Wiota Community News Highlights Local Gatherings
May activities in Wiota center on family reunions Memorial Day visits and club meetings. The Roe family reunion at Glen Roe's Sunday drew attendees from Des Moines to San Francisco with multiple Talbott and Nolte relatives present plus plans for a Benton center event. WSCS met May 27 with 16 members. Lutheran Men elected officers Lloyd Reed president Donald Hall vice president Merlin Westfall secretary and more. various residents hosted graduation celebrations for Judy Nolte and others. Memorial Day guests ranged from Council Bluffs to Massena as neighbors shared meals and stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Men’s Club
Lutheran Men's Club
Lloyd Reed
Donald Hall
Merlin Westfall
John Gene Steffens
George Steffens
Glen Fond
LLL
Legion Hall
Legion and Auxiliary
Eivergreen Cemetery
Memorial Day
Goffee
Cake
Dies
Edith Leffingwell
Lisa
Lori Quamn
Ames
Bertha Fickel Dignan
John
Norman Dougherty
Bessie Crossland
Sue Patterson
Bill Patterson
Gladys Chaney
Ed Bell
Olive
Lloyd Lundy
Des Maines
Hlaine Smith
Portland
Ove
Robert Cryer
Hattie Cryer
Treynor
Mabel Kiefer
Brighton
Colo
Sarah Griffith Norton
Shery Dodson
Ivachel Sterner
Carolyn Lantz
Onigha
Glen ‘Teraherry
Steven
Muscating
Lee Willison
Bert Willison
Norwalk
Raymond Dougherty
Marion
Tex
Bertha Donahoe
Walnut
Mark Richter
Sac City
Jurgs
Prudy Newman
Res Oak
William Cleckman
Lytton
Charles Peyton
Brerence Joy Clark
Winterset
Joy
Devil Mc- Atea
Jefferson
C. Wi Zastrow
Woodwarl
Anna Jansen
Dorothy Ablig
Shenandoah
Bud Rasmussen
Cowncil Blutis
Chir Gipple
Isavshame
Wiota
Cumberland
Griswold
Atlantic
Massena
Adair
Extra
Anita
Cecil McAfee
Arch Notices From Local Churches and Schedules
Arch notices list worship times and meetings for churches. Ray Carroll Robinson owning worship at 9 40 am with MYF events on Wednesdays. choir and Sunday sessions noted. Catholic Church lay Mussogum Y School at 9 30 am. Lutheran Rev Arthur Bliese leads 10 30 am service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wota Methodist Ray
Carroll Robinson
Nay Schon
Pan. Omin's Society
Fey Board
Wednason
Y School
Hirst Luthran
Arthur BE. Bliese
Ni Shin
WIOTA REMEMBERS MEMORIES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
A retrospective notes a 1968 flower show announced by ten elvh members. Mamie Palmup slipped and fell near the flower rand bake, injuring her hip. Mrs. Robert Wood attended a show at Sport s park in Shenandoath. Neighbors met at Mrs. Pete i Kendry Neighbors hall with 15 attendees. A mix of distant memories mentions graduates, a Wap wh Euken, and visits to Austin at the Air Force Academy. Roy Vernon, 73, of Grove township died June 1. Other notes recall May 1954 births, house sales near Wiata, and Francis Theis starting work at Cornelison Motor Co in Avantie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Palmup
Robert Wood
Sports Park
Shenandoath
Pete i
Lawrence Widemeyers
Wetto
Austin
Air Force Academey
Colorado
Roy Vernon
Grove Township
Garald Harris
Howard Shey
Omaha
Herman Behrends
Wiata
Francis Theis
Des Moines
Patricia
Cornelison Motor Co
Avantie
Jolene Wedemeyer Honored With Post Graduation Party
Mr and Mrs Harry Wedemeyer entertained at a reception after Jolene Wedemeyer’s graduation on Monday May 25. Guests included Fr J A Devlin John Burke and many Wedemeyer relatives friends from Adair and Watl nut with several West Des Moines visitors listed in attendance.
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Harry Wedemeyer
Jolene
J. A. Devlin
John Burke
Robert Wedemeyer
Tamara
Dallas Davis
Glen Lindblom
Steven Vnn Jeffery
Jimmy Wissler
West Des Moines
Six Anitas award college degrees in Iowa
Gary Miller of Anita earns a BA from Iowa Wesleyan College Mount Pleasant with family present. Kent Stockham and William Darrow also graduate from Omaha Baptist College and Anita High, preparing pastorates and travels to New York for a reunion and World’s Fair. Carolyn Millard earns BA from Simpson College and heads to Newark Ohio as a Girl Scouts district advisor. Daryl Dressler and Mark McDermott receive degrees at Iowa State University with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering respectively.
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Gary Miller
Rex Miller
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Gary
Anita High School
New Orleans
Florida
New York
Art Linkletter
Westsyan
David
Tim
Kent Stockham
Nolan
Stockham
Omaha Baptist College
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Springfield
Nebr
Nas
Kathy
Howard Anderson
Don Hartkop
Glen Poreh
Atlantic
William Darrow
Edward Darrow
Darrow
Nancy Spry
Kim
Knapp
Wis
Daniel Darrow
Byron Bower
Duane Darrow
Floyd Spry
Merritt Spry
Rose Spry
Wally Farnham
Lewis
Carolyn Diane Millard
Anita
Simpson College
Ralph C. John
America
Francis 0. Wilcox
School of Advanced International Stu Sic
John Hopkins University
Miss Millard
Epsilon Sigma
Delta Zeta
Newark
Ohio
Girl Scouts of America
Carl Millard
Fred Carothers
Nodaway
Jeri Millard
Lyle Scholl
Cheryl
Leo Glynn
Susan
Leslie Caruthers
Date Dressler
Irients
Des Moines
Daryl D. Dressler
Ait
Fred Dressler
Mark McDermott
EH. A. McDermott
James H. Hilton
Towa State University
Dressler
McDermott
Armory
Memorial Union
Ruby McDermott
George McDermotts
Creston
Stanley Jones
Normyark
Town State University
Ames
West Point
Tom Cox
New Providence
Alumni Banquet Honors Sondra Nelson and Terry Birk
About 250 attendees marked the 76th alumni banquet with awards to Sondra Nelson and Terry Birk as outstanding girl and boy of the 1954 class. New officers were elected, a program followed a business meeting, and attendees recalled former classmates and guests from across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sondra Nelson
T. Birk
Terry Birk
Alice Walker Baehenroth
Independence
Robert Crawford
Corning
Sondra
Lerry
Lincoln Township News Highlights Local Events
Attendees at a reception honoring Rose Tierney included Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tierney Adrian and Therese at Hotel Chiefian in Council Bluffs. Joins a funeral for Lawrence Nelson. Jolene Gress graduates from Thomson Beauty School. Neighbors lists corrected. multiple Sunday visits noted to Elmer Fries and Ted Hansen homes. Memorial Day observances held at Atlantic Cemetery followed by dinner. Home Cured and Smoked Bacon advertised by Milfer's Lockers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Tierney
Dan Tierney
Adrian
Therese
Elmer Fries
Carroll
Lawrence Nelson
Mr. Fries
Hobart Newton
Stuart
Martin Olsens
Tries
Martin Olsen
Ted Hansen
Lynette
Allan Hansen
Barbara June Hansen
Bob Pratt
Clifford Fries
Avoca
Ronald Fries
Red Oak
Fries Home
Enrauty
Bridgewater
Darwin Hansens
Darwin Tiansen
Kenneth Turner
Ted Tansens
Allan Tansen
Atlantic
Annual Massena Rodeo Weekend Heads to Massena Grounds
Massena hosts its third professional rodeo this Saturday and Sunday at the Massena rodeo grounds. Shows start 7:30 p.m. both days with six events including saddle bronc, bareback broncs, bull riding, women’s barrels, dull dogging and calf roping. Entry is $10 for contestants seeking $350 added money. Special events include chute races for 12 to 16 and relay races for ages 10 to 16. A saddle donated by Challenge Feeds will be drawn Sunday evening. Admission is $1 for adults, 50 cents for children, preschoolers free.
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Massena
He Heiti
Massena Rodeo Grounds
Main Street
Challenge Feeds
Atlantic
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Roe Family
Glen Roe
Hugh Talbott
Ill
Berniece Nuno
San Francisco
Margaret
Lloyd Carter
Pluma Wilson
Mne Rorick
N's
Frank Smith
Robert
Ois
Alfred Potter
Des Plaines
J . Lea Nolte
Glen Baylor
Bill Wengert
Don Shipman
Council Bluffs
Harry Stapleton
James Stapleton
George Otto
Chamberlain, S. Dak
Donald Helmis
Kenneth Esbeck
Diane
Eliza Helmis
WSCS
Fellowship Hall
Mars. Lawrence 1Blunk
Clifford Wright
Robert Stuetelberg
Claude Spry
Judy Nolte
Leo Nolte
Judy
Yhose
Mys
Raymond Matier
Robert Evans
James Swope
Shelberg
Ted Christensen
Floyd Bannick
Don Kelmis
Byron Rogier
Dan Nolte
Cindy
Ronald Piearson
Greenfield Hospital
Missouri
Nellie Havens
Cecil Bates
McClelland
Kate Russell
Emil Martens
Lemars
Milford
Havens
Russell
Nebraska
Larry Richter
Barbara Richter
Clarks
Neb
Roger Power
Milt Bruner
Minneapolis
Minn
James Bruner
Bill Lambertsen
John Ward
Veterans’ Hospital
John Hoffrogge
Lena Campen
Rivere
Lutheran Church
Leroy
Walter Schmidt
Gene Schmidt
Ross Michaels
John Voss
Sielo Onnen
Battle Creek
Hoffrogge
Halds
Glen Grote
Marvin Hockenberry
Walter Christensen
John Bacon
Howard Grote
Guthrie Center
Bill Hands
Bill Hand
Song
Hansel
Essex
Virgil Rhyberg
Ronald .Piearson
Walter McCurdy
Date Ranney
Gon Nolte
James. Stapleton
Joseph A. Devlin
TA Catholic Church
Lay
Ye Benton Muny Hall
Euken
Tran Tawa
Cedar Falls
Jolene Wedemeyer
Aolumni
Zeta Barnhardt Bes Be
Clifford Smith
Indianapolis
Ind
Ding
Mmves
Jack Falk
Roy Power
Clarence Strickland
Dorothy Sorensen
Don Mehhnany
Robert Miller
Dick Bisset
Howard Gissib
Lauren Besger
Max Stephenson
Loyal Posse
Sandra Bissell
Dick Bissetts
Barbara Taylor
Beatles
Gary Duff
Terry Claussen
Dick Whetstone
Bob Pigsley
Anshein
Calif
Homer Bangham
Annapolia
Maney Wehrman Schmundt
Lela Willison Boyle
Bextor
Joan Yernberry
Muscatine
Chris A. Petersen
Marwalk
Arooll Dressler
West Desmoines
Betty Kong
Gaile Carlson
Ogden
Karl St. Beaver
Allison Cecil
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Roger Harris
Gary Whadlwick
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Carrall
Charles Milter
Mar
Len
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Home and Garden Club
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Lenox
Shannon City
Ernie Johnson
Joe Lenox
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Towa Falls
Steve
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Town Falls
Jimny
Jeff Wissler
Jack Wissler
Glen Lindbloms
Linislams
Raymond Karas
Green Bay
Elwin Kars
John Witte
Teitt
Meyer Jewelers
Charles Borth
A. N. Crow
Nona Pollack
Lola McGrory
Atllantic
Maggie Chaney
Frances Kopp
Roy Jessup
Terry
Lincoln Twp
Jolene Gress
D. M. Beauty School
Thompson Beauty School
Francis Gress
Ted Hansens
Glenn Nelson
Wayne Rich
Mary Hansen
Marvin Hansen
Cedar Rapids
Merlyn Hansens
Dick S Hansen
Rome
Milfer
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