Community Notes of Visitors and Family Events
Local residents share visits and travel across Wisconsin and Iowa. Families gather for picnics, birthdays, and Sunday gatherings while relatives travel to Milwaukee Cedar Falls and Iowa City. Several couples host relatives from Waterloo Sumner and Norwich with several weekend trips highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Volker
Sumner
Lloyd Moeller
Walter Buls
Herbert Warnke
Rudolph Piegers
E. A. Kleiss
Beaky Piegers
Art Tegtmeier
Dorothea
Esther
Clarence Oltrogge
Berdine
Ed Bany
Sandra
Virgil Borchert
Tom
Fayette
John Mullen
Iowa City
Des Moines
Moline
Ill
Orville Haase
Linda
Kathryn
Backborn
Bremer County Retail Sales Reach $18.27 Million
The State Tax Commission reports Bremer county retail sales for the year ending June 30 total $18,268,101 with $456,702.53 remitted in taxes. Waverly led with $8,729,883.60, Sumner $3,833,389.60, Tripoli $1,751,075.60, and rural areas $3,941,795.60. Per capita taxes tallied $24.15, 67 percent of the state total, higher than nearby Butler, Chickasaw, and Fayette counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
State Tax Commission
Waverly
Sumner
Tripoli
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette
Sundermeyer Reunion Held at Readlyn Park
Thirtieth Sundermeyer reunion held at Readlyn Park on August 19 with 90 registered guests from Se ward Spirit Lake Fayette Waterloo Cedar Falls Dubuque Maynard Oelwein Sumner Westgate West Union Randalia Hazelton Des Moines Readlyn and Aurora. Eldest is Mrs Emelia Sondermeyer 87 and youngest Steven Graf three months. Next reunion set for Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readlyn
Sundermeyer
Readlyn Park
Seward
Neb
Spirit Lake
Fayette
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Dubuque
Maynard
Oelwein
Sumner
Westgate
West Union
Randalia
Hazelton
Des Moines
Aurora
John Sundermeyer
Jack Reuckert
Alma May
Lois Ingells
Emelia Sondermeyer
Steven Graf
Jack Benzer
Susie Hartman
Epworth
Bert Miehe
Peosta
Frieda Albrecht
Spechts Ferry
Doepke Remains Seriously Ill at Methodist Hospital
Fred Doepke is a patient at Methodist hospital in Rochester Minnesota. He was taken there Friday evening and has been seriously ill for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Doepke
Methodist Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Local Social Notes Highlight Waverly Area Visits
Mrs Lavern Platte and others attend Legion hall instruction in Waverly. Neighbors and relatives share birthdays, visits, and travel as families from Waterloo New Hartford Readlyn and Fayette County gather for reunions fairs and weekend trips including Bad Lands and Black Hills tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavern Platte
C. B. Kelsey
Edw. Rosenthal
Legion Hall
Waverly
Kathy
Dennis Olmstead
Donald Bergmann
Waterloo
S. A. Maurer
Melvin Bergmann
H. C. Juel
Carl Schwemm
Leland Bergmann
Woman Lake
Minn
Lawrence Block
Charles
Beryle
B. L. Duncomb
Duane
Riceville
Orville Schumacher
Ernest Schumacher
Lavern Schumacher
Barbknecht
Readlyn Park
Jack Weidemann
Herman Bergmann
Black Hills
Chris Bathke
E. R. Cole
Bathke
Hunemullers
Walter Bull
Fred Heiser
Kenneth
Coke Barrymore
Linda
Bruce
Robin
California
Clarence Bolte
Rosemary
Herbert Warnke
Sumner
Lloyd Steege
Marilyn
Fredericksburg
Elmer Steege
Vernon Uhlenberg
Irma Slack
LaJean
Glen
Herman Schwein
Geo. Barnes
Melvin Stahlhut
Keith
Carol Jane
Savings Bond Sales In Bremer County Reach 74 Percent
Bremer County July savings bond investments totaled 128351 dollars, seven month total 1,033,857 dollars, reaching 74 percent of the 1956 quota. Iowa July sales 13,063,170 dollars, seven month total 103,166,260 dollars, at 62 percent of annual goal. Nearby counties show Butler 77 percent, Chickasaw 87 percent, Fayette 78 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County
United States
Iowa
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayete
Tessmer and Grebien Visit Prairie du Chien Sunday
Mr and Mrs Everett Tessmer and Mr and Mrs W H Grebien were on a sightseeing trip to Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Tessmer
W. H. Grebien
Prairie du Chien
Wis
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Rudi’ Schu Og
Gurasde
Rcy Hospital
Waverly Y
Brian Selck
E. A
M Lloyd Moeller
Erwin Judisch
Gumner Mir
A R. Olmstead
Minnesota
Gallon Gnada
C. F. He
Walter Hel
Sumne Rildren
Grandchiren
Biermann
Robert Dreyer
Kenneth Eyer
Ierloo
John Frahm
Awhere
Mily
Donald Oune
Lavern Tegtmer
Steven
Robi Selck
Ron
Milwaukee
Bert Buenzow
Jefferson
Sidney Tegtmeier
Fred Holm
Richard Haverkamp
Melvin Stahihut
Frank King
John Henning
Ray Brown
Frederika
J. P. Snelling
Lawrence Snelling
Terryne
David
Mary
Marlyne Fink
Jose Vega
Aideen
Michael
Ernest Drewis
James Kerr
Bertha Kuhrt
Irvin Fa
van Camp
Hormel
Ide
Veloxydol
del Monte
Wieners
Jell-O
Oleo
ORION
Pinhook
Robert Fagenbaum
Lyden O'Day
Washington
D. C
Mable Bodermann
Luke Hannaman
Kenneth O'Connell
Dale Grahlman
Fred Flanscha
Houston
Tex
Will Flanscha
Irene O’day
Helen O’connell
Earl O’connell
Harry McConkey
New Hampton
Clyde McConkey
Duane Bodermann
Lake Hannaman
George Banwell Sr
Sonia
Chester Pals
Illinois
Alfred Hahn
Roger
Arlene
Clairene
Sumner Park
Albert Rieck
Frank West
Sterling
Devon Schlagle
Hawkeye
Howard Kroblin
Lloyd Ludwig
Rena Smith
Inez
al Wolfgram
Ruth Ann
Tresa Wolfgram
Ted St. Marie
Chicago
Christene Mirs
John Moehlis Jr
Gilbertville
Leroy J. Lies Sr
Grace Moehlis
John Fitz
Rebern Holm
Randy
Ed Ommen
Glen Lance
Gertrude Federer
Fayette County Fair
Fred MacMurray
Charlton Heston
Donna Reed
Barbara Hale
By Darcel
Vogue, Charm
Glamour
Pepso Dent
Sylvania
Colgate
Dreyer Drug Store
Nabisco
Oreo
Curtiss “Tender
Libby
Bartlett
Sunkist
Star Kist
V.C. Pork & Beans
Robin Hood
Akee
U.S
Swift
Michael’s
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