Merrill Iowa social notes and travel chatter
Merrill Iowa column lists visitors and guests over several days including A W Lundberg hospitalized with heat prostration at Sacred Heart Hospital on July 12. Many relatives and friends from Los Angeles to Milford and Rock Rapids visit, celebrate birthdays, and travel to Omaha and Humboldt. Multiple local residents and extended family attend gatherings, with notes on health, enrollments, teaching contracts, and ongoing travel between Merrill, Okoboji, and Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thormahlen
A. W., Lundberg
Sacred Heart Hospital
Bob Seymour
Los Angeles
Calif
Fletcher West
West
von and
Wendell Kitts
Milford
Wells
Tillie Peters
Pollock
Schiefen
Peters
Urban Bernet
Wm. Mattey
Jimmie
Harold J. Kelly
Clinton
Iowa
Kelly
J. G. Brinkmann
Proctor Harris
Leeds
Merrill
Warren’ ‘Hieff
Haaff
Marjori Batkus
Philip and
Willis ‘Pearson
Compton
Lillie Rhea
Rogers, Neb
Alice Rhea
Sioux City
R. C. Dennler
Gordon Brodie
Berger Birklund
Burlingame
Cali
Charles Honnold
Rapid City
Black Hills
Mana Jean
Sambe Es - Mats
Ray Merden
L. Vandenburg
The
Green Gables
Highway 75
V. A. Jensen
Minneapolis
Frank Todd
Sue Anne Willis
Lake City
Charles Brodie
Miss Birklund
Brodie
Lake Okoboji
H Dra
G.H. Todd
Janie
Moville
Tom Todd
Arlington
Stivan
Adrianne Schindel
Ida Grove
John Knox
Knox
Betty Ellis
Crystal Lake
Japan
Washington
Stony City
Fu Bins
Texas
Frank Veidt
Methodist Hospital
Mass
Susan Todd
Kate Kitts
Magnolia
CC Hauff
Ralph Rader
Smuthland
Jessie Westland
Woodbury
Margaret Tooker
Eldon Lake
Stanley Lake
Debbie
Jack Crawford
Don Coame
Harry Bolte
St. Joseph Hospital
X City
Eddie Batenhorst
Jean
Lancaster
California
Batenhort
Ben Knapp Sanday
Ben Knapp
R. C. Knapp
Mir
Bert Knapp
Reader letter from former band director in Mexico summer trip
Former band director Frank Waggoner writes from San Antonio about travels to Monterey and Saltillo in Mexico. He notes cheap living, peso prices, a rich man’s ranch with a grand swimming mansion, and encounters with friendly locals including a Catholic priest. He mentions floods affecting the Laredo area and a bridge washout during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Waggoner
Mexico
San Antonio
Texas
Monterey
Sattillo
Sandwick
Laredo International
W S E S July Meeting Hosts Plan August Supper
Mrs Earl Schindel and Mrs Harry Hurd hosted the July 14 W S E S meeting with Mr Kissinger presiding. Members voted to hold a chicken supper on August 26. Anna Brunstedt led the devotional study and Ellen Lake presented the program Meeting Rural Needs assisted by several members. Visitors included Mrs Elmer Tooker and Mrs Walt Niggabo. New year books were distributed and Floyd Powell credited for printing. July 28 hostesses will be Thelma Berner and Jessie Dasison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Schindel
Harry Hurd
Kissinger
Anna Brunstedt
Schindel
Ellen Lake
Elmer Tooker
Culser City
Cal
Walt Niggabo
Floyd Powell
Thelma Berner
Jessie Dasison
Engagement Announcement for Miss Manan Eberle and Mr Robert Miler
Mr and Mrs Martin Eberle announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Manan Eberle to Robert Miler of Porterfield Wisconsin. The wedding is scheduled for Saturday September 4. Also notices of a chicken supper August 26 and St Marys Guild July 22 meeting are included along with Merrill oil street project details and a tax free paving charge of .09 per running foot billed to property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Eberle
Manan Eberle
Robert Miler
Porterfield
Wisconsin
Merrill
Mermil
EL Wilson
Lutheran Church Meeting and Chicken Supper Plans
The Missionary Society meets Wednesday afternoon July 21 at 2 o'clock. There is no Brotherhood meeting in July. Ladies Aid Society members voted July 7 to hold the annual chicken supper on Thursday September 9 to prevent date conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Missionary Society
Ladies Aid Sociely
Richard Olten obituary from Leonox area records
Richard Olten was born in Germany on August 19, 1881. He died July 9, 1954 in a Sioux Falls hospital after an eleven day illness from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 72 years 11 months. Mr Olten came to Leonox, D. D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Olten
Germany
Sioux Falls
Mr Olten
Leonox
D. D
Obituary Notice for Lt. Mars Glo and Family
Funeral services were held Monday July 12 at Maller Funeral Home Sioux Falls with burial in Woodland Cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs. Bert Thormahien Merrill and Mr Urban Cartier Lin Wood Calif, son Rev Lowell Ohten Fortana Kan, three grandchildren, and sister Mrs Mary Mennenga Lennox SD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urban Carter
Linwood
Merril
Calif
Bert. Thormeuhlen
Richard Olen
Sioux Falls
Lowell Olten
Merit
Maller
Bureial
Woodland Cemetery
Olten
Bert Thormahien
Merrill
Urban Cartier
Lin Wood
Lowell Ohten
Fortana
Kan
Ala
Mary Mennenga
Lennox South Dakota
No Ag Day Festival Placed On Calendar
Due to lack of interest, the Ag day project plans have been abandoned for holding the festival this year. A street carnival may be secured later on.
Deadline for Mor sels From Olla Podrida copies
Readers urged to order the book as presses run and only enough copies will be printed for those who request it. Send 25 cent postage or write to Anton at 2057 Fremont Ave. S, Pasadena California, to receive a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olla Podrida
Anton
Fremont Ave. S
Pasadena
Calif
No More Dust In Merrit Streets
The Merrit housewives report relief as streets receive initial dressing of oil, allowing them to open windows and doors without worry of dust. Local residents express contentment with the cleaner streets and improved air quality.
Coffee Trees Grow Wild in Tihiopea Region
A note recalls wild coffee in Tihiopea, with thousands of acres covered by coffee trees. It mentions an unexpectedly high carryover of about 3,100 bags in Brazil and ties the high U.S. coffee prices to a short South American crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tihiopea
Brazil
United States
Fish Story and Potluck Night at Count Club Le Mars
The Merrill Reminder editor shares a candid fish story proving an honest fisherman exists. Community Family Night Potluck is set for 6 30 p m on Wednesdays with July 21 at the Count Club Le Mars where Margaret Green will oversee recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Reminder
Count Club
le Mars
Margaret Green
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