Weekend Social Roundup From Waterloo Area
Maurer and friends spent Storm weekend at Lake Mauger with Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Gooden. Helen Johnson hosted visitors as did Blanche Stewart in Cedar Falls. Local greetings include Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Meredith touring northern Wisconsin and Michigan, and visits between Ed Tegtmeier and Clarence Speer families. Sherman and Sherrey family members traveled from Fort Smith Ark to visit relatives before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurer
Stephenith
Lake
Lowell Goodenpout
Helen Johnson
Herman
Waterloo
William Fedones
Wm. Merly
Pat
Kent
Wisconsin
Michigan
Lakeside
Delis
Milwaukee
Blanche Stewart
Cedar Falls
C. A. Stewart
Edwin Tegtmeier
Clarence Speer
Waverly
Ray Neith
Darlene
Elaine Foster
Pauline Koch
Paul E. Sherrey
Fort Smith
Ark
R. J. Bunger
Weekend of Visits and Family Gatherings Across Many Towns
Numerous residents and relatives from Sumner and surrounding towns visited friends and family over the weekend and midweek. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scherrey, Ark., Mr. and Mrs. Reindhardt Bunger, and many others. Notable events: John Prestien’s Sunday visits with the Scherreys and Hoppenworths. a wedding at Elma. a Buls reunion at Summer Park. a 9 pound 0 ounce son born to Mr. and Mrs. Block at Sumner Community hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kuhrt
Emil Speer
Carol
Lula Bortz
Bremer
John Prestien
Ervin Drape
Chris Drape
August Towne
Harold Lehmann
Waterloo
George Conger
Bristow
H. W. Krueger
George Koons
Boone
Eldo Kehe
Walter Steward
Grover Markham
Lamont
Marjorie Biermann
Waverly
Edwin Biermann
Jean
K. C. Frank
Douglas Rosenthal
Jeffrey
Wayland
Hulda Ryan
New Sharon
Carl Ryan
Michael
Kristi
Elmer Gaede
George Drewis
Tama
Minnie Schumacher
Zatha Tegtmeier
Sumner
Arnold Harr
Greene
Otto Buls
Darlys Jean
Joanne Skalsky
Donald Bull
Elma
Lutheran Church
Conrad Otterstetter
Paul E. Scherrey
Fort Smith
Ark
R. J. Bunger
Peter Mahlstedt
Walter Buls
Henry Hagen
Buls
Summer Park
William Ambrose
Robert Bathke
Harold Paton
Hudson
C. A. Stewart
H. H. Buls
Lloyd Buls
William Noack
L. K. Bell
Douglas
Charles Schumacher
Rudolph Piegers
Gene Johnson
la Porte City
R. A. Guhrow
Stanley Buhrow
Paul Block
Sumner Community Hospital
Lawrence Moeller
Lawrence Schuldt
Readlyn
Shirley Blasberg
Ervin Heine
Karla
Lloyd Niedert
Dennis
Dianne
Bradley Wayne Holm
Alma Gunderson
Postville
L. J. Neubauer
Mary Jo
Tommy
Topeka
Kan
Walter Sommer
Mary
Duane Holm
Spencer Lee
Bradley Wayne
Louis Waschkat
Marie Meier
Lorenz
Art Holm
Schellhorn
George Joelink
Bonnie
Clinton
William F. Goetz
Josephine Bedard
Beatrice Thompson
Ann
Eagle Center
Nancy Miller
Dumont
Henry Kuecker
LeLand Bergmann
Carl Schwemm
Paul Scherrey
Ft. Smith, Ark
Herbert Hoppenworth
Reinhardt Bunger
Heat wave eases as drought looms over Bremer County
Residents report relief from record heat but drought threats persist across the region. Crops suffer statewide with Bremer County affected. A rainfall on Aug 6 brought relief for some, yet several areas remain dry. Daily highs ranged from mid 80s to mid 90s, lows in the 50s, with observers noting cooler nights and sheets at rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
E. C. Biermann
Block Reunion At South Park Attended By Extended Family
Mr and Mrs Fred Block and relatives including Lawrence Block David Mark Virgil Leonard Roger and Linda Block gathered at South park for a block reunion on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Block
Lawrence Block
David
Mark
Virgil
Leonard
Roger
Linda Block
South Park
Olmstead Family Hosts Visitors From Shell Rock
Sunday afternoon visitors of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Olmstead and family were Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Olmstead and Mrs. Ruth Niemann of Shell Rock. Kathy Olmstead observed her third birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Olmstead
Ezra Olmstead
Ruth Niemann
Shell Rock
Kathy Olmstead
Baptized Kevin Vern in Grace Lutheran Church
Kevin Vern Lohmann was baptized Sunday at Grace Lutheran Church by Rev. Wm. Goetz. Sponsors were Lavern Ladage and Ruth Rodemeyer. Family members from Jesup Wa verly and La Porte City attended the Sunday dinner at Leona Ladage’s home with Lavern Ladage family, Emil Lohmann, Pipho, Rodemeyer, and the Lohmanns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Vern
Lavern Lohmann
Grace Lutheran Church
Wm. Goetz
Lavern Ladage
Ruth Rodemeyer
Leona Ladage
Jesup
Emil Lohmann
Sophie Pipho
Lawrence Mensching
Waverly
Donald Ladage
Mohling Family Holds 25th Annual Reunion in Denver Park
The Mohling family met at Denver Town Park for their 25th annual reunion with 65 attendees from Tripoli, Wellsburg, Fredericksburg, Waterloo, Sumner, Frederika, Cedar Falls, and Denver. Officers named for 1956 were Erwin Mohling president, Lawrence Steege vice president, and Mrs Arnold Weidler secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Mohling
Tripoli
Waverly
Fredericksburg
Waterloo
Sumner
Frederika
Cedar Falls
Erwin Mohling
Lawrence Steege
Arnold Weidler
John Steege
Mohling Homestead
Germany
Louisa Bierman
Carol Steege
City Park
Kruegers and Dick Head to Ocean City for Visit
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Krueger and Dick left Tuesday for Ocean City Maryland to visit friends and relatives before returning home to Dhahran Saudi Arabia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Krueger
Ocean City
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bremer County Text Books
Junio
Bill Folds Girls
Dreyer Drug Store
R. J. Miller
Hutchinson
Min
C. F. Bathke
Joyce Carstensen
Joe McCalester
Davenport
Lloyd Wixcel
Lowell Goodenbour
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Blute
Hulda Hesse and
Kelly
Harry Elliott
William Seelhammer
Mercy Hospital
Herman Biermann Sr
Vernon Wikner
Stanley Ambrose
Hazel Fereday
R. A. Guhlow
Frederick Sell
Alvina Pries
Mabel Kuhrt
Leonard Buhrow
Sonia
California
Erik Erikson
Aurora
Minn
John Mullen
Dick Nutter
Wis
George Gundacker
Ernest Drewis
Harlan Schilling
Lee Harris
Dean Harris
Raymond Boeckmann
Joel
Mary Winzenburg
Becki Jaynn
Debbi Lynn
Edna Droste
E. A. Kleiss
Leon Kleiss
Cheryl
LaVern Platte
Ann and
Bruce
Hadwin Kleiss
Edwin N. Johnston
John Buehler
Hancock
Maud David
New Hampton
Ruth Maurer
S. A. Maurer
Alice
Robert Rathbone
Carl Lobeck
Ervin Buhr
Laura Buhr
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
Lloyd Steege
Marilyn
Melvin Stahlhut
Keith
Irma Slack
LaJean
Glen
George Barnes
Herman Schwein
Grotto
West Bend
Eugene Woodcock
A. C. Woodcock
Bert L. Woodcock
Woodcock
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Dharan- Saudi Arabia
Teresa and
Marshall Wilharm
Robin Hood
Nicelard Rice
LEE
FBI
SAT
Wilson
Hormel
Tripoli, Iowa
Denver Town Park
Kellogg’s Ae
Curtiss
Libby
Shedd
Bartlett
Sunkist
Cans
V.C. Pork
U.S
Armour
Hill Crest
Sessaitte
STAG
Michael’s
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!