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| Cedar County, Iowa |
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| PHOTOGRAPH DESCRIPTION | PAGE |
| Photo of Paula Wendt, Quasquicentennial Queen | 1 |
| Seated left ot right: Lorance Thien; Raplh McIntosh, mayor; Bob Pluenger. Standing l-r: Mike Ellingston, Ellis Stonerook and Jerry Hasenbank | 31 |
| Photo of Clarence-Lowden Rebels football team for the 1984 season was the first Cedar County football team to make the state play-offs. Members of the team are front row left to right, Jim Breneman, Karl Martin, Gerald Moore, Reece Dewell, Scott McAtee, Willy Wendt, Dain Brunscheen and Darin Kohrt, Manager 2nd Row, Bryan Schroeder, Kirk Steinke Ron Hasselbusch, Mark Hunwardsen, Dan Chapman, Scott Fields, Shawn Stolte, Mike Burns and Greg Bachmman 3rd Row, Mike Ellingson, assistant coach; Jeff Brunscheen, Lester Kingery, Mike Goldsmith, Jeff Spies, Troy Mostaert, Bill Utley, Lonnie Luepker and Paul Wagner, head coach 4th Row, Jack Weiland, Robby Darrow, Kip Esbaum, Doug Sander, Jim Goecken, Dave Holst, Joby Proesch and Doug Peden. | 47 |
| Photos of Some of Clarences’ older couples | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wulff married December 20, 1924 | 57 |
| "Arthur Dircks and Edna Dresselhaus were married in Clarence by Rev. Karl Fauth Dec. 10, 1925 " | 59 |
| Walter and Gertrude Hartwig married Dec. 19, 1926 | 61 |
| Fred and Louise Miller, February 23, 1922, Clarence, Iowa | 63 |
| Walter and Clara Kemmann First Anniversary, Jan. 27, 1925 | 63 |
| William and Ella (Lunow) Sander married Oct. 5, 1919 | 65 |
| Paul and Martha Busching married March 10, 1921 | 67 |
| Amanda and Charles Starr married Nov. 10, 1917 at Des Moines, Iowa | 67 |
| Clarence Quasquicentennial Parade | |
| Photo of The Herring Clowns—Ellen, Erin and Scott Herring | 69 |
| 1930 ‘D’ John Deere – Bob Hasselbusch | 71 |
| 1937 “A” John Deere pulling 111 on trailer—Evelyn and Frank Fisher, Hazel and Roscoe Schilling | 71 |
| “I Never Said A Motorized Carriage” – Mary Kay and Ken Mostaert | 73 |
| “The Parsons’ new 4 horsepower mower”—Reverend and Mrs. C. Schumacher | 73 |
| “Anheuser who?”—6 horse hitch sponsored by Clarence Co-Op and Land O’Lakes | 75 |
| Clarence Lions Club—The Robert J. Dircks family | 75 |
| “Armed Forces representatives”—Dale Schroeder, Lawrence Ruther and Keith Knight | 77 |
| “Draped by Lambert’s” - Jennifer, Pat and Jane Lambert | 79 |
| Queen of the Quasquicentennial—Paula Wendt | 79 |
| The Massillon Community Church and their Barbeque oven-Tim Von Muenster driving | 81 |
| “Koch’s Catfish”—Koch’s Meadow Lake-Driven by Jonah | 81 |
| Picture: “The Swing”-Marge and Al Christophersen | 83 |
| “Fitness in Dance” – Steve Stolte and Dave Dewell | 85 |
| “Disco”—Greg Bachman and Sue Schneider | 87 |
| Lowden Antique Pumper-Del Kruckenberg and Edgar Hintz | 89 |
| “His Honor-Our Mayor” – Mayor and Mrs. Ralph McIntosh | 89 |
| “Getting Karla’s Approval”—Karla and Paul Chapman, Jr. | 91 |
| “Hats Off”- Massed colors of Legion and Amvet Posts (Clarence and Lowden) | 91 |
| “Bussing Mom” – Gail Stoaks, Connie and Scott Kelly, Karla Chapman and Mary Kay Mostaert | 93 |
| Hunwardsen Construction Company-Bob and Phyllis Hunwardsen | 93 |
| Parade turns corner on 9th and Smith St.-St. John’s U.C.C. | 95 |
| “We Dig This End of the Rainbow Stuff”- Community State Bank-Clarence, Stanwood and Olin | 95 |
| “Van Who?”- David Frahm (3), Rev. C. Schmacher (1) and Don Wadsworth (2) | 96 |
| “The Fine Art of Tipping”- Donna Schroeder | 97 |
| “Cross my heart, it is” – Bob Hasselbusch | 98 |
| “3 Lovely Creations” – Shirley Geadelmann (1), Millie Mingst (2) and Mavin Minar (3) | 99 |
| Ron Kirkpatrick and Lester Kelly in the foreground | 100 |
| “Antique Pitching” – Robert Schroeder (pitching), (kibitzing -Otto Frey) | 101 |
| “The End Result” – Straw pile and the threshed grain | 101 |
| 1923 Model ‘T’ (reconstructed by John Hunwardsen) – Bonnie and Don Hunwardsen | 102 |
| “Ice ‘Em Down” – Joe’s Bar and Grill | 102 |
| Clarence Fire Truck-Jeep-brush and grass fighter | 103 |
| Experimental Racing Plane of Kenny Conrad-Clarence Car Wash-Harley Conrad | 103 |
| “The Jitterbug “- Judy and Jim Leeper | 104 |
| “Ballroom Styles” – Susie Von Muenster and Ryan Bachman | 105 |
| “Shades of the Elvis Craze” – Dan Chapman | 106 |
| “Getting the Business on Main Street” – Paul Chapman Jr., with Greta Havel | 107 |
| “What Sauce?” Al Cooperider | 108 |
| “George Unloads” King Kelly | 109 |
| “Syncopated Mayhem” - Don Howard | 110 |
| “All in the Family” (Senior Citizens Quilt) – Bernice Schnipkoweit, Florence Hunwardsen and granddaughter, Carmen, accepting for her sister | 111 |
| “Supporting the Church Services at Park” – Community Chorus | 111 |
| “The Hawaii winner” – Don Johnson interviews Sally Sawyer | 112 |
| 1926 Model ‘T’ Ford – Merle Feddersen | 113 |
| “Queens, everyone” – Grand Marshal Car -Farming | 113 |
| Our Quasquicentennial Royalty, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Russell | 113 |
| Casey’s General (Old Country) Store – Steve Bunn, Rosie McAtee, Donna Cromer and Marcia Decker | 114 |
| “The Pride of Bennett” – Bennett Lions Club | 114 |
| United Methodist Church- Rev. Stephanie Raphael-Nakos, Alice and Dick Weatherwax and Tom and Sally Sawyer | 115 |
| Clarence Lions Club- Cecil Bowman on antique cultivator | 115 |
| “White Castle Double Dip 5 cents” – Rouse family members | 116 |
| “Checkerboard Square” – Wayne and Carole Syring and family, Ralston and Purina out front | 116 |
| “Story for All Ages” – Trinity Lutheran Church, Lowden | 117 |
| “Happy Birthday, Clarence”-The Shoppe, Maine Attraction and Cake Crafts | 117 |
| 1933 Plymouth- Bob, Linda and B.J. Mingst | 118 |
| A Grand Marshal car – “A Businessman” – Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Doermann, Sec. Bernice and Lloyd Phillips | 118 |
| Grand Marshal car – “A tu-pence for your thoughts” - Mr. and Mrs. Harlo Seaton, now of Holmes Chapel, England | 118 |
| “Celebrating the 30th anniversary”- The Before Supper Gang from Lowden | 119 |
| 1895 horse drawn hearse—Total Livestock Concepts, Randy Eiler | 119 |
| Fire trucks never lose their prime, they just pump away | 120 |
| “Our little double-decker” – Bixler Bros. Trucking | 120 |
| “To perpetuate a 100% Americanism” – Victory Post and Victory Unit | 121 |
| “It started like this” -South Prairie Circle, St. John’s U.C.C. | 121 |
| “Now Playing” - Legionnaire Ballroom – Oxford Junction Polka Band | 122 |
| 1949 ‘M’ Farmall and Binder – Devin Schroeder driving | 122 |
| “Close Cooperation”- Stanwood Fire Department | 122 |
| Antique Farm Equipment- Strackbein’s Inc. | 123 |
| The Clarence 4-H Clubs – Little Women, Junior Homemakers and Harmony Hustlers | 123 |
| Bert and Lil Kelly | 124 |
| “They Remember Their Heritage”-A school district S.E. of Clarence | 124 |
| 1923 Buick Roadster—Noel, Carol, Steve and Grant Mast | 125 |
| “In Mint Condition” – Threshing Rig- Bob Schroeder on Rock Island tractor | 125 |
| “Neighborly Support”-Lowden Loins Club | 125 |
| “The Charleston”-Sally Sawyer | 126 |
| Clarence Fire Department-Pumper | 126 |
| “A Quasquicentennial of thanks to you” – Gail Stoaks, Band, Gary Oster-Chorus, Millie Mingst, Karla Chapman, Mary Kay Mostaert and Connie Kelly | 127 |
| “You Can’t Be True, Dear”-Dale Steigle with the Barbertones | 127 |
| Queens everyone of them.” – Our Celebration Royalty. | 128 |
| “Five Generations Pray Together.” – Dora Meyer, Leona and Harold Dewell, Larry Dewell, Rory and Lorina Dewell wit Aniele. | 128 |
| "Foiled Again." - Jodi Chapman, Ruth Schumacher, Irma Direcks, Steve Kelly | 129 |
| "Who needs Sutcliffe." - Lloyd Hasselbusch, Bill Claney, dick Elijah, Fred Miller and paul Hasselbusch | 129 |
| “Super Senior Citizens”-Florence Bachman, Florence Hunwardsen, George Meier and Marvin Schilling | 130 |
| “Women’s Lib?”-Trailer backing contest won by Linda Horman | 130 |
| “The Clarence Trio”-Henry Feddersen, Walter Hartwig and Roger Baldwin | 131 |
| “At The Keyboard”-Arlynn Hasselbusch and Gwendy Levsen | 131 |
| “You’re on, girls”-Kenneth Frey, Bob Hasselbusch and Robert Dircks | 132 |
| “Most Unusual Beard”-Bob Bunn (1), Clarence Miller (3) and Dale Wulff (2) | 132 |
| “MC and PR”-Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Carr (front), Don Johnson and Bob Bunn | 133 |
| “More Family Groups”-Sally and Melissa Mohr with Irma Goldsmith (3), Mike Bixler family (2) | 133 |
| “Original Dress”-Dana Dies (1), Dawn Dies (2) and Peggy Stresemann (3) | 134 |
| “Put a cap on what? -Binder and shocks | 134 |
| “Family Group”-First Place -Diane, Lisa, Rachel, Lori and Robert J. Dircks | 135 |
| “High on the Hog”-Contestant fans his mount | 135 |
| “In the Driver’s Seat”-Virginia Robinson and Carl Kohrt on ground | 136 |
| “The Wild Ones”-Allan Hasselbusch (1), Gene McCaw (2) and Jim Debner (3) | 136 |
| “Honest, Abe, we tried”-Marlin Mowry (mustache-1), Ken Frey (2) and Milt Andersen (1) | 137 |
| “A Cultivated Crop?”-Bert Kelly (1), Terry Frahm (2) and King Kelly (3) | 137 |
| “Cup and plate” (#1 of the Quasquicentennial souvenir limited edition-Bought by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Syring | 138 |
| “Fire and Brimstone”-Robert Bunn and Rev. C. Schumacher | 138 |
| “The Way It Is-1984”-Community Chorus, Rev. Stephanie Raphael-Nakos and Henry Klatt | 139 |
| “The Way It Was-Latter half of the 1800’s”-Royce Kemmann, Robert Bunn, Rev. Schumacher and Frank Fisher, Jr. | 139 |
| Wilma and Robert Bunn | 140 |
| Shirley and Merlin Geadelmann and sons, Kevin and Kim | 140 |
| Doug Hill, Shirley Geadelmann, Robert Bunn, Tom Jepson, Wilma Bunn and Dennis Eads | 141 |
| Doug Hill, Robert Bunn, Tom Jepson and Dennis Eads | 141 |
| Centennial Celebration Pictures – 1959 | |
| Kay Hasselbusch crowned as Centennial Queen by Merlin Hulse | 142 |
| Arnold and Ruby Mohr, square dancing | 143 |
| Bea Penningroth, Eloise Kline, Esther Kirchner, standing and Alsa Smith, seated | 144 |
| Rosalyn Kintzel, Nancy Hoffner, Nancy Frahm and Deanna Gade | 144 |
| Raymond Doermann, Merlin Hulse, Gus Wallace and Bert Kelly | 145 |
| Christmas scene in the band shelter and park on main street | 145 |
| Merlin Hulse, Dorothy Kreinbring, Gus Wallace and Irma Dircks | 146 |
| Orville and Sally Meyer, Rowena and Victor Andresen, Genevieve and Howard Gritton and Helen and Milton Behrens | 146 |
| Monica Robinson, Rick Elijah, Joyce Ingram, Kevin Kelly, Ann Joslin, Robert Niermeyer, Jane Wallace, Bill Tenley and Robert Thies | 147 |
| Scene from the Centennial Pageant | 147 |
| Helen and Henry Thies, Pat and Duke Smothers, Evelyn and Pike Hasselbusch and Carmen and Winston | 148 |
| Lil, Dixie, Kevin and Bert Kelly, Howard Thein and Berniece Schipkoweit | 148 |
| Square dancers Dorothy and Elwood Hasenbank, Milton and Helen Behrens and June and Norman Bergmann in the foreground. | 149 |
| The John Christophersen Family | 149 |
| Julie Gottschalk, Howard Thein, Melissa Gottschalk and Carl and Berniece Schipkoweit | 150 |
| Pat Thein, the Wessel twins, Donna and Diane and their father, Winston Wessel | 150 |
| Ralph Christiansen, Jack Hanks and John Hoffner | 151 |
| Margaret Sylvester, oldest resident; Jenna Beadle, principal; Mike Johnson, superintendent and Theo Meyer, teacher at the Clarence Community school and Dr. Smith, Clarence family physician | 151 |
| Beard and mustache winners Bert Kelly, Dale Wulff, Elwood Hasenbank, Herb Freese, Pike Hasselbusch, Arnold Mohr and Don Kemmann | 152 |
| Dale Wulff, Henry Irons, Vern Goldsmith, Fred Debner and Wilbert Wiebke | 152 |
| Irma Kelly Telling a story to Diane Koth, Curt Freese and Rosie Kintzel | 153 |
| Merlin Hulse and Bill and Edna Mingst | 153 |
| Scene from the Centennial Pageant | 154 |
| Doc Rowser and Rosalyn Bergmann | 154 |
| Lloyd Phillips, Rosalyn Bergmann, Anna Klatt, June Rowser, Millie Mingst, Irma Stonerook and Roland Mingst | 155 |
| Bert Kelly family | 156 |
| Butchering scene with Emma Pruess, Dora Meyer and Ellie Hasselbusch | 156 |
| Tiny Robinson, Walter Buckley and Alyce Weatherwax, Pete Robinson, Dale Kenneth and Rhoda Sheldon | 157 |