Boaters Reminded of New Lifesaving Devices Regulation
Iowa boaters are urged to comply with Coast Guard rules requiring a Coast Guard approved life saving device for each person aboard. The devices must be enclosed in sealed plastic bags. the regulation took effect January 1 1965 after tests showed kapok or fibrous glass devices lose buoyancy without protection. Boats should check equipment before the 1965 season.
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Iowa
Coast Guard
State Conservation Commission
Commission
Steve Biermann Serves Aboard USS Coral Sea In Tonkin Gulf
Electrician's Mate Steven R. Biermann USN son of Mr and Mrs Romane W Biermann of Tri poli serves aboard the USS Coral Sea CVA 43 in the Gulf of Tonkin with the Seventh Fleet. The carrier took part in air strikes against North Vietnamese targets including a Bach Long Island radar and communications installation during March 29 operations. The 63 000 ton ship is flagship for Carrier Task Force 77.
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Coral Sea
Gulf of Tonkin
Steven R. Biermann
USN
Romane W. Biermann
Tripoli
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Bach Long Island
Pvt Roger W Bock Completes Basic Electronics Course
Pvt Roger W Bock 23 son of Mr and Mrs Walter Bock Sumner completed a basic electronics course at the Army Electronic Proving Ground Fort Huachuca Arizona April 5 The 11 week program covered fundamental electrical theory preparing him for advanced training He previously trained at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and is a 1960 Sumner Community High School graduate who attended Iowa State College.
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Huachuca
Ariz
Roger W. Bock
Walter Bock
Sumner
Army Electronic Proving Ground
Fort Huachuca
Bock
Fort Leonard Wood
Sumner Community High School
Iowa State College
County Farm Bureau Women Meet In Regular Session
The County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee met April 5 at the Farm Bureau office with 23 attendees including township safety chairmen. Mrs. Harley Albrecht led with a poem and prayers, and a postponed legislator will be April 20. A boat tour on July 16 from 9:30 to 4 p.m. includes a Davenport trip planned by Abus, while Mrs. Raymond Poock presented fire slides and road survey data.
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Nty Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Farm Bureau
Harley Albrecht
Mississippi
M. Abus
Davenport
Raymond Poock
County Safety
Albrecht
Auxiliary Notes Cover Dinner and Donations at Town Hall
The American Legion Auxiliary meeting at Tripoli Town Hall on April 13 sent five dollars to the Department for E dorah Training School. The Hawk eye Girls State alumnae dinner and inauguration will be June 17 at Campbell Hall State College of Iowa Cedar Falls. Contact Elizabeth Buhr for more information. Lavera Fink presented a Pan American report on Costa Rica. Hostesses were Vada Platte Hazel Chapin and Alvina Schroeder.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Tripoli
Department
Edorah Training School
Hawkeye Girls’ State
Campbell Hall
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Elizabeth Buhr
Costa Rica
Lavera Fink
Vada Platte
Hazel Chapin
Alvina Schroeder
Frederika Social Roundup Highlights Family Gatherings
Numerous local families hosted dinners and visits across Frederika Sumner and nearby towns. Notable events included Tim Bahlmann’s birthday and a 55th anniversary for the Kocher couple, plus confirmations at St John Lutheran in Sumner and memorials for Louis Hemingson in Waverly. The piece notes lengthy family connections among Hemingson, Alcock, Bravener and Nuss families.
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Kenneth Bahlmann
Leonard Kocher
Leone
A. J. Kocher
Little Turkey
Clarence Kobliska
Alta Vista
Timothy Bahlmann
Kocher
Arnold Jaschen
St. John Lutheran Church
Sumner
Barbara
Waylord Rieck
Will Hochberger
Hawkeye
Emma Rieck
Clarence Bull
Waverly
Willis Schlatter
Bernard Nolte
Alfred Specht
Bobby Fagenbaum
Robert
Kenneth Bravener
Charles City
Ernest Nuss
Arlan Nuss
Lavern Hooper
Frank Johnson
Gaylord Johnson
Harold Foelske
Denver
Hazel Ager
Hazel Bowers
Will Duenow
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Allison
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Ella Lemke
Sumner Hospital
Donald Werengel
Hudson
Merle Mack
L. W. Bockhaus
Darwin Hoffmann
Kenneth Hanson
Greeley
Colo
Effie Alcock
Ewald Boeckmann
Bertha Drape
Dean Coen
New Hampton
Alfred Bull
Wayne Bravener
Lawrence Schwartz
James Kerr
Kerr
Dean Buchholz
Howard Heffernan
Herman Mueller
Leo Burrow
Louis Hemingson
Alfred Buls
Lorris
Robert Bergmann
Lorenz Zander
Will Hagedorn
L. B. Parker
Bert Parker
Republic
Herbert Sonday
Waterloo
Chas. Thoms
Lorri
Tracy
Arnold Smith
Glen
Alma Huffman
Nashua
Evenin
Wendell
Lawrence
John Johnson
Everett Johnson
Arnold Bockans
Fredericksburg
Burrow
Heeingson
Alfred Nuss
American Cancer Society
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