West Bend Journal (Newspaper) - December 20, 1979, West Bend, Iowa lot A 50200 THE WEST USPS 674980 Volume XC NUMBERS West Bend Journal page 1 December 1979 Home OF THE Santas Coming JouRn Most Stores in West Bend will be open and Saturday and 22 till Santa Claus will visit West Bend on 22nd at the Fire Station where there will also be free movies and prizes for The Adult drawing is at on Main Last weeks names of the winners for the childrens drawing was not Winners in the adult drawing were 1r John Art Frieden and Richard Brown all of West THE LEO LUDWIGS CELEBRATE THEIR 55TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY and Leo of celebrated their 55th Wedding Anniversary on Thurs day evening at their Those helping them celebrate were and Walt Ulrich of Lilly Weber and Ruth of Gene Wallace of Leo of Deveraux of and Ludwig and and Ludwig all of There were three tables of 500 played during the A beautifully decorated 55th anniversary cake was enjoyed by This was brought by their The Ludwigs received many money and gifts for this memorable ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT AND APPROACHING MARRIAGE Truelsen of Pine Blossom Florida announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their Jenet Joseph Marion son of and Jerry Hattaway of The is a graduate of Florida and Is attending the University of Flor in where she is maj The bridegroom is a graduate of High Pensa arid of he in Computer Science in the College of Presently he is employed by United Energy in The couple will be married January 5th at the Westminster Presbyterian in Jenet is the daughter and p V Plr I h m M t Dale THE SAM HONORED ON 55TH ANNIVERSARY and Sam were honored by their children on their 55th wedding an 14th when they all met at Charlies Supper Club in Algona for supper and visiting Those present were and Larry Berninghaus of and of and Robert of Eagle and Marvin of Fort and Calvin of and Duane and and Art both of and Harlen Bonnstetter and and Terry Schafer both of West Martin Es Carl Meyer and Aurel Montgomery all from Fred Williams of Estherville and Kenneth of Dakota Nebraska were not able to BRINKMAN NATIVE TO CARRY TORCH Kansas While many are begining to turn their thoughts to at least one Emporia State coed has been thinking about it since early last Julie a graduate student in the division of physical and athletics at is one of 52 will be running a a mile relay carrying the torch that will be used to light the Olympic torch to start of the 13th Winter Games in Lake New York in a native of is a resident of Nebraska and will be representing the people of that state in the Each the District of village of Lake Placid will be After an outstanding athletic career at Wayne State Nebraska and her graduation in transferred to EState to pursue her masters Since leaving athletics as an active the 23year old took up running to stay in I was really worried about Staying in shape so I started running a Now I run about five to six miles a Brinkman But she does not run so she can compete Ito graces like so many of todays avid joggers Ive been running for a long time but I running for a she toga out arid Brinkman learned of the relay through an advertisement in a runners magazine and she and a friend decided last By Brinkman had learned she was one of the five finalists from During her spring break from classes in Brinkman and the other finalista went to Denver where the selections were She learned of her final selection in early The 52 evenly split among men and is a diverse group in age and They range in age from 16 to 56 and the group includes home and a former Olympic bobsled The people that are running are not the the national champions and the Brinkman They are just people that enjoy With the aid of the torch will be flown from Greece to for the relay The following a planned begins 1 and ends at Lake Placid February four days prior to the start of the Xm 1980 marks the return of the Games to Lake Placid for the second time and only the third time the Winter Olympics have been staged in the United Each runner will run no less than three miles per day while carrying the The group will be joined by local jogging clubs as they weave their way through five states and the District of Perhaps the biggest thrill for two of the relay runners will come minutes before the opening of the they are to carry the flame into the stadium and light the torch that will burn throughout the 10 days of the The 62 runners will help in different ways Games before returning to their homes with all the thrills memories the four weeks Brinkman points is one of the biggest thrills of her Not a for someone who to stay in shape and on a magazine KATHY HERZBERG CONSECRATED AS DEACONESS Kathy Herzberg was consecrated as a Deaconess on November at at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Oak Deaconess Kathy is the grand daughter of and Fred Blank of West The service centered around the celebration of Holy Com and the rite of Pastor Chuck Conner of Oak Grove was the and officiant while Pastor Terry Herzberg of New Jersey preached the sermon Timm and Steve who read the Scripture lessons of Psalm 27 and Romans Deaconess Susie who pinned the Deaconess Deaconess Bonnie who presented the Deaconess and Rhonda the Special music was provided by Burbrink and the Youth Following the service was a reception and dinner of family and friends hosted by Kathys and Paul Herzberg of Grain Out of town guests included Fred and Laverne Blank of the Ray family of and Jennifer Herzberg of New Dave Herzberg of and Steve Herzberg of Deaconess Kathy is a 1979 graduate of Valparaiso Indiana where the Lutheran Deaconess Association is whose motto is Faith and Service in serve in various minis tries nursing mental inner and foreign Requirements of the deaconess program include two years of attendance at a major in and a year of practical EARLY ARRIVAL NEWS ADS WOULD BE APPRECIATED Due to Christmas and New Years on Tuesday this yen we would appreciate all news tend ads by Monday afternoon if possible or at least by 10 Wednesday Anything after this time may not get Thank you for your co The Journal Office UNDA FUERSTENAU TO TOUR AUSTRALIA Storm Iowa A West Bend High School graduate is one of 18 Buena Vista College students who will travel to Australia daring the January interim leaving Los Angeles 31 and returning to States February HART TO RECEIVE BIOCHEMISTRY DEGREE Michael son of and Edward Hart of Santa California is one of 48 students who will receive de grees at the University of Nebraska Medical Centers win ter commencement exercises December at at the College of Nursings Cooper Auditorium jn Those degrees being conferred by Chancellor Neal include four doctor of medicine nine doctor of philosophy one doctor of pharmacy five master of science 19 master of science in nursing one bachelor of science in medicine five bachel or of science in nursing three bachelor of science in health services administration and one bachelor of science in the physician assistant Hart will receive his Master of Science Degree in He is presently in his second year in medical Linda daughter of and Robert Fuerstenau of rural will be missing New Years Eve this year as she travels across the international Travelers across the dateline lose 24 The group will tour Nadi in and Melbourne in and Pago Pago in American Highlights of the trip include visiting the Aboriginal Art the Sidney Opera House one of the architectural wonders qf the and the West 80TH BIRTHDAY OPEN HOUSE FOR HULDA ROGGOW There will be an Operi House for Hulda 80th birth day at Peace Lutheran Church December 30th from The Honoree requests no 252 ALGONA NATIVITY SCENE OPEN TO PUBLIC The internationally famous Algona Nativity Scene opened on December 16 and will continue to be open daily to December Hours on Sundays and Christmas Day will be from noon to and on all week days from to On December the Scene will be open from noon to The Nativity Scene Building is located at the Fairgrounds on Highway 169 at the south edge of Follow the signs at the comer of the Johnson House Motel and the The building was enlarged in 1977 to make more area for the charac ters in the There is also a larger reception room for visitors to view the story and pictures of the prison camp and people oq page 3 During their free stu dents will enjoy swimming at the beach as January is a summer month in Were all looking forward to seeing the island continent while at the same time enjoying the months relief from the and cold of com Robert professor of who is the director of the We will be studying the unusual flora and fauna of Australia as well as experiencing a different culture a junior at Buena is majoring in and Mike Banwart of Emmetsburg are the proud parents of a 7 baby Matthew born December 1979 at Palo Alto He has 2 Missy 9 and Mandy and 1 brother Michael to welcome him His grandparents are lola Rasmussen of Em and and Art Banwart of Great grandparents are and Paul Selander of and Nels Minnie Bruellman and Paul all of West Chamber members and guests enjoyed the Chamber Christmas Party and held at the Community Center on Awards were given to Peril and Leah Treub for their com munity throughout the past A special thanks to the President West Bend Community School music department for the New Chamber officers for 1960 meeting will President Dwiel Vice
