Durant High School to Stage Don't Drink the Water
Durant will present the comedy Don't Drink the Water in the school gym May 13 and 14 at 7 p.m. Tickets cost 1 for adults and 0.60 for students. The farce by Woody Allen tells of a family seeking refuge in an embassy and the chaotic escape plan that ends with them remaining there. The cast includes Ed Broders, Maxine King, Teri Wilson, Ron Larson, Dave Meinert, and others. Also noted, Drake University selects four alumni scholars for 1971 72 including Thomas Bennett Columbus Junction Jerry Mattern Shenandoah Barton Bigg Brookings SD and Timothy Watt Artesia California.
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Durant
Durant High School
Commediene
Woody Allen
Iron Curtain
Marion
Susan
Axel
Africa
Father Drobney
Columbus Junction
Aluroni
Drake University National Alumni Association
Thomas Bennett
Jerry Mattern
Shenandoah
Barton Bgg
Brookings
S. Dakota
Timothy Watt
Artesia
Calif
Drake
College of Pharmacy
Bennett
Clifford Bennett
Letts WSCS Attends District Meeting Speaker Guest
Twelve Letts WSCS members traveled to Mount Pleasant for the district meeting attended by 325 women. Mrs. Thomas, wife of Bishop Thomas, was the guest speaker. Also noted were visits to the John Padgett home by Mrs. David Baxter and Roger returning to Navy duty in California, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Padgett and son Fred Jr. of Dixon. A Tuesday morning coffee at Hazel Thompson's featured the Lee Sisters and Gail Allen. Flora Wilson celebrated her 88th birthday with seventeen guests including Mrs. Laura Reddick of Davenport, a former Letts resident. The Moore family moved into the former home of Harry Stanley Blake, Kent has moved into Muscatine.
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LETTS
WSCS
Mount Pleasant
Thomas
Bishop Thomas
John Padgett
David Baxter
Roger
California
Fred Padgett
Fred Jr
Dixon
Hazel Thompson
Lee Sisters
Gail Allen
Flora Wilson
Laura Reddick
Davenport
Jesse Moore
Scholarship grants noted for Wilton high students
SWEETLAND The Sweetland Women’s Society of Christian Service held its regular monthly meeting in the church parlors. Mrs Harold Pace Sr presented the program Mission to Nepal with several assistants. The group donated 50 pounds of clothing and four blankets to the United Church Clothing Drive. Attendees included 29 members served by hostesses. The group planned summer evening meetings starting at 7:30 p.m. and chose graduation gifts for Wilton high school seniors.
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Sweetland
Sweetland Women’s Society of Christian Service
Harold Pace Sr
Nepal
Milton Borgstadt
Walter Baker
Merle Glenney
Weldon Martz
Muscatine
Paul Dagel
Elmer Chatfield
Marvin Hetzler
James Shepard
Clark Miller
Clifford TeStrake
Harold Covell
Lydia McRoberts
Ray Hetzler
Kay Grimm
Glenney
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Hollanders
Ed Broders
Walter
Maxine King
Susan Hollander
Teri Wilson
Axel Magee
Ron Larson
Dave Meinert
Tom Bennet
Spurgeons
Harry Stanley Blake
Kent
Tne Wolf
Hatlo’s
Cmeon Pp
Businguss
Italy
Brazil
Orient
Spurgeon’s
Wilton High
United Church Clothing Drive
Vernon Shepard
Mt. Pleasant
Church Women United
Newton
First Baptist Church
Harold Ashley
East Second Street
Cook's Music Shop, Inc
Facts
Pete Koenig
Muscatine, Iowa
Ncar Speamme
Toco
Orion
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