Busy Algona Social Calendar Reflects Many Visiting Guests
Algona and surrounding area residents hosted a long list of visitors and social events. Families from Burt, Bancroft, Renwick, Britt, Kanawha, and Crystal Lake joined local residents for dinners, picnics, and Sunday gatherings. Furloughs and military connections appeared in many entries, with servicemen Joe Higgins and Ferdinand Stecker noted, while residents shared calls, dinners, and birthday celebrations across town and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Batt
Algona
W. H. Rickless
George Higgins
Amos Angle
Darlene Higgins
Alice Kutchenreuther
Clear Lake
M. E. Blanchard
Lone Rock
George Klenk
Erwin Eden
Bylvia
Ronald Ortman
Burt
Earl Zwiefel
Clarence Menz
Bancroft
Nelson Brothers
Ernest Peterson
Crystal Lake
Clifford McGregor
Lois
Sweat City
George Eden Sr
Rose Hefty
Renwick
Edw. Zwiefel
Oscar Miller
Frank Burger
Call Park
Leroy Burger
Hamburg
Joe Higgins
Norfolk
Ferdinand N. Stecker
Army Air Base
Topeka
Kansas
Fred N. Stecker
Ed Ites
Donna
John Ailts
Judith
Honna Ailts
Jack
Edwin
Lakota
Lester Gray
Ed Wolf
Park Rapids
Minn
The
F. L. Schroeder
Rodger Schroeder
Indianola
Mr. Schroeder
Klenk
Wm. Swyter
Irvin Brandt
Nick Heesch
Wilma
John Jennings
Donald
Jean
Fred Jennings
Russell Fox
J. H. Storey
Jack Eschenbach
Jackie
Des Moines
Gertrude Boekelman
Mayme Speicher
E. L. Jennings
Harold Taft
Mickey
Frank Newville
Mason City
Gartner
Ada Mra
Art Hench
Richard
Betty Krominga
Ann O'Brien
Jane Amesbury
Alek Ezarski
Britt
Floyd Lichtenberger
Fort Dodge
Robert Callies
H. Abbas
Fairmont
Walter Tapper
Leroy Ostwinkle
Carl’ H. Callies
Diane
Ray Welp
Arthur Green
Amos Krominga Jr
James Govern
Slaughters
Fannie Abbas
Dexter
Ed Abbas
Elroy Hatten
Allan Carr
Mr. Carr
Fred Newville
Fred
Andrew Hanson
Henry Swalve
Jennie Lee
Hilda
Hanson
Harold Gartner
Sandra
Donald Buffington
Kathleen
Roy Budlong
Larry
Beverly
O. J. Peterson
Wilbur
Roy
Bert Alsing
Betty
Andrew Boe
Ottawa
Ill
J. Lockrem
Thompson
Norris Keil
Clarence Coleman
Emma Wiese
Adams
Marylin
Donna Callies
Diane Callies
Gretchen Krueger
Lee Stockwell
Jane
James
Sanira
Donna Johnson
Joice Isebrand
Joe
Patty Kitchenberger
Bruce Orthel
Alice Buffington
Mia
Bradford Buffington
David
Sidney
Ray Hansen
Ross Buffington
Roger
Ilo Buffington
Yen and
Merle
Richard ' Peterson
Olin Harrings
Donna Bolie
Chris Holie
Ruth Stott
Parental Stott
Telko Stecker
Henry Stecker
Donna Jean Sartor
J. L. Intermill
Ben Knox
Thor
Guy Bruns
Wm. Stott
Doris
Maxine
Sylvia
F. G. Elliott
Richard Cosgrove
Marion Krantz
Arthur Hansen
New Hartford
Ray Oosterreicher
Loren Stecker
Cliff Buckely
C. A. Pannhuk
Carl Veer
Billy Amesbury
Lynn Bush
Henry Gerdes
Bluearth
C. J. Rippentrop
John K. Rippentrop
Clifford Krantz
Dverg
Kenneth Krantz
George Koestler Sr
B. H. Meyer
John
Rippentrop
John K. Rip
Edith Mae
Joe H. Tapper
Audrey Butler
Estherville
Etta Fahrenholtz
Henry Swarve
Ray Rippentrop
Henry Sunken
George Oaken
Fred Henken
Faith
Ruth
Swea City
Florence Hash
Carwith
Lula
Allan
Lester Edem
Keith
Esther Fritz
Mary Fritz
Leroy Loats
Pine Ridge
Thomas Leuts
Leroy
G. Hall
Harold Miller
Betty Anne
Wayne Miller
Rosslyn
Herman Tapper
Betty Kroninga
Ray Miller
Buffalo Center
Joyce
Ben A. Meyer
Meyer
Sterlings
Henry Redenius
Chris Meyer
Menno Fuls
George Meyer
Heyo Boekelman
Harold
Folkert Stecker
Marleta
Julius
Anna Alice
Neal Michaelson
Gary
John Alke
Will
Jennie Alke
Chris Brandt
Wm. Brandt
Jacqueline Callies
Fatimie Keil
Robert Lang
John Rode
J. J. Bonnstetter
Corwith
John Harringa
Falkert Stecker
Menno Fall
Corrine Zwiefel
Lou Huber
Anthony Bung
Woden
Henry Korte Sr
Clarence Schutter
Dick Spelcher
W. H. Ricklefs
Arnold Rickiefs
Port St. Joe
Florida
Ankeny
Clarence Bowers
Floyd Reichsamen
Myrtle Sachau
Chicago
John Sachau
Earl Blakley
Earl Jr
Herman Blakley
al Young
Oliver Young
Weasley
J. T. Coyle
Judy
Alice Sartor
Pierre Sartor
A. Hoon
Nashua
Titanka
Mary’ Hoon
Phyllis Falk
Fim Krull
Leona Krull
Hubers
Edward Stohr
Elaine of
Elmore
Henry Plaisier
Floyd Reibssmen
Earl, Jr
Foret City
Sachau
Henry Meinders
William Tjaden
Clarence Cooper
Myrna Rae
Holmes
Chas. Cooper
Louis Oesterretcher
Farragut
Idaho
Frank Snuttier
Wm. Ward
Billy
Wesley
Russell Gilberts
Alice Pannhuk
Doyle Reaser
B. Penning
Andrew Boekelman
Albert Sleper Sr
Dick Sleper
Adolph Missal
Clarence Mechler
Douglas
Elmer Mechler
Marjorie Mechler
Hampton
Merle Schwietert
Shirley
Andrew C. Hanson
Curtis Dean
Hansons
Lloyd Bartlett
Hibert Smidt
Willow Lake
South Dakota
Smidt
Ramsey Reformed Church
Snuttjer
Luther Leaguers
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Reinhard Dirksen
Kanawha
Frank Meyers
Hode
Virgil Heesch
Roslyn
Melbourne
Heesch
Herbert Peterson
Iowa towns report tall weeds and jungle hunting signs
Mrs. Reed is treated at a Mason City hospital while local notices recount visits and births, and a humorous note from the Onawa Sentinel jokes about vacant lots becoming “jungles” fit for maneuvers. The column lists many neighborly calls, visits, and family events across towns like Luverne Elmore Lone Rock and Grundy Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Reed
Mason City
Hess
Edgar Thomas
Luverne
Wm. Stott
Clarence Penning
B. Penning
George Klenk
George
Dan Gallagher
Elmore
John K. Rippentrop Sr
Ben Pannhuk
John Tiarks
Verlyn
Alfred Sherer
Lone Rock
Eric Falkerts
Ray Hansen
Thonka
Howard French
Minnesota
French
Everett Rippentrop
R. C. Ball
Clear Lake
Ben Weaselman
Henry Fuller
Wm. Swyter
Conrad Schmidt
the Indies Aid
Ramsey Reformed Church
Henry Meinders
Louise Miller
George Johnson
Myrtle
Adeline Bottome
Kate Limberg
Grundy Center
Thomas Louis
Russell Bergeson
Vera
George VeGrant
Flat River
Elvins
Camp McCoy
Wis
Lawrence Doege
Verne Raidal
Towa
Iowa
Onawa
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