Community Guests and Family Gatherings Fill Weekend
Local residents hosted and visited friends across towns in Wisconsin and Iowa. Numerous families including Brase, Boderman, Wikner, and Foelske joined relatives and neighbors for birthdays, meals, and weekend trips in Prairie du Chien, Waterloo, Waverly, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walte
Steward
R’s Ferry
Herb Boderman
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Marquette
Ohnny Sievers
Larry Chilwaterloo
Lillian Ste
Local visitors brighten several Iowa homes this week
Mr and Mrs Erwin Platte of Sumner were Friday visitors at Fred Holm's. Scott Morgensen and Julie Morgensen of Waterloo visited their grandparents. Fred Heidemann hosted Tuesday calls at Ed Heidemann’s in Denver and visited Anna Scheve at Sunset Home. Harvey Hildebrandt, Roger Callanan and Cary called on Ralph Drewis near Frederika Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Wikner
Hanson
Jesup
Id Petersen
Dale and
Craig
Auburn
Ivan R
Marengo
L. H. Nabholz
Waterloo
Les Sneller
Linda
Byrnes Waterloo
Adrian
Minn
Erwin Platte
Sumner
Fred Holm
Scott
Julie Morgensen
Fred Heideman
Ed Heideman
Denver
Anna Scheve
Sunset
Harvey Hildebrandt
Roger Callanan
Cary
Ralph Drewis
Frederika
Silver Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. William Bentley
Friends and relatives gathered at the Wm. Bentley Sr. home to observe their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple, formerly Renetta Biermann and William Bentley, wed August 23, 1940, at St. John's Evangelical and Reformed in Siegel. They have five children and three grandchildren. Guests came from several Iowa towns including Sioux City, Webster City, Blairsburg, and Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bentley
Renetta Biermann
William Bentley
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Siegel
Karl Pfeiffer
Harold Bentley
Harold Mohling
Robert
Marie) Meyer
Tripoli
William, Jr
Sumner
Jean
June
Allen
Belinda
Max Bentley
Janell Meyer
Sioux City
Webster City
Blairsburg
Sheffield
Shellsburg
Waterloo
Waverly
Fredericksburg
Christian Pipho Receives Doctorate at Colorado State College
Christian Pipho earned his doctor of education degree at Colorado State College in Greeley on Thursday evening August 19. He previously earned a B A from Wartburg College and an M A from Colorado State College. He serves as vice principal at Arapahoe High School in Littleton. Mr and Mrs Erwin Pipho of Sumner and Mr and Mrs Walter Beisner of Tripoli attended the ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Pipho
Colorado State College
Greeley
Pipho
Wartburg College
Waverly
Arapahoe High School
Littleton
Colo
Erwin Pipho
Sumner
Walter Beisner
Tripoli
Mrs. Leona Ladage Returns From Washington Trip
Mrs. Leona Ladage came home Sunday after a two week visit to Cannes Washington and Vancouver. She had been in the hospital for treatment but is much improved. She spent time with her son and daughter in law Don ladage and wife, Norman Streetcher, George Heidman, and Fred Lahmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Ladage
Cannes
Wash
Donald Ladage
Ladage
Norman Streetcher
George Heidman
Fred Lahmann
Vancouver
Savings Bonds Drive Reports July Bremer County Totals
Carl E. Hagemann of Waverly reported Bremer County July sales of Series E and H bonds totaling 51 690, bringing a seven month county total to 422 128 and 52 percent of the annual quota. In Iowa City Nick Schumacher patient at Veterans Hospital visited by Mr. and Mrs. Mihm Sumner and Mrs. Anna Slack. he entered Aug. 16 and is listed at 4th floor West. Kim Kehe wins novice division at Meadowbrook Country Club junior self tournament with rounds of 44 and 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Hagemann
Waverly
Volunteer County Savings Bonds
Bremer County
Iowa City
Joe Mihm
Sumner
Anna Slack
Nick Schumacher
Veterans’ Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Iowa
Kim
Eldo Kehe
Meadowbrook Country Club
Hospital Entries for Weihe and Bock at Allen Memorial
Mrs Ed Weihe entered Allen Memorial hospital Waterloo for two days observation. Mrs Sophie Bock admitted to Allen Memorial hospital on Saturday for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Weihe
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Sun
Sophie Bock
Bremer 4-H Exhibit Placings at Iowa State Fair
Bremer county 4-H home economics exhibits at the Iowa State Fair earned three blue ribbons three red ribbons and two white. Winners include Kathy Kahler Nancy Hoppenworth Linda Matthias Gloria Eick Mary Tillmanns Janet Michael Vicki Burrow Connie Rossel and others. Exhibits from the county were displayed in the 4-H Exhibits Building through Sunday August 29 with additional collection and construction entries earning blue red and white ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
Kermit Hildahl
Kathy Kahler
Waverly
Nancy Hoppenworth
Cripoli
Linda Matthias
Readlyn
Gloria Eick
Mary Tillmanns
Janet Michael
Vicki Burrow
Tripoli
Connie Rossel
Hildahl
Fair Grounds
Kathy Briden
Janesville
Nancy Brase
Ionia
Roger McBride
Dennis Albrecht
Kathy Smith
Bridal Shower Honors Andrea Klodt at Readlyn
Andrea Klodt was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower Friday evening at St Pauls Lutheran church parlors Readlyn hosted by Mrs Kathy Heinemann with co-hostesses Mrs Ellen Staack Mrs Joyce Peters and Mrs Ruth Peters. 45 guests attended and Mrs Amanda Olrogge won the door prize. Miss Klodt will wed John Matthias on Sunday September 12 at 2 pm at St Pauls Lutheran church Readlyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrea Klodt
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Readlyn
Kathy Heinemann
Ellen Staack
Joyce Peters
Ruth Peters
Amanda Olrogge
Miss Klodt
John Matthias
Social Security Office Visits Planned in Iowa Cities
A Social Security Administration representative will visit Waverly Court House on September 13 and 27 from 9 to 11 a.m. and Sumner City Hall on September 21 from 9 to 11 a.m. Call the Waterloo district office, room 702, Black Hawk Building at 234 1554 for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Waterloo
Waverly
Court House
Sumner
City Hall
Black Hawk Building
West 4Th
Commercial Streets
Homecoming visit from Okinawa veteran Arp noted
Leonard G. Arp, on leave from the Army, stayed with the Randolph Schwarze family last week. He has served in Okinawa and Viet Nam and attended Tripoli schools for two years. Also visiting were the Schwarzes’ daughters Nancy of Iowa City and Linda of Waverly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Leonard G. Arp
Randolph Schwarze
Okinawa
Viet Nam
Leonard
Visit by Rieck couple at Laube home in Denver
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Rieck visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Gus Laube at the Harlan Laube residence in Denver. Mrs. Laube is convalescing at her son’s home after a recent hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Rieck
Gus Laube
Mrs
Harlan Laube
Denver
Vacation in Colorado Ends for Rucker Family
Mr and Mrs Victor Rucker along with Karen Karla and Lori completed a week long trip to Colorado They paid a visit to Eloise Ratliff in Denver Colorado
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Victor Rucker
Karen
Karla
Lori
Eloise Ratliff
Denver
Colo
Sightseeing Trip Returns From Black Hills Visit
Mr and Mrs Rexford Strott Helen Kreis and Becky Strottman returned home Friday after a sightseeing trip to the Black Hills and Boulder Colorado and other places of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexford Strottman
Helen Kreis
Becky Strottman
Black Hills
Bolder
Colo
Homecoming for Pigg Family from Colorado
Mr and Mrs Howard Pigg and their children returned Sunday from Greeley Colorado where they spent the summer while Mr Pigg attended Colorado State College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Howard Pigg
Greeley
Colo
Mr. Pigg
Colorado State College
Camping Trip Ends For Vincent and Steffen Family
Mr and Mrs Gene Vincent and family and Mrs Harry Steffen Davenport returned Sunday evening from a weeklong camping trip to Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Vincent
Harry Steffen
Davenport
Colorado
O Rourke Family Reunion At Byrnes Park Waterloo
A man and his family attended the O Rourke family reunion held at Byrnes Park in Waterloo on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Rourke
Leland Timmerman
O’rourke
Byrnes Park
Waterloo
Denver Area Community Notes and Local Births
Denver hosts a family fish fry August 28 at Wittenburg Lumber and a bloodmobile visit September 21 through the Red Cross with donor calls to 984 5460 or 352 3112. Denver Day at the Bremer County Historical Society in Waverly is August 29 from 2 to 4 pm with museum admission. Donald Krohse of Denver suffered serious head injuries in a motorbike crash and is expected to miss work for about three months. The Heath family and Linda Clark welcomed grandson Nicholas Dale born August 13 at Fort Carson Army Chapel with sponsors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker-Matthias American Legion
Wittenburg Lumber
Denver
American Red Cross
Waterloo
Bremer County Historical Society
Waverly
Donald Krohse
5Th St
Plainview
Minn
Rochester
Dale Heath
Dennis
Debra
Linda Clark
Colorado Spring
Colo
Sgt. Sp. 5
Gene Lampe
Nicholas Dale
Fort Carson Army Chapel
Kenneth Buhrow
Allison
Lampe
Evonne Heath
Justice Norman Hays Resigns From Iowa Supreme Court
Justice Norman Hays of Knoxville has submitted his resignation to Gov. Harold Hughes effective August 31. At 74, he has served on the Iowa Supreme Court since 1946. He is the third Iowa Supreme Court Justice to retire this year after Justices Henry Peterson and G. K. Thompson retired June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Supreme Court
Norman Hays
Knoxville
Harold Hughes
Hays
High Tribunal
Henry Peterson
Council Bluffs
G. K. Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Family visitors from Edison NJ spend time with Nora Peacock
Mrs Steve Irving arrives in Edison New Jersey with her children Brian Jeffrey and Gregory to visit her mother Mrs Nora Peacock on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Irvin
New Jersey
Steve Irving
Brian
Jeffrey
Gregory
Edison
N. J
Nora Peacock
Denver League invites men to join bowling nights
Thirty eight? actually 28 guests gathered at Elmer Kueker’s home to honor Mrs. James Berry and relatives Elizabeth Steve and Fret Lyons of Little Rock Arkansas. Mr and Mrs Donald Krohse of Plainview Minnesota announce the birth of daughter Duane Marie on August 6. Men interested in bowling with the Denver League should leave their names at Denver Electric Shop or contact Ed Kohagen as Denver teams plan January Janesville Wednesday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Kueker
James Berry
Elizabeth
Steve
Denver
Janesville
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Loal News
Lavern
Mr. Lavern
Foelske Home
Donald Sehweer
Furday
Wilbert
Mrs. Frahm
Edwin Tegtmeier
Harry Buenzow
Ray Wedemeier
Lawrychwartz
Tues
Walter Boderman
Ice Rice
Michigan
Edward Barbht
Gary
David
Gail
Aloo
Lavern Schumach
Don
Mrs. Kasemeier
Fred Brase
Ernest Brase
Walter Garland
Iowa Falls
Clara Niemeyer
Bradley Vaughn
Cedar Falls
Walter Sommer
Virgil Lampe
Pat Mueller
William Cowley
Chicago
Carl Kowalsky
Arnold Kowalsky
Marc
la Porte City
Mrs. Leland Timmerman
Harold Pipho
Ella Hanson
Adrian, Minn
Mrs. Wikner
Charles Struck
LeZetta Struck
Carla
Lena Schumacher
Fred Walther
Marlys
Dan Riley
James
St. Louis
W. H. Warner
A. F. Westendorf
H. J. Frese
Mr. Warner
Merley
Heaton and Chilren
Des Moines
Geo. J. Gundel
Crane Creek
Gundel
Glidden
L. H. Fink
James R. Carson
Marcia
Joyce
Judy
West Union
Cletus Goodenbour
Henry Nacke
Leonard Mohlis
Harold Mohlis
Ralph Mohlis
Marvin Wilharm
Martha Mohlis
Bartels
Reinhardt Rucker
Cletus
Goodenbour
Fred Holt
Don James
Mrs. Cur Beier
Virgil Laupe
K. A. Kleiss
Glen Piegers
Albert H. Moeller
Lavern Foelske
Ricky
Emil Schweer
Guttenberg
Duane Holm
Robert Holm
EB. F. Schultz
Don Fouts
Stephen A. Maurer
Ben Meyer
Kim Pierce
Waterville
Arthur Bunger
Ralph Michael
Mrs. Michael
Kurt Meswarth
Henry Meswarth
Jefferson
Gus Meswarth
Joe Vaughn
Kansas City
Harry Buhr
Elmer Clausing
Dean
Wilbert Frahm
Emilia Sommerfelt
Alfred Harmening
L. A. Steinbach
Canada
Minnesota
Ray Bunger
Edward Seleck
Robert Selck
Emma Selck
Lela
Selck
K. H. Hoppenworth
H. H. Hoppenworth
Wisconsin
Harlan Prestien
Unity
Marvin Menger
Chili
H. J. Hoppenworth
Paulus Hoppenworth
Edgar
Vern Phelps
Minneapolis
Otis Phelps
Dent
Otto Phelps
Moorhead
Motorola
Warner Electric
van Camp Pork and Beans
del Monte
Axwell House
Hawkeye Wieners Nn
Clinton Burrow
William Burrow
E. S. Estes
Iowa State University
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Clinton
Washington
Bremer
ISEA
Education Association
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa State University Memorial Union
Ames
NEA
Laura Rieckenberg
Tripoli Community School
Annette Inglebret
Gerald Inglebret
Wapsie Valley
Roger Blake
J. M. Haydon
Max. Min. Pr
Best Foods
Kraft Miniature Marshmallows
Kellogg’ S
Salerno
Pillsbury
Kleen
van Camp
California
Alc
Hormel
U. S
Thuringer
Michael’s
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