Fifteen Confirmed at Grace Church Palm Sunday
Over 500 attended Grace Lutheran Palm Sunday worship. Fifteen members of the 1957 Confirmation class were received into membership: Leonard Block, Elmer H. Buchholz Jr., Peggy Christoffer, Mary Louise Goetz, David Guhlow, Jeanne Martin, James Martin, Paul McNamee, Beverly Mohling, David Mohling, Richard Niemeyer, Dale Rieck, LaJean Slack, Julie Soles, and Glenyce Waschkat. Parents are invited to Parents' night Friday at 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran Church
Palm
Leonard Block
Elmer H. Buchholz Jr
Peggy Christoffer
Mary Louise Goetz
David Guhlow
Jeanne Martin
James Martin
Paul McNamee
Beverly Mohling
David Mohling
Richard Niemeyer
Dale Rieck
LaJean Slack
Julie Soles
Glenyce Waschkat
Looking at Life as It Used to Be
A retrospective column notes William Greene’s April 2 death at 77, Irwin Riddle aiding a train‑wreck victim in Wisconsin, Richard Rettig’s birthday, and local market prices. Heilig and Elliott plan moving hardware stock to Minneapolis, Mrs. Hankner to Tripoli, and several regional notes. Markets list eggs 14c, hogs 6.15, veal 4 to 4.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Greene
James Franklin
Irwin Riddle
Wisconsin
St. Paul
Richard Rettig
Heilig and
Elliott
Minneapolis
Chas. Hankner
Tripoli
Fredericksburg
Pinhook Social Roundup Highlights Visits and Events
Pinhook notes share Sunday visits by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Burke and Rev. Joseph Kleiner in Sumner. Bake sales and rummage sales aid Methodist Ladies' Aid. Several families host dinners and gatherings across Sumner, Allison, Fredericksburg, Oelweina, and nearby towns. Health updates mention Robert Fagenbaum at Scholtz Memorial hospital, with others improving after visits and heart issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Burke
Joseph Kleiner
Sumner
Chester Pals
Clyde McConkey
Eva Ellsworth
Fredericksburg
Ernie Grahlman Sr
San Pedro
Calif
Dale Grahlman
Mike
Waverly
Grandma Pals
Josephine Ludwig
Oelwe
Howard van Brocklin Sr
Ernest Grahlman
Ray Wilson
Lawler
Robert Fagenbaum
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Tommy Kroblin
Emil Matthias
Elmer Nerge
Sumner Hospital
Luke Hannaman
Retta Hempseed
Oelwein
Albert Rathbone
Ronald
Raymond Kuethe
Debra
Janet
Jake Schneider
Local Marriage and Obituary Notes From Waterloo Area
Westing, chaplain, Lorenz Bee vers, surgeon, and Wesley Bockhaus, trustee. Mrs. Delph McCall of Waterloo married Boyd Kelsey of New Hampton at Reinbeck on March 29 by Rev. David Arnold. Ruth Kuker wed Emil C. Stumme in a Readlyn Lutheran ceremony on April 1. Funeral services held for Edwin Towne in Waterloo and Walter Mahizahn, and last rites for Louisa Piehl at Readlyn.
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Pearl Pardee
New Bremer County
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Ruth Kuker
Emil C. Stumme
J. L. Strelow
Edwin E. Towne
Tripoli
Rochester
Minn
Trinity American Lutheran Church
Waterloo
Rettig Funeral Home
Walter Mahizahn
Louisa Piehl
Sumner Community Hospital
Transfers Seen In Quad County Deeds And Accident Report
Legal transfers show multiple parties exchanging parcels in Tripoli and Plainfield with small revenue stamps. Transactions include Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co to Edward Biesterfelt and Fred H Joens to Milan Ellison. A separate note reports Frank Hertz, Malvern mail carrier, injured when his cart was struck by a train, plus a 1955 hay crop statistic.
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Donald A. Young
Erich F. Poock
Hattendorf
Tripoli
Plainfield Realty Co., Inc
Farmers State Bank
Plainfield
Fred H. Joens
Milan C. Ellison
Hasbrouck - Voetmann Lumber Co
Edward Biesterfelt
Andrew Carstensen
Roach Farms, Inc
W. H. Klunder
Highway
Carl Peters
Lester E. Peters
Hart Frank Hertz
Malvern
Hertz
Town Hall Calendar Shows Scout, Club Events This Week
The town hall calendar lists events from Monday April 22 to Wednesday April 24 including Cub Scouts Extension Service Sportsmen Kindergarten Mothers Music Inc and Woman's Club. The schedule highlights community groups and activities across three days.
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Cub Scouts
Music, Inc. Woman's Club
Bowing Kuhrts Cleaners Lose Twice to Close Bowling Season
Kuhrt's Cleaners men's bowling team ended the season with losses to Green Bay Lumber Co. and McAloon’s at Sumner. Bob Fink led scoring in both matches, posting a 224 high game and 530 series against Green Bay, then 201 and 569 against McAloon's. Team totals and individual line scores are listed for both games.
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McAloon’s
Fink
Bell
Bowling League Scores and Church Meeting Notice
In Sumner last Thursday Kramer's Chicks split with Chuck's Agricultural Service with two points each. High game for the Chicks was 165 by Jean Green. high series 445 by Doris Nerge. Line scores show Selek 96 111 109-316 Green 117-165 141-423 Towne 151 99 114-364 Nerge 143 150 152-445 Fink 149 134 123-406 Totals 656 688 639. Siegel Hope Lutheran Westgate St John Lutheran Sumner Grace Lutheran Tripoli will attend. Ernest Nuss Frederika president will conduct the business meeting. Oscar A Bany Grace Lutheran Brotherhood is secretary. Aug F Eichmann is dartball commissioner and will report on standings. Rev Cyril Jandrey Siegel-Frederika pastor is adviser. August Buhr Buck Creek is vice-president.
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Sumner
Kramer
Chicks
Chuck
Agricultural Service
Jean Green
Doris Nerge
Selek
Green
Towne
Nerge
Fink
Ernest Nuss
Frederika
Oscar A. Bany
Grace Lutheran Brotherhood
F. Eichmann
Cyril Jandrey
Siegel-Frederika
August Buhr
Buck Creek
Area Lutherans Set Spring Rally at Buck Creek
Brotherhoods of Area No 4 of the American Lutheran church in Iowa plan a spring rally at St John s Lutheran church Buck Creek on Monday evening at 8 o clock. Guest speaker will be Prof Robert E Glaser of Wartburg college Christianity department and rural sociology. Members come from Buck Creek Saint John s Crane Creek Frederika Readlyn and Readlyn s St Paul s Lutheran churches
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Brotherhoods
American Lutheran Church In
Iowa
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Buck Creek
Robert E. Glaser
Wartburg College
Crane Creek
Frederika
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Bremer Bond Sales Reach 30 Percent of 1957 Quota
Bremer county residents invested 365609 in United States savings bonds during the first quarter, achieving 30 percent of the 1957 quota. Iowa totals show E and H bond sales at 10883639, up 750000 from February. Nearby counties report Butler 193155 at 20 percent, Chickasaw 328279 at 40 percent, and Fayette 502518 at 34 percent.
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Bremer
United States
Bremer County
Iowa
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette
Birthday at Cascade: John Takes Sr. observes 102nd
John Takes Sr., among Iowa's oldest residents, recently celebrated his 102nd birthday at Cascade.
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Cascade
John Takes Sr
Iowa
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Robert Hankner
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