Elaine Brown and Harold Howard Wedding at Methodist Church
Sunday evening May 30 at five o'clock the Methodist church was scene of the wedding of Elaine Brown and Harold Howard. The service featured nuptial music, floral decor, and a four tiered cake as out of town guests arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Elaine Brown
Earl Brown
Harold Howard
Laverne Howard
Richard Bentzinger
David Barber
Dennis Howard
Clifford Cosby
Floyd Lewin
Joe Lewin
Vera Jordan
Mildred Chamberlain
Carol Brown
Howard
Moulton
Des Moines
Bloomfield
Cooperative Dinner Enjoyed by Local Club
Mrs Billie Baxter hosted the Friendship Circle at Dean schoolhouse on May 27 with 52 attendees for a cooperative noon meal. The meeting included scripture reading, a roll call, birthday gifts, an afternoon singing program, a layette shower for Delores Santner, games with prizes, and quilting work. The next gathering is set for June 17 at Mabel Martins home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Baxter
Friendship Circle Club
Dean School House
Marcia
Delores Kelly
Mabel Martin
Ruby Forsythe
Grace Marvin
Norene Yates
Lucene Owens
Delores Santner
Lucene
Linda
Sue
Patsy
Emma
Della
Grace Guinn
Gail
Della Kelly
Loretta Kelly
Mrs. Wall
Madelene Henderson
Gail Stites
Grace Stansberry
Turner and family ties bloomfield and nearby towns
A list of numerous families and relatives from Bloomfield Ottumwa Knoxville Des Moines and surrounding areas including the Lewin Chamberlain Brown Carr Fry Shirley and Eddy families with kin in Ottumwa Des Moines and Albia and other Iowa towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Turner and Family
East Moline
Lloyd Brown
Murl Carr
Roy Fry
Judy
Dick Franklin
Alec Shirley
Bloomfield
Jesse E. Brown
Carl Hurd
Ottumwa
Myrtle Lewin
Wilma Chamberlain
Des Moines
Clarence Chamberlain
Knoxville
Herman Fowler
Floyd Lewin
Kansas City
Richard Brunsman
Earnham
Iowa
Wendal Morlan
Albia
Robert Eddy
Etta Eddy
Exline
Clyde V. Eddy
Newton
Vance Barber
Centerville
Orleans Social Hour and Families Meet at Don Davis Home
Mr and Mrs Don Davis hosted the Orleans Social Hour club and families on Thursday evening May 20. Guests included numerous couples and children as they visited played games sang and watched television with pie and coffee refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Don Davis
Robert Singley
Sheila
Dwight Powell
Loyd Davis
Eilene
Charles
Dianna
Rex
Sharonettes 4-H Club Plans Year Campaign Signs
The Sharonettes 4-H Club held a meeting April 21, 1954 at the Daniels sisters home. Nine members attended and elected Ellen Daniels president. Helen Daniels named convention delegate and Helen Cormeny chosen for county 4-H camp. Members listed include Cormeny sisters, Daniels sisters, Guler, Heamvilin, and Steele. Bonnie Heamvilin reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharonettes 4-H
Daniels Sisters
Ellen Daniels
Helen Daniels
Helen Cormeny
Helen
Charlotte Cormeny
Edith
Mary Guler
Bonnie
Marilyn Heamvlin
Jeanne Steele
Bonnie Heamvilin
Famous Novelist Visits Wahl Home in Colorado Couple
Denver couple Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Graf visited with Alpha Allan Wahl and Everett Shaw at Green Circle. The guest, Nellye Scots Graf, author of No Vacancy, is on bestseller lists and may be adapted for film. She spoke on KCOG urging Iowa pride and tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Graf
Denver
Colo
Alpha Allan Wahl
Wahl
Everett Shaw
Jacqueline
Green Circle
Graf
Nellye Scots
Centerville
Nellye
Chas. DePuy
KCOG
Youth Fellowship Elects New Officers at May Meeting
The Youth Fellowship of the local Methodist Church elected officers on May 30. Joe Marvin was named President and Orval Stevenson Vice President, with Sandra Carter as Secretary Judy Howard as Treasurer Mike Morlan Publicity Chairman and area chairmen for Christian Faith Gerry Moore Christian Witness Carol Davison Christian Outreach Donald Swarts Christian Citizenship Oren Stevenson and Christian Fellowship Fairel. They will be installed soon and serve one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Joe Marvin
Orval Stevenson
Sandra Carter
Judy Howard
Mike Morlan
Gerry Moore
Carol Davison
Donald Swarts
Oren Stevenson
Christian Fellowship
Fairel, Morlan
Guest Day Observed By H S C Members
Mrs Robert Daniels hosted the H S C guest day on May 18 with twelve members seven guests and four children present. The annual meeting featured prize corsages won by Mrs Lindley and Dell Daniels and a word challenge by Eileen Swarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Daniels
Georgia McCullough
Nana Mikels
Next Meeting Set for June 10 with Rena Wendland
The notice states the next meeting on June 10 chaired by program chairman Marvel Daniels and with roll call including a bible verse led by Rena Wendland.
Robert Childs Marries Mary Lou Cummings in Melvindale
Robert Childs son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Childs married Mary Lou Cummings on Saturday in Melvindale Michigan. The couple will reside in Melvindale where Robert is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Childs
Elmer Childs
Melvindale
Mich
Mary Lou Cummings
Robert
Woman's Society of Christian Service Installs Officers
Wednesday afternoon the Woman's Society of Christian Service installed officers. Pres. Mrs. Earl Brown. Vice pres. Mrs. Walter Daley. Secy. Mrs. Otis Edwards. Treas. Mrs. John Yates. Other posts included Promotion Secy Mrs. Lowell Horn and Spiritual Life Secy with several committee members named. District Secy of Spiritual Life led the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Earl Brown
Walter Daley
Sec’y
Otis Edwards
Treas
John Yates
Sec
Lowell Horn
Nora Jenkins
Mabel Barnhart
Richard Bentzinger
Laverne Howard
Arthur Jay
Paul Pedrick
W. ©. Coulson
Elvin Jay
Ormand Stevenson
Don Newland
Vera Jordan
Joseph Haupt
Glen Jones
S. R. Mace
Mrs Zola Saum Visits In Topeka Weekend
Mrs Zola Saum visited Topeka Kansas from Friday to Sunday with Rev W R Deeter and his wife former minister of the First Brothren church Also Mrs Lucille Matthews of Burlington spent the weekend with her son Glen Matthews and family Mr and Mrs Jerry Starks of Des Moines spent the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zola Saum
Topeka
Kans
W. R. Deeter
First Brothern Church
Lucille Matthews
Burlington
Glen Matthews
Jerry Starks
Des Moines
Local Social Notes Include Death in Centerville
The community mourns the death of Mrs. Ella West Brooks on May 26 in Centerville while visiting relatives. Funeral held at Udell Christian church with burial at Fairview cemetery. Other items recount visits by Edna Moore, medical updates after a heart attack, and relatives visiting in Centerville, Knox ville, and Osceola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starks
Josie Stuckey
Ella West Brooks
Centerville
Udell Christian Church
Fairview Cemetery
Cliff Ogden
Felicia
Freda Brinegar
Phillis Brinegar
Edna Moore
Woodrow Duty
Mexico
Joe Moore
Karen
Sammie Moore
Ivo Whiser
Hawthorne
Cal
Guy McConnell
Paul Henderson
Pauletta
Athens
Ben Glasgow
Henry Byrd
W. E. Spring
Plano
Mark Bryant
John Paul
Laurel
Fay Staley
Cincinnati
Max King
Moline
McConnell
Frank Harrison
Knoxville
Pervis Cridlebaugh
Cridlebaugh
St. Joseph's Hospital
Kay Sumner
Clinton, IL
Fern Huffman
Osceola
Iona Dotson
Paul
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Chile
Jimmy
David Brown
Marilyn Stevenson
Eddie Fowler
Howard Hartin
T. E. Crow
Moberly, Mo
Dean Daley
Sharonettes
Youth Fellowship
UDELL
Arthur Godfrey
Cbs-Columbia
The
Columbia Broadcasting System
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