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Donald Hammel Jr. was taken by Lions ambulance to the La Crosse Lutheran Hospital on Sunday after a motorcycle he was operating went out of control on Mt. Hosmer at about 7:45 p.m. He received a broken leg and lacerations. The cycle, which belonged to Ron Strong, was slightly damaged in the mishap.
-Another accident over the past weekend involved Jim Schobert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank "Bud" Schobert. Jim lost control of an old Chevy pickup on a county road near Interstate Power Co. south of Lansing. Jim escaped without serious injury, although the pick­up was demolished.
-The Gene Sweeney family of Decatur, Illinois spent the Fourth of July weekend as guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sweeney.
-Mrs. Bob (Mary) Kious and daughter Karen drove to Moline, Ill. Sunday, and from there they and the former's sister, Mrs. Jean Isaacson, planned to fly to Seattle, Wash. for a visit of about two weeks with another sister.
-There wasn't a whole lot of solitude for anyone who sought it on the Mississippi over the Fourth of July. The channel was choked with boats, the sandbars were swarming with humanity, and the Hummingbird Slough was really humming.
-Frank Sandry of Waukon was an office caller here on Saturday. Frank, who is 83 years old, is in good shape for a man his age.
-On the evening of June 26, a bridal shower was held for Marcia Manning at the Wexford Hall. Many neighbors, relatives and friends attended. Marcia received many nice and useful gifts. She will become the bride of Mark Kruse on August 14 at the Immaculate Conception Church in Wexford.
-Dave Halverson of Lansing and Ray Mitchell of New Albin left June 13 for Army Reserve training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Dave writes that it is no vacationland.
-The Frank Pfiffner family visited several days at the home of his folks, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pfiffner. Abbie and son Dave drove to Rockford, Illinois on Thursday and brought them to Lansing. Frank is an attorney in Anchorage, Alaska.
-John "Butler" Protsman spent the weekend with his family in Lansing. He is employed by the La Crosse Dredge Co. and is working on the Illinois River near Ottawa.
-Weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wilde were their daughters, Lyn Wilde of Cedar Falls and Mrs. Doug Bulman and husband of Iowa City.
-Weekend visitors at the home of Mrs. Hazel Olson were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kelleher and Travis, Gary Ehlers, Ruth Olson, Maggie and Suzie McGill, Bob Kulwey, Jim Peters, Keith Vanderhall, Cindy and Mitch Kruse, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Connor and Pat, Marcia and Byron Garin, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schneden and Travis.
-Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Kerndt returned to their Lansing home Tuesday after spending a couple of days visiting atthe Luana home of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pape.
-Mr. and Mrs. Dave Banis and children, Vicki, Stevi, Cori, and T.J. were home for the holiday visiting parents and other relatives in Waukon and Lansing.
-Mrs. Mattie Magnusson received word on Sunday of the death of Harriet Sluss that day. She was a former Lansing resident, having made her home here with Alberta Magnusson.
-Herman Ronnfeldt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ronnfeldt of Central City, is recovering from injuries he received when a tractor he was operating tipped on him at the Robert Howe farm. He received a broken pelvis, a broken leg, a broken collar bone and second degree burns.
-A birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robby Howe for their son Danny, who celebrated his first birthday recently. Present for the June 27 event were Danny's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Ronnfeldt of Central City and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Howe of Waukon; Mrs. Teresa Donahue and family of Waukon; the George Howe family of Monona; Mr. and Mrs. Leo Garin and Cheryl of Lansing.
Weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Gruber were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gruber of Cedar Rapids and the Robert Mefferd family of Marion. The Mefferds' daughter Robyn, is a guest for the next two weeks at her grandparents' home.
-Mr. and Mrs. Dutch Protsman and David and Lisa returned to Lansing recently after spending about three weeks in Colorado Springs visiting with a brother of Dutch, Albert Protsman Jr.

NEW ALBIN NEWS
-Mr. and Mrs. David Hudachko of Glenview, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. James Sires and son Timmy of Onalaska, Wis. spent the Fourth of July weekend at the Lillian Sires home.
-Nathan Imhoff celebrated his third birthday at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moore on Sunday. Present at his party were: Mr. and Mrs. Pat Welch and family, Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Moore, Marlene Imhoff, Brian and Damian, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Moore and Remi. Nathan had a cake decorated like a baseball diamond and received many nice presents. After supper all enjoyed a fireworks display.
-A son was born on June 26 at St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse to Mr. and Mrs. Ron Johnson of La Crosse. The mother is the former Barbara Mauss, and grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Connie Mauss of New Albin. 
-A daughter was born June 26 at the St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse to Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smerud of New Albin. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Smerud.
-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell came from Dubuque on Friday the 18th and accompanied their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Carroll to Frederic, Wisc. where they visited with another daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Anderson.  They also visited friends at Cable, Wisc., and Duluth and Superior, Minn.
-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell spent the night at the Edmund Carroll home on Sunday the 20th, leaving for Dubuque on Monday morning.  They took their granddaughter, Kris Carroll, with them for a weeks visit.
-Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Carroll and Shane spent the weekend at La Motte, Iowa visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell, enjoying a family picnic on Sunday at Maquoketa. Iowa. Kris came home with them after a visit with her grandparents.
-Mrs. Teresa Buege returned home on Saturday from Milwaukee, Wis., where she visited her sister and her grandson, Mrs. Stacia Holter and Mike Allioto, who returned Mrs. Buege to her home on Saturday.
-Mrs. Thomas Darling returned home on Monday, June 28 from St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse where she had been a patient for medical treatment.
-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Darling and family were Saturday visitors at the home of Mrs. Darling's father and two sisters.
-The Kenneth Casey V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary enjoyed their annual eyening out at the Four Seasons Supper Club near La Crescent. Nineteen members were present.
-A picnic and cookout was held at the Evelyn Plagge home. The guests there were Mrs. Jeanne Wurm and children and Fran Greeno, La Crosse; Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Plagge and Joe, Mrs. Vince Waters, Francis Pettit and Mr. Kenneth Moore.
-Miss Susie Breeser and friend Dan spent the weekend at the home of her mother, Mrs. Norma Breeser.
-Miss Deb Meyer of Rochester, Minn., visited at the parental Gilman Meyer home.
-Guests at the Bertha Wohlers home for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. David Huppart and Harland of Milwaukee,Wis.; and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lutes and family of Peoria, Ill., along with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wohlers of Green Bay, Wis.
-Mr. and Mrs. Paul Breeser and Mr. and Mrs. Gary Kottman and Jodi were Sunday evening guests at the Robert Ellefson home.
-Mr. and Mrs. Paul Breeser attended the 4th of July Bicentennial celebration in Eitzen.
-Mr. and Mrs. Dan Maust were weekend guests at the Robert Maust Jr. home.
-Jug's Skelly girls softball team won over Frankie's team from Caledonia with a score of 12-6.
-The New Albin men's softball team won over Houston by a score of 17-1.
-Mr. and Mrs. Leo Thimmesch of Topeka, Kansas recently spent a weekend at the Nick Strub home. They came to get their three children, Shane, Connie and Roger, who had spent three weeks with their grandparents. Christie Ott returned home with them to spend a couple of weeks at the Thimmesch home.
-Mr. and Mrs. Linus Ott spent the 4th of July weekend in Topeka, Kansas at the Leo Thimmesch home, going especially to get their daughter, Cristie. They returned home Monday.
-Mr. and Mrs. Nick Strub and Mrs. Sarah Wargin attended the wedding of Gary Egan and Cindy Wachter at Cherry Mound on Saturday, July 3.
-Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Hopkins and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hopkins and family and Mr. and Mrs. Terry Hopkins and family, all of Omaha, Neb., and Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Harvey and John of Milwaukee, Wis., were week­end guests last weekend at the William Freilinger and Owen Thorson homes. They came especially for the Thorson­Klug wedding last Saturday.

HARPERS FERRY NEWS
-Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Lopez of Rosemount, Minn. became the proud parents of a baby boy, born July 4th. He weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and will be named Robert Edward. Mrs. Lopez is the former Rose Ann Foley and grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Leo Foley and great­grandparents are Mrs. Mae Foley and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cota.
-Miss Jean Foley of Faith, S.D., spent the day Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Foley.
-Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Larson and daughter of Big Fork, Minn. spent a few days visiting with her mother, Mrs. Lillian Martelle. Mrs. Larson is the former Rita Martelle.
-Miss Anne Weymiller returned home Monday night after spending ten days in Washington, D.C. and New York City and other points of interest out east on a 4-H citizenship trip.
-Miss Renee Weymiller flew to Brewster, Washington, with her grandparents from New Albin to attend a 50th wedding anniversary of relatives, returning home on Thursday.
-Mr. Cletus Heffern of Mason City drove over Friday afternoon and brought his mother, Mrs. Anna Heffern, back for a few days, returning home on Tuesday.
-Miss Laura Luster of Cedar Rapids was at the home of her parents over the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Harland Luster.
-Mr. and Mrs. Roger Valley, Tim and Matt, of La Crosse, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Valley, Julie and Mike of Aurora, Ill., Mrs. Tom Spinner of Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Valley, Amy and Angie of Decorah, Mrs. Bruce Strub and Jeremy of Lansing, and Nancy Valley and Mary Jo Riley of Cedar Rapids were weekend guests at the Mrs. Paula Valley home.
-Mr. and Mrs. Don Easley drove to Iowa City Saturday to bring back their grandchildren, Darrell and Kerry Easley, and on Tuesday they left for Reston, Virginia, where they will visit the Don Easley, Jr., family.
-Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Luster and family of Cincinnati, Ohio, are vacationing at the home of his mother, Mrs. Louella Luster, and other relatives.
-Holiday weekend guests at the Maury Mooney home were Mr. and Mrs. Carroll McTaggart of Independence, Ia., and Mr. and Tom Mooney of Marion spent the weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mooney.
-Mrs. Ruth Ann Cordova and Lisa of Waterloo spent the week­end with her parents, M. and Mrs. Urb Hawes.
-Mr. and Mrs. Jim O'Neill became the proud parents of a baby girl, born June 28th at Waukon Veterans Memorial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Steve O'Neill are the grandparents.
-Mrs. Hulda Martell received word this past week of the death of her relative, Mrs. Kenneth Martell, of Morris, Minn.
-Mike Saddler returned home Saturday from St. Francis hospital in La Crosse where he had been a patient for a few days.
-Mr. and Mrs. Stan Palmer of Dubuque spent the weekend visiting relatives and friends in this area.
-Mr. and Mrs. Larry Schulte of Waterloo and Jack Schulte of Cedar Rapids visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schulte.
-Mrs. Margaret Dunn and three children of Des Moines, la., along with her brother, Terry Hall of Ft. Collins, Colo., visited Monday at the Jack Boardman, Don Easley and Red Robinson homes. Another brother, Larry Eall, of Colo. was recently killed in an automobile accident in Missouri. They are nephews and a niece of Mrs. Boardman, Mrs. Easley and Mrs. Robinson.
-Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bernadini of Omaha, Neb. are spending a few days at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Schulte, and other relatives.
-Karla and Kevin Duss of Bloomington, Minn., have been vacationing at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gavin.
-A family gathering was held Sunday, July 4th, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gavin, those present were Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gavin and family of La Crosse, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Busch and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Duss of Blomington, Minn., Rita Gavin of Cedar Rapids and Donald Gavin of Dubuque.
-Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, John and Kenny, of San Antonio, Texas, arrived Thursday to visit at the Mike Saddler home. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Saddler and family of Anamosa were Sunday visitors there also.
-Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Boardman, Scott and Renee of Rock Falls, Wis., were weekend visitors at the Jerry Cota home.

WAUKON NEWS
-Mrs. Dorothy Ludeking recently spent a weekend with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grass at Waterloo. She accompanied them to Lake Delhi, where all spent a delightful weekend. Enroute home on Monday, she stopped off for a day with her son and family, Dr. A.B. Ludeking at Decorah.
-Mr. and Mrs. Roger Martin and daughter Sarah returned on Wednesday after spending a week in Dallas, Texas visiting their son David, who will graduate in August from a school of mortuary science.
-Mrs. Marjorie Snitker Melaney of Rockford, Illinois spent several days with her mother, Mrs. Iva Snitker on a recent weekend, having come to attend her 40th year class reunion. She was accompanied by Mrs. Laura Klemme Russell of Dubuque, who visited relatives here during that time.
-Mrs. Iva Snitker and her house­guest Mary Boyd, the latter from Waukesha, Wis., spent a couple of days last week visiting relatives at Retreat, Wisc.
-The fourth annual family reunion picnic for Northgate residents and their families will be held on Sunday, July 11, on the grounds at the home. -The pot­luck dinner will be held at 11:30 and the area will be covered by a tent. Families are all invited. Following the dinner, the Shriners Clowns, Young Americans, (a high school singing group) from Monona will sing, and there will be picnic games. The Off Beats of Waukon will play and sing in the afternoon and there will be dancing.
-Carol Wiedenmann is now employed with G. Heileman Co. in La Crosse, Wis. She was a May graduate of Western Wisconsin Technical Institute of La Crosse.
-Scott Francik of Cedar Rapids was a week-end visitor at the home of his fiancee, Carol Wiedenmann, over the long weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Pettingill recently spent 10 days on a quiet vacation at Camp Kabetogama in northern Minnesota. They tried fishing (which wasn't good) and got away from earshot of the telephone for a while.
-Mr. and Mrs. Tom Counters and two children of Mason City spent several days early this week at the parental Chuck Pettingill home.
-Mr. and Mrs. Danny Iverson and two children of Aloaha, Ore. arrived last week and are spending two weeks with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Arden Iverson.
-Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Palmer and two children of Newport News. Va. arrived Saturday for a vacation visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Merton Palmer and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Meyer. They attended Jerry's 10 year high school reunion Saturday night.
-Mrs. Harriet Letchford and Mrs. Grace Moe were overnight visitors last Wednesday at the Jeff White home in Iowa City. While there they attended a play at Hancher Auditorium.
-Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bulman are spending this week camping near Wausau, Wis. in their pick­up camper and will be visiting some with their daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Sperduto.
-Mrs. Wilton Sinning of Corning, Iowa is spending this week with her mother, Mrs. Esther Brandt, at the Donald Bulman home.
-Mrs. Helen Schneider and daughter Lori recently spent a few days at Forest City, where the latter attended orientation, as she will attend Waldorf College there next school year.
-Mr. and Mrs. Mike Petty and daughter of Waterloo spent the long holiday weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Johnson.
-Relatives of Ronald Hangartner have been visiting him at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, where he has been in serious condition following a couple of strokes suffered two weeks ago. Last reports were that there has been a little improvement.
-Maribeth Felton hosted a miscellaneous pre-nuptial shower for Annette Kelly at her home on Saturday morning. Guests were former high school classmates. The hostess served brunch on the patio. A social hour was enjoyed and the honoree received many nice gifts for her new home.

~transcribed by Errin Wilker

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