Christmas Day Socials Across Area Reflected in Visits
A long list of Christmas and post holiday visits highlights family gatherings across Waterloo, Waverly, Sumner, and nearby towns. Numerous Updat es include Mrs. Hildebrandt confined to bed, guests visiting in multiple homes, and arrivals from Berwyn, Omaha, Des Moines, and Chicago. Families greet relatives at hospitals and homes, with twin birth announcement in Waterloo area and many dinner and supper gatherings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Hildebrandt
Sen
K. C. Frank
West Union
Doyle Gordon
Homer Fike
Waterloo
Charlotte Bennett
Berwyn
Eva Bennett
J. T. Aiken
Omaha
Nebr
C. A. Stewart
L. J. Magnall
Max Krueger
Newton
Bernard Miller
Paul Zabel
C. L. Syverson
Mark and Dean
Lake Mills
H. J. Hankner
Paul Schwabe
Dennis
Linda
Darwin Bull
Diane
Doris Ann
Orville Eick
Bonnie
Elaine
Frederick Boeckmann
Lyman Chapin
Harry Heine
R. O. Wikner
Charles Sneller
Donnie
Cedar Falls
Ivan Wikner
Susan
Allison
Vernon Wikner
August Pieper
Washburn
Virgil Ducker
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Amanda Franklin
Will Breckenridge
Doyle Gorden
Willis Gorden
Allerton
Edw. Rosenthal
F. C. Dodd
Eldon R. Shriver
R. L. Grove
Judie
Monona
J. P. Snelling
Myrtle Palmer
Dorothy
Ben
H. W. Krueger
Robert Rathbone
Kay
Maud Eveland
Frederika
Alfred Bergmann
Lewis Young
Earlville
Donald Young
Edward Bennett
David
K. C. Fitzgerald
Davenport
Freddie Ulrich
Clarksville
Orlyn Milius
Ben Peterson
Arlington
Minn
Rudolph Piegers
Harry Buhr
Richard
Kenneth Morgensen
Erik Erickson
Aurora
Alice Krueger
Grace Panzer
Sumner Community Hospital
Walter Hunemuller
Arlin Hunemuller
Lavern Haverkamp
Alpha
Roy Finch
Lee C. Peacock
E. F. Schultz
Art Tegtmeier
Dorothea
Esther
Carl Boeckmann
C. B. Kelsey
Beryle Kelsey
Paul Dunecomb
Roy Rathbone
Fredericksburg
Richard Towne
Allen Memorial Hospital
Walter Bergmann
Plainfield
Virgil Weidler
Erik Erikson
Betty Plass
Des Moines
William A. Buckley
Louisa Matthiesen
Geo. M. Schaper
Chicago
S. A. Maurer
Douglas Rosenthal
Jeffrey
Tracy
R. D. Buhr
Oelwein
Herman Schwem
Romaine Schwem
Shirley Malloy
Loraine Schwem
Walter Zahn
Louis Rohrsson
Donald James
Florida
Carol Heinemann
W. E. Dilley
Lowell Fink
Milwaukee
Wis
L. H. Fink
Virgil D. Bruns
Lavera Waschkat
Bob Oberlieu
Dan Kirchhoff
Dean Warmuth
Cedar Rapids
Lorenz Sell
Kaye
Clarion
Virgil Borchert
Tom
Fayette
Ed Bany
Sandra
Louis Gaede
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
Sumner
Erwin Gaede
Minnie Bergmann
Orlyn Bergmann
Independence
LeLand Bergmann
Arlie Bergmann
Louis Platte
Lorenz Mummelthie
Steven
Lavern Platte
Bruce
Ann
Marie Meier
Lor Enz Meier
Edward Stahlhut
Erwin Haverkamp
Mary Lee
Dale
Gary
Melvin Stahlhut
Keith
Carol Jane
Oscar Grapp
John Grapp
Joyce Aschbrenner
Carolyn Grapp
Andrew Ahrenholz Jr
Ed Bruns
Bruce Spurier
Fred Bohlen
Alvin Bohlen
Vicki
Virgil
Robert Heacock
Robert Sievers
Larry
Everett Prestien
Otto Wegner
Elmer Wilharm
H. H. Hoppenworth
John Prestien
Ernest Drewis
James Kerr
Dean Harris
Lee Harris
Ervin Drewis
Sonia
K. J. Pierce
Kimberly Ann
Stephen Maurer
Wm. Beach and Family
New Hampton
Anna Slack
S. A. Blasco
Connie
Kathy
Harry
Mission
Kan
Joe Mihm
Terry
Pam
Irma Slack
LaJean
Glen
George Barnes
Nick Schumacher
Ted Sievers
Raymond Downing
Vern Dunahoo
David Dunahoo
Marshalltown
H. C. Rogge
Carolyn
John Schnurstein
John Henning
Lawrence Bockhaus
Erwin Bock
Arnold
Lawrence Snelling
Merlyn Heideman
Roger
N. J. Fike
Carl Neuendorf
Ernest Haase
Duane Holm
Bradley and Spencer
Alma Gunderson
Postville
Fred Koehn
Lorenz Meier
Edwin J. Maurer
Ruth Maurer
Minnie Wilharm
Arthur Rieckenberg
Fred Bock
Virgil Bock
Frederic Krueger
Carl W. Ryan
Kristi
Michael
James Crittenden
Luanne
P. L. Crittenden
Frank Kimbal
George Ferringa
Carl Kirchhoff
Leon Kirchhoff
Emilia Koch
Gustav Buchholz
Lorenz Buchholz
Darlys
Donald
Duane
Deila Pries
Eldon Westendorf
Teresa Jean
Debra Jane
Herb Bodermann
Fred Bodermann
Robert Bodermann
Fort Hood
Tex
C. Eichmann
Joy
Myra Pease
Robert Ambrose
Robert Hankner
C. C. Eichmann
Boyd Kelsey
Ruth Kelsey
Conrad
Darrel Kelsey
Lynette
Peter
Ames
Lawrence Block
James
Charles
Wm. Hurmence
Laura
Joel
H. W. Peters
H. H. Richmann
Betty
Readlyn
Romaine Brase
Robert Sassman
Rebecca
W. H. Heideman
Walter Peters
Janet
Harry Schmidt
Paul Walker
Lloyd Claypool
Ewald Skeries
Manchester
Donald Wahl
Harry Meyer
Bill Hills
Lester Gatch
Freddie Brown
Pacific
Donald Gatch
Marvin Gatch
Clarence
F. B. Schuldt
Lawrence Schuldt
Minor Schuldt
Shell Rock
Lorraine Schuldt
Leo Schuldt
Merlyn Heidemann
Virgil Kingsbury
Jim
G. E. Kingsbury
Isabelle Kingsbury
Haraman Estrem
A. C. Woodcock
B. L. Woodcock
James Winegarden
Vera Northrup
Fred Brase
Lavern Brase
Westgate
Elmer Clausing
Dean and Craig
H. J. Frese
George Laverty
Carlisle
Laurel Butterfield
Hartford
Laverty
J. W. Sassmann
Jose Vega
Aideen
E. J. Fink
R. F. Klemp
Famly
Robe Sassman
H. H. Hoppeworth
Keniston Hoppenworth
Marvin Haverkamp
H. H. Buls
Lloyd Buls
Barbara
James Damon
Loren Hagen
Judy
Parkersburg
Willard Holm
W. H. Bockhaus
Karen
Fred Holm
Vern Holm
Jerry An Randy
Denver
Kathleen
Robert Selck
Om Brian
Lave Tegtmeier
la Jean
Andrew Ahresholz
Robert Pecenka
Wm. Ahrenholz
Cedar
Marvin Ahrenh
Heiman
Reinbeck
Ily
Looking at Life as It Used to Be Twenty Five Years Ago
A compact retrospective notes events from December 20 1906 and December 23 1931. Highlights include Alma Bruns visiting from Cooperstown N D a baby born to Chris Pipho and Albert Kuker returning to work in the Mercantile Frank Dilley to learn creamery trade Floyd Rust injures his collarbone Augusta Ball goes to Butte Mont to care for a miner's child plus a century note on the Iowa centennial half dollars. Other items recount a barn fire near Readlyn a wedding in Sumner and local sports and bank news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Schultz
Schultz
Alma Bruns
Cooperstown
N. D
Chris Pipho
Albert Kuker
Mercantile
Frank Dilley
Roy Chadwick
Floyd Rust
Augusta Ball
Butte, Mont
Iowa State Teachers College
Mary Anderson
A. J. Anderson
Tripoli
Henry Huebner
Bremer County
Sumner
John Ganske
Readlyn
Joan Crosby
Ray Buchholz
Herman Buchholz
St. Peter’s Evangelical
Leader
One Year Ago December 21 1955 Bremer County Notes
A Bremer County column recalls past Christmas visits and gatherings in Tripoli Cedar Falls and Sumner. Families including the Mueller Kingsbury Laverty Sassmann and Holm groups share holiday scenes and hospital notes for Virginia Mueller stricken with bulbar polio at University Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bremer County Extension Office
Frese
Tripoli
Virginia
Dale Mueller
University Hospital
Iowa City
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Walter A. Heyer
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William Mohlis
Rockford
Ill
Bill Williams
Kelly Ryan
Jim Davis
Sun Valley
Ole
Ibs
Darkas
Hormel’s
del Monte Sliced
Sanol Prunes
del Cara
Dairy
Erling
Tripoli Sales Co
Guernsey
Edwin & Erling
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