Friederich Reunion Held September 3
The 5th Friederich reunion gathered Sunday September 3 at the National Fair grounds hosted by Harlan Backhaus Art Friederich and Raymond Friederich families. Attendees included multiple Friederich relatives from Cedar Rapids Independence Guttenberg Reinbeck Strawberry Point Elkader and other locales along with several births marriages and one death reported. next reunion slated for 1968 at the National Fair grounds the Sunday before Labor Day with committees named and historian designated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friederich
National Fair Grounds
Harlan Backhaus
Art Friederich
Raymond Friederich
Dick Schlup
Hudson
Dsk
Burnet Rmkhus
Los Angeles
Leo Foels
Herman Schupbach
Postville
Dennis van Bog
Reinbeck
Strawberry Point
Eldon Shaw
Edgewood
Wm. Friederich
Cedar Falls
Mervin Larson
Tyan Meisner
Bill Butikofer
Terry
Walter Butikofer
Elkader
Jacob Friederich
Clermont
Pat Beamer
Rock Valley
Otto Blockhus
Anna Schupbach
Bertha Lehman
Reuben Schupbach
Walter Mitts
Russell Friederich
Leo Friederich
Laurie
Fred Butikofer
Leslie Kleppe
Francis Butikofer
Farewell party for Earl and Mrs Lembke held Saturday
A farewell party was hosted at the Keith Johnson home for Mr and Mrs Earl Lembke on Saturday evening. Attendees included Curtis Gils on Donald Sutter Ronald Loftsgard Dale Seitz Robert Medberry Duane Barker Leslie Lembke Francis Butikofer Earl Lembke Kenneth Koupal Lyle Medberry and Dennis Butikofer from Cedar Falls Postville Elkader and accompanying Mrs Carrie Lembke and Harlan Yearous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Lembke
Keith Johnson
Messrs
Mdms
Curtis Gilson
Donald Sutter
Ronald Loftsgard Dale Seitz
Robert Medberry
Duane Barker
Leslie Lembke
Francis Butikofer
Kenneth Koupal
Cedar Falls
Lyle Medberry
Postvile
Dennis Butikofer
Elkader
Carrie Lembke
Harlan Yearous
Trip to East Coast Visit Sent From Rochester Man
Bob Burg of Rochester Minnesota sent greetings to Elgin friends after a trip to the East Coast. He traveled with his sister Myrtle Anderson and her daughter Edith Stensrud to Seymor Johnson Air Base in Goldsboro North Carolina to visit Anderson's son and family. They returned by Tennessee Kentucky Missouri and through the Ozarks visiting relatives in Monett Missouri including Floyd Hemphills and Mr and Mrs Davidson.
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Echo
Bob Burg
Rochester
Minn
Elgin
Burg
Myrtle Anderson
Stensrud
Edith
Floyd Hemphills
Mrs. Davidson
Entertain At Dinner Honors Baumgartners Guests
Mr and Mrs Ernest Baumgartner hosted a picnic dinner honoring Nick Baumgartner and Phyllis Myers from Laramie Wyoming who spent the weekend in the Baumgartner home. Attending included numerous relatives and friends from Cedar Falls Oetwein Independence New Hampton West Union Elgin and other areas. Afternoon callers were Curtis Gilson and Rodney and David Christen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Baumgartner
Connie
Nick Baumgartner
Phyllis Myers
Laramie Wyoming
Baumgartner
William Baumgartner
C. W. Cahill
Oetwein
Joseph Jarvis
Independence
Kenneth Koupal
Kendra
Cedar Falls
Henrietta Pieper
Tony Pieper
Hawkeye
LeRoy Larson
Lynne
New Hampton
Robert Heins
West Union
Mollie Schneider
William Yearous
Harlan and Lyle
Allan Anderson
Elgin
Curtis Gilson
Rodney
David Christen
Switch Street
Switch Street Birthday Club
Anna Schupbach
Donald Gardner
David
Thomas Pollock
Francis Butikofer
Eugene Schori
Russell Friederich
Karen
Agnes Gilson
Georgia Mae Schori
J. N. Hogan
Russell Goodell
Bertha Lehman
Public Hearing on Elgin Fire Station Contract and Bids
Elgin Iowa schedules a public hearing by the Town Council on proposed general plans and contract form for a new Fire Station. Bids are invited with ten percent bid bonds and a 30 day bid withdrawal protection, with construction deadlines in 1968 and 1969, plus Iowa preference and bond requirements.
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Elgin
Iowa
Egin
Bert B. Hanson and
States, Inc
West Union
Elpin
Bert B. Hanson & Associates, Inc. Consulting Engineers
Iowa Veterans Count and County Breakdown Report
The Veterans Administration reports 358,000 to 358,600 Iowa veterans living in civil life with Polk County 43,380 and Linn 22,760 the top counties. Other counties with over 10,000 veterans include Scott 18,160 Black Hawk 17,860 Woodbury 15,350 and Dubuque 11,050. National totals show 25.7 million veterans, 7 percent WWI, 58 percent WWII, 18 percent Korean War, 17 percent Post Korean, and under 0.1 percent American War. The figures exclude about 135 Spar eke American War veterans nationwide.
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Veterans Administration
Lows
Iowa
Polk
Linn
Scott
Black Hawk
Woodbury
Dubuque
U. S
First Frost Hits Town on Last Wednesday Morning
Frost appeared in northeast Town last Wednesday morning August 30 confined to low lying areas and caused little vegetation damage. Weather Bureau notes 1967 among the eight coolest summers, with average temperature 70.5 degrees and June July August records. The coolest prior was 1915 at 84 degrees. Normal high around 73.7.
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Weather Bureau
Ibzh
St Theresa's Circle Meets for August Gathering
Mrs Ver Dean Radloff hosted St. Theresa's Circle on Tuesday evening August 29 with seven members present. Mary Jo and Carol Kohls of Waterloo attended as guests. Members voted to hold a September bake sale in Elgin and to furnish a layette for the Pope's storeroom. A thank you card from Mrs Wilma Welch was read. With secretary Lane Ash absent, reports were given by Mrs Giles Martin. President Mrs Mark Kohls closed with a prayer for peace. lunch followed. Mrs Gerald Fassbinder will entertain for the September meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ver
Dean Radloff
St. Theresa's Circle
Mary Jo
Carol Kohls
Waterloo
Elgir
Wilma Welch
Lane Ash
Giles Martin
Marke Kohls
Gerald Fassbinder
Wil
ISU Freshman Orientation Conference Heading Toward Sept
More than 375 incoming freshmen will attend the YMCA Freshman Conference at the Des Moines YMCA camp near Boone on September 3 and 4. The event will cover courses residence life fraternity life dating etiquette campus traditions athletics student government and campus events to ease student orientation and social integration. Duane Patterson from the area will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State University
YMCA
Des Moines
Boone
August Rainfall and Dry Summer Details
August rainfall reached 1.76 inches, keeping the year total at 16.14 inches after a dry July with 1.40 inches. Temperatures stayed below average through the summer, with only four showers in August. Despite the dry spell, field crops and gardens have thrived under the conditions.
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Torkelson Motors
Chrysler and Plymouth
Elgin, Iowa
Joseph N. Hogan
Leo E
St. Theresa’s Circle
ISU
Duane Patterson
Eigin
Valley High
Coffee Cup
LaVerne Osterhus
Northwestern Bell
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