Emerson to Host County Legion and Auxiliary Meeting
Emerson will host a joint county American Legion and Auxiliary meeting on September 18 at the Legion Hall. Lunch will be served by the Auxiliary, Legion members will handle entertainment, and volunteers are sought to help clean the hall at 9 a.m. on the 18th.
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Emerson
Joint County American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Legion
Martha Honeyman
Ira Gillespie
Gillespie
Ruby Bass
Dottie L'Heureux
Jean Thorson
Edna Grayson
Ruth Greenwood
Rainbow Installs Officers in Emerson Assembly
Emerson Rainbow Assembly for Girls installed officers at the Masonic Temple on Saturday evening. Lynette Carlson became Worthy Advisor with Betsy Johns as installing marshal. Mr and Mrs Leon Robbins were Sunday guests of their son Larry Simpson in St Joseph Missouri and attended a police benefit show featuring Tommy Cash Liz Anderson and The Tom Cats at Phil Welch Stadium. Simpson, a show promoter, will work two months in Kingsport Tennessee.
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Emerson Assembly of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Emerson
Lynette Carlson
Betsy Johns
Leon Robbins
Larry Simpson
St. Joseph
Police
Tommy Cash
Liz Anderson
Tom Cats
Phil Welch
Simpson
Kingsport
Tenn
Carroll Settell
Avoca
N.R. Settells
Clyde Carnegy
Wayne Johnson
Shenandoah
Fred Honeyman
Maryville
Florence Guyer
Clyde Gravett
Essex
Larry Hunt
Daugher
Brenda
Bert Morris
Timmy
George Hunt
Council Bluffs
Van AntWERtps Farewell Party
Friends of the Rev William Van Antwerp gathered at Emerson Park for a farewell with a picnic supper cake and a cash gift. The family moved Wednesday to a new ministry location with help from local neighbors. Mrs Harold Sowers went to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William van Antwerp
Emerson Park
van Antwerp
Paul Lehman
Raymond Mitchell
Lloyd Bowen
Joseph Stanley
Wm van Antwerp
Emerson
Byron Viner
John Viner
Merrill Sowers
Morris Johnson
Oaks
Vernon McKee
Joe McKee
Bert Morris
Homer Connell
Joe Stanley
Russell McKee
McGrew
Harold Sowers
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Hascall Families Return From Baudette Fishing Trip
Mr and Mrs George Hascall Jr and Mr and Mrs Gordon Hascall of Red Oak returned Wednesday from a week of fishing in Baudette Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Donald Hascall of Essex welcome baby Bradley Allan born Sept 6 at Murphy Memorial Hospital Red Oak weighing 7 lbs 1 oz and welcomed home by sister Shantel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hascall, Jr
Gordon Hascall
Red Oak
Baudette
Minnesota
Donald Hascall
Essex
Bradley Allan
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Shantel
Nishna Valley Graduates and Local Happenings
Nishna Valley graduates are entering colleges and trade schools across the nation this fall, including Phylis Struble at General Hospital School of Nursing in Lawrence and Marlene Gage at Ozark Bible College in Joplin. Also noted are Teresa Hoover at Stewart Beauty School in Co Bluffs and Jeff Richards at N.W.M.L.S.C. in Maryville, along with social visits, family trips, and local incidents such as a high school student breaking an arm during football practice.
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Nishna Valley
Phylis Struble
General Hospital
School of Nursing
Lawrence
Mass
Marlene Gage
Ozark Bible College
Joplin
Margaret Cheney
A.I.B
Des. Moines
Teresa Hoover
Stewart Beauty School
Co. Bluffs
Jeff Richards
N.w.mls.c
Maryville
Emerson Town Council Minutes September 5 1972
Official minutes from Emerson Iowa regular meeting with Mayor Johnson presiding. Present: Blank Greenwood Hoover Mart. absent Wright. Prior minutes read and approved. Streets resurfaced, rent for Huntsman Building discussed, Low Rent Housing application to be resubmitted in January. Unanimous vote to accept engineer’s favorable sewer report for Emerson Builder’s Inc development. Porter Mobile Homes completed work. Bills paid and presented total about $975.33 and $2,...?. items include Malvern Leader, Southwest Telephone, Watertower Paint, Red Oak Machine, Stanley asphalt and redimix, Stevens Construction charge, Kaser Construction work in Red Oak, Tabor, Skelgas, Emerson Insurance, Hoover Electric, LeMode Cleaners.
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Emerson Town Council
Johnson
Blank
Greenwood
Hoover
Mart
Wright
Huntsman
Emerson Builder's Inc
Porter Mobile Homes
Iowa Power & Light Co
Linal
Carter Huff
Joan Duncan
F. Patton
Grace Patrick
Malvern Leader
Southwest Telephone
Watertower Paint & Repair
Red Oak Machine Co
Jack Stanley
Stevens Construction CO
Kaser Constr
Red Oak
Tock Visser Kaser Constr
Tabor
Rock
Skelgas
Tr Sige Emerson Ins. Agency
Hoover Electric
Services Thursday for Wm. McGrew at Wesley Chapel
William E. Bil McGrew 50 of rural Emerson died Monday after a short illness. Service Thursday at 2 p.m. Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, burial in Wesley cemetery. Survived by wife Pluma, five sons, sister and brother. McGrew Farm Bureau and community roles noted. Additional local social notes follow with several weekend visits and travels. Also mentions 13 motorists fined in Mrs Frances Harmon’s court for speeding and other infractions with names and fines.
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William E
Bil) McGrew
Emerson
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church
Delbert Terry
Wesley
Nelson-Boylan Funeral Chapel
Dallas
Mary McGrew
Mills County
McGrew
Anderson Township
Iowa State University At
Ames
Wesley Chapel Church
Emerson American Legion
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Mills County Farm Bureau
Federal Land Bank
Nishna Valley
Everett
Wash
Pluma McCutcheon
William
Stephen
Kevin
David
Robert
Joanna Daus
Falls Church
Henderson
Birthday Gatherings Highlight Inman and Nearby towns
Mrs Mary Hartigan of Inman Nebr visited her sister and husband the Vernon Crouses Saturday at the Red Oak Holiday Inn for supper in observance of Mrs Crouses birthday and as a pre golden wedding celebration. Nearby, Mr and Mrs Chester Cary of Red Oak and Mr and Mrs John Cary of Clarinda joined. Other notes mention Lincoln fair attendance by Grindle Leu and Kelley families, a weekend with 2nd Lt Mike Waymire near Sacramento, and Ozarks reunion trips for Evans.
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Mary Hartigan
Inman
Nebr
Vernon Crouses
Chester Cary
Red Oak
John Cary
Clarinda
Holiday Inn
James Kelley
Mike Waymire
Mathers A.P.E
Sacramento
Calif
Eugene Waymire
Everett Waymire
Kenneth Evans
Ozarks
Evans
Ava
Steve Haines
Jack Sargent
Hastings
Jack
Roger Scott
Urbandale
Rodney Grindle
Mr. Scott
Herb Stogdill
Edwin McGrew Mourned By Wesley Community
Obituary notice recalls Edwin McGrew's death on Monday with community sympathy. Also notes Floyd Yates hospitalized with flu at Clarkson Hospital Omaha and multiple social visits, travels, and family events across Essex Shenandoah and Treynor. Included are wedding at St Paul Lutheran Treynor and various visits, picnics, and hospital moves involving local families. Extensive social column details neighbors, friends, and church community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin McGrew
Rites Held Aug 27 for Edward A Cunningham
Edward Anson Cunningham born June 17 1953 in Nebraska City Nebr died August 24 1972 at Grape Memorial Hospital Hamburg from chest injuries after a tractor accident August 22 at Wrights Orchard Hamburg He was a Hastings United Methodist member attended Nishna Valley school survived by mother Betty Hall Hastings two sisters Sandra Sheryl Cunningham Hastings step brother John Hall Jr Hastings maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Carl Hayes Hastings Funeral services conducted August 27 1972 at Mansfield Funeral Home Malvern Rev Clarence Woollard officiating Burial Hastings Cemetery.
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Edward Anson Cunningham
Nebraska City
Nebr
Grape Memorial Hospital
Hamburg
Wright
Edward
Hastings United Methodist Church
Nishna Valley School
John
Betty Hall
Hastings
Sandra
Sheryl Cunningham
John Hall Jr
Carl Hayes
Mansfield Funeral Home
Malvern
Clarence Woollard
Ted Smith
Steve Carley
David L. Edie
Toby Campbell
Gerald Vance
Delaine Smith
David Edie
Vance
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Carrie Finley
Waco
Dean Warren
Paul Jones
Charles Traw
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Carl Watson
Omaha
George Bass
Watson
Combined Insurance Co. of America
van Weston
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G. Bayes
Henry Nims
Hamburg Hospital
Paul Richards
Jeff
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Robert. Randolph
Riverton
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Lucille Edie
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Frances Harmon
Margie Hampton
John Evans
M.D. Langs
Eugene Lang
Cindy
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Tom Romine
Rainbow
Jows
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Emerson Community Club
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Bill Scherle
Douz Nuckolls
Congressman Scherle
Mmes
George Jones
H.E. Greenwood
M.D. Lang
J UG Club
Dale Jones
Wales
Larry Bryant
Columbus
Ohio
Ross Bryant
Larry Bryants
H.H. Hillyer
Betty Lemke
Montezuma
Helen Stille
Toledo
Eugene Anderson
Gary Smith
Russell Smith
Nishna Valley High School
Joey Waterman
Melvin Waterman
Jack Evans
Lake Okoboji
Edwin Grayson
Bud Hedman
Hayes
Dak
Mt. Rushmore
Cambridge
Ida
Wesley Jones
Tom Evans
University of Kansas At
Ottawa
Iowa
Wm. McGrew
Wesley Chapel
Stanton
Jerry O'Dell
Glenwood
Eugene Betz
Alvin Lee Lobbing
Marvin Hunter
Russell
Giese
Combined
Ins. Co
George Curtis, Jr
Amos Smith
G. W. Carlson
Marion DeBolt
Florence M. Patton
Wesley News
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Floyd Yates
Clarkson Hospital
Eric Nyren
Spicer
Minn
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Glen Haven
Albion
Ott Menschel
Lyndon Livengood
Mary Jane Livengood
Tom Hiller
McClelland
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Robert Resh
Robert Reshes
Bob Reshes
South Iowa Poultry Club
Reshes
Howard Putnams
Delbert Kings
Lewis and Clark Park
Penny Gebbie
Howard Wilsons
Robert Prine
Blanche Brockman
St. Paul Lutheran Church
W.F. Godfrey
Don Godfrey
Marion Wilson
Milton Latchaw
Clifford Allelys
John Wilson
Bayliss Park
Yates
Charles Resh
Evelyn Resh
Red
James Rountree
Warren Crawford
Waldo Crawford
Roy Mosier
Carl Mellerup
Blanche Shaw
Pete Shaw
St. Paul
George Shaw
Billy Mellerup
Eugene Palser
Janet
Jim Reents
Adisa Lockabill
Hand Hospital
Merrill Crouse
Herbert Stevens
Kenneth Blackman
Kenneth Grindle
Ervin Schoening
Jack Edmunds
Daughers
Wm Shapcott
Bud Riley
Rockford
Ill
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Francis Liston
Patty Perkins
Missouri State College
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Dixie Ebeling
Bernard Mabbitt
Dick Kemmerling
Delores Albright
Jim Stanley
Bellevue Queen
Bellevue
Earl Mabbitt
Silver City
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