Engagements Announced in Columbus Junction Area
Mr and Mrs Jack Gipple announce the engagement of their daughter Mary Louise to Gayle L Jensen of Lincoln Nebraska. Mary Louise Gipple is a Winfield Union High graduate and works in Lincoln. Gayle Jensen is a Lincoln graduate employed by Beatrice Foods. A fall wedding is planned. Mr and Mrs Howard R Jones announce the engagement of their daughter Jane Ann to Larry Don Peck son of Dr and Mrs Glenn M Peck of Ft Madison. Jane Ann Jones is a junior music major at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant and member of Alpha Xi Delta. Larry Don Peck is a pre med major at Iowa Wesleyan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gipple
Gayle Jensen
Columbus Junction
Jack Gipple
Mary Louise
Gayle L. Jensen
Gale Jensen
Lincoln
Neb
Miss Gipple
Winfield-Mi
Union High School
Manee
Beatrice Food Co
Jane Jones
Larry
Lake farm women host May breakfast in High Prairie
Lake Township Farm Bureau Women met for a May breakfast at Mrs. Marlin Schelberger home with co hosts Mrs. Clyde Minder and Mrs. Wendell Hoopes. Ten women and two children attended. A poem opened the meeting and funds were raised for the Hearing Impaired Children association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Farm
High Prairie
Lake Township Farm Bureau
Marlin Schelberger
Clyde Minder
Wendell Hoopes
Marlin Eichelberger
Association For Hearing Impaired Children
Hope
Jerris Young
John Kohl
Laura Musser Gallery to observe regular hours this week
The Laura Musser Art Gallery and Museum will be open Tuesday to Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7 to 9 p.m., closed Mondays. Displays include English pottery and porcelain, a Victorian sitting room, and a Civil War exhibit. Volunteers include Mrs. Austin Hoopes on Tuesday and Mrs. Margaret Watson on Wednesday. Mrs. Clara Huff was honored on Mother's Day with a potluck at St. Mary's hall as seven of her eight children attended, with 44 guests from Laurel and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Musser
Austin Hoopes
Margaret Watson
Clara Huff
St. Mary’s Hall
Laurel
Mont
East Moline
Moline
Campbell's Island
Peoria
Davenport
Iowa City
Letts
Muscatine
Iowa
Recognition Dinner Honors Camp Sacajawea Girl Scouts
An adult recognition dinner at Camp Sacajawea drew more than 100 Girl Scouts and families. Mrs. David Warner welcomed attendees and introduced River Bend Council president Jo Smith and Kim Staley from the Muscatine Elks. Staley described youth opportunities and presented emblem charms to graduating seniors Kathy Bashore et al. Pin awards celebrated five to fifteen years of service. gifts and acknowledgments for service team members, volunteers, and spouses followed, with a floral gift marking Girl Scouts’ 60th anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sacajawea
David Warner
Muscatine
Kathy Bashore
Linda Warner
Debbie Fisher
Janet Titus
Sue Ales
Sheila Reynolds
Theresa Riggs
River Bend
Maxine Connor
Ardyth Laursen
Phyllis McBride
Mary Rose Peterschmidt
Joan Fuegen
Conestoga
Shirley Slaley
Rose Marie Paul
Dorothy Elliott
Warner
Social calendar notes and club meetings in Pleasant Prairie area
A public card party, Legion and Eagle lodge events, and multiple club meetings fill a midweek schedule. Initiations, luncheons, and dinners are planned at Pleasant Prairie churches and local homes with hostesses named. Secret pals gifts, charity dinners, and a VFW auxiliary business meeting are listed along with a missionary talk and senior citizenship gathering.
Husband's happiness worth the backyard chaos
A reader asks how to handle a retired husband who starts projects but never finishes them. Abby advises quietly hiring someone to finish or simply enjoy the chaos, noting the husband’s retirement happiness outweighs the mess. The page also includes light reader letters about cosmetic lifting, padded posteriors, and begonias thriving in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail van Buren
Coke
Tetbene
M. Y. Newseed
Abby
Free Spirit to Sing at Mulford Church Concert
The Free Spirit eight member group from Muscatine will perform a 7 pm Tuesday concert at Mulford Evangelical Free church. Members include Cindy Custer, Betty Dixon, Sam Elliott, Peggy Kreh, Tom Leander, Debbie Ryan, Don Scott and Karl Somerville. The group, part of the Free Methodist Office of Youth Ministries, has appeared on TV and radio and will sing familiar hymns and new sacred music arranged for them by Ron Ruff of Denver. The tour was extended due to concert demand and spring plans include a hospitality with George Beverly Shea, Diane Susek and the Ohnian Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Free Spirit
Muscatine
Mulford
Ronn
George Beverly Shea
Diane Susek
the Ohnian Brothers
Bridal Shower Honoring LeAnn Rex Before June Wedding
LeAnn Rex was honored at a Friday evening bridal shower at the YWCA. Hostesses included Mrs. Waller Guns, Mrs. Clyde Lucas, Mrs. Lewis Terrill, Mr. Harold McKay, Mrs. David Warner, Mrs. Clara Oaken, and Mrs. Alvin Liesman. Decorations matched apricot and mint green as games awarded prizes to Bernie Welch, Kathy Newsom, Neva Emerick, Eleanor Rex, Patti Onken, Amy Onken, and Beverly Ramer. LeAnn Rex is set to wed Michael Onken on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeAnn Rex
YWKA
Waller Guns
Clyde Lucas
Lewis Terrill
Harold McKay
David Warner
Clara Oaken
Alvin Liesman
Bernie Welch
Kathy Newsom
Neva Emerick
Eleanor Rex
Patti Onken
Amy Onken
Beverly Ramer
Michael Onken
Brase to Speak at CBMC Meeting in Muscatine
Jack Brase curriculum director of the Muscatine School System will be guest speaker at the May meeting of the Christian Business Men's Committee. The event is 6 30 pm Monday May 22 at the Hotel Muscatine, one week earlier than usual due to Memorial Day. Reservations to Ralph Nietzel or Jack Delvean. Other events include Bible study Tuesdays at YWCA and the annual Mississippi boat ride on July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Brase
Muscatine
Christian Business Men's Committee
Hotel
Ralph Nietzel
Jack Delvean
P.m
YWCA
Mississippi
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Lisa Willits
Girl Scout
Barbara Vance
Esther Lyons
Marlene Chelf
Mary Jane Willits
Sandy Fortney
Rosalee Welch
Mary Blake
Fern Fordham
Laurie Anderson
Joan Fuégen
Suzzette Wilkens
Ann Reifel
Sandra Warner
Walter Golien
Dimitri Nesterenko
James BeVier
George Ruckles
American Legion
Lady Eagles
Eagle Lodge
Hazel Dusenberry
Dora Stender
Tom. Hearst
Pleasant Prairie Church
Twentieth Century Club
Thomas Beveridge
PEO Sisterhood
Wallace Nyweide
Mooseheart Committee
Women of the Moose
Joan Carter
Dorothy Woods
PEO
George Shepley
Jack Mitchell
John Harold Kemble
VFW
Ruth
Sue Hammer
Robert Rahn
Japan
Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Park Ave
Washington St
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Mulberry
Angel Hoffman
Maude Overman
George’s
Mary Koester
Climer
Roberta Hamilton
Pew
Agian
Brooklyn
Mrs. X
Anchorage
Alaska
Dear Abby
Sue
A&m
Lee Pigiaels
Tobe
Cheech B- Clhewp
Wordle
Pie
Senin
Chpele
Mesie Gar
Sucvens
Frete
ORCA
Seperon
Musicland
Muscatine Plaza
Muscatine, IA
CBMC
Luellen's Cleaners
Bride
Sharon Beckey
Karen Burmeister
Milanie Carlson Patti Cecil Patty Cockshoot
Lori Debes
Geri Drawbaugh
Karen Hammann
Carla-Loga
Nadine Marshall
Vickie Miller
Marie McCormick
Arie
Diana Ogier
Joyce Petersen
Annie Rex
Clare Schumacher
Mary Schwedter
Janice Schroeder
Diane Suitles
Birdie Strause Ardythe Titus Kristine Toyne
Betty Tietje
Janine Wedekind
FBI
Sat
Hoover
Silberhorns
Second St
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