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Local News from Algona Area Beams With Visits and Events
A roundup of weekend visits and activities in the Algona region includes Harold Miller flying to Mason City and Albert Lea, Mrs. Mark Bacon and Shirley calling on Clair Helfer, and fishing trips at George Lake. Numerous family gatherings, birthdays, and community events feature residents from Algona, Britt, Swea City, Wellsburg, and surrounding towns, with Veishea Day in Ames and graduation exercises noted among the highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Miller
Hlassie
Mason City
Albert Lea
Mark Bacon
Shirley
Clair Helfer
John Welhousens
John Beenkens
George Lake
John G. Cordes
Lone Rock
Woodrow ‘Peterson
German Township
R. C. Ball
Wm, Boyken
Herman Dreesman
Veishea
Ames
John Alke
Near Buffalo Center
Anna Alice
Warner
Beenken
Ledyard
H. Sonnensberg
Gertie
Nellie Elliott
Ivan Elliott
Swea City
F. G. Elliott
Frank Madsen
Aunice
Austin
Frank Hauptly
John Pannkuk
Raymond Panhkuk
Pena
Menno Fuls
Heyo Boekelman Jr
Harold
George Meyer
Clear Lake
Mubayne University
Ramsey Reformed Church
Arnold ‘Gray
Garret Gray
C. Rippentrop
Wellsburg
Falkert ‘Stecker
Heyo Boekeiman Jr
Etta
Maude ‘Stecker
Ralph Hopkes
John ‘Swalve
Henry Stedker
Frank Fisher
Spirit Lake
George Johnson
Ray Welp
Herb Nelson
Nellie Nelson
Forest City
John Bleith
Britt
Pierre Sartor
Maude Stecker
Gerhart
Connie Stecker
T. Onnen
Fred Adamson
Kenneth Wilkins
Estherville
Leroy Loais
Dubuque
Thomas Louts
Louis Kaphengst
Iva
Elmore
Maurice Keil
Edward A. Sathoft
Craig
M. O. Amundson
St. Paul
Wayne Miller
Rosslyn
Elizabeth Kennedy
Garner
H. M. Potter
Norfolk
Nebr
Howard French
Marshall Friest
A. M. Friest
Thompson
Charles Vandaworker
Raemon Nelson
Nelson Brothers and Sisters
John Fink
Bob
Earl Stott
Keith
Marie Amesbury
Algona
James McColley
Gilford
Ray Miller
Wilbur Schram
Kenneth Swan
Harold Gartner
Harriet Schram
Doyle Craven
Leon Orthel
Spirit ‘Lake
Craven
Doyle
Little Russell Fisher
Russell
Gertie Janssen
Fannie Keil
Chris Meyer
Oliver Young
Wesley
al Young
Chas. Kruse
Rowley
Leroy Leats
Bill Larson
Son
Woden
C. B. Eyesdal
Keith Young
Lloyd Young
Ben A. Meyer
Henry Plaister
Harold McElvenny
Waterloo
Chris Iverson
A. L. Honken
Carol Wyesdal
Guy Barton
Buffalo Center
Harm Green
Burt
C. J. Rippentrop
Lakota
John K. Rippentrop Sr
W. F. Hamstreet
Twyliah
Miss Rodgers
Turtle Lake
Mary Oesterreicher
Joe Bestenlehner
Clarence Koppen
Carl F. Callies
Martin Bleich
Bancroft
Wm. Rickless
G. D. Welhousen
John K. Rippentrop
Lloyd Gnagg
Oskaloosa
H. I. Torgersen
Nelson
Hyesdal
Marie Sathoff
John Swansen
Fort Dodge
Jennesee Sathoff
Beauty Academy
George Breen
Darlene Higgins
Cedar Falls
George Higgins
Dayle Craven
Patty
Vera Johnson
Lois Holmes
George H. Johnson
Vera
Lawrence Lang
Marilyn Rae
Margaret Lang
Middle River
Maryland
John Stott
Lem Stockwell
Reinder Krominga
Miles Remillard
Lawrence Sandt
Armstrong
Dennis Lang
J. AL. Haverly
Evroul Loehig
Lawrence
Gene
Betty Krominga
Pete Haines
Doyle Reaser
Betty Ann
Clara Quinn
Leo Orthel
Ken Fox
B. Meyer
Richard
Harm Kettwich
Alice Buffington
Dale Higgins
Des Moines
Army Air Corps
Earl Zwiefel
Benjamin Meyer
Joe H. Tapper
Titanka Woman's Club
Boyd Pannhuk
Fannie
Alice
Tellko Stecker
Art Hench
Jake Schutter
Alek Ezarski
Brit
Henry Gerdes
Jasper Smith
Maurice Bilsborough
Florence Reaser
John Pink
Ray Hansen
Junior Hansen
Harley Brandt
Phillip
Bruce
Florence Orthel
Cy ‘Eisenmann
Howard Ashe
Butte
John Rippentrop
Clarence Schutter
J. L. Miller
S. H. Gill
Havelock
Wm. Stenzel
Linda Mae
Dolmage Hospital
Alvin Hanna
Bill Wood
Harold Taft
Lou Huber
L. F. Callies
Howard Andrews
Iowa State College
Jank Meyer
Rudolph
Bode
Wm. Swyter
Nick Heesch
Howard Clarke
Adolph Missa
Ted Rike