatherings include the Lundgren Clemitson Currans and Mamen households with visits from families in Estherville Graettinger Jackson and Mason City. Shared meals, birthdays and bicentennial events mark a lively period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Burke
Fort Worth
Texas
Tina Jean
Thomas James
Thomas Fries Graettinger
Philip Burke
Princeion
Hanna Nissen
Mrs Dobbins 80th Birthday Observed in Iowa Picnic
A July 4 picnic at Brown Robin Park Emmetsburg honored Mrs Iva Dobbins 80th birthday with attendees including Mr and Mrs Peterson Ayrshire Mr and Mrs Lawrence Peterson Linda Pat Connie Elsie Coglill Spencer Kevin Cogdill Shennndoha Mr and Mrs Kenneth Dobbins and many relatives from Moorhead Des Moines Webster City Stillwater Graettinger and more. The birthday date was July 3rd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Robin Park
Emmetsburg
Iva Dobbins
Peterson
Lawrence Peterson
Ayrshire
Donald Dobbins
Linda
Pat
Connie
Elsie Coglill
Spencer
Kevin Cogdill
Shennndoha
Kenneth Dobbins
Mary
John
Robert
Paul
Scott
Brian
Mark
David
Anita
Moorhead
Minn
James Oneal
Alta Fish
Des Moines
Tom Anderson
Eric
Lisa
Webster City
Craig Dobbins
Jarett
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Harry Dobbins
Steve
Connie Graettinger
Graettinger
Dobbins
Lucy McCombs Medalist At Hillcrest Golf Tournament Friday
Lucy McCombs won first in the 1st flight at the Hillcrest Ladies Golf and Bridge Tournament with Jean Elsenbast second and Viola Masters third. Flight winners and Bridge results are listed with several local players and scores, along with visiting guests and family members mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy McCombs
Hillcrest
Jean Elsenbast
Viola Masters
Lillian Hanson
Charlotte Alger
Gerda Luhman
Alys Carter
Mary Payton
Obby Brobst
Norma Bervin
Opal Kiner
Donna Iverson
Toots Luchsinger
Ruth Westergard
Lully Henningson
50th Anniversary of the Hamiltons in Emmetsburg
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton Sr. was observed on July 4 at Hamiltons Lounge, hosted by their son William Hamilton Jr. The couple’s original wedding date was February 15. Attendees included numerous Hamilton relatives from Fremont Nebraska Kansas City Missouri Denver Colorado San Diego Ruthven Superior Stewartsville Ringsted Graettinger and Emmetsburg, with notes their farm east of Graettinger and local renown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hamilton Sr
Hamiltons Lounge
William Hamilton Jr
Homer Hamiton
Pete Hamilton
Heather
Matthew Riley
Fremont
Nebraska
Thomas Hamilton
Kansas City
James Hamilton
Denver
Colorado
Joseph Hamilton
San Diego
California
Dale Classon
Ruthven
Sam Federicks
Derek
Danny
David
Superior
Norbert Kath
Stewarstivile Minn
Leo.Powers
Angela
Ann Marie Hansen
Ringsted
Bert Besenius
Matsumi Hamilton
Emmetsburg
Hamiltons
Graettinger
Lammers Family Reunion Honors New Babies and Milestones
The Lammers family reunion held July 11, 1976 at Ingham Lake Bible Camp drew 128 attendees. Five babies born in the past year received spoons, four couples were honored for 25th anniversaries, and door prizes were awarded to several members including Travis Cole and Connie Herke. Out-of-state guests came from Bloomington Alaska Ohio and Minnesota among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lammers
Ingham Lake Bible Camp
Travis Cole
Doug Streit
Connie Herke
Rhonda Lammers
Kathy Petersen
John Millner
Bloomington
Mina
Ivan Lammers
Cindy
Tim
Anchorage
Alsaka
Elaine Brums
Hecksville
Ohio
Lowell Lund
Rapidan
Minn
Ed Burzlaff
Pipestone
Leonard Smith
Terry Lammers
Owatonna
Bill Herke
Robert Ressell
Dennis Brosch
Pete Ehlers
Alfred Luke
Jim Petersen
Dwight Lammers
Henry Lammers
Dwayne Lammers
Alfred Lammers
Bill Tindall
Ed Street
Rolland Lammers
Vince Lammers
Roger Strodtman
Delbert Mickelson
Frank Herke
Virgil Olesen
Social Visit and Funeral Gatherings Around Graettinger
Wallingford residents visited the Norman Egeland home while Orville Rustad and Francis Skattebo attended a funeral for Dr Sevatson at Spirit Lake. Cars carried Skattebo and Waldorf College committee members to Forest City and a Norway trip reunion in Northern Minnesota. Mrs Mary Andersen visited Bertha Fogde’s birthday at Bethel in Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Christian
Tracy
Minn
Norman Egeland
Orville Rustad
California
L.G. Sevatson
Francis Skattebo
Dr. Sevatson
Spirit Lake
Norman Mickelson
Adelia Walden
Earmest Skattebo
Forest City
Waldorf College Board of Regents
Chet Paulson
Minnesota
Wally Brinkman
Kensett
Mary Andersen
Lakeside Lutheran
Emmetsburg
Bertha Fogde
Bethel
Graettinger Booster Bucks Draw Rescheduled for Saturday
Mrs. Virgil Henricksen missed a $50 Graettinger Booster Bucks drawing when not in participating stores as her name was called. Next Saturday at 3 p.m. another Graettinger shopper will have an opportunity to win the same $50 value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Henricksen
Graettinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Margaret Mammen
Evelyn Nelson
Thomas Fries
Ranae Sidles
and Howard Johnson
Rolfe Lundgren
Robert Vik
Helma
Edna Berg
Ruth Anderson
Karlstad
Minnisota
Knute Swanson
Gerda Johnson
Middle River
Ervin Clemitson
Mrs. Morgan Tonderum
Ervin Clemitleg
Bruce Sampson
Agnes Girres
Whittimore
John Bonstetter
West Bend
Amos Mammen
Richard Mamen
Kelly
Francis Troop
Mason City
Don Helmich
Debby
Jonathan
Teresa Mamen
Ted Helmich
Tara
Colorado Springs
Bob Sampson
Patrice
Ed Bradley
Larry Enderson
Jennifer and
Lynn
Estherville
Bradley
Enderson
Earl Erickson
Marty Currans
Russell Hempstad
John Vauska
Jackson, Minn
James Currans
Phillip Currans
Wayne Potter
Oscar Oleson
Avery Bonstead
Tom
Ron
Martys
Tome Lunde
St. Thomas
North Dakota
Emmett Currans
Curran
Bob Sheilan
Sioux City
Earl Iecriese
Agnes Doerning
Henery Dolraing
Relph Graettinger
Grace Gabrielson
Oxnard
Jo Gabrielson
Richard Jensen
Ricky
Mamouth Lake
Calif
Lottie Jensen
Kenneth Jensen
O. J. Elsenbast
Cedar Rapids
Frank Elsenbast
Gordon Landvig
Reg. Knutson
Ordene Olson
Richard Jacobson
Mitchael
Ronnie
Lakefield
David Jacobson
Joel
Jodi
Blanchard Jacobson
Jacobson
Craig Dobbins and
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Wayne Smith
Toots Andreson
Mildred Jones
Garnet Voigt
Rita Wieg and
Jeanine Hough
Marcella Eaton
Alys Carter Ivis Naae
Karen Haegele
Sandy James
Jane Hanson
Carol Miller
Martyr Zeman Katy Rooney Sue Jensen
Eloise Heller
Michael Wilson
Marvin Wilson
Anaheim
Morgan Tonderum
Ethel Wilson
George Tonderum
Jimmy
Kevin Wilson
Colo
Michael
Northwood
Iowa
Dennis Wold
Anasheim
Bill Johnson
Sue
Jimmy Jensen
Darrell Eaton
Morgan Tonderum Home
Melvin Rasmussen
Helma Carlson
Jean Elsenbast Aileen Schacherer
Flossie Miller
Marge Masters
Diane Alesch
Fern Herke
Ste Law
Lammers Family
Art Kerr
Howard Kerr
Cindy Kerr
Louie Lammers
Bill Croft
Madelyn Andre
Sharon Claypool
Linda Cole
Milo Lammers
Mary Anderson
Kim Weber
Debbie Cunningham
Ron Graet~tinger
Palo Alto County Hospital
Earl Willson
Kevin
Morgan Tondorum
Wilson's
Micheal
Alvin Johnson
Jeanne
Will
Verle Laursen
Murray Underwood
George Whitworth
Wilma M Murray
Hillcrest Country Club
Audrine Beeve of
Mrs. Wilma Murray
Dick Conwell
Hank
Marcia
Laclede
Missouri
Wilma Murray
Ruby Toot
Jean Jenkins
Charley Jackson
Richard Pergande
Julie of
Renwick
C.O. Wikert
Hospital News
Palo Alto Hospital
Edith Elsenbast
John Nolan
Albert Schealler
Tom Carriagan
Serene
Edwin Oleson
Chris Wickmen
Boone Hospital
Holy Family Hospital
Garry Harris
Theresa Thiel
Wallingford
TYLAN
Barbeque Grill
Milford Terris
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