Rockridge High School to Host Baccalaureate and Commencement
Rockridge High School in Taylor Ridge Illinois will hold baccalaureate on Sunday May 30 at 3 00 p m and the eighth annual commencement exercises June 4 at 6 00 p m in the high school auditorium The Rev John F Burhorn Jr of First Presbyterian Church Macomb Illinois will address the graduates at baccalaureate on the question Is there life after birth Dr Reuben K Youngdahl pastor Mount Olivet Lutheran Church Minneapolis Minnesota will speak at commencement The class roster includes Richard Allen Karen Verlee Anderson Phyllis Anderson John Asquith Jimmy Balmer Daniel Bartley Jerry Bewley and many others.
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Taylor Ridge
Ill
Rockridge High School
John F. Burhorn Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Macomb, Ill
Reuben K. Youngdahl
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church of
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Richard &. Allen
Karen Ver~lee’ Anderson
Phyllis Margaret Anderson
John Stephen Asquith
Jimmy LeRoy Balmer
Daniel Robert Bartley
Jerry Lee Bewley
Deyis Wayne Bibby
West Liberty Man Honored On Birthday
West Liberty reports Ben H Nortman was honored at a family picnic for his 75th birthday with a 5 p.m. pot luck supper at Kimberly Park shelter house. Attendees include the Paul Boyd family, James Jensen family, Myril Ellsworth family, Michael Boyd Davenport, Kenneth Siders family, John Nortman Solon, and many others from West Liberty and surrounding areas. Memorial Day services are set for Oakridge cemetery at 11:00 a.m. with Rev Elmer Baker and local groups participating. The Fortnightly Literary Club held a pot luck luncheon with 23 attendees and a student trio performing. Mr and Mrs Robert Van Olst from Haddonfield NJ visited, attending graduation exercises Tuesday night.
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West Liberty
Ben. H. Nortman
Kimberly Park
Paul Boyd
James Jensen
Town City
Myril’ Ellsworth
Michael Boyd
Davenport
Kenneth’ Siders
John Nortman
Solon
Allen Christisen
Atalissa
Charles, Nortman
Butch Nortman
Glenn. Anderson
Ben H. Nortman
Oakridge
Elmer Baker
The
Christian Church
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
T Te
Jessie Brooke
Sheri Hudson
Carol Wilson
Pat Olsen
Judy’ Rockwell
Joy United Church appoints new pastor and family to Joy area
Joy United Presbyterian Church announces Thomas Guintoli will lead the 18:00 Sunday workshop and begin pastorate for Joy and Millersburg churches. Guintoli and wife move to Joy this weekend. The notes also describe weddings, visits, and travel among local families including Morpow, Morrow, MacKinnon, Goodell, Braucht, and Lewis, with several relatives visiting from Camas Washington and Peoria.
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Joy
Thomas Guintoli
Joy- United Presbyterian Church
Wyoming
Douglass
MacKinnon
Scott
Camas
Washington
Kenneth Goodell
Scott Morton
Gerald Braucht
George Braucht
Victor Braucht
Blaul's
Douglas
Wilbur Lewis
Moline
R. C. Lewis
Cora Carlson
Shannon
Frank Sloan
Maurice Beeding
Muscatine
Ernest Sheese
Clyde Pople
Peoria
Ralph’Pople
Robert Fields
Wanda Osborne
Carl Fields
B.C. Lewis
Ada ‘Walter
Des Moines
Larry Wiedmeyer
Kim
W. Culbertson
Richmond
Indiana
William
Earlham College
Elmer Steele
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Wilton Days set for mid June by American Legion
Wilton American Legion announces Wilton Days to be held Friday and Saturday June 18 and 19. Parade Friday evening at 8:30 p.m. from the Legion Home. Prizes for best float in three categories and for children and adult novelties. Theme Education For the Future. Prizes range from 1 to 20 dollars across organizations, businesses, religion, and sweepstakes. Marching units from nearby towns urged to join. Contact Barton LaCrosée, parade co chairman, for details.
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Wilton
American Legion
Legion
Bhyone
Barton la Crosée
Parade
Wapello School To Sponsor Summer Typing Course
Wapello Community high school offers a two hour daily summer typing course from June 1 to July 3 in the high school typing room. Fee is 100 dollars for adults and 7.50 dollars for high school students. Instructor is Mrs Fairchild. Contact the high school office before June 1. Memorial Day program set for Sunday with events at the bridge and cemetery at 8 30 and 9 00 Central Daylight Time. Speakers include A Hicklin at the cemetery with VFW American Legion and Veterans of World War 1 listed.
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Wapello
Fairchild
VFW
American Legion
Veterans of World War 1
A. Hicklin
Phyllis Jaeger
Louisa County Republcan
Helene Dillon
Columbus Junction
Commodities distribution details for Muscatine County
The Muscatine County Social Welfare Department reports 442 families and 1,563 individuals shared May commodity distribution totaling 27,104 pounds of food. Next distribution is June 15 for outside city residents. June 16 for those with last names A through L. June 17 for M through Z. Applications for low income must be at 16 Walnut St by June 7. Letts church services for May 30 week listed with times and activities.
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Mustatine County
Walnut St
Louisa County installs new copier for public use
A 914 Xerox copier is installed in the Louisa County Recorder’s Office. It will copy at seven pages per minute and serve all county offices including the clerk, sheriff, recorder, and engineer. Public copies cost as low as ten cents each. Also listed are property transfers in Rural Electric subdivision Wilton involving trustees Howard P Eckerman and J David McFerren and buyers Richard H and Bernadette C Graham and William E and Dolores R Leming.
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Louisa County Recorder
Eastern Town Light and Power’ Cooperative
Howard P Eckerman
J. David McFerren
Rural Electric
Wilton
Richard H
Bernadette C. Graham
Howard P. Eckerman
Rural
William E
Dolores R. Leming
Muscatine Man Receives Commission At Coe College
The Muscatine high school captain earned a B A from Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa He was a member of Phi Mu Alpha and Lambda Chi Alpha and was commissioned by direct appointment Captain Harris wife Lois is daughter of Warren S Bissell of 1311 Oakland Road NE Cedar Rapids
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Muscatine
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Phi Mu Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha
Harris
Lois
Warren
S. Bissell
Oakland Road
Captain Harris Assigned to Fairchild Air Base
SPOKANE Washington Captain Merle E Harris son of Mr and Mrs Hilton E Harris of Morning Sun Iowa has arrived for duty at Fairchild Air Force Base Washington A medical supply officer Harris previously served at Pease AFB New Hampshire His new unit provides medical services in support of the Strategic Air Command mission keeping intercontinental missiles and jet bombers on constant alert A Morning Sun graduate
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Spokane
Wash
Merle £. Harris
Hilton E. Harris
Morning Sun
Iowa
Fairchild Afb
Harris
Pease Afb
N. H
Strategic Air Command
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John Patrick Bivens
Robert Larry Blanchard
Larry Carl Boeken
Richard L. Bridge
Linda Rea Bull
Nancy Joan Bull
Lloyd Eugene Burton
Thorvald M. Christensen
Larry Edward Clarke
Curtis L. Doherty
Robert Minor Crampton
Dennis Duane Davis
Mary Catherine DeRoo
Sharon Kay Dickinson
Jeanne Demoyer
Linda Lou Doyle
Keith Lauren Feldman
Daniel Wayne Finley
R. Michael Flaherty
Gerald Michael Foster
Robert Eugene Foster
Donald Floyd Frieden
Ronald Francis Frieden
Martin Eugene
Reuben Youngdahl
Lawana June Payne
Kenneth LeRoy Pearson
Joette Lynn Powell
Tia Louise Powell
Sherry Lyn Quist
Jerry Wayne Reed
Margo Freda Reynolds
Chery
Christine Shepard
James Patrick Shovar
Gary Wess Sierer
John Thomas Smock
Nancy Kay Snowbarger
Paula Marilyn Stead
Raymond Franklin Stropes
Charles Arthur Stuebe
Michael Lee Swanson
Joyce
Eileen Taylor
David DeWayne Temple
Gary Dale Titterington
Donald Edward VarWychen
West Liberty Memorial Day
Robert Vant /Olst
Haddonfield
N. J
Ray E. Gehrke
Greta
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Crass
Allergy
Liberty. Building
Des. Moines
Ruth Vander Ploeg
Muscatine and Louisa’ Counties
Lucas
Dial
Wapello School
Anna Huddle
David E.herrick
Alexandria
Fordsville
Ui M. Histler
Letts
Schiol
W.S.C
Grandview Park
W.S
Wesley Vaices
Chrysler
Hawk Motors
Louisa County
Capt. Harris
Lenmore
Sayy
Northwestern Bell
Grandview Ave
ABC
Chrystee
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