Election Day reflections and county race questions
The piece notes civic pride in voting and contrasts US freedoms with other nations, urges voters to scrutinize candidates, and previews local races for state representative and four board of supervisors seats starting 1949. It mentions the REGISTER staff covering returns and a charity dance to raise funds, recalling wartime newspaper efforts during Normandy landings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Loul
Olunteer Iemen
Moagse
Normandy
Europe
Fayette Community Notes of Births Visits and Gatherings
Fayette neighbors report births Gary Arthur Morgan May 21 at Mercy hospital Oelwein and Mark Louis at Mercy hospital Oelwein weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces. Visitors include Cedar Rapids families and residents from Aurora Illinois Des Moines and other Iowa towns. Numerous gatherings, travels and teaching appointments are noted including Helen McSweeney and Marjory McSweeney moving to Mt Vernon and Tipton schools respectively. Community members attend picnics, Poppy drive efforts, and family reunions across multiple towns with extended kin visiting Fayette for weekends and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Morgan
Gary Arthur
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
John de Long
George Youtzy
Cedar Rapids
de Long
Youtzy
John Fay
T. B. Alderson
Aurora
Ill
Thomas B. Alderson
Ohio
Thomas Alderson
Eleanor Alderson
Eugene Galligan
Mark Louis
Marjory McSweener
Oklahoma
Southwestwest
Northwest
Helen McSweeney
Mt Vernon
Marjory “McSweeney
Tipton
Ed Wilder
Chicago
Charles Wilder
Wilder
Lester Wilder
Wadenz
Bad
Milton Clough
Dysart
Nettie Gaston
Mr. Clough
Clough
Dodge
Charles Campbell
Malcolm
Lala Robb
West Union
Harriett Clough
al Bryant
Hot Springs
Ark
Mary Jones
Mildred Hoeppfie
A. J. Fox
Jennie Smith
Hawkeye
Grace Meyers
Odessa Farrey
Des Moines
Echo Valley Park
F. A. Kiel
Louis Kiel
A. E. Wood
Frank Kimpston
Kewkeye
Howard Kimpston
Hastings
Neb
Lois Kimpston
Charley Proctor
Frank Wilter
Frank
Wedding and Memorial Day News Circulate in Fayette Area
Visitors attend weddings in St Francis church for John Millhem and Kay Clark. Memorial day guests fill the W B Hall home. Fayette area residents make weekend trips, attend reunions, and report moves and visits across Oelwein Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Des Moines. Notable items include Waldo Walker’s arm injury and Lewis M Thomas death. Waldo chosen for Boys State. several family gatherings and travel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lee
Ella Fussell
Sioux City
California
Alma Hoagy
Caldwell
Idaho
Ernest Patton
Charles City
Elia Fussell
Mayme
Madge Hurd
Des Moines
Grant Kiel
RB. Carpenter
West Union
Lloyd Clough
Nashua
Patty Lee
Linda
Waterloo
Homer’ Hill
Alice Stohr
Mary Babcock
Oelwein
Westgate
F. B. Claxton
la Fayette
Rochester
Carl Dubbert
Minnie Dubbert
St. Mary’s Hospital
Leonard Shillinglaw
New Hampton
Grace Finch
St. Joseph's Hospital
Shillinglaw
Nellie
Martha Campbell
Earl Mullen
Charlene
Red Lake
Washkish
Lowell Corkery
Shirley
Wally Gallaher
Ames
W. T. Smith
Edwards
First Methodist Church
Arlie- Bray
Nellie Flanders
Marjorie Flanders
McGregor
Chalmer Bray
Waukon
George Bray
Red Wing
Minn
Jay
Kenneth Wine
Clyde Miner
Madison
Wisc
Bray
Paul Kelly
South Bend
Ind
Kelly
Mary Kelly
Fayette
Mrs. Kelly
Hawkeye
Lewis M. Thomas
Los Angeles
Mildred Finch
Thomas
Los Angeles ‘Hospital
Forrest Lawn Cemetery
Ruth Finch
Omaha University
Jeanne Marie Finch
Waldo
Walker
American Legion
The
Legion
E. R. Dahlquist
Carol
Dahlquist
Mrs. Davis
Lanesboro
Howard Johnson
Dalé
Maxson
Green
Roy Bitterman
Linda Kay
Mason City
Roy Duff
Walter Nading
Clarence Loner
Eldorado
George Gerstenberger
Hazleton
George Buhman
Verla Jean
Randalia
Henry Buhman
Perry Clark
Fargo
N. Dak
Clark
Betty Lou Payne
Julian Page
Elizabeth Hoyt Ayer
Albert Dummermuth
Albert Moschell
Donald Jensen
Eldred Dummermuth
John Fay
Robert Andreas
Clemmens
Ravert- Andreas
Andreas
Elder-Smith
Ethel Oser
Webster City
Harvey Mumby
Wallace Archer
Roberts Ann
Eula Paulson
Alice Potter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harlan
Oelwein Daily Register
Owlwain
Wogiater
Gena
Oelwein Iowan
Towa
Post Office
Second
Ola
Terry Stevens
Kimpston
Cassie
Henry Proctor
Loretta’ van Ness
Grace van Ness
Cedar’ Falls
Warren Kitten
Atlantic
Amy Leigh
Margaret Paine
Edward. L. Paine
Patty
Downers ‘Grove
Lil
Frank Wilson
Manchester
Ray Jamison
J. L. Gillan
Edna Luce
Oskaloosa
Upper Town University
Sam Hamimond
Robert
Hanchett
Waverly
Pete ‘Paul
Paul
Fay Paul
Lester Nichols
Alberta
Emma ‘Wilson
Anna Wilson
Mary Schmidt
Harold Schmidt
Tom
Sylvia Sampson
Madge Benton
Maud
Felter
Winthrop, Quasqueton
Rowley
Clarence Kidder
Cameron
Janice
Kennewick
Wash
Carl Carlson
Delores Eaton
Burdwick, Jr
Ronald Kepple
Avon
Harold Clendenen
Betty Jean
Gates Business Cour
Floyd Alber
H. Millhcem
By Jimmy Hatlo
Gentry
DOW
Fixxer
Phil
Special Agent
Hunter
Phl
Phils
Fikker
Lanson
BANK
Wicked Gods
Qelweia
Lewa
Daily Register
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