Sumner VFW installs new officers and community notices
New VFW officers are installed at the VFW hall with Mrs. Al Woltgram as president and Mrs. Albert Gierath as senior vice president among others. Community items include anniversaries, engagements, local club meetings, church activities, and a governor speaking at a father son banquet in Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Alwoltgram
Albert Gierath
Keith O. Koeberle
Percy Foster
Wayne Phillips
Carl Lang
Gatha Tegtmeier
Christina Schmadeke
Gaylord Farnum
Snyder
Clara Rowe
Eldon Hammel
Gordon Trout
Marvel Wolfgram
Richard Traeger
Rowe
Wolfgram
Ronald Meyer
Schmadeke
Harold Frisch
R. J. Allenein
Koeberle
Allenstein
Floyd Marken
Morrison
Elmer Haag
Marken
Sumner Rebekah Lodge
American Legion Hall
al Wolfgram
L. R. Ludwig
Social rounds feature guests across Sumner and Waterloo
Frederika and Miriam French hosts share dinners with guests at Sumner and Waterloo homes. Visitors include the Testorffs, Hargroves, Duenows, Clarys, McGee, Ager, and others. School operetta planned and local church times updated.
Readlyn Notes Servicemen Entries Fire Response Friends
Readlyn notes list three local servicemen entering basic training at Fort Chaffee Arkansas Pvt Norbert Schmidt Pvt Kenneth Piehl and Pvt Orville Thoms. Also Mr and Mrs Marvin Huebner welcome a son David Joel born April 1 at Allen Memorial Waterloo. Verne Lockard resumes studies at University of Iowa. Readlyn Fire Dept responds to two fires in three hours grass fire on Ernest Moeller farm and machine shed fire near Tripoli with aid from Tripoli firemen. Housewarming honors Mr and Mrs Arnold Poock in Rucker apartments move details and local visits include Mrs Anna Griese and Mrs Anna Schumacher attending conventions in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Weland
Stephen Wieland
Ames
Iowa State College
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Norbert J. Schmidt
Ist
Trng
Field Arty
Otto Schmidt
Kenneth E. Piehl
Fred Piehl
Orville W. Thoms
Trag
Raymond Thoms
Marvin Huebner
David Joel
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Verne Lockard
Murl Lockard
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Readlyn
Ernest Moeller
Leslie Lohmann
Tripoli
Arnold C. Poock
Poock
Rucker
Anna Griese
Clara Seegers
Sumner
Anna Schumacher
Iowa Independent Telephone Association
Des Moines
Schumacher
Notice of Appointment of Executors for Christoph Drape Estate
On April 9 1956 the District Court of Bremer County Iowa appointed Erwin Drape of Tripoli Henry Drape of Guttenberg and the firm Leslie and Leslie of Waverly as executors of the estate of Christoph Drape deceased. All debts should be paid to the executors and all claims presented to the court for allowance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bremer County
Iowa
Christoph Drape
Erwin Drape
Tripoli
Henry Drape
Guttenberg
Leslie & Leslie
Attorneys
Waverly
Marriage Licenses for Six Couples Listed
Robert D. Sievers 24 of Tripoli to Elaine Hartman 19 of Tripoli. Glenn R. Fairhurst 29 of Cedar Falls to Jean Kilgore 29 of Cedar Falls. Harold J. Engelkamp 19 of Cincinnati Ohio to Beverly Chestnut 18 of Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Sievers
Tripoli
Elaine Hartman
Glenn R. Fairhurst
Cedar Falls
Jean Kilgore
Harold J. Engelkamp
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beverly Chestnut
Waverly
Palliative Cancer Care Explores Comfort Over Cure
Dr E D Plass discusses palliative treatment for advanced cancer, including irradiation surgery and hormones to ease pain and extend life. He notes the goal is comfort and time, with research seeking drugs to retard growth. families may struggle with postponing the inevitable. 82 year old Fred Crane receives a 50 year Masonic pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Stanton
Fred Crane
Red Oak
Masonic Order
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Brayton
Flynn Brayton
Inez Sexton
W. A. Heyer
Ladies’ Aid Society
Salem
E.U.B
Milo E. Lease
Erhardt Kuker
Rena Smith
Arthur Traeger
Banks Township Study Club
Farm Bureau
Fayette
John Corkery
Marjory Blessington
Mr. Corkery
Rose Marie
Cedar Rapids
Robert
Margaret
Clarion
Wm. H. Henning
Suzanne E
Minneapolis
Roger L. Burns
F. S. Dahl
St. John American Lutheran Church
Miss Henning
Northwestern Bank
Minneapoli
Remington Rand Co
Fredericksburg
Alvin Hucke
Patricia Ann
Robert A. Ross
Hans Ross
Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Miss Hucke
First State Bank
Leo Hoegh
Methodist Church
Donald Artman
Pi Kappa Alpha
State University of Iowa
Lions Club
Durant School
Gustave Platte
Maude Adams
Will Hurmence
W.C.T.U
M. E. Shank
Felix Morf
O. B. Littell
Frank Lange
Cedar Rap“S
Roy Robertson
Robertson
Margaret Corkery
M. G. Wolfgram
Carl Bonnevie
Denver
Colo
Ogden Schoonmaker
Wau- Watosa
Wis
Minne Ambrose
Martha Wood
California
A. F Miller
M. M. Peers
Edwin Lee
Arthur Bratt
St. Mary’s Rochester
Minn
Elizabeth Krause
Frederika
Arthur
Miriam French
Roy Lease
Charles Testorff
S. K. Hargrove
Wm. Duenow
C. C. Clary
G. F. O'Day
W. H. Sassmann
Carroll Smith
Leland Rice
Hazel Ager
Mabel McGee
Lee Holm
Robert Paul
Hazel Bowers
New Hampton
Robert Carney
Johnny
Max Carney
Katherine
Ethel Carney
Gary
Albert Markle
Harold Ager
Dean
Tony Holm
Nashua
Frank Johnson
Wayne Bravener
Elmer Johnson
Charles City
Albert
Ernest Testorff and
Lyle Bowers
Joe Truax
Don Baker
Carol Sherman
Irene Sherman
Minnie Schellhorn
Arnold Schellhorn
Oran
Orlyn Schellhorn
Scholtz Hospital
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Keith Carroll
Oelwe
Susan
Paul Carroll
Herman Brase
Douglas Township
A. W. French
Billy
L. W. Bockhaus
John Henning
Mr. Henning
Wm. Buss
Wyant
Frederika School
A. H. Jahnke
Mattie Austin
Alma Schildbach
Johns-Manville
E. D. Plass, M. D
Iowa Acs
American Cancer Society
Mason City
John Deere
McCormick
Noble
Dawson
Chevrolet
Ferguson
Welch
Harold Kuethe
Erican Savings Bank
Arnold Hexon, Auctioneer
Tripoli, Iowa
Leo Ie
Ionia, Iowa
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