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Zion church dwells on annual meeting and local notices
The Zion Evangelical and Reformed church held its annual congregational meeting on January 10 in Fellowship hall. New council members were Gene Miller, Harry Larson, and Arthur Winter, with three-year outgoing members Leon Brandt, Walter Gelking, and Wayne Meir. Elmer Relfschneider named delegate to the Iowa Synod Spring meeting. August Wiechmann as alternate. Various community visits, birthday observances, and social events are noted, including family visits in Ames, Eldora, Marshalltown, and Des Moines, plus attendance at a basketball game and multiple hostess gatherings. Funeral and sympathy references to local residents are mentioned alongside youth and club activities and preparations for Zion Youth Fellowship installations.
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Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church
Fellowship Hall
Gene Miller
Harry Larson
Arthur Winter
Leon Brandt
Walter Gelking
Wayne Meir
Elmer Relfschneider
Iowa Synod
August Wiechmann
Church Building Fund
Ronald Barnard
Ames
Isaac Bucy
Russell Freese
Stanley Granner
Bill Dole
Ethyle Hoelscher
600
Jer Engelson
New Horizon
Leon
Sjarks
Br. R. C. Rogers
Eldora
F. D. Blohm
Jack Bocke
Blohm
Ira Larson
Ernest Fichtner
Harold Faust
George
Ronald Coop
Des Moines
Ernest Bunte
Paul Siehvert
Elmer Gelthaus
John King
If. LaRove
J.C. Jutting
H. C. Barr
Ackley
Frances Danger
Bonnie Knowles
Leon Trarks
Everette Severson
Marshalltown
Kathie Nesbitt
Sandra Wistey
Waterloo
Isaac Buoy
Clyde Bailey
Zearing
Adrian Bachman
Archie Forbes
Andrew Bachman
Basil Bachman
Keith Bachman
Barbara Reirson
Robbie Bachman
Joe Altman
Carrol
August Engelking
Meryl Faust
Ernest Engelking
Walter Dubberke
Arthur Dubberke
Jay Dougan
Frank Fohrman
Alen
Joe Dole
Jesup
James Johnson
Bertha Engelking
Pvt
Franklin Engelking
Ft.Lewis
Wash
Japan
Joe Cole
Ted Roling
Will Meuhling
Town Falls
Fred Bunte
Fred” Linder
Spencer
E.G. Peterson
Arend Tjarks
Marilyn
Ellsworth
Fred Tjarks
Douglas Richards
Scott Richards
Blank Memorial Hospital
Will Engelking
Engelking
Leonard Hansen
Roger Hansen
Jewell
Martin Dettbarn
Alfred Blome
Harry Spindler
Radcliffe
August Lehmeier
Spencer Clemons
New Providence
Wilford Clemons
Bessie Cox
Dale
Henry Fredrickson
Ann Larson
Ted Beers
Ladona Harkema
Harold Harkema
Alden
Derald Case
L. H. Brunemeier
Ernest Leikman
Henry Schnormeier
Brunemeier
R. R. van Patter
Gene Bunte