Looking at Life as It Used to Be Fifty Five Years Ago
This column recalls life in 1910 and 1940 with market prices and local events. It notes Nora Schneer as a new typist in the Leader office and a wrist sprain at Tripoli Mercantile. It also lists marriage notices, church ceremonies, movers in Bremer and nearby towns, and early 1950s civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Schneer
Leader
Albert Kuker
Tripoli Mercantile
St. John Lutheran Church
Sumner
Evelyn Volker
Fred Volker
Elston Rewoldt
Frederika
Werner Rewoldt
C. J. Mardorf
Gladys Hankner
E. H. Hankner
Lorenz H. Bunger
Ed Bunger
St. Peter’s Evangelical Parsonage
Theo. Thomas
George LaBounty
Okarche
Okla
LaBounty
Congregational Church
Wm. Ambrose
L. E. Gatch
Duane Bockholt
Farm Bureau
Bremer County
Carl Koch
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
E. F. Puhlmann
Herb Blume
Tripoli
Waterloo
Eldora
Walter Sommer
Dale Schmidt
Danny Klemp
R. F. Klemp
Des Moines
Fort Carson
Colo
Sharon Zwanziger
Harold Zwanziger
Wayne Lageschulte
Lavern Lageschulte
Madrid
Jane Ann Sievers
Donald Sievers
James Boevers
Rhinehardt Boevers
Readlyn
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Siegel
W. H. Klein
Delaware
Ohio
Harry Schlichting
Ohio Wesleyan University
Karen Mahlstedt
Wendell Mahlstedt
Nashua
Larry Good
James W. Good
Plainfield
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Western Douglas
W. H. Lindquist
Frederika Reunion and Local Social Notes Report
The Frederika area hosts a large reunion with about 49 attendees traveling from Evansdale Waterloo Fredericksburg New Hampton Sumner Tripoli Princeville Tl and Frederika. The record lists many visits dinners and gatherings across several nearby towns with multiple families noted from the Albrecht Bergmann Schmudlach Drewis and Clary families among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Albrecht
Frederika Park
Evansdale
Waterloo
Fredericksburg
New Hampton
Sumner
Tripoli
Princeville
Frederika
Bradley
Charles Albrecht
Hazel Ager
Fred Bergmann
Hazel Bowers
Ada Lau
C. C. Clary
Louise Alcock
Mabel McGee
WSCS
Fredericksburg Methodist Church
Bolivia
Duane Abbas
Emil Schmudlach
Alvin Hahn
Harm Timmer
Shell Rock
Ronald Hills
Elgin
Will Hagedorn
Gilbert Long
McGregor
Lynford Wendt
Dale Abbas
Carl Abbas
Randall Goings
Nashua
Herbert Sonday
Wayne Bravener
Donald Bergmann
Clarence Bergmann
Helena Bergmann
Barbara
Verlon Drape
Artesian
Bertha Drape
Kenneth Drape
John Johnson
Cedar Falls
Lester West
New Hartford Methodist Church
West
E. J. Nuss
Ralph Drewis
Clarence Bahlmann
Lawrence Biermann
Siegel
Clara Hildebrandt
Harvey Hildebrandt
Frederick Hildebrandt
Brenda
Cindy Bergmann
Clara Matthias
Arlin Matthias
Readlyn
J. C. Ruehs
Effie Alcock
D. E. Chadwick
Albert Hagedorn
Fredericksurg
Jake Timmer
John McBride
Wisconsin Dells
Fredericksburg Park
Ernest Harnisch
Nellie Duenow
Debby
Scott Drape
Fred Bergman
Lee Holm
Lucille Ball
Wally
Lou Schoenfeld
Ionia
New Yardstick Measures Child Musical Aptitude
Iowa City Professor Edwin Gordon develops the Musical Aptitude Profile a testing tool for fourth graders to diagnose strengths and weaknesses in music. Published by Houghton Mifflin, the battery aims to identify talent early and guide teachers in shaping each student’s musical training. The test is used with teacher judgment to assess likely musical success even without formal training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Edwin Gordon
University of Iowa
Houghton Mifflin Co
Boston
Gordon
Don’t Scratch That Itch Itch Relief Ad
Quick drying ITCH-ME-NOT promises relief for eczema insect bites ringworm and surface rashes. available at O’Brien's Sundries Tripoli with antiseptic action to kill germs and speed healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Tripoli
New Music Aptitude Battery Uses Original Phrases
A profile of seven tests for grades four through twelve uses original phrases recorded by university musicians rather than excerpts to measure musical aptitude. Three tape recordings accompany a teacher’s manual with norms. aims to test tonal imagery myth imagery and musical sensitivity, with comparisons of melodies in phrase pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
U of I
State's First Fatal Plane Crash in Twenty Months
The state saw its first fatal plane crash in twenty months at a town airfield. Dennis Edgington, aged 3 and Ola, died in the incident. Passenger Lew Lewis sustained injuries. details incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Edgington
Lew
Lewis
Borer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary I. Haak
Lawrence Haak
Melbourne
Carl Oaken
Herman Oaken
Tipton
Peace Corps
West Africa
St. Augustine’s Chapel
Sierra Leone
North Africa
Morocco
Mediterranean
Oaken
Kayuma Secondary School
Aluminum
Ake
Warner Electric
Iowa
Sealy
Sei
Robert H. Kuhri
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