Summer visits and community notes from Algona area
Wesley News documents summer visitors and local social events in Algona area. Families including Reno, Goetz, Studer, Johnson, Lickteig, Kleinpeter and Wingert host gatherings, bridge clubs meet, and news of travel, military, and church sisters accompany reports of baserball season opener loss and upcoming games.
Woden News Highlights Local Church and Community Events
Woden News reports Sunday School and Bible Class at 9 30 with mission festival services at 10 30 2 40 and 8 00 featuring Rev W Bischoff and Rev M Rieke. Various local visits picnics and family news fill the page including births moves and social gatherings across Woden Britt Algona Clear Lake and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John Lutheran Church
Woden
Iowa
I. d. Knoploh
W. Bischoff
M. Rieke
American Lutheran Church
Doan News Highlights Local Weddings and Visits
Doan residents attended the wedding of Betty Hutchinson to John McCright and Phillip Asa accompanied them to Waterloo. The groom’s brother Paul served as best man. John McCright recently returned from England aboard a destroyer on leave. Visitors included Mrs. Samuel Knoer visiting Algona and Fenton relatives. Various local families shared visits and gatherings across Doan, Titonka, Algona, and Crystal Lake, with health trips noted for Albert Martinek.
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L. BE. Krantz
Bryan Asa
Paul MccCright
Phillip Asa
Waterloo
Betty Hutchinson
John McCright
Paul
Bryan Ass
England
Krantz
Asa
Samuel Knoer
Algona
Fenton
Doan
Titonka
Grinnell
Henry Adolph
California
Wm. Martinek
Adolph
Martinek
Clarence Christensen
Wilbur
Wendell
Marie Christensen
Leonard Leek
Andrew Hansen
Judy Buffington
Ross Buffingtons
Dale Struthers
Henry Mertz
Ted Hoover
Howard Andrews
Titonice
Albert Martinek
Rochester
Edmund Larson
Bygerly
Burt
Petra Larson
Harvey Larson
Linda
Rudolph Larson
Donovan
Daleruthers
Henry
Davenport
Washington
Mrs. Larson
Little Pwight Seeberger
George Seebergers
Dwight
Orville Buffington
Crystal Lake
Alice Buttlington
Portland area social and visit notes from Magon City
PORTLAND NEWS lists callers at multiple homes around Magon City and nearby towns. Mrs. Stewart and J Stewart visited at Park hospital with sun day. A Good Cheer Club meeting with Velma Larsen on Friday planned a July 20 picnic at Marcella Bartletts. Several residents hosted and visited others through Sunday and Monday, including visits from Laura Paine of Pasadena and Helen Taft of Farmington, Missouri, plus farm and home helpers and dinner gatherings.
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Carol
Eddie Reno
Chicago
Gts
Avith
Ankle. Réno
Society
Mma Studer
Susan Pillfer
Helen Johnson
Lillian
Bernadine
Ruth Sparks
Joe Goetz
J. M. King
J. 7D
J. 7D. Meurers and Low To Mrs. Raney
Philip Goetz
Mary June Studer
Mike Goetz
Tie Loebig
Alvina
Roy Sherman
Austin
Minn
Bill Lyong
Annie Reno
Lucille
Helen
George Kelch Sr
Corwith
Elsie Phillips
Marvin
Cicero
Illinois
Irene Studer
Albert Lickteig
Buffalo Center
Joe Smith
Lickteig
Camp Roberts
Calif
Mias Diang Kleinpeter
Leon Smith
Fort Dodge
George Aldrich
Mason City
Julius Kunz
Adel
Mary Adine
Des Moines
A. R. Corey
Agnes Goetz
Delbert Benton
Lotts Creek
Lone Rock
Thora Johnson
Alamo
Texas
Lawrence Wingerts
Andrew Holtvbauers
Algona
Dubuque
Wingerts
Mary Cecil
Presentation Order
Mary Catherine
Tom Jones
Lon Riche Farm
J. T. Meurer
Cheryil
Jimmie
Kate Simons
Pauline Hildman
Campbellsport
Wis
Hildman
Tillie Leebig
Raymond Erdman
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Matt Erdman
Jackie, Worsley
Clear Lake
Oliver Young
St. Paul
Robert Mungon
South Carolina
Hunke
Nelson
West Band
Patty Erdman
Mary Lee
Hamilton College
Ruth Mary Vitatham
George Witatham
Chas. Mullin
Ralph Hedges
Tom McMahon
Ruth Richter
A.N.C
Sioux Falls
John Richters
Paul Riggs
Delaware
Pfo
Charles Kraus
Cooley
South Dakota
Kraus
Ming Kathaleen Neuroth
Dwyer
Humboldt
Busy Bees
Marian Kleinpeter
Call Park
American Legion Auxiliary
Gerald Wingert
Trinity College
Sioux City
Loras College
Frank Wolf
Wolf
Lost Island
Pvt
Henry Goetz
Lawrence Bradman
J. Stewart
David
Mrs. Stewart
Park Hospital
Magon City
Good Cheer Club
Velma Larsen
Marcella Bartlett
Dolores Welhousen
Laura Paine
Pasadena
California
Chas, Phelps
Harold Taft
Mickey
Lucy Newville
B. J. Jennings
Harvey Graham Jr
Harvey Graham Sr
Fred Hagen
Joan
Doris
George Graham
Bernard Phelps
Jim Stow
L. R. Daniels
Roy Clark
George Craham
Helen Taft
Farmington
Mayme Speichler
Martin ‘Larsen
Martin Larsen
Harvey Graham
E. J. Jennings
Mayme Speicher
Fairmont
Ward Taffy
Vernon Larsen
Neal Michaelson
Henry
Verle Nelson
Mary Michaelson
Herb Nelson
Will Hanson
Garner
Henry Nelson
Baked Beans with Wiener Crown Pot Luck Dish
A wartime friendly dish describes baked beans layered with sliced onions and wieners baked in a 350 degree oven. The recipe serves six and scales up for larger gatherings, using canned beans, vinegar, brown sugar, chili sauce, salt, onion, and split wieners arranged around a casserole.
Panorama of Italy as Seen by a GI in Italy
A World War II diary style panorama by Dick A Beenken describes Italy’s stark contrasts from grand cathedrals and palaces to squalid streets. The narrator, a G I in Italy, notes poverty, crowded alleys, beggars, filth, and war scars while expressing mixed feelings about his visit and a readiness to return home.
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Italy
Ricovero
Nend
Barbera
Tr Duce
Tratlan Zoot
G. I
Dick A. Beenken
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