County Marriage and Injury Briefs
A church wedding welcomed Rev. R. C. Schlueter officiating as the young couple, daughter of the Sharp family and son of the Graening family, plans to reside on the groom’s east farm six miles from town. Mary A. Mooney suffered a bad shoulder injury from a kitchen fall, with ruptured blood vessels and sprained tissues, though no bones were broken, requiring weeks of healing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Schlueter
Joe Arnholz
Herman Sharp
Herman Graening
Mary A. Mooney
Church Notes Sunday Schedule And Meetings
Sunday school at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 with sermon By the Waters of Babylon. Christian Endeavor at 8 p m. Teachers and officers meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Ladies Aid Thursday at 2 30 p m. Bible quotations during roll call. Hostesses Mrs C L McCumber and Miss Emma Arthur. Choir practice Thursday at 8 p m. Visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Christian Endeavor
Ladies’ Aid
C. L. McCumber
Emma Arthur
Waverly Social Roundup Highlights Local Visitors
Mrs Chas Siegel and family plus Arno Ladage and son called in Waverly. Leona Bunger returns from Arlington after teaching there and will vacation with her parents August and Laura Bunger. Will Grebien family and Geneva visited Ernest Quade. August Bergman visited Gustave Schwem. Louis Meyer anniversary surprise hosted by friends and relatives. Florence Biermann spent Sunday with Margaret Grebien. Erwin Hoppenworth family and Ernest Hoppenworth visited Carl Hoppenworth. Henry Kuecker hosted guests including Rev C G Gerlach and family. Lauretta Gerlach returns to Milwaukee after three weeks with Rev and Mrs Gerlach. Tony Sievers Jr. hosts visitors including Sibel Sievers Lloyd and Dorothy plus Helene Gerlach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Ladage
Arno
Will Biermann
C. G. Gerlach
Lauretta
Hedwig
Margaret Schwemm
Waverly
Leona Bunger
Arlington
August Bunger
Will Grebien
Geneva
Ernest Quade
August Bergman
Gustave Schwem
Louis Meyer
Florence Biermann
Margaret Grebien
Erwin Hoppenworth
Marvin
Ernest Hoppenworth
Carl Hoppenworth
Henry Kuecker
Arthur Meyer
Margaret
Carl Schwemm
Lauretta Gerlach
Milwaukee
Buck Creek Visitors Report Weekend Alfresco
Hilda Rieck and son Arnold visited John Sell on Friday in Buck Creek. George Meier and family called on Hilda Meier at Waverly hospital Sunday afternoon. Henry Haar and family visited in Waterloo Thursday. M Rommel and family from Oran visited Fred Rommel Sunday. Paul Seehase and daughter and Carl Seehase sr from Sumner visited Henry Seehase Sunday. Werner Westendorf and daughters visited Alvin Nuss Sunday evening. Walter Buhr home hosted Sunday afternoon visits. Storm damage Tuesday morning and Friday night affected farms of Carl Moehlis George Griner Adolph Brase Rudolph Haar and Art Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Rieck
Arnold
John Sell
George Meier
Waverly Hospital
Hilda Meier
Henry Haar
Waterloo
M. Rommel
Oran
Fred Rommel
Paul Seehase
Carl Seehase
Sumner
Henry Seehase
Werner Westendorf
Alvin Nuss
Walter Buhr
Carl Moehlis
George Griner
Adolph Brase
Rudolph Haar
Art Schneider
Edna Ganske
Elmer Knoedler
Albert Reich
Allen and Marlowe
Louie Meyer
Verla
Alvin Sommer
Ford Meyer
Alberta
John Struck
Ruby
Carmen
Earl Meyer
Albert Rieck
Spring Fountain Church
Fredericksburg
Dalton Meyer
Paul Schroeder
John Schroeder
Westgate
Ed Meyer
George Meyer
John Meyer
Will Meyer
Ed Kirchmann
Fred Bockhaus
Tripoli
Henry Biermann
August Steege
Lenora Steege
Albert Reinking
Spring Fountain social ties marked by visits and family gatherings
Mrs. Edna Ganske spent Thursday with Mrs. Elmer Knoedler. Several families from Spring Fountain and nearby towns visited in various homes and attended the Sumner baccalaureate service. Dalton Meyer underwent tonsil removal Monday morning. Waverly visits noted.
Local notices from Des Moines area events and illnesses
Mrs Laurence Heine cares for her ill niece Ruth Ann Adams in Des Moines amid an abscess on the liver. Mrs Chas Hoth suffers rheumatism and other complications at home under a doctor’s care. Mrs Art Kuker hosted relatives Friday to celebrate her birthday. Some farmers have planted corn, others delayed due to last week’s heavy rains. Warren Evangelical and Waverly church ladies held their annual mother and daughter banquet in the Waverly church basement last Tuesday. Mr Irving Arns and family visited Ed Leitha’s home Saturday and Sunday, as did the Walter Hoth and Neil Smith families to celebrate Mr Leitha’s birthday on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence Heine
Des Moines
Ruth Ann Adams
Chas. Hoth
Art Kuker
Warren Evangelical Church
Waverly Church
Irving Arns
Ed Leitha
St John's Lutheran schedule in German for Ascension Day
E A Hanff pastor leads a special Ascension Day service in German Thursday at 10 00 am with Sunday school at 9 00 am and divine service in German at 10 00 am Senior choir practice Thursday at 8 pm Daily Bible Vacation School started last Monday with daily instruction from 8 30 to 11 30 each morning
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Hanff
Ascension Day and Memorial Sunday Services at St Peter's
St Peter's Evangelical Church led by Pastor Theo A Thomaz conducts Ascension Day services on Thursday May 25 at 10 in German, and Memorial Sunday Services at 10 in English. Sunday school at 9. Choirs rehearse at the usual time.
Rain Halts All But Two Games In League
Nashua defeats Waverly 5 to 3 in Cedar Valley league action as Wilson limits hits and Strike, Gambiani provide run support. Rain stops Shell Rock vs Plainfield at 7th, Shell Rock leading 14 to 6 with Ranite and P Harrs on battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Waverly
Wilson
Welcher
Strike
Gambiani
Shell Rock
Plainfield
Savage
Ranite
P. Harrs
Shadbolt
Smith
Graham
Wwr
Dunkerton
Fairbank
Readlyn
Tripoli
Denver
Janesville
Cemetery Meeting in Fremont Opens May 26 at 2 PM
The Fremont cemetery association will hold its first meeting Friday afternoon May 26 at 2:00 o'clock at the home of Mrs. D W Chapin south of town. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Cemetery Association
D. W. Chapin
Women Sixty Plus Earn High Salaries, Labor Finds
A U S Department of Labor survey done with the National Federation of Business and Professional Women and Bryn Mawr College shows women workers over sixty years old earn the highest salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Labor
National Federation of Business and Professional Women
Byron Mawr College
Checkers Complete County Book Audit in City
John Harning and O H Williams, state checkers who spent six weeks reviewing county office books, reported Friday that all offices’ books are in excellent shape and commended officials for their meticulous record keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harning
O. H. Williams
Waverly club leases pavilion and parade of local events
The Waverly golf club leased the fairground dance pavilion for the season and plans remodeling to host card parties dances and picnics in bad weather. Wartburg Normal College will graduate 31 students on May 24 with Rev. Melcher delivering the commencement address and Rev. Adix preaching. Rotarians from the area attended the Des Moines assembly, Leonard Raecker narrowly defeated for district governor, G. F. Hunt elected governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Fairgrounds
Wartburg Normal College
Gerhardt Melcher
Waterloo
Trinity Lutheran Church
William Adix, Jr
Manchester
Wartburg
Des Moines
Rotary Assembly
Leonard Raecker
G. F. Hunt
Guttenberg
B. T. Marsh
Red Cross
Bremer County
H. D. Temple
Stockwell Bridge
Joan Brierly
Dorothy Yeagy
Brierly
American Legion
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
R. C. Schlueter
A. G. Wenninger
Orphan’s Home
Denver
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Mary Hannrahan
Davenport
Veterans of Foreign
Two-Pound Crappie Attracts City Attention In Win dow Display
A two pound nine ounce crappie, said to be the river’s largest in years, drew crowds as it remained on display in the Electric Shop window. In other notes, Lester Drestler won prizes for the season’s largest fish with a pike catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gan
Electric
Lester Drestler
Marshall Canning Company
John C. Zander
J. C. Kuhrt
Fair Grounds
Eagle Grove
Iowa City
H. W. Rathe
Harry Hagemann
Dubuque
W. A. Rohit
Jeanette Hemingway
Mandalay Inn
Waterloo
Fred Keesburg
Leo Gorman
Keesburg
L. D. Jay
L. C. Kern
Mercy Hospital
Rotsey Stephensen
Madison, Wis
Stephensen
Rich
Memorial Services at St Peter’s Ey
Memorial services will be held at St Peter's Evangelical Church Sunday May 28 at 7 pm Rev Theo Thomas will give the sermon All members of the American Legion and Auxiliary are asked to meet at the Leving hall by 9 30 and proceed to the church in a body or join the members at church if unable to attend the hall
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter's Evangelical
Theo. Thomas
American Legion and Auxiliary
Leving Hall
Government doctors gain new freedom to prescribe whisky
The government allows doctors to prescribe drug store whisky freely. About 4,500,000 gallons of "war" whisky are on hand with 80,000 doctors holding permits to prescribe it. Wholesalers and druggists are lowering prices, threatening bootleggers or possibly maintaining demand if doctors charge per prescription.
Activated carbon removes taste and odor from water
A pound of activated carbon will treat 100000 gallons of water by removing undesirable taste and odor.
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Congregational Church
E. Forrest Byers
Leader
Siegel
Tony Sievers, Jr
Sibel Sievers
Lloyd
Dorothy
Helene
BUCK
Detroit
Harry Meyer
Max Hill
Ervin Schwake
Lee Hill
Bremer
ST. John's Lutheran
ST. Peter's EV. Church
Theo
A. Thomaz Pastor
R.H.E. Shell Rock Plainfield One
Poe
Waverly Briefs
Tuey
Fader
ST. Peter’s Ey
Pillsbury’s
Rex
Tripoli Mercantile Co
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