Yellow River Forest opens for Iowa campers in 1962
The Iowa Conservation Commission reports a record 7 million visitors and 311000 camping days across 40 state campgrounds in 1962. Yellow River Forest in northeast Iowa, centered on Paint Creek, offers prime timber, trout streams and a 100 foot fire tower. Scenic bluffs, wildlife and solitude attract campers, though road resurfacing may slow access. Notable highlights include visitors from Massachusetts and Illinois, Colonel John Glenn’s Palisades visit, and a seven week old baby’s first camping trip with multiple weekend pitches.
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Iowa
Clear Lake
Beeds Lake
Ledges
Black Hawk
Springbrook
Palisades - Kepler
Lake Ahquabi
Union
Hawaii
Canada
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Malaya
New Zealand
Norway
Yellow River Forest
Northeast
Paint Creek
Forestry
Commission
Yellow River
Waukon
Waterville
Massachusetts
Seattle
Local social notes from Sumner and surrounding area
Ada McConkey and relatives visit New Hampton and Nashua Church. Donna Banwell receives first communion with a 16 member class at Nashua. Chester Pals and relatives visit Mason City and Clear Lake. Ada McConkey visits Fredericksburg Nursing Home. Don McFarland visits Minneapolis. Emil Matthias and Pat Burns host relatives in Sumner and Ames. Rushett family dinners and farm workers noted. Ronald Kuethe visiting from Puerto Rico. Fredericksburg High School reunion banquet in Janesville. Shop in Tripoli.
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Alfred Hahn
Edna Richmond
Frederika
Marlowe Burke
Wisconsin
Ada McConkey
Nashua
Donna Banwell
George Banwell
Chester Pals
Mason City
Guy Hall
Billings
Mont
Frank Hall
W. Hall
Cresco
Clear Lake
Josie O'Day
Fredericksburg
Don McFarland
Minneapolis
Emil Matthias
Sumner
Ray Kuethe
Pat Burns
Susan
Ames
Earl O’connell
D. C. Holt and Sons
Marion
John Fay
Luke Hannaman
Arnold Strottman
Ernest Grahlman
Albert Rieck
Ed Ommen
Clairene
Everett Krause
Walter Bodermann
Theo. Stahlhut
Readlyn
Lowell Busch
Waverly
Albert Nerge
Ernest Grahl
Harold O'Connell
Louie Hannaman
Art Flanscha
Ronald Kuethe
San Juan
Porto Rico
Raymond Kuethe
Dale Grahiman
Fredericksburg High School
Janesville
Readlyn Social Roundup Adds a Teaching Move
Roberta Meyerhoff, arriving from Houston, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs Arnold Meyerhoff before leaving for Concordia Teachers College to attend summer school and take a teaching post at Bay Town Texas in the fall. Kathy Meyerhoff and Jane Werner head to Iowa State College Cedar Falls for summer session. The Rommels and their children visited Englewood Colorado relatives and an uncle in Loveland. Dr Clinton Berryhill and Kenneth attended Victor Edwards commencement at the State University of Iowa Iowa City where Edwards earned his MD.
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Roberta Meyerhoff
Houston
Tex
Arnold Meyerhoff
Concordia Teachers College
River Forest
Ill
Bay Town
Kathy Meyerhoff
Arnold Meyerhoffs
Jane Werner
Kenneth Werners
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Clinton Berryhill
Kenneth
Victor Edwards
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Local Property Transfers Chronicle Iowa Style and Amounts
A stream of legal transfers list numerous deeds across Bremer and Waverly counties, including Emil Jarchow to Jerry Snelling and Bremer/Waverly bank transactions. Names like DeVries, Jensen, Buls, Thiemann, Huck, Chandler and Readlyn Savings Bank appear with modest revenue figures, lot descriptors and subdivision references in Tripoli Readlyn and Waverly areas.
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Emil R. Jarchow
Jerry Snelling
Kuethe
Tripoli
Bremer County Independent Co
Waverly Democrat Co
State Bank of
Carl DeVries
John W
Rose DeVries
Denver
Mary Frances Kieffer
Arnold
Marie E. Jensen
Nely
Waverly
Anna Thiemann
Esther L. Tiedt
Nes
West
Acre
Andrew H. Huck
Walter L
Aldora Huck
W. W. Smith
Berdine Chandler
Husband
Readlyn Savings Bank
Denver Club Makes Iris Walk Visit Then Prairie Tour
Denver Town and Country Garden Club met June 11 at Mrs. Cecil Cook’s home for a 9 o’clock breakfast and business session. Afterward the group toured Riceville to view the Iris Walk at the Heines home, enjoyed a Lake Hendricks park picnic, and visited Hayden’s Prairie state game preserve and virgin prairie before ending at Denver’s State park. Eight members attended with Mrs. Marvin Luloff as guest. Also noted were attendees at the Wapsipinicon area council’s 15th annual leader’s recognition banquet near Waverly. The Stumme infant Sonja K. was baptized at St. Peter Lutheran Church with sponsors named. Several community weddings and a new birth were listed among local residents’ activities.
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Denver
Wapsipinicon
L. A. Stumme
Muscatine
Johnson
Huck - Murray
Artesian
Albert Moeller
Homan
Ernest Pipho
Duane
Lesa Pries
Rose Howrey
Ronald Fink
Terri Ann
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Fink
St. John's Lutheran Church
Harold Meier
Fred Harms
Everette Smith
Frances Willard
Roger Nunnemaker
Richmann
Cedar Rapids
Rocks in Father Pacha collection near Keswick quarry
A North English priest Father Pacha preserves a striking rock collection from a new underground quarry on Homer Bender’s farm northwest of Keswick. The rock formations are newly exposed and remain unclassified, leaving their age unknown, with a shop in Tripoli mentioned.
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United States
Father Pacha
Homer Bender
Keswick
Community Celebrates 93rd Birthday in Amvers Hall
Residents and relatives gather in Amvers hall Waverly for a potluck honoring 93 year old Johanna Dietrich. Guests include Knittel stey Mrs Erich Dornbusch David Betty Oberman and others.
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E. N. Osnes
California
Clarence Ganske
Kenneth Westendorf
Oran
Jefferson Volunteer Fire Chief Don Price Retires
For Don L Price chief of the Jefferson Volunteer Fire Department firefighting and safety teaching have defined his life. Price is a 44 year veteran of the department.
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Denny Rehder
State Conservation Commission
Illinois
Palisades
United Nations
John Glenn
Colonel Glenn
Pinhook
George Wilson
New Hampton
Harry McConkey
Earl Rommel
Mary Jo
Connie
Paul Meier
Englewood
Colo
Mrs. Rommel
Loveland
Albert Jahnke
Erwin R
Margaret M. Schneider
Crestwood Park
Charles Koepke
Ray A
Dorothy McDonald
Louis Oltrogge
Clarence H
Laura E. Platte
Carolyn Sauerbrei
Esther H. Buls
Elda Hartmann
FORD
AmbrOse Auto
Tripoli, Iowa
Tripol
Ader
Phillips
Towne
Lowa
N Lowa
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