Church notes summarize Grace and area services
Grace Lutheran Alton Koengeter pastor offers 8 a.m. service 9 a.m. Sunday School family worship 10 a.m. sermon Happiness Is Caring. Sunset Home service Wednesday 6:30 p.m. and staff meeting Thursday 7:30 p.m. No August Sunday School. Other local churches listed with service times and Sunday School. Public steak supper Aug 29 at 4:30 p.m. All welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Lutheran
Alton C. Koengeter
Koengeter
Sunset Home
Denver
Grace Lutheran Church Women Education
Keith D. Selberg
Methodist Church
Frederika
Gerald McGee
ST. John’s American Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Geo. J. Gundel
ST. Paul and
Trinity Lutheran
G. C. Hattendorf
St. Paul
Trinity
Elmer Towne
Carolina Struck
R. F. Klemp
Acapulco
Mex
Southpark
Carol Jean Bock
Douglas Peterson
St. John’s
Local residents share visits and outings across Iowa towns
Knittel and Ganske families joined fishing trip to Wisconsin returning Sunday. Petersen guests for Sunday dinner in Hoeg home. Hartness on leave. Knight family and Dolly and DAnn visited Platte home. Jager couple welcomed grandson Michael in La Porte City. Petersen visited Chester Harmon home New Hartford. Platte called on Westendorf Sumner. Kimball family visited Minnie Kimball home. Fritz and Albrecht hosts in Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ganske
Harry Weltzin
Wisconsin
Chris Petersen
Armand Hoeg
Steven Hartness
Burman Knight
Dolly
D’ann
Arnold Platte
Otto Jager
Ivan Jager
Michael
la Porte City
Chester Harmon
New Hartford
Wilfred Westendorf
Sumner
Roger Kimball
Plainfield
Minnie Kimball
Edgar Albrecht
Martin Fritz
Oelwein
Navy Cross for Lt. Commander Taft in Vietnam action
Lt. Commander David A. Taft of the U S Navy Medical Corps former Ames man awarded the Navy Cross for amputating a leg with a live rocket embedded while serving as a surgeon with the First Marine Division s first medical battalion near Da Nang Vietnam Taft earned the decoration after treating a seriously wounded U S serviceman in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Taft
U.S. Navy Medical Corps
Ames
U.S
Dr. Taft
First Marine Division
D Nang
Vietnam
Looking at Life as It Used to Be
A compiled reminiscence notes events from August 1928 and earlier in Frederika and nearby towns. It records a drug store sale to locals after bankruptcy, a minister's death, a move of a young woman to Nebraska, and local diversions from Milwaukee barber training to regional weather and farm happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Drug Store
Frederika
E. Krueger
Buck Creek
Tripoli Leader highlights local events for August 21 1968
The Tripoli Leader reports on notable happenings in Tripoli Iowa for August 21 1968. Community notices include municipal updates, school news, and brief social items affecting residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Iowa
Pinhook Lesa and neighbors gather for visits and birthdays
Pinhook Lesa returned with her parents Pastor and Mrs Daryl Pals to Jesup after two weeks with Chester Pals while her parents vacationed. Ada McConkey visited Dilley home and many locals joined Sunday dinners and a funeral at Sumner for Mrs Rena Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lesa
Daryl Pals
Jesup
Chester Pals
Clyde van Brocklin
San Bernadino
Cal
Howard van Brocklin
Minnesota
Waterloo
Waucoma
Ada McConkey
Dilley
Marlowe Rieck
Tripoli
Alice Young
Hutchinson
Minn
Inez Smith
Albert Rieck
Beth Wolfgram
Boone
L. R. Ludwig
al Wolfgram
Ray Kuethe
Lucille Dilley
Albert
John Nerge
Rena Smith
Sumner
Geo. Banwell
Sonia
Alvin Gitch
Harry Hunt
Irwin Winters
Fredericksburg
Albert Ri
Reunion highlights for 1948 graduating class
The 1948 graduation class held a Sunday reunion with 45 attendees including Forrest Droster and Diane of Burlington Wisconsin and numerous families from Cedar Falls Des Moines and Waverly. Other Sunday visitors gathered in homes around the area. several trips and weddings were noted along with a birthday celebration for Ann Werde ritsch and basic training transfer for David Bang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Droster
Diane
Burlington
Wis
Clark Malcomsen
Russell
Karen
Center City
Minn
Leslie Parker, Jr
Jonia
Virgil Fasse
Denver
Patricia Mahlstedt
Richard
Kathy
Cedar Falls
Kenneth Hanson
Heidi
Keith Bradford
Springfield
Jane Bergmann
Tom Werderitsch
Des Moines
L. W
Frederic Rewoldt
Margaret
John
Lorenz Zander
Fred Rewoldt
Ray Buchholz
Hazel Bowers
Wayne Bravener
Ruby Bergman
Waverly
Raymond Buchholz
Harold Hyde
Sonia
J. C. Ruchs
LeLand Bergmann
Tripoli
Clair Munson
Gail McLavey
Virgil Lampe
Fred Farr
Frances Anderson
Joan
San Leandro
Cal
Split Rock Park
Farr
Jake Timmer
William Bravener
Amos Tucker
Pine River
Wally Tucker
Donny
Cindy
Nashua
Alvin Hahn
Charles Harrington
Troy Mills
Arlie Rausch
David Bang
Eugene Stahlhut
Sumner
David
California
Lester Buenger
Maylon McKinney
Brodhead
Diane Buenger
Memphis
Buenger
Ralph Drewis
Harry Thomas
Waterloo
Debbie
Jimmy Fagenbaum
Alfred Specht
Gustav Brase
Roland Brase
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Jesus Christ
ST. John's Lutheran Frederika
Harry Feistner
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Siegel
ST. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Siegel V. D. Weidler
ST. John's Lutheran
Western Douglas
R. Alexander
Nadine Heichel
J. F. Arthur
Stewart
Nebr
Wm. Schlichting
Walter Garland
Milwaukee
Fred Mummelther
Marilyn Duecker
John Henning
Tripoli Canning Corporation
Will Drape
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New Hampton
Cecil Morris
Henry F. Steitler
Tripoli Canning Co
Ida May Warner
James Martin
Richard Niemeyer
Kathryn Rieck
Ithaca
N. Y
Krueger
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Wm. Brandhorst
Lynn Wilson
Western Douglas Creamery Co
Lawrence Block
Wapsie
Pamela Jacobson
Ray Jacobsons
Clarksville
Larry Voigts
Pinhook
Vgfe
Bob Beck
Aya
Beck
Gov. Com
Dick Westerfield
Meen
Frank Sherman
Waterville
L. W. Bockhaus
Darwin Hoffman
Ann
Roger Bergmann and Sons
Robert Bergmann
Sally
Lyle Bowers
Cypil
Reno Charles Skillen
Kentan Nashua
Tan Zwanziger
Dixie Lee
Timmy Baclmann
Kocher
Kes
Tripoli Plumbing and Heating
Dial
Tripoli, Iowa
Republican
Bremer County
L. W. (Vern
Kehe
Kehe Construction Company
Cedar Valley Engineering Company
Associated General Contractors of Iowa
Waverly Chamber of Commerce
National Civil Defense Council
Wis. Ai
Sealy Golden Guard
Sealy
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