Local Family and Friends Gather in Community Notes
A long list of visits and greetings in the area highlights from weekend moments and weekday gatherings. Numerous Milwaukee and Waterloo visitors join local households in Apilfton, Readlyn, Oelwein, and surrounding towns, with overnight and Sunday dinners noted among kin and friends.
Life in the old town and area weddings burnings and floods
A barn owned by Mrs. Barbknecht at Old Town was destroyed by an early Tuesday fire with unknown cause. Numerous marriages occurred including Helen Stahlhut to Walter Bodermann and Derek Rodemeyer to Agnes Lohmann. Readlyn and Read town area residents married in multiple ceremonies. Flooding caused damage in Tripoli with five and a half inches of rain. Local business transfers and construction noted along with a bolt of lightning disabling over 100 telephones. Funeral services held for several residents including Mrs. Mary Hazlitt and Mrs. Wilhelmine Kimbal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbknecht
Old Town
Kampmeier
Iowa City
Helen Stahlhut
Walter Bodermann
Missouri Lutheran Church
Spring Fountain
Ernest Rodemeyer
Agnes Lohmann
Dubuque
E. Rausch
Howard Burman
W. L. Colburn
Rock Island
Farmer's Elevator Company
Waverly
Edward Krueger
Julia Knutson
West Union
Lindus Burd
Elsie Krueger
Denver
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Caroline Buhr
Readlyn
F. C. Schwein
Tripoli
H. C. Rogge
Wilfred Moeller
Walter Moeller
Frederika
Mercy Hospital
Harry Thomas
Chloe M. Sickles
Waterloo
Ruth Slaughter
Tegtmeier Oil Co
Klemp
Bruce Wayne Borchert
H. F. Borchert
Washington University
Irma Piegors
Rudolph Piegors
Iowa State College
Lois Meswarth
H. W. Meswarth
Sumner
Douglas Rosenthal
Edw. Rosenthal
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Luella Lofquist
Carl E. Erickson
Aurora
Minn
Butler- Bremer Telephone Co
Mary Ellen Hughes
John Poock
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
DeLores Drewis
John Marlow
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Water
Mary Hazlitt
Bremer County
Kaiser Funeral Home
Walter ©. Fergemann
William F. Goetz
Grace Lutheran Church
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Wilhelmine Kimbal
American Red Cross
Jeffrey Risse
Wilbert Risse
Little Brown
Nashua
Rose Marie Hunemuller
Don Hunemuller
Bill Welsh
Wesley Welsh
Millville
Lavonne Otto
Herbert Otto
Coretta Jean
Fred L. Bitterman
James Brandhorst
Mark Brandhorst
Hudson
Shirlee Ann
Clarence Ganske
Kenneth L. Westendorf
H. J. Westendorf
St. A Lutheran Church
Readyn
Vacation in Minnesota Returns After 10 Days
Mr and Mrs R F Klemp and family returned Sunday after spending ten days vacationing at Black Dueck Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Klemp
Black Dueck
Minn
Youth Conference trip for Ambrose and Colburn
Jean Ambrose and Gene Colburn depart Sunday for Grinnell to attend the Congregational Youth Conference this week, joining other young delegates from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ambrose
Gene Colburn
Grinnell
Congregational
Appendeectomy at Mercy Hospital in Waverly
Mrs. A. C. Woodcock was admitted Friday afternoon at Mercy hospital Waverly and underwent an appendectomy on Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Woodcock
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Release of Suzanne Niemeyer from Sumner Hospital
Suzanne Niemeyer was released from Sumner Community Hospital on Thursday after undergoing surgery last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suzanne Niemeyer
Sumner Community Hospital
Mrs Hildebrandt's granddaughter visit after fall injury
Mrs Hildebrandt has been bedbound for two weeks after a severe fall. Mrs K C Frank of West Union and her granddaughter Marcia Carson of Des Moines visited Hildebrandt Saturday at the L H Fink home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Frank
West Union
Marcia Carson
Des Moines
F. C. Hildebrandt
Shower Honors Lampe Infant in Frederika Home
Vanda Jo Lampe, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Lampe of Frederika, was guest of honor at a Friday evening shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William Schlichting. Barbara Burman Betty Griffith and Virginia Hahn served as hostesses with guests from Frederika Waverly Denver and Tripoli in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanda Jo Lampe
Virgil Lampe
Frederika
William Schlichting
Barbara Burman
Betty Griffith
Virginia Hahn
Waverly
Denver
Tripoli
Don’t Scratch That Itch Headlines a Local Drug Ad
An advertising notice from Dreyer Drug Co promotes Itch-Me Not ointment claiming fast itch relief within one minute. The flyer lists uses for eczema ringworm insect bites foot itch and surface itches and states the product is guaranteed locally with a 40 cent price at participating drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreyer Drug CO
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joan Bock
John Henning
Jowell Fink
Milwaukee, Wis
L. H. Fink
M. A. Wooddeel
Edward Wilhelms
Joi
Battle Creek, Mich
Clarence Nerge
Y. J. Ryan
Dupuque
Mrs
Bert. Woodcock
Fey
Paul Zabe
Lester Gaede
Milton
Paula
J. P. Snelling
Benny Kehe
Harry Kauten
Oelwein
Paul F Scherrey Sr
Fort Smith, Ark
R. J. Bunger
Leon Kleiss
Vernon Wikner
Robert Rathbone
H. H. Buls
Judy Hagen
George Bisbey
Lloyd Buls
John Sassman
Jose Vega
E. J. Fink
Robert Sassman
Rebecca
R. O. Wikner
Ivan Wikner
Susan
Steven
Allison
Charles Sneller
Linda
Donnie
Cedar Falls
H. H. Hoppenworth
Reinhardt Bunger
Paul E. Scherrey Sr
John Prestien
William Lenius
Marvin Haverkamp
Roger
Sharon
Tim
Virgil Bruns
Dan Kirchhoff
Walter Steward
Julie Ann
Mercy Hospital, Oelwein
Paul Voetmann
Theo. Kemp, Goodell
Lyman C. Morrow
River Falls, Wis
H. J. Hankner
Robert Hankner
Lake Mills
C. L Syverson
Melvin Stahthut
Keith
Carol Jane
Richard Haverkamp
Daniel
Dorothy Bock
Henry Drape
Duane
Guttenberg
Victor Deterding
Dale
Betty Lou Nerge
Arlington, Va
Trudy
Jackie
O. J. Coddington
Minneapolis
Mark McGreevy
Tommy
Louis Rohrssen
Eldo Kehe
Fayette
Virgil Borchert
Tom
Borchert
L. W. Bockhaus
Erwin Bock
Arnold Stromer
Harry Buhr
E. J. Pavelee
Reinhold Pavelec
Stephen
Larry
Willard Buhr
Lavern Pavelec
Evelyn Pavelec
Kenneth Kuhrt
James
Jeffrey
Dennis Bock
Alfred Bock Jr
Ronnie
Mrs. Louis Rohrssen
George Bishey
Carl Boeckmann
Ida Tegtmeier
Dorothea
Esther
Leon Kirchhoff
Diane
Harold Quade
Danny
Henry Blasberg
Louis Hoppenworth
George Laverty
Jan
Ken
Carlisle
H. J. Frese
Canada
Robert Parsons
Jimmy
Little Rock
Ark
Parsons
Bungers
Camp Chaffee
H. A. Keding
Herbert Zickuhr
Mervin Buss
Donald Keding
Erwin Keding
M. A. Woodcock
Aplington
Annis Cleaveland, Ochevedan
Eugene Woodcock
W. D. Chapin
Dietrick Kirchhoff
E. W. Kirchhoff
Vernon Kirchhoff
Kim
Will Kehe
Paul Zabel
Will Zabel
Fredericksburg
H. W. Krueger
Alice
Harry Juel
Julis Juel
New Hartford
Annis Cleaveland
Wendell Cleaveland
Arnold Siemer
Ochevedan
Cleaveland
Woodcock
William A. Buckley
W. C. Buckley
Marshalltown
R. M. Buckley
Ann Buckley
Ricky
David Buckley
Otto Buls
Riviera
Janesville, Iowa
H. M. Kurtz
Mgr
Cannon Towels
del Monte Catsup
Libby
Young
AJAX
Babo
Lee
Chambray
California
Swift's
Cudahy
the Farmers Store
Minnesota
Sune
Kellogg’s
Nabisco
Nash’s
Pillsbury
Angel Food Mix
W.K. Sweet Corn
Robin Hood
Sunkist
Breeze
U. S
Rath
Swift
Braunsch
Michael’s
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