Gravity area family gatherings fill Siam event notes
Community gossip lines recount a weekend of open houses and visits across Gravity with guests from Minneola Maryville Des Moines and Clarinda. Families like Johnson Wetzel Hays and Derry attend anniversaries funeral rites and birthdays while airman Stevan Nickel returns from Nellis base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russel Johnson
Minneola
Kans
Don Tribolet
Karen Tribolet
Maryville
Joyce
Diana Sparks
Des Moines
Edward Johnson
Brice Johnson
Eldon Miller
Siam
Marshall Derry
Creola Tally
Braddyville
Evert John
John Miller
Bedford
Allen Johnston
Norwalk
Andrew Miller
Cathy Johnson
Jara Beemer
Blockton
Julia Vogel
Mary Johnson
Eilis Scofield
Clarinda
Jack Squires
Tarkio
All-American Roses Named for 1974 Selections
Award winners for the 1974 All American Rose Selections are Perfume Delight Ben Ben and Eshia. Perfume Delight is a pink hybrid tea with a spicy scent and five inch blooms on strong canes. Bon Bon and Bahia are floribundas with pink white bi color and pink orange blooms respectively. Mail order houses will offer these roses for spring 1974 delivery via garden centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perfume Delight
Ben Ben
Eshia
Ben
Bahia
BIRTHS Reported from Several Kansas and Missouri Families
A series of birth announcements: Bradley James born May 25 to Kent and Jean Petersen Overland Park Kansas with grandparents James Pullan Bedford and Bill Petersen Rapid City and great grandparents G A Marquart Bedford and Dan Schmoll Rochester Minnesota. Eric Ryan born May 16 to Dan and Marilyn Schmoll of Rochester Minnesota with grandparents Dick Turner Radford and Wilford Schmoll Claremont Minnesota and great grandmother Mrs. Albert Turner. Regina born May 29 to Marion and Hannah Kendall Hannibal Missouri with grandparents Horace Ickell Gravity Missouri. Jason Frank born May 25 to Dan and Carol Wetmore Prairie Village Kansas with grandparents Frank Wetmore Poplar Bluff Missouri and Frank Hesselroth Kansas City Missouri. Jennifer Louise born May 25 to Kenneth and Mildred Oxley Des Moines with grandparents Virgil Criss Afton Iowa and Frank Oxley Bedford and great grandparents Reuben Carlson Arispe Iowa and Lena McKinnie Afton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley James
Kent Petersen
Overland Park
Kansas
James H. Pullan
Bedford
Bill Petersen
Rapid City
S. Oak
G. A. Marquart
Dan Schmoll
Rochester
Minn
Eric Ryan
Dick Turner
Radford
Wilford Schmoll
Claremont
Albert Turner
Regina
Marion Kendall
Dan Wetmore
Prairie Village
Kans
Jason Frank
Frank Wetmore
Poplar Bluff
Frank Hesselroth
Kansas City
Jennifer Louise
Kenneth Oxley
Des Moines
Virgil Criss
Afton
Frank Oxley
Reuben Carlson
Arispe
Iowa
Lena McKinnie
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Francis Drennan
New Market
Pauline McNutt
Clea Wetzel
Howard Freeman
Rollie Cooper
Slyvia Farrell
Sheridan
Berneice Lesher
Myra
Ross Lesher
Alta
Lorna Badholdt
Newell
Ronnie Brumfield
Waukee
Marvin Hulse
Creston
John Lasher
Stanton
Gene Houchin
Kevin
Jill
Donald Singer
Omaha
Howard Freemans
Harry Weir
David
Bartlett
Howard Bailey
St. Joe
Don Freeman
Cleo Wetzel
Marcia
Verne C. Wetzel
Corning
Roy L. Wetzel
Belton
Texas
Ivan Hardisty
Keith Olsen
Teresa
Quincy
John Gibson
Ames
Lyle
Marvin Snyder
Dean
Vernon Day
Opal Day
Lyle Day
Doyle Day
Red Oak
Frank Crusoe
Creek
Neb
Katherine Beery
Glenwood
Gladys Weaver
Harry Banks
O. W. Mclntosh
Darwin Swanson
Council Bluffs
Eldon Baker
Hopkins
Norville Todd
Joan
Earl Todd
Lucky Bronson
Banks
Grace Foster
Orpha Baker
Darrell Baker
Jayne
Rick
Loretta Neilson
Sioux Falls
S. Dakota
Bernard Baker
Cedar Creek
South Dakota
Loretta
Grace Koneene
Grace Gray
Nelle Lock
Helen Chandler
Gayal Eighmy
Herb Deboll
Iven Eighmy
Fontanelle
Curt Debolt
Leona Beckett
Bertha Stephens Monjay
Stevan Nickel
Nellis Air Base
Las Vegas
Horace Nickel
Galen
Ralph Schooling
Rick McMahill
Brent and Bryan
Auburn
Jay Lovitts
Ralph Smalley
Leon
Art Lucas
Herb Whitey
Shenandoah
Tom Scott
Knoxville
Jay Lovitt
Lena Leonard
Alene
Robert Paul
Gallatin
Helen Posten
Marjean Isreal
Pearl Burgher
Charles Burgher
Scribner
Donald Barger
Dallas Center
Howard Burgher
Tingley
Emma Price
Ralph Price
Alan
Bedford High School
Estel Larsson
Max Lucas
Jim Lucas
Vane Lucas
Herman O'Dell
Richard Price
Reo and
Ivan Lucas
Teresa Christenson
Lenox
Norman Akers
Ricky
Barbara Price
Craig Price
Bridget
Francis Carlson
Neil Combs
Doug Moore
Bella Vista
Arkansas
Holly Jill
Harry J. Combs
Imogene
Dale Kernens
Calvin Caughey
Dick Beemer
Roy Weeda
Scott Sheffield
Jessie Akers
Sheffields
Diana
Scott
Indiana
Bryan
Larry Leeks
Indianola
Keith Swigarts
Rogers
Ark
Swigarts
Hermon O'Dell
Darrell Moore
Jane
Roger Alexander
Moberly
Missouri
Robert Wetzel
Dwi Wetzel
Virgil Lawrence
North Hopkins
William Chandler
Calif
Gertrude Becherer
John E. Dille
Jern Haldiman
Beatrice
Ned
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Penwest
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Arrow
Shapley
Slacks Hubbard
Lee Knit
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Horace Ickell
Mount Ayr
Bedford Lowa
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