News: Unity (04 Jul 1968)

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Surnames: Wiedenhoeft, DePee, Erenstein, Kopps, Paschke, Martens, Burnett, Neitzel, Fitschett, Roth, Wydeven, Fischer, Johnson, Hedin, Sutherland, Hebert, Borchardt, Kann, Cook, Mabbott, Fleming, Thayer, Lynn, Best, Greening, Ravy, Clark, Mellenthin, Herrick, Domer, Parsons, Weber, Jezior, Binning, Owens

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 04 Jul 1968

Late Sunday afternoon guests at the Gilbert Wiedenhoeft home were Mr. and Mrs. DePee of St. Pancras, North Holland, and Mr. and Mrs. Jan Erenstein of Minneapolis.

Mr. and Mrs. DePee are the parents of Mrs. Jan Erenstein, who was the AFS Dutch counselor at the time. Miss Anita Wiedenhoeft was an AFS student in Holland.

In the evening they visited at the Gerald Kopps home, where they could see how a farm is operated in this country.

Mr. and Mrs. DePee left Monday morning for their home in Holland, and the Erensteins returned to Minneapolis.

Mr. and Mrs. Gust Paschke, owner of Wilderness Campers, entertained their employees and wives at a dinner Saturday evening at K Corners, Loyal.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Martens, Joe of Brentwood, Tenn., and children Rene, Don, and John were Thursday dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Matilda Burnett and Herman Martens.

Weekend guests at the home of Mrs. Matilda Burnett were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Martens, Cornucopia, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Martens of Ladysmith, Mrs. Susan Neitzel and Mrs. Margaret Fitchett of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Martha Martens of Junction City. On Saturday afternoon and evening they all attended the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Roth.

Mrs. Henry Wydeven of Marshfield was a Sunday caller at the home of Mrs. Matilda Burnett.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fischer attended the ordination of Gary Fischer at Siegel on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Loren Johnson of Minneapolis arrived Sunday evening at the Forest Johnson home. They will spend the week visiting friends and relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson and family, Milwaukee, arrived Sunday and are spending a few days at the Emil Johnson home.

Mr. and Mrs. Arlyn Hedin and family of Des Plaines, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hedin of Wis. Rapids spent Sunday at the Rev. Robert Sutherland home.

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Heber were at Woodruff on Friday to get their daughter, Sister Betty, who had spent the week at Marywood Lodge at a retreat. She returned to La Crosse on Sunday. Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hebert and Sister Betty visited at the Clem Weis and John Borchardt homes in Stratford.

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hebert attended the wedding of their niece, Miss Cynthia Kann, at Wis. Rapids, on Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Cook, Medford, Mr. and Mrs. B.W. Mabbott and the Rev. and Mrs. R.J. Fleming of Marshfield visited Sunday afternoon at the Graham Thayer Lazy Acres, at Hixton.

Mr. and Mrs. Russel Lynn and family spent the weekend at the Gordon Lynn home. They attended the class reunion of 1958 of the Colby High School held at the Gas Lite at Medford on Saturday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Best and family of Billings, Mont., returned home Monday after visiting a week at the Paul Greening home, and with other relatives in the vicinity.

Mrs. George Cook, Mrs. Clarence Ravy, Mrs. Francis Clark and Mrs. Frank Mellenthin of Spencer visited on Sunday at the Harold Mellenthin home in Beaver Dam. On their return, Mrs. Clark stayed at Montello to visit her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Herrick.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Domer spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the S.A. Cook home, Medford. Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Parsons of Boston, Mass., and their granddaughters, Debbie and Lois Parsons of Marshall, Mo, also were guests.

Wednesday dinner guests of Mrs. Walter Cook were Mrs. Alice Weber, Eugene Weber and Sister Plato of Campbellsport, and Sister Carol of Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jezior of Morton Grove, Ill., were Thursday visitors at the Clifford Binning home.

On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Binning and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Binning and family, and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Owens and family, attended a Binning get-together at Lazy Acres, Hixton.

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cook and son of St. Paul arrived Saturday at the Calvin Cook home. In the evening they attended the class reunion of 1958, of which Dennis was a member, at the Gas Lite Club at Medford. Their son, Christopher, is staying at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Cook.