Sumner Area Battles Weekend Crash and Local News
Arthur and Mrs Bratt of Sumner remain in critical condition with skull fractures after a two car crash north of Randalia during a snowstorm. The report also covers wedding plans in Oakland, local marriages including Phyllis Benter and George Van Sickle, and community notes on students, travel, and upcoming holiday events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Arthur Bratt
West Union Hospital
Bratt
Randalia
Readlyn residents host visits and wartime updates
Cpl. Bob Dicken and wife spent a brief furlough with Readlyn relatives before he moves to Fort Riley for several months of service. Johnnie Schumacher recovers from a head injury and plans to return to Readlyn high school. Local fire damage at the Knight farm was controlled with help from Mrs Knight. Social visits occurred among Fettkether Peters and Gambaiani families, with a 16 person dinner. Danny Buhr’s latest address is shared as Pvt. Daniel F. Buhr awaits posting at Fort Bliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Riley
Kan
Johnnie Schumacher
Johnnie
Readlyn High School
Readlyn
Burman Knight
Knight
Herman Peters
W. J. Peters
Aug. Hesse and
Loueen
Edgars
Louis Piehl
Klinger
Sumner Hospital
Herman Fettkether
Peter Gamba
S.S.M
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Social visits and family gatherings across Iowa and Texas
Multiple households from San Antonio to Waterloo and Dubuque hosted weekend visits and Sunday gatherings. Notable stops included Roy Schmudlach, Clyde Jordan in St Louis Park, and several families in Fredericksburg, New Hampton, Dubuque, and Charles City. Junior Bergmann’s fifth birthday was celebrated December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Schmudlach
Sumner
Roy Schmudlach
Hazel Bowers
Donald Ager
Waterloo
Will Link
Ed Link
Galena
Ill
LaVerne Torkett
Dubuque
Hugh Seeley
Cecile Dilley
Stanley Schultz
Clarence DeMuth
John Johnson
Kenneth Lampe
Sandra
Waverly
Herman Bahlmann
Lampe
Des Moines
Kent Stephen
Charles City
C. C. Clary
David West
Marlene
Elizabeth West
Paul West
August Bucken
Roy Burmaster
New Hampton
John Leitsch
Fredericksburg
Loy Schmudlach
Carol Rice
Cedar Falls
S. A. McGee
Charles Hansen
Clyde Jordan
Lillie Rathbone
Earl Jordan
S. J. McGowan
St. Louis Park
Minn
Lorenz Zander
Kathryn
Alvin Bergmann
Clarence Bergmann
Bergmann
Elmhurst couple welcomes son James Robert at Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Koch of Elmhurst Ill announce the birth of a 7 lb 11 oz son, James Robert, on November 26 at Memorial hospital Elmhurst. The family plans to move to Pittsburgh Pa after January 1 where he will work as a research chemist for Westinghouse Corp. The father, a son of Rev and Mrs Edwin J A Koch, has studied nuclear chemistry at the University of Chicago and Elmhurst College and is near completing a doctor's degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irma Hurmence
Oakland
Calif
Navy
Gerald Dee Hurmence
Anna Lockie-Braun
First United Presbyterian Church
Lockie-Braun
Oakland Blood Bank
Mr. Hurmence
Japan
Formosa
Hong Kong
Hawaiian
Phyllis Benter
Raymond Benter
Sumner
George O. van Sickle
O. E. van Sickle
Hawkeye
St. John American Lutheran Church
John Mohr
Kathryn Stevens
Fayette
Rosa van Sickle
Kansas City
Janet Lehner
Robert Federer
Robert Blech
Cedar Falls
Allen Nesvik
Iowa State Teachers College
Lake Mills
Eastern Iowa Breeders Association
Walter Erkel
Guam
Hochberger
M. G. Wolfgram
William Pickering
Lyle Jorgensen
Cedar Rapids
First National Bank
James Heyer
Sumner Gazette
Gazette
Main St
Everett Garland
Durant
Marlowe Gaede
Lester Gaede
Fred Hackett
Arlington
Sumner Hospital
Howard Kroblin
Chicago
Mayme Kangley
Triple Four Club
Lottie Wismer
Ed Brauns
Friendly Birthday Club
Robert Koch
Elmhurst
Ill
James Robert
Memorial Hospital
Koch
Edwin J. A. Koch
Carl Koch
Plato
Minn
Tripoli
Fremont Township
Robert
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Corp
University of Chicago
Elmhurst College
W. A. Koch
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Arthur Bratts
Gerald Hurmence
California
Buck Creek
Marilyn Mae Seehase
August Seehase
Glen A. Kramer
Car- Kramer
Shell Rock
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Hugo Beyer
Pauline
Verla Seehase
Sharon
Jan Franken
Donald Kramer
Keith Johnson
Donald Franken
Andy Johnson
Sumner High School
Roger Buhr
Ruby Buhr
Joyce Fridley
Donald Graf
Betty Huck
Charles Meyer
Phyllis Mohr
Shirley Niedert
Melvin Schlichting
Joan Berg
Gwendolyn Borcherding
Donald Douglass
Kay Granneman
Ramona Hoppenworth
Roger Henniges
Geneva Plaster
Edward Schulte
Shirley Schwabe
Jerry Weidler
Everett Zupke
Charles Artman
Janice Hencken
Shirley Mallory
Patricia McCue
Joyce Meyer
Larry Nuss
Joan Reisner
Marie Ritz
Larry Schwake
Elaine Westendorf
Janice Westendorf
Darlene Wolff
Jo Ann Fridley
Marjorie Gaede
Janet Hildebrandt
Walter Kent
Carolyn Koch
Mary Lienau
DiAnna Meier
Gerhardt Meier
Madelyn Schmeizer
Marguerite Mohr
Janice Niedert
Dennis Niewoehner
Colleen Nuss
Elmer Timm
Luella and
Lyle
Westgate
Timm
American Savings Bank
Iowa
Bob Dicken
Camp Carson
Colo
H. C. Leistikow
Cpl. Dicken
Frederika
Carl Hoppenworth
Master Set
Lawrence Jensen
San Antonio
Texas
Elmhurst, Ill
Robert Kochs
Kartune Karnival
Tripoli Commercial Club
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