Polish citizen earns Newton GED diploma in 1976
Maria Gaeddert of North Newton becomes the first Polish citizen to earn the General Equivalency Diploma through Newton Adult Basic Education. The Warsaw University alumna cites computer aided learning, supportive teachers, and available library resources as key factors in her achievement.
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Maria Gaeddert
North
Newton
Prairie View Mental Health Center
Ann
Agnes
Poland
Warsaw
Ann Landers column and Eucharistic art exhibit note
Dear Ann Landers readers share marriage tension over weekly bridge nights and a camping couple advises leaving itineraries for emergencies. An art exhibit in Philadelphia features 300 works by 200 artists including Lee Krasner and Philip Pearlstein to honor the 41st International Eucharistic Congress.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Civic Center
Lee Krasner
Philip Pearlstein
Seamed-To-Slim Printed Pattern 9459 Misses Sizes
Seamed-To-Slim chinoiserie pattern by Marian Martin prints for day and night wear. Includes tunic option with side slits and multiple misses sizes from 8 to 20. Pattern requires 25 yards of 45 inch fabric for size 12. Send $1.00 per pattern plus 35 cents for first class airmail.
Newton Assembly No 6 Beauceant Meeting Preview
The Newton Assembly No 6 Social Order of the Beauceant will convene at 2 p.m. Monday in the Masonic Temple. Officers will exemplify the orders degrees. Hostesses for the social hour are Mrs Verne Brown and Mrs Leo Brown.
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Newton
Newton Masonic Picnic Set for Sunday at Athletic Park
The Newton Masonic organizations plan a 4 p.m. Sunday picnic in Athletic Park. All Masonic widows and families invited. Attendees should bring a covered dish and table service. drinks and desserts provided. For details contact Grover C. Owen at the Masonic Temple or at home.
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Newton
Athletic Park
Grover C. Owen
Masonic Temple
Couple to observe golden anniversary in Hillsboro
Emanuel C. Hiebert and Louise Unger mark their golden wedding anniversary with a Sunday afternoon gathering at Hillsboro First Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall. Married January 1, 1927, in Hillsboro the couple lived in Kansas City 27 years then ran a southwest Missouri minnow hatchery 21 years before retiring in 1975. Their son Robert and his family host the event. the couple has two granddaughters.
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Hillsboro
Emanuel C. Hiebert
Anderson
Hillsboro First
Overland Park Man elected president of Southwestern College Alumni Assn
Ron Scheffler of Overland Park was elected president of the board of directors for the Southwestern College Alumni Association at the annual Winfield meeting. A 1963 Newton High School graduate, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Jim Scheffler of Newton.
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Ron Scheffler
Overland Park
The
Southwestern College Alumni Assn
Winfield
Scheffler
Newton High School
Jim Scheffler
Newton
Bethel spring honor roll lists Newton North Newton and Goessel students
Bethel College released the spring honor roll naming Newton area students including David Andres Ruth Bachman Beverly Bartel Steve Carlson Cathy Crispino LeRoy DuBois Warren Ewert and many others. Also listed are learners from North Newton Moundridge Goessel Hillsboro Hesston Halstead Sedgwick Walton and Whitewater with visitors to the nation noted in a National Portrait Gallery Bicentennial exhibit running through Nov 13.
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Newton and
Area
Bethel College
David Andres
Ruth Bachman
Beverly Bartel
Steve Carlson
Cathy Crispino
LeRoy DuBois
Warren Ewert
John Haury
Nadine Reimer
David Shelly
Brad Krehbiel
Sarah Melcher
Carolyn Rich
Cynthia Schmidt
Leanne Voth
Wendy Wedel
Timothy Wiens
Mary Lynn Graves
Michale Knopf
Jerry Lehrman
Jan Niles
Donita Phillips
Amy Rinne
Nina Friesen
Leslie Goerzen
Bruce Kreider
David Koehn
Joel Koehn
Christine Lautt
Danny Owens
Jonathan Rich
Carol Temple
Cynthia Goerzen
Delores Gaeddert Reimer
Rodney Schmidt
Patty Shelly
William Welsh
Andrew Shelly
Janine Wedel
Nancy Friesen
Brent Koehn
Laurie Voth
North Newton
Fred Becker
Wynn Goering
Bonita Schrag
Duane Stucky
Caprice Becker
Stanley Kaufman
Barbara Stucky
Jon Thieszen
Jeffrey Becker
Janet Wollmann
Curtis Goering
Tim Graber
John Juhnke Jr
Belinda Kaufman
Valerie Loganbill
Donovan Nickel
Carol Schmidt
Kathryn Thieszen
Elizabeth Goering
Dennis Kaufman
Moundridge
Susan Krehbie
Hillsboro
Lehigh
Brent Yoder
Cynthia Habegger
Becky Holsinger
Andrea Pankratz
Debi Wedel
Hesston
Linda Will
Halstead
Teresa Penner
Burrton
Lois Voth
Peabody
Kathleen Franz
Velma Springer
Sedgwick
Dianne Smith
Teresa Pankratz
Leonore Voth
Walton
Carol Toews
Gail Wiebe
Washington
National Portrait Gallery
America
Diamonds and the art of choosing a stone
In a 1970s overview, Baumgold Bros. and Cartier discuss diamond value factors. Experts describe size, color, flaws, and cut as key. 58 facets often boost brilliance while the final choice rests with the buyer. Trends show rising engagement rings and varied shapes from brilliant rounds to emeralds amid price shifts.
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Mildred Sheckler
Keystone
Baumgold Bros
International
Fifth Avenue
Kimberly
Texas
Robert Blauner
Blauner
Cartier’s
Michele Orsini
Watkins-Judd reunion and May graduates listed by WSU
The Watkins-Judd families met at Hunter's Landing for a Sunday reunion with a basket dinner and a brief business session. Newton attendees and out-of-town guests are named, followed by Wichita State University May degree recipients including masters in elementary education and educational psychology, and bachelors in nursing, electrical engineering, and administration. Paddy Martinez found uranium in the northwest region of New Mexico in 1950.
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Watkins-Judd
Hunter’s Landing
Newton
Homer Watkins
Bill Watkins
Robert
David
Charles Hollingshead
Becky
Tim
Prudence Pickett
Lucy Miller
Milford Dreier
Clayton Miles
Raymond Miller
Mary Alice Reber
Chad Wallace
Lee Goodnight
Lee Watkins
Laura Hershberger
Hesston
Patrick Miller
Decatur
Ill
Jeff Watkins
Wichita
North Newton
Wichita State University
Geneva Joyce Chapman
Jan Ellen Roecker
John D. Waltner
Mary Jane Jantz Waltner
Phyllis Kinkead del Vecchio
Joe John Palacior
Robert Gordon Smith
Clare Dunlap
Marsha Ruth Kreyer
Paddy Martinez
New Mexico
Georgia Tops Nation in Peanut Production
Georgia leads the United States in peanut production, ranking first among all states. The state's crop prominence is noted in agricultural statistics highlighting peanut yields and market impact.
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Georgia
United States
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