Sumner area notes honor and obituaries mixed in brief
Numerous local items from Sumner and surrounding towns recap deaths of Martha Pennington and Josephine Bierbaum, church milestones, weddings, births, and community events. The column lists family ties, civic organizations, hospital updates, and a dramatic escape after a car hit by a freight train. Included are social notes, visits, and local scout activities. Joe Haley escaped a brake failure collision unharmed.
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Joe Haley
Mechanicsville
Haley
Frederika and Waterloo visitors share social visits
Fred erika Mr and Mrs Frank Loffredo and Linda Waterloo spent Sunday with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs A W French. Mr and Mrs A H Jahnke with L B Parker Sr of near Republic returned from a week fishing trip in Up Sala Ontario Canada. Mr and Mrs Art Aschbrenner and Esther Lemke Sumner spent Friday evening with Mr and Mrs Roy Schmudlach. Mrs Maud O Day Fredericksburg visited from Tuesday to Saturday with sister and husband Mr and Mrs C C Clary. Mr and Mrs C C Clary and Mrs Maude O Day were Friday supper guests with Mrs Lela Clary and Lucille Waverly. Mr and Mrs Kent Stephen and family Waterloo were Saturday supper guests with Mr and Mrs C C Clary. A lawn party and picnic supper was held Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Oren Hinecker honoring Mr Hinecker whose birthday is July 21. Neighbors and friends attending mum-
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Sharon Johnson
Charles City
John Johnson
Fred Benz
Diana Benz
Kent Stephen
Izora Alcock
Dorma Seeman
Waterloo
Ernest Harnisch
Velva Stephen
Fredericksburg
Fred Benz Sr
Center Valley
Hazel Ager
Irene Sherman
Nellie Smith
Carol Sherman
Mollie Thompson
Sherman
Thompson
E. F. Lawton
Roy Lease
Olive Mae
Sumner
Miriam French
Leslie Boyer
William Duenow
Fred Duenow
Cairo
Albert Duenow
Carl Lofgren
Sherman Briner
Burdette Briner
Richard
Art. Mahnke
Waverly
Albert Markle and Sons
Frank Loffredo
Linda
A. W. French
A. H. Jahnke
L. B. Parker Sr
Near Republic
Upsala
Ontario
Canada
Art Aschbrenner
Esther Lemke
Roy Schmudlach
Maud O'Day
C. C. Clary
Maude O'Day
Lela Clary
Lucille
Oren Hinecker
Hinecker
Van Brocklin family visits convalescing relative
PINHOOK Mr. and Mrs. Howard Van Brocklin Sr. spent Sunday afternoon with his brother Clyde Van Brocklin in Waterloo, who is convalescing at home after hospitalization at Scholtz Memorial hospital following a heart attack. Harry McConkey returned to New Hampton Sunday after several days visit with his daughter, Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson in Sumner.
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Howard van Brocklin Sr
Clyde van Brocklin
Waterloo
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Harry McConkey
New Hampton
George Wilson
Sumner
Readlyn Residents Entertain and Detassel Crew Updates
Readlyn area social notes list Jim Fleshner and others visiting in Readlyn and nearby areas. Detasseling crews in fields south of Waterloo are under Lydia Jager with members named. Local birthdays, hospital returns, and family visits across Waterloo and Fanwood are recorded with multiple households mentioned.
Savings Bond Sales Rise to 34 Million in Bremer County
Bremer county savings bond sales reached 120902 last June, lifting the six month total to 773612 as the Treasury reports. June series F and H bonds surpassed May by about 50000, with other counties posting solid monthly totals and semi annual sums.
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Bremer County
U. S. Treasury Department
Butler County
Chickasaw County
Fayette County
One of Iowa’s oldest residents dies at 100 in Lewis
Charles 8 Camp, age just shy of 101, longtime Lewis resident and former justice of the peace there, died recently. He spent most of his life in Lewis and served as JP until age 96.
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Iowa
Charles 8. Camp
Lewis
Bat with four babies found in Storm Lake
Lawrence Sliefert of Storm Lake reported discovering a bat carrying four young, a rare quadruplet birth for the species as bats typically arrive in pairs.
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Lawrence Sliefert
Storm Lake
ItchMENOT The Quick At-Home Itch Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts ITCHMENOT for rapid itch relief. It claims fast topical action and speedy healing, urging readers to obtain ITCHMENOT at a drug store labeled Y BRIEN.
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Pennington
Martha Pennington
Sumner Hospital
Henry
Mary Baker Lease
Charles Pennington
Pennington Supply Co
Order
Eastern Star
Bremer Rebekah Lodge
Elizabeth Krause
Mary Lease
Path
Salem F.A
Josephine Bierbaum
Terre Haute
Ind
Marshall, Ill
Ira Bell
Ralph
Vern
Harold
Chicago
Harry
St. Louis
C. J. Mardoff
St. John Lutheran Church
Olin
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mardorf
Zion Lutheran Church
South St. Paul
Minn
Cottage Grove
Wis
Janet Bierman
Charles Bierman
Barbara Fish
Maynard
Sandra Schwinke
Red Cross Campaign
Clarence Haupt
Thomas Smith
Glenn Yearous
Elgin
Yearous
Claudine Block
Willard Frisch
Louisville
Herman Frisch
Clarence
Dorothy Zobel
Richard Waun
Detroit
Norman Zobel
O. B. Littell
W. F. Lehmkuhl
Rande
Fairbank
Mason City
Bradley Bowers
Delores Taulsen
Bob Spuckeert
Bremer
John Milnes
Archie Bowers
Hawkeye
Herman J. Warnke
Charles Jack
Church Workers Institute
Blair
Nebr
Michael Treloar
Paul Treloar
Aviation Naval Preparatory School
Norman
Oklo
Kees Kooper
Wesleyan College
Macon
Europe
U. S
Kooper
Mary Louise Boehm
A. G. Miller
Sterling
Ill
Ernest Miller
Frank West
David McCollum
Lynn
Jane
John Struck
Walter Pagel
Fred Gfeller
Racine
Elmer Timm
Alan Ziegelmeier
Denver
Colo
Walter Norbaum
Laura
Cathy Hurmence
Tripoli
Irma Hurmence
Gerald Giarratano
Marshalltown
Roman Homan
Susan
Will Haase
John Henning
Ernest Haase
John Koch
L. W. Bockhaus
Fietta Bergmann
Harlan Pose and Sons
Lorenz Zander
Kathryn
Douglas Township
Robert Bergmann
Pose
Lawrence Meier
Henry Meier
McGowan
Henry Pals
Chester Pals
Alfred Hahn
Edna Richmond
Frederika
John Donnelly
John Jr
James
Clyde McConkey
George Banwell
Sonia
Susan Schmidt
Howard van Brocklin
Bruce Palsis
Gertie Woods
Tom
Kate Blanch
Marion
M. Bruns
Ben
Lily Boie
Allen Rieck
Janesville
Albert Rieck
Clarence Huck
Camp Riley
Kan
Raymond Kuethe
Carl Kuethe
Emil Matthias
Clifford Gun Sales
Pinhook
Block & Klemp Plumbing and Healing Phone
Mary and
Jack
Jim Fleshner
Glenn Fleshner
L. W. Moeller
Gus Wilkins
Skokie
Martha Rathe
Lydia Jager
Lavonne Kueker
Kathy Staack
Carol Kuhlmann
Elaine Meyerhoff
Carolyn Cohagen
Judy Cordes
Audrey Poock
Peggy Lockard
Betty Kuker
Marion Kucker
Joyce Hartmann
Iris Oltrogge
Anna Griese
Sarah Hueser
Agnes Thran
Emma Meier
Alvina Matthias
Theo Stahihut
August Hesse
Lydia Poock
Raymond Thoms
Allen Memorial Hospital
Walter Huebner
David Kluge
Linda Jane
Fanwood
N. J
Roger Kohlmann
St. Louis Mo
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Waterloo, Iowa
Tripoli, Iowa
Bank Corner
Rettig Furniture
Byers Bros
Tripoli Grain & Feed Building
Tripoli Vfw
F.F.A. North Town Park
Tripoli Hardware
Tripol! Commercial Club
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