Local Church Schedules and Gatherings Across Town
Multiple congregations list service times and events. Lutheran Bremer led by Pastor Krumsieg holds 8:30 a.m. worship with 9:30 a.m. Sunday School. Christ Church Bible classes and family services. United Church of Christ hosts family service and social events. Methodist Frederika and St. John Lutheran in Horton offer morning services and Sunday School. Baptist Horton schedules sermons and midweek prayer, with women’s and youth groups planning May activities. Community notices include church picnics, youth events, and relief for new confirmations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Horton
A. T. Rollene
St Paul Lutheran Church Artesian Services and Sunday School
The listing notes St Paul Lutheran Church Artesian with pastor Donald Krumsieg offering Sunday school at 9 00 a m and worship at 10 00 a m including Holy Communion Sermon Called Christians and a 10 15 a m worship service Spring Fountain lists Eugene Kramer as pastor with worship at 8 30 a m and Sunday school at 9 30 a m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iday School
Ladies’ Aid
ST. Paul Lutheran Church
Artesian
Donald Krumsieg
W. H. Klein
ST. John's Lutheran Spring Fountain
Eugene Kramer
St John Ev Lutheran Buck Creek Service and Activities
The Buck Creek St John Ev Lutheran Church led by Robert E. Glaser offers Sunday school at 9 a.m. and church service at 10 a.m. Junior and intermediate catechetical classes Sunday, church tour at 9 a.m. Divine worship at 10 a.m. Brotherhood and Young Peoples League meetings scheduled for May 0 and May 10 at 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Luther League
Phyllis Schneer
H. A. Dettmering
Merlyn Heidemann
Walter Hinrichs
ST. John Ev
Buck Creek
Robert EB. Glaser
Pstor
Schior
Brotherhood
Young Peoples League
Sumner Weddings and Anniversaries Report
Announcements detail Betty Hunt and Raymond Bradley marriage in Columbus with Dr. Evans officiating. Also noted are Carol Hintz and Roger Volker's wedding in Westgate, Phyllis and Lyle Jackson engagement, a golden anniversary for Guy Schoonover, a cancer drive total of 543, bids for Sumner High School bus garage addition, and local obituaries and gatherings. Includes community notes from Sumner and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis N. Hunt
Betty
Raymond Bradley
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Bradley
Cuyahoga Falls
Unitarian Church
John Evans
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Ohio State University
Columbus State School
Bradley
Dayton University
Dayton
State University of Ohio
Simpson and Mastriani Consulting Engineers
Sumner Community High School
Leonard Larder
Oran
Social visits and gatherings across Iowa communities
A string of Sunday visits spans Des Moines to Waterloo and Cedar Falls with relatives and friends hosting at homes in Eldon Alpha and Sumner. Guests include Clark, Grahimann, Priebe, and Lang families. The Du buque youth rally met at Salem EUB church while others traveled to Delwe, Fredericksburg, and New Hampshire by train. Local clubs held meetings with prizes awarded and programs led by Mrs. Ot Priebe and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Schoonover
United Church of Christ
Helen Clark
Des Moines
Eldon
C. Phillips
Waterloo
Elmer Timm
Debra
Deana Hofer
Jean
Larry McClain
Paul Woods
Jim O'Brien
Danny Brant
Delwe
CGW
Sumner
Fredericksburg
New Hampton
May Cook Retires After 40 Years as Van Meter Librarian
May Cook, longtime librarian at the Van Meter Public Library since its founding, is retiring after four decades of service. Her tenure spanned the library’s early years and growth, leaving a lasting impact on the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Cook
van Meter Public Library
Obituary notices for Henry C. Rieck and Harry O'Rourke
Final rites were held for Henry C. Rieck 70 of Waterloo who died Saturday of a heart ailment. Burial followed in Garden of Memories. Rieck was born in Bremer County March 9 1892 and married Anna Staack Feb 22 1922. He farmed in Fayette and later lived in Sumner and Wellington before moving to Waterloo. He worked for Rath Packing Co 1956 58 and was a World War II veteran and DAV member. Survived by widow and three children plus siblings. The second obituary notes Harry Ray O’Rourke 68 of Waterloo who died Tuesday at St Francis hospital of a heart ailment. Funeral Friday at Linden Methodist Church with burial in Alcock cemetery. He was born Aug 17 1893 in Frederika son of John and Susan Tibbetts O’Rourke. He ran a Waterloo grocery business retired, married Ruby Whitman Jun 15 1926 in Worcester. He was a DAV member and veteran of World War I. Survived by widow a daughter a sister a brother and two granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Stewart and Sons
Charles City
Frank Lang
E. D. Adams
Waterloo
Ernest Miller
Otto Priebe
Wayne Priebe
Lawrence Cotton
Minnie Schroeder
Henry Rieck
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Gene Phelps
Des Moines
Lester Rieck
Waukon
Wm. Whiteford
M Zurbriggen
Charles Jenkins
500 Club
Kermit Mitchell
Ray Tehel
John Lamprecht
C. Anderson
R. Cooper
Olive Wescott
Sumner Culture Club
Earl Moetsch
George Heller
Herbert Carr
Henry Sechweer
Herman J. Warnke
Vernon
Donald Meier
Madrid
L. R. Ladwig
al Wolfgram
Mary Ladwig
Cedar Falls
Ernie Aletz
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas Vaughn
Jim Vaughn
McIntyre
Henry C. Rieck
Garden of Memories
Bremer County
Anna Staack
Hawkeye
Fayette County
Sumner
Waverly
Rath Packing Co
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Earl
Evansdale
Robert Thompson
Lyle Wrage
Gladbrook
Louis Tietje
Arthur Brandt
Harry Ray O'Rourke
Linden Ave
St. Francis Hospital
Linden Methodist Church
Maxson
Alcock Cemetery
Frederika
Bert Allen
Don Frazier
John Heinick
Harry Heinick
Frank Heinick
Guy Lawson
John
Susan Tibbetts O'Rourke
O'Rourke
Ruby Whitman
DAV
Warren Maag
Earl O'Connell
Fredericksburg
John O’rourke
Rebecca
Suzette Maag
Sagert family highlights dinner visits and moves
Den rack of hometown notes reports Mr and Mrs Harry Sagert of Waterloo plus Robert Sagert family visiting Wilbur Gielan. Roger Sagert recently left Fort Carson Colo for Fort Lee Va with Mrs Sagert. Also listed are new births at Allen Memorial Hospital and local social gatherings and hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sagert
Waterloo
Robert Sagert
Chatsworth
Cal
Roger Sagert
Wilbur Gielan
Roger
Fort Carson
Colo
Fort Lee
Sagert
Robert Sagerts
Romayne Coontz
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Denver
Tracy Rae
Harlan Laube
Brian Dean
Lavern
Tony) Gielan
Tracey Lynn
Roger Thurm
Rebecca Lynn
Roland Wedemeier
Allen Memorial Hospital
Aug
Wille
Kathy
Herbert Biesterfelt
Tripoli
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
Grace Church
Russell Witt
Edward
Tripoli Socials Report Weekend Visits
Mead and Mrs Theo Platte and others visited Florence and Tillie Thiemann in Ackley on Thursday. Visitors from Waterloo and Waverly called on Lee Cinda Brandt and Albert Thiemann in the Thiemann home. Harold Kuker and daughter Yvonne celebrated a wedding anniversary with Leslie Rucker in Waverly. Mrs Carl Johnson and daughters spoke with her Sparta relatives last week. Rebern Holm and John Fitz visited Ray Mosley and James Donald, both hospital patients in Waterloo, then went to Vincent Herman in Sumner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Johnson
Sparta
Wis
Rebern Holm
John Fitz
Ray Mosley
James Donald
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Vincent Herman
Sumner
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Igrac Mold Thsay School
Pm Mr . Meier
Fred
Ech Fabiervice
Iol
Adult Christians Service
Family Yvelcome
Nquet Sunat Tripoli
Howne
John Crittenden
Ton Satururday
Iechmen
Hadley Brewer
Lawris
TY Lutheran Church
Bremer
Onald Krumsieg
Pastor
Methodist Church
ST. John’s Lutheran Frederika
ST. John’s American Lutheran Church
Crane Creek
Geo. J. Gundel
Grace
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Siegel
R. M. O. Brye Chiropractor
Waverly, Iowa
Poe
L. J. Magnall
Tripoli, Iowa
R.H. McClintock
Iowa
Lerbert FE
Blume
Spoiment
Agemann
Hagemann
Jorneys-At-Law E. Bremer Ave
Ican Savings Bank Bldg
Engelbrecht
Hemingway
Attorneys-at-Law
Block & Klemp Building
V. G. Goebel
Biermann
C. R. Barr
Oliver J. Reeve
First National Bank
ST. John's
Westgate
Carol Hintz
Arnold Hintz
Roger Volker
Joe Volker
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Sandra Stohr
Jeanette
Sharon Volker
Jerald Volker Dean Raether
Lawain Judisch
Gates Business College
Mr. Volker
Sumner Packing Co
W. D. Stevens
Phyllis
Lyle Jackson
Ames
Lyle A. Jackson
Salem E.U.B. Church
The
Sumner Gazette
Iowa State University
J. R. Heyer
Clarence Niewoehner
Sumner Gazette Office
Herman Jochems
Western
Paul Beckman
Western Home
ALCW
St. John
Henry Traeger
Lydia Rief
Wayne Pape
Shari
West Union
Bernita Traeger
Jim Jones
Phil
T'S
Tonnie’s 66
Tankwagon
H. R. O'Rourke
F. M Root
Optometrist
Main
Ken Byers
Optician
Opportunity Fund
American Savings Bank
Kuhrt Ins
Tripoli Hardware
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