Marble Rock appoints 1964 65 council committees
Marble Rock Town Council names committee members for 1964 1965 with Andrew Etzen as mayor and Don Krambeer as mayor pro tem. Appointments cover Finance Ordinance Streets and Alleys Public Grounds Printing Park Fire Board Water Health Officer and Weed Commissioner.
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Marble Rock
Andrew Etzen
Don Krambeer
Mel Bruggeman
Rod. Ackley
Galen Lines
R. D. Ackley
Roger Ackley
R. D
Twins Born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Marten at Cedar Valley Hospital
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Marten welcomed twin daughters Carmel Lynn and Connie Marie born Monday January 13 at Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City. Carmel weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and Connie 7 pounds 12 ounces. The babies have four brothers and a sister. Grandmothers are Rose Naumann and Mrs Josephine Marzen.
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Kenneth Marten
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Carmel Lynn
Connie Marie
Carmel
Connie
Rose Naumann
Josephine Marzen
Hospital transfers list from Charles City and Mason City
Bert Moffett was taken to Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City Friday afternoon. Milton Staudt was taken to Mercy Hospital in Mason City Thursday evening for treatment. Mrs. Mannie Ludwig was taken to Cedar Valley Hospital in Charles City on Saturday for treatment.
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Bert Moffett
Cedar Valley Hospital
Charles City
Milton Staudt
Mercy Hospital
Mason City
Mannie Ludwig
Lion's Club Hosts Evening at Methodist Church
The Lion's Club met in the Methodist Church basement on Thursday with W. S. C. S. members serving supper. Afterward two films were shown on Heat Surgery and Abraham Lincoln. The next meeting on February 6 will be Ladies' Night with dinner at the Gold Key in Hampton.
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Lion’s Club
Methodist Church
Heat Surgery
Abraham Lincoln
Gold Key
Hampton
Family plans journey to join Sgt. Kock in Thailand
Mrs. Andy Hesse reports their daughter Betty and four year old Debbie left Mason City by plane on Sunday to join their husband and father Sgt. Alvin Kock stationed in Thailand. They will travel via San Francisco and the Philippines to Bangkok.
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Thailand
Andy Hesse
Betty
Debbie
Mason City
Alvin Kock
Asia
San Francisco
Philipine Islands
Bangkok
Marble Rock Dog Control Ordinance Ties Up Pets
Marble Rock town council announces a 1963 ordinance requiring all dog owners to keep dogs tied as of February 1, 1964. After that date any dog found running loose will be destroyed.
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Marble Rock
Marble Rock Town
Conrad Blum 85 Dies at Clark Rest Greene
Conrad Blum 85 died Thursday at Clark Rest home in Greene from complications of old age. He was born in Germany January 24, 1978, farmed near Rockford, retired to Marble Rock 15 years ago. Survived by wife three sons Philip Lester Lloyd 10 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren and a brother Adam Blum of Charles City. Funeral Saturday at Weave r Funeral Home Rockford with Rev George Baker of Rockford Methodist Church officiating. Burial Riverside Cemetery Rockford.
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Conrad Blum
Clark Rest
Greene
Mr. Blum
Germany
Rockford
Marble Rock
Philp
Lester
Lloyd
Adam Blum
Charles City
Weaver Funeral Home
George Baker
Mission Study Class Met Sunday Evening
The Methodist Church hosted the first of four Mission Study classes Sunday evening with the theme Christian Issues in Southern Asia. Mrs Clayton Meyer led the adult and M Y F group, with children taught by Mrs Cecil Swant and Mrs Willard Feltus assisted by Marilyn Mc Neilus and Ann Feltus.
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Methodist Church
Asia
M.Y.F
Clayton Meyer
Cecil Swant
Willard Feltus
Marilyn McNeilus
Ann Feltus
Auxiliary Meeting In Sebaugh Home Seeks Padding for Soldiers
Mrs Grace Sebaugh hosted the American Legion Auxiliary meeting Tuesday afternoon. President Mrs Eq Gerner led the business session. Plans were announced to make bed pads and gather old blankets for padding at the Old Soldiers Home in Marshalltown. The local unit reportedly met its membership quota for the year. Mrs Sebaugh provided lunch at the end.
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Sebaugh
Grace Sebaugh
American Legion Auxiliary
Eq Gerner
Marshalltown
Mission Circle Meeting at Bethel Baptist Church
Mrs. Walter Marsh hosted the Bethel Baptist Mission Circle on Thursday. Pearl Knoop led devotions and Hattie Maxson presented a Thai land missionary program. Committees were appointed and plans set to serve meals for the Cedar Valley B Y F Rally on February 2 with First Baptist Rockwell helping Marble Rock. An attendance of 225 was anticipated.
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Baptist Mission Circle
Walter Marsh
Bethel Baptist Church
Pearl Knoop
Hattie Maxson
Thailand
Cedar Valley Association
B.Y.F
First Baptist Church
Rockwell
Marble Rock
Corner Stone Lodge Installs 1964 Officers
Members of Corner Stone Lodge number 231 AF and AM and their wives met for a pot luck supper and installation of officers in the Masonic Hall. Post Master Max Handley served as master of ceremonies and installed Alfred E. Grahlman as worshipful master with a slate including Lester E. Blum as senior warden Ralph A. Beane as junior warden James F. Overby as treasurer Bruce S. Goss as secretary John L. Byers as senior deacon Leon B. Marsh as junior deacon Carl C. Friedrichs as senior steward James Stone as junior steward and Rudolph Schwartz as Tyler. Dr. L. S. Wentworth presented Leon B. Marsh the retiring master with a Past Master's pin. Alfred E. Grahlman Rudolph Schwartz and Vernon Knoop were named trustees of the charity fund.
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Corner Stone Lodge
Masonic Hall
Max Handley
Alfred E. Grahlman
Lester E. Blum
Ralph A. Beane
James F. Overby
Bruce S. Goss
John L. Byers
Leon B. Marsh
Carl
Union Feeders Meet at Dan Merfeld Home
The Union Feeders assembled January 13 at Dan Merfeld's home. Members listed their favorite basketball teams during roll call. Dues were reduced from ten to five cents. Talks covered Livestock Farms and seed purchasing criteria. Neil Wedeking demonstrated lamp repair. Visitors included Peter and Bernard Merfeld. Dan Merfeld was the reporter.
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Dan Merfeld
Neil Wedeking
Peter and
Bernard Merfeld
Reverend Flesher Enters Park Hospital for Surgery
Reverend Walter Flesher was admitted to Park Hospital in Mason City on Sunday afternoon for surgery scheduled the following day. He underwent preparatory procedures and is listed under hospital care as the operation proceeds.
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Walter Flesher
Park Hospital
Mason City
New Baby Daniel Philip Parcher Born in Roseville
New residents Mr and Mrs Earl Parcher welcomed a son on Sunday January 12 weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce named Daniel Philip He has two older brothers Baptism held at St Marys Church Roseville January 19 with sponsors Robert Goetzinger and Mrs Charles Goetzinger A family dinner followed at the Goetzinger home Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Bisenius of Charles City Also noted Marvin Hinrchsen parents of a baby daughter born January 8 weighing 9 pounds 6 ½ ounces named Lor Jean
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Earl Parcher
Daniel Philip
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Roseville
Robert Goetzinger
Charles Goetzinger
Marble Rock locals installed as Eastern Star officers
Marble Rock residents Mrs. Rudolph Schwartz and Mrs. Lawrence Merriss were installed as Electa and Ruth at a Greene Masonic Hall meeting of the Eastern Star last Monday evening. Attending from Marble Rock were Ada Shultz and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mertick, with Bethel Baptist and Methodist church members also present. The group later attended the United Church Women annual meeting in Charles City.
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Marble Rock
Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Greene
Rudolph Schwartz
Lawrence Merriss
Schwartz
Electa
Merriss
Ruth
Ada Shultz
Charles Mertick
Walter Marsh
Walter Flesher
Bethel Baptist Church
Robert Carney
Willard Feltus
Andrew Carney
Methodist Church
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