Local Social Roundup From Ottumwa to Oskaloosa
Mrs Gerald Rinehart and boys joined Mrs Dorman Irwin visiting George Hammond in Ottumwa Sunday. Families including Rineharts and Hiner visit Bert Rinehart and Dell Hellyer homes. Ice cream social and Hawk reunion events noted. George Rinehart family to LaPorte City for summer while George studies in Cedar Falls. Jake Firkins visits Missouri. Lola Hawk of Ottumwa visiting Glen Overturf family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Rinehart
Dorman Irwin
George Hammond
Ottumwa
Bert Rinehart
George Hiner
Mary Lou Rinehart
Dell Hellyer
Lloyd Landgrebe
Fannie Wymore
Oskaloosa
Glen Overturf
Bob Sciszinski
Charles Wakefield, Jr
Kay
Rex Overturf
Jewell Miller
Addle Sheldon
Iconium Methodist Church
Ralph Stickler
Glen
Bert, Rinehart's
Marlene Landgrebe
Ralph
Stickler
George Rinehart
LaPorte City
George
Cedar Falls
Jake Firkins
Missouri
Jack Firkins
Lola Hawk
Iris lovers, weddings, and visitors mark spring garden notes
Mrs R A Faber Bruce Diana and Cathy attended Mary Jo Fabers wedding at Moravia Saturday evening. Mrs O L Harvey Barbara and Wayne returned home with them and stayed. Mrs Rushing now has 450 varieties of iris and will top 500 next year. Despite road closures for a new bridge many flower lovers visited iris gardens with over 100 on May 25 and 257 in May plus early June. Daily vacation Bible school closed at Union Chapel with a program. Charles Horn of Cedar Rapids vacationed with Henry Horns, and Bruce Faber returned to Cedar Falls for summer school.
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Iris Gardens
Union Chapel
Charles Horn
Cedar Rapids
Henry Horn
Bruce Faber
Cedar Falls
Local families host dinners and visits this week
Mr and Mrs Norris Callen and Marvin attended a dinner at the Lloyd Callen home on Wednesday. Harold and Gary Kosman visited Leo Hoffman Friday evening. A daughter who had been visiting at the Lloyd Callen home left Friday for St Louis before returning to Arlington Virginia. Rex Hagerman and Mike spent Saturday evening at Donald Jones home in Ottumwa, with Leo Hoffman also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Callen
Marvin
Lloyd Callen
Harold Callen
Gene McCrory
Harold
Gary Kosman
Leo Hoffman
Arlington
Rex Hagerman
Mike
Donald Jones
Ottumwa
Sunday Visits Across Several Families
Jerry Maréne and sons spent Sunday afternoon at the Bill Hoffman home. Mr and Mrs Rex Hegerman and Mike were Sunday dinner guests at the Will Hagerman home and spent the evening at the Leo Hoffman home. Mr and Mrs Earl Swift and daughters spent Sunday evening at Kenny Browns. Lloyd Ammons family spent Sunday at Lee Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hoffman
Rex Hegerman
Mike
Will Hagerman
Leo Hoffman
Earl Swift
Kenny Browns
Lloyd Ammons
Lee Rogers
Community greetings and visits noted in Franklin diary
Residents and relatives from Arlington Virginia Indianapolis Indiana Ottumwa and Iowa City gathered with the Swift Calhoun and Callen families. Attendees included Earl Swift Dianne Stutler Janet and others as well as Carl Calhoun and Wayne Thompson kinship extended through Wednesday to Sunday visits and a wedding in Moline Illinois.
Federal gas tax refunds coming soon for farmers
July 1 marks another year for farmers to apply for a federal refund on gasoline used in farm tractors. The Internal Revenue Service is mailing out refund forms No. 2240 to all farmers who filed an.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
Farmers must request 1987 extension forms after July 1
Harold Holder, CEO, notes that new or relocated farmers need to request a form from the total extension office after July 1. Last year many farmers overlooked or destroyed their forms upon arrival in the mail and failed to return them by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Total Extension Office
Harold Holder
RID farm ponds tackle weeds in Appanoose county
Farmers fight pond weeds and algae in Appanoose County. Copper sulfate reports as the best available chemical to clear ponds without harming fish or livestock. Harold Holder notes other chemicals exist but are not locally available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose
Harold Holder
4-H Girls Remodel House at Fairgrounds
The house inside the fair grounds gate undergoes major remodeling led by Howard Pontious with Harold Holder assisting. Partitions and chimneys are removed to create one large room for 4-H demonstrations. On Monday and Tuesday the girls mothers and leaders will paint paper walls and clean from 9 to 3 with sack lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Pontious
Harold Holder
Appanoose 4-H Boys to Attend Short Course
Nine Appanoose county 4-H members will attend the annual Short Course at Ames. The event offers career guidance, speeches by notable speakers, state officer elections, and entertainment, with county extension staff Cecil Palmer and Harold Holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appanoose County
Ames
Dean Perkins
James Oden
Chares Chapin
Gary Elliott
Billy Rogers
Richard Coltrain
David West
Lester Dooley
Cecil Palmer
Harold Holder
Youth Opportunity Day Highlights College Careers
A summary of a community event using readable fragments notes youth can explore career paths through college, with demonstrations in agile culture veterinary medicine engineering and broad research. The event aims to connect students with modern opportunities and fields.
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Shanahai
Albia
William Reynolds
John Saxon N “Summer Love
Virginia
Mayo Clint Walker
Fort Dobbs
Molly Bee
Alan Reed, Jr
Going Steady
Mary Anders, Lisa Davis
the Dalton Girls
West Point
Mrs
Melrose Grain Co
Melrose, Iowa
Gooch
Ed Ryan
Melrose
LaVern Massman
Wwe
Spencer's
Moravia
By Jerry Maréne
The
Travelers Safety Service
Kenneth Stutler
Janet
Coy Swift
Glenn Turner
Banks Doggett
Carl Calhoun
Marshall Barnes
Columbus
Ohio
Mae Barnes
Fairfield
Blanche Turner
Iowa City
Pearl Free
Wayne Thompsons
Fern Callen
Moline
Ill
Carol Boles
Leon Calhoun
Larry Pavlich
Duane Wilsons
Lois Hanly
Ann Marie
Arlington Va
Art. Eckwall
Indianapolis
Ind
Arlington, Va
Dwight Runnells
Richard Eckwall
Marion Allen
Russell
James Calhoun
Delbert Calhoun
Clarence Baker
Thaine
Harry Calhoun
John Kyner
Eugene Kyner
Blanche
Jennie
John
Jim Forsythe
Wayne Thompson
Philip Sitton
S. Madison
Hwy
the Catholic
Iowa
BRATZ
O. A. Bratz
West Side Square
Centerville
Haygreen
Farm Bureau Insurance Services
GALL
Bryan Hart Farm Bureau
Fairgrounds
Ralph's
Albia, Tona
Ray’s Shoe
General Motor
Briccs Motor Co
Ford
Firestone
Ise Pressiver
Ea Fox
Firestone Delux
Ato
America
Father Fan
Vale Bau
Oehler Brothers
Bia - Moravia
Firestone Store
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