Local residents and service members on leave and community events
Cpl Thorton Brandt returns to Fort Sheridan after a 30 day Korea leave with his brother Burton stationed at Camp Beale. Mrs Brandt and the Diemer family announce health and travel notes and a Thimble Bee meeting is set for March 27. A birthday party honors Susan Steinberg with many relatives in attendance and several visits and trips are mentioned among Waterloo and Denver residents. Local clubs host Bridge and social events as families greet relatives visiting Des Moines, Arlington Heights, and San Diego. A St Patrick Day party marks Mrs Dorn’s birthday and Sally Brettmann awaits a Rochester diagnosis. Steve Wilson’s barber shop remodeling leads to a move to Bill Bremnan’s building, with Donald Wittenburg’s tavern moving into the former shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Thorton Brandt
Albert Brandt
Korea
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Burton
Camp Beale
Cal
Burton Brandt
H. and S. Company
E.A.B
Max Diemer
Albert Brandts
Milwaukee
Fred Brettmann
Excelsior Springs
Thimble Bee Club
Lorenz Doepke
Louis Bitterly
Susan
Raymond Steinberg
Richard Steinberg
Waverly
George Jahnke
Denver
William Diercks
David
Ralph Smith
Virgil Bredow
Waterloo
LaVern Kurtt
Elmer Griese
Brenda Mae
Waldo Platte
August Foelske
Dorothy
Albert Kohlman
Sumner
Milton Repp
Johnny
Sammy
J. H. Bieman
Louis Dorn
Des Moines
Ralph Milius
Ernest Buckendahl
New Hampton
Wilbur Schneider
Wayne
Oelwein
Anna Schneider
Elmer Schumacher
August Schneider
Arthur Schneider
Readlyn
Herman Brandt
Louis Brandt
Bertha Milius
William Schumacher
San Diego
Earl
H. O. Steege
Arlington Heights
Jake Schneider
J. E. Bruns
Strottmann
Robert Lynch
Lynch
Fred Rohler
Rohler
Harry Higges
Deshler
Nebr
Kenneth Gibson
Edgar
Rohlers
Spring Valley
Minn
Ernest Streibys
Fred Dorn
Dorn
Sally Brettmann
Clarence Brettmann
Rochester
Sally
Steve Wilson
Wilson
Bill Bremnan
Donald Wittenburg
Rites Wednesday For E. F. Tubesing
Edmund Frederick Tubesing 68 died at home north of Sumner after injuries from a bull goring on February 9 1939. He was born April 18 1882 in Richmond Indiana married Hilda Louise Niemann in Sumner in 1910 and is survived by daughter Lucile a nurse in Waterloo and son George with two brothers Will and Harry of Richmond. Funeral at Richfield Lutheran church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
E. F. Tubesing
Richmond
Richfield
Lucile
R.N
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
George
Will
Harry
Richfield Lutheran Church
Church
Tripoli Woman's Club to Install officers in May meeting
Newly elected officers for the Tripoli Women's Club will be installed at the May meeting. President is Mrs. Charles H. Smith, vice president Mrs. E. W. Kirchhoff, secretary Mrs. Leslie Lauck, treasurer Mrs. George Koons. A panel on the county library preceded the business session, with five members participating, and hostesses Mrs. Charles H. Smith and Mrs. Wm. Lorimer provided refreshments after the meeting. In other notes, the Adirondack range in New York spans about 12 000 square miles, and Father's Day was first celebrated in Spokane, Washington in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli Women’s Club
Charles H. Smith
E. W. Kirchhoff
Leslie Lauck
George Koons
Wm. Lorimer
Adirondack Range
New York State
U. S
Spokane
Wash
Kramer Keglers Lead Wapsie Bowling League by Eight Points
Kramer Keglers moved into the lead by four points from Elma, gaining two more in the Wapsie League at New Hampton for an eight point edge over Blatz. Jim Kane led with a 212 high game and 569 series as Kramer posted 2529 in the win with helpers Tremaine, Peacock, Fink, and Kuhrts. Six games remain in the season. Kane topped Meyer for a 482 total in Waverly as Kramer took high game 194 in a 851 mark for the night, while the Peacocks swept Howell Motors in New Hampton Rollaway league with Mrs. Holm posting 448 for high series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma
Kramer Keglers
New Hampton
Blatz
Jim Kane
Kramer
Tremaine
Peacock
Fink
Kane
Kuhrts
Kuhris
C. R. Baker & Son Pinsters
Waverly
Meyer
Meier
Duecker
Ray Fink
Peacocks
Howell Motors
Duane Holm
Shriver
Holm
Henninger
Goodenbour
Local families welcome returning servicemen and news of visits
Paul Koepke arrives home from Great Lakes naval training center for a two week furlough with parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Koepke. Bill Rector and Richard Reynolds also return from training for two weeks with their families. Virgil Bruns and son Randy visit Masonville relatives. Miss Luella Cole, injured in Younkers, is now in good condition and back at work in Des Moines. Donald Krueger visits Great Lakes base with family, and Radloff family to Elgin for a week with relatives. Steve Wilson opens a barber and beauty shop in Will Biemann building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Koepke
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Harry Koepke
Bill Rector
Richard Reynolds
Virgil Bruns
Randy
Masonville
Roger Morgan
Louis
Des Moines
Luella Cole
Younkers
Miss Cole
Wallace Krueger
Donald Krueger
Donald
Donald A. Krueger
S.R
Camp Dewey
Great Lakes
Ill
Donald Radloff
Elgin
Albert Radloff
Steve Wilson
Will Biemann
Local families host and visit across Dresden area
Numerous visits and gatherings unfold in Dresden township and surrounding communities. Friends and relatives from New Hampton Randalia Packwood Charles City and Sumner share weekends dinners and birthday celebrations. A note on stamp collecting mentions how misprints enhance a stamp's value. Mr and Mrs W C Rector plan a quiet 59th wedding anniversary at their farm near here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynard Thein
Betty Ann
Dresden Township
Miriam French
Bertha Mooney
New Hampton
C. C. Clary
Janeen Dilley
Randalia
Cecile Dilley
Clark Johnston
Packwood
Ed Green
Jo Ellen
Dennison Leitsch
Charles City
Oren Hinecker
la Venne
Joe Schneider
Lawrence
Independence
Clarence Platte
Herman Platte
W. C. Rector
Here
Briardale Stores Mark 40th Anniversary Jubilee
Briardale Stores and 600 Briardale Food Stores in Iowa Missouri Minnesota celebrate the Grocers Wholesale Cooperative 40th anniversary. Founded in Des Moines in 1912 by 67 merchants, the coop grew from 147,052 in nine months to 9,167,020 last year with 75,653 taxes. The event features a territory wide promotion and a drawing of forty prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Juel
Juel
Briardale
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Grocers’ Wholesale Cooperative, Inc
Gwc
Des Moines
Bridge commissions offer $70,000 for Black Hawk bridge
The Iowa and Wisconsin highway commissions jointly offered seventy thousand dollars for the Black Hawk bridge at Lansing. The bid was filed with W E Albert, receiver for the Iowa Wisconsin Bridge Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wisconsin
Black Hawk
Lansing
W. E. Albert
Iowa- Wisconsin Bridge Company
Triplets Born to Spillville Couple in March
Mr and Mrs Julius Novak of Spillville welcomed three daughters on March 8, mother noted as a twin. In Manning the light office offers free bulb replacements for old clear glass bulbs with pointed tips. A fun fact notes US ship width by the Panama Canal and height by the Brooklyn Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Novak
Spillville
Manning
United States
Panama Canal
Brooklyn Bridge
The Muddy Death of H. V. Tone in Iowa
By Bob Hullihan, the piece portrays H. V. Tone as a prosperous Iowa businessman whose fatal crash occurred after a dirt road’s mud seepage caused his vehicle to slide on a curve. Tone’s confident, vigorous image contrasts with the sudden, tragic death on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Tone
Iowa
Tone
Triplets Born to the Anderson Family in Marshalltown
Valentine's Day brought the birth of three boys to Louis J. Anderson and his wife in Deaconness hospital Marshalltown. The couple also has an daughter named Vicky aged 18 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Anderson
Marshalltown
Deaconness Hospital
Anderson's
Vicky
Central Christ Boone Bible Reading Marathon Ends
Members of the Central Church of Christ at Boone completed a Bible reading marathon lasting 71 hours and minutes. Ninety six readers took part with over attendees present at various times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Chy of Christ At
Boone
Varig
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E. F
Woman's Club
Frederika
Dean Wiltse
Will Duenow
Roy Schmudlach
Marilyn
Art Aschbrenner
John Johnson
Robert Bergmann
Douglas Township
George Fox
Mary Tibbetts
Otto Buenger and
W. C. Buenger
Tripoli
Lester Buenger
A. W. French
Raymond French
Connie
Harold Mueller
Brenda
Mr. Farmer
Tripoli Canning Company, Inc
Tripoli, Iowa
Bob Hullihan
Valentines
New Lennox
Lennox
Ae Wonto
Cngineers
Block & Klemp
CTE Ees
Reo Eclipse Moto-Moore
Tripoli Hardware
SWIFT
Food Headquarters
Dole
Gerber
Zac
Matt
Tripoli Mercantile
Kellogg’s
Betty Crocker
Eatwell
Gal
Jug
Charmin
Koch Kaese
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