Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-03
OTTER CREEK CLIPPINGS.

Election OF SuO-OlreCCOrS next week
Monday. Attend the polls.
7 Walter Kratz departed for Grand
Rapids, North Dakota, the fore part OF
last week, to work for his brother-in-
law, Reinhart Haakenson, the coming
season.
]. j. Kreitzer and son Leonard were
pleasant Cresco callers last week We'd
nesday
! Rev. w. A. Scholer, of Cresco, made
q pleasant call at the C. Schild and
Theo. Kratz homes last Saturday, going
from here to Locust to hold preaching
services next day.
/ Winfield KratZ was a pleasant bust
ness caller at Cresco last week one day.
Hattie Kratz arrived home from
Golden Ridge last week Monday where
she had been several days visiting her
sister, Mrs. Louis Walter.
DR.. Precious, veterinary of Cresco,
made number of professional calls
through here the past week.
MIR. and Mrs. Winfield Kratz had
their little girls christened the other
Sunday, Rev. w. A. Scholer of Cresco
performing the rite.
A number of neighbors of Soukups
assisted them to saw wood last week
one day.
Herbert Mealy made pleasant call
on his chum and schoolmate, Ralph
Schild, last week Saturday.
John Aegerter was listed with the
sick fore part of the week.
No services were held at the German
M. E. Church last Sunday owing to the
fact so many of the members were alb
sent attending quarterly meeting at
Canoe, near DEBORAH.
Aegerter's folks were saving wood
one day last week, number of neigh
bors assisting them.
Alfred Peter, ST., had horse injured
SO badly that required the service of a
veterinary.
Joe Sobolik was saving wood last
week Saturday, neighbors assisting
him.
A number of the members of the
German M. E. Church went to Locust
to attend the quarterly meeting held
there Sunday.
Ross Kirschnan, student at Valdez
College at DEBORAH, made a pleasant
visit under the parental roof Sunday.
MIR. Wheeler, a we'll known resident
Of Ridgeway for many years, passed
away last week one day. During his
latter years he was deprived of his
sight, and that with old age and dis
ease made his declining hours rather
sad.
Our boys and girls who had the meas
take up their educational duties.
Albert Aegerter made pleasant call
on his friend Ross Kirschman last Sum
day afternoon.
A number attended the farmers
meeting at Cresco last Tuesday.
Chris Haakenson and family expect
to move to DEBORAH this week to make
that city their future home.
Carl Goocher spent last Tuesday at
the Ed Dunneman home in Howard
county.
A school meeting was held in Ridge
way Wednesday to discuss the matter
of Capitalization of schools and other
important matters.
Mrs. Ernest Bergman has been on
the sick list of late.
John Aegerter visited his daughter
in Sumner, Ia, the other week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Koch assisted Mr..
and Ed Wiedaman in moving last week.
Mrs. Robt. Vopava and baby Eileen
visited at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Amel Koch, last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Demo Kratz visited with
his brother Rollie in Sumner twp. last
Tuesday.
Nettie Koch is spending this week
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Ridgeway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Haakenson left
for DEBORAH last Wednesday to visit
friends and relatives.
Eddie Wagner is working at the Goth
farm during the absence of Mr.. Robin
son, who is in Chicago.
Albert Aegerter visited his friend
James Soukup the other Sunday.
Bertha Halwig, of Cresco, visited her
friend Elsie Bergman last Monday and
attended the dance in Ridgewsy in the
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wiedaman Wis
tied Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Koch last Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Haakensan re-
turned from DEBORAH last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ro'lie Kratz Sundayed
with home folks the other Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haakenson re-
turned to Ridgeway Sunday evening,
after visiting friends and relatives for
several weeks in Minnesota and Dakota.
Roy Koch and sister Nettie were
pleasant afternoon callers at the Christ
Haakenson home last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Robinson accom-
panied the formers mother to Chicago
last Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Albertson and son
Carl visited with the latter's parents
last Monday.
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