City Briefs Show Wades of News From Oelwein
Maureen Elsberry of Boone visits relatives. Newcomers to Oelwein, Charles and Mary Baker with children Mary Robert Gerard William Colleen, live at 714 2nd Ave NE. Baker works for Chicago North Western Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen Elsberry
Boone
Raymond Snyder
Charles W. Baker
Oelwein
Chicago
Til
Mary
Robert
Gerard
William
Colleen
2Nd Ave
N.E
Tex
Don Murphy
Wadena
Harry Beckner
Murphy
Joe Gordon
Arlington
Don Harvey
DeSota
Vern Peeper
Joe Griner
Christian Service
Bristow
Laverne Westcott
Robert Scott
Waterloo
John Ryan
Kerry Anne
Vincent Haas
Edward Ryan
Waukon
Robert Sebetka
Center Point
C. T. Heller
Westgate
Veteran’s Memorial Hospital
Iowa City
Joe Conley
Pontrosa
Pine River
Minn
Melvin Halland
Lamont
Victor Kalb
Walter Thiele
Harold Strosah
Eugene Stahlhut
Sumner
Spring Fountain Church
Lorenz Seegers
Philip Michael
Michael
Patrick
Michele
Leigh Andrea
Dixon, WI
Pride Seed Company
Glenhaven
Wis
Grandchildren Visit Relatives Across State Lines
Greg Alber visited his grandparents Mr and Mrs Reinhart Buhr at Sumner the past week. Mrs Raymond Armstrong and her children from San Antonio Texas are visiting her mother Mrs Dorothy Boies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hayas
Livonia
Mich
Robert Hayes
Elmer McLeish
Tucson
Ariz
Russell Ganske
William Ganske
Ray
Ind
Richard Tann
Gary
Jody
Cory
St. Louis
Dorothy Tann
Rosemary Hemesath
Carolie Steinbronn
Kathy Seick
Fayette
Burle Downing
Edna Miller
Alice Taylor
Viola Hartley
Greg Alber
Reinhart Buhr
Sumner
Raymond Armstrong
San Antonio
Tex
Dorothy Boies
Hospital Notes: Mercy and Peoples beds listed citywide
Admission and discharge records show Perry Chapman admitted to Mercy Hospital and multiple patients discharged across Mercy, People s Independence Central and West Union hospital facilities including Mrs. Howard Taylor and a girl Volga Mrs McKinley Gage Wadena Mrs Florence Harkin Oelwein Mrs Galen Glessner Maynard Mrs James B Crowley Jr Oelwein and others transferred or treated at Aiken Memorial Palmer and Sumner hospitals with numerous named patients in Elkader Manchester Strawberry Point Earlville Winthrop Hopkinton Dyersville Players span multiple towns and facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Rolfing
Tim
Patri Jo
Winona
Minn
Merlin Roberts
David
Steve
Watertown
Wis
Lee Minton
Howard Roberts
Richard Anthes
City Park
Floyd Pilcher
Independence
Jim Anderson
Julie
Waterloo
Dorothy Roberts
Edmond Lundstrom
Duluth
Eric Edmond
E. A. Lundstrom
James Schweitzer
Winthrop
Victor Kalb
Lawrence Nelson
Haaleton
Victor Nelson
Timmy Nelson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Perry Chapman
Oelwein
Howard Taylor
Volga
McKinley Gage
Wadena
Florence Harkin
Galen Glessner
Maynard
James B. Crowley Jr
People’s Hospital
Arthur Clark
George Rush
Richard Weber
Central City
Larry Larson
Hilda Burke
Aiken Memorial Hospital
Palmer Hospital
West Union
Louis’ Thies
Dale Reisner
JaNan Schwabe
Sumner Debbie Landry
Maynard Paul Cagwin
Florence Learn
Manchester Hospital
Charles Brown
Manchester
Gerald McLaughlin
Strawberry Point
Richard Clemen
Russell Manson
Christopher Klaus
Earlville
Michael Fangman
Roy Bush
Hopkinton
James Wilhelm
Dyersville
Amy Lynn Jessen
Ernest Ash
Edgewood
David Holst
Levi Cousins
Roger Frederick
Earlville Central
Elkader
Priests Assigned to New Parishes in Dubuque Archdiocese
Two young priests from Oelwein Sacred Heart High School have received new roles in the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Rev. Vincent T. Brady is named associate pastor at Holy Cross Church and joins Leo High School faculty. Rev. Dale J. Rausch is named associate pastor at Assumption Church Cresco and joins Notre Dame High School Cresco faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein Sacred Heart High School
Archdiocese of
Dubuque
Vincent T. Brady
Holy Cross’ Church
Holy Cross
Leo High School
Dale J. Rausch
Assimpption Church
Cresco
Notre Dame High School
Illyria Schedules 52nd Annual Community Day Events
The Syria Church hosts the 52nd Annual Community Day on Saturday July 3 ten miles southeast of West Union on Highway 54 and four miles south of Elgin. Activities begin with sports at 10 am, a family style fried chicken dinner at 11 15 am, a free 2 pm program by Rev. LeeRoy Collins of Toledo Ia, a buffet supper at 5 pm, and an 8 pm home talent play Helpful Henry with barber shop music between acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeeRoy Collins
Toledo
Henry
Saturday funeral for Harold Bergsrud
West Union special notice records Harold Bergsrud age 72 died at home Thursday. Funeral is 10 am Saturday at Burnham Wood Funeral Home with memorials in Racine Wisconsin at a later date. Survivors include wife Venda five daughters and three sons plus a step daughter and step son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bergsrud
West Union
Burnham Wood
Racine
Wis
Venda
Charles Miller
Hokah
Minn
Ted Tocklington
Medford Harbor
Don Roushin
Kensor
Robert Mahoney
Milwaukee
Mike Maralz
Robert
Howard
Norman
Paul Pieper
Madison
Loren Trudo
Dubuque
Van Denover Jewelry Owners Attend Swiss Marketing Course
Mr and Mrs James Van Denover of Van Denover Jewelry in Oelwein returned from Lausanne Switzerland where they attended a course in marketing offered by the Swiss Watch Industry International Center. They stressed jewelers must stay current with trends and new techniques to meet informed consumers today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James van Denover
van Denover Jewelry
Oelwein
Lausanne
Switzerland
Swiss Watch Industry International Center
van Denover
Quick action saves youths in river rescue
Independence firemen Larry Van Laningham and Carl Mulvaney rescued Valerie Wilson, 15, and Rodney Shanke, 10, after Shanke slipped into the Wapsipinicon River near the lower dam. They clung to a concrete pier as the current carried them, then were carried to shore by the firefighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Valerie’ Wilson
Ralph Wilson
Rodney Shanke
Wilson
South Independence
Shanke
Larry van Laningham
Carl Mulvaney
Fayette County Free of Corn Blight Says Extension Director
Fayette County Extension Director Mel Wangsness reports no cases of Southern Corn Peal blight in the county. Nearby Black Hawk County reported cases, but Fayette has none. a sample was sent to Iowa State University at Ames and early reports indicate it is not blighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette — Fayette County
Mel Wangsness
Fayette County
Black Hawk County
Wangsness
Iowa State University
Ames
Do You Remember 10.20-30 Years Ago June 24 1961
Aerial and social notes from June 24 1961 reference a dead proposed swap of American tractors for Cuban invasion prisoners, Edwards Air Force Base Ga X15 rocket plane noted for surpassing a mile per second Friday, and social visits including Mr and Mrs Sam Kartels at the Kido Walker home in Monona plus other brief items from Oelwein and Wellsley Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Air Force Base
Westgate
Sam Kartels
Kido Walker
Monona
Guy Gregory
Oelwein
Mercy Hospital
Bloodmobile seeks Tuesday visit appointments in Delwe
Red Cross blood mobile plans a Tuesday June 29 stop in Delwe and requests donors to book via Mrs Dale Strawn at 283 3339. Drawings run 1 to 6 pm at the new Junior High School. Eligible donors are ages 21 to 65 in good health weighing at least 100 pounds with an eight week minimum between donations and no more than five donations per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Blood Mobile
Delwe
Charles Hutchison
Dale Strawn
Arc welder blaze destroys portable welder near West Union
Firefighters were called to the Mike Wiley farm one mile west of West Union Wednesday afternoon to tackle a blaze from a portable arc welder. The generator, owned by Vern Frieden and operated by his son Mike, burned up with no injuries or other damages reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union (Special
Mike Wiley
West Union
L. T. Phillips
Vern Frieden
Mike
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Elizabeth
St. Francis Hospital
John
Irene Fitzgerald
Iman Snyder
Lyle Esch
Allen Memorial Hospital
Harold Burky
Tantar A. Osage Beach
Burky
Leen
Fred Steele
Novinger
Methodist Church
Andy McLeish
Hackensack
Richard Clendenen
Chad Richard
People’s Hospital, Independence
Sue
Wilbert van Laningham
Fred Clendenen
Don Folsom
Robert Huffman
Watsonville
Calif
Betty Zinzer
Harley Chapman
William R. Simpsons
William J. Simpson
Fort Polk
Chester Bradley
Laurence Woods
Edd Gingler
Cassville
Donald Rhines
Aurora
Leota Moser
West Union Sumner Hospital
Clarence Haupt, Jr
Sum
Ner
Henry Lubbers
Farmersburg
Don Knudtson
John Miller
Thomas Benson and
Illyria
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Credit Life and
A&h
Thrift Flan, Inc
Oelwein Methodist Church
Clear Lake Conference
Thomias Ray
Sam Smith
John Krasnicka
Ht. O. Moyer
Frank Kirchhoff
Mike Whittenbaugh
Harry Aschbrenner
Walter Elmer
Canada
London
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Germany
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Edward McCarthy
Stevie
Wellsley, Mass
Alfred Hanson
Portsmouth
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Cecil Slater
Lyte Bates
Dunkerton
Marilyn Roepke
Waverly
Albert Roepke
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