West Bend Journal (Newspaper) - November 18, 1948, West Bend, Iowa of History and Archives THE WEST HOME OF THE REDEmPTIOn VOLUME LXX daugh ter of and Will and Henry son of Henry Zin of West were united in holy matrimony in Lukes Lutheran church at Sunday at The Rehder performed the double ring The al tar was decorated with candel abra and bouquets of The wedding WEST IOWA 1948 ADULT EVENING SCHOOL 22 a series of ten the men and evening school The first of meetings for womens adult will Tbe held at in the West Bend public Miss Beverly West Bend homemaking announces that Home Furnish ings be the unit taught for Schafer Returned for Burial the ladies during the ten meet Pomp and Circumstance was played by Miss Carmen Miller sang 0 Perfect Love and The The given in marriage by her in a gown of white slipper satin fashioned with a fitted lace trimmed and senior length Her veil was fingertip length trimmed im English lace with a coronet of seed The bride a bouquet of yellow mums and white pom poms tied in a white satin She wore a strand of a gift from the Miss Carmen sister of the was maid of She was attired in an orchid ladies will study Planned Stor age Space for Housecleaning the Home and Can Be gown fashioned of taffeta Her bouquet was yellow and pom Miss Betty friend of the and Miss sister of the were Both wore formals yellow taffeta faille and carried bouquets of yellow and orchid Alvina sister of the and Joan cou sin of the were junior tical gowns of yellow taffeta and carried bouquets of orchid and white Raymond Zinnel attended his brother as best Ush ers were cousin of the and Harlan cousin of the The brides mother was at tired in a black suit with ac Slides on adequate storage space will be The West Bend vocational agriculture will discuss Pasture Management and Renovation at the first mens adult evening Many pastures need improved management to increase their carrying capac Soil sampling and testing will also be Following the separate meet ings a combined meeting will be held at which time a forum movie will be Colored slides and a colored movie on the Iowa Centennial Celebra tion will conclude the evening The sophomore girls will be in charge of a nur sery Parents may leave children around the age of five years or This will be conducted in the kindergarten room during each meeting this At the close of the diplomas will be given to any one who has attended seven or Benjamin Schafer was born at West Bend on the son of Schafer nee He was baptized in the name of the Triune God on July at confirmation took place in Peace Lutheran West His Ahe on August In he was in ducted into the armed He received his training in to corsage of match and wore a pink The grooms mother was unable to attend due to Rehder played March for the Following the a I reception was church Seeley and Gilbert Bleck wenn were dining room host Table waitresses were Howard Lois LaVon Doris and Eleanor Bleckwenn and Betty Out of town guests were and Henry and and Arnold Zinnel and and Arthur and Ray mond and Henry and George Wichtendahl and more of the ten Spec ial recognition will be given to attendance Everyone In the community is cordially invited JOURNAL ISSUES ON WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK November is Thanksgiving The Journal will be in the mail on Wednesday Please advance your news and adver tising one day earlier to make this Thank PAST MATRONS CLUB MET LAST FRIDAY The Past Matrons Club met held in the I at the home of Frank Koch the afternoon of family and all of Herman Wichten West Bend Sixteen members were The hostess served a delicious lunch after which the presi Joe conducted a business Entertain ment was in charge of The prize for being the best actress was awarded to The next meeting will at the frome of Walton THANK YOU John Zinnel of Worthing and Sd Zinnel and family and and Donald Usher and family of Ottosen and Louis Zinnel and family of Cylinder and Eilt Hundertmark and daughter of Mallard and Art Zinnel of Rod man Margerite of Emmetsburg and Arthur Kember and family of Dows and Ervin See ley of Marshalltown Orrin Bratrude Rine hard Beisel and Betty and Har old of Mason The bride is a graduate the of with the Fenton school the class of The groom attended West Bend Following a short wedding they will be at home on a farm 3 miles west and mile south of West I wish to thank my many friends for the lovely calls and fruit during my recent Harry Texas and In Jan uary of he was sent to The family was noti fied that he died in Holland on November 25 after having been wounded in Germany on No vember The body arrived Tuesdays morning by train accompanied hy Warren of La as Military guard of can Legion met the train and accompanied the body to tho Schutter Funeral Short services were conducted by the Krause with mili tary services at the cemetery by the local The pall bearers were Or ville Lawrence Fred Harold Delbert Gordon Ander sen and Eddie Honor ary pall bearers were Gilbert Donald Ron aid Dale Ivan Fredrickson aW Merle CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank the rela friends and neighbors for the floral offerings at the ser vices for our son and Benjamin also the American the and Legion for their part in Schafer PUBLIC SALE DATES sale on 1 mile west and south of West Carl Mumford is the His ad appears in this Sale of household goods Sat Ad In this is sale miles south and east of West Complete sale of farm Ad in next The Annual Fall Rally of the Algona District Senior High Fellowship was held at the new Clarion Methodist church last Sunday afternoon and 3ver 300 youth were at this Eleven members COMMERCIAL CLUB MET MONDAY EVE Regular monthly meeting of the West Bend Commercial Club was held at the Franklin Hotel last Monday Helen Claiborne had several students from the High School who have been cast in the operetta The Belle of Bar and short skits of the several acts were shown to the From the we would say it will be worth your while to attend the operetta tonight Thursday if you did not attend last Two members of trie State Highway Patrol were present to show safety films and also gave an interesting talk on Driving Education in local suggested it as a very worthwhile objective for the local school in West The will be the Christmas Party on December of the local group were in at NOTICE No meat will be taken in at the Looker Plant without ap West Bend The church was the scene of a beautiful wedding on Sunday November when Miss Florence daughter of and be came the bride of William son of and Reverend John per formed the impressive double ring ceremony before an altar decorated with Pre ceding the Lester Benninger sang ac companied by Helen Clai jorne at the who also the wedding rom Lohengrin and sers The who marched to the altar on the arm of her was dressed in a white satin gown with a sweetheart fitted pointed sleeves and an overskirt and train of Her veil of net was held in place by white Her only jewelry was a strand of a of the and she carried a bouquet of lavendar She Was attended by her sis Miss Laura who wore a floor length dress of pink with a veil of pink net held place by pearls Her bouquet was white carna The groom was attended by his Max Mauck of Both wore brown with white carnation Ushers were Keith Ballard and The mother of the bride chose a tan suit black ac and wore a corsage of yellow The mother of the groom was dressed in a wore a corsage of After the which was witnessed by a large group of relatives and friends of the contracting a reception was held in thechurch parlors which were tastefully decorat ed in the brides chosen colors of pink and A wedding topped by a min bride and served as the centerpiece on the which was covered by a rayon damask tablecloth loaned by the brides Ernest for the After the was cut by the bride and groom it was served by Leo Sanders of Esther while Lyle Ballard and Myron Boos Assisting with the serving were Ray Watson and Russell Miss Elsie Maberry assisted the couple in unwrapping the numerous lov ely Rifts which they received as mementoes of the happy The new and Mauck left late in the afternoon on a honeymoon trip to variou points in the The bride graduated from the local high school with the class of and has since been as sisting in Bills The groom graduated from the Estherville high school in after which he enlisted in the Navy and served fourteen Following his dis charge from he attend ed Junior College in Esther ville for one He then purchased a Cafe in West Bend which he has operated The young couple are highly respected by all who know and they have many friends who wish them every happiness in their married Out of town guests at the wedding included and Mrs Lorenzo Smith of Britt Allen Erickson and Caro lyn Ann of Fern Bards ey of Mason City Frey and of Winter set Miss Cora and Martin Lenna Miss Barbara and James and Mrs Robert and Honored At PreNuptial Showers Miss Florence Zaugg honored guest at a prenuptial shower which was held at the hall on November The room was decorated in pink and with a pink and white umbrella cleverly arranged over the gift Miss Delia Mae Maberry had charge of the entertainment which was greatly enjoyed by the after which the opened her numer ous lovely and useful Re were served by the consisting of Mrs Myron Bonn Miss Elsie Miss Delia Miss Clara George Russell Doyle and Lyle Out of town guests were Leo Sanders Mildred Golla and Lenna aM of Miss Norma Bachman was honored at a prenuptial show er at the home of Bennie Metzger Thursday The evening was spent playing Norma Bachman won high prize and Betty Ketelsen won The re beautiful At the close of the a delicious lunch was Those pre sent were Norma and Verene Bonnie and Patty Alvina Bern Richard Metzger Ernie Schaller and Bennie A miscellaneous shower was Miss Betty Reinen at basement Sunday afternoon at two Buco was played for enter with Lawrence Collman winning high Lee Ann Hanselman and Walter chair After tbe Miss assisted by Jean Balge Lorene Bleuer and De lores opened many beautiful and useful Lunch was then served by the hostesses John Henry Earn Harry Herbert Balgeman and Fred Miss Reinen will be married Sunday November at seven in the Lutheran NUMBER I HO VIT On November Miss Bcr nice of Carroll daughter of and John became the bride of Duane son of and Isaac Rohovit of The marriage took place in West Bend with tho Greving performing the double ring Miss Maxine sister of the was and friend of the acted as boat The bride wore a melon col ored suit with black accessories and wore flowers of Pompon white The bridesmaid wore a grey with accessories and wore a corsage of Pompon yel low The test man their father wore white carna tion The moth ers wore corsages of white gardenias and red The groom wore a brown suit and the best wore a navy blue suit with white The bride is a graduate of the West Bend high school with the class of and graduated from the school of nursing at Carroll in Later she took a special course of tho nose and throat at Wisconsin and For the past two years she has been at the Carroll Medical The groom graduated from the Jefferson high school ana attended college at Notre He is now state high way After the they went to Hotel where a dinner was served to relatives and friends of the A three decorated in the brides chosen colors of yellow and green and topped with a bride and decorated the center of the A reception was held at the home of the brides parents in the The couple will be at home after a trip at A miscellaneous shower was held Sunday afternoon at the Casino in honor of Miss Norma The afternoon was spent playing quiz Tom Carl Elsen bast and Ernie Schaller won Delores Shea won door The re many lovely She will become the bride of Wil lard Schuller of Mallard No vember 24 at at Sta Peter and Pauls STORES TO CLOSE THANKSGIVING DAY All stores in West Bend are closed all day Bend Commercial MEETING BAY VIEW CLUB NOTES Bay View Club met at the home of Tues day Members re at roll call by giving A Believe It Or Not Happen read an article If Winter Caught Your Home and Miller read from the So Dear to My Heart by Sterling will meet 30 with met at the Vohs home November The pres ident being the vice called the meeting to Roll call was answered by 21 Cleal read from the Blue The Thanks giving Boevers Thanksgiving Dor weiler and put on by Paul Mikes and Mildred Lunch was served by the host Club meets 30th with OWN AND COUNTRY QUIZ BROADCAST Leo and El mer and Ar nold Mildred Jim Floyd Dean Babe Henley and Jack all of Esther ville and Joe Zaugg of Mal CLAY RUSK Dont forget the Town and Country Quiz Broadcast at the high school gym next day