Durant Keeps Post As School Superintendent Thirty-Third Year
Durant re elected superintendent Thomas J Durant will lead local schools for the thirty third year. Fred Wittenburg named janitor at 1140 a year replacing long time janitor John Rimrodt. Teaching staff mostly unchanged though two high school and two grammar positions cut. Budget will be notably lower due to salary reductions. Mrs. George Reed of Sumner died in Detroit after major surgery. Survivors include husband and two daughters. Mr and Mrs Ladwig and another couple travel to Detroit over her condition. Observe 56th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Fred Frank celebrated at home. Married in Charles City April 18 1875, lived in Sumner 51 years, parents of four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Reed
Sumner
Detroit
Michigan
William Oakley
Shirley
C. O. Ladwig
A. F. Ladwig
Waterloo
Fred Frank
Charles City
Waverly
H. C. Frank
John
Readlyn
Otto
Chicago
Arthur
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Birthday Party Honors Fifty-Eighth Anniversary at Buhr Home
A birthday party celebrated Mrs. H. C. Buhr's fifty-eighth anniversary at the Buhr home with thirty relatives and friends. after a supper, five hundred was played and the honoree received many thoughtful gifts. The day included visits and travel updates as locals attended to family obligations and neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Buhr
Buhr
Community Notes and Socials Roundup
The column details visits and gatherings in the town including Mrs. Helene Wescott’s Des Moines trip, Mrs. H. S. Shales and others in Des Moines, and the illness and death of Mrs. Arthur Thompson. It notes social events at Grace Burke’s Suits-Us club, a Birthday gathering for R. A. Heiserman, and trips to Albia and Waterloo. Also mentioned are a Lutheran student chorus from Iowa State Teachers College, local building progress by Bell brothers, and a funeral for Ruth Ashbrenner with sympathy extended to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Creek
Hope
Waverly
Mercy Hospital
Grace Burke
George Hill
Waterloo
William Bathke
R. A. Heiserman
Mr. Heiserman
C. E. Martinson
Leo Heyer
Frank Vierth
Stinson
Albia
W. M. Vierth
Lutheran
Iowa State Teacher
Black Hawk County
Bell Brothers
George
Herman
William Bell
Local Social News From Potter Siding and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Herman Kirchoff hosted Friday evening guests at their home. Miss LaVera Henning and Miss Darlene Smith stayed with Miss Lucile Lohmann Thursday night. Ervin Wolff worked Saturday afternoon at Tripoli shop. Henry Schroeder began summer work for Mrs Louie Bany on April 15. Will Lohmanns visited Bremer Tuesday. Lascla Kirchhoff attended as a Waverly caller Saturday. Multiple Waverly visitors from Tripoli and nearby called Friday and visited Stehn and Lohmann households. Louie Rucker Jr visited Waverly Monday. Funeral attendance noted for the five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Aschbrenner near Spring Fountain church. Gustav Redies shopped in Tripoli Monday afternoon. August Fredericks and daughter Nadean spent Sunday afternoon with Oelschlager near Spring Fountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Carpenter
Fayette
Gertrude
Myra Pease
Upper Iowa University
W. H. Heyer
Ella Mueller
Claire
Detroit Lakes
Minnesota
George Butcher
Carl Metzer
Creston
George Harris
H. A. Hagenburg
Lorraine
Rochester
Worrell Hospital
Donna Sexton
Waverly
W. H. Mooney
Herbert Schwerin
Waterloo
Henry Schwerin
Agnes Hendricks
Helen Wescott
Kansas City
Mark West
G. J. Sexton
Ethelyn Grettly
Dan Glass
Walter Kirchman
John Schmedeke
Oscar Minkel
Sumner
Esther Minkel
F. M. West
A. P. West
Walter Berg
Cedar Rapids
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Good Will Society
Waverly Orphan’s Home
R. A. Wescott
Fort Dodge
Herman Kirchoff
Dick Kirchhoff
LaVera Henning
Darlene Smith
Lucile Lohmann
Ervin Wolff
Tripoli
Henry Schroeder
Louie Bany
Will Lohmann
Walter Lohmann
Bremer
Lascla Kirchhoff
Fred Lohmann
August Fredericks
Nadean
Esther Lohmann
Johanna Jungblut
Christ Stehn
Adela
Social Visits and Family Gatherings Across Spring Fountain Area
Mr and Mrs Alvin Sommer and children visited in the Albert Reick home Thursday evening. Waterloo visitors included Mr and Mrs Albert Reick and son Marlowe, Mrs Elmer Kneadler and Lee Hill. Ford Meyer and son Harry with other relatives spent time in Waverly and at various homes. Multiple family visits followed through Sunday, with entries noting funeral attendance for Ruth Ashbrenner and a gathering of friends at Westgate Janesville and Frederika locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Sommer
Albert Reick
Marlowe
Elmer Kneadler
Lee Hill
Waterloo
Ford Meyer
Harry
John Struck
Ruby
Carmen
Waverly
Gustav O. Boeckmann
Fred Bodermann
Wavery
Earl Meyer
Ernie
August Kuker
Louie Meyer
Alvin Sommers
Maxine
Leighton
A. C. Bruns
Ed Braun
Herbert Plaster
Westgate
Paul Schroeder
Frederika
Albert Reich
Janesville
Leota
Norma Volker
Ruth Ashbrenner
Vada Kuker
Viola Kirchmann
John F. Schroeder
Marilyn
Golden confirmation invitation reaches Husum church
Conrad Meyer, member of the Lutheran confirmation class of 1881 with 53 members, received an invitation to the golden confirmation celebration at the Lutheran church of Husum Hanover Germany on Sunday April 26. Of the class 12 died and 17 emigrated to America. Several others in the area also received invites including Mrs. Fred Hartman and Henry Mueller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Lampe
Conrad Meyer
Lutheran Church of
Fred Hartman
Waverly
Henry Mueller
Clarksville
Art Stumme
Readlyn
G. Gerlach
Lutheran Orphans’ Home
Gustav Schwemm
Carl Matthiesen
Leona Bunger
Minburn
August Bunger
Local social notes list visits and birthdays across area towns
Bunger and daughter eLona travel to Arlington on business with Helvig Gerlach. Friends honored Mrs. Bierman at her birthday. Cedar Falls trips by Christ Drape family. Henning birthday gathering. Herman Miller visit to Tripoli. Mundfrom ill. Lohmann and Sievers families visiting. Hoppenworth, Quade, Rodemeyer hosting at Waverly. Bierman and Will Bierman households visited. Peters from Irma dine with Grebein. G Gerlach and Meyer visit Rewoldt in New Hampton hospital. Turn to the Business Bringers for your needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Henning
Herman Miller
George Mundfrom
Tripoli
Mundfrom
Fred Lohmann
Arlen
Henry Lohmann
Tom Sievers
Erwin Hoppenworth
Will Grebien
G. Gerlach
Conrad Meyer
New Hampton
F. C. Rewoldt
St. Joseph’s Hospital
How to Train Baby's Bowels
A home remedy article promotes daily half a teaspoon of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for bottle fed or breast fed babies to prevent constipation. It claims benefit for regular, healthy bowels and cites the doctor's 47 years of practice and 3500 births without loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Local Social Notes From Tripoli Area
OLD TRIPOLI residents report visits and family updates. Mr and Mrs Henry Heideman assisted with butchering at the Geo H Heideman home Tuesday. Mrs Will Jahnke visited Mrs Geo H Heideman Wednesday afternoon. Henry Steidler of Tripoli stopped by the Henry Heideman farm Saturday morning. Mrs Geo H Heideman and son Howard visited Mary Carstensen in Tripoli Saturday afternoon. Will Jahnke did a Tripoli caller Saturday afternoon. Lavern Schnurstein spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Schnurstein. Ed and Herbert Jahnke built a new border house last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Heideman
Mattie Drewis
George
Geo. H. Heideman
Will Jahnke
Henry Steidler
Tripoli
Howard
Mary Carstensen
Lavern Schnurstein
Fred Schnurstein
Herbert Jahnke
Fremont District 8 Students Practice Music and Planting
Marie Kuhrt, a teacher at Fremont District No 8, notes last week’s activities including planting four lilac bushes a spirea a black walnut tree and a bed of hardy flowers. Students practice singing on the piano and many seventh and eighth graders can sing all the third year parts.
Bayer Aspirin: fast relief for headaches and aches
Bayer Aspirin tablets promise immediate relief from headaches neuritis neuralgia and colds. The ad touts safety with the Bayer cross, cautions against imitations, and urges use as needed for pain. It notes aspirin as the monoacetic acid ester of salicylic acid and emphasizes genuine Bayer quality.
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Bayer
Choir and exams planned for seventh and eighth graders
Perfect spelling grades this week go to Dorothy Tegtmeier Esther Sassman Norma Blasberg Edna Wolfgram Donald Peters Elmer Peters Eunice Peters Edwald Peters Elmer Niemeyer and Leslie Peters. We are reviewing for seventh and eighth grade examinations and practicing for the last day program while continuing regular lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Tegtmeier
Esther Sassman
Norma Blasberg
Edna Wolfgram
Donald Peters
Elmer Peters
Eunice Peters
Edwald Peters
Elmer Niemeyer
Leslie Peters
Fremont District No 7 Teacher Martha Wedemeier
Fremont District No 7 reports Martha Wedemeier as teacher. The past week involved choir song testing and lower grades testing to assess abilities. Most time was spent on yearly reviews and tests.
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Fremont
Martha Wedemeier
Violet plants planted at the school yard hike
Friday noon hike yielded violet plants planted on the north side of the schoolhouse. Lower grades did freehand cutting and coloring during seat work. Four general cleanings were done Friday while the floor dried. The last choir session was held outdoors. Upper grades created safety first and health posters Friday.
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al Sumner
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Bloomington
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Fred Zell
Henry Meyer
Sophia Braun
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Clara
Louie
Freddie
Robert Ashbrenner
Burns
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Fergeman & Selek
City Laundering Co
W. B. Catewett
Doctors
Lowa
Old Tripoli
Marie Kuhrt
McCormick
Deering
McCormick - Deering
Killer Implement Co
Goodyear
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