Marriages of Madelyn Schmelzer and Gretchen Erkel
Miss Madelyn Schmelzer of Newton and James Herbold of Colfax wed Jan 8 at Immaculate Conception in Sumner. Rev. Joseph Kleiner officiated. Bride wore a tafetta gown with chantilly lace. attendants in blue. Groom’s side included Dr. Larry Herbold and Karl Brown. Reception followed with cake and gifts. The couple resides Newton, Iowa. Also, Gretchen Marie Erkel and Leonard G. Hulslander married Jan 8 in Galva Ill. at Messiah Lutheran Church with double ring ceremony. Bride wore white peau de soie. attendants in burgundy and white fur hats. Groom’s party included Gary Halslander. reception in church parlors. The couple plans to live in Kewanee Illinois after Jan 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madelyn Schmelzer
Newton
James Herbold
Colfax
Immaculate Conception
Sumner
Joseph Kleiner
al Schmelzer
Fayette
Herbold
Thomas Murphy
Robert van Zee
Newtonton
Janet Ohl
Strawberry Point
Larry Herbold
Stanton
Karl Brown
Milwaukee
Wis
Dennis Blankenship
Ralph Kneeland
Clermont
Coe College
Iowa State University
Towa
Gretchen Marie Erkel
al Erkel
Galva
Ill
Leonard G. Hulslander
Leonard Hulslander
Kewanee
Messiah Lutheran Church
Harold Carlson
Chantilly
Marilyn Halslander
Joyce Goodbar
Mary Jane Johnson
Rita Bates
Roger Bates
Gary Halslander
Walter Erkel
Will Orr
Dave Hail
Arden Freberg
William Sherbeyn
Judy Kirchhoff
Punch
June Erkel
States
Galva High School
Boss Manufacturing Co
Kewanee High School
American Standard Division
Minneapolis
Art Instructions School
Dwight St. Kewanee, l
Westgate
R. C. Thran
Dennis
Carolyn McCarty
James McCarty
Backus
Minn
Little Brown
Nashua
Atterback
Vicky Thomas
Duane Thran
Bureau of Emerging Inc
West Central High School
Dunwood Institute
United van. Bus, Inc
Ridgewood Ave
Anniversary notices and engagements in Iowa town news
A long list of personal milestones from Oelwein and surrounding towns this Sunday includes baptisms at Zion Lutheran, multiple wedding anniversaries at Virgil Schwake and Lienau homes, and family birthdays. Also reported are engagements of Donna Franzen to Harry Walton and Donna Lee Franzen’s Cedar Rapids employment, with upcoming weddings planned for early 1966 and a marriage announcement for Dennis Thran and Carolyn McCarty in Nashua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennard Franzen
Hawkeye
Donna Lee
Cedar Rapids
Harry Wayne Walton
West Union
Willard A Walton
Kanawha Head
West Virginia
North High School
Collins Radio Company
Buckhannon-Upshur High School
Buckhannon
West Va
Sumner club news notes engagements and meetings
Hawkeye residents Walter Koch announce Dorothy Ann Koch to Eugene Hoth Navy man aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Numerous club meetings and events follow, including Past Matron bingo prizes for Daisy Shales Ludwig Evans and Lamprecht, host gifts, and February plans. Kathryn Rich engaged to Gary Gitch. Regina Kay Seehase engaged to Steven Thomas. multiple 4-H and senior club activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Koch
Hawkeye
Dorothy Ann
Eugene G. Hoth
SK2
Gerald Hoth
Sumner
Adolph Moeller
Daisy Shales
L. R. Ludwig
Ruth Evans
Lesley Lamprecht
Clifford Douglass
J. M. Murphy
Sumner Library annual report previews 1966 progress
A library board chair reflects on the value of annual public fund reporting, noting upcoming verbal briefings and county allocations. The report includes a 1965 financial opening balance and receipts, expenditures, book stock, circulation figures, and borrower activity, plus a list of notable book selections and a Moscow affair narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ant
Sumner Public Library
Mr and Mrs Ted Lenius To Mark 50th Anniversary
Bandalia announces the 50th wedding anniversary of Theodore and Ferne Lenius to be celebrated with an open house January 28 from 2 to 4 PM at their Randalia home. A family dinner follows on January 30. The couple married January 28, 1916, at the West Union Methodist parsonage. They farmed until 1936, moved to Randalia in 1939, and have a son Ralph and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandalia
Theodore
Ted) Lenius
Theodore Lenius
Ferne Irvine
West Union
Harry Culver
Lenius
Randalia
Ralph
Teresa
Kathy
James Lenius
Waterloo
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Gretchen Erkel
Leonard Halslander
Lynne Lienau
Bradley Dean Poock
Bradley Dean
Jerry Poock
Oelwein
Zion Lutheran Church
Sharon Poock
Bill Armentrout
Robert Armentrout
Bill
Walter Poock
Sharon
Rennie
Rosalie Heyer
Judy Abbott
Readlyn
Richard Schwake
Richard W.W. Schwake
Virgil Schwake
Ida Tietje
Schwake
Jane Schwake
Ottumwa
Ackpy
Frederika
Wayne Lienau
Lynne
Matt Leyh
Don Leyh
Kenneth Diemer
Lienau
Albert Lienau
Leon Nicklaus
Troy
Theodore Bearman
Harry Bearman
David
Vernon Schneider
Larry
Fredericksburg
Gerald Steeges
Predericksburg
Gerald Steege
Louis Gitch
Lavern Lienau
Kenneth Steege
Bonnie} Brandenburg
Brenda
Barbara
Brad
Leo Laurel
Gerald Weigel
Clarence Throndson
New Hampton
Amelia Steege
Elmer Steege
Lloyd Steege
Vernon Uhlenberg
Brenda Steege
Milton Jones
Milton
Irvin Heying
Robert Proctor
Rollin Krueger
Denice
Lee Priebe
Robert Lehman
Robert Shurtleff
Waucoma
Eugene Niemann
Tripoli
Dale Lynch
Harold Ferguson
Keith Westpfahl
Mrs
Dennis Thran
James Lamb
E. W. Tremaine
Cedar Falls
Mary Lou
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Maurice Mullan
Kay Lamb
Clarks Summitt
Linda Denkinger
Jo Ann Hayes
Jodi Todd
David Hayes
Vincent Bernard, Jr
Scott Burns
Stephen Stake
Des Moines
Douglass Marshal
William Gabbardt
Advanced Scientific Instruments
Lamb
Robert E. Lamp
Clarks Summitt, Pa
Collins Radio
Donna Lee Franzen
Elizabeth Cumming
Harvey Hartman
Riviof Readlyn
Janesville
Donald
Joyce) Heineman
Luigi
Darrell
Janis
Caral
Ronnie
Wei
Dorothy Ann Koch
Club News
Miss Koch
First National Bank of
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Regina Kay Seehase
Woman's Club
Wayne Bergman
Robert Topping
Roll Call
Earl Lease
Progressive Club
William Bradford
Myron Harrs
Arnold Seehase
Regina Kay
Steven Craig Thomas
Curtis Thomas
Brooklyn
N.Y
Miss Seehase
Investors Life Ins. Co
Topeka
Kan
Kathryn Lee Rich
B.B.E
The
First Baptist Church
Lester Fox
Girl Scouts
Brownie Girl Scout
Martin Winter
Jumior Girl Scouts
Linda Wood
Friendly Birthday Club
Lloyd Ludwig
Waycee Ettes
Sumner Jaycee Ettes
Darwin Fritz
Bob Meyer
Carol Bingo
State Board
Memorial Union Hall
Ames
Lavern Lampe
Jerry Waskow
Coral Schwarzenstein
Larry Lampe
Allen McCollum
Arlan Nuss
Sumner Stars 4-H
C. E. Heyer
Rebecca Creager
Therese Heyer
Betty Johnson
Alicia Creager
Sarah O'Brien
John Rich
Kathryn Lee
Gary Gitch
Earl Gitch
Miss Rich
American Institute of Business
Brown Engineering Company
Iowa
Miss Jodeen Kay Fitz
Frank Fitz
Jodeen Kay
Eugene Leyh
Mr. Leyh
Alfred Leyh
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Lyle Batterson
Grant Cumming
Elizabeth Irene
Stephen Allen Covington
Lloyd Covington
Levi Cousin
Volga
Lavern McClayy
Wadena
Frank Batterson
Miss Cumming
Personnel Training Institute
Omaha
Neb
Colling Radio Company
Mr. Covington
Jefferson High School
Collins Radio Company of
National Guard
Odist Church
Wapsie Whirlwinds
Doris O’connell
Linda Leuenberger
Sue Pleggenkuhle
Pam Drape
Susan Carroll
Kermit Hildahl
James Ott
E. P. von Doehren
Fremont Stong
Lloyd Steage
Anle Morf
Leo Speicher
Bandalia — Sewing Circle
Bruce Vargason
MISS
Regina Kay Leehase
A. F. Miller
Board of
Advent
Bremer ‘Co
Khokhlov
Moscow
Parkin
Safa
Cleveland and
Adams
Ted Lenius
Jill Suzanne Duhrkopf
Albert Lea
Jill Suzanne
Charles Duhrkopf
First Lutheran Church
Ralph C. Fratzke
Gerald B. Moser
Robert W. Lea
Ralph (. Pratzke
Gerald Moser
Ray Duhrkopf
Connie Zell
Clarence Zell
Connie
Jim Eick
Willard Wedemeier
Steve
Debbie
Floyd Stumme
Fred Zell
Ernest Eick
Lowa
s—Sumner
Fritz
Sunset Theatre
Sumner Jaycees
SUN
Catan
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