Cedar County, Iowa REMEMBER WHEN . . . |
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 |
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