Local News and Society Notes From Wesley Area
Wesley and surrounding community updates include hospital visits, births, and arrivals. Mrs Martha West returns from Mercy hospital after cataract removal in Mason City. Irvin Obrecht becomes father of a son born Tuesday with Komuth hospital in Algona noted. J J Sneger of West Bend visits family. Jimmie Walker returns from West Bend to join J T Meurer household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha West
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Irvin Obrecht
Donking Doughnuts Becomes Hopkins Family Habit
Sober Hopkins loves morning doughnuts and Ma Hopkins, curious about chocolate covered doughnuts dunked in coffee, joins in. The family debate over dunking reflects personal taste, with the mother embracing the habit after trying it herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
Ma Hopkins
Sober
Local News Roundup Captures Community Happenings
A lengthy list of social events and movements in Algona area life spans visits with relatives in Superior Keosauqua and Minneapolis, baptisms and hospital visits, bridge clubs and theatre outings, a college football game, and multiple travel plans for residents including the Doughtons and Goetz family. Community members attend funerals, surgeries, and district meetings while some relocate to San Diego and Oregon for work or housing.
Lakota Sunday Guests and School Lunch Menu Note
Lakota hosting to honor Wallace Christ with maternal grandmother Mrs Brandt and Bill Verla of Titanka attending. Glen Mabus and Paul Christ families stop by. Park hospital Mason City welcomed baby home after operation. Weeklong school lunch menu outlines daily meals from November 15 to 19 including scalloped noodles, mashed potatoes, goulash, and chicken items with milk and desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Christ
Wallace
Brandt
Bill
Verla
Titanka
Glen
Mabus
Paul Christ
Park Hospital
Mason City
Mabel Mitchell
Wedding and community notices from Ledyard area
Bread and butter and applesauce cake marked a wedding for Kath ryn Doocy and Vincent Engelby at the Catholic parsonage in Ledyard with an 8 30 a m ceremony and a noon reception in the church dining room Father Maynard officiated. Mr and Mrs Harold Kiester and two children of Elmore visited the Mussman home. Mrs Nettle Kiester returned home with them. Rev Virgil Smith brought his sister Mrs Herman Jutting home after two weeks with the Smiths. Mesdames Harry Mussman J H Warburton Emory Smith and Elles Uland attended an all day Al gona District Methodist W B S S meeting at Burt. Lakota Luckies met at Mrs C A Gutknecht home with Virginia McKean hostess and Gilda Melz presiding. 17 members answered roll call. New uniforms planned and a Christmas party committee was set. A $25 fair exhibit check was received. Ben Odland of Webster S C visited at the W D Ley home. Mr and Mrs Dick Odland and Christine were weekend guests of the Leys. A shower for Kathryn Doocy at Sacred Heart church in Ledyard drew Ted Thilges Vernon and DeVere Smith. Mr and Mrs Clarence Schwartz of Blue Earth were visitors at the Fred Schwartz and A C Klocke homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeVere Smith
Kathryn Doocy
Vincent Engelby
Ledyard
Father Maynard
Harold Kiester
Elmore
Harry Mussman
Nettle Kiester
Mussman
Virgil Smith
St. Peter
Herman Jutting
Smiths
Harry Mossman
J. H. Warburton
Emory Smith
Elles Uland
Algona District Methodist
C. A. Gutknecht
Virginia McKean
Gilda Melz
Barbara Winter
Ben Odland
Webster
S. C
W. D. Ley
Dick Odland
Christine
Leys
Ley
Mesdames
Ted Thilges
Vernon
Sacred Heart Church
Clarence Schwartz
Blue Earth
Fred Schwartz
A. C. Klocke
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Titonka
Iowa
Mattar
Advancce
Kossuth County
Titonics i
Kossuth
Canada
Wesley News
Komuth
Algona
J. T. Meurer
Mary Meurer
Whittemore
Lucian
J. J. Sneger
West Bend
J. L. Walker
Jimmile Walker
Cheryll Meurer
Arlene Arndorfer
Mrey
Inort Dodge
Mike Arndorfer
Ann Richter
Neil Gary
Philadelphia
Lois Bleich
Cedar Falls
Leo Bleich
Rebekah Lodge
Hd Dusold
Jimmie
John Richter
Dave Williams
Rochelle
Tll
Cornelius Schrauth
Geneva
Ill
Williams
Britt
Towa Press
Wssoguil
Joe Marsh
Devries Sales Company
AT Buffalo Center
Buffalo Center
Mr. Farmer
Bancroft Lakota Titanka
Burt Swea City
Armstrong Lone Rock Ringsted
Seneca Sto
Alfred McNamar
Estherville
Davis Packing Co
Ben Schrauths
Hoerstt Ackerson
Superior
Julius Ketch
Mary Eilen Ketch
Viola Studer
al Wagner
Keosauqua
Herman Heenen
St. Josephs Church
Norma Jean
Bernard Heenen
Jerry Dwyer
Rock Rapids
Mra. Margaret Benton
Kenneth Dwyer
Ernest Hutchinson
Kossuth Hospital
Bob Munson
Sherry
Bradgate
Eunice Nelson
Clear Lake
Vincent Doughan
Minneapolis
Nick Weber
Affternoon
Ed Otis
George’s Cafe
Victor Loebig
John Hutchison
L. T. Root
J. P. Studer
L. L. Lease
H. H. Raney
Albert Lea
Ann Zittritch
Albert Leach
J. A. Riggs
Laverne
E. N. Kaloplastos
Dawn
George Vitzthum
Homer Lawson
Bob
Dubuque
Loras
Kenneth Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
J. L. Haverly
Matilda Johnson
Leah
Vincent Doughans
Doohan
C. A. Lawler
Otto Henderson
Ken Fox
Foxes
San Diego
Hd Hildman
Bob Kain
Nellie Dwyer
Humboldt
Mt. Pleasant
John Freehill
Anthony Hauptman
Berksdale
Shreveport
Dun
Montana
Louis Goetz
Wim. Mayer
St. Benedict
Oregon
California
Alvin Swanson
Goetz
Frank Bleich
Chas
Mullin
Grotewold Farm
Roy B. Johnson
Towa
Titanka Bancroft
Burt _ Lakota
Estherville Rendering Service
AS McNamar, Driver
Leo Immerfall
Rosella Voigt
Alma Pearson
Clara Walker
Ralph Lindhorst
Pontiac
Honken
All McCormick Deering
Reinder Krominga
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