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Schumachers Feted and Freshmen Honored in Gurley News
Community notes tell of the Schumachers being honored with a surprise housewarming hosted by friends and siblings, freshamn pizza party at John Fickenscher’s, theater trips, and car rides for teens. Leon Kriesel received a letter from Queen Elizabeth thanking him for a birthday congratulatory card. Local families, visits, and travels are recorded, plus church notes and upcoming events.
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Schumachers
Leon Kriesel
Queen Elizabeth
Virgil Schumacher
Roland Waite
Leonard Obendorfer
Virgil Horst
Dean Hiner
Alfred Jung
LaDonna Jung
Mary Ann Horst
John Fickenscher
Gurley Oil Co
Sidney
Grabowski
Fox Theater
Janice Ewert
Fred Kriesel
Leon
Harold Gibbons
Bonnie Gibbons
Ruth Seager
Potter
Denver
Lloyd Searles
Sherry
Fred Segelke
Elsie Ehlers
Dalton
Harry Quinn
Scottsbluff
Rolland Gibbons
Jane
Gale Haase
Kimball
Colorado Mountains
Adolf Fastenau
Doug
Dick Ladine
Elmer Fruedenberg
Wayne Russell
Wayne
Chas McRoberts
Earl Lessig
Lynette
Bob Ahlschwede
Peggy
Emil Fickenscher
John Flora
Miriam Flora
Trinity Lutheran Church
Curtis Miller
Flowler, Cole
George Harms
Bob Hinrichs
Ed Rihn
Chadron
Diane
Chadron College
Don Handley
Fort Collins
Cole
Ross Handley
Lyle Batement
Bridgeport
Herman Bruns
Geo, Kaiser
Callaway
Neb
Anna Borges
Ernest Myers
Charles McRoberts
Erwin Reichman
Verla
Oshkosh
Emil Weyerts
Harold Johnson
John Schoen
Dennis Larson
Arnold Draper
Bernie Busbédom
Mesdames Kriesel
Schoen
Draper
Grace Lutheran Church
Bangholz