Menlo Area Activities and Community Notes
The Menlo needlecraft club met with eight members and four guests as officers led a business session. A schoolmate reunion, summer programs, and a planned September Lions Club collaboration are noted. A long list of local visits, anniversaries, and high school class milestones fill a dense community roundup across Menlo and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menlo High School
Gene Murphy
Larry Branson
Barbara Sissler
Ronnie Partlow
Gary Cunningham
Laurene Bateham
Dallas van Eaton
Martha Messersmith
Menlo
Loren Bandler
Norma Petersen
Fontanelle
Jerry Wade
Marilyn Partlow
Coralville
Jim Snyder
Connie Reason
Ankeny
John Cashman
Linda O’brien
Council Bluffs
Larry Queck
Carol Shea
Rock Island, Illnois
Edith Delaplain
Hos
Monteith Area News Highlights Visits and Guests
Davied Hanes of Waukee visited his grandparents in Monteith from Thursday to Saturday. Mrs. Fred Kent of Dexter stopped by on Friday morning. Mrs. Lucy Kinsey was an evening guest. Mrs. Charles Hanes visited Saturday and took her son home. Walter Tallman and Clem Tallman hosted Sunday callers. John Reeves and family spent Tuesday in Des Moines and John left for California. The Hoover and Jorgensen households hosted Sunday guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Reason
Dwight Reason
Redfield
Ralph Reason
Lenox
Harley Reason
Howard Gilman
Carl Gilman
Cary
Ros Gilman
Stuart
Kit McDowell
Kelly
Mindy
Iowa City
John Roseberry
Libby Roseberry
Des Moines
Frances Piper
West Des Moines
Roy Gause
Henry Wart
Indianola
Raymond Hofmann
van Tren
Edna Christensen
Lillian Green
John Fiscus
Verne Sharon
Fontanelle
Ed Menefee
Jim Benshoff
Guthrie Center
Lawton Menefee
Ed Menefees
Alan Patterson
Knosvile
Art Jensen
Mexico
Max Lynch
Jim Lynch
Colfax
Jack Weikert
George Wilkie
Curtis Rinns
Adel
Davied Hanes
Waukee
Roy Hanes
Fred Kent
Dexter
Hanes
Lucy Kinsey
Charles Hanes
Walter Talman
Clem Tallman
Joe Reeves
John Reeves
California
Cris Hoover
Norman Sheeder
Andrew Jorgensen
Chris Hoover
Wichita Events Report on Mrs Sparks Graduation Visit
Mrs. Gerald Sparks and Barbara traveled to Norfolk on Tuesday to attend graduation exercises for Mrs. Sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Sparks
Barbara
Norfolk, Near
Personal notices from Des Moines area continued
Loren Pickett remains a patient at Methodist hospital Des Moines for observation. Mrs Pickett stays near her husband at their son Melvin Pickett’s home. Entertainment at Sunday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Boyd Kelsey and son Pat. Attendees include the Shooks of Ft Riley Gene Shook Scott Gail Loren Pickett Laverne Peggy Downing Guthrie Center, Mills of Perry, Russell family of Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Pickett
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Boyd Kelsey
Pat
Jerry Shook
Ft. Riley
Kans
Gene Shook
Scott
Gail
Laverne
Peggy Downing
Guthrie Center
David Mills
Perry
Gary Russell
Boone
Birth Announcement for Jennifer Joy Christensen
Mr and Mrs Max Christens en welcome a daughter born May 28 at Greene County Medical Center Jefferson weighing 7 pounds 13 4 ounces named Jennifer Joy Grandparents are Earl Harwood Nels Christensen Vern Ohm Des Moines Ray Baker Waukee Ly man Harwood Menlo Blanche McCoy Guthrie Center Sylvia Reimhardt and others listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Christensen
Greene County Medical Center
Jefferson
Jennifer Joy
Earl Harwood
Nels Christensen
Vern Ohm
Des Moines
Ray Baker
Waukee
Lyman Harwood
Menlo
Blanche McCoy
Guthrie Center
Sylvia Reim
Also Mentioned on This Page
Needfcraft Club
Carl Brandenoburg
Donald Roberts
Tom Powell
Marvin Ludwig Rell
Lions Club
Chester Chartes
Merie Sanborm
United Methodist Church
Wilbur Watkins
Salt Lake Cis
Utah
Mary Stella
Bertha Lalhe
Virginia Marie
Drumm Hume
Mildred Stemnam Dickson
Eldora
Blue Charles
Fay Hawley
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Florence Harkins Spiker
Mildred Pugh Iinn
Margharel Stevenson
Sanborn
Wayne Wilson
Omaha
Nebiaba
Menlo Ark
Anderson— Erickson
Greenfield Pool
Wayne’ O'Brien
Kay Smith
Dennis O'Brien
Pat O'Brien
Tess
Sunshine Club
Katie Roche
Nora McNelly
Norine Clayton
Ruth Thornburg
Grace Morris
Lucille Powell
Minnie Wright
Sadie Rhody
Menlo United Methodist Church
Martha Beckman
Atlantic
Ben Franklin
Kenne H
Peter Brent
Elgin
Henry Hawley
Joseph Wilcox
Cecilia Kentucky
Emma Wilcox
Elizabeth
Own
Kentucky
EU. Wilcox
Louisville
Kentucy
Tl B. Wilcox
Jon Branson
Edmund Groomes
Max Branson
Meg
Harper Stringer
Guthrie County Hospital
Frank ‘Ferne
Wilson
Dexter Hospital
Orville Buttler
Guthne Centrer
Glen
Halsey
Wellesley Farm
Guthrie County
OY Stephe
Lews State University
Harold Hawen
Baghey
Mm . K Baturbelet
Guthre Center
Damen Lee
Jamaica
Harry Shackelford
Bayard
Robert Chrixtensen
Marvin Michaeion
Ale
Dean Whitehead
Panore
David Herkerman
Dave May
Dalton Hoover
Monteith
Mrs
Jim Boyles
Wichita
Sparks Weice
Stork News
Steensen
GAS & Electric
Fwune Dairy Wrenth
Iowa Dairy Association
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