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The Expressions column recalls reader feedback on style and content. Personal anecdotes follow including fires involving Mrs Mack and the Oldfather family, plus notes on Ted Koop and local club activities.
Langworthy Birthday Party Celebrations and Social Visits
Community members gathered at Gerd Prull’s home on January 30 and nearby days to honor birthdays including Cheryl Ann Jacobs and Debra Widen with numerous relatives and friends attending. Irene Jacobs and Cheryl Ann joined visits to Newton for a family gathering and a wedding, while Herman Ricklefs’ birthday drew fifteen well-wishers though he remains bedridden. George Poppe underwent surgery in Monticello, and Sunshine Club members held a meeting with local hosts and refreshments.
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Henry Zimmerman
Herman Zimmerman
Ralph Zimmerman
Louie Helgens
Ben Engelbart
Ray Riemers
Sherry
Marie Prult
John Reuter
Ernest Rickless
Lyman Perkins
Jimmy
Donald Monck
Robert Stickley
Leslie Burrichter
Darrell Schafer
Leroy Holub
Donald Rhirichs
Carol
Sandra Schafer
Cynthia Buel
Lynda
Brenda Smith
Diana Arduser
Diane Hinz
Judy Ahlrichs
Linda Husman
Linda Parmenter
Vernona
Sandra Monck
Marcia
Judy
Debra
Mildred Hubbard
Anamosa
Elmer Jacobs
Cheryl Ann
John Hacke
Newton
Paul Moran
Herman Ricklefs
Mr Ricklefs
Prairieburg social notes and farewells across local families
Prairieburg and surrounding towns show a flurry of visits and birthdays from Lew Himes to Ronnie Powers. Families including Crosby, Schockemoehl, Walmutt, Mitchell, Farrington, Flaherty, Powers, Himes, Beranek, Supple, LeClerc, Kehoe, Maher, Oltman, Holub, Hanken, Kintzle, Bickford, Mausser, and Simmons share gatherings. A farewell to Maher moves the family onward to Solon as many attend cards and cake celebrations.
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Prairieburg
Roy Crosby
Coggon
Stanley Holub
Billy Schockemoehl
Cascade
Holub
Roy .Walmutt
Sylvia Mitchell
Wanbeek
Warren Farrington
Don McVeys
Harry Flaherty
Anamosa
Albert Holub
Emil Holub
Hubert Powers
Vernon Himes
Nancy
Tony Beranek
Barbara
Nelson LeClerc
Wanda
Lew Himes
Ronnie Powers
Maher
Francis Maher
Solon
Donnie Beranek
Herman Enabait
Ray Oltman
Wil Holub
Gary
Richard Rosendahl
Cass Homemakers Club Meets at Gerdes Home
Cass Homemakers Club met at the home of Mrs. Robert Gerdes on Thursday with Mrs. Loren Bronemann assisting. Guests included Mrs. Emmund Wilken and Jill, while Mrs. Max Specht spoke on Concepts of Freedom after a Farm Bureau trip to Chicago. Mary Gerdes and Linda Bronemann presented musical selections. upcoming meeting will include making earriage.
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CASS
Cass Homemakers Club
Robert Gerdes
Loren Bronemann
Emmund Wilken
Jill
Max Specht
Chicago
Farm Bureau
Mary Gerdes
Linda Bronemann
Galen Brainard
Junior Edwards
George Brown
Carl Poppe
Harold Eden
Roy Folkerts
Hugene Wieneke
Cedar Rapids
Clifford Rogers
Marlys
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Ford
New Idea
John Deere
Monticello
E. Oak St
Express
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G. H. Mack
South Cedar
Keith Oldfathers
Alburnett
Mack
John Schneider
Sycamore Street
Carlton Landis
Oldfather
Bud McNeill
Mater
Robert D. Gline
DES Moines Insurance Company
Col. Ray Fluckiger
George Harms
West Sixth Street
Robin
Ted Koop
Drury
Meeting of
Shirley Drury
Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellowship
Thomas Wildey
Noble Grand Lucile Balsiger
Florence Bleadorn
Frances Goodyear
Bess Schoon
Bulah Blair
Gerd Prull
Bill
Henry Kracke
Alice Jacobs
Ray Rieniers
Armin Jacobs
Arminda
Willis Harms
Ray Poppe
Henry Jacobs
Alice
Bill Hacke
Bob Goodyear
Clarence
Jack Buol
Ralph Christiansen
Marie Prull
Fred Lorenzen
Debra *Widen
Sunshine Club
Clifford Arduser
George J. Smith
Ray Hayes
George Poppe
John McDonald Hospital
Lester Kula
St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids
Joe Cashman
Monica
Lewis Devlin
Duane Carpenter
Central City
Joseph Supple
Genevieve Kehoe
Dubuque
Supple
Cashman
Dean Cooper
Billy and
Pamela
Sand Springs
Rufus Hanken
Darrell Mills
al Smith
Raymond Eby
Joan
Mrs
Darold Smith
Carl Kintzle
Clayton Bickford
LeRoy Bickford
Cyril Stevenson
Jack Mausser
Walker
Bob Woodward
Ralph Simmons
Jim Ryan
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