Community Guests Share Weekend Visits in Iowa Town
Fredericksburg and nearby towns host a flurry of visitors over the weekend. Multiple households welcomed relatives from Waterloo Cedar Rapids Sumner Waterloo St Paul Denver and surrounding areas. The gatherings included birthday celebrations and casual calls at several homes in Waverly Douglas township and other nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Donlon
Waterloo
Walter Sells
Keith Carroll
Herman Brase
Douglas Township
Brase
Ernest Pries
Sumner
August Harms
Milton Grummitt
Fredericksburg
Clyde Jordan
Joyce Jordan
Robert Carney
Johnny
Ethel Carney
Walter Schmudlach
Roy Schmudlach
A. W. French
W. H. Sassmann
Harold Wente
Susan
Denver
H. M. Lease
Roy Lease
Glenn
Olive Mae
Family gathering honors returning Cpl Verlyn Drape
The Miller home hosted a Sunday family gathering for Cpl Verlyn Drape on a 21 day furlough and to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Carl Drape who plan to move to Florida. Guests included Carl and Minnie Drape, Robert Lenius and family, Elmer Drape family, Kenneth Drape family, and Verlyn Drape from Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewald Miller
Cpl
Verlyn Drape
Carl Drape
Waverly
Florida
Robert Lenius
Steven
Craig
Minnie Buenger
Elmer Drape
Frederika
Atlanta, Ga
Kenneth Drape
James
Sharon
Readly Everding family summer trip and visits
The Readly Everding party from Waverly spent three weeks on a west coast tour with stays in Cupertine and San Francisco. They cruised to the Golden Gate bridge, viewed Alcatraz, visited La Mesa Sacramento and Mt Helix, and met relatives including the Lehmkuhl family. Also noted are visits by Pepmueller relatives, family birthdays, baptisms, furloughs, and several shifts of kin visiting Des Moines, Knoxville, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Everding
Doris
Diane
Louie Everding
Waverly
West Coast
Lucille
James Downing
Cupertine
Cal
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz Prison
Oakland Bridge
la Mesa
San Diego
G. J. Lehmkuhl
Charles
Robert
Lehmkuhls
Mt. Helix
Chas. Lehmkuhl
Iowa
Donald Poehler
Santa Ana
Kenneth Meyer
Readlyn
U.S.S. Montrose
G. F. Lehmkuhl
Louie Everdings
Yellowstone National Park
Arlin Pepmueller
Albuquerque
N. M
F. W. Pepmueller
South
Gulf States
Florida
Springfield
Albuqueque
Virgil Peters
Tripoli
Gertrude Everding
Cpl
Will Everding
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Nick
Gene
James
Kathleen
Janesville
Wis
Henry Everding
Louisa Ahlbrandt
Edward
Seymour
Ind
Matilda Bevee
Barbara Jean
Raymond Wehling
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Alfred Ernst
Andrew Nicklaus
Amanda We
Emma Booth
St. Jer
Leistikow
Ruth Matthias
Post Office
John Murray
Ruth Ann
Knoxville
Mrs
Lyle Carpenter
Ruth Ann Murray
Carpenter Home
Tripoli group entertains at Sumner club dinner
A Tripoli group from the Sumner Meadowbrook Golf Club hosted a dance and luncheon at the club house Monday evening. Guests included Elmer Wilharm and wife, E H Kuker and wife, J R Kane and wife, Robert Ambrose and wife, Eldon Shriver and wife, W G Goebel and wife, and Lee Peacock and wife. Also noted a stork shower for Mrs. Raymond Jacobson of Clarksville hosted by her mother-in-law Mrs A L Jacobson with fourteen guests attended by Mrs. Virgil Kingsbury, Mrs. Lorenz Bunger and Mrs. Clair Hammetter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Sumner Meadowbrook Golf Club
Elmer Wilharm
E. H. Kuker
J. R. Kane
Robert Ambrose
Eldon Shriver
W. G. Goebel
Lee Peacock
Church Notes and Local Church Activities
Church notes list Sunday school and worship times for Congregational and Grace Lutheran churches, choir schedules, youth and Ladies Aid activities, leadership training, and ground breaking for a church expansion. Also notes a new Rock Creek Lake dedication upcoming in August, with speakers, lake size, depth, and funding details, plus Iowa state life insurance plan for State College employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Ladies’ Aid Society
Walter Sommer
Mabel Kuhrt
Verlaine Hartman
Luther League
Ralph Wikner, Jr
Barbara Hesse
Eldon Hoppenworth
Alice Kuethe
Betty Jane Kalkbrenner
Colleen Kingsbury
Church Council
Grace Lutheran Church
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Board of Edition
State College
Church notices and baptisms in multiple congregations
St John’s Evangelical and Reformed and St John’s Lutheran Crane Creek announce worship services communion and youth events on July 10, with church school at 9:00 a.m. and Divine service at 10:00 a.m. St Paul’s Ev Lutheran Waverly has no service July 6. ladies and Walther League events listed. A Congregational church Children’s Day program baptized Lloyd Douglas, Carol Ann, and Debra Ann on Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational
Women's Fellowship
Theo. Blaufuss
Ben Thompson and Sons of
Jesup
Jacklyn Lobeck
Marie Kuhrt
Oliver H. Bunger
Donald Hunemuller
Albert Oberlieu
Mark Block
ST. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Siegel v. D. Weidler
Youth Fellowship
ST. John’s Lutheran
Crane Creek
Fuchs
Luther League
ST. Paul’s EV
Lutheran Waverly
Artesian
Fred Boelter
Ladies’ Aid
Walther League Society
Congregational Church
A. C. Woodcock
Lloyd Douglas
H. C. Juel
Carol Ann
Iver Heidt
Debra Ann
Myr
Robert Chapin
Capitol News: Young Organist to Play at National Conventions
Capitol News reports Bill McMains of Oskaloosa a Central college senior in Pella will serve as the official organist for both major party national conventions. A history major who has played since age twelve, McMains gains attention for his unique dual role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McMains
Oskaloosa
Central College
Pella
McMains
Youthful Lawrence Catches 33-Inch Northern Pike
Anamosa fisherman Lawrence earned early fame using a cane pole with no reef and about eight feet of line. He landed a 33 inch northern pike, showcasing his skill on the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Anamosa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herman Jordan
Bob Rowe
John Johnson
Walter Schwerin
Minneapolis
C. E. Doty
Cedar Rapids
C. E. Chadwick
S. A. McGee
Harold Mueller
Gerri Lynn Dilley
Randalia
Cecile Dilley
Alfred Buls
Cyril Bowers
Lyle Bowers
New Hampton
Lew Bose
Hawkeye
Miriam French
Lloyd Jordan
Becky
John Reinecke
St. Paul
Pearl Linderman
C. C. Clary
Stanley Schultz
Mary Tibbetts
George Burrow
Margaret
Iowa City
Leo Burrow
Elmer Gillett
Lena Gillett
John Jacklin
Aug. Harms
Joanne Parson
LaVerne Schumacher
Stanley Bahlmann
Alfred Bull
Otto Buls
Charles Rosel
Larry
LaDona
Virgil Bahlmann
Kenneth Lampe
Des Moines
Archie Clary
Libbie Parson
Albert Duenow
Will Duenow
Henry Meier
Orville and
Everett
Robert Kuhrt
Leo Bearmann
Williamstown
Leslie Meier
Lawrence Meier
G. F. Johnson
Marlin
Waverly Park
John Albrecht
Otto Wendt
L. W. Bockhaus
Will Buss
Beverly Buss
Larry Buchholz
Alfred Buss
Emil Buchholz
Bremer
Roy Volker
Herman Raclmann
Marilyn
Art Aschbrenner
Carol Rice
Robert King
Will Fox
Horton
Floyd Ager
Harold Ager
Ross
Kawai
American Family Magazine
van Camp
U.S. No
California
Swift
ESSEX
Armour's
Joel
Briardale
Per Doz
ST. Peter's
Evangelical and Reformed
Grace Lutheran
William F. Goetz
Germany
Mahaska County
Bill
Iowa Lake
Rock Creek
State Conservation Commission
Kellogg
Jasper County
William S. Beardsley
Ewald G. Trost
Fr. Dodge
Bankers Life Company
Capitol News
Hamel
Paul Hartman
H. J. Frese
Gas Buls Implement Co
Farmers Produce
R. O. Wikner
Leon Letchford
Tripoli Locker
Gas Bull Implement Co
Erwin H. Hay
Alcoholics Anonymous
P.O
Chevrolet
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
FORD
Tripoli, Iowa
DeVries
Dohrmann Repair Shop
Panzer Produce
T. C. Reuscher
Plainfield
Block & Klemp
Erhardt Lahmann
Minnesota
Ralph Bennett
W. R. Heiserman
Oliver
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