Cedar County, Iowa

WE
REMEMBER
WHEN . . .

A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES
SUBMITTED BY
PRESENT AND FORMER RESIDENTS
OF LOWDEN AND
SURROUNDING COMMUNITY

Compiled by
LOWDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
LOWDEN, IOWA
1976

Printed by D & D Printing (Dick & Dorothy Sennett)
Design on Front Cover By Arthur Fisher, Lowden, Iowa

CONTENTS Page
Preface i
Pictures Index ii
“Early History of Lowden,” Jeanette Ruprecht 1
“What America Means to Me,” Michelle Daut 4
“Liberty Bell Float,” Norman Kroemer 5
“Memorial Day Services, 1986,” Everett Kruckenberg 7
“Massillon Joins The Crowd,” 8
“The Frightened Ghost,” Henry Twachtmann 9
“Bank Robbers Captured Near Lowden,” Vanita Fisher 10
“Mystery Of Barking Dog,” Tillie Hansen 12
“Good Shot,” Everett Kruckenberg 13
Articles:
“As A Small Farm Girl,” Leona Brendes
“Crawfish Tells A Story,” Norman Kroemer
14
Articles:
“Accidentally Locked in Jail,” Pearl Coppess
“A Bet,” Evelyn Hack
“Times Have Changed,” Leona Brendes
15
“A Thief In The Night,” Evelyn Hack 16
“Hog Driving Street,” Henry Twachtmann
Includes story on old City Jail and Pump House
17
“Lowden Water Tower” 19
“Shifting Sand,” Norman Kroemer 20
“Raising Chickens Was Unique,” Ruth Kruckenberg 22
“When I Was A Kid, During Oat Threshing Time” Minnie Wenndt 23
“My Youthful Years In Lowden,” Lorenz Andresen 24
“Farming With The Nietings,” Gertrude Nieting 29
“Stofflet's Dentistry,” Ella James 31
“Lowden's Doctors,” Hazel Koranda 33
“Ye Old Town Pump,” Henry Twachtmann 34
“Jim's Ice and Sand Business,” Ruth Kruckenberg 35
Articles:
“Sennetts' Defied No. 13,” Dick Sennett
“Fond Memories,” Ina Hack
“As Time Goes By,” Tillie Hansen
36
37
Articles:
“Walking Downtown in 1938,” Dorothy Sennett
“Remembering Days Gone By,” Fred Hamdorf, by Evelyn Hack
38
39
“A Bit Of Postal History,” Paul C. Jordan 40
“Multigeneration Farm,” Jeanette King 47
“Dorothea Licht Lived To Be 104,” Irene St John 48
“Joseph F. Fisher,” Arthur Fisher 48
“Christian Hansen,” Eleanor Geadelmann 49
“The Parr Family,” Louise Pauls, by Ruby Pancratz 51
“Philip Schneider,” Hazel Raiber 53
“Recalling Our Homes From 1910-1923,” Maria Johnston 56
“Childhood Memories of Lowden,” Ina Barewald 58
“To Grandmother's House,” Arthur Fisher 60
“How We Spent Christmas in 1918,” Mrs Gerhard (Marie) Licht 63
Articles on Trinity Lutheran Church:
“Dedication,” Elfrieda Kroemer
“Carillon Dedicated in 1973,” Gladys Scheeper
64
65
“The Methodist Church,” Ella James 66
Articles on Tornado of 1965:
“My First Tornado,” Evelyn Hack
“That Disastrous Tornado,” Tillie Hansen
68
69
“Flash Floods,” Arthur Fisher 70
“Blizzard of 1936,” Arthur Fisher 72
“A Fourth of July Fire,” Herman Meier, by Evelyn Hack 74
“Cemetery of His Own,” Arlene Busch 75
“World War II Honor Roll" 77
“Traveling The Rural Mail Route With Franz Strackbein,” P. Jordan 79
Articles on School Days:
“Butternut School Is My Home,” Elgeva Stolte
“School Days & Picnics In The 20's,” Martin Licht
“Going To School In The Teens & Twenties,” Florine Kruckenberg
“Mini-Memories Of Lowden Grade School In The 30's,” Sara Murtagh
80
81
82
83
“I Remember First Highway Route,” LeRoy Boettger 84
“The Television Relay Tower,” Gladys Scheeper 86
“Reflections Of My Youthful Years In Lowden,” Emil Andresen 87
Articles:
“Shivarees,” Eleanor Licht
“Your Centennial 1857-1957,” Ella Henry
95
96
Articles:
“Restoration Of The Depot,”
“Proposed Depot Historical Center,”
97
101
“Map Of Lowden – 1976,” 102

 
“I Remember When-” inserts were submitted by Selma Von Roden, Eleanor Licht, Esther and LeRoy Boettger, Dorothy and Dick Sennett, Anne and Hulda Nieting, and Karen Stange.

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