Community notices and gatherings from Onslow area
Local clubs held meetings with speakers on topics including radio active fallout on farms. Families traveled for visits, celebrations, and Easter events. Notable items include a silent auction netting $16, multiple hostesses, and weekend visits among Onslow Cedar Rapids Wyoming Lost Nation Anamosa and Davenport residents.
Palm Sunday and Easter Weekend Sociales Across Town
A flurry of Palm Sunday and Easter gatherings filled homes across Cascade and nearby towns. Hosts included the Mullers, Spechts, McNeils, Reeves, and Kirns, with extended family and friends from Ames and Waterloo visiting in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids. A baptism at Pentel Presbyterian and a new birth in the Tobiasson family highlighted the celebratory weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar King
F. H. Kromminga
George Seehusen
Irvin Fruehling
Cedar Rapids
Frank McNeill
Sue
Amarillo
Tex
John Reeves
Portales
N.M
Wayne King
Patsy
Debbie
Herman Roth
Daniel
Richard Stadtmueller
Iowa State University
Ames
Naomi Stadtmueller
Waterloo
Henry Stadtmueller
Allen Serbousek
Center Junction
Art Muller
Jerry Muller
Edwin Gudenhauf
Cascade
Duane Caspers
Loras Kehoe
Elizabeth Specht
F.H.A
Des Moines
Mar
Miss Specht
Association
Glen King
Keith
Karen
Minnie Brockhahn
Leonard Darrow
Wyoming
Boyd King
Patsy Rae
Connie Lynn
Pentel Presbyterian Church
Gideon Krein
First Presbyterian Church
Monticello
King
J. F. McNeill
N. M
Connie
Herman Reth
Mary
Mahlon Seehusen
Carol
Jeff Podaski
Harold Schlimmer
Janice
Paul Black
Lloyd King
Lone Tree
Bert King
Marvin Seehusen
Hampton
William Klein
Waverly
Retha Klein
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Max Specht
Charles Turtle
Arnold Jacobs
Sixth District
The
Farm Bureau
Sheridan Montrose Hotel
Richard Zellmer
Shirley Stadtmueller
Marvin Gerjers
Luther League
West Branch
Glenda and Susan Goldsmith to Host Scotch Grove Sun Shine Girls
April events feature Glenda and Susan Goldsmith hosting a Saturday program with Mary Hanken Shirley Stears Cheryl Stingley and Jean Lux directing. Local residents listed include Bob and Barbara Norris visiting from Iowa City and Coe College. Loras student Kenneth Oeschger. hospitalizations and garden club activities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotch Grove
Glenda
Susan Goldsmith
Scotch Grove Sunshine Girls
Mary Hanken
Shirley Stears
Cheryl Stingley
Jean Lux
Bob Norris
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Barbara Norris
Coe College
Sopho
Kathleen Norris
Kenneth Oeschger
Loras College
Henry Hanssen
Esther Sinclair
Monticello
Local residents share Easter visits and community gatherings
Mr and Mrs Louis Zimmermann visit a patient at Veterans Hospital Iowa City as others host Easter dinners at several area homes. A 500 Card Club meets at Carl Cordes home with prizes. Cass Homemakers host a Presidents Wives program led by Maude Laurey Anamosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Iowa
Attac Dirks
LeRoy Dirks
Wyoming
William Hurst
Jean
Bob Nowachek
Raymond Nowachek
Ronnie
Gerd Dirks
Clifford Dirks
Fred Nowachek
Donald Dirks
Lost Nation
Clarence Yock
Cedar Rapids
Rosalie Reilly
Lyons
Neb
Verlin Houston
Onslow
Harold Jordan
500
W. A. Hicks
Herman Gutzeit
Bert Barnts
Elva Hall
Birdena Allen
William Mead
Center Junction
Anamosa
Marvin Grant
William Smith
Henry Kammerman
Olin
John Petersen
Lynn Meader
Earl Meader
United States Army
Lumir Koranda
Monmouth
Cass
Louis Zimmerman
Clarence
George Dirks
Readlyn
David Pillard
Pillard
John Armons
Burton Brown
George Brown
Richard Murray
Emil Alferts
Roy Folkerts
Don
Lucca
Walter
Hans Hinrichsen
Bob Lyon
Ray Nagel
Albert Hinrichsen
Alvina Hinrichsen
Lonnie Hinrichsen
Ralph
Russell Eldred
Edwin Stifffer
Cass Homemakers Club
Garett Meonk
Maude Laurey
Don Norton and Son
Gus Buscher
Youth Show Drive Set By Center Junction Area Churches
Center Junction and Scotch Grove Presbyterian young people plan a used shoe drive on Saturday April 8 starting at 1 pm. Contacts include Mrs Les Balster Mrs Paul Ernie Paulsen Ray McDonald and Gerald Shibley. Easter weekend attendees and family visits across several towns are listed with names and places. Premier event notes an Easter sunrise service for UPV groups at Cascade cemetery with breakfast. Lance Dean Husmann born March 31 to Nile Husmann and family weighs 8 pounds 12 ounces. grandparents named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
Carl Muller
Jerry Muller
Max Specht
Paul
Philip
Daniel
Edwin Thalacker
Edgerton
Wis
J. F. McNeil
Sue
Amarillo
Tex
John Reeves
Portales
N. M
Wayne King
Cathie Herr
Janet Eberhart
Linda Stimpson
Dennis Bayne
Dick Black
Barbara Eberhart
George French
Peniel Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Center Junction
United Presbyterian
Scotch Grove Presbyterian
Les Balster
Paul Ernie Paulsen
Ray McDonald
Gerald Shibley
Fredda Ketelsen
Ruth Glenn
Steven
John Ketelsen
Marion
Dick Ketelsen
Monmouth
Gilbert Skelding
Cuba City
Richard Lang
Monticello
Don Ketelsen
James Zimmerman
Pamela Sue
John McNeilly
Shenandoah
Iowa
John
Gladys McNeilly
United Presbyterian Youth
Scotch Grove
Cascade Upv
Cascade Cemetery
Nile Husmann
Lance Dean
Merle Husmann
Carl Whittemore
Rambler Dominates 1961 Pure Oil Economy Trials at Daytona
Rambler American Custom with overdrive won Overall Winner Trophy and Class 6 as 145 cars from five U.S. makers raced 3.7 miles at Daytona. Les Viland drove to top honors with 26.86 mpg, leading Rambler to repeat as champion and claiming eight of the first ten places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona
Rambler
Les Viland
U.S
Rambler American Custom
Falcon
Corvair
Lark
Tempest
Local Youth Help With Cedar Rapids Flood Sandbagging
Members of Explorer Troop No. 61 joined sandbagging along the flooded Cedar River in Cedar Rapids. The tale lists participants including Robert Tasker and several others, plus visitors and family events in Wyoming area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Explorer Troop No. 61
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Robert Tasker
Terry Campbell
George Brunscheen
Gary Benning
Luther Ahrens
Bobby Cox
Skippy Sullivan
Wayne Snyder
Galen Horn
Leonard Horns
Galen
Wartburg College
Waverly
Howard Emersons
David
Carl Weber
Central City
Robert Doden
Langworthy
Iva
Ben Chamberlain
Alhambra
Calif
Lyle Tompkins
Clayton Snyder
Dennis
Minnie Orr
George Dennis
Maquoketa
George Snyder
Onslow
Clarence Romer
Wye
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Charles Herron
J. M. Hanna
Katy Bonesteel
Claytonian Club
Marvin Knapp
Japan
Rufus Browne
Claytonian
Happy Homemakers
South Prairie
Marjorie Stubbe
Karl Harrisen
Davenport
Bill Bulgren
Harley Bulgren
Warren Sonneman
Dixon
George Paulsen
M. P. Paulsen
Arthur D. Leahy
Clinton
Ruth Pike
W. C. Barnts
Robert Barnts
Wayne Strait
Sioux City
Harold Overholt
Jimmie Overholt
Mike Farley
Howard
Gerald Green
Dilton Stickley
Ross
Salt Lake City
Utah
W. Thompson
al Fuchs
Gordon
Jaqueline Wherry
Oxford Junction
Mrs
Wilford Wherry
Peggy Jo
Cascade Community Church
James McLaughlin
Lauren
Ann
Bill
L Spahr and
Marcey
F. Ho Kromminga
Richard Kromminga
Ed Kromminga
Ben Keith
Delhi
Charles Byers
Lawrence Albers
Micheal
Cathy
Louis Ebel
Williamsburg
Clarence Eberhart
Fred Kromminga
Gloria
Dubuque
Kay Sar
Chetz
Center Point
Karen King
Linda Stahlberg
Patty Tjaden
Donald Becker
Fred Heiken
Jones County Farm Bureau
Amarillo, Tex
Portales, N. M
Wesley Hanken
Springville
James Hubbard
Lyle Tobiasson
Sharlene Rae
Tobiassons
Shirley
Sharon
Bernhard
John Feltes
Hopkinton
Maquoketa Valley
Norman Landers
Midland High School
Rosalie Dusanek
Claudia Sears
Brian Reade
Bill Ross
Paula
Ethel Grimm
Coggon
Ralph Husemann
Grace Hinrichs
Carl Reuter
Henry Andreesen
Dick Andreesen
Galen Hein
Lee
Carl Hein
William Bohiken
Scorch
Will
Kermit Dirks
Brad Dirks
Shawn
Keith Dirks
Baby
Sical
Kuriger Bros
Monticello, Iowa
Bgreeno Colonial
America
Elmer Storm
Galen Hunter
Robert
Ft. Bliss
Fort Dix
N. J
Germany
Mary Hunter
Albert Storm
Leland Nowadzky
Freddie Pegoricks
Fred Pegorick
A. T. Murphy
Milwaukee
George Dusanek Jr
Murphy's
Henry Knake
Ervin Hansen
Iowa Electric
S. H. Hoag
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