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Oelwein Daily Register

Location

Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1972

Page

3

LeFleur Guild Holds Potluck and Holiday Gifts

LeFleur Flower Arrangers Guild hosted a 12 30 p m potluck at Mrs. Ken Moore s home with Mrs. Roy Anderson presiding. Gifts exchanged for the president, a muff with holly, and a library gift in memory of Violet Ross were noted. Jan 4 meeting planned with cohosts. Lions Club Christmas party at Legion hall included prize drawings and a skating rink opening at Hauth Memorial Park. Sally Seater of Cottey College will visit Fayette Dec 3 to discuss flower art programs.

LeFleur Flower Arrangers Guild Ken Moore Roy Anderson Anderson Violet Ross George Linder Ross Campbell St. Mary’s Hospital Rochester Lions Club Legion Hall Robert Erickson Dean Timm Bob Homewood Sid Stedman Timm Wedemeier Hauth Memorial Park Sally" Seater Cottey College Nevada Fayette United States Miss Seater University of Wisconsin

Yule events planned by Ayawheye groups and wedding news

Ayawheye groups schedule Christmas activities led by Mrs. Ruby Kitch and Mrs. Rueben Koester December 19 at 1 10 pm with a roll call about kind deeds. Farmerette Club meets December 13 at 1 30 pm with a secret pal theme and gift exchanges. Merryville Social club hosts a 1 pm luncheon December 14 with a holiday recipe exchange and cookie or candy gifts. Sumner Special reports Dorothy Weldon of Mitchell wed Duane Pickar November 18 at Little Brown Church near Nashua. Attendants include Edward Pickar and Dorothy Rose. Reception at Bernard and Mrs. Pickar home in Charles City. Mr. Pickar serves in US Army in Germany and will return after leave.

Hawkeys Banks Study Club Ruby Kitch Rueben Koester Kitch Vic Rohrig Tom Smale Farmerette Club Glen Longhorn Ed Lehner Merryville James Frederick Carl Lueder Dale Halverson Sumner Dorothy Weldon Mitchell Duane Pickar Little Brown Nashua Edward Pickar Dorothy Rose Bernard Pickar Charles City Pickar United States Army Germany

Westgate Study Club Plans Christmas Polluck Dinner

Westgate Study club will meet Tuesday December 12 at 12 36 p m at Mrs Carl Nauholz home. The annual Christmas polluck dinner will be served. Windsor Social club held a Christmas party at Humphry Dairy in West Union with a gift exchange during the evening.

Westgate Carl Nauholz Hawkeye Windsor Social Club Humphry Dairy West Union

Kim Odekirk and Gordon Miller wed in Brush wedding

Kim Yvonne Odekirk daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Odekirk Oelwein and Gordon E Miller son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Miller Oelwein were married Sunday Dec 4 at First Baptist Brush Rev George Dillmer officiated at 1 PM double ring ceremony The bride wore a white crochet street length dress carried three white roses Best man was David Miller and maid of honor Connie Bilyes After a short mountain trip the couple will live at 610 Colorado Ave Brush They will spend Christmas in Oelwein The bride a 1972 Oelwein High graduate works at Williams Bakery and attends Morgan County Community College The groom a 1967 Hawkeye Tech graduate works at Carroll Ford Mercury and Lincoln Dealer Brush

Brush Colo Kim Yvonne Odekirk Frank Odekirk Oelwein Gordon E. Miller Wayne Miller First Baptist Church George Dillmer Connie Bilyes Marshalltown David Miller Army San Francisco Gerald Madsen Colorado Ave Miller Oelwein Community High School Williams Bakery Morgan County Community College Hawkeye Tech Carroll Ford Mercury Lincoln

Four Recipes for Candy Potatoes in Registerland

Fayette readers share mashed potato and candy making ideas with variations using powdered sugar butter cream and flavorings. Mrs Roy Anderson and others offer recipes including peppermint mint and chocolate coated forms plus notes on ripening and colorings.

Fayette Registerland Roy Pearl) Anderson Anderson Clarence Lau Henry Byerly Stanley

Bus, Bats and Bouquets In West Union Community Night

Keith Thompson of Oelwein and Mr and Mrs Darwin Schrage of West Union attended Bus Bats and Bouquets with Quin Jones and Paul Ruse former KOEL staffers greeting band members Hankins popular leader of the Bobby Hankins country and western band along with Jones and Rose at Coldwater radio station. Local officials and diners were mentioned alongside Livingood's Restaurant and a bridge anecdote about County Auditor Hazel Gehring.

Retz Delwein West Union Registerland Mr. Retz Bobby Hawkins Coldwater Mich Nat Stuckey Nashville Keith Thompson Oelwein Darwin Schrage Quin Jones Paul Ruse KOEL Hankins Bobby Hankins Jones Rose

City Laundering Company Honors Staff At Christmas Party

City Laundering Company hosts its annual Christmas party at the Sportsmen club drawing about 170 attendees the largest turnout in 56 years. A turkey dinner preceded entertainment by a United Methodist Church youth choir from Center Point. Herb Werlaufer, chairman of the board, spoke of his early days in the laundry business and played his harmonica. Tom Theobald awarded service pins for 5 to 25 years along with a 25 year banner list. 47 employees have five years or more tenure. Gifts were exchanged with supervisors.

City Laundering Company Sportsmen Club United Methodist Church Center Point Herb Werlaufer Tom Theobald Ken Gillpatrick Miriam Ford Donald Fox Chuck Luther Matel Fiedler Sarah Gilson Wally Sanders Agnes Schrock Roger Wethinfer Rita Fleming Shirley Sarah Rodgers Zita Harkin Richard Bunn Gerald Wetlaufer Herb Wetlaufer

Celebration Sunday for Rosenows in Sumner

Mr and Mrs Reuben Rosenow will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house and square dance at the American Legion hall Sumner from 2 to p m on Sunday Dec 19. They were married Dec 7 1947 and have two sons Steven of Waterloo and Robert at home. Relatives and friends are invited.

Sumner Reuben Rosenow American Legion Hall Norma Schumacher Mr. Rosenow Steven Waterloo Robert

Engaged Mary Klemp to Lee Pries in Sumner

Mrs. Walter Klemp of Hawkeye announces the engagement of their daughter Mary to Lee Pries son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Pries of Sumner. A summer wedding is planned. Miss Klemp works at Sumner Gazette and Lee is employed by Paul Niemann Construction Co. Both are Lumber Community High graduates.

Sumner Walter Klemp Hawkeye Mary Lee Pries Ernest Pries Miss Klemp The Sumner Gazette Paul Niemann Construction Co Lumber Community High School

VEW Auxiliary Past Presidents Reelect Officers 1973

The Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary Past Presidents group re elected officers at a meeting hosted by Alvina Harris. Mrs. Verneila Eggert led a moment of silent prayer for Pearl Harbor, and the session opened with the Nag salute and closed with the Lord's Prayer. The group canceled January meeting and sent cards to sick and out of town members. Mystery box went to Lana McQueen and the attendance prize to Eggert. A Christmas gift exchange wrapped the afternoon. Smithfield Farm Bureau Homemakers plan to meet December 12 with Laverne Vandersee, crafts at 10 a.m. potluck at noon, bring white egg cartons and stamens for poinsettias. a $1 gift exchange is planned.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Alvina Harris R. BE. Strong Verneila Eggert Pearl Harbor Miss Warms Lana McQueen Eggert Smithfield Farm Bureau Laverne Vandersee

Christmas Gatherings At Grace United Methodist Church

Philath ea group from Grace United Methodist Church met for a Christmas party with poems devotions and hymns and a plan to donate 5 to the American Field Service. A later bridal shower for Nanece Jones featured a red and white theme and a fiance presentation. Four Oaks Country Club hosts its annual Tom and Jerry party that Saturday evening.

Philathea Grace United Methodist Church Wilma Campbell John Farrar Floyd Robinson Robinson Mildred Grannis American Field Service Program Morris Egeland Florida Elkader Four Oaks Country Club

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