Community News Highlights From Sumner And Area
A lengthy social notice column from Sumner details visits and gatherings across the region. It lists family celebrations, birthday anniversaries, church and hospital events, reunions, and multiple guests from nearby towns visiting relatives in Sumner, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Tripoli, Ossian, Elkader, and beyond, with picnicdinners and weekend travels noted.
Westgate social notes mark birthdays visits and farewells
Westgate and nearby residents shared birthday anniversaries and hosting duties with many visits. Des Moines relatives joined in celebrations at the Hurd and Mahoney homes while others attended church events, a golden wedding, and a farewell for a Roseville move. Numerous guests came from Oelwein, Lansing, Sumner, Maynard, and Ankeny to gatherings in Westgate and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha
Lee Williams
Wm. Utrecht
Fred Radke
Randalla
Harold Leech
The
Peace Evangelical Church
Tripoli
Joe Snelling
Charles Gosse
Brainard
Minn
George Foy
Kathy Foy
Pillager
Oscar Fink
Arthur Gosse
Vancover
British Columbia
Will Lentzkow
Independence
Laurence Hurd
Chuck
Steve Kennon
Greene
Roseville
King of Kings School
Marvin Muhlenbruck
Kenneth Greene
Minnie Bartels
North Woods Park
Sumner
Oelwein
Lansing
Maynard
Westgate
Don Mahoney
John Mahoney
Lewis Smith
Ankeny
John
Sumner Gazette Church Social and Birthday Gatherings
Church friends met Tuesday evening at Alta Vista where Mrs Klam mer was named oldest mother present. Overnighters stayed with Harry Fichtel. Families visited in Waterloo and Sumner over the weekend with gatherings honoring June birthdays for Edward Meyer Carla Specht and others. A large picnic at Downings Park near Westgate included many relatives from Sumner and area. Continued on Page 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San
Rae Ars
Sumas of the
Aone Owrres
Ate Waeny Reenin
Priest
Geerts Anc
Rao Rurwat
Farrie
Marthe Sipson
Mile
Ant Flenné
Nismeres
Sihimr
George Messess
Tomessere
Oelwein
Terry Campbell
Edwin Dedoar
Ronald
H. F. Kammerer
Fredericksburg
Roger Aries
Marion
Tatter
Jerry Nichols
Cedar Fails
Beaver Park
Cedar Rapids
Harry Kleppe
Elenora Flottman
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Emil Lawton
Elmer Baier
Arthur Aschbrenner
Suzanne
Joanne MacTaggart
Fremont
Calif
Cletus Miller
Ernest Miller
Arthur Niemeyer
Arthur Meier
Tripoli
Everett Krause
Arthur Asenbrenner
Joanne MacTaggam
Mirs
John Leuchtenmacher
Mir
Fiord Leuchtentouener
Elkader
Bmirs
Ronald Asenbrenner
EM. Miter
Simmont
Emil Larww
Waskow
Anc
Gut Nee
Salem
King
Gas
Peery Sheldon
David
Odessa
Robert Raclmann
Orson Kauffman
Ossian
August Holthaus
Sandra
Jeanette
Steven
Jeff Kuker
Stillwater
Minn
Arthur Kuker
Joe Humpal
Elmer Miller
Mark Nauholz
Westgate
Ernest Ruechert
Roxanne
Mercy Hospital
Oewlein
Lois Pries
Sharon Biermann
Daryl Priebe
Lubboch
Texas
Milwaukee
Wisc
Wayne Priebe
Diane
Otto Friebe
Larry Oltrogge
Tieic
Nanos Masher
Diansaden
Dennis Hofer Linda
Tames
Mike Potrats
Jerar
Alk
Jer
Ronald Moet
Stever. Mosher
Gordon Rettir
Accomnanien Tan
Harn
John Flagen
David Mern
Dale Simerson
George Messerer
Howard Asher
Scottsville
Ariz
Linyd Platte
Ruth Wolfgram
Jefferson
Thomas Murphy
Patrick and
Catherine
Louise Harms
Dora Henning
Ernest Piies
Mae Corkery
al Wolfgram
Gordon Seamans
Dora Meyer
Max Jansen
Phyllis Peters
Denver
Roland Seamans
Rowley
Regina Seamans
Eldon Peters
Parkersburg
Methodist Church
Independence
Ernest Pries
Lee
Louise Harris
John Floden
Merri
Tiane
Donna
Jack Snyder
Dunkerton
E.A.B. Camp
Onsperi
Cedar Falls
Vickie
Cindy
Sharon Duhrkopf
Debbie Pagel
Union
Herman J. Warnke
Holly Moritz
Hazleton
Katherine Gersonde
George Gersonde
ALB. College
Des Moines
John Lanton
Max Gast
Algona
Herbert Potrate
Dean
Wittelaard
Ron Cluts
Julie
Debra
Raymond Gieseman
Leslie Oakes
Randalia
Fred Waskow
Alice Krugerer
E. D. Adams
Orson Kauffmann
Marlys
Marilyn Hoth
Susan Wendt
James Wittenberg
Teresa
Philip
Albert Wittenberg
John
Robert Guenther
Roy
Ray
Baptist Church
Alta Vista
Edward Meyer
Milton Meyer
Carla Kay Specht
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Aten Foward
Anton Canal Patrate
Icreen Schence
Sumner Ke
Gery
Bie
Raw Miller
Weresthwer
Finest Milter
Miles Ant
Karte
Winn
Dent
Janceville
Darel
Mondas
Warne
Not Mira
Ishman
Cebwett
Sadae
Seika Resson
Toes Mesures
Wett Sktredae
Emer
Moody
Cveming
Wistions
ME Smits
Jether
Earl Webster
Maurice Kauffmant
Collins Radio
Kiss
Weylord Kuker
Kuker
Haar
2Nd St
Fairbank
Ralph Boleyn
Washburn
Ben Nachtman
Archie Blankenship
Kenneth Frank
Wm. Keyon
Dubuque
al Porter
Kim
Pete Schnor
Plymouth
Wuttee
East First Mobil
Dawans Klingys
Bump and Pease Insurance Agency
Robert Fagenbaum
Virgil Meyer
Alfred Specht
Frederike
Donald Wilharm
George Wilkins
Frankie
Waverly
Charles Underwood
O. J. Warnke
Lynn Uderwood
Lynn Underwood
Warren Herring
Springfield, Ill
Frank Kappmeyer
Robin
Sumner Gazette
Brach’s
Jamaica
Sherwin-Williams
Seeles
Pearl
Cenny
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