Wyoming Alumni Banquet Celebrates 1906 Class Members
Wyoming alumni gathered Saturday May 26 at the school gym for the annual banquet. Sponsors were the 1936 and 1946 classes and 212 attendees included distant guests from Des Moines Ames Campbell and Toronto. The event themed School Day Dreams and Realities highlighted a new grade school and featured honors for the 1906 alumni and the current senior class.
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Wyoming
Miriam Inglis Clark
Gresham
Oreg
Iva Mader Kent
Mechanicsville
Iowa
Herbert Alden
Rock Island
Til
Margaret Robertson McMaster
Riceville
Nona Brainard Laughlin
Waterloo
Donald Wright
Larry Werndt
Marlon Usher
Darren Tracy
Robert Storm
Darlene Steffen
Thomas Paulsen
Rosalie Nowachek
Norma Lyon
Eugene Luckstead
Mary James
Janice Hansen
Delores French
Richard Fishwild
Betty Eilers
Donald Carstensen
John Buahnsen
Clifford Tosity
Leslie Behnke
Henrietta Behnke McAdams
Des Moines
Leo Oppedal
Jewell
Robert Pittman
Geneva
Jim Foy
Cedar Falls
Mary Ann Wilker Hughes
Campbell
Calif
Marguerite Wilker Johnson
Toronto
Canada
William Sears
Ames
Roberta Nissen
Maquoketa
Olin
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Marion
London
Lisbon
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Hiawatha
Onslow
Clarence
Clinton
Lost Nation
Wyoming Legion Auxiliary
Ronald Holtz
Robert Nissen
Clayton Ridout
Kathy James
Blain Gibson
Darlene Bahnsen
George Foy
Wayne Westphal
Wyoming Stardusters
Daisy Bottomstone Lyons
W. W. Bronson
W. E. Foy
Oxford Junction
Barbara Tasker Saunders
Paul Huston
Mary Alden Kyersgaard
Madge Millsap Sullivan
Leo Ahrendsen
Weekend visits and neighborhood support in Cedar Rapids area
Personal notes list visits of Mr. and Mrs. E W Jurgensen from Cedar Rapids to Mrs Cecil Wherry’s home and of Mrs Miriam Inglis Clark from Gresham to her sister Miss Jane Inglis in New York bound trip. Harold Day hosts Mr and Mrs Arthur Schultz with Schultz as twin sister to Mrs Day. Mrs Albert Wallace attends Kansas City nursing education anniversary with classmates. Judy First accompanies Mrs Wallace to visit sister Mrs Patterson. neighbors assist Glenn Norris with broken leg using tractors and equipment. two neighbor women bring food. Memorial day dinner guests at Anna Carstensen include Mr Mrs Arthur Ahrendsen and Mr Mrs Lyle Ahrendsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Jurgensen
Cecil Wherry
Jurgensen
Cedar Rapids
Miriam Inglis Clark
Gresham
Oreg
Jane Inglis
New York City
Arthur Schultz
Howard Day
Schultz
Day
Albert Wallace
Kansas City
Department of Nursing Education
University of Kansas Hospitals
Glenn Norris
Mr. Norris
Paul Dietiker
William Otten
Earl Battles
William Thompson
Ronald Davis
Cecil James
Daryl Jansen
Earl Mallicoat
Russell Norris
Herschel Loeskhe
Louis Norris
George Hinrichs
Anna Carstensen
Arthur Ahrendsen
Lyle Ahrendsen
Clifford Arduser
Alice Taylor
James Bader
Emma
Janet Arduser
Marie Prull
Marvin Jansen
Gregory
Vicki Ann
Gerd Prull
William T. Jansen
Arthur Riedel
Eric Owen
Mr. Prull
Owen
John Coden
John Reuter
St. Luke's Hospital
Elwill Reuter
Connie Helms
John Gadient
Frank Helms
Connie
Lyle DeShaw
Bert DeShaw
Jeanie DeShaw
Ryan
Louis Billmeyer
Gladys
Bert Steirmann
Dubuque
Langworthy Birthday Honors For Carl Gerdes
Monday evening visitors at Carl Gerdes home included Mr and Mrs Gay Ommen Mr and Mrs Robert Gerdes Marlene Merle and Mary Ann Mr and Mrs John Rieken and Henry Schafer They gathered to celebrate his birthday with visiting and card games. Refreshments were served at the end by Mrs Gerdes.
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Marie Prull
Elwill Reuter
Carl Zimmerman
Carl Reuter
Tobe Caspers
Gerd Prull
John Stahlberg
John Stahlberg, Jr
Ben Engelbart
Carl Gerdes
Henry Andreesen
Olin
Clifford Arduserd
George Hoult
Monticello
John Reuter
Adolf Dierks
Elwin Reuter
Ruth Ann
Fred
Elmer Hanken
Clar
John Rogers
Charles Rogers
Cascade
Clarence Smith
Clark DeShaw
Fletcher Dunlap
Wilfred Kenny
John Feltes
Janice
George Smith
Joyce
Joe
Bob Smith
Maxine
Betty
Cedar Rapids
Barney Feltes
Dyersville
LeRoy Wilhelm
John Sudmeyer
Petersburg
Local residents share visits and hospital updates in Monticello area
Carol Stutt of Lisbon spends a week at Harold Efben home while numerous visitors stop by in Monticello and Cedar Rapids. George Schafer improves after a hospital stay. Merle Atwood, Prull, Jansen, Reuter, and Engelbart families host guests. Monticello commencement exercises draw local attendees.
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Carol Stutt
Lisbon
Harold Efben
Ben Engelbart
Carl Gerdes
Louie Helgens
George Schafer
John McDonald
Monticello
Carl Maas
Clinton
Cecil Carstens
Dixie Lee
Cathy
Bellmond
Town
Merle Atwood
Primary Officials Listed for Jones County Races
Jones County voters face 215 election officers across 20 plus precincts for Republican and Democratic primaries. Precincts Monticello Anamosa Center Junction Castle Grove and others list appointed judges clerks and counters led by county officials null.
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Als
Monticello
F. A. Locher
Gertrude Mullen
Howard Hicks
Minnie Butler
Sophie Lambert
Agnes Wilcox
Ben Ament
Emma Eby
B. E. Abel
Max McCrabb
William J. Matthiessen
Ernest
Chester Condit
Bonnie Mead
Vern McCurdy
Anamosa I
Jennie Pland
Edna Knight
Emma Reid
Essie Day
Blanche Russell
Tom Hogan
Warren Lawrence
Hazel Hartman
Golda Tyler
Ruth Yount
Anamosa II
Jane Birk
Leona Uhr
Anna Eilers
Ardella White
Bernice First
J. A. Pearson
Rose McNamara
H. C. Keseberg
Mary Blake
Ida Rawson
Esther Robertson
Mary Rhody
Mary Niles
Ann Ryan
Verlyn Davenport
Edna Platner
Glada Miller
John Gootee
Melda Bowdish
Iane Hein
Community Visitors and Dinner Guests Reported Across Town
Local families hosted relatives and friends from Delhi Dyersville Hopkinton Anamosa Buck Creek Farley Greeley Swanwick St. Louis Ill. over the weekend. Guests included Mary Lahr Gerald Goedken John Ries Joe Gorius Lizz Jurgens and Roy Marcus among others with several Sunday dinners and suppers noted in Winthrop Tipton and surrounding areas.
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Bud Wilgenbusch
McNameras
Winthrop
Mary Lahr
al Lahr
Delhi
Gerald Goedken
Louis Chapman
al Kelchen
Alphonse Kelchen
Theresa Kelchen
Alphonse Ries
John Ries
Dyersville
Billy Ries
Herbert Ries
Greeley
Merle DeShaw
Back Bone State Park
Ed Washburn
Fletcher Dunlap
George Nielsons
Hopkinton
Louis Murray
Charles
St. Louis
Patrick Murray
George Turnis
John Turnis
Buck Creek
Frank Jasper
Joe Gorius
Anamosa
Lizz Jurgens
Monticello
Acll Catlett
Wyoming
Dale Catlett
Center Junction
Joe Catlett
Kenneth Jausel
LaVern Heggemeier
Albert Thompson
Mike Little
Clarence Heggemeier
Swanwick
Iil
Blanche Gilliliani
South Fork Billmeyer and Sands Girls Honored With Showers
Mrs Louis Billmeyer hosted a bridal shower for her daughter Gladys Billmeyer on Sunday afternoon. Gladys received many gifts. Mrs Ed Fass attended a miscellaneous bridal shower for her niece Betty Sands at St John’s church parlors in Delhi. Hostesses were Mrs John Sands and Mrs Ed Fass.
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South Fork
Louis Billmeyer
Gladys Billmeyer
Gladys
Ed Fass
Betty Sands
St. John's Church
Delhi
John Sands
First Communion Dinner Honors John Leytem at Parents’ Home
John Leytem was guest of honor at a Sunday dinner at his parents’ home for his first communion. Attending were his grandparents Mr and Mrs Nick Hosch of Worthington and Mr John Leytem of Cascade, along with Mr and Mrs Herbert Hosch and Mr and Mrs Fritz Lighthard of Cascade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leytem
Albert Leytems
Nick Hosch
Worthington
Cascade
Herbert Hosch
Fritz Lighthard
Graduation Report for Maureen Sherlock in Dubuque and Worthington
Mr and Mrs Frank Turnis and Ruth attended Maureen Sherlocks graduation at Mercy Hospital auditorium in Dubuque on Saturday. On Sunday the Turnis family attended Maureen s graduation party at her home in Worthington.
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Frank Turnis
Ruth
Maureen Sherlock
Mercy Hospital
Dubuque
Turnis
Maureen
Worthington
Edgewood
Nick Budden
Helen
Ray
Edward Schacherers
George Turnis
Joe Sherlocks
Frank Miller
Ed Tucker
Sunday Socials Across Monti and Surrounding Areas
Neighborhood visits highlight gatherings at multiple homes in Monti, Greeley, Edgewood, Wor thington, and Dyersville. Families including the Beckers, DeShaws, Turnis, Feltes, and Rogers join relatives and friends with Sunday calls, dinners, and a 4-H rally in Manchester.
Streif Family Dinner Guests From Across Iowa
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Streif were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Streif and family of Farley, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Streif and family of Dubuque, and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Streif and family of Hopkinton. Mrs. Peter Streif visited relatives in Dubuque on Saturday.
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Peter Streif
Harold Streif
Farley
Eldon Streif
Dubuque
Chris Streif
Hopkinton
Hold Rites for George Benhart
George Benhart 46 died at home Monday after illness. Born May 29 1909 near Oxford Junction he lived here all his life. Funeral Thursday at Hayden funeral home with Rev Kenneth Harden officiating. Survived by wife Blanche and five sons Richard Larry Kenneth Ronald George Jr a step daughter Tillie Monath parents and a sister.
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Oxford Junction
George Benhart
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Hayden Funeral Home
Kenneth Harden
Mr. Benhart
Frank J
Julia Benhart
Viola Kostichek
Blanche L. Jensen
Richard
Larry
Kenneth
Ronald
George Jr
Richard Temple
Clinton
Tillie Monath
Mrs. O R Howie Returns From Garner Recital
Monticello resident Mrs. O R Howie returned home after a short Garner visit. She attended a recital during which her granddaughter Barbara performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Howie
Garner
Barbara
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