Farewell Lunch Guests and Local Social Notes
Mrs. Otto DeWall hosted a farewell luncheon for five hostesses on Friday. Attendees included Mrs. Frank Fisher Mrs. Edward Sathoff Mrs. Becca Hipp and Mrs. Raymond Bartlet. Names of other locals appear in brief social updates about camps baptisms and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto DeWall
Frank Fisher
Edward Sathoff
Becca Hipp
Raymond Bartlet
Victoria Rakow
Margaret Brandt
Kermit Brandt
Maurice Sathoff
Lake Ingham
Gerald Putzstuck
Great Lakes Naval Training Base
Local Happenings Highlight Busy Social Summer
A long list of social visits and travels fills the week as families from Algona Bancroft Burt and nearby towns host relatives and friends. The Eden, Welhausen, Swyter and Sartor households receive guests. excursions include Wisconsin Minnesota and Canada trips. Community gatherings feature reunions picnics and farewells with numerous relatives and neighbors attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Eden
Sylvia
Kathleen
Harm Eden
Dick Doughan
Edward Sathoff
Sheffield
Cedar Falls
Anna Kahler
Bancroft
Ray Kahler
G. D
Wm. Welhausen
Herman Dreesman
Algona
Garret Welhhousens
Anna Swyter
Mary Fritz
Frank Meyer
Rudy
Corwith
Geo
Sachau
R. Dirksen
Gene Helton
Amansta Heesch
Des Moines
Anna Sw
Leonard Daniels
Burt
Charles Phelps
Oscar E. Miller
K. B. Knutson
Lake Mills
Nick Heesch
Amanda Heesch
Virgil Heesch
Buffalo Center
Irvin Brandt
Carmen
Anna Shipley
Woden
Herman Welhousen
Cecil
Harold Haesch
Sartor
John Bleich
James
Britt
G. J. Sartor
Mason City
Alice Sartor
Charles City
Johnette Bleich
John Simon
Joe Schiltz
Mary Sartor
Europe
Marlene Stecker
Lorna Tjaden
Shirley Arndorfer
Shirley
Titonia High School
Delois, Dunnavan
David
Daniel
Amos Krominga
Vincent Heifner
Ray Welp
Marie
Roger Krominga
Lakota
Hank Harms
Vickil
Bradley
Delois Dunnavan
Rockford
Illinois
Reinder Krominga
Diane
Claus Daniel
Fertile
Paul Krominga
Amos Kromingas
Paul
Ruth
Vic Hammond
Nygren
Hammond
Ella Brandt
Allen Eden
Sharon
Karen
Zoo
Ernest Peterson
Julius Stecker
Welp
Judy Mehlan
Camp Gaywood
Harry Mehlan
Ward
Jane
Greene
Lake Okchoji
A. C. Millers
Alfred Baade
Alvin Meinders
Iowa State Fair Harness Races Set for Aug 28 29
Plans for two days of harness racing at the Iowa State Fair were announced with 11500 in cash purses. Races are slated for August 28 and 29 featuring four events each day including pace and trot divisions. Over 200 trotters and pacers from Midwest stables expected to compete. A Dusenberry starting gate will be used to speed starts on the fair’s dirt track. Hardy dam on the Muskegon river in Michigan noted as the largest earthwork dam of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Cunningham
Midwest
Iowa State Fair
Farm Shorts from Dean L Barnes Dean L Barnes County Extension
Farm Shorts reports hail near Bancroft Swea City on June 25 and notes harvest will begin early. It cites pig farrowing results from 1955 to 1956 with lower numbers yet record litter savings, and mentions fall breeding intentions down seven percent. It also covers soybean yellowing tests and soil bank participation along with a safety note on boating near shore and staying with a capsized boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Swea
Litterbug Cleaned Up After Sheriff Tracing Farmer Mess
A New Hampton man who tossed trash onto a Nashua area farm was traced by the sheriff and invited to return to clean up the mess, which he did.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Nashua
Sharon Callies Named to Dean's List at Drake University
Sharon Callies of Titanica earned Dean's list honors at Drake University for the spring term with a B plus average or higher. A junior in liberal arts, she majors in nursing, and registrar Eli Euboy announced the recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Callis
Des Moines
Sharon Callies
Titanica
Drake University
Elieuboy
Drake
Miss Callies
College of Liberal Arts
L H Junior Leaders Hold Cookout At Ambrose Call Park
Sixty members of the Koesath County A H Junior Teachers group met at Ambrose Call State Park in Algona for a planned dinner cookout and registration meeting. Key organizers included Nancy Tjaden Delores Eisenbarth Kermit Studer and Don Froehlich with dancing and group singing to follow the business session led by Froehlich and Heldorfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L-H
Cookou
Koesath County
A-H
Dhane Wo
Ambrose Call State Park
Algona
Nancy Tjaden
Delores Fisenbarth
Kermit Studer
Don Froehlich
Georgia Heldorfer
Gertrude Kahler
Roger Drever
Betty Wellorfer
Arlen Bonschoter
Virginia Simons
Patricia O'Donnell
Margaret Fischer
Mary Hagg
Rita Streit
Myrna Birnbaumer
Filen Tauswirth
Mary Jo Keith
Claudette Seely
Charlotte
Gloria Wise
Julie Nygaard
Kathryn Gales
Ann McGuire
Marilyn Bormann
Catherine Hilbert
Ali Ite
Kathryn Johannsen
M. Kay Dolan
Mary Ila Erpeling
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Iowa
Forest City
Garner
Swea City
Boyken Insurance Agency
Titonka Savings Bank
Lutheran Ladies Aid
Harry Rickless
Louise Senne
Clarence van Hove
Clarence Mechler
Johnny Taft
K. B. Knut
Oscar Miller
Keil Twins
Titonka
Fannie Keil
Florence Reaser
Leonard Callies
Keil
Ledyard
Bruce
Brent
DRI Nestle
Dinty Moore
Betty Crocker
Llarg
ESERV
Wilson
Sylvester van Hove
Sewing Club
Robert Langs
John Pannkuk
Minnie
Alice Pannkuk
Ben Milters
Henry Plasier
Bill Trenarys
Lloyd Krause
Oskaloosa
Alfred Stenzel
Elmore
Minn
Ackley
Lowell Bentley
Cortland Dorenkamp
Clear Lake
Wayne Koppen
Rake
Ernest Petersons
George Backelman
Jerry Wabhen
Lowell Bentleys
Lois
Jerry Wubbens
John Tlarks
George Boekelmans
John Meyer
Pyers
Kenneth Brandt
Charles Glaus
Nashaua
Hazel
Edith Budlong
Jay Budlongs
Walter Denton
Herman Dressman
Otto
Billy Fritz
Ames
Stan Ahrens
Grinell
Jake Godden
Jess Lasbrook
Gladys Burtles
Ruth Grahams
Walter Haack
Anna Haack
Fenton
Haack
Park
Loren Hana
Jackson, Minn
Elroy Hatten
St. Paul
Hatten
J. L. Intermill
Phil Jaren
Kathy Bird
Dwight Garrett
Art Boyken
L. W. Nath
E. E. Pinkey
Dwight Garretts
Michael Bruns
Omaha
Clifford Krantz
Dale Brung
Cosgrove
Lake Okaboji
Billy Dallman
Muskegon River
Michigan
Farm Shorts
Dean L. Barnes
Buss Reynolds
Swen City
Crowes
ASC
Soil Bank
Dent
Clover Farm
AiOne
Stecker’s
Salt Kool
Catsup
Kellog
Merchant Theatre
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