Sumner Community Celebrates Multiple Wedding Anniversaries
A series of local anniversaries are noted in Sumner as Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ketels marked 50 years since Feb. 26 1917 at St. Pauls Lutheran Siegel. Their family hosted, including four children and several grandchildren. Also Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Plaster observed 40 years Feb. 22 1927 at their home with attendees. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Winter marked 26 years Feb. 25 with a dinner hosted by family and friends. Dated items span newborns, hospital stays, and community events across Sumner and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Ketels
American Legion
Herbert Plaster
Esther Aschbrenner
Mr. Plaster
Westgate
Albert Webeking
Werner Plaster
Robert Prickett
Maynard
Paul Liebau
Waverly
Donald Benter
Lakewood
Cal
LaVerne
Washburn
Arthur Aschbrenner
Lydia Aschbrenner
Ed Braun
Sumner
Henry Aschbrenner
Waterloo
Ed Plaster
Gus Plaster
Herbert Zummak
Oliver Winter
Waucoma
Arthur Niemeyer
Cletus Miller
Mark
Dan
Susan
Everett Krause
Jerry Herrman
Leonard Schnadt
Karen
Kathy
Arthur Meyer
Annetta
Roger
Doris
Wanda
Kevin Winter
Karen Schnadt
Eric Finch
Winter
Vera Miller
Milton M. Schaper
Sumner Methodist Church
Iowa
First Methodist Church
Mason City
Sioux City
Masonic Order
Elmer Timm
Linda Richmond
Cedar Rapids
Howard Frisch
Wayne Kuethe
Shell Rock
Devere Wescott
Harley Wescott
Leslie Seeland
Monona
Minnie Wilhar
Myra Pease
Rena Smith
Ray Wehling
Here
Allan Sell
Leo Niemann
Charles Bahr
Herman Hay
Melvin Nerge
Arnold Rieck
Richard Reynolds
Robert Figanbaum
James Lee
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Sumner By
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Pvt John Risse Heads Overseas From Ft. Dix
Pvt John Risse completed basic and A. LT. at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri and received orders for overseas service. He will report to Fort Dix New Jersey for a short time before sailing to France for an 18 month assignment. He was home a week with parents Mr and Mrs Wilbur Risse. The article lists numerous family gatherings and social visits in Jesup Readlyn Tripoli Waterloo and Davenport as relatives mark milestones and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Risse
Ft. Leonard Wood
Wilbur Risse
Ft. Dix
N. J
France
Risse
Francis Reuter
Jesup
Gerald Risse
Kenneth Risse
Frank Wheeler
Dunkerton
Eugene Risse
Readlyn
Gary Thurm
Waterloo
Linna Allgood
Davenport
Jay Wyatt
John
Wapsie Valley High School
Harlan Heinemann
Denise
Larry Hagenow
Paige
Penny
Tempest
Wilbert Hagenow
Sherry
Merlyn Buenzow
LaVern Wehling
Mark
Becky
Ronald Beevers
Brian
Steve
Lawrence East
Russell Rohlf
Pam
Candy
Jeff
Otto Jager
American Legion Hall
LaVern Crew
Tripoli Community School Lunch Menu Week
Monday goulash with vegetables and dessert. Tuesday hot pork sandwiches with potatoes and graham cracker dessert. Wednesday baked beans with cornbread and strawberry short cake. Thursday fried chicken with mashed potatoes and buttered vegetables. Friday vegetable soup with crackers and tuna sandwiches. All meals include bread and butter and milk.
Community Socials and Visits Round Sumner Area
Local families held gatherings and visits around Sumner and nearby towns. Guests included the Fay and McConkey families at a church event, multiple dinners in Cedar Falls and Fredericksburg, confirmations in Tripoli, and baptisms at St Paul Lutheran Sumner.
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Germany
Clarence Dietz
Ervin Brase
Plainfield
Lloyd Avery
Paul Johnsons
Frank and
Helen Hanson
Alfred Buenzow
Wilbur Howard
Jim Rodman
Janet
Sebert Fox
John Eimers
Harvey Kuhlmann
Harry Kleppe
Jon
Alfred Bunezow
Janet Rodman
Robert Reinking
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Palmer Memorial Hospital
West Union
James Moore
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Pat Clein
Arthur Rieck
Fred Nus
Ema Rieck
Pat Allison
William Ishmann
Louis Wolfgram
Boone
John Lang
al Wolfgram
Jim Garden
Chazy
N. Y
Jim
Paul Shonka
Tripoli
Roger Brocka
Wayne Brock
Wayne Priebe
Otto Priebe
Diane Priebe
Ralph Stoneking
Springville
Ernest Miller
Roy Tibbitts
Tibbitts
Chris Banzhaf
Des Moines
United Church of Christ
Arnie Gitch
Jim Yulga
Hiawatha
Allan Erickson
Chad
Missenbach
Leonard Kleiss
Erickson
H. J. Aeschlimann
Wadena
Presbyterian Church
Elwin Notham
Lee
Sumner Rotary Club
Steven Reuter
M. M. Rogers
Donald Gosch
Louis Hochberger
Lynn King
Oswald Worthmann
Glenn Wiebke
Leroy Gutermuth
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Ivan Jager
la Porte City
Barbara
Arnold Platte
LeRoy Platte
Rudolph Ludwig
Aaron Ludwig
Judy
Mrs. Ludwig
Steven Hartness
Harry Petersen
Chris Petersen
Fred C. Holm
Minnie Westendorf
Eberhardt Thurm
Oran
Sophia Wolff
Ernest Oltrogge
Walter Hay
Ed Pavelec
Robin
Ray
Kenneth Heinemann
Leonard Wood
Wilfried Westendorf
Clarence Ganske
Allen Memorial Hospital
John Sundermeyer
Jim Redies
Wendy
Harold Pries
Bremer
Tripoli Community School
Pinhook
John Fay
Ada McConkey
Earl O'Connell
Dean
Geo. Banwell, Sr
Harold Hauld
Bruce Pals
Albert Rieck
Virgil Schwabe
Fredericksburg Town Hall
Donald Zipse
Charles Adore
Emil Matthias
Ray Kuethe
W. H. Pratt
Frederika
Marlowe Rieck
Eugene Stahlhut
Rex
Fredericksburg
Tor Leroy Gutermuth
Betty Figanbaum
Alfred Specht
Figanbaum
David
Edward Meyer
Elroy
Howard van Brocklin
Susan Schmidt
Faith Church
Bills Hills
Robert Schmidt
Linda
Daughters of the Hills
Vince Hermann
Pvt
James Hermann
California
Lucille
Lloyd
Donald Dilley
Tom McCue
Robert Swain
Will Eickhoff
Ionia
John Fitz
Denver
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Spring Fountain
Vince Hom
Virgil Meyer
Allen Linda Ann
Pat
Ronald Kuethe
Allen
THE
Frederika Fire Department
Erwin Drape
Bond
Mort
Peoples
Ford
Wm. Ambrose Auto Co
Tripoli, Iowa
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