City In Brief Telephone 28 or 29
Miss Marie O'Brien leaves tonight for California to visit sister Mrs Alice Walsh in South Gate. Mr Eddie Gruenberg of Sioux Falls visits parents Mr and Mrs Jerome Riche. Mr and Mrs Jack Klingteil of Strawberry Point shop here Thursday. Frank Betz a business caller in Waterloo yesterday. Miss Dorothy Patten, a St Paul college student, to spend Christmas vacation with mother Mrs R C Blake in Delwe. Paul Horecka, ISU Ames student, spending holidays with parents Mr and Mrs George Horecka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie O'Brien
California
Alice Walsh
South Gate
Eddie Gruenberg
Sioux Falls
S. D
Jerome Riche
Jack Klingteil
Strawberry Point
Frank Betz
Waterloo
Dorothy Patten
St. Paul
R. C. Blake
Paul Horecka
Iowa State College
Ames
George Horecka
Local residents and visitors list among Oelwein notes
Mise Inex Inman visits Ames ISC and returns home to her parents. Mrs. Nick Vote and Linda travel from Fargo to care for Lloyd Payne awaiting surgery in Iowa City. Bill Cade, Fred Steffen, A H Gunther, Mrs. Frank Davis, and many others are callers or shoppers in Oelwein and nearby towns. Military discharge updates include T/Ser Howard Frye at Fort Sheridan after 26 months in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Inex Inman
ISC
Ames
L. D. Inman
Nick Vote
Linda
Fargo
N. D
Iowa State College
Ffred Steffen
Fayette
A. H. Gunther
Sumner
Oelwein
Frank Davis
Ley
George Mueler
Mercy Hospital Admits Local Residents and Life Memberships
At Mercy Hospital admitted Lyle Lamphier Oelwein medical O F Schroder Oelwein medical Carol Kelly Oelwein medical Mrs Lloyd Pattison Oelwein tonsil Discharged Ross Hayes Oelwein Sharon Vanselow Oelwein Mrs Delbert Leverington and baby Oelwein Mrs Robert Benzer and baby Delwein GIVEN LIFE MEMBERSHIP Special recognition for outstanding service in the form of life memberships to the Woman's Society of Christian Service has been given to Mrs C C Henderson retiring president who never missed a regular meeting in four years three as president and Mrs Joe Leaton whose Christmas card sales have long supported the group This is the highest honor the local society can confer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Kelly
Oelwein
Lloyd Pattison
Ross Hayes
Sharon Vanselow
Delbert Leverington
Robert Benzer
Woman's Society of Christian Service
C. C. Henderson
Joe Leaton
Humal family reunion in Minneapolis after overseas visit
Mrs Edward Humpal and son Eddie Jr. arrived in Summer from London after a flight to Chicago and a train to Minneapolis. Mr Humpal, who married Margaret Pledger in London on September 11, 1945, met his son for the first time. Eddie Jr. was born on June 17 this year while he served with the Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Edward Humpal Qi
Eddie Jr
London
England
Chicago
Minneapolis
Humpal
Margaret Pledger
Army Air Corps
Court News District and J P Court News District and J P
Marriage licenses issued in West Union list Lee D Faust and Beth O Biederman Dec 14 and Lester R Wilder with Kathryn Nicola Dec 16 and Harry Chapman with Virginia Hicks Dec 17. Petitions filed for divorce Lloyd Elroy Larson vs Einoa Helen Larson and Annulment Joy Eileen Broadbent Noel W Broadbent Equity Quet Title Alta Schenk Carpenter and Walter Schenk Carpenter vs Nancy M Day et al Annulment Janice J Smith Gremmels vs Leonard C Gremmels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Lee D. Faust
Steuben
Wis
Beth O. Biederman
Mr. Hope
Lester R. Wilder
Fayette
Kathryn Viola Nicola
Harry Chapman
Wadena
Virginia Hicks
Arlington
Diorce
Lloyd Elroy Larson
Einoa Helen Larson
Joy Eileen Broadbent
Noel W. Broadbent
Equity — Quet
Alta Schenk Carpenter
Walter Schenk Carpenter
Nancy M. Day
lJanice J. Smith Gremmels
Leonard C. Gremmels
Pioneer woman Singer raised two sons in Oelwein faith and family
Margaret Elsie Copeland Singer born April 12 1863 near Pine Creek Buchanan County Iowa united with Bethel Church at 13. She married Roscoe Singer in 1885 and fled farm life to run a rooming house after Great Western shops arrived in Oelwein. Surviving are sons John DeWitt and Robert Louis Singer with spouses and grandchildren, sisters Eudora Keiderling and Delilah Leibeck, plus many nieces and nephews. Funeral held December at Brant Funeral Home with burial in Independence. Earl John Shafer born June 17 1886 Hazleton lived in Oelwein after moving with parents and worked for O Gamble and Robinson Fruit Co then Chicago Great Western as a tinsmith. Married Hazel Hempseed in 1908. children Gerald Pickering, Eileen Rundle, James Shafer, Eugene (died infancy). Died December 14 at age 60 5 14. Burial at Woodlawn Cemetery after mass at Sacred Heart Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Singer
Margaret Elsie Copeland Singer
Buchanan
County
Iowa
Pine Creek
Tucker Bridge
Bethel
Church of God
Independence
Stateroad
Roscoe O. Singer
John DeWitt Singer
Oelwein
Robert Lous Singer
Oelqwein
Lamont
First National Bank
Singer
Great Western
Melvin R. Singer
Avis Lynn Singer
Eudora M. Keiderling
Waterloo
Delilah Leibeck
Winthrop
Brant
James W. Marlin
Clifford Perron
Earl John Shafer
Fort John Shafer
Mary Curley Shafer
Frank Shafer
Hazleton
Earl
O'Gamble and Robinson Fruit Co
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Hazel Hempseed
Gerald Pickering
Milwaukee
Wis
Eileen Rundle
James Shafer
Eugene
Tessie Gibbons
Orpha Mettlin
Mary Ann Pickering
Wally Rundle
Vickie Rae Rundle
Shafer
3Rd Ave
Hintz
Sacred Heart Church
Father O'Hagan
Woodlawn
Sumner Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Births
Sumner society pages record multiple Sunday visits across towns including Michigan City Cedar Rapids and Fredericksburg. A girl Betty Lu was born to Leonard Meighan and wife on December 10. Several families plan holidays away in Arizona California and Wisconsin with dinners birthdays and club meetings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hill
Elmer Knoedler
Britt
Park Hospital
Mason City
Leonard Meighant
Betty Lu
Gaylord Farnum
Gaylord
Douglas Ragsdale
Michigan City
Mich
Owen Whiteford
Mr. Whiteford
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Kerwins
Gilly Wells
D. O. Dean
Elgin
City
Jake Wonder
W. H. Swomly
J. McClaine
Ardis Frye
BE. Helis
Elkader
Donald Hunt
E. J. Dahlquist
Fayvette
Louis Suhr
Oran
William Gloede
George Gloede
Westgate
August Potratz
Mr. and
Mirs
Louis Gloede
Readiyn
Frank
Etta Eastman
Fin Oelwein
B. Winter
Alpha
Naomi Stahr
Gladys Geary
George McArthur
Hughes
Frank Pruckler
Louie Anderman
Norbert Fettkether
Ft. Belvon
Genevieve Fettkether
Beverly Smith
Maynard
Herman Andre
Jim Palides
George Roepke
Waverly
Green
John Borland
Lyle Sisco
Ann Aylsworth
Gilen Kaufman
Stanley
T/Set
Howard Frye
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Pacific
Delwein Livestock
Mercy Hospital
Lyle Lamphier
Medi
Cal
O. F. Schroder, Oelwein, Medical
Grassfields
Wees
Stollen
HUB City Bakery
F. C. Ragsdale
Douglas
Herman Schults
O. G. Hallowell
John Hallowell
Susie Munger
New Hampton
Coretta Gitcham
Fredericksburg
O. Hallowell
Johanna Lang
Odebolt
Robert Goover
Lila Moody
Cedar Rapids
Arnold Schlatter
Walter Heyer
Walter Leo
Los Angeles
Herbert Heyer
Harold Woods
San Bernardino
Cali
J. W. Turner
C. L. Huebl
The
Center
Minn
al Erkel
H. T. Creager
Richard and
Craig
Elmer Churchill
Fredricksburg
Paul P. Pease
PAYG
Oelwein State Bank
Delwein Prone
the Coliseum Ballroport
Skippy Anderson
Kenny Hofer
Cliff
Bennett-Greten
Sammy Kaye, Hal der
Vaughn Mon
Passe
Les Brov
Frank Sinat
Children’s Christus Records
Swan
Fay Berthoux
Pine
Lodge
Pine Lodge
Poinsettas
Melior Begonias
Cyclamen
Begonias Primrose
Paul H. Kinsman
Florist
Phore
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