All Plans Made For Alumni Banquet Here Next Friday
Boone Valley Alumni president Norman Peer says this year’s reunion and banquet are set for Friday June 6 at 6 30 p m A 1933 class reunion will be during the day with a town park pot luck dinner A special table will honor the 50 year graduates and all Renwick and Vernon school graduates are invited tickets available from local officers and organizers
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Boone Valley
Norman Peer
Renwick
Vernon
Wilbur Moore
Russ Bygnets
Lyle Kitley
Marvin Anderson
Lloyd Swanson
Cliff Skiye
Duane Kiley
Lewis Bram
Earl Yanney
Maurice Nissen
Keith Brayton
Milford McPeak
Burnis Wilhelm
Larry Liscum
Ona Marie Engstrom
Lutherans Call Norman Johnson as Pastor in N Dakota
At a joint meeting in Lake Lutheran Church the two point parish of St Paul Lutheran Renwick and Lake Evangelical Lutheran Renwick voted to extend a call to Rev Norman V Johnson Esmond ND to be their pastor Johnson ordained 1955 has served in ELC there three years Call committees from each congregation submitted candidates and representatives from the ALC and ELC attended A fellowship hour followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran
Renwick
Lake Evangelical Lutheran Church
Norman V. Johnson
Esmond
N. D
Johnson
Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul
American Lutheran Church
Lake Church
H. W. Leifkes
Iowa
Maynard Kraabel
Bede
South Central
WMF of
the Lake Lutheran
New Arrival Lori Jean Meeding Born in Clarion
Mr and Mrs John Meeding of Thor announce the birth of a daughter named Lori Jean at Clarion Hospital on May 24. The baby weighs eight pounds three and a quarter ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs P. H. Sadler.
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John Meeding
Thor
Clarion Hospital
Lori Jean
P. H. Sadler
Fortnightly Club Hosts Event and Weekend Visits
Mrs Ole Tjelle hosted the Fortnightly Club with a skit by members and a lunch. Various visits followed including Mrs Emma Kubly in Thor, then nursing home and home visits in Humboldt Dakota City and Lacrosse, Wis. Attendees included Mrs Rose Hefty, Mrs John Zimmerman at funeral services in Lacrosse for Mrs Otto Blum. Continuous social visits occurred across Hardy, Ringsted, Alpha, and Webster City as well.
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Tjelle
Ole Tjelle
Warren Ruberg
Thor
Emma Kubly
Peter Ruberg
Kenneth Siemens
Humboldt
Dora
Clifford Sadderns
Dakota City
Anna Kelling
Chester Ogan
Livermore
Rose Hefty
John Zimmerman
Lacrosse
Wis
Otto Blum
Miami Beach
Fla
C. J. Foley
Clyde Alden
Hardy
S. B. Foley
Besse
Katherine Markmann
Lena Geigel
Bertha Krause
Goldfield
W. H. Pannell
Elmer Chambers
Alpha
Minn
Emma Pannell
Richard Pannell
Ringsted
Kenneth Toresdahl
Keith
E. G. Oppedahl
Searville
Ovid Toresdahl
Webster City
Barbara Elmer
Anna Peterson
Julia Hesgen
Washington, D. C
Eddie Bygness
Kanawha
Rev Samuelson
James Samuelson
Tom Damon
Jim Damon
W. H. Helmke
Mike Boge
Fort Dodge
North Lawn
Curtis
Marcia Rininger
Schaeller
Terry Mitchell
Ed Anderson
Jim
Ben Wilkinson
Laurence Sohl
Cedar Falls
Henry Bram
W. P. Matton
Engagement of Mary Esther Birnbaumer to Donald Mullins Announced
Mr and Mrs J L Birnbaumer of Corwith announce the engagement of daughter Mary Esther Birnbaumer to Donald G Mullins son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Mullins of Corwith The couple plan a June 21 wedding in Corwith Mary Esther is a Corwith High School graduate employed at Dr Suttons office Donald Mullins is a Corwith High School graduate and a student at Iowa State College
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J. L. Birnbaumer
Corwith
Mary Esther
Donald G. Mullins
Leonard Mullins
Miss Birnbaumer
Corwith High School
WSCS Meeting Reports Regular Session Acknowledgments
The WSCS held its regular meeting on Wednesday with Mrs Alfred Martin leading worship and Mrs Jim Yungelas Jr conducting the session. Mrs Ina Clowes and Mrs Walter McPeak served as hostesses.
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WSCS
Alfred Martin
Jim Yungelas Jr
Sesson
Ina Clowes
Walter McPeak
Bible School Begins Monday At Lake Lutheran Church
Daily Vacation Bible School starts next Monday morning at Lake Lutheran Church under Mrs Ole Tjelle as superintendent. The study course is God's Holy Law, published by the American Lutheran Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Teachers include Mrs Robert Oppedahl, Mrs Don Lerdal, Mrs Hilman Skive, with Miss Helen Skive as assistant.
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The
Lake Lutheran Church
Ole Tjelle
God's Holy Law
American Lutheran Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Tjelle
Robert Oppedahl
Don Lerdal
Hilman Skive
Helen Skive
Upcoming Awards and Banquet Reports From Boone Valley
The Times notes space limits push the Junior-Senior Banquet report and the Boone Valley High School award night coverage to next week. Also postponed is the grade school awards story awaiting space.
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the Times
Boone Valley High School
Renwick Woman's Club Social Hosts And Community Visits
Mrs Ralph Anderson hosted the Renwick Woman's Club while Mrs Charlie Trask read a poem titled Our Destiny. Members discussed sewing projects and patterns in Sew and Save led by Mrs Merlin Neuberger. Guests included families from Humboldt and Kanawha attending commencement for Judith Dean and visiting friends and relatives across nearby towns.
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Ralph Anderson
Renwick
Charlie Trask
Merlin Neuberger
Hargrave Crew Begins Work on Renwick Streets
The Hargrave construction crew started surface work on Renwick streets with plans for complete blacktopping in three weeks, weather permitting. They began in the southeast near Rudy's station and will progress through town, then tackle the north half. property owners may contact Fritz Britt for parallel work.
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Hargrave
Renwick
Rudy's Station
Fritz Britt
Boy's State delegate Mike Huntley to Des Moines
Mike Huntley, after completing his junior year at Boone Valley schools, will represent the area at Hawkeye Boys State in Des Moines next week. He is the son of Oliver and ... Huntley. Alternate delegate Ronnie Anderson, son of Duane Anderson, is also named. Legion notes: regular meeting June 5, bank night and officer elections.
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Mike Huntley
Boone Valley
Des Moines
Oliver Huntley
Harvey McPeak
Post American Legion of
Renwick
Fire at Hardy Stockyards Destroys Building
The Renwick and Hardy fire departments battled a Friday afternoon blaze at Norman Skye’s stockyards in Hardy. A building burned to the ground and threatened nearby structures and the yard.
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Hardy Stockyards
Renwick
Hardy
Norman Skiye
Library entertainments and social visits dominate weekly notes
The report records a library program for kindergarten through second grade and multiple social visits. Mrs.Oppe dahl explained how to borrow books assisted by Mrs.Matteson with group lunches. Numerous locals including the Attigs, Hunter, Baesslers, Krafts, Zweifel family and others are listed with Sunday and Thursday activities around Laverne Titonica Des Moines Goldfield and Rockford.
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Robert Oppedahl
Darrell Matteson
W. H. Attig
Mina Hunter
Fred Kruse
Laverne
W. Keith Baessler
Penny
Twin Rivers
Donald Togerson
Baessler
Vernon White
Mallard
Henry Kraft
Kraft
Donaldene
Lucy Carr
Kanawha
White
Rose Heft
Henry Bram
David Ripley
Perry
Ed Marty
Lawrence Marty
Lena Elmer
Rockford
Clara Elmer
Ralph Anderson
Nina Anderson
Nothing
Goldfield
Olson Couple to Relocate and Serve Bethlehem Lutheran
Reverend and Mrs Orville Olson and Elizabeth will move to Buffalo Center on Tuesday June 3 to assume pastoral duties at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. They plan a two week vacation to Minnesota and North Dakota before attending the Evangelical Lutheran Church Convention in Minneapolis June 18 to 23. The move culminates with their formal start on June 29.
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Orville Olson
Elizabeth
Buffalo Center
Minnesota
North Dakota
Evangelical Lutheran Church Convention
Minneapolis
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
New Phone Number for Times Country Correspondent
Mrs Vernon Grebner, a Times Country Correspondent, now has a home phone listed as 2712.
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Vernon Grebner
Times
Bible School Begins Monday At Methodist Church
Vacation bible school at the Methodist Church runs June 2 to June 13 from 9 00 to 11 30 a m Rev Roy A Biesemeyer leads daily worship. Music directed by Mrs Nelle Wittmer Judy Henriksen and Virginia Gimer with teachers in each department.
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Roy A. Biesemeyer
Nelle Wittmer
Judy Henriksen
Virginia Gimer
Jim Yungelas Jr
Robert Hoffman
John Palmer
John Grey
Joe Lane
Darwin Roseberry
Loren Schipull
Honor Fifty Year Members at Rebekah Meeting Here
Five women received fifty year service recognition at a Rebekah lodge gathering including Mrs Margaret Goettsch of Tucson Arizona Mrs C A Walker and Mrs Rose Hefty. Corsages were presented to each honoree. Other social notes list visitors and local attendees at homes dinners and funerals across Kanawha and surrounding towns.
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Rebekah
Margaret Goettsch
Tuscon, Ariz
C. A. Walker
Rose Hefty
Order
Eighth Graders Graduate at Vernon Auditorium
Eighth graders graduated Monday evening May 28 at Vernon auditorium with 36 diplomas awarded. Speaker John Barczewski of Eagle Grove Junior College addressed the class. Awards for spelling attendance and scholarship were given. Joyce Hefty won the citizenship award.
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Vernon Auditorium
John Barczewski
Eagle Grove Junior College
Joyce Hefty
Obituary for Ethel Dora Luchsinger Stauffacher
Ethel Dora Luchsinger born November 21 1895 in Humboldt County Iowa died May 20 1958 at 62 years. She married Harry Stauffacher October 19 1932 near Canton South Dakota and lived on a LaVerne farm. Survived by husband three brothers two sisters in law and other relatives. Funeral held May 22 in LaVerne Beenens of Renwick directed services. Additional items note social visits and weddings among local residents and guests.
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Ethel Dora Stauffacher
Ethel Dora Luchsinger
Paul
Aletha Luchsinger
Humboldt County
Iowa
Harry Stauffacher
Canton
S. D
LaVerne
Elmer
Mason City
Verne
Lawrence
Renwick
Elmer Starr
Frank Hunt
Spencer
Ande
Beenens
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Norman Johnson
N. Dak
Carl Kannenberg
Gary
Barbara Taylor
Donald Dean
Judith Dean
Bora Dean
Robert May
Judy Lee May
Dean
Judith
Dora Dean
Gus Arne
Olaf Kleveland
Henry Bloom
Earl Norder
Lee Norder
Marshalltown
J. L. Fisher
Bertha Reed
Eugene Haugland
Lakefield
Mrs Haugland
Farmers Elevator
Mrs. Olson
Methodist Church
R. W. Carlson
Rev. Emmert
Nicklas Anderson
James Anderson
Carol Arne
Sharon Bosworth
Donna Brophy
David Clowes
Dawn Clowes
Kenneth Eckhoff
Kathleen Emmert
Galen Engstrom
Harlan Fisher
Sandra Gregory
Fred Hansen
Gary Hefty
Joyee Hefty
Ruby Heggen
Nancy Heinich
Kathleen Helmke
Don Kelling
Ronald Klasse
Jerilyn Kraft
Dennis Kubly
Dennis May
Earl Nelson
Clair Nerem
Gary Nerem
Kathy Nerem
Terry Nerem
Steve Packard
Randall Palmer
Nancy Richards
Pearl Riley
Glenda Smith
Reggie Tate
Larry Tincher
Roxie White
Clifford Skiye
Edwin Wanken
Keith McCurry
Kenneth Burk
John Sorlie
Winfield Sanborn
Cresco
Emma Bloom
Albert Kitley
Fannie Phipps
Eagle Grove
Walter Bloom
Sharon
Patty Arends
Milford
Wayne Christofferson
Bona Dean May
Charles Feller
Ellen Bottelson
Emery Bottelson
Goodman Ackland
Rants Coe
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