December’s Christmas sales lift Oelwein merchants high
Local merchants report strong December results across categories. Mercy hospital notes indicate steady shopping and rising purchases of bigger items. Several store managers express optimism that 1972 will end as a record year, with higher spending and more out of town customers.
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Wroas Campbell
Robert “Bud” Lyon
Mattel
Joe Duffy
Duffy's Shoes
Duffy
Dave Ziegler
Ritchie's Clothing
Register
Ziegler
Paul Bowers
Brown's
Shoe Fit Co
Don Aisenbrey
Ollie Scholz
Aisenbrey
Robert McIntosh
Bob's Shoes
McIntosh
Oelwein
Bill Lincoln
Meyer-Lincoln Hardware
Dale Schuchmann
Schuchmann
Jay. Wallace
Wayne Wegner
FW Westworth
John Enke
Ben Franklin
Meryl Jackson
Sam
Myron Baum
Baum
Funeral services Saturday for Harold E Clark
Funeral services for Harold E Clark 51 of route 2 Oelwein will be Saturday at 2 p m at Zion American Lutheran Church with Rev LaVerne Streich officiating Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery He died Thursday at University Hospital Iowa City from injuries in a two Black Hawk County road crash He survived by wife Myra a daughter Charlene Clark a brother Clarence Clark and many nieces and nephews
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Harold E. Clark
Route 2
Oelwein
Clark
University Hospital
Iowa City
Black Hawk
Zion American Lutheran Church
LaVerne Streich
Hintz Funeral
Woodlawn
Oran
Earl and
Lyda (Farley) Clark
Acme Transport Co
Myra
Charlene Clark
Overland Park
Kan
Clarence Clark
Fayette
Couple rejects modern comforts amid war news
A Des Moines area couple, the Petersons, live with limited electricity and a battery radio, choosing frugal bills over selling their farm. Their story pairs with Mary Varrock’s account of her officer husband missing in action, amid hopes Nixon may end the Vietnam War and free prisoners. The family last saw him November 19, with children Stephanie and Dana at home.
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Peterson
Petersons
Towa
Tama High School
University of Iowa
Nixon
Mary Varrock
Des Moines Tribune
Air Force
Vietnam
Stephanie
Dana
Lena Boderman 91 funeral scheduled
Sumner obituary notes Lena Boderman lifetime resident of Sumner died Thursday at Hillcrest Home Sumner Funeral services set for 10 30 am Saturday at St John American Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery Emerson Milnes Funeral Home in charge Survivors include one son Herbert of Tripoli six grandchildren twenty great grandchildren one great great grandchild
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Sumner
Lena Boderman
Hillcrest
St. John American
Oelwein FFA reports successful fruit sale drive
The Oelwein FFA Chapter marks this year’s fruit sale as successful selling 600 boxes of Texas oranges and grapefruit. If missed on ordering, contact a chapter member to join the next list. Dennis Yuska, agriculture teacher and FFA advisor, thanks buyers and wishes a joyous new year.
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Oelwein
FFA
Texas
Dennis Yuska
Oelwein Community High School
Across and Down Word Puzzle Challenge
A reader puzzle by Thomas Joseph Across from 37 to 22 clues. Includes references to Marsh Beaver Jerry Moroccan Lewis city Nigeria tribesman Pertinent Ascend Tiny bird Nursery Foot level rhyme Kind of character tray McKuen Slender Frail Still Frail The weird way Malarkey Throw the Sice majesty Band leader Spitaloy Stock.
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Marsh
Beaver
Jerry
Lewis City
McKuen
Spitaloy
Stock
Unemployment rep visits Oelwein dates changed
Effective January 3 1973 the Unemployment Insurance Representative will be in Oelwein at the Chamber of Commerce Building on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 3 a.m. to Noon. A list of clues and word fragments follows the notice.
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Oelwein
Chamber of Commerce
Services Saturday for James Lyon 81 in Fairbank
James Lyon, 81, died Thursday at Fayette County Home. Funeral services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Fairbank Baptist Church with burial in Fairbank Cemetery. The funeral home will receive callers after 2 p.m. Friday. He is survived by a brother Fred of Fairbank and a sister Mrs. Frank Johnson of Maynard.
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Fairbank
James Lyon
Fayette County
Fairbank Baptist Church
Fairbank Cemetery
Fred
Frank Johnson
Maynard
Donald O. Davis Funeral Held In Waterloo
Donald O. Davis 64 Evansdale died Sunday at Scholtz Memorial hospital Waterloo from complications of a stroke. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Grace United Methodist church Waterloo with Rev. Gerald C. LaMotte presiding. Survived by wife Gree son Dennis Evansdale two daughters Sandra Kokotan Denver and Linda Youngblut St. Paul Minn two brothers Leon Davis Westmont IL Ben Davis Hazleton and two grandchildren. Davis was a former Hazleton resident.
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Hazleton
Donald O. Davis
Evansdale
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Grace United Methodist Church
Gerald C. LaMotte
Gree
Dennis
Sandra Kokotan
Denver
Linda Youngblut
St. Paul
Minn
Leon Davis
Westmont
Ben Davis
Davis
Maggie Johnson 84 rites Saturday at United Methodist Church
Maggie Johnson 84 longtime resident died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Oelwein. Her funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday United Methodist Church Sumner. Burial Greenwood Cemetery near Westgate. Emerson Milnes Funeral Home in charge with four daughters 15 grandchildren 26 great grandchildren 11 great great grandchildren 12 step grandchildren and one step great grandchild.
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Sumner
Maggie Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Oelwein
United Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Westgate
Emerson-Milnes Funeral Home
Billie
Frank Miller
Fayette
Herbert Johnson
Ray Johnson
Kenneth Kappel
Waterloo
Christmas weekend visits and family notices span Cedar Rapids region
City briefs list numerous Christmas weekend visits and family events. Kay Gustafson's Cedar Rapids weekend at her parents' home. birthdays and parties for Pam Paschal and Angela Maree Ayers. many relatives from Rutland Vermont to Dunkerton Iowa share Christmas gatherings and travels. Includes births, funerals, surgical recovery, and wedding announcements within local families and familiar towns.
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Kay Gustafson
Cedar Rapids
Alvin Gustafson
Lelitta Smith
Lisa Stelhwagen
Rutland
Vermont
Don Muller
Pam Paschal
Robert Paschal
Edith Proctor
JoBeth Delong
Marcia Benter
Katie Johnson
Fern Cahill
Dirk Wheat
Dunkerton
Don Meyer
Dubuque
Minnie Ecker
Alice Smith
Kenneth Howell
Green Bay
Wis
Doyle Butts
Tuscola
Merrill Butts
Dawn
Altoona
S.E. Butts
Daryl Porter
Deanna Rae
Teresa
Brenda
Robert L. Fish
Fayette
Dale N. Potter
Roy E. Fox
James Weber
Gilbertville
Manuel Villa
RC. Stewart
Nancy
Lamont
Jeff
Carl Smith
Ford Smith
Charles Rees
Jerry Clark
Fred Ritchie
Minneapolis
Minn
Lee Coleman
Ed Jenkins
Dyersville
John Weber
Raymond Tyler
Sheifty Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Vance Coleman
Duane Hillman
Jodi
Kim
Riverton
Wyo
August Miller
Ray Becker
Oelwein
Angela Maree - Ayers
David Ayers
Milton Gonzales
Rudolph Gonzales Sr
Reuben Gonzales
Randy
Janie Paschal
Lilyan Batterson
Laurie
Brian
Jimmy
Christy
John Harrington
Robbie
Marty
Jodi Villa
Ellen
Alex
Ronald Jacobson
Susan
Nevada
Elsie Walker
Herman Jacobson
West Union
George Meier
Leo Meier
Bidding Quiz for B B Becker Contract Bridge
Four-paragraph quiz on bidding sequences with scenarios and suggested contracts. Includes hand evaluations, slam possibilities, and partner-shown point counts.
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B. B. Jay Becker
Abby Advice and Family Ties Across Holiday Letters
The page blends Dear Abby guidance on a professional man’s alleged patient affair with a reader’s dilemma about thanking gifts, social status bragging, and MATURING audiences. It also lists holiday greetings from Strosahl’s family and mentions relatives gathering after a surgical event.
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Dwight Schneider
Carl Dugan
Robert Steisner
Randall Schaffer
Glenn Probert
Wadena
Hank Ross
Darwin Glitch
Steven Stahr
Delwein
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Rockford
Manchester Hospital
Jim Tharp
Delhi
Theresa Albany
Hopkinton
Ronald Wilkus
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Raymond Chapman Greeley
Thomas Reilly
Coggan
Donald Lahr
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Strawberry Point
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Allan Converse
Jesup
Gary Gienapp
Independence
Donald Postel
Victoria Hampton
Jerry Wood
Kenneth Walker
Dale Frazée
Walker
Kimberly Frazee
Rick Nickerson
Michael Nickerson
Winthrop Community Hospital
Postville
Robert Meyer
Christina Halverson
Robert Larson
Kay
Elkader
Normie Tindell
Garnavilla
Jacob Noggle
Warren Hughes
John Person
Sumner Hospital
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Hawkeye
Harry Martin
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Thomas Joseph
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Dennis Dorsheimer
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Richard Truog
Tripoli
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John Truog
Eleanor
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Ralph
Elgin
Sarah
Raymond
Jack
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Tracy
Audrey Evans
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Elmhurst
Carroll Dunlap
John Barr
Dale Wilson
Wilbert Sewell
Lynn
Howard Marchetti
West Allis
Carol Holder
Arlington
Donald Smith
Gary
Robert Smith
Terry
Junior Landas
Marshalltown
Lisa Murphy
Ridgeway
William Ross
Weber Nissen
Rice Ecklein
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Pami Becker
Richard Timmerman
L.E. Hilsabeck
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Robert Hilsabeck
Hinsdale
Steven Hilsabeck
Alison Gardner
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Jim Newton and
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Cal
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Strosahl
Schofield Barracks
Honolulu
Harold Strosah
Howard Wedemeier
David
Duane Wedemeier
David Adams
Gene Adams
the Delwein
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Dwight Wedemeier
Cedar Falls
Woodrow Burrill
Les Lantz
Roy Burrill
Baily Register
Register Publishing Co., Inc
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Iowa
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