Olin Hiawatha Chapter OES honors grand marshal
Galer Alexander was named grand marshal of the OSS of Iowa and honored at a dinner and party by Hiawatha chapter OES. The event drew numerous grand officers from Cedar Rapids to Scranton and Wilton Junction with a program of solos, band selections, and tributes. A social hour followed. about 200 guests attended.
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Olin
Galer Alexander
OSS of Iowa
Hiawatha Chapter
OES
Mess
Ed Y. Jones
Cedar Rapids
Don Shoning
Sioux City
Wendell Carlson
Stratford
Earl Helland
Marshalltown
Melvin Moe
Lester Rix
Merle Hawley
Hiawatha
E.U.B. Church
Lloyd Andre
Marc Bohle
Cindy Hay
Bernatz
Judy Story
Larry Gordon
Alexander
Merle Ballou
Emma Williams
Carl Rohwedder
Fire safe Christmas tips from Monticello chief
Monticello Fire Chief Gilbert Hearn offers practical guidance for a fire safe holiday. He emphasizes fresh natural trees kept watered and away from heat, careful lighting checks for frayed wires and outdoor sets, noncombustible decorations, safe handling of gift wrappings, and a clear fire emergency plan with escape routes.
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Monticello
Gilbert Hearn
Monticello History Snippets From Five Eras
Five year markers note Santa’s balmy visit by helicopter to Monticello and a downtown horse drawn parade. Building permits total 92000 for Monticello projects. GMC adopts constitution and by laws with James Nelson presiding. Ten years past, Earl Null shoots an eight point deer in Jones County. sleet damage triggers repairs by Northwestern Bell crews near Iowa Falls. Carpenter school slated to open by February 1 with transfers planned. Twenty five years ago Theo Crawford store closes. Frank Locker acquires it. Methodist church redecorated. Christmas tree earns town praise at 50 feet tall. The public library is designated as a State Historical Society depository. Monticello Improvement Club sponsors Santa visit program.
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Santa Claus
Monticello
GMC
James Nelson
Jones County
Earl Null
Scotch Grove
J. F. Hollar
George Jaeger
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Iowa Falls
Carpenter School
Free Public Library of
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Sunday visits and family gatherings in Dyersville area
A long list of Sunday visits and birthday celebrations across Dyersville, Ryan, Buck Creek, Hopkinton, and surrounding towns. Families hosted and visited include Stoffel, Theisen, DeShaw, Mohr, Becker, Prull, Jasper, Turnis, Jaeger, Gudenhauf, Leibold, Tunis, Gadient, Surges, Heims, Lahr, Russ, Kern, and Russ families, with attendees from Farley, Manchester, Cascade, Bernard, Maynard, Chicago, and Cascade. Funeral attendances noted for Lloyd Burdick and Elmer Heying wake.
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South Fork
Rex Stoffel
Merlin Theisen
Dyersville
Merle DeShaw
Philip
Janet
Hans Mohr
Henry Prull
Dick Prull
Center
Frank Jasper
James Turnis
John Turnis
Buck Creek
Mary Jaeger
Hopkinton
Mercy
John Gadient
Paul Staner
Bernard
John Strang
Allan Gadient
Cascade
George Gadient
Phil Surges
Chicago
George Gadlient
Frank Heims
Dick Heims
Marion
John Faber
Mary Lahr
Nick Russ
LeRoy Kern
Anton Russ
Vernon Becker
Erma Becker
Frank Helms
Elmer Heying
Lloyd Burdick
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Kozy Klub
Omar Vrooman
Carl Feddersen
Feddersen
Louis Nielsen
Walter Hartman
Verle Harvey
John England
Walter Scharff
Herbert Lehrman
Cecil Hay
Hazel Mason
Edgar Houstman
Olin Merchants
Legion Hall
Marci Anne Voss
Mary Jayne Lockstead
Renee Bonjour
Kevin Kintz
Tim Bixler
Milton Luckstead
Edmond Bonjour
Janelle Mortvedt
Jeff Hollingsworth
Janell Andre
David Bixler
Jean Ellen Gordon
Lori Batchelder
Steve Potter
Dean Kirkpatrick
Randy Jones
Jann Woods
Jeff Frazier
Dee Ann Kirkpatrick
Jim Luckstead
Candy Potter
Dick Andre
Doug Carstensen
Juanita Houstman
Jane Ann Gordon
Ann Glenn
Michael Fall
Steve Bixler
Jolene Jones
Terry Hamilton
Terry Carstensen
Don Kintz
Jaymee Glenn
Cindy Luckstead
Wade Winchip
Abby Dircks
Debra Ehlers
Jimmy Lawson
Barbara Simmons
Jimmy Simmons
Alan Rohwedder
Connie Petersen
Roy Lindstrom
Alfred Pauli
Mary Hoyman
Nancy Bohle
Gwen Kirkpatrick
Julie Jones
Rhona Fowler
Kent Alexander
Jan Rohwedder
Ricky Myers
Becky Fall
Nancy Batchelder
Debbie Bohle
Cindy Petersen
Polly Rohwedder
Flora Findlater
Clarence Koffron
Malcolm Findlater
Brian Woods
Kevin McCormick
Lloyd Dutro
Jade East
Siam
Goz
Cologne
Aso
Theo, Crawford Furniture
Frank Locker
South Cedar St
Fritz Ahrenholtz
Sidney Schwieitzer
Count Downs A
Dick Miller
The
Rythm Masters
Prairiemoon
Pallroom
Prairieburg
Kenny Becker
Ronnie
Urban Ludwig
Wayne
Farley
Jim Arnold
Manchester
Dubuque
Leo Gudenhauf
Ryan
Celester Jaeger
Hospital
George Leibold
George Tunis
Ray Trenkamp
Marc
Mike
Maynard
Sherman
Illinois
Williamsville
Durham, Missouri
Tipton, Iowa
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Delaware
Jackson
Clinton
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