Local Happenings Show Summer Visits and Family News
Numerous family visits and travels across Iowa and Minnesota mark the week. Highlights include funeral attendance for John H. Meyer, grandchildren visiting grandparents, and travel quiet stories from Garner Bancroft Forest City Mason City and Titanka with raspberry day in Hopkins. The Abbe Winter family hosts guests from San Diego and New London. The Third District P T A School of Instruction meets August 7 at Titanka with a pot luck lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Boyken
F. C. Missal
Garner
Aplington
John H. Meyer
Ceylon
Minn
Mr.Thiese
Nelson
Elwood Nelson
Verle Nelson
Hopkins
John Hamilton
Keith
Therese
St. Louis
American Poultry Hatchery Convention
Pine Bluffs
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Local Families Return From Visits Across Iowa Montana
Woden news notes several local residents reconnecting with kin and friends. Herman and Mrs Helm visited Ames and Boone. Mrs Gilbert Hanna and Joann Helm returned from Montana. Barbara and Judy Gerdes spent time with Don May near Corwith. C J Kramer family visited Harm Kramer at Postville. Mrs VansHoorn returned from Mercy hospital Mason City after surgery. Gail Town of Ames visited J C Helm. Marcene Helm and Virginia Town traveled to Des Moines and Ames with them. Frieda Gerdis and children visited Lyle Smith at Manly. Fritz Gerdes carpenter crew returned from North Dakota. Mrs Joe McGurk and Britt visitors at Fritz Gerdes home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Helm
Ames
Boone
Gilbert
Hanna
Joann
Montana
Barbara Gerdes
Judy Gerdes
Don May
Corwith
C. J. Kramer
Harm Kramer
Postville
Richard VansHoorn
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Gail Town
J. c. Helm
Marcene Helm
Virginia Town
Des Moines
Helm
Frieda Gerdis
Lyle Smith
Manly
Fritz T. Gerdes Carpenter
North Dakota
Joe McGurk
Britt
Fritz Gerdes
Residents and visitors connect in weekly local social notes
Forest City residents Mr and Mrs Albert Gerdes and Miss Lila Meyer returned from a western trip to Yellowstone Park and the Black Hills. Houston visitors Mr and Mrs Ernest Kramer and sons visited Joe Kramer’s family, with Chicago stops noted. Local happenings include hospital visits in Cherokee, calls at Fairmont and Algona, former neighbors reuniting after forty years, and various visits to Wood and Beyer households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Curtis
Montgomery Ala
A. W. Boyken
Ennon S. Smith
Barrington
IMS
Kirk W. Smith
Norfolk
Marcia Smith
Omen Nervig
Eagle Grove
Nelson Brothers
Miller Nelson
Smiths
Nelsons
Adolph Missal
al ‘Missal
Algona
Edward Brandt
C. F. Callies
Darlene
T. J. Reith
Fairmont
Minn
Albert Gerdes
Forest City
Lila Meyer
Yellowstone Park
Black Hills
Ernest Kramer
Houston
Texas
Joe Kramer
Chicago
John W. Boyken
Dick Boyken
Rev. H. Beyer
Helen Boyken
Cherokee
Dale Rittenhouse
John Rudisiland
Albert Weishaar
Wm. Christleit
Velga City
Iowa
Girl Struck By Vehicle While Riding Home From Shell Rock
Three year old Susan Murphy of Waverly fell from a car on a return trip from Shell Rock. She was unconscious briefly but is now recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Murphy
Waverly
Shell Rock
Undergraduate to spend summer in Guatemala
Ames undergraduate Richard Lelong of Lamoni will travel to Guatemala for a summer research stint. He joins a research center established in 1946 and will work with the IoWa State College’s tropical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatamela
Richard Lelong
Lamoni
Ames
IoWa State Col
King’s Guard Logo Tropical Research Center
England
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Titonka Savings Bank
Allis-Chalmers
Jordal Farm Equipment
Buffalo Center
Virginia
Welch
Woden News
Devries Sales Co
Beyer
St. Johns Luther League
Luther League
Immanuel Lutheran Church
John Woods
Titonka
W. L. Tindall
John Schutter
Roger
Hollis Beedle
Swea
City
Wm. Wood
Jake Thieben
Wm. Hammond
Wesley
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Shaws Barber Shop
Modern Cleaners & Tailors
Algona, Iowa
Speed Carnival
North Iowa Fair
Miles
Jose Chitwood
Hollywood Auto
Chitwood
Tops
America
Dodge
Ford
J. E. Urena
Plymouth
Dodge Trucks
IHC Farm Machinery
Lakota, Iowa
Wes EE
Bonacker
U-Save Food Market
Tyke Theatre
Hopalong Cassidy
Old Mexico
Tim Holt
Betty Grable
Danny Thomas
Dan Dailey
Benay Venula
Cuta
Glenn Ford
Rhonda Fleming
Edmond O'Brien
Intermill
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