Local News Roundup From Britt Area Activities
Local visitors and greetings fill Britt and surrounding towns as families host guests from Algona Wesley Ventura and Chicago. Soldiers’ news and defense work mix with holiday gatherings, move notices, and club parties spanning Menno Falls to Crystal Lake and beyond.
Numerous Social Visits Mark Week Around Wesley and Algona
Dates show a flurry of calls and visits among Wesley, Crystal Lake, Algona, and nearby towns. Families including Bruns, Roach, Byesdal, Peterson, and Meyer hosted relatives, with church, club, and school events noted, and multiple young people returning from camps and colleges for holidays. A Christmas program and local social gatherings add seasonal context.
Local Social Notes Highlight Camp Bowie Visit and Neighborhood Calls
Joe Sieper of Camp Bowie Texas spends furlough at his parents home. Dr and Mrs A C Ball and Mrs J J Budlong were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Jay Hudlong. Several families and guests visited Fort Dodge and Algona. Christmas party at Ramsey Reformed church, and a creamery directors meeting noting Henry Red Stecker as manager. The notes include birthdays, bridge club results, and hosting at many homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Sartor
Mary Oesterreicher
Louis
John Bleidh
Britt
Orville Buffington
Crystal Lake
Alice, Buffington
Kathryn
Ellen Rose
Fannie Keil
Ray Hansen
Junior Hansen
Kenneth
Rodney
Leo Orthel
A. M. Friest
Thompson
F. G. Bilnett
Harold Miller
Marshall Friest
C. B. Hgesdal
Guy Barton
Buffalo Center
Chris Meyer
Judy
Mason City
Lavon Oesterreicher
Wm. Ricklefs
Raymond
Ankeny
Ricklefs
Signal Corps
Ray Oesterreicher
Park Hospital
Boyken
Neil
Billy
Ames
Corp
Arthur Boyken
Bainbridge
Art
George Bonacker
Carrie Bonacker
Oscar Blanchard
Janet
Jimmie
Algona
Portland
Oregon
Blanchard
Ray Miller
Lloyd
Ola Mae Miller
Alice Kuchenreuther
Waterloo
Millers
Wm. Schuller
Boyd Pannhuk
Alice
Fannie
Rev. Planz
Wm. Brandt
Merlin Isebrand
Dennis
Chicago
Verne Bacon
Larry
Ventura
Clair Heifner
Ina
Lee
Clair Winkie
Harm Kettwich
Thressa Spear
Robert Spear
Henry Brandt
Nels Benjamin
Ottosen
Robert, Satchett
Kenneth and
David
Burt
Clair Winkle
Sayre Winkie
Iowa State College
Ben H. Meyer
Wesley
Harm
Herman Kettwich
Fairmont
John R. Sloper
Camp Bowie
Texas
Wilbur Schram
Kenneth Swan
Harold Gartner
Donna Beenken
John Beenken
Algona Hospital
Frank Snuttjer
Karen
H. Senne
The
Reformed Church
Ramsey Reformed Church
Karl Sunderman
Ramsey Ladies Aid
Louise Miller
Verdene Boyken
Patty Ball
Clarence Brandt
Wm. Boyken
R. C. Ball
Chris Brandt
W. A. Broutenberg
Roy Budlong
Donald
Donald Buffington
Kathleen
Sandra
Buffalo Boosters
Drusilla Hansen
Hamstreet
Joe Sieper
John E. Sieper
C. Ball
J. J. Budlong
Jay Hudlong
Bradford Bultington
Sidney
Clair Helmer
Senus Isebrand
Delores
Fort Dodge
W. R. Johnson
Perry
Wayne Johnson
Seattle
Washington
Wm. Denton
Dayle Craven
Patty
George H. Johnson
Wm. Ward
Wichita
Kansas
P.F.C
John Harringa
Bergen Point
Bayonne
New Jersey
Harm Harringa
Clifford Krantz
Frank Clark
3. A. Intermill
Carl H. Cathies
Ladies Aid
B. H. Meyer
Louis Miller
Henry “Red” Stecker
Connie
Hank
Titonia Creamery
Connie Stecker
Maude
Etta Stecker
Fred Stecker
Ralph Hopkes
John Harms
John K. Harms
Bruno
Anna
Gerhart Stecker
Harley Brandt
Ardith
Martin Stecker
Cora Bell
Visitor Milton Hinders Returns Home From Alaska
Milton Hinders, stationed at Kodiak Alaska for a year and a half, arrived Friday for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Tom Hinders and relatives. This is his first trip home since enlisting in the Army about two years ago. The article also mentions a Boston Cocoanut Grove disaster victim John Cobb of Green Bay Wisconsin, a cousin of Max Richard of Elkader, and other brief items including a Navy School student Clyde B. Cook of Waverly who had just left the club when the dive began and returned to help victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Helm
Woden
H. J. Orthel
John Stott
Bonacker
Mark Bacon
Merlin Isebrand
Chicago
Verne Bacon
Ventura
Florein Destival
Phyllis
Dennis
Alek
Bzarski
Britt
Art Heach
Chris Meyer
Menno Fall
Falkert Stecker
Melbourne Heesch
David Melbourne
Algona
Heesch
Julia Hanson
Near Wesley
Henry Korte Jr
Sewing Club
Lester Callies
L. F. Callies
Wayne Miller
Florence Reaser
Annabelle Sachau
Q. J. DeWall
Alvin Honken
Ricklefs
Ray ‘Oesterreicher
Manford Rice
Wyoming
Texas
Cheever
Carrie Bonacker
H. A. Minear
Fred Hagen
Cheevers
Reinder Krominga
James Hansen
Junior Hansen
Callies
Kromingas
Leo Orthel
Oscar Blanchard
A. Peters
Forest City
Lou Huber
Earl Zwiefel
Robert Lang
Clair Winkie
James McColley
Herb Nelson
Harm Kettwich
John 8. Rippentrop
Ed Zwiefel
Lela
Mason City
Biu
Dick Sloper
Clarence Penning
Ben U. Meyer
Thomas Loats
Marjorie
Harold Gartner
Roy Budlong
J. R. Schutter
Mildred Krantz
Honno Ailts
Near Lakota
Ed Ites
Ernest Peterson
Larry
Beverly
Crystal Lake
Erwin Eden
Nelson Brothers and Sisters
Obe Hott
Burt Masonic Lodge
Luke Miller
Hott
Eastern Star
B. A. Pannhuk
Tom Hinders
Milton
Alaska
E. Buss
England
Carl Veer
T. A. Dunmire
John Pink
Hart Blakley
Clair Heifner
Geo. Higgins
Titonia
Milton Hinders
Boston Cocoanut Grove
John Cobb
Green Bay
Wis
Max Richard
Elkader
Clyde BH. Cook
Waverly
Navy School
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Callies Bros Store
Geraldine Bruna
Guy Bruns
Ray Roach
Livermore
BM Larson
Rex
CC. B. Byesdal
J. D. Breen
Stella Mac
Elmer Peterson
Herbert Isebrand
Ben A. Meyer
Alvin Hanken
Henry Plaisier
Shirley
O. J. Peterson
Jay Budlong
Farm Bureau
Wayne
Keith
Marlin Barrelt
Gale
C. J. Peterson
Roy
Carl F. Callies
H. I. Torgersen
Martin Bleich
Miller
Jean French
Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft Company
Honken
Bhisston
Ohio
M. A. Nelson
Chas
Vandaworker
Wesley Township School District No. 5
Ollie Bruns
Maxine Peterson
Mercy Hospital
Rasmus Peterson
Doyle Craven
Frank Tienan
Martin Bleichs
Maurice Bilsborough
Corrine
Claus Daniels
Ray Welp
Ruby Daniels
Mary Michaelson
Neil Michaelson
La-Vonne McColley
P.B.C
Donald Michaelson
Camp McCay
German Valley School
Sandra Lee
Zelda Keidel
Isabelle Miller
Marian Neilsen
J. J. Coyle
Reserve Army
O'Riley
Springfield
Myry Garter
Mont Bonacker
Meyer Bone
Hana
Alva
Bisand
Feary Boekelman
Cat Bavie
Johan Meyer
John Travks
Heyo Boekelman
Harold
Anna Boekelman
Heyo Boekelman Sr
Lorraine Peterson
Downs’ Store
Texas Juice
Sie
Cocoanut Grove
Fred Jansen
Rockwell City
Pred
Ehough
Tivetee Syocatelly
Ital
Toy
Talbert
Beeretieyed
Teak AM
Champian
Luther Cox
Wetortent
Iss
DeKalb
FBI
SAT
MON
Clinton Puddings
Baker’s Sweet
Hills Bros. Coffee
Monarch Coffee
Wheaties
Cranberries
HILEX
Kness Brothers
Ted
Set
Lester
Sgt
Marvin
Audubbon
Dieppe
North Africa
Swan Furniture Funeral Home
Kenneth W. Swan
W. F. Hamstreet
M. D
Titonka
Iowa
Towa
H. J. Torgersen
Titonka, Ia
Roy C. Ball
Kitonka
E. J. Gallup
Tifonla
Kossuth County
L.A. Winkel
Allarneyett- Law
Qrinhy
Isa Niseua, Tae
van Ness and Brimsen Autorhoys-At- Law Argeeata
Due
Quarton
Miller County
Henry H. Yuisinga & Sons
Menike
Town
W. L. Tindall
D. O
Ostropathic Weysicean
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