Columbus alumni banquet honors 50 year members
Columbus Junction alumni gathered for a reunion honoring the class of 1919 and related groups. Attendees included members from 1919, 1922, 1944, and 1969 classes, with distant travelers from Quito Ecuador and Seattle. An open house preceded the dinner, and a display of class photos was featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus Junction
Columbus Grade School
Minerva Alsip Chambers
Des Moines
Ella Drake Barnes
Sigourney
Marjorie Duncan Scott
Council Bluffs
Gertrude May West
Moline
Grace Owen Mennard
Sargent Bluffs
Iowa
Ruth Pratt Smith
Letts
Helen Duncan
Cedar Rapids
Julia Darrow Hawkins
Marie Overholt Spaethe
Floral Hall
Louisa County Fairgrounds
Rollin Smith
Enoch Sanford
Quito
Ecuador
Harlan Kerr
Seattle
Wash
Sam Myers
Bob Coon
Kate Story
Phyllis Utler
Royal Jennings
Lois Hubrew
Bob Meeker
Betty Oakes
Earl Scott
Arnold Smith
Vernon Snyder
Roberta Steele Parks
Rex Swailes
Marjorie Sanford
Beverly Greene
Melody Newell
Steve Fulton
Diane McCullough
Jane Jones
Verda Jones
Morrisons
Frank Jamison
Craig Howell
Kate Elliott
Stephen Bausch
Marilyn Bausch
Jerold Bausch
Lester Bausch
Phil Bausch
Columbus Community High School
Letts youth joins Sound Generation tour to Canada
Dennis Gast, a John Brown University student from Letts, Arkansas, left St. Louis Monday with the Sound Generation for a five day Toronto engagement. The group, from the college, will then fly to Long Beach, California to perform at Knott's Berry Farm during the summer and appear at churches civic clubs and other venues in the area. Dennis is the son of Mr and Mrs Russell Gast.
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Dennis Gast
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
Ark
St. Louis
Sound Generation
Toronto
Canada
Long Beach
Calif
Knott’s
Berry Farm
Dennis
Russell Gast
Joy PTA Sponsoring Summer Swimming Lessons at Aledo Pool
The Joy PTA will sponsor swimming lessons at the Aledo pool starting Wednesday June 11. Lessons run 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Open to Westmer district students from Eliza, Keiths burg, New Boston and Joy. Age groups kindergarten through eighth grade.
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Joy Pta
JOY
Aledo Pool
Westmer
Eliza
Keithsburg
New Boston
Bible study and community notices from Conesville area
Local church and community groups schedule meetings in Conesville and nearby townships. Grace United Church of Christ hosts a Bible study on June 12 at 7 p.m. Consistory gathering on June 11. Home makers meet June 17 with program topics, roll call, and hosting duties outlined. Royal Neighbors plan district convention in Wapello on June 14. Families attend university graduation events and travel between Iowa locations.
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Conesville
Grace United Church of Christ
Oakland Township
Orono Township
Farm Bureau
Oakland
Irma Smith
Shirley McCullough
Oak Camp
Royal Neighbors of America Lodge
Wapello
Families Named in Conesville and Columbus Junction Notice
Mr and Mrs Richard Singleton and family of Conesville and Mr and Mrs Gerald Willams of Columbus Junction are referenced in the notice noticeable within the public announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Singleton
Conesville
Gerald Willams
Columbus Junction
Student with High Honors and GPA 3.81 Plans Farming Near New Boston
State University at Normal Til reports Mr Mallie earned high scholastic honors with a 3.81 GPA. He graduated Westmer High in 1964 and Muscatine Community College in 1966 and intends to farm near New Boston. Also notes Ergot a drug linked to psychotic disorders, arising from a fungal disease of grasses.
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State University At
Columbus personals reveal student travel and family news
Yale student Doug Smylie returns home for two week vacation and plans summer work in the east. Mrs. Smylie and visiting grandmother Mrs. Neitzel travel to Tomah Wisconsin. Blue Mountain College student Cynthia Edkin comes home for summer with Carolyn Smith of Myrtle. Forrest Edkin Jr. leaves San Diego June 3 for Vietnam after a local leave. Mercy Hospital Iowa City welcomed Jim Bell as a patient parent. Edna Sands is a patient at Muscatine General. Lonnie and Mrs Griggs welcome a daughter born June 2 at Washington County Hospital. grandparents Faye Griggs and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnson. Cotton is static-free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Buser
Charlene
Beverly
Boyd
Sandra
Susan
Conesville
Ray Buser
University of Iowa
John P. Jones
Ainsworth
Lyle Duncan
Blair Duncan
Pam
Columbus Junction
Dave Wilson
Jamie
Sheri
Iowa City
Loren Buzer
Lorie
Cedar Falls
Fred Showalter
Jo Delvin
Bobby
Virgil Showalter
Beardstown
Ill
Lewis Suffern
Arenaville
Corban Thomas
Warren Scott
Virginia, Ill
Jim Dieteh
Schmitt Memorial Hospital
Ul. St
Mike Singleton
Michael
Navy
Groton
Conn
Doug Smylie
Yale
East
Cynthia Edkin
Blue Mountain College
Blue Mountain
Miss
Carolyn Smith
Myrtle
Forrest Edkin, Jr
San Diego
Vietnam
Jim Bell
Howard Bell
Mercy Hospital
Edna Sands
Muscatine General Hospital
Lonnie Griggs
Washington County Hospital
Faye Griggs
W. R. Johnson
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Letts Youth
Switzerland
Solid-State Circle of Sound
Zenith
FAY/AIA
McKee
Cascade
Mulberry Avenue
Dial
College
Daniel Mallie
Route 2
Illinois
Columbus Personals
Robert Smylie
W. E. Neitzel
Alameda
Doug
Kurt Smylie
Tomah
Wisc
Neitzel
Central State Bank
Central !S
FDIG
Hollywood
Lawrence Welk
California
Escondido
Lawrence Welks
Ist Ave
N.E
Omaha
Davenport
Harrison
MNE
Sioux City
West
7Th
Waterloo
Ruud
Ruudglas
Instant Energy Natural Gas Division
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Amy Ulta
Philco-Ford
Philco
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