Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-12-21
COUNTY NEWS
OTTER CREEK.

Mr.. and Mrs Charley Glass of Fl
A tkinson, and Theo. Kratz and family
dined with Mike KratZ and family Sun
day spending the afternoon together
also.
Santa Claus is scheduled to arrive
here next week Monday evening. Give
him royal welcome.
Whitfield Kratz was pleasant caller
at Crcsco last Sunday afternoon.
An,el Koch and daughters, Leons
and ] zzle were pleasant shoppers a,
Ridg. = ay last week Monday.
Jarrs Soukup and brother Joe were
saving wood for Carl Haakenson las
week Thursday.
Albert Soukup is staying with his
brother Joe these days.
Harry Wiedeman was a pleasant
business caller at Spillville, last waek
Friday forenoon.
Wagner Bros. were saving wood fol-
Harry Wiedeman last week Friday at
ternoon.
Joe Vopava, Jr., returned home from
Chicago other week Sunday where he
had been for sometime sojournine
among friends, relatives and acquaint.
ances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amel Koch, sons Roy
! and Fred spent last week Thursday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haakenson.
The men assisting Carl at saving wood
and Mrs. K. assisting with the dinner.
Joe Vopava, ST., family, Robert Vo-
pava and Frank Sobolik, family and
Mrs. John Krall autoed to Cresco last
week Tuesday to do some shopping.
Theo. Kratz assisted his son Rolf. at
butchering last week Saturday.
Alma Kuntz arrived home from
Cresco, last week, where she had been
for some time recovering from re-.
cent operation.
Mrs. Mike Kratz, who has been Wis
iting her daughters, Mesdames Lewis
and Leonard Walter of Florenceville,
Howard Co., few weeks, returned
home latter part of last week.
Mrs. Harry Wiedeman expects to
spend the coming holidays with friends
and relatives at Batesville, Ind.
MIR. and Mrs. Charley Glass of Fl.
Atkinson have been visiting relatives,
etc., in this vicinity the past week or
so.
The Win Kratz school has received
new teacher and resumed its session
Monday of this week.
MIR. and Mrs. Rollie Kratz were pleas
ant callers on relatives, etc., at Ridge
way other Sunday afternoon.
Theo. Kratz was pleasant business
caller at Cresco, fore part of last week
w. E. Wiedeman received tele-
gram last week from Indiana, stating
that his father had passed away.
Theo. Kratz and son Rollie were
saving wood for G.. Schild last week
Monday and Tuesday.
Services at Evangelical Church next
Sunday as follows: S. s. at 10 a. M,
followed by prayer meeting. In the
evening at regular hour Rev. W. G.
Lang Of Waterloo will conduct quarter
ly meeting services. Come.
TWIN VILLAGES
We have been having some real win
ter weather the past two weeks; IL to
"a degrees below zero nearly every
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ludwig were
callers at Erwin Ludwig's home on
Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. J. T. Drummond, Clara
Dell Wickham and Will Heisterkamp
were Cresco callers on Tuesday after
noon.
Lost-Strayed or Stolen-The Granger
barber returned from Lacrosse on
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Clara johnson, of Park Rapids,
Ia, with her brother, Roy Dempwolf,
visited at the Rich Kreuger home the
past week.
Clara Heisterkamp spent the past
week visiting her many friends at Har-
mony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Serfling and babe
visited at the home of George Grcote-
boer on Wednesday.
Gust Knuth and Albert Ludwig were
business callers at Harmony on Wed
nesday.
Lester Painter, of Cresco, was
business caller in our Villages on We'd
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Sims, Frank Da-
mon and r r. Crowell were business
callers at Cresco on Thursday.
Gust Kneuth wishes to inform his old
customers that he is saving wood at
the same price as last year.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Heisterkamp
were business callers at Cresco on
Thursday
Roy Ludwig has been drayman the
past week while his father has been
taking in dressed poultry.
Mrs. Herman Brink and son Clarence
were at Lime Springs on Friday hav-
ing dental work done.
Art Copeman and Willie Henry re-
turned from Prairie du Chen an Satur-
day after two weeks treatment.
r. r. Crowell went to Preston on
Saturday afternoon for load of Pres
ton flour for E. F. Sims.
Henry Bastian had dental work done
at Lsme Springs on Friday.
Ed Brink, Frank Henry, Bert Rich
ards and Jack Jacobson were Cresco
callers on Saturday.
Mrs. Ruth Crowell has been on the