Golden wedding anniversary celebrated in Clearfield
Mrs Elina C Bye reports the Golden Wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Ichie Calkins on Dec 16 with many relatives and friends attending at the Calkins home. A four tier cake and white yellow decor marked the event. A sister and friends sent flowers from Florida. Guests signed a guest book and gifts were received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elina C. Bye
Clearfield
Ichie Calkins
Ray Brown
John
Leland, Calkins
Sand Warge
Sandra Martell
Gitra Tripp
Des Moines
Edward Calkins
Wee Weta
Okla
Archie Calkins
Widows Club Meeting and Holiday Exchange in Sheridan
Sheridan report notes the Methodist church Widows club gathering with a share-a-dish meal and Christmas gift exchange. Also mentioned are visits by Maggie Wake to Laz Hawk family, Rex Wyckoff and family visiting aunt Dall Churchill, and Sally Murray traveling with relatives to Scottsdale Arizona to visit Joe Sanders, former Sheridan residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Wyckoff
Brenda
Lary
Gary
Dall Churchill
Sally Murray
Sheridan
Des. Moines
Scottsdale
Ariz
Joe Sanders
Sanders
Murray
City Briefs and Christmas Meeting Notes
The fragment mentions a person visiting Los Angeles California to spend the winter with his daughter Mrs Jewel Thompson and family. It also notes the Willing Workers of the Christian Church holding their Christmas meeting at the church on Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Shawler
Lenox
R. Repperger
Afton
Milt Shawler
Grant Brett
Earl Gayle
Sylvia Lane
Clem Ruby
Benton
Fred Lane
Jolly Jinglers
Beth Graham
Judy Stevenson
Jennie Reonard
Jean Vicker
Orville Kleckner
Cheryl
Bob A Acke
Ne Wray Viett
Kahwas City
Rhe Jett
Lee R Angeles
Calif
Jewel Thompson
The
Christian Church
Conway Christmas Programs Highlight Lively School Pageant
Conway reports a busy holiday week with a Christmas operetta at Conway Consolidated School directed by Merrill V. Perry and featuring Santa Claus characters. The district also hosted a Christmas program by the high school chorus and hand, plus class projects and a county home charity drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway Consolidated School
Merrill V. Perry
Carol Ann Sweeney
Santa Clause
Judith Coulthard
Titania
Inez Runyon
Janice Kay Shook
Danny White
Joan Shook
Larry Freemyer
Terry Robinson
Linda Robinson
LaVerne Wright
Conway High School
James O. Perry
Prescott
Conway
Evning
Mary Chilcote
Malcolm
Iowa
Will Osmound
Juanita Moore
Danny
Omaha
Conway School
Maynard Cerny
Lone Tree
Town
G. C. Ginn
Lloyd Schofield
Lyle Miller
Grant City
Janet“McNutt
Kansas City
Bedford's Steele's Opera House and its storied stage
The two story brick Steele's Opera House at Main and Dodge in Bedford housed a harness shop on the lower floor and a full theatre above. A staged panorama curtain, tiered rear seating, and a rear railing marked by a racial epithet defined its eyewitness lore as youth recall ragtime and minstrel visits amid scenic backdrops and changing acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Steele's Opera House
Main
Dodge Streets
Steele
Opera House
Myrtle Vinton Stock Company
Beach and Bowers Minstrels
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Carl Wittke
Lucky boy sold chocolates between acts at shows
A fragment recalls Harry Meek who ran a corner drug store and hired a boy to sell chocolates and bonbons between acts at each performance. the speaker notes they never missed a show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle
Harry Meek
Minnie Bell Deardorff 1868 1956 Worth County obituary
Minnie Bell Deardorff was born July 23 1868 in Worth County Missouri Bethel community and died December 7 1956 at a Grant City nursing home at age 88 years 4 months 14 days. Survived by six children Sheridan Harrison William Alf ord Leslie and Mrs Opal Freemyer plus one sister Daisy Loomis and numerous grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. She was married to James Deardorf in 1886 and was a Methodist. She endured a long illness and was bedfast two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Bell Deardorff
Worth County
Bethel
Grant City
Jackson Dye
Susannah Dye
James Deardorf
Agnes
Wealey
Sheridan
Methyist
Community Notes from Sharpsburg and Shenandoah
Mrs. Elsie Jones visited New Market for a Sunday dinner with son Weldon Jones. The Ratliffe party joined Ralph Ratliffe in Shenandoah for a Christmas dinner. W S C S met with Mrs. Clifford Million hosting a luncheon and business meeting. Christmas program and exchange noted. Mrs. Maude Weller hosted the 20th Century Club with Rosa Gillespie attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Kerns
W.S.C.S
Carl Cordell
Bill Beach
Frank Barker
20Th Century Club
Maude Weller
Rosa Gillespie
Christmas Socials and Visits Highlight Sharpsburg News
Sharpsburg residents attended the Rutledge Bride Club Christmas dinner with a gift exchange and seven tables of bridge. Mrs. Ray and other locals hosted. many families, including the Wiands and Evans, planned Christmas travels and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Tom Grimm
Ray
Storm
Duke
Karis
Ralph
Rutledge
Bride ‘Club
James*Wiand
California
Art Evans
Clarinda
Siam News Club Elects New Officers
The SIAM-Just-A-Mere club met Thursday with Mrs. Emmett Vardaman. Members spent the time mending for the hostess. The annual election of officers elected Mrs. Charles Shoemaker president and Mrs. Ernest Gray vice president. Next meeting with Mrs. Clem Bashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alya Clayton
Siam — Just-A-Mere Club
Emmett Vardaman
Charles Shoemaker
Ernest Gray
Clem Bashore
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Post
A.W. Hamblin
Taylor
Sin
Lounties
Bedford Times-Press
Bea
Areata
Ssrociatien
Margaret Calkins
Janet Calkins
Ed Calins
Leland Calkins
Leland Cal- Sandra Martel
Clyde Owens
Calkins
Vernell
Covner
Earle Gaule
Lenore Gaule
Bert Lyddon
Carrie McKinstry
Agnes Baileys
Maude Baileys
Hilda Darst
Hazel Maharrys
Opal Weeda
Dorothy Lillie
Lillian Busby
Alice Whittfiore
Dralene Larsens
Jean Bailey
Roger Payne
Alice Gardner
Helen Lyddons
A. L. Pennebakers
John Combs
Roth Nevill
Howard Weller
Herman Powell
T. Jamison
Cecil Bailey
A. R. Spurrier
Richard and
Dean Spurrier
Spurrier
Darrell Dalton
Leonard Scroggie
Council Bluffs
Carolyn
Freemyer
Marshal
Hazel Moore
Bruce E. Mahan
State
University of Iowa
Tire Sale
Ata Ona
Donegal
Minnie Deardorff
Charley Smith
Waldruff
Frank
AL Matsthews
Leséo
B. Ae
Charles Gorton
Maryville
aClark
Crawford
AsHs
Lee Putnam
MnnaRa‘chel
Vermont
Clarence
Siam News
Jeu
Miriam Stock-Bannister
W. Steward
Byers
Ria
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Bedford,owa
ATER
Estates Redford
J.B. Martin
North
Granad
Isi Alay
Clannda Hall
Dra
Kathryn
Harris Optometris
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