Henry News – November 19, 2007
Mark
Oachs, Mankato, MN, Paul Caldwell and Tom Kos of Omaha, NE
arrived Friday morning and spent the weekend at the Terry Kos home and enjoyed
a weekend of pheasant hunting. John Henricks, rural
Waverly joined them on Saturday and remained for supper. Additional guests on Friday evening were
Brian and Kathy DeJong and family of Watertown and on Saturday afternoon Karen and
Liz Henricks, rural Waverly were callers.
Alice Bruns was host on Tuesday evening
to the United Methodist Women. The group made plans for the annual fruit
baskets to be distributed at Christmas time. Judy Kos will host the December 12th
meeting of the group.
Donna
Kittelson spent Thursday through Saturday at the Dave McNeil home in Warner.
Hayley and Travis Goodall spent last
Wednesday afternoon with their grandparents Fain and Roxanne Geiger.
Joan Boehnke enjoyed the SDSU/Montana
Men’s BB game in Brookings Saturday evening. She was a guest of John Boehnke.
Patti
McElroy and Brian Nicholson of Pinckney,
Michigan are spending the week at
the Don and Rose McElroy home.
Fain
and Roxanne Geiger went to Miller last Friday to visit with Roxanne’s parents,
Louis and Mardella Gortmaker.
In honor of Mardella’s birthday the family enjoyed
supper out. On their return home on Saturday Fain and Roxanne stopped in
Hitchcock to visit with Roxanne’s cousin, Phillip and Jodi Oechsle.
Matt
Bastian of Milbank spent the weekend at the Ron Bastian home.
Anita
Abraham, rural Hazel, Phyllis Kittelson, Watertown
and Donna Kittelson enjoyed lunch out on Wednesday.
Hudson
Engels, four month old son of Troy and SeLena Engels underwent heart surgery this past week at Children’s Northwestern-Abbott Hospital
in Minneapolis.
Little Hudson did so well in his recovery he was
able to return to his Watertown
home on Monday.
Barb Hartley spent from Thursday until
Saturday in Sioux Falls
attending the State Volleyball Tournament.
Her niece, Kelli Wiedebush, daughter of Randy
and Carol Wiedebush, was a member of the Warner team
that won the State B championship.
Joan Boehnke attended the November
meeting of the Courier Classics 4-H Club Sunday evening.
Nicky
and Trinity Watson, Bonita Sharp and Nicole and Karli
Sharp attended The Holiday Festival of Trees and the appearance of Santa at the
Event Center on Saturday afternoon. Later they
attended the Watertown Town Player’s production of The Best Christmas Pageant
Ever at the Watertown Community Theater.
A
week ago Saturday, Ken and Sally Luvaas traveled to Lennox to help Mark Luvaas with
a remodeling project. Russell Luvaas joined Ken and
Mark also. Sally enjoyed spending the day with her granddaughters, Madelynn and Megan.
Calvin
and Lois Schoepp attended the Farmers/Businessmen’s
Banquet in Watertown
on Thursday evening.
Last
Sunday afternoon, Kellie and Anthony Purintun enjoyed
an afternoon of hunting with Fain and Roxanne Geiger.
April
and Brynn Flemming of Aurora spent the weekend
at the Tim and Lori Page home. Adam Page of Brookings joined the family for
Sunday dinner.
Dave
McNeill of Warner was a Friday overnight guest at the Floyd and Donna Kittelson
home.
Joan Boehnke was among those who brought
supper into Todd and Brenda Jenkins’s home in Clark
Tuesday evening.
Saturday
evening Ken and Sally Luvaas and Russell Luvaas along with his fiancé, Cate
Baumberger, joined Cate’s
parents for supper at the Royal Fork in Sioux
Falls. They returned home later in the evening.
Ron
and Peggy Bastian attended the Dakota Wesleyan basketball game at Mitchell on
Saturday evening. Emily Bastian is a member of the Junior Varsity team.
Sunday
morning, John Luvaas phoned from Milwaukee, WI
and reported that their ground was covered with snow.
Lynn
and Barb Hartley and Adam and Laci Hartley and family joined other family members for an
early Thanksgiving at the home of Anna Harley, rural Garden City.
On Saturday, Ken and Sally Luvaas
joined the Arbogast family in helping Sally’s
grandmother, Irene Arbogast celebrate her 104th
birthday with cake and ice cream. The
event was hosted by Irene’s son, Darrell Arbogast and
his wife, Carol, and daughter and son-in-law, Cleta
and Jim Lentsch of Salem.
Several friends and grandchildren enjoyed the time with Irene. Irene and his husband lived in the Elrod area
during the thirties. Irene and her husband, Mike also owned and operated the
Sunnyside Supper Club at Lake Kampeska along with the
Phillips brothers for a few years. Later
in the evening Ken and Sally joined Jim and Cleta Lentsch and daughter, Jody and husband, Mike for supper in Watertown.
Hayley and Travis Goodall spent Friday
afternoon and Saturday afternoon with Roxanne Geiger.
Danny
and Bonita Sharp joined Don Keyes of Blaine, MN, Bob Gergen and Betty Keyes
of Clark for supper in Clark Sunday evening.
Lois
Schoepp visited Harold Nipe
and Lola Alexander at Wookey’s Assistant Living in Clark on Sunday.
Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Sandal of Phillip, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nelson, Des
Moines, IA, Mr. and Mrs. Don Roe,
Hazel, Phyllis Kittelson, Watertown, Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Kittelson, Floyd and Donna Kittelson and Albert Kittelson enjoyed
supper out in Watertown
on Saturday evening. Later several of
the group had pie and coffee at the home of Phyllis Kittelson.
Arlen
Swedeen returned to his home on Saturday. Wesley and Betty Holida
and LeRay and Andrea Swedeen
are among those that have visited with him since his return.
Gordy and Loydeen Van Sickle returned home
on Saturday evening after spending a week at Branson, MO.
They also visited the Precious Moments Chapel and Park at Carthage, MO.
Jerry
Raasch of Castlewood was a Sunday visitor at the Joe
and Elsie Young home.
Bryan
Varilek visited Lois Stern, rural Clark
on Sunday. Lois has recently undergone
surgery.
The
Henry Fire Department was called to a grass fire early Tuesday morning
southwest of Henry.
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