Easter visits and hospital updates in Richland area
A long column details Easter weekend visits in Richland and nearby towns. Joyce and Mike Graber receive care at St Josephs Ottumwa with Joyce facing upcoming surgery. Families including Muenzenmeyers and Ballards share meals, travel to Cedar Rapids, and greet relatives in Keota, Washington, Kalona, Batavia, and Kirksville while noting hospital transfers and local social events.
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Joyce
Mike Graber
St. Joseph Hospital
Ottumwa
Two clubs meet at West Chester
West Chester April 5 The White Way Club met at Mrs. Merlin Crawford s home for an April 4 meeting Roll call prompted talk of outside work Mrs Keith Stewart read articles and Mrs Melvin Booth spoke of a Florida winter The May meeting will be with Mrs Melvin Booth with Centennial dress or pattern The Time for Coffee Club met at Mrs Gail Niffenegger s home April 5 for a 6 30 p m salad supper Ten members and one guest Mrs Martha Murry attended Roll call was the salad recipe The rest of the evening was visiting The May meeting will be with Mrs Marvin Yoder and each member is asked to bring Centennial dress or the pattern and material
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hobbs
West Chester
White Way Club
Merlin Crawford
Keith Stewart
Melvin Booth
Florida
Gail Niffenegger
Martha Murry
Marvin Yoder
Local Richland social notes highlight gatherings and birthdays
April gatherings span Richland and surrounding towns with Kermit Oswalt hosting family dinners attended by Cobb, Crone, Oswalt, and others. Quilting club members meet at Elmer Derby’s, plan May wrap at Rubio Community Building, and numerous visits unfold among the Goulds, Luithlys, Hinshaw, Hadleys, and Hoekstras. Perry McCracken marks his fifth birthday, while illness eases for Burlington relatives during weekend visits and Easter celebrations nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Long Richland
Kermit Oswalt
Bill Cobb
Bertha Saunders
Brighton
Vic Oswalt
Francis Crone
Atalissa
Howard Hazen
We Rubio Ladies Quilting Club
Elmer Derby
Steve Leathers
Mark and
Vada Carter
Homewood
Ill
Mary Utterback
Rubio
Mabel” Hollingsworth
Wendell Bachmann
Indianola
John Gould
Wichita Falls
Texas
Maurice Gould
Keith Sasseen
Wayne Gould
Montezuma
Gould
Margery Gould
Iowa City
Richland
Perry McCracken
Burlington
Brown
Richland Friends Missionary Aid
Rufus McCracken
Pearle ‘Liggett
Earl Gillis
Ted Spray
Clara Hoekstra
Will Monster
Pella
Bessie Seannee
Donald Hoekstra
Lee Ann
LaVerne Hoekstra
Wilton
Ken Erwin
Marion Robertson
Galen Howsare Begins Student Teaching in Iowa High School
Crawfordsville April 4 Galen Howsare a senior at UNI Cedar Falls started his student teaching in math at Marshalltown High School on April 4 He will live in the Dr Dean Baker home Mrs Baker formerly Mary Lena Davis daughter of Roll Davis Also noted Mrs Georgia Williams returned home from Davenport after visiting her son and his wife Mrs Alma Stone visited for a week with her son Fred Stone and family Joe Johnston entered Mercy Hospital Iowa City for medical care and tests While he is gone Allen Johnston and family care for Joe Ronnie Griffith John Arthur and Randy Stone spent a few days skiing near Vail Colorado They reported good but with a few spills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Wate
Crawfordsville
Galen Howsare
UNI
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown High School
Marshalltown
Dean Baker
Square Circle Club
Alma Stone
Herrimann
Fred Stone
Joe Johnston
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Allen Johnston
Johnston
Joe
Ronnie Griffith
John Arthur
Randy Stone
Vail
Colo
Ronnie
Roger
Wedding Festivities Dot Goshen Area With Easter Gatherings
A wedding at Yellow Creek Mennonite Church near Goshen Ind drew relatives from many towns. Attendees included Dwight and P J Graber, Dennis and M D Gerig, Johenny Mast, Lori, Randy and Max Roth, Cal Eichelberger, Edwin Swartzendruber, Jack Hertig and daughters, and Linda Hertig. Easter visits spanned Elkart, Pandora, Iowa City, Denmark, Davenport, Lincoln Neb, Granger, Fairfield, Omaha, Morton, Kalona and Washington, with multiple family groups staying and sharing meals and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer Wayland
Greg Graber
Carol Nitzche
Yellow Creek Mennonite Church
Goshen
Ind
Dwight Graber
P.J. Graber
Dennis Graber
M.D. Gerig
Johenny Mast
Lori
Randy Roth
Max Roth
Cal Eichelberger
Edwin Swartzendruber
Jack Hertig
Stephanie
Susan
Elkart
Joa Hertig
Leo Lange
Iowa City
Elmer Lange
Jennie Duff
Denmark
Stan Meyer
Willis Alliman
Don Michels
Pandora
Ohio
Rex Fish
Bedford
Elmer Meyer
Robert Meyer
Monona
Katie Roth
Daniel Roth
Lincoln
Neb
Loren Roth
Granger
Roger Roth
Near Olds
Andrew Tschantz
Gary Tschantz
Davenport
Bruce Nixson
Lloyd Roth
Anwyls Visit At Crawfordsville And Nearby News
Max Anwyl and Mrs. Max Anwyl of Madison Tennessee visited Crawfordsville for a few days with sister and relatives. Nancy Rhea taught near Sidney Nebraska, traveled for an Easter visit with her parents. Jim Jewell and family traveled to Kirksville Missouri for Easter. Stan Jewell, from Dubuque Theological Seminary, visited home in the Parental Jim Jewell residence before returning to Freeport Illinois where he ministers to youth. Last Saturday she helped the youth group with a car wash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Anwyl
Madison. Tenn
Chester Piper
Nancy Rhea
Sidney
Neb
Kenneth Rhea
Jim Jewell
Kirksville
Terri
Gary Cupp
NEMSC
Stan Jewell
Dubuque
Dubuque Theological Seminary
Stan
Freeport, Ill
United Church of Christ
Easter Family Gatherings Across Iowa and Illinois
Easter Sunday brought a wide circle of visitors to Ray Rich and Henry Widmer households, with relatives from Mt. Pleasant, Ft. Madison, North Chicago, and beyond. In Kalona and Noble areas, Miller and Wittmer families hosted dinners and birthday observances for Denise Hertig, Vicky Hertig, and Nelson Martins da Cruz, with friends from Mt. Morris and Burlington joining, while additional guests celebrated at William Thomas and a Miller birthday party with cake and ice cream.
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Roy Miller
John Hixson
Connie
Louis Miller
Columbus Junction
Connie McCall
Crawfordsville
Larry Hixson
Sherry Kaufman
Tom Kaufman
Lester Alliman
Gordon Watson
Royce Roth
Washington
Larry Roth
Elmer Roth
Todd Watson
Paul Oswald
Aurora
Neb
Karen Oswald
Omaha
Raymond Schlatter
Delmar Wagler
Carl Lund
Lester Schlatter
Pleasant View
Kalona
David Schlatter
William Schlatter
Wo Ars
Ezra Wittmerk
Wayland
Ray Rich
Charles Simmons
Sherri
James Hatch
Randy
Mt. Pleasant
Thomas Rump
Ft. Madison
Henry Widmer
Melba Widmer
Mankota
Minn
Richard Widmer
North
Chicago
Illinois
Elsie Stortz
Fairfield
Donnie Hertig
Clinton Hertig
Harold Rixe
Rhua Davison
Donald Davison
Jerry Flory
Rodney Letts
Denise Hertig
Vicky
Hertig
Nelson Martins da Cruz
Brazil
Mary Witmer
Orlin Frey
Mt. Morris
Ill
R.L. Brenner
Iowa City
Noah Wittmer
Pleasant
Vernon Frey
Noble
David Wittmer
Burlington
Daryl Wittmer
Muscatine
AW. Eichelberger
Miller
Robert Schrock
Oscar Miller
Near Noble
Henry Leichty
Orval Miller
Paul Miller
William ‘Thomas
Eileen Ferrell
Bill ‘Thoma
Ken Groff
Ralph Roth
Mrs Swartzendruber wins art show at Columbus Junction
The Columbus Junction art show awarded Mrs. Swartzendruber first prize of 150 dollars for her painting In the North Bluff marking a consecutive win. Easter weekend activities included gatherings at the Escher and Widmer homes with multiple families visiting from Cedar Rapids Omaha and Fort Collins. Community notes also report hospital stays and a meeting of the Iowa Chapter T with delegates chosen for the State Convention in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
J.B. Magdefrau
Joe Schlatter
Washington
William Harper
Harper
Ronnie Escher
Cedar Rapids
Laurence Whisler
Clarice Meek
Verne Escher
Carl Reschly
Ann
Keith
Chris Widmer
Omaha
Neb
Reschly
Kenneth Klopfenstein
Ft. Collins, Co
Delbert Terry
Widmer
Jake R. Roth
Mercy Hospital
Grinnell
Dallas
Texas
Eddie Davison
Ron Davison
Burdette Davison
Arthur Davison
Wendell
Duane Alliman
Catherine Stone
Harold Humston
Brighton
Clair Boshart
Arizona
Vietnam War accusation from Madame Binh at Paris
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, Vietnam’s Foreign Minister, accused President Nixon in Paris of starting the Vietnam War all over again due to U S air and naval support for South Vietnamese forces, saying the conflict is being renewed.
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Paris
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh
Nixon
U. S
Attorneys Day Everret Meeker Bates in Livingston
Livingston city notice lists attorneys Robert Day Everett Meeker and Robert Bates from Abstract Dept in office 112 South B, contact phone 653-2147 for legal services and matters.
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Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South B
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
Abstract ‘Dept
West Main
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Don Louis Richland
Bill ‘Muenzenmeyer
Kay
Everett Graber
Eldon
Merle Mathis
Lucy Thompson
Floris
Clarence Ferguson
Chester Broston
Fremont
Tabernace
Oskaloosa
Anit
Blacklia Township
Wayne Parsons
Kenneth Coffin
Blue Point
Frank Lock
Roy Mitchell
Sam Ritchie
Dick McWilliams
Gibson
Bill Muenzenmeyer
Gene Muenzenmeyer
Childrens Hospital
Joyce Graber
St. Josephs Hospital
Orin Black
Sigourney
Mabel Ward
Ollie
Cecil Bales
Mattie Collet
Albert Hahn
Keota
Danny Aggion
Wellman
Gerald Hahn
Mike Black
Larry Black
Gary Brad
Doug Black
Otis Black
Richard Black
Moline
Richard Derby
Mike Erickson
Kermit Fulton
Robin Ragen
Batavia
Grant Wimpsett
Omer Black
Lawrence Bailey
W. T. Shultz
Lloyd McCracken
Kathryn Jones
Maplewood Manor
Ed Seevers
Ray Mourer
Eddie Seevers
Christy Mourer
Henry Peterson
Lawrence Hadley
Kermit Oswalts Richland
General Motors
New York Coliseum
U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Dept. of Transportation
UPI
Goshen, Indiana
Max Anwyls
Mrs
Marian Waters
Apa
Mrs. Swartzendruber
Professional Directory
John C. Owen
East Main Street
ML. Tweeton
North Marion
J.R. Bissland
Iowa
Production Credit Association Monthly
Melvin Schneider
Maplewood Manor Nursing Home
P.L. Etter
Osteopathic Kcian
Optometrist
John W. Lemmon
Iowa Avenue
Payroll
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