Weekend visits span multiple Iowa townships and states
Community guests and family gatherings fill a long list of Sunday to Tuesday visits across Corning Bedford Red Oak Glenwood Shenandoah and Norfolk Lincoln and Joplin. Notable attendees include the Pattons Porters Landon Pace and Crayson families along with numerous local residents. A house fire near Templeton caused injuries to a relative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Landon
Red Oak
Earl Pace
Ottumwa
Homer Connell
Corning
Clark Templeton
Mr. Templeton
Town City Hospital
Speech Honor to Miss Dana McKee
Dana McKee daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe McKee of Emerson earned an excellent rating in speech competition at Hawthorne Oral Interpretation Festival held at the University of Columbia MO. The festival sponsored for the fifth year by the Missouri Oral Interpreters Association drew 12 Missouri colleges and universities aiming to promote oral interpretation in higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana McKee
Joe McKee
Emerson
Missouri State College
University of Columbia
Missouri Oral Interpreters Association
Missouri
Marilyn Wax Honored At Miscellaneous Shower
A miscellaneous shower at Emerson United Methodist Church honored Miss Marilyn Wax bride to be of Fred Honeyman. Marilyn won the Homemaker of the Year contest with participants Mines George Jones George Bass Horace Greenwood and Robert Samuelson. Prizes were shower gifts opened by the bride, her mother Cecille Wax, and Miss Peggy Haack. Guests included the groom’s mother Kathy Honeyman and other relatives from Emerson Glenwood Shenandoah Red Oak Stanton Hamburg and nearby. The event featured pink and shocking pink tea decor and a bride doll centerpiece. The Sewing Circle met Tuesday with Mrs S T Danford. Calendar notes March 30 Mills County Federation of Women’s Clubs at Methodist church with 9:30 coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Wax
Emerson United Methodist Church
Fred Honeyman
Mines
George Jones
George Bass
Horace Greenwood
Robert Samuelson
Cecille Wax
Peggy
S. T. Danford
Mills County Convention of Federated Women’s Clubs
Methodist Church
Mills County
Methodist Circles In Busy Meetings
Emerson United Methodist church circles held March sessions with Esther Miriam and other groups. Plans were made for an Easter bake sale on Saturday April 10 and a district WSCS event on April 6 at 10 a.m. Attendees signed get well and thank you notes, discussed The Woman Who Missed Easter, and hosted program and funtime activities. Next circle meeting on April 21 will be at Mrs. Grayson’s with guest night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Circle
Esma Barns
Wayne Sqarer
Circle
Art
Harold Sowers
Edmundson Hospital
Mary Carlstedt
Mercy
Council Bluffs
Ray Fields
WSCS
Atlantic Fair Ground
Wayne Spicer
Response
Nels Settell
Virgil Ransey
Barns
Miriam Circle
Clyde Ingerell
Frank Porter
Robert Samuelson
Mary Magdalene
John Thorson
Ed Malshells
Russell Smith
George Jones
Lydia Circle
John Simpson
Leon Robbins
Bertha Thorson
Mark
Jean
Secret Sisters
Leona Dixon
Canada
Ellen Ten Kiley
R. L. Grayson
Anniversary Birthday Dinner Held Sunday
A Sunday evening dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe McKee celebrated the anniversary of Mr and Mrs Richard Brown and the birthdays of Joe McKee Mrs Kenneth McKee and Mrs Richard Brown. Guests included Dale Livingston and Bill Shenandoah William Livingston Farragut Dana McKee Maryville Ma Mrs S McKee Sr Red Oak Mr and Mrs Richard Brown and Mark Mr and Mrs Kenneth McKee. Dana McKee was home for the weekend and will return next weekend for three weeks Easter vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Bryant
Heber Hillyer
Margie Hampton
EB. A. Decker
Lynn Parker
Henderson
Wm. van Antwerp
Wm. Shepard
Alvin Decker
Glenwood
al Lenhardt
Red Oak
Wayne Shapcott
Carl Hatswell
Richard Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Garden Grove
Marvin Adams
Adams
Lincoln
Nebr
Harvey Smith
M. D. Lang
Des Moines
Homer Connell
Bill Connell
Bert Morris
Morris
Virgil Mortis
Steven Colerick
Shenandoah
Larry Hunt
Timmy
Gertrude Landon
Earl Pace
Ottumwa
Robert Evans
Davenport
Don Houser
Jack Gravett
Jess Potter
Joplin
Clyde
Clyde Gravett
Joe McKee
Richard Brown
Kenneth McKee
Dale Livingston
Bill
William Livingston
Farragut
Dana McKee
Maryville
S. McKee Sr
Mark
Vina Barns Rites Held at Red Oak
Funeral services for Mrs. Vina Barns 89 former Emerson resident were held March 23 at the Nelson Funeral Chapel Red Oak with Rev James E Griffes in charge Interment was in Emerson cemetery She died March 21 after a long illness She had cared for since June in the home of her niece and nephew Mr and Mrs M D Lang in Emerson She was married to Clarence Barns December 28 1904 They celebrated their 50th and 60th wedding anniversaries Mr Barns died January 27 1967 Mrs Barns was a member of the Presbyterian church Three sisters survive Mrs Myron Shipman Mrs Ada Ferguson of Portland Ore and Mrs Jane Eller of Pompano Beach Fla two nieces and three nephews
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vina Barns
Emerson
Nelson Funeral Chapel
Red Oak
James E. Griffes
Emerson Cemetery
Clarence Barns
Mr. Barns
Myron Shipman
Ada Ferguson
Portland, Ore
Jane Eller
Pompano Beach
Fla
Local newspapers as community lifeblood
Local papers identify and bind the community, serving as a trusted daily link for households. They offer maximum local identification and act as a steadfast, indispensable friend for most families.
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E. T. Sawyers
Clyde Patton
Patty
J. H. Chevalier
Columbia
Robert Patton
Bowling Green
Ohio
Chevalier
Richard Porter
Harry Porter
E. Cole
Edwin Crayson
Sue Grayson
Arthur Johnson
Papillion, Nebr
Janet Walston
Gene
Linda Hesseltin
Ghaka
Lida Moore
George Huntsman
George Irwin
Willie Huntsman
Myrtle Walker
Joe Hoover
Hancock
Methodist
Emerson United Methodist Church Circle
First Baptist Church
Ia Greenwood
Baptist
Nishna Valley Parish
United Methodist Church
Delbert V. Terry
Federated Women
Ued
David Bass
Belle van Nordstrand
Walter Knop
Red Baker
Rick Morris
Opal Bayes
Delvin Behrens
Ernie Gale
Terry Spicer
Jerry Peterson
Danny March
Emmett Stephens
Archie Lindberg
Gordon Hascall
Paul Vestal
Ivan Benskin
C. A. White
Hazel Wax
Marty Vrba
Roland Bass
Marie Warren
Donnie Twaddle
Jack Ames
Earl May Disco Midwest AG
Amchem Purina
Monsanto
Purina
Elton Tackett
Frank Sawyers
Joe Pilling
Harry Smith
Pilling
Lena Magers
At. Henderson
T. €. Darland
Deloye Abraham
Larry
Abraham
Susan
Lloyd Williams
Wirona
Minn
Elaine Rulppel
Darlands
Douglas Smith
Armand Ruppel
Aitkin
Elaine
St. Pam
Norval Lowe
Arthur Ellis
I. W. Castor
Ben Aubland
Clearfield
Harry Mensen
Onawa
Michelle King
Mrs. McCurdy
Iowa Press Association
OWA
el Ae
Isan
Geeacs
Nen
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