Sumner couple wed at Salem EB church in 1959 ceremony
Sumner Beckman Rakowicz tied the knot December 21 at 3 9 p m at Salem EB church with 250 guests. Bride Lynette Beckman is a Sumner High School and Westmar College graduate teaching third grade in New Hampton. Groom Gerald Rakowicz, J S N, is a Sumner native and U S Navy enlistee. They plan to be at home after May 30 in San Diego.
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Beckman-Rakowicz
Lynette R. Beckman
Paul H Beckman
Sumner
Gerald Rakowicz
Sumner Community High School
Westmar College
le Mars
New Hampton School
Upper Iowa University
San Diego
Navy
Marline Bloom
Ellwood Grabel
Boulder
Colo
Graebel
Darlys Harmening
Laurel
Order of Eastern Star
Avalon
Edgewood
LaVerne Gremmels
Oelwein
O.E.S
Herman J. Warnke
Elaine Schwerin
Lester Schwerin
Iowa State
EOCN
Daryl Priebe
Mobile Construction Battalion 4
Davisville
R. I
Tation
Argentina
New Found
SA Donald Priebe
Annapolis
John Kennedy
Gus Treloar
George Dedor
James Moore
Tucson
Ariz
Judy Dedor
Minneapolis
Mildred Dedor
Waterloo
Arthur Dedor
Fredericksburg
Edwin
Ernest Dedor
Robert Gersonde
Kenneth Sowers
Raymond Reasland
Waverly
Darrell Sowers
Rockwell City
Douglas Sowers
Roger Hagedorn
Wilbur Howard
Dewey Peters
Leonard Minkel
Christmas Guests and Visits Across Sumner Area
Sweet Water and other guests visit relatives in Sumner area homes. Travelers from Cresco Iowa City Lime Springs Elma Jesup Independence and Bangor share holiday gatherings. Denver and Greeley visitors also join local families for Christmas events and social meals.
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Sweet Water
Tex
Rudy Minkel
Greeley
Colo
Henry Haar
Fred Waskow
Evelyn
George
Stevenson
Grace Burke
Highway 93
Sumner
Warren Gaede
Pensacola
Fla
Edwin Gaede
William Buhr
Westgate
Cresco
Strawberry Point
Iowa City
Lime Springs
Elma
Jesup
Independence
John Heath
Flint
Mich
Ed Braun
Sam Johnson
Harm Johnson
Julie
Waterloo
John Dierks
Waucoma
Henry Johnson
Emil Borcherding
Leroy Gray
Edwin Dedor
Readlyn Families Reach Holidays With Visits Across Iowa
Readlyn daily life shows a busy Christmas season with many visitors from Ames Waterloo Dubuque Grinnell and Cedar Falls. Families linked include Poock Rathe Thran Thras Hedrick and Leistikow with guests from Waverly Denver and Williamsburg. Absent or ill: Herman Thies hospitalized with a broken leg. Michael Everding underwent abdominal surgery December 24.
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Lester Kalkbrenner
Tipick
Henry Buhr
Frank Bohle
Pine Island
Elroy Buhr
Emil Borcherding
Larry Clark
Bettendorf
Claude Block
Glenn Yearous
Elgin
Helen Block
Waverly
Ames
David Poock
Larry Moeller
Gary Albrecht
Dallas Rathe
Martha Rathe
Ruben Widdel
Paul Diercks
Denver
Marie Diercks
Agnes Diercks
Waterloo
Amanda Lampson
Ed Rathe
Raymond Poock
Richard Thran
Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
Oscar Thran
Robert Thran
Eric
Williamsburg
Christine Leistikow
Paul Schneider
Leroy Schneider
Susan
Keith
Rodney
Grinnell
David Scherer
Kathy
Ruth Ann
Dubuque
Henry Schneider
Otto Schneider
Rodney Horrigan
Beaufort
S. C
Iowa Farmers Harvest Record Corn Crop in 1963
The Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service boosts the official 1963 corn crop estimate to 860,320,000 bushels, about 26 million more than November. Reported yield averages 80 bushels per acre, an all time high, as Leader ads note results.
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Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
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Methodist Church
Hawkeye
Arthur Renwick
Auburn
Minnesota
Ellen Berg
Renwick
Howard
Pomona
Cal
Robert
Long Beach
James
West Union
Richard Basham
Clarion
Ben
Masonic Temple
The
Masonic Lodge
Order of Rainbow
Blair Bowling
Carol Gruenberg
Jack Ritter
Diane
Emil Steege
First Lutheran Church
Otto Jaeger
Chris Heiligman
Herman Thies
Allen Memorial Hospital
Arnold Tiedt
Wayne Sauerbrei
Carl Wedemeier
Wilbert Wedemeier
Waukon
Harry Staack
Tripoli
Floyd Wedemeier
Cedar Rapids
Howard Wedemeier
Donald
Reinhardt Zars
Texas
Michael James
Vernon Everding
Violet Poock
Sheldon
Readlyn
Leon Heineman
Harold Heineman
Melvin Boehme
Tom
Dan
Jim
Lori
Lee Fredde
Richard
Clara Boehme
Robert Rathe
Reinhold Rathe
Munity
A. A. Belknap Insurance
American Savings Bank
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
N. R. Ambrose Oil Co
Bergmann Hatchery
Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Co
Colburn Feed Mill
Fred’s
Biesterfelt Bros
Hasbrouck-Voetmann Lumber Co
Michael’s
L. L. Moeller Construction Co
O'Brien
Peoples
Block’s Auto Service
Hurmence
D. F. Holm Insurance
Bockhaus & Sommer Barber Shop
R. J. Bunger Barber Shop
Interstate Power Co
Ray’s Clothiers & Cleaners
Buhr
Juel’s AG Store
Kramer-Crittenden Produce & Hatchery
Rettig Furniture
Tegtmeier Oil Co
Tonne’s
Tripoli Grain & Feed
Tripoli Hardware
Tripoli Mercantile Co
Tripoli Sales Co., Inc
Warner
Wayside Inn
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