Meteorite sighting near Merrill shocks local residents
On Wednesday evening June 15 Odie Herbst and his sons saw a long reddish yellow fire trail with a meteorite apparently striking south of their barn after it flashed across the northeast sky. Mrs Herbst observed a ground flash fading quickly. Belief credits this fragment to a larger meteor reported over town the night before, but no fragment was recovered.
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Merrill
Odie
Jerry
Grover
Fremont
Nebraska
Jennie
Sullivan
James
Bowers
Dennis Lenihan
Harold Ruden
E. c ‘Ross
Ed’’Nélle
Edna
Richey
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mexico” City
L. E.cooper
Esther Edmonds
Los Angeles
California
Grant Mac
Kenzie
Walter Good
Dearborn
Michigan
Bob
Ivey
Napa
Beacom- Boyens
Globe-Post
Carrier
Neil~Shive
Bill and
Redmond
Oregon
Merrill Socials and Weddings Tie Up Week
Merrill residents hosted and visited across the week with many friends, relatives, and neighbors. Attendees included Algie Weinheimer of Hood River, Oregon. local families from Merrill and Sioux City. and guests at the Bert Thormahlen, W. A. Nigg, and H. J. Weinheimer homes. weddings and engagements announced for Doris Mac Muyskens and Audrey Blum. plans shown for a pre nup shower and a Legion Auxiliary meeting.
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Algie ‘Weinheimer
Hood River
Oregon
M. G. Irwin
Ray Weinheimer
H. J. Wainheimer
Milton
Irwin
Sioux City
Little Theatre
W. A. Nigg
Bert Thormahlen
Warren Hauff
Gordon Brodier
Community Theatre
Raymond Wieck
Lloyd Wieck
Jessie Wieck
Fred Giffon
Darwin
Sioux
Sily
Frank Rath
Fletcher West
Omaha
Debbert Mack
Frank .Rath
Anna Boetger
Kenneth Grey
J. A. Weidenfeller
Ventura
Calif
Merrill
Lavern Schulz
Arnold Knecht
Akron
Herbert Boettger
Ed Stephens
Struble
Eldon Lake
Will Tremeter
Leo Doty
Hawarden
Frieda Harrison
Keren’ West
Kay Weinheimer
Kate Lehman
Hinton
Merton Jessen
Louise Jessen
Ellendale
Robert Smith
Heriday
W. ‘Machamer
Machamer
le ‘Mars
Rueben
Schneider
Mary. Hecht
M. A. Henrich
Florence Thompson
Wessington Springs
Bessie
Thompson
J. A
Weidenfeller
Carol Jans
Mars
Walter .Kehrberg
Fee
Chet Heisler
Mary
Sioux Falls
S.° D, Came Tuesday To Be With Mrs. J.E. Heisler
Sacred Heart Hospital
Les Mars
Anna Albright
Carrie Peters
Opal’ Madsen
Effie Wiedemann
Anthon
Iowa
Will Odom
Onawa
Frank LaSere
Moorehead
Blanche Kress
Pisgah
Claude Farris
Little Sioux
C. C. Hauff
George Lang
George Moelmann
Moehlmann
Bernard McMahon
Will McMahon
Lansing
Joe McMahon
Joey and
Pocahontas
Everett Hendricks
Florence McMahon
Alcester
S. D
James Kernan
la Crosse
Wisc
Joe McCue
Francis Ludwig
Francis Baker
Allen Ruedy
Frank Mattas Sergeant
Louis Lemke
Stanton Evangelical United Brethren
Women's Missionary Society
First Missionary Society
Stanton Church
le Mats
Albert Lang
Stanton Society
J. G. Brinkmann
Anna Brunstedt
P. A. Trometer
Will Trometer
Martha Trometer
Bette Shaw
Schaap
Japan
Bessie Schultz
Juanita
Everett Posey
Katherine Posey
Stanley
Doris Mac _to
Kenneth Muyskens
John Muyskens
Hospers
Methodist
Local interest notes on visits and travel plans
Local residents host and visit relatives across several states, with Herman and Judson McDougall and families returning from three weeks in Memphis. Thornhorst and Null families welcome St Paul visitors, while Steele and Watson plan a Phoenix home move. Clergy and civic members travel between Remsen and Sioux City for church and lodge events, and numerous family updates share hospital stays and weddings in the region.
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Herman Frenchs
Judson McDougall
Marlin McDougall
Bobby
Memphis
Tennessee
Kenneth
Thornhorst and Sons
Ronald Ferdinand
Thomas
Orville Stinton
Burke
South Dakota
Glenn Stinton
Sharyl Koops
Denver
Colorado
Minnie DeRaad
Robert Kirschbaum
St. Mary’s
Remsen
W. W. Bates
Kirschbaum
Heelan High School
Sioux City
James A. Lafferty
Father Lafferty
Creighton University
Omaha
Heelan
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Neb
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Chicago
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Stockton
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Utah
Charles ‘Honnold
Charles Honnold
H. J. Weinheimser
Minnesota
Duane Lindsey
Minneapolis
Ellen Lindsey
Wendell Rhoades
Albert -Lea
Minn
Rhoades
J. A. ‘Weidenfeller
D. P. Hoffmann
George Dennier
Paul. Gaumnitz
Carroll
Martin Hindrieth
Bisbee
Arizona
al Miller
Rockwell City
Merrill Methodist Church
D. L. Harbour
North Iowa
Fort Dodge
Sam Phillips
Gertrude Hancer
Nelson Brown
Stella Winter
R. Smith
Iron Mountain
Mich
Peter Hoffmann
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Kate Lehmann
Robert Steffen
Sharon
Diane Devorah
Harry Hawkins
le Marts
Farmers State Bank
Bill Barry
Mike
Danbury
R. J. Zensen
Mary Taylor
Blum
Audrey’ Blum
Francis’ Blum
Assumption "Catholic Church
Leland Fagan
Verna Fagan
Springs
Coyo
Martha’ Olson
Crystalette
Marvin Blum
Cat the Legion
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Donald Wilmes
Wilmes
U. S. Navy
Clyde Woodke
Odebolt and Schaller
Lucké
Woodke
John Raveling
Chandler
St. James
Catholic Ladies Aid of St
Bud’s Frozen Food Center
le Mars
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