Birthday party and visits in Diamond Lake area households
The community records multiple social visits across Diamond Lake and nearby towns. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Perkins, Gilbert Ahrenstorff, Jack Jacobsen and twins, Ed Jacobsen, Jack Fick, Jeaniene Roslansky, Floyd Dagel and family, John Meyer, John and Soren Anderson, Norma Volz, Clara Werner, Bill, Jennie Holdorf, Clarence Van Dyke, Raymond and Lyle Albers, Ella Lamp, Mary Albers, Robert, S. T. Oliver, Vernon Gilbert, Wilbur Anderson, Lavone and Delbert Bryan, J R Dempsie, Bennie Seeger, Gary, Otto Krome, and John F Hilliard on various dinners and birthday observances.
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Ralph Perkins
Gilbert Ahrenstorff
Jack Jacobsen
Lakefield
Minn
Ed. Jacobsen
Jack Fick
Jeaniene Roslansky
Robin
Kevin
Floyd Dagel
John Meyer
Sibley
John Anderson
Ella Lamp Tome
Mary Albers
Robert
Ella Lamp
Clarence van Dyke
Paul Roman
Spirit Lake Hospital
S. T. Oliver
Vernon Gilbert
Estherville
Wilbur Anderson
Spirit Lake
Richard Ringler
Dwight Hilliard
J. R. Dempsie
Johnny Berg
Tim Ting
Charles Foote
Debra Ann
Spencer
Chris Weiland
Iva VandeMark
Roy Dixon
Everly
Vern VandeMark
Vern
Henry Walker
Bernell Walker
Bruce
Pete Simington
Dickens
Kenneth Hanna
Tommie
Vera VandeMark
Bud McClure
Scottie
Birthday tributes and visits mark local celebrations
The report lists birthdays and gatherings across several homes including Vern VandeMark and J. R. Dempsie for an 84th birthday, plus visits by numerous families from Spencer Spencer Spirit Lake Everly and Milford. Peter Hovland in Eagle Grove honored for fifty years directing the Lutheran church choir with a surprise program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Grove
Peter Hovland
Lutheran Church Choir
Our high school girls basketball team hopes for next year
The article notes a 52 to 62 loss in the state tournament at Des Moines last Wednesday. Coach Fullmer and players praise the team spirit, credit nerve and effort, and pledge better results next season amidst community support and local weather updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fullmer
Clarence
Lake Park
Huxley
Laverne
State Center
Walnut
Sezzi
Pres. Rowe
Chamber of Commerce
Social Guests Share Weekend at Raymond Ihnen’s
The John Voss family Elmer Nelson and Mr and Mrs Donald Ihnen were supper guests Saturday at Raymond Ihnen. Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Donald Ihnen the Darold Ihnen family Mr and Mrs Allen Stahl and Bennet Voss. Esther Stahl family and the Raymond Ihnen family joined to help Allen Stahl celebrate his 80th birthday Friday night.
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John Voss
Elmer Nelson
Donald Ihnen
Raymond Ihnen
Darold Ihnen
Allen Stahl
Bennet Voss
Delvert Wiese
Esther Stahl
Round Lake midweek lent services and community events
Ash Wednesday services opened with a sermon on I Am the True Vine at the Presbyterian Church. Bethel Lutheran began Lenten services. The annual tri state skat tournament drew enthusiasts from Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota. Visits and family events marked the week with guests from Tacoma and South Dakota and circle meetings at the Women’s Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Bethel
Lutheran Church
Thelma Nienaber
Lawrence Willardson
Tacoma
Wash
Edward Bettinger
Bettinger
Carthage S. D
Melvin Windedahl
United Nations
Rachel
Elvera Ballou
Sarah
Mabel Lundholm
Gerald Benson
Round Lake
Pat Schroeders
Schroeders
Windom
Marvin Ferguson and Son
Worthington Hospital
Milo Holm
Long Prairie
Brewster
Social visits list from Sioux Valley residents
A sequence of social calls is recorded with multiple households visiting friends and relatives in Sioux Valley. Names include Dave Dean and children, Milo Holm, Iver Piscator, Earle Yager, Henry Finnern, Clarence Thiesen, Alf Swenson, and the Hartle, Spessard, Wiese, Shum, and Ihnen families from Long Prairie and Heron Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Dean
Ed Fischer
Milo Holm
Long Prairie
Iver
Delbert Wiese
Walter Hartle
Dale
Robert Hartle
Glen Hartle
Fran Shum
Vic Hartle
Darold Ihnen
Lake Park Council Minutes Record February 7 1957
Lake Park Iowa council meets in town hall with Mayor McClure presiding. Present are Rowe McDowell Schlegel Louscher and absent Proctor. Reports approved and bills ordered paid. Building permit granted for G S Lumber Co. add-on to workshop south of Railroad Ave. Meeting adjourned. J H Engel Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Park
McClure
L. N. Rowe
J. McDowell
B. Schlegel
J. Louscher
J. Proctor
Rowe
Schlegel
McDowell
Finance Committee
Louscher
D-X Sunray Oil Co
F. Ahrenstorff
Schierholt
Dickinson County
Main Leon Uniform Co
N. W. Bell Telephones
Wm. Bros. Mfg
Home Oil Co
Burns Chev. Co
Rootman’s D-X
Jack’s Texaco
Matt Parrott & Sons
Anna Stapleton
Round Lake Community Notes and Local Visits
Westminster Fellowship guests of Round Lake Junior and Senior Hi groups. Carol Stern visiting from Minneapolis with her parents. Eldon Tuinstra family moved to farm west of Round Lake. Robert Morfitt returned home after two years in the army. Pvt David Livingston visited with wife at his parents home. Harold Smith admitted to Lakefield hospital March 2. Worthington dinner guests honors Mrs Martha Whipkey's birthday. Ruth Frank of Sioux Falls visited Fred Radke and George Heath. bridge played at Margaret Williams’s. Ronald Jenkins family from Sioux Falls visited. Bessie Morgan returned from Logansport Indiana. Henry Cordes back from Florida winter vacation. Harley Palmer of Ochevedan dined with Claude Jenkins. Denison mustard mill modernized with electric motor. Garth Fuller maintains historic Denison mustard formula.
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Westminster Fellowship
Round Lake
Carol Stern
Minneapolis
William Stern
Eldon Tuinstra
Johnson Brothers
Robert Morfitt
Robert
Lloyd Morfitt
David Livingston
Percy Livingston
Harold Smith
Lakefield
Andrew Whipkey
Geri
Mabel Lundholm
Melvin Siefert
Rose Chapman
Worthington
Martha Whipkey
Ruth Frank
Sioux Falls
M. D
Fred Radke
George
Florida
Harley Palmer of
Ochevedan
Claude Jenkins
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Purina
Wonder’s Farm Service Lake Park
Diamond Lake
Farmers Exchange
Sebisflacler
Flawestone
Rainbow
Sakret Pei
Raine
Own Press Association
Iowa
the Lake Park News
T. Milan Bragg
Association of cd Lf
Voltaire
Des Moines Register
Kossuth County
Ake
Basler
Terra Firma
State Farm
G. C. Rowe
Light and Water
Sioux Valley
Okg
Ford Tractor
John Deere Tractor
John Deere
Gehl
Roderick
John Deere Corn Planters
John Deere Hammermill
Jaycox Implement Co
Legal Publication
J. H. Engel
Denison
Garth Fuller
Nicholas Moeller
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