Providence News Roundup From New Providence Area
A Providence circular recalls local life with church gatherings homecomings and garden shows. Families celebrate service enlistment for Laurence Davenport and share visits from Mrs. Fanny Rogers, Mrs. Hadley, and others. Garden club entries and a flower show at Friends church Sept 27 featured judge Bud Smith and performances by Leona Beach and Lula Perkins. 4-H officers named Corwin Hadley becomes leader with Miss Coote as president and Earl Reece among visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Youngquist
New Providence
Lula Perkins
Ruth Cook
Era Cook
Iva Reece
Noma Hadley
Rachel Martin
Maude Hinshaw
Merrill Dean Mitchell
Helen Davis
Fanny Rogers
K. A. Victoria
Edith Nellie Perkins
Fern Cook
Edith “Clemons
Harold Everist
Clemons
Fanny Beach
Women’s Council Elects Walt Hauser President Again
The Whitten Women's Council of the Christian church met at Mrs. Gladstone Smith's home with 21 ladies and 4 children present. Officers for the coming year were elected: President Walt er Hauser for the 8th year, Vice-president Vic Rogers, second vice-president Edna Meyers, secretary L. L. Hauser, assistant Clifford Hauser, treasurer Lyle Olmstead. The service at the Christian church featured Pastor David A. Shaffer, with programs by the CBE group and Hearthstone club notices and plans for a guest day on Oct. 26. Golden wedding honors went to Owen and Anna Kauffman, who celebrated their 50th anniversary Sept. 26 at their Whitten home. They were married in 1900 and lived on a Minnesota farm before moving to Whitten in 1947.
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Women's Council of the Christian Church
Gladstone Smith
Paul Calloway
Walter Hauser
Vic Rogers
Edna Meyers
L. L. Hauser
Clifford .Hauser
Lyle ‘Olmstead
David A. Shaffer
Whitten
Christian Endeavor
Shaffer
Donald Hauser
CBE
Jim Speas
Jerry Howard
Hearthstone Club
John Kaput
Dale Hansen
Jim Barton
Iowa Society For the Blind
John Hellmick
Robert Wood
Gernard Reentz
Don Rhoades
Jerry Stanbrough
Welby Morgan
Leland Vinton
Clifford Hauser
Roby Primm
Sam Jay
Alice Mabie
Clark Jay
Garden City
Minn
John Jay
Erma Lorsgren
Albion
Owen Kauffman
Anna
Joseph Gohner
Melrose
Grundy County
Doran
Russell Meyers
Marcelo
Greene
Eldon Gohner
Wellsburg
Alice Gohner
Tom Boyle
Conrad
Frank Gohner
Elora
Harald Moore
James
Clifford Wilson
Rockford
Fire Prevention Week urges home safety checks
The Town safety congress highlights that many families will face fires this year and over five years with misuses of matches smoking electrical faults and defective heating. Fire prevention week starts October 8 and urges residents to call the local fire department for a home inspection to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Safety Congress
Union News Highlights From Waterloo And Surrounding Towns
A crowded society page recounts visits by Mrs Edna Norman and Orval with Mrs Clifford Jessup of Bangor and Mr and Mrs Arthur Reece in Waterloo. Gail Wilson travels to Iowa City for University Hospital surgery. Milwaukee visitors Elmer Vana and Ruth Walfe join a Town Falls gathering at Carl Emerson home. Iowa Falls and Marshalltown guests share meals at the Wooten and Kelleys. Mission Society events, Wiener Roast, study group, and neighborhood birthday clubs are noted along with hospital and club activities and local household visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Norman
Orval
Clifford Jessup
Bangor
Arthur Reece
Waterloo
Gail Wilson
Iowa City
University Hospital
Elmer Vana
Milwaukee
Wis
Ted Pope
Ruth Walfe
Pope
Vana
Carl Emerson
Town Falls
Paul Billingsly
Patty Jo
Iowa Falls
Notice to Bidders Seated bids sought by Owasa Town Clerk
Notice to bidders from Owasa Iowa invites sealed bids to October 12 1980 for a new one and one half ton truck chassis with cab no body fitted with Glave B Rural Firs Belting Equipment to be delivered at purchaser expense to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owasa
Iowa
I. Ons
Sollet
Gallera
Fire brigade equipment bid notice from Owanga Iowa
The Town of Owasa invites separate bids for a fire truck and five firefighting apparatus items including a 500 gallon steel water tank two booster reels two and a half inch hose five hundred feet plus hoses and ladders and assorted gear. Bids may be rejected and the notice is signed by the mayor with dates Oct 3 1950 to Oct 10 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pire
Owaga
Owasa
Ownga
Towa
Progressive club hosts women and reunion notes at town events
Township chairman Mrs Joss Walters and vice chair Mrs Arvine Hornung lead a meeting with 27 women served refreshments by Mrs John Boeke. Ten Progressive club members met at Mrs Everett Strathe s home as Mrs Arthur Book er recounted her East summer trip. Retiring Girl Scout council members Mrs Frank Blohm and Mrs Ira Larson were replaced by Mrs Irving Faust and Mrs S L Taber. The club will buy towels by the blind with next meeting Oct 18 a trip to the Des Moines Art Center. Class of 1940 held a reunion with potluck at the city park including Henderson Milligan Steelman Seivert Brocr Kruegar Brinkmeyer Dougan families. Hubbard School faculty were entertained by Lutheran church fellowship club with a potluck in the church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joss Walters
Arvine Hornung
John Boeke
Progressive Club
Everett Strathe
Arthur Booker
Frank Blohm
Ira Larson
Girl Scout Council
Irving Faust
S. L. Taber
Art Center
Des Moines
City Park
Robert Henderson
Chicago
Lars Milligan
Claire Steelman
Cole
Lloyd Seivert
Arnold Brocr
Francis Kruegar
Arvene Brinkmeyer
James Dougan
Fellowship Club
The
Lutheran Church
Hubbard School
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