Local Happenings from Bancroft and Surrounding Areas
A roundup of visits and gatherings across Bancroft Ames and nearby towns. Many families including Dolff Carmean Glane Huisman Arends Tel kamp and Swans hosted relatives and friends from Iowa Minnesota Arkansas and Las Vegas. Cooking workshops and busier social rounds filled the week with dinners picnics and trips to Minneapolis Clear Lake and Janesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Bancroft
Darlene Dolff
Ringsted
Kay Carmean
John Glane
Ronald Huisman
August Post
New Conservative Baptist Bible Camp
Muscaline
Arends
Jewell
Ed Telkamp Jr
Pannkuks
John Amerson
Hardy
Johnnie Johnson
Johnson
Minnesota
Kenneth
Gordon Swans
Guy Swan
Riceville
Lea Peterson
Morning Sun
Iowa
Ina Perry
Stitgart
Ark
Gordon Swan
Viola Swan
Britt
Eilert Boyken
John Tparks
Lem Stockwell
Algona
Bangs
Hazel Grimes
Des Moines
Robert Carr
Edith Budlong
Hazel Budlong
Jessie Budlong
Janesville
Dick Meinders
Bulifalo Center
Robert Kruse
Local families visit relatives and attend reunion events
Mr and Mrs Jacob Kurtzlaben and Kathryn visited relatives in Marion South Dakota last week. Yverdena and Esther Van Loh of Ackley were guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Jacob Kurtzlablen and Kathryn Sunday. Mr and Mrs Ben H Meyer and Mr and Mrs Ben Isebrand attended the Meyers family reunion at Estherville Tuesday August 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob_ Kurtzlaben
Kathryn
Marion
Yverdena
Esther van Loh
Ackley
Jacob Kurtzlablen
Kathryn Sunday
Ben H. Meyer
Ben Isebrand
Meyers
Estherville
Thecla
Lang
Ethel
Haverly
Ji-L. Haverly
Wesley
Robert’ Studer
Atlanta
Viola Shider
Delta Airlines
Paul Lorenz
Distant relatives visit across many towns in August
Wesley notes a string of visits from August 18 to 24, including Hutchinsons at Canistota South Oak, Benskins resigning as nurse, Studers at the Mike Franzen golden anniversary in Jump River, and multiple trips involving Wingerts, Bodes and other local families to Winona Des Moines and Des Moines. A polio patient child at Fort Dodge and a Bode reunion at Burts are also mentioned alongside social gatherings at the CDA summer conference and end-of-summer family travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Hutchinson
Lilly Benskin
Ellsworth Hutchinson
Canistota
S. Oak
J. P. Studer
Mike
Franzen
Jump River
Wis
Mary Julius
Winona
Minn
Mary Carolyn
Dayton
Ed Studer
Excelsior
Lou
Pipestone
Fred Bohn
Martha
Northwestern University
Evanston
Home Ec
Ames
Mark Bode
San Diego
Calif
Paul Bode
Treasure Island
iAlan
Jordan
al Frigay
Fears
al Loebig
Patty
John Shedda
Chelsea
Sally
Shedda
William Johnson
Niagra Talis
Edward Thissen
Diane
Waterloo
Aleda’ Rethman
Comfrey
Mint
Virginia
Sidder
Victor Loebig
Aldred Erdman
Lawrence Smith
Len Arndorffer
Yellowstone
Iowa State University
St.Katherine
St.Paul
Lawrence Wingert
Karen Wingert
Louis Wingert
Buffalo
Jump “River
Mike Franzen
Bode
James Coady
Burts
Bodes
An. Eisele
Return of Mrs Heledic Johnson to duties at K and H Co
Mrs Heledic Johnson returns to bookkeeper duties at K and H Oil Co after a two week vacation. Martin Hamilton accompanies her as she resumes responsibilities on Monday at Walker slowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrg
Heledic Johnson
Walker
Martin Hamilton
K & H Oi Co
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Pierre Sartor
M. D
Titonka
E. J. Gallup
John M. Woods
Osteopathic
H. I. Torgersen
W. L. Tindall
Woden
K. G. Pride
James K. Hill
Post ‘Office
L. A. Winkel
Hutchison
H. W. Miller
L. L. Snyder
Tigges
Jas. J. Norris
Goodyear
Clark
Kossuth County
Canada
Rhe
National Epitortaat ¢ Association
Asso Clan
Iowa State College
Bijustrom Furn. CO
K.s.mln
Algona 5
Wesley. News
Swan Furniture Funeral Home —Ambulance
Kenneth W. Swan
Jonas
Mercury
FORD
Plymouth
International
Chevrolet Aero
Chevrolet
W. E. Ley
Lakota, Iowa
Donald O’connor
Debbie Reynolds
Una Merkel
Richard Anderson
Allyn Joselyn
Melvin
Wagons West
Zaney Bowery Boys
Actin
SUN
Mon
Besser
Sterling Hayden
Joan Leslie
Bond
America
Devil Island
Purina
Puny
Ike
Bartlett Hatchery
Tifonka, Iowa
Devries
Auction’co
Dave Sonius
Keddy
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