Iowa Old Press
Dayton Review
Dayton, Webster co. Iowa
Thursday, August 11, 1927
Local
Ed N. Nordholm and family of Gowrie drrove over here last
Saturday evening to call on his brother, Roy B. Nordholm and
enjoy the Hawkeye Band concert.
Mrs. A.C Stoughton and daughter Sheila left yesterday morning for
Valley Springs, South Dakota, where she was called by the serious
illness of her father, Milton Wright.
Miss Bernice Bakker of Shell Lake, Wisconsin, came down Friday of
last week to visit at the home of her aunt, Mrs. E.L. Rufer, and
her uncles, Roy, Otis and Emil Olson of Burnside township.
Mrs. W.D. Smith went over to Callender Wednesday of last week to
spend the day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hilmer Hanson.
Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Rankin and daughter Myrtle left last Thursday
in their car for Mountain View, Missouri, where they are making
an extended visit at the home of their daughter there. They
expect to be gone around two months.
Frank Ekstrand of Chicago arrived here last Saturday from
Lohrville, where he had been visiting. He had been down to
Peabody, Kansas visiting his sister, Mrs. A.B. Kinney, formerly
of this place. He reported his brother, John Ekstrand, quite
feeble now at his home in San Jose, California.
Sanford Johnson is taking a week's vacation from his drrug store
duties and he and his wife left in their car for an overland trip
to Minnesota. They will visit Mr. Johnson's brother, Rev. Warner
Johnson at Austin, and from there to St. Paul and Bemidiji,
returning by way of Duluth. Audrey Eslick of Madrid is in charge
of the drug store during the proprietor's absence. - Stratford
Courier
Thorne, Freed and Olson Family Reunion
Last Sunday the second annual reunion of the Thorne,
Freed and Olson families was held in Oak Park, south of town. In
1868, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Peterson emigrated to this country and
were accompanied by their three daughters. The youngest, now Mrs.
C.A. Olson, came directly to Dayton with them, while the other
two daughters stopped in Chicago, where they remained two years
before coming on to join the family here. Later these three
sisters went to Marshalltown, where they were married and made
their homes for a time, then came to Dayton.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Freed, Mrs. I.M. Thorne, and C.A. Olson,
with Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, have passed into the Beyond. Mrs.
C.A. Olson and I.M. Thorne are the only two left representing the
older generation.
There were four generations represented, about eighty being
present. A fine picnic dinner was served and the day spent in
social visiting and renewing old reminiscences. All enjoyed a
delightful day together.
Those present were the families of I. M. Thorne, Carl Thorne,
J.A. Cling, Gust Ecklund, A.T. Swenson; Clarence, John, Ernest
and Martin Freed and families; Mrs. C.A. Olson and son Emil; and
the families of Earl Manchester, Mrs. Myrtle Higgins, Henry
Abrahamson and Verne Miller; also from a distance came Mr. and
Mrs. E.E. Mollenhoff and daughter Dorothy of Stanton; Mrs.
Gilbert Lindstedt and her daughter Lucile and son Donald of
Marshalltown; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley R. Peterson and children of
Pilot Mound; and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Olson and family of Fort
Dodge.
Lindquist Family Reunion
The second annual reunion of the Lindquist family was
held last Sunday in Oak Park, Dayton, some ninety-six of the
family relatives enjoying a very delightful time together. Just
at the dinner hour, the shower dorve them nto the shelter of
their autos for a half hour or so, but that over, the day came
out happy again, and the splendid dinner was enjoyed by everyone.
A business session was held, selecting the following officers for
the ensuing year: Miss Hilma Holmstrom, Harcourt, Pres.; Mrs.
F.W. Lindquist, Gowrie, Vice-Pres.; Mrs. Oscar Abrahamson,
Dayton, Sec'y and F.L. Burkgren, Dayton, Treas.
Among those present were: Mrs. J.L. Burkgren, Ed. Frank and
Martin; Mr. and Mrs. Axel Gustafson, Delmore, Viola, Raymond and
Lillian; Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Anderson, Helen, Margaret and
Dorothy; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Abrahamson; Mr. and Mrs. Obed
Burkgren, Omar, Marvin, Donald, Calvin, Wilma and Kathryn; Mr.
and Mrs. Alf Danielson, Lester, Ruth, Wilbert, Edgar, Vern and
Ruby; and Mrs. J.E. Richey, Dale and Dwain - all of Dayton. Mr.
and Mrs. J.P. Holmstrom and daughter Hilma; Mr. and Mrs. J. Alf
Holmstrom, Harold, Gladys and Martha Louise; C. Albin Johnson;
Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Samuelson, Harvey, Carl, Mildred and Doris; Mr.
and Mrs. Gabriel Danielson, Harvey, Stanley, Everett and
Florence; and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Danielson - all of Harcourt.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Lindquist, Marjorie and Doris; Mr. and Mrs. F.
W. Lindquist and Maurice; Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Lindquist and Arthur,
Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Johnson, Clare and Joyce - all of
Gowrie. Misses Sara and Mary LIndquist; Mr. and Mrs. G.L.
Lindquist and C. Oliver Lindquist - all of Fort Dodge. John
Rudebeck, Ed. Rudebeck and Louise, Fred and Amanda Rudebeck - all
of Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson, Minneapolis; Mrs. Elmer
Cask, Esther, Harold and Reuben, and Miss Lydia Lundblad - all of
Orion, Ill. Mrs. Oscar Hanson, Moline, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Johnson, Lois and Earl and Norma Norman, Kansas City, Kansas.
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