Weekend visits spread through rural Iowa towns
A series of social visits and weekend gatherings spread across towns including Harper's Ferry Nevada Waverly and Nashua as residents hosted relatives friends and guests from Cedar Falls Ankeny West Union Sumner and beyond Many couples and families including the Kleiss Mirs and the Mahlstedt clans connected over dinners picnics and Sunday visits while a note closes noting that dairy herds over 50 cows are uncommon in Iowa but may become more widespread.
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Iowa
Karen Hagenow Feted at Two Bridal Showers
Readlyn Iowa brief notes two bridal showers for Karen Hagenow. Guests from Tripoli Dunkerton Denver Fairbank Waterloo and Readlyn attended. Miss Hagenow and Dean Beevers plan a September 24 ceremony at Zion Lutheran Readlyn. Both are 1959 Readlyn High School graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Hagenow
Readlyn
Vernon Matthias
Tripoli
Dunkerton
Denver
Fairbank
Waterloo
Art Kurtt
Wm. Diercks
Melvin Diercks
Miss Hagenow
Arnold Meyerhoff
Margaret Meyerhoff
Mary Ann Happel
Susan Matthias
Waverly
Oelwein
Dean Beevers
Zion Lutheran Church
Readlyn High School
Harvey Hagenow
Reinhardt Boevers
Ivan Jagers Honored At Potluck Dinner In Readlyn
A welcome gathering at the Otto Jager home honored Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Jager of Waterloo at a noon potluck dinner with relatives from Waterloo Tripoli and Frederika. Mr Jager recently returned from duty in Korea.
Tripoli Man Enlists in Army Reserves at Fort Knox
Wayne Lageschulte 18, son of Mr and Mrs Lavern Lageschulte of Tripoli, has enlisted in the Army Reserves and is undergoing basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky. A 1961 Tripoli High School graduate his address lists Ret Wayne L Lageschulte FR 16 595 261 Co B 11th Bn 4th Drt Regt USATC Fort Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Lageschulte
Lavern Lageschulte
Tripoli
Army
Fort Knox
Tripoli High School
Wayne L. Lageschulte
Tng. Regt
USATC
Bruns Host Third Birthday Party for Charlene
Mr and Mrs Virgil Bruns hosted a Saturday evening party for their daughter Charlene’s third birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Ed Bruns and Linda, Mr and Mrs Bruce Spurrier and family, Leon Kirchhoff and daughters, Waverly, Mr and Mrs Lavern Noyer of Waterloo, Mr and Mrs Allan Sell of Cedar Falls, Mr and Mrs Carl Kirchhoff and Emelia Koch.
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Virgil Bruns
Charlene
Ed Bruns
Linda
Bruce Spurrier
Leon Kirchhoff
Waverly
Lavern Noyer
Waterloo
Allan Sell
Cedar Falls
Carl Kirchhoff
Emelia Koch
Sand ra Bany Attends Weddings in South Dakota and Iowa
Sandra Bany spent a week end in Vermillion South Dakota visiting Mr and Mrs E J Endrisson. On Saturday Andrea Richardson and Bruce Bergquist wed. Miss Bany and Miss Richardson were Wartburg College roommates in Waverly.
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Sandra Bany
Vermillion
S. D
E. J. Endrisson
Andrea Richardson
Bruce Bergquist
Miss Bany
Miss Richardson
Wartburg College
Waverly
Saturday supper guests honor Mrs Kleiss birthday
Saturday supper honored Mrs E A Kleiss with guests Leon Kleiss and family Humboldt Roy Justin Fredericksburg LaVerne Platte Beaky Piegers Rudy Piegers. Also noting birthdays observed for Mrs Kleiss Mrs S A Maurer and Mrs Hazel Pierce at the Maurer home. Stephen A Maurer and family Waterloo Mr Wm Beach and family New Hampton Hazel Pierce and Kim were listed among attendees.
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E. A. Kleiss
Roy Justin
Fredericks
Hazel Pierce
Kim
Wm. Beach
New Hampton
Leon Kleiss
Humboldt
Fredericksburg
LaVerne Platte
Beaky Piegers
Rudy Piegers
Kleiss
S. A. Maurer
Stephen A. Maurer
Waterloo
Local golfers enter Waverly and Oelwein tourneys
Five golfers posted entries in recent weekend and midweek events. Robert Kuhrt Wm Kuker and Ray Ti Fink played in the Waverly Sunday tournament while Friday and Saturday entries from Kuhrt J M Snyder and John Poock competed in the Oelwein event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Oelwein
Robert Kuhrt
Wm. A. Kuker
Ray Ti. Fink
J. M. Snyder
John Poock
Schutte Cox Nuptials Read At Fairbank Church
Carolyn Ann Schutte married Darrel F. Cox at First Methodist Church Fairbank in a 7:30 pm ceremony. Attendants wore pink satin, reception hosted for 200 guests from nearby towns, couple to reside in Cedar Falls.
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Readlyn
Fairbank
Carolyn Ann Schutte
Darrel F. Cox
Reuben Schutte
Raymond Cox
Rev. Johnston
Kareen Strumple
Gail Haverkamp
Marilyn Meier
Denver
Joan Snyder
Rebecca Schutte
Graig Cox
Paul Yarrington
Elton Schutte
Orlyn Schutte
Steven Schutte
New Hartford
Oran
Oelwein
Waverly
Waterloo
Sharon Leonhart
Judy
Elaine Warneke
Susan Matthias
Emma Hesse
Ed Matthias
Andrea Klodt
Sharon Elliott
Cedar Falls
Bride to Be Robert Osborn Honored at Shower
Kaye Holm was honored at a miscellaneous bridal shower hosted by Mrs. Clifford Joens and Sandra Bany at the Ed Bany home on Wednesday evening. Fifteen ladies attended. Holm is set to marry Robert Osborn on September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaye Holm
Ed Bany
Clifford Joens
Sandra Bany
Miss Holm
Robert Osborn
Bible Class Meets at Bang Home Friday Evening
The Bible class led by Rev. A. T. Rollene will convene at the home of Mr and Mrs Oscar Bang Friday at 8 p.m. The study will cover the Book of Ephesians and all are welcome to attend.
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Oscar Bang
A. T. Rollene
Birthday Event At Readlyn For Will Ford
Weekend guests at the Paul Ford home included Mr and Mrs Leo Ford and family from Cedar Rapids. On Sunday they visited the Glenroy Fortsch home in Readlyn to celebrate Will Ford’s birthday and share the occasion.
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Waterloo
Henry Buhrow
George Buhrow
Sonia
Doris Guhrow
George L. Smith
Wm. Goodenbour
Alfred Buhrow
Paul Ford
Leo Ford
Cedar Rapids
Glenroy Fortsch
Readlyn
Will Ford
Moeller Family Guests Help Celebrate Birthday
Mr and Mrs Loren Moeller and family visited Friday at the Harold Quade home. Danny Quade was observing his birthday during the gathering.
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Loren Moeller
Harold Quade
Danny Quade
Birthday Visitors Honor Mr Henry Hagen at Home
Mr and Mrs Peter Mahlstedt visited Sunday evening at the Henry Hagen home to celebrate his birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Mahlstedt
Henry Hagen
Judisch Birthday Celebration With Sumner Friends
Mr and Mrs Paul Judisch spent Thursday evening with Mr and Mrs Ervin Judisch in Sumner to help celebrate his birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Judisch
Ervin Judisch
Sumner
Home from Waverly Krueger returns from Mercy Hospital
William F. Krueger came home Tuesday from Mercy hospital in Waverly where he had been admitted August 21.
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Waverly
Wm. F. Krueger
Mercy Hospital
Convalescing Mrs Patterson Returns Home After Appendectomy
Mrs Dale Patterson is convalescing at home after returning Thursday from Sumner hospital where she underwent an appendectomy.
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Dale Patterson
Sumner Hospital
Rohrssen Reunion Set for Gates Park Waterloo
A Rohrssen reunion is scheduled at Gates Park in Waterloo on September 3. The gathering invites former Rohrssen family members and relatives to reunite at the park for an afternoon of memories and fellowship.
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Gates Park
Waterloo
Senator Hickenlooper seeks ICA report on overseas food losses
Senator B B Hickenlooper asked the International Cooperation Administration for a full report on mismanagement or losses in overseas food shipments. He cited ICA advisories of losses in Austria, Italy, Jordan, Libya, and Yemen and pressed for disclosures on 13 additional countries for calendar 1960 PL 480 consignments totaling about 463000 metric tons to 18 nations.
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Sen
B. B. Hickenlooper
International Cooperation Administration
ICA
Hickenlooper
Austria
Italy
Jordan
Libya
Yemen
P. L
Young Boy Sustains Deep Foot Gash Wading in Farm Pond
Max Jones, a 13 year old from Toledo, suffered a deep gash to his foot while wading in a farm pond near the city. He will require crutches during recovery.
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Max Jones
Toledo
Insect Proof House to Stop Pesky Fall Invasion
Extension Director Gene Vincent reports Bremer County will see pests such as face flies box elder bugs cluster flies and elm leaf beetles seeking winter quarters late August. Entomologist Harold Gunderson advises sealing cracks around windows floorboards and chimneys by early September and applying dieldrin on house surfaces to deter entry with a schedule of re applications every ten days until cool weather ends the invasion.
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Bremer County
Gene Vincent
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
Gunderson
Dealer Louis Yoder Ends 40 Year Ford Run in Williamsburg
Louis Yoder, longtime Ford dealer in Williamsburg, concludes a 40 year tenure in the same location and building marking the end of an era for the local auto trade.
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Louis Yoder
Williamsburg
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Grandview Lodge
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Racine
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K. C
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Mrandendorf
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Hans Schult Sr
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Rohrssen
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