Modlin Krause Family Reunion At Pine Lake Lodge
The Modlin Krause families reunion was held Sunday at Pine Lake Lodge with 50 members attending a 12:30 basket dinner. Wayne Kinney led the business meeting. officers elected were president Mrs Raymond Slifer and secretary Mrs Frank Aiken. Oldest present were Mr and Mrs R. E. Modlin, 77, youngest Joyce Modlin, 24. Guests Mr and Mrs Vernon Clemons of Long Beach Calif visited from the farthest distance. They plan to hold the reunion again in 1955 at Pine Lake Lodge on the third Sunday in July, with attendees coming from Waterloo Grundy Center Conrad Morrison Iowa Falls Eldora and Long Beach Calif. Janet Price of Beaman stayed with grandmother Mrs Addie Burgess in Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modlin-Krause
Pine Lake Lodge
Wayne Kinney
Raymond Slifer
Frank Aiken
R. E. Modlin
Joyce Modlin
Gerald Modlin
Vernon Clemons
Long Beach
Calif
R. Slifer
Waterloo
Grundy Center
Conrad
Morrison
Iowa Falls
Eldora
Mrs. L. Berg Attends Osage Class Reunion
Mrs. Lloyd Berg and children Arthur Jimmie and Bettina attended a class reunion for Osage High School's 1934 graduates. About 38 alumni and families joined a noon banquet for over 125 attendees, with swimming and reminiscences at the Osage high school campus. The Bergs also visited Mrs. Berg's aunt, Miss Clara James, in a local hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Berg
Arthur
Jimmie
Bettina
Osage
Berg
Osage High School
Bergs
Haases Host Bridge Group Dinner at Pine Lake Club
Mr and Mrs Chas W Haase hosted a Saturday Bridge gathering with a 7 o clock dinner at Pine Lake Country Club. Guests included Dr and Mrs W H Van Tiger. Prizes were won by Mr and Mrs Jas L Cameron and Dr and Mrs Van Tiger. Next meeting slated for July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Haase
Pine Lake Country Club
Haase
W. H. van Tiger
Jas. L. Cameron
van Tiger
Pipers Host Breakfast Club Social At East 9th Ave Home
Carl Piper and wife hosted a Sunday social for the Breakfast Club and spouses in their new East 9th Avenue basement. Sixteen members and one guest, Mrs Mary Thurlby of Artesia New Mexico, attended a 6:30 potluck. Irv L Caker ice received a birthday gift as bouquets and wildflowers decorated the room. Attire included overalls bibs or house dresses with games as the main entertainment. Prizes went to Mrs Lois Maltby and Frank Petty for best costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Piper
East 9Th Ave
Mary Thurlby
Artesia
New Mex
Irv. L. Cakerice
Lois, Maltby
Frank Petty
Bridge Club Hosts Mrs Hallett Friday Afternoon
Mrs George Hallett hosted the G. G. G. Bridge Club on Friday afternoon. Prizes were awarded with Mrs Harold Williams taking high and Mrs Harold Giles low. Refreshments followed. Next meeting set with Mrs Robi Howard on September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hallett
G. G. G. Bridge Club
Harold Williams
Harold Giles Low
Robi. Howard
Collins Maxwell Wedding Vows Read Saturday
Dorothy Jane Collins daughter of Grundy Center residents wed Charles H Maxwell son of Nevada in a Grundy Center First Methodist ceremony officiated by Rev LeRoy Bauman. The groom serves in the U S Navy at San Diego and the couple will live there after a short trip to Wisconsin and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Jane Collins
W. M. Collins
Grundy Center
New Providence
Charles H. Maxwell
Lela Maxwell
Nevada
First Methodist Church
Rev
LeRoy Bauman
U. S. Navy
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Wisconsin
Illinois
Williamson Family Held Sun Gathering Picnic at Eldora Park
A Williamson family gathering was held Sunday at Eldora city park with 46 attendees. A surprise shower honored Mr. and Mrs. Phil Humphrey celebrating their January marriage, gifts given to their two stepsons Gene and Roger, and a welcome gift to each new member of the Humphrey family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
Eldora City Park
Philli Humphrey
Clell Knight
Austin
Minn
Robert Mamua
Grace Knight
Jeannie
George Knight
Ralph Finch
Shirley
Kathryn
Clarence Weld
David
Marshnallown
William Stock and Son
Boone
Mearl Knight
Ackles
Sam Ansell
Alma
Coming Events This Week At Pine Lake Country Club
July 27 events include Child Study Club family picnic at Pine Lake lodge Tuesday Bridge club and Rebekah lodge with Mrs H J Schmitz. July 28 features W FLW Auxiliary and July 29 offers Cemetery Society Bridge Group with Mrs T H Schaa and Mrs N R Soli plus Pine Lake Country Club Orchestra Dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Lake Lodge
H. J. Schmitz
Rebekah Lodge
Cemetery Society
T. H. Schaa
Bridge Group
N. R. Soli
Pine Lake Country Club
Methodist Camps At Clear Lake Draw Large Turnout
Eldora and Cedar Rapids District youths attended two Clear Lake camps. Senior High Institute campers included Darla Newell Sue Brown Jim Follett and Jim Hough under Rev Mrs John Moore with 41 Cedar Rapids District churches represented. Theme was Discovering the Will of God. Junior High Quest attendees named Barbara Beverly Pierson Donna Newell Julie Myers Pamela Putnam Betty Meader JoAnne McAllister with assistants Julie Clingerman Shirley Follett Carol Harrington and Roberta Meader. Theme Stewards in Gods World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Eldora Methodist Church
Darla Newell
Sue Brown
Jim Follett
Jim Hough
God
Methodist Church
Barbara
Beverly Pierson
Donna Newell
Julie Myers
Pamela Putnam
Betty Meader
JoAnne McAllister
Julie Clingerman
Shirley Follett
Carol Harrington
Roberta Meader
John Moore
Cedar Rapids
Miss Diehl Feted At Birthday Party
Mrs Dale Peshia hosted Saturday for Miss Lorraine Diehl birthday celebration. Canasta was played and refreshments including a birthday cake were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Diehl
Dale Peshia
Lorraine Diehl
Nancy Bramwell Celebrates Birthday Party
Mr and Mrs W K Bramwell hosted a Monday evening family dinner for their granddaughter Nancy who turns two on Tuesday. A decorated cake drew Nancy’s attention and she received several gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Bramwell
Nancy
Hoelscher Silver Anniversary Is Celebrated at Coulter
Relatives and friends gather at Community Hall Coulter Sunday July 18 to honor Mr and Mrs John Hoelscher on their silver wedding anniversary. Master of Ceremonies Frank Bevan presides as program features songs readings and a life history recitation by Mrs Max Halfpop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hoelscher
Coulter
Frank Bevan
Max Halfpop
Otis Fassee
Arlene Doss
Reece Reunion Held At Hubbard Sunday
The 27th annual Reece reunion was held Sunday at Hubbard city park with eighty three attendees. A basket dinner at noon preceded an afternoon of visiting and a business meeting. Officers elected include President Robert Wilson Manchester vice president Elbert Reece Eldora secretary treasurer Mrs Woodrow Juncker Des Moines and dinner chair Mrs Arthur Boeke Hubbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reece
Hubbard
Robert Wilson
Manchester
Elbert Reece
Eldora
Woodrow Juncker
Des Moines
Arthur Boeke
Homer Reece
India
Calif
Clyde Reece
Seattle
Wash
Gerald Wilson
Leo Weikert
Wm. Evans
Jim Wilson
Bobby
Danny
Marion Reece
Chelsea Chaplin
Tom
Christie
Gregory
Ruby Putz
Waterloo
Glenn Reece
Richard Morgensen
Donna Lynn
Max Cook
Cedar Falls
R. W. Welch
Michael
Teddy
Lanesboro
Jeff
John Chaplin
John II
Margaret
George Reece
Marshalltown
Bess Reece
Darlene Reece
Rosa Reece
Charles Sisson
Sadie Reece
Everett
New Providence
Peter
Susan
Joyce Snider
C. B. Reece
Jack Boeke
Orchestra Dance At Pine Lake Club This Thursday
An orchestra dance will be held Thursday night July 29 with A Wayne Olson and orchestra playing at Pine Lake Country Club. Dancing runs from 9:00 to 1:00 with a deluxe midnight buffet lunch and door prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Wayne Olson
Pine Lake Country Club
Sharon Gibson Feted At Birthday Picnic
Sharon Kay Gibson daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Waldo was honored at a Sunday birthday picnic at Eldora city park with many relatives from Eldora Cedar Falls Zearing Kensett Grundy Center and Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Kay Gibson
Edwin Waldo
Eldora City Park
M. E. Lewis
Eldon
Bud Lewis
Peggy
Roscoe Myers
Don Myers
Ervin Myers
Eldora
Louise Coons
Cedar Falls
Junior Myers
Zearing
Jennie Anderson
Kensett
Ruth Reece
Union
Dorothy O'Conner
Grundy Center
Miller family to move from Hampton to Charles City
Paul C. Miller of the Soil Conservation service who has been in Hampton is transferred to Charles City. Mrs Miller and daughter Marilyn will move from Eldora where they own a home and plan to relocate to Charles City in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul C. Miller
Soil Conservation
Hampton
Charles City
Eldora Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Vacations
Mr and Mrs C W Haase and family hosted in Fort Dodge while Jim Thompson and Wendell Wehrman families visited Eldora. Families from Brandon Des Moines Artesia Grinnell Covina Rockford and Des Moines shared travels and holidays. Local Doughty family hosted kin. Scott and Foster cover Graham’s Dept Store duties during two week break.
Summer session starts at Hilf School of Theology Denver
Rev John K Moore and Mrs Moore attend the second Hilf School of Theology session on the University of Denver campus July 27 to August 26. The text notes various local family movements including visits to Spirit Lake Eldora and Okoboji, with births and reunions among Mitchell and Norton families. Diana Jean Hudson and Judy Kay Hudson are named as newborns and daughters of Howard Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Moore
Moore
Martha
Hilf School of Theology
University of Denver
Denver
Colo
Local residents note family visits and travels
Mr and Mrs Don Harless returned from Duluth Minnesota where they stayed with Harless' mother and her husband. W Wardman of Des Moines and W C Vigars families came home after a 10 day fishing trip at Island Lake in northern Minnesota. Monday evening guests at Mrs Florence Northrup included Albert Kadolph Henry Bowers Bernard Kadolph and families. Lenore Herrell who lived in Eldora for two and a half years is now with her son’s family. Dr and Mrs R C Rogers will depart Sunday to Machusa Illinois where she will serve as girls counsellor at the Lutheran Children's Home. Don Kurtz and children visit from Fraser Michigan. Charles Cordes, formerly of Runnels, spends time at his son Carl Cordes' home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Meek
Vernon
Eldora
Mr Meek
W. F. Emmert
C. W. Meek
Des Moines
Salt Lake City
C. B. Lester
L. W. Flickinger
Phillip
Spirit Lake
Flickinger
W. E. Hanson
Howard Hudson
Webster City
Eldora Memorial Hospital
Diana Jean
Judy Kay
Hudson
Harry Hutzel
Wm. Norton
Hampton
W. K. Bramwell
Edna Norton
Norton
Ed Clary
Johnny
Okoboji
Clary
Dc. W. Cotes
Suzanne
R. C. Rogers
Annette Rogers
Janice Moore
Lake Okoboji
Congregational
Don Harless
Duluth
Minn
Harless
H. Garver
W. &. Wardman
W. C. Vigars
Island Lake
Minnesota
Florence Northrup
Fannie Northrup
Lansing, Mich
Albert Kadolph
Henry Bowers
Bernard Kadolph
Lenore Herrell
Machusa
Lutheran Childrens Home
Charles Cordes
Runnels
Carl Cordes
Budget Estimate for Owasa School District Meeting
The Board of Directors of Community School District of Owasa Jackson Township Hardin County Iowa will meet August 2 1954 at 8 00 PM at Owasa School House. Taxpayers will be asked to vote for or against the proposed expenditures for the year July 1 1954 through June 30 1955. A detailed statement of receipts and disbursements will be available at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community School District of
Owasa
Jackson Township
Hardin County
Towa
Murdocks to Africa Follow Bloughs to England then Africa
Mr and Mrs John H Murdock and son John Harvey depart for New Windsor Maryland where they will join daughter and family Dr and Mrs Marvin E Blough and daughter Susan They plan to sail July 28 from Quebec aboard the Rose Marie to England and then to Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdocks
Bloughs
Africa
John H. Murdock
John Harvey
New Windsor
Maryland
Marvin E. Blough
Susan
Quebec
Canada
Rose Marie
England
Sunday Guests At Mrs Northrup Home In Eldora
Sunday afternoon visitors in the Mrs Florence Northrup residence included Mr and Mrs Eugene Radolph and daughter from New Hartford Mr and Mrs Mark Norman and family from Clemons Mr and Mrs Roy Engel and family from Radcliffe and Mr and Mrs Raymond Radolph from Eldora. Also in Eldora this week were Mr and Mrs David Runyon and Debra from Grafton staying in J K Runyon’s parental home while David pursues summer school at Ames. Mrs Fannie Northrup had been visiting relatives nearby and returned home Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Northrup
Eugene Radolph
New Hartford
Mark Norman
Clemons
Roy Engel
Radcliffe
Raymond Radolph
Eldora
David Runyon
Debra
Grafton
J. K. Runyon
Ames
Fannie Northrup
Bears 4 H club holds park picnic and meeting
Several Bearcats 4 H club members and parents gathered at the city park Sunday for a picnic dinner then toured members homes to view projects. Thursday evening July 15 the regular meeting met at Cecil Rooks home with a brief business session. An invitation to a county wide square dance and steak fry at Iowa Falls was extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bearcats 4-H Club
City Park
Cecil Rooks
Rooks Pool
Iowa Falls
Congs Church Tea Honors Two Members
The Congregational Women's Fellowship hosts a tea today from 3 to 5 p m in the church parlors to honor Mrs Lenore Herrell who leaves Eldora Sunday for Madusa Indiana and Mrs Paul Miller whose family moves to Charles City soon. Garden flowers decorate the room with Mrs Ralph Imes pouring. committee members are Mrs J W Schlampp Mrs Lewis Crosser Mrs Imes and Mrs Henry Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Women's Fellowship
Lenore Herrell
Eldora
Madusa
Paul Miller
Charles City
Ralph Imes
J W Schlampp
Lewis Crosser
Imes
Henry Wheeler
Girl Scout Troop V Holds Regular Meeting
Thirteen Girl Scouts from troop V met Tuesday evening in the scout room. Leaders Mrs. Leonard Mason and Miss Mary Lou Holmes directed. Guest speaker Mrs Ker mith Huehn spoke on World Association of Girl Scouts and Guides and explained local financing in Eldora. Hostesses Jane Griffel Kay Griffel Nancy Heslop Lillian Hickman and Mary Butler served cookies and cool aid. Next meeting set for August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Mason
Mary Lou Holmes
Kermith Huehn
World Association of Girl Scouts and Guides
Eldora
Jane and
Kay Griffel
Nancy Heslop
Lillian Hickman
Mary Butler
Sunday dinner guests at Mrs Lorena Polley home
Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mrs Lorena Polley were Mrs Tena Daleske and son Lorenz of Iowa Falls, Fred Froning of Mason City and Mrs Marie Cowell and children of Eldora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena Polley
Tena Daleske
Lorenz
Iowa Falls
Fred Froning
Mason City
Marie Cowell
Eldora
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grace Protheroe
M. J. Cakerice
Marissa Mitchell
Frank Mitchell
Maurice J. Cakerice
John Cakerice
First Congregational Church
Pine Lake
Janet Price of
Beaman
Addie Burgess
Stanley Home Products
Troy Studios
Mrs. L. Berg
C. W. Haases
Carl Pipers
G.G. G. Bridge Club
Mrs. Hallett
W. Flw
M. EF
Nancy Bramwell
John Hoelschers
Mrs. Hoelscher
Garden City
Dows
Robert
Mrs
Gust Hoelscher
Dean Smith
Dean P. Smith
First Baptist Church
Smith
Edward Nassen
Robert Smith
Pine Lake Club
Sharon Gibson
Paul Millers
C. W. Haase
Fort Dodge
Jim Thompson
Wendell Wehrman
Chester Modlin
Frank Senska
Brandon
Ora Herrald
Josephine
Dora Herrald
Charlie Herrald
New Mexico
Glenn W. Kurty
Jim George
Cheryl
Grinnell
Jim Eikenberry
Covina
Eikenberry
Linus Doughty
Doughty’s
Merle Kirkdorffer
Marlin Kirkdorffer
Delbert Kirkdorffer
Ward Miller
Mary Ellen Krause
Lloyd Draper
Blanche Hudson
Charles Berve
Tommy
Gary Casper
Rockford, J
Berve
Glen Whorrall
L. L. Scott
Graham’s
Erwin Foster
Algona Graham
Mr Scott
Eldora Graham
Nora Mitchell
Marion Anderson
Olds
Anderson
Somer
Lucile Mitchell
Leslie Mitchell
Portland
Oregon
Burdette Randall
Gilman
Mitchell
Mabel Nicholson
Smith Picnic Grounds
Laurel
Disney
Dumbo
Overland
Pacific
Sun
Charlton Heston
Young-Maurey
Sumac
Jane Russell
Groucho Marx
Frank Sinatra
Wolden-Mitchum-Young
Rachel
the Stranger
Racing Blood
Don Kurtz
Don, Dick and
Fraser, Mich
Glenn Kurtz
M. K. Frisbie
Keoaen Y Ns Fe
Cinin
Gsia Aydas
Sa Canneoaane
Free World
Readere Ciencs Monitor
Christian Seience Monitor
Norway St
Bostom 15
Mass
U. S
Christian Science Mentor
Telty
Arate
Bearcats
Cong’s Church
Girl Scout
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