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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1946
Page
3
Long list of weekend visitors and local residents in Oelwein include Ann Grasso Julia Greco and many others. Attendees at Waterloo Courier-Elk ball game and various social calls span Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Algona with family visits, graduations, and job moves noted.
Miss Elverna Gerstenberter will work in Burlington for the summer. Byron Miller of Oelwein stays with his grandparents in Fairbank. Mrs. George Myers of North Liberty, with daughters Nancy and Mildred and her mother, visited friends in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carter of Iowa City toured with Mr. and Mrs. William Callies of Kansas City in the Norberg home. Mr. and Mrs. William Kappmeyer of Tripoli were guests at O. S. Camblin’s home. Ed Kappmeyer and family from Oak Park Illinois visited at O. W. Camblin’s. Mrs. Edith Lahner and grandchild Patty Lou Davis with Mrs. Arthur Lenius and son Howard left for Chicago to visit relatives.
Admitted at Mercy Hospital include Marjorie Williams Randalia for surgical Louis Rechkemmer Oelwein for medical Jerry Peters Oelwein and Charles Weigel Oelwein for tonsil surgery Birth announced for Mr and Mrs Joy Popenhagen Wadena a girl on June 2 Discharges list Ardath Payne Oelwein Mrs Henry Payne Oelwein William Ishman Oelwein Mrs Harold Kruempel Volga City Mrs Logan Beltz and baby Arlington Mrs Robert Clark Creston Mrs Charles Frank and baby Randalia Mrs Kenneth Wall and baby Lamont Irene Fridgen Oelwein Janie Maillie Oelwein Archie Stebbins Fayette George Probert Volga City Rita McTaggart Wadena.
John Arnold Bayness died May 29 1946 at 67 years 9 months 20 days after a life spanning Leighton Buzzard England to Iowa. Born August 9 1879 he immigrated at 14 with family, married Rose Jane Ross in 1904 and left a work life in farming railroads and road projects in Westgate Oelwein and Fayette county. Survived by wife two sons Cetus G and Loren two daughters Beulah at home two brothers William G and Joseph W. funeral in Brant funeral home First Baptist church officiated by Rev Clifford F Perron with music by Mars Fridley and Sophia Tait. Pallbearers listed. Save our bonus buy more Victory Bonds.
Funeral services for Mrs Abbie Du Foe will be held at Brant Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2 30 with Rev D Kermit Pugh officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.
J W Bonhomme, known as the eldest clown in the United States, has performed for about sixty three years. He says Barr Bros. maintain a clean show and the troupe will strive to give an entertaining performance for audiences on the road.
Reckless driving case against Eugene A. Haberger of Elgin resulted in $25 fines plus costs. Also reported are marriage licenses issued for Donald R. Hunt of Fayette with Ruth M. Pfeiffer of Fayette and R G Garlinghouse of Clarion with Jeanette Coffman of Oelwein.
The Rev. C. H. Laird of Salem Ohio is leading a revival series at the United Brethren church in Wadena, with services continuing through June 9. In Salem Oregon a century old campus smoking ban at Willamette University faces challenges as students push to rescind the prohibition, noting past dances granted after 1936.
Memorial day exercises were held at Center Grove and Long Grove cemeteries under American Legion post 245. Local and out of town attendees included Ruth Bartels, Arthur Bauer, George Warnke, Fred Orbell, and many others from Randalia, Cedar Rapids, West Union, Webster, Bucklin, Do wagiac, and beyond. Helping Hands meets June 6 at Mrs. Henniges home with co-hostesses Lemme, Stewart, Ponsar, and Payne.
Swedish scientist Arrhenius submitted his electricity thesis for a doctorate and received the lowest passing grade. Nineteen years later he won the Nobel Prize for the same thesis, marking a striking rise from minimal recognition to top scientific honor.
Hawkeye residents hosted weekend visitors in multiple homes including the Foot, Harrington, Chamberlain and Henn families across Waterloo Clear Lake and Marison. Memorial Day gatherings drew out of town relatives from Chicago Minneapolis Denver and Cedar Rapids. John Morf underwent an appendectomy.
Callers at the Chris Rasmussen home Memorial Day were Roy Steggal and family of Waterloo and Alma Lyobrhis of Eau Claire with extended relatives including Husberg and Ackley families from Wisconsin. The group visited Friday afternoon at Mr and Mrs Chris Rasmussen and exchanged greetings with Geo Cowley and Karen Mars Cowles amid neighborhood travel.
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