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Monroe Community News Highlights and Local Notices
Cordova Dispatch chronicled community updates from Monroe including Isabel Fisher-Bowie traveling to Iowa City for eye surgery, a 1965 class reunion plan, nearby visits, a large youth M.Y.F. conference at Iowa Wesleyan College, and a long list of neighborhood events. Reports cover illnesses, family visits, a successful chicken barbecue, travels, a fatal jet crash in California, and storm damage with trees down and repairs underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Isabel Fisher-Bowie
Harold Bowie
Iowa City
Klein
McCuen
Wesleyan
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
State of
Iowa
Carmen Clements
Grandma
Ballard
Oskaloosa
Clements
Ballard’s
Harrison le Grand
Fred Baarda
Des Moines
John den Otter
Nellie
Bill
Nell Karr-Bundy
Fruitdale
Oregon
Timberline Lodge
Mt. Hood
Nell
Rev
Keith Eck
Billy
Neil
Blue Lake
Lloyd
Jane Clevenger
Jim Munson
Flint
Michigan
Clevenger
Phil
Denny
Ivan Kaldenberg
Otley
Pella
Marion Kingery
Albia
David Larton
Ernest Schultz
Bobby Calhoun
Jim Calhoun
Swan
California
Minnie Rickabaugh
Barbara Clevenger
Jane
Fairfield
Lyle Clevenger
Russell Crozier
Ora Balmer
Beatrice Marshall
Collins Hospital
Ans’ Funeral Home
Knoxville
Clyde Karr
Vivian
Donald
Burton
Columbia
Don Woods
Monroe
Washington Street
Don Hewitt
West End
Arnold Schippers
Cecil Price
Nevada
Kinart
Garden Chapel
Lois Aalbers
Marion Aalbers
Lois
Union
Gertrude Aalbers
Arthur Vriezelaar
Dick Aalbers
Dean Broderson
Masters
Kenneth Simpson
Sadie Simpson
Jack Simpson
Kenneth Lambert
Wash
St. Fri