Readlyn and Tripoli Echo Through Decades of Life Stories
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Kimball are noted in Readlyn at St. Matthews Lutheran with Rev. Dornbusch presiding. The column surveys market prices from 40 years ago and July 1926 car registrations, road work near the Wapsie river, and multiple obituaries and marriages across Readlyn, Tripoli, and surrounding towns, spanning 1926 to 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Kimbal
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Meyer
Eldora Bahlmann
Herman Bahlmann
Fredericksburg
George Hagen
Theo. Bock
Sumner
St. Peter’s Evangelical Church
Theo. Thomas
E. A. Hanff
Grace Lutheran Parsonage
Arlene Bany
Ed Bany
Lorenz Sell
W. W. Sell
Wapsie River
Tripoli
Amelia Ambrose
Rettig & Meier Funeral Home
Union Mound Cemetery
Earl Kuker
Highway 63
Martin Sievers
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Henry Henning
C. J. Mardorf
Ed Buenzow
Buck Creek
Grace Lutheran Church
Arnold Thalacker
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
Gerald B. Witmer
Denver
Marian Drewis
Randolph Drewis
Jimmey L. Lampe
U. S. Army
Elmer Lampe
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
First Lutheran Church
Diane Everding
Waterloo
Carl Everding
Donald Newell
Guttenberg
D. C. Newell
Mason City
Bruno Schlachtenhausen
Matthias and Abbas
Read
Hampton Construction Co., Inc
Young’s of Oelwein
Starrett Electric
Newton
Jane Brandt
Duane H. Bremer
Fairbank
Milton E. Brandt
Paul A. Bremer
Mary Kimball
Erich J. Dornbusch
FBI reports 19,498 major crimes in Iowa for 1965
The FBI reports that in 1965 Iowa recorded 19,498 major crimes an increase of about 1,500 from 1964. There were 36 murders in 1965, up one from 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Iowa
Regents Receive Bond Proposal For State Institution Building
The state Board of Regents was presented with a plan to issue bonds to finance construction at Iowa, Iowa State, and the State College of Iowa. The proposal would pledge student fees and other Income to repay the bonds. Regents delayed decision until the August meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Regents
State Board of Regents
Institutions of Higher Learning
Iowa
Iowa State
State College of Iowa
Acker Matthias American Legion Meeting Denver Aug 8
Regular Legion and Auxiliary gathering in Denver set for August 8 at Town Park. Attendees share a potluck with covered dishes and desserts. rolls and drinks provided. Hostesses listed as Mrs. Jim Bigham and Mrs. Paul Buenneke. Pastor Wayne Stumme ends temporary tenure at St Peter Lutheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker- Matthias American Legion and Auxiliary
Denver
Jim Bigham
Paul Buenneke
Wayne Stumme
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Waverly
David Johnson
Dinner honors 90th birthday of Mrs. Christena Oberman
Knittell Rev Erich Dornbusch hosted a Sunday dinner with numerous guests from Maquoketa Waverly Shell Rock and Elwood to honor Mrs Christena Oberman on her 90th birthday. Houseguests from Anchor age Alaska Mr Edward Johnson and John arrived Thursday and left Monday for Ft Knox Kentucky for five months officer training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erich J. Dornbusch
Christena Oberman
Ambrose Meyer
Preston
Donald Durkop
Elwood
Ben Greve
Alta Nissen
Maquoketa
Harley Dietz
Horton
John Dornbusch
Shell Rock
Johanna Dietrich
Waverly
Louie Wenthe
Eilmer Schneider
Edward M. Johnson
Douglas
John
Anchorage
Alaska
Walter Meier
Ft. Knox
Johnson
Earl Rommel
Edward Johnson
Leta Strottman
Cedar Falls
Arnold Platte
Edward Johnson and Sons
Henry Hagenow
Wilfried Westendorf
Sumner
Church notices and social updates from local community
Aug sermons announced with Karl Schmidt filling the Wartburg pulpit on Aug 1 14 and 21. Beverly Leonhart arrives from Whittier Cal to join Faith Lutheran and will start at Immanuel Lutheran Waterloo this fall. A birthday concert for patients at Iowa Soldiers Home Marshalltown June 27 features Nancy Schmitz Julia Kurtz Mark DeVries Johnny Kipp and Linda Kipp with Mrs Schmitz and Mrs Boyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Schmidt
Wartburg College
Beverly Leonhart
Martin Leonhart
Whittier
Cal
Faith Lutheran School
Immanuel Lutheran
Waterloo
Nancy Schmitz
Julia Kurtz
Mark DeVries
Johnny Kipp
Linda Kipp
Albert Moeller
Ernest Huck
Ernest Pipho
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. W. Bennett
The
State Bank
L. H. Fink
American Savings Bank
J. J. Fink
Hasbrouck Lumber Co
Bremer County
Wapsie
George Abbas
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Hulda Henning
Western Douglas
Marlys Jean Stumme
John A. Biermann
Conrad Stumme
Herman Biermann
Carol Bock
Erwin Bock
Interstate Power Co
O’brien’s Drug Store
Tom O'Brien
Sumner Hospital Board
Robert T. Fauth
St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church
Peace Memorial Church
Chicago
Butler - Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Herman Tegtmeier
Main Street
John Prestien
Sylvia Heideman
George Heideman
Roger Dean Johnson
A. L. Johnson
Peterson
U.S. Savings Bonds
Joan Berry
Lusk
San Diego
Calif
U.S
Luis Island
New York City
New World
Wcuicem Savings
Jowa
Invoice
Acker-Matthias American Legion Post
Minneapolis
Twins
Baltimore
Tenkote
International
Stet
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