World Day of Prayer Observed at Emerson Methodist Church
World Day of Prayer services are set for March 3 at 2 p.m. at Emerson Methodist Church with First Baptist United Methodist and Champion Hill churches taking part. Theme Rivers of Living Water highlights Holy Spirit ministry amid world problems. Rev. C Barry Phelps to deliver message. program booklet by National Association of Evangelicals. Included are local notes on Women's Club meeting March 7 and planning by community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Methodist Church
First Baptist
United Methodist
Champion Hill
National Association of Evangelicals
C. Barry Phelps
Emerson
First Baptist Church
Nishna Valley Community School
Clarke-Grochowski Vows in Calif
Julie Ann Clarke and Steven L. Grochowski wed February 14 at the United Methodist Church in West Covina California in a double ring ceremony officiated by Rev Charles Simmons. The bride wore a floor length chiffon gown with daisies, Juliet cap veil and carried violet blue iris and pink roses. Cindy Lang served as maid of honor with Teresa Talley and Sandra Eating as bridesmaids. Best man was Glenn Grochowski and ushers Lew Day and Steve Shantz attended. A reception followed and the couple plan to reside in Baldwin Park California after a trip to northern California. Special guests included the bride's grandparents M D Lang Emerson. The article also lists many local visitors and community events surrounding the couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Methodist Church
West Covina
Calif
Julie Ann Clarke
Steven L. Grochowski
Baldwin Park
John E. Clarke
Emerson
Ed Beecher
Charles Simmons
Juliet
Cindy Lang
Treynor
Teresa Talley
Pomona
Sandra Eating
Wext Covina
Bride
Glenn Grochowski
Lew Day
Steve Shantz
Covina
Final Rites for Homer M. Black
Funeral services for Homer Marion Black were held at the Emerson Baptist church on Monday February 24 at 10 a.m. The Rev Rex Herndon officiated with E M Straight Edward Greenwood William Douglas Homer Connell Marion DeBolt and Ray Honeywell as casket bearers Ushers were Lane Morse and Kirk Hascall Music by Mrs Edward Greenwood and Mrs Rex Herndon included Whispering Hope and Under His Wing Flower bearers were Mrs Milo Schick and Mrs Homer Connell A life sketch notes Homer M Black age 79 years 10 months was born in McFell Missouri on April 25 1892 and died February 25 in Omaha Nebraska He married Pearl Bell on May 20 1929 He is survived by his widow three daughters Darlene Ellis Omaha Nebraska Sharlene Copeland Anaheim California and Jean Courtier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Marion Black
Emerson Baptist Church
Rex Herndon
E. M. Straight
Edward Greenwood
William Douglas
Homer Connell
Marion DeBolt
Ray Honeywell
Lane Morse
Kirk Hascall
Whispering Hope
Milo Schick
Homer M. Black
McFell
Omaha
Nebraska
Pearl Bell
Darlene Ellis
Nebr
Sharlene Copeland
Anaheim
Calif
Jean Courtier
Velma Sawyers Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Velma Leona Sawyers 63 Emerson were held Tuesday Feb 20 at 2 p.m. at Sellergren Lindell Funeral Home Red Oak with Rev Barry L Phelps officiating. She died Feb 26 after an extended illness. burial in Emerson cemetery. She was a longtime Emerson resident and Malvern Leader correspondent. She was born Sept 2 1908 in Montgomery County. She married Evert T Sawyers in 1942. he died in 1970. Surviving: stepson Merrill Sawyers Spring Valley Calif stepdaughter Mrs Oscar Wissell La Mesa Calif brother Roy W McLain Sun City Ariz two sisters Mrs J F Angry Red Oak and Mrs George Gordy Memphis Mo. She was a Champion Hill Presbyterian Church member and World War I Auxiliary veteran at Glenwood. Casket bearers: Dean McLain Milo Schick Glenn Cooper Hadley Parker Edward Birdsall Randall Sawyers. Flowers cared by Mrs Wilma Coy Mrs Bert Morris Mrs Glenn Cooper Mrs Clyde Patton. Mrs Hadley Parker registered. Burial Emerson cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Leona Sawyers
Emerson
Sellergren- Lindell Funeral Home
Red Oak
Barry L. Phelps
Sawyers
Malvern Leader
Doctors Hospital
Omaha
Frank W. McLain
Montgomery Co
Evert T. Sawyers
Merrill Sawyers
Spring Valley
Calif
Oscar Wissell
la Mesa
Roy W. McLain
Sun City
Ariz
J. F. Angry
George Gordy
Memphis
Champion Hill Presbyterian Church
Glenwood
Dean McLain
Milo Schick
Glenn, Cooper
Hadley Parker
Edward Birdsall
Randall Sawyers
Wilma Coy
Bert Morris
Glenn Cooper
Clyde Patton
Emerson Cemetery
Fines levied in Glenwood police court
A report from the Glenwood police court of John C. Watson lists fines totaling 172 dollars for speeding and related offenses. Named violators include Lombard Co. Bluffs. Sandys Omaha. Dashner Pac. Jct.. Erickson Massena. Twaddle College Springs. Kinney Omaha. Sonner Co. Bluffs. Wichman Omaha. Webb Murray. Aistrope Glenwood. Martin Imogene. Potthoff Omaha. Bigger Glenwood. Callison Murray. plus Telgen Glenwood for a check charge and Dudley Cincinnati for a stop sign violation. The article ends with a light endorsement on responsible driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Morrists
John C. Watson
Glenwood
Donald Lombard
Co. Bluffs
John Sandys
Omaha
Francis Dashner Jr
Pac
Charles Sonner
Ruben Wichman
Ray Webb
Murray
Ira Dee Aistrope
Michael Martin
Imogene
Henry F. Potthoff
Douglas Paul Bigger
Jack Callison
Ray Telgen
Floyd Dudley
Cincinnati
Social club hosts and multiple local visits noted in Mills County region
The Thursday afternoon meeting at Mrs. Grindle's featured get well wishes for Albert Anderson of Red Oak and plans for a St. Patrick party. Birthdays for Esther Davis and Gladys Davis were celebrated with gifts from secret sisters. Numerous visits followed among Mines Athels, Gipe, Kier, Curtis, Hathaway, Davis, Sayers, Wilson, and other households across Glenwood, Hamburg, Imogene, and Randolph. A wide thread of family visits, hosting, and church events filled a week in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SCD
Esther
Gladys Davis
David
Garden Club
Fern McCain
O'Dell Bowley
Joe Timm
Nebraska City
Todd
Robert Christensen
Lyle Hoyts
Hamburg
Don Primrose
Richard
Malvern
Emmett Gipe
Susan Mingo
David Tack
Grenwood
Holy Rosary
Mills County State Bank
Sam Taylor
Forrest Kirby
Marvin Woodfill
Phyllis Conner
Omaha
Pilots Club
New Towers Club
Howard McKern Jr
Richard McKern
Howard McKern
Rena Bass
Glenwood
M.C. Woodfill
Woodfill
Glen Haven
Harold Swett
Maryville
David Swett
Guy Grindle, Jr
Steve
Carl Olson
Essex
Larry Swett
Ethel Grindle
Roy Davis
Randolph
Steve Smith
Imogene
District speech contestants win 16 top ratings at Shenandoah
Mrs Lyte Coddington and Fremont-Mills students earned 16 No 1 ratings at the district individual speech con tests held at Shenandoah high school. Local residents noted social visits and family gatherings as the week ended with a mild forecast and early spring hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyte Coddington
Fremont-Mills
Shenandoah
Last Rites for LeRoy W. Magers
Funeral services for LeRoy W. Magers 58 retired Henderson farmer were held at Henderson Christian church. He died Saturday at Red Oak hospital. Survivors include his mother Lena Magers a daughter Deloma Allensworth three sons Dick Bill and Bob four sisters Leona Netzel Velma Pillings Betty Rigley Wilma Kesselring two brothers Gerald Floyd a half sister Gladys Long half brother John Mott seven grandchildren. Burial was in Farm Creek cemetery Henderson with McKee Funeral Home of Carson in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy W. Magers
Henderson
Henderson Christian Church
Magers
Red Oak Hospital
Lena Magers
Deloma Allensworth
Bill
Bob
Council Bluffs
Leona Netzel
Omaha
Velma Pillings
Betty Rigley
Emerson
Wilma Kesselring
Carson
Gerald
Floyd
Gladys Long
John Mott
Malvern
Farm Creek
McKee Funeral Home
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Florence Patton
Emerson World Day of Prayer
8. S. McKee, Jr
George Hascall, Jr
Louis Bullington
Glenn Kellenbarger
Cecille Wax
Leland West
Minden
Emersonian
California
Michael RB. Simmonds
James R. Simmonds
Mr. Simmonds
Cynthia Kocar
William Moore
Trinity Lutheran Church
Covina Country Club
Glendale
Rita
Charles Crawford
Kansas City
Mrs
Earle Crawford
John Evans
David Evans
Bettendorf
Boulder
Colo
Jack Evans
Iowa State University
Tom Evans
University of Kansas At
Ottawa
Darrell Achenbaugh
Don Smith
Alva Seaburg
Macedonia
Harold Tait
Clarinda
Bill McMartin
Sylvis Achenbaugh
Darry Achenbaugh
Jilles Henderson
Robert Hicks
Quentin Johnson
Las Vegas
Masonic Lodge
Masonic Hall
Epperson
Onawa
Holy Land
Clarke-Grochowski
Frank Sawyers
Roy McClain
Velma Sawyers
Doctor's Hospital
Leon Robbins
Lloyd Wilson
Stanton
Robert Delisi
Russell Struble
Joan Porter
Frank Porter
M. D. Lang
John E. Clark
Lenore Neeley
Riverside
Bob Stille
Goldapp
Roger Adams
Soe
H. E. Greenwig
G. Bayes
Lawrence Jones
Mae
Emmett Maher
Clarence Dalton
Marlin Mercer
Bobby Douglas
Darrell Bayes
Terrie Spicer
Charles van Nordstrand
Iowa Western
Clarida
Bob Johnson
Chicago
LeRoy Johnson
Mexico
Earl Timson
Tabor
Margie Hampton
Blanche Decker
Eugene Anderson
Susan
Steven
Toldeo
Helen Stille
Anderson
Albert Anderson
Jennie Edmondson Hospital
Grace Dixon
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Joe Hathaway
Leona Dixon
Jim Issaacson
Lincoln
Everett Lunn
Ignacion
Lunn
Rick Lunn
Randall Eastwood
Geneva
Don Eastwood
Rodger Rumery
Bedford
G. 5
Eastwood
Carrie Withrow
Ada
Darla Eastwood
Susann Bowen
Friendship Club
Art Darby
Eugene Lang
Tom Romine
Paul Jones
Glenn
Cooper
Elsie King
University Hospital
Iowa City
Robert Bennett
Merald Hein
Neb
Marion
Newport Beach
Helen Staats
Colorado Springs
LaVeta Zook
Braymer
Lorene Sparks
Gallatin
Emergon Cemetery
Mansfield Funeral Home
Stockholders’ Meeting
Clarinda Production Credit Association
First Christian Church
Clarinda, Iowa
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
Free Door
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Peggy Fleming
Heart Fund
MFR
Tom Reat
Stephan
Miley Schmidt
Shawn
Chester McKinney
Clell McKinney
McKinney
Mercy Hospital
Gary
Robert Malcom
Roger Johnson
Chester Fijanowski
Vera Dittus
Danny Taylor
Danielle
Merritt Wortman
Joey
Karen Popejoy
Iowa Western Community College
Gerald Maher
Bert Howard
Keith Lee
Sheandoah
Jared Woodfill
Dean Tomlinson
Rogers
Ark
Tama
Robert Blunt
David Angus
John Pollock
Braddyville
Lynn Pollock
Ayr
Guy Jordan
Rozella Wortman
Mable White
Robert Taylor
Mildred Byers
Douglas
Maude Wilson
Bill Schiermeier
Dean Sayers
Seanna
Michael Blackburn
Abby
Marengo
Mac Sayers
Mabelle Sayers
Kenneth Davis
Dennis
Dorothy Okerbloom
Roger Davis
Pat Maher
Charles Kayton
Donna Christensen
Marla Carlson
George Williams
Allen
Marilyn
Arnold Williams
Ronnie
Earl Bass
Des Moines
Joe Cheney
Richard Foreman
A.P. Howard
Creston
Leo Cheney
Raymond Mensen
Cheney
Harry Mensen
Marvin Lubbe
Dale Meyers
Ames
Edwin Meyers
Bellevue
Edwin Dale
Wendy
Emerson Farm Supply
Berl Morris
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