City Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Life Events
Roger Erpelding teaches summer program in Dubuque. Ames couples visit with grandparents. Lisa Waterhouse visits Kim Powers. Portal residents adopt baby Corey Jon in Pennsylvania. Fordyce and Griner attend Christian Service Camp. Ray and Hilsenbeck mark 34th anniversary. Nellie Troeltzsch and Helen Clingman visit Roy Cuing- Juan. Steven Payne to teach in Longmont after UNC graduation. Morrow family trip includes granddaughter Sharon Morrow’s graduation in Indiana. Lee Coleman visits son Fred Ritchie in Minneapolis. Troy Waterman turns one. Alice Smith helps celebrate. Joe Holthaus and Abel families travel to Kansas City and relate to relatives in Missouri and Illinois. Roger Coker returns from Atlanta funeral. Al Youngblut and others visit Wichita. Luke Erpelding and Kelly visit Humboldt. Clingman hosts dinner guests from California to Iowa. George Speed family vacation covers multiple states and countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa Waterhouse
Kim V Powers
Paul Sanchez
Christie Marie
Portal
N.D
Helen Clingman
Pennsylvania
Corey Jon
Phil Fordyce
Andy
David Griner
Christian Service Camp
Bristow
Ray Hilsenbeck
Glen Morrow
Kenneth L. Morrow
Muncie
Ind
Sharon Mary Morrow
Robert Christopher
Geneva
Ill
Lee Coleman
Fred Ritchie
Minneapolis
Minn
Troy Waterman
Orville Waterman
Alice Smith
Waterman
Joe Holthaus
Darrill Abel
Ames
Kansas City
Abel
Don Welsh
Holthaus
Lewis Retherford
Leonard Beeker
Roger Coker
Atlantic
Leonard Morris
al Youngblut
John Kwasnicka
Cclwei
Margaret Blunt Funeral Set for Saturday
Margaret Blunt 83 a former Independence resident died Thursday noon at Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids after staying with daughter Mrs. R A Safely Funeral set for 10 am Saturday June 19 at St Johns Catholic Church burial in St Marys Cemetery Tarlton A Catholic Wake service at 8 pm Friday at McCroeery Time Funeral Home Survivors include three sons Edward of Staowberry Poia James of desi and Joseah of Walerlna and one daughter Mrs It AL Safely of Cedar Rapids and Mrs J Wo Tua hs of Sacraments Calif and one sister Mrs Mary Miller Wreterian 2000 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren
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Independence
Margaret Blunt
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
R. A. Safely
St. John's Catholic Church
Burnl
St. Mary's Cemetery
Tarleton
McCroeery-Tine
Edward of
Staowberry
Poia
James
Desi
Joseah
Walerlna
Faye Durchters
It AL Safely
J. Wo Tua Hs
Sacramen's
Calif
Mary Miller
Grandildren
Phones Fail As Six Miles Copper Wire Stolen In Town
In Bucoda Washington 945 telephone subscribers reported outages after six miles of copper wire were stolen from telephone poles overnight. Police and FBI agents investigated with Feninge Telephone Co manager RE A Peterson stating the source of trouble.
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Bucoda
Washun
Washington
RE. A. Peterson
Feninge Telephone Co
FBI
Wadena Briefs Guests Visit Flanagan Home
Mrs. Marie Erickson Teresa Mark and Julia Fayette were callers Friday night in the Tom Flanagan home. On Saturday night Mr and Mrs Carl Gehring were guests of the Flanagans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadena
Marie Erickson
Teresa
Mark
Julia
Fayette
Tom Flanagan
Carl Gehring
Flanagans
Funeral services for Wilmer Buhr held in West
Readlyn Briefs notes several area families attended the funeral for Wilmer Buhr on Saturday afternoon in West. Sunday visitors included the Larry Ganske family, the Clarence Ganskes, Meanal Alrs, Rudolph Buseh Jr. and the Ervin Thurm family and Mrs John Thurm at Dale Thurm's. Mrs Arnold Platte joined others Sunday at Louis Platte's to celebrate Mr Platte's birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Platte
Wilmer Buhr
West
Larry Ganske
Clarence Ganskes
Meanal
Rudolph Buseh Jr
Ervin Thurm
John Thurm
Dale Thurm
Louis Platte
Mr. Platte
HAWKEYE BRIEFS WILLONA GRAHAM STAYS
HAWKEYE BRIEFS Willona Graham is staying with Mrs. S. W. Lindale at Cogeon for several weeks. VOLGA BRIEFS by Zita Humbert Ph. 767-2553 Kenneth Chappell who managed the local feed mill here the past three years has resigned his post to accept a clerking job in the Artington post office. He started the postal work Saturday, Chappell and his family live in Artington. No successor has been named to the feed mill management so far. FAIRBANK BRIDES Mrs. Mabel Larens Rice Lake Wis and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Jellis Menomonie Wis spent the past week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marl Wellis. On Sunday a family reunion was held at Union Park in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zita Humbert
Kenneth Chappell
Artington
Sahuday, Chappell
Fairbank
Mabel Larens
Rice Lake
Wis
Lyle Jellis
Menomonie
Marl R. Wellis
Union Park
Des Moines
Hazleton Briefs Visit With Local Families
Mrs James Gallagher reports that Mr and Mrs Ben Davis with Mr and Mrs Leslie Davis of Independence spent Sunday afternoon at the Anas En rents home. They also visited the Leslie Davis daughter, and John Strawn and children.
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Hazleton
James Gallagher
Ben Davis
MM Leslie Daws
Independence
Anas. En
Lestie Davis
John Strawn
Hospital Notes Mercy Hospital Admitted and Discharged Patients
Mercy Hospital lists multiple admitted and discharged patients from Oelwein Arlington Hazleton Independence Brandon and other towns. Names include Master Chad Brooks Mrs Elizabeth Jensen Mrs Hallie Walker Timothy Lurrack Nedra Wendell Wendy Oakley James Tuckman Linda Leistikow and several others with placements at West Union Stuaner Castalia Elkader Manchester Edgewood and Gopher facilities.
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Mercy Hospital
Chad Brooks
Oelwein
Elizabeth Jensen
Hallie Walker
Timothy Lurrack
Arlington
Nedra Wendell
Wendy Oakley
James Tuckman
Hazleton
Michelle Layer
Jesup
Maisie Michels
Larry Larsen
Independence
Siandéa
Vicki Cornish
Brandon
Dennis Albert and Key
Brendon
Jolene Zeser
Walker Sumner Hospital
Sheila Witla Mashard
Carol Harms
Stuaner
Linda Leistikow
Oran Palmer Hospital
West Union
Nard Buraden
Esa Browhammier
West Th Union
Scott
Amy Fulter
Harold Ehet
Rader Manchester Hospital
Francis Sauerbry
Fopkinton
Linda Jennings
Manchester
Oliver Fuller
Raymond Ayde
Edgewood
Mareia Kendrick
Clarence Hammond
Delhi
Howard Davis
Gopher
Susan Shetley
Wilbert Shankle
Linda Junnings
Iowa to Host World Food Exposition in 1876 Bicentennial
The Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission announces an international food exposition and world food search center in Des Moines as part of a 1876 bicentennial celebration. The plan envisions a prairie park and a historic farm with possible $15 million in state federal and private support.
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Des
Youth Drowns at Storm Lake in 1954 Tragedy
A Storm Lake youth named Rex Lewis, a son of Mrs. Joe Connely, drowned Tuesday night on a rubber raft at the western Iowa resort. Two younger boys were on another raft when trouble began. Authorities arrived to find the two children in danger. Dr. Charles reported the lake depth about 10 feet where the bodies were recovered near a submerged raft.
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Rex Lewis
Storm Lake
Ubis
Lowa
Lewis
Joe Connely
Charles
Battlo
World's Biggest Farm Show At Van Horne In 1971
The Farm Progress Show comes to Bill and Ed Fry's 1000 acre farm near Van Horne in Benton County from September 28 to 30. Over 300 exhibitors will present modern farm machinery and demonstrations including 250 hybrid corn varieties 68 soybean varieties and 72 sorghum varieties. A 50 acre exhibit field becomes a tent city with a large home tent for kitchen displays and a women’s program. Parking is free and admission is not charged sponsored by Wallaces Farmer and local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Horne
Bill and Ed Fry
Benton County
Frys
Leon and
David Werner
Wallaces Farmer
Secret Service funding boosts for 1972 campaign
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 4.48 billion bill to hire 290 more Secret Service agents for protecting major presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1972 campaign. It also includes 200 thousand for Nixon’s salary, 60 thousand for pensions for Truman and Johnson, and 20 thousand for Mrs Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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