Local residents share visits and gatherings across Iowa
Mark E Wilharm returns from Des Moines Boys State. Dozens of families travel to celebrate and visit in towns like Strawberry Point Iowa Falls Waterloo Cedar Falls and Decorah. Attendees attend CES meetings and funerals and many members of Bergmann and Smith families travel for visits and ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark E. Wilharm
Des Moines
Boys’ State
Ted Olmstead
Orlyn Milius
Strawberry Point
Joan Buhr Feted At Two Showers In Denver
Denver special report Joan Buhr bride elect of Marvin Morgan was honored at two showers last week. The Shuffle-Chatter club hosted 36 neighbors with games and prizes to Mrs. Lorenz Steege Mrs. William Sassmann Mrs. Elmer Rucker and Mrs. George Buhr. A mock wedding and blue white decorations highlighted the event. A second shower Friday brought 22 guests from Waterloo Cedar Falls Janesville Waverly Readlyn Tripoli and Denver with prizes to Mrs. Paul Morgan Cedar Falls Mrs. Forest Sickles Janesville Mrs. Howard Mooty Waterloo and Mrs. Earl Varco Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavern Schumacher
Ed Treloar
Waucoma
Harry C. Juel and Sons
Julius Juel
New Hartford
Loren Hagen
Judy
Dennis
Parkersburg
H. H. Bull
G. H. Graves
Center Point
Millie Goodenbour
Fred Brase
Lavern Brase
Westgate
Lee Goodenbour
Lloyd Wixcel
Kristin
David
Virginia Koch
Waterloo
Peter Mahlstedt
Gus Niemeyer
Wendell Mahlistedt
Ionia
Wesley Mahlstedt
A. L. Jacobson
Aarseph
Minneapolis
Henry Saterlie
Crosby
N. D
Louis Rohrssen
L. E. Garrett
Chicago
Geo. Bisbey
Lester Kalkbrenner
Daniel Lyle
St. Joseph’s Hospital
New Hampton
Bernhard Everding
Marjorie Heronimus
Louie Ohlendorf
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Cedar Falls
Walter Buls
Art Lau
June
Leona Ladage
Otto Buls
Edna Droste
Denver
Ernest Haase
Orville Haase
Linda
R. J. Bunger
Barbara
Sharon
Ann Buhr
Oelwein
Edw. Rosenthal
Reuben Buhr
Canada
Emma Kappmeyer
Edwin Kappmeyer
Bremer
Robert Wilharm
Howard Flanscha
Howard, Jr
Sumner
Orlyn Milius
Clarksville
Milius
Dick Wedeking
Henry Ulrich
Lynn Wilson
Roy Speed
Brainerd
Minn
Wilsons
George Feringa
Waverly
Herman Dettmer
John Ingersoll
Sandra
Richard
Erwin Kappmeyer
Carlton
Andrea
Willie Petersen
Deborah
Jack Doyel
Cedar Rapids
John W. Sassmann
Lawrence Heideman
Robert Sassman
Anna Pagel
Angeline Lindfield
Ss. A. Maurer
Robert A. Weidemann
Hawkeye
Joan Buhr
Marvin Morgan
Lloyd Bloeser
Lorenz Steege
William Sassmann
Elmer Rucker
George Buhr
Roger Morgan
Janesville
Readlyn
Tripoli
Miss Buhr
Morgan
Virgil Bruns
Alfred Buhrow
Lavern Walker
Paul Morgan
Forest Sickles
Howard Mooty
Earl Varco
V F W Auxiliary Plans Ice Cream Social and Fund Drive
The V F W Auxiliary met at Tripoli town hall and chose plans for an ice cream social at a band concert. They voted to send $5 to the cerebral palsy fund. Community members hosted visiting relatives from Waterloo Ames and Chicago. High school age admission free on June nights with parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V.F.W
Tripoli Town Hall
Bernita Holm
Tripoli Theatre
New Bremer County Court Docket Adds Several Cases
State Bank of Waverly sues A A Grandon and wife Pauline C Law Louis Knief Charles H Knief Mary Bender and Hulda Walter in a partition action over land in sections 36 and 22 91 13. Other plaintiffs include Emil Foelske Merwin Foelske and Margaret Foelske Nieman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank of Waverly
A. A. Grandon
Pauline C. Law
Louis Knief
Charles H. Knief
Mary Bender
Hulda Walter
Emil Foelske
Merwin Foelske
Margaret Foelske Nieman
County Board One Of Few In State Not To Have Excess Of Cash
The Bremer county board of education was one of the few in Iowa not having an excess of cash as of Dec 31 1954 per the Iowa Taxpayers Association. It planned 1954 expenditures of 18250 with 17868 available, a shortfall versus required funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board
Bremer County
Chickasaw
Fayette County
Butler
Fayette
Denver Auxiliary Elects Officers in Regular Meeting
Denver Auxiliary of the American Legion held its regular meeting in Legion hall with officer elections. New officers include President Mrs Emil Degelau First Vice President Mrs Arthur Kurtz Second Vice President Mrs Charles Koepke Secretary Mrs Orlyn Schroeder Treasurer Mrs Fred Wittenburg Chaplain Mrs Albert Brandt Historian Mrs Louis Seegers Sergeant at Arms Mrs Wilbur Bock Assistant Sergeant at Arms Miss Elda Griese Executive Board members are Mrs Floyd Sassmann Mrs Robert Lynch Mrs Elda Griese and Mrs Vernon Moeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Emil Degelau
Arthur Kurtz
Charles Koepke
Orlyn Schroeder
Fred Wittenburg
Albert Brandt
Louis Seegers
Wilbur Bock
Elda Griese
Floyd Sassmann
Robert Lynch
Vernon Moeller
All The Brothers Were Valiant at Tripoli Theater
Robert Taylor stars as Joel Shore in a nautical drama of a brotherly feud a mutiny and a perilous whale hunt on a voyage to the Gilbert Islands flashbacks reveal Mark shore’s disappearance and a native girl’s devotion to a white captain. The crisis ends with heroic brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother
Tripoli Theatre
Robert Taylor
Joel Shore
Gilbert Islands
Mark
Joel
Priscilla
Marie Kuhrt Attends Worker's Institute at Wartburg College
Marie Kuhrt of Tripoli attends the Midwest Church Workers Institute opened with a vesper at Wartburg College Waverly. Over 100 teachers from Iowa and neighboring states enrolled. classes run until Friday noon. Kuhrt will report on the institute at Grace Lutheran Sunday school staff meeting Friday at 8. All teachers urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Kuhrt
Tripoli
Midwest Church Workers’ Institute
Wartburg College
Waverly
Iowa
Miss Kuhrt
Grace Lutheran Sunday School
Winning Reunion at City Park Draws Nine Families
Thirty nine members from Waterloo Sumner Hawkeye Alpha and Tripoli gathered at the city park for the Winning family reunion in a friendly community gathering featuring shared memories and photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Sumner
Hawkeye
Alpha
Tripoli
City Park
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Harold Becker
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Frederika
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Marshalltown
Deaconess Hospital
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Boulder
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Revern Holm
Robert and
Jerry
Fred Holm
Allen Memorial Hospital
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F. C. Dodd and
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Dreyer Drug Store
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Carol Meyer
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F. C. Hildebrandt
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Michael’s Food Market
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