Riverton Scene Notes Sold Market Move and Travels
James Booker Arnold Dankof sold his Riverton market to Delbert Jones of Omaha with possession on June 5. Local families, including the Parks, Zeiglers, Barmeys, and others, report trips to Canada and Michigan with warm weather and Great Lakes ice. New son Andrew Loren born to Harold and wife, and funeral notices for Fay Smith and James Griffin are recorded along with Memorial Day visits and local trips to Minnesota and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
James Booker Arnold Dankof
Delbert Jones
Omaha
Kenneth Parke
Canada
Don Zeigler
Howard Barmey
Wabagoon
Ontario
Arilice
Great Lakes
Clifford Binns
Manceta
Calif
William
Harold D. Shull
Andrew Loren
Grape Community Hospital
Harold R. Shull
Don Wamberg
Glenwood
Fay Smith
Patrick Cowden
Grape Hospital
Leo Wynn
Debbert Wynn
James Griffin
Adair
Paula
Kristie
Marty Stovall
Nebraska City
Rathburn Dam
Centerville
Hoover Library
Memorial Day Houseparty Lines In Iowa Town
Readable fragments describe multiple visits in Cheroke and Hamburg areas, with Alma Powell and Viola Stewart hosting family members from Nebraska City Shenandoah Rock Port and Omaha during Memorial Day weekend. OBITUARY notes Wilbur King born Sept 28 1893 died May 26 1972 in Riverton with surviving children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheroke
Hot
Daugher
Marvin Lundy
Lester Gesh
Denise and
Shawn
Nebraska City
Mes
Alma Powell
Naoma Gardner
Donald Beam
Brian
Mattie Andres
John L. Gardner
Hamburg
Una Ryan
Omaha
Viola Stewart
Farragut
van Stewart
Leo Wynn
Red Oak
Mary Meyers
Mildred Alexander
Meyers
Viva Wynn
Wilbur King
Abner
Nancy Rawlings King
Femont County
Iowa
Grape Community Hospital
Local social notes reveal a busy Blanchard area week
Frequent visits and calls mark a bustling week in Blanchard and surrounding towns. Names include Embertons Winklers Vawters Alstropes and Mortimores. Attendees travel to Ames Omaha Council Bluffs and Denvers, with 4-H camp in Sidney and hospital and church visits noted. Burial at Riverton cemetery and family gatherings frame the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deanna Clark
David Solliday
Ronald Emberton
Oren Winkler
Jerry Vawter
Blanchard
Nellie Workman
Boons
Dean
Daisy Less
Stanley Alstrope
Ira Aistrope
Glenwood
Laver
Dean Alstropes
Ira Alstropse
Liess
Mary Alstrope
Council Bluffs
Fred Gossard
Denver
Cole
Willard Spiegel
Ronald Thomas
Cindy Bryant
Sidney
Martin Goracke
Ira Dovel
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
Paul Winkler
George Winker
Laura Nahkunst
Charles Gardner
Harold Gardner
Ames
James Ward
Colo
Eli Mortimore
Clinton Emberton
Anna Driever
McQueen Dean's List and Local Graduation Notices
Shenandoah figures James Rodney McQueen of Locust Grove made Tarkdo College Dean's List with a 4.0 GPA as a junior science major for the spring term. Northwest Missouri State College graduates include Nancy Bredensteiner, with local attendees and hospital updates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nooker
Paul Gruber
Lake
John Slater
Lynette
Sheldon Jones
la Verne Cox
McComb Park
Shenandoah
Local News Briefs From Hamburg and Surrounding Areas
Hamburg Iowa June 6 1972 notes several local items including family visits and birthday mentions. A Marion Indiana born Mr Vogel born June 17 1894 is referenced along with guests Sun day dinner at Sands Plester residence. Visiting Tacoma Washington and Atlantic Iowa relatives are noted with relatives Dale Brownlee and Lyle Harris mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Iowa
Nebraska City
Mr. Vogel
Marion, Kada
Mes
Marth Hn Vogel
Danny Piester
Dora McGuire
Mines Sands
Judy Plester
Omaha
Capt
Craig’ Harris
Tacoma
Wash
Dale Brownlee
Will
Lyle Harris
Atlantic
Lane column note on Ken Mortimore marriage and death
An item notes Ken Mortimore married Elizabeth Propp on March 1, 1916 in Marion Kansas. Survived by daughter Mel Lineweber of Nebraska City, son Howard of Nebraska City, and grandchildren. He owned Vogel Dairy in Nebraska City and previously lived in Marion Kansas and Hamlet. Funeral May 16 at the Gude in Nebraska City, burial Wyuka Cemetery. The Jollee states he suffered crippling injuries three years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Macé Monroe
Rock Port
Dale
Dorothy) Aspedon
Hamburg
Earl
Marcene) Welchans
Farragut
Jack
Peggy) Hall
Red Oak
Richard
Riverton
Frankie Alberson
Mabel
He Wan
Marion
Kans
Elizabeth Propp
Mel
Josephine) Lineweber
Nebraska City
Howard
Vogel
Vogel Dairy
Kan
Hamle
Gude
Wyuka Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grover
Myrtle) Means
Shull Funeral Home
Earl R. Melton
Mildred Stubbs
Paul Mel
Harold Shull, Sr
Earl Shull
Kansas City
A. L. Hessell
Dean Aist~ Tope
Daisy Liess
Ollie Athen
Martin Gorackes
Marvin Gilttinger
Charles
George Winkler
Rex Bryant
Dale Emberton
Theatre
Space
Technicolor
Trail Drive-in
Nebraska City, Nebr
People
Mon
Buck
Jerry Lewis
Fender
Agency
Main Street
Coor
Farmers Coop Co
Charlies Vincent, Mgr
Carol
Ken Mortimore
Hamburg, Iowa
Satan
Hell
Christ
Horace N. Solliday
Bruns
Thriftee
Sietz
Jar
Kitty Clover
Barbara Kiaus
Louise Cully
Mary Vincent
Lori Catlett
Bob Clark
Edythe Clayton
Jon William Bennett
Rey Aranza
Soflin
Oro
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