Stewart Family Visit and Birthday Gatherings in Lake Preston
Mr and Mrs Robert Stewart of Lake Preston SD spent Friday to Tuesday visiting his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs George Stewart and other relatives. Mr and Mrs Merle Hearn hosted a Sunday dinner honoring Freddie Siems Ackley and Larry and Keith Hearn April birthdays. Guests included Mrs Freddie Siems Ackley Mrs Bernice Wilder Cedar Falls and Mrs Glen Hearn and Mr and Mrs Lester Rogers. Returned Home Mr and Mrs Clayton Hershey came home Wednesday from
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Stewart
Lake Preston
South Dakota
Brther
George Stewart
Merle Hearn
Freddie Siems
Ackley
Larry
Keith Hearn
Bernice Wilder
Cedar Falls
Glen Hearn
Lester Rogers
Family in Leadville Home During Winter Visit
The couple spent most of the winter with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Kenneth Todd in Leadville Colorado with the Todd family.
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Leadville
Colorado
Kenneth Todd
Mrs Martha Truex Returns From Florida Visit
Mrs Martha Truex and her sister Mrs Jeanette Frashier returned home Monday after spending the winter in Kissimmee Florida. En route they stayed several days with Mrs Frashiers son Richard Daniels daughter in law and family at Wheaton Illinois.
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Martha Truex
Jeanette Frashier
Kissimmee
Florida
Bristow locals attend varied social and family visits
Bristow residents report funeral attendance for R L Tammen in Parkersburg and guests at several homes. Visites included Mr. and Mrs. Don Wiegmann with George Krull in Green, Mrs. Clayton Hershey and Mrs. Ray Hahn with Al Wendt, and multiple Sunday dinners with Dralle, Hearn, Meyer, and Duffield families among others.
Local Social Roundup From Clarksville Area
Mr and Mrs George Stewart attended the funeral of Mrs Clarence Cowell in Toledo Thursday. Ed Eubank of Hampton dined with Glen Siefken crowd Wednesday. Visitors to Mrs Al Wendt included Mrs Conger Boylan and Mrs Ray Hahn Monday. Mrs Percy Merrill Sr was a coffee guest with Mr and Mrs Robert Allan Wednesday. Al Wendt hosted Thursday guests Mr and Mrs Mino Folkerts. A group visiting Mrs Kielman for her birthday included Mrs Hahn Burdine Weiland Dewayne Berg Lee and Al Reints. Ray Hahn hosted visitors at John Hahn’s in Allison Tuesday. Emmett Hutchison Joyce Kielman Allan Spinler Greene, Lee Hahn and families were at the Hahn home. Bernice Wilder of Cedar Falls spent weekend with Mrs Glen Hearn.
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Henry Kruger
R. L. Tammen
Parkersburg
Don Wiegmann
George Krull
Green
Clayton Hershey
Ray Hahn
al Wendt
DeWayne DeBerge
Brent
John van Raden
Gladys
Allison
Richard Rindels
Shelton Kreeze
Henry Dralle
Leland Dralle
Waverly
Harry Dralle
Clarksville
Tom Oltman
DeWayne DeBerg
James Miller
Glen Hearn
E. P. Berryman
Waterloo
A. J. Meyer
Tom Bierman
Albert R. Meyer
Aplington
Nancy Meyer
Ackley
Charles Wheeler
Charles City
Tom Aries
Harley Duffield
Duffield
Clara Jackson
Lester Eberline
Gus Lundh
Dewitt
Gene Bruhn
Sheffield
Ed Eubank
Hampton
Glen Siefken
Ralph Weiland
Fred Sherman
Don Snittjer
Jans Heusman
LeRoy Heusman
Alvin Meyer
Dumont
Dennis MccGeachy
M. F. Boylan
Vern Sidmore
Menge Kruger
Leonard Sherman
Cedar Falls
George Stewart
Clarence Cowelll
Toledo
George Conger
Percy Merrill Sr
Robert Allan
Mino Folkerts
Burdine Hahn
Paul Weiland
Dewayne de Berg
Lee Hahn
al Reints
Henry Kielman
Kielman
Mason City
John Hahn
Emmett Hutchison
Joyce Kielman
Allan Spinler
Greene
Bernice Wilder
Aredale News honors Jack Davis on birthday and anniversary
Jack Davis and his wife were honored Sunday as William Kruckow hosted them for dinner at Oelwein in celebration of Jack's birthday and their wedding anniversary. The group visited Cecil Nelson's home in Waterloo on the way.
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Jack Davis
William Kruckow
Oelwein
Jack
Cecil Nelson
Waterloo
Hospital visits and Easter gatherings reported in community notes
Mrs Daryl DeArmonn was taken to St Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota on Friday. Her mother Mrs Bernard Creeden stays with her. Sunday visitors in the John Etzen home included Mr and Mrs Gene Brass and daughter of Hampton. The group joined Mr and Mrs Steve Cunningham of Waterloo in the Seibert Arends home.
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Daryl DeArmonn
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Bernard Creeden
John Etzen
Gene Brass
Hampton
Steve Cunningham
Waterloo
Seibert Arends
Progressive Club Meets at Mrs Long Home
The Community Progressive Club met at Mrs. Robert Long's home for its April gathering with Mrs. Everett Merrill assisting. Eighteen members answered roll call and bingo followed the business session.
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Community Progressive Club
Robert Long
Everett Merrill
Whites Return Home After Caring for Ill Parents
Mr and Mrs Marion White return to their Menahga Minnesota home after helping care for their ill parents Mr and Mrs Oscar White. Dalton White of Des Moines visited with his parents Saturday and Sunday.
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Marion White
Menahga
Minnesota
Oscar White
Dalton White
Des Moines
Easter Gatherings Across Aredale and Neighboring Towns
Friday evening visitors included Mr and Mrs Oscar White. Easter Sunday saw Mr and Mrs M C Mead at Harold Engelkes home in Grundy Center. A family Easter dinner was held at the Duane Johnson home with extended families. Charles Zimmerman and Esther Noelting of Dumont attended along with the Darwin Noelting family.
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John Etzen
Oscar White
M. C. Mead
Harold Engelkes
Grundy Center
Duane Johnson
Charles Zimmerman
Esther Noelting
Dumont
Darwin Noelting
County's Farms Now Total 1,873
The 1964 Census of Agriculture reports Butler county has 1,873 farms, down from 2,064 in 1959. The average farm size is 190.7 acres, and the average farm value is $53,310. Total farm product sales were $25,745,888, with crops $6,824,676 and livestock products $18,921,146. The census, taken every five years, informs national economic decisions.
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Butler County
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
U. S
18th in a series on county agriculture begins in 1840
The preliminary county report lists over 500 agricultural facts including farm counts by size and type, operator tenure and demographics, land use and practices, equipment, expenditures, hired workers, and poultry and livestock as well as crop production by acres and sales.
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the Greene Recorder
National Newspaper
Wayne C. Fischer
Joyce Bliss
John Geesman
Iowa
Butler
Floyd Counties
Dougherty
the Bristow News
Mrs
Wubbena
Bristow
Bill Adams
ASC
Tyler
Greene Farm Equipment & Agriculture CO
Greene, Iowa
Harold Tack
Dean Ott
Russell Staudt
Marble Rock
Chaarles City
Pioneer Hi-Bred Corn Co
THE
Aredale News
James Santee
George Stubbe
Jack Heriod
Buffalo
William Weiser
Roger Minnier
C. F. Minnier
Sue
Harold Mason
Ward Mason
Albert Garrels
Wilton Junction
Berry
Wartburg College
William Wallace
Chicago
R. J. Nemmers
Wickliff
Ohio
Leslie Minnier
Hlansell
Ubbenhome
Kitty Mahlstedt
Ames
William Howe
Progressive Club
Long Home
Aredale Locals
Wunsch Plumbing and Heating
America
John Marks
Allson, Iowa
Franklin Schurnecht Greene
Ipsen Electric Service
Harry Ipsen
Lucktenburg Livestock
Waverly, Iowa
DOE
Franklin Omee Duroe
Sriver
Farmers Co-Op Society,inc
Sleum Products
Hese
SWIFT
Farmers Co-Op
Stanton Livestock
Society
Aredale
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