Enterprise Club honors its long time members
Kathy Fisher reports on the Enterprise Club’s Friday meeting in Dutch Creek for the 80th birthdays of Anna Crayne and Eva Robertson. The event included reminiscences by longtime members, plus socializing with cake and ice cream.
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Kathy Fisher
Dutch Creek
Old Enterprise ‘Community Club
Cloyce Crone’s
Floyd
Anna) Crayne
Ralph
Eva) Robertson
Clarence Lynn
Will Hobbs
Sid Robertson
Blanche Robertson
Glenn Gordon
L.P. Statler
Earl Hobbs
Carl Harb
Dutchettes 4-H
Jim Barnes
Melanie Miksch
Linda Barnes
Stage Band shines at Kalona Rotary Conference
The Mid-Prairie Stage Band conducted by Bob Gaston performed at the District Rotary Conference in Des Moines, earning a standing ovation. The event, part of a weekend in Kalona area coverage, highlighted localRotary members and guests with multiple social gatherings and visits.
Riverside residents and hospital stay
Ivo Berg has been released from Mercy hospital after several weeks as a surgical patient. Melvin Havel also left Mercy hospital after a two week stay as a medical patient. Gary Kron and family moved to a Kalona house they recently bought, leaving the Elmer Metz farm west of Riverside. Julie Muller had her sixteenth birthday celebrated with a Bryn Mawr Steak house supper hosted by Mr and Mrs Leroy Muller and Donnie, with Randy Cole a guest. The Girl Scouts met at Upper Elementary to practice their play and plan a camping trip. Beth Jean celebrated her eighth birthday with a supper including Joe Jean and family, Gary Murdock and Missy, Ray Allen and Tina, Larry Yoder and Randy Arthur, and Blanch Genkins of Moline visiting her sister Oral Bath’s home. Blanch attended the Highland school presentation of Finian’s Rainbow where her nephew Larry acted in the play. Blanch Genkins, a longtime teacher of 45 years, was nominated as Teacher of America and plans to retire in July.
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Wilbur Kiene
Riverside
Ivo Berg
Mercy Hospital
Melvin Havel
Gary Kron
Kalona
Elmer Metz
Leroy Muller
Donnie
Julie
Bryn Mawr
Randy Cole
Upper Elementary School
Joe Jean
Beth
Gary Murdock
Missy
Jone Tree
Ray Allen
Tina
Homestead
Larry Yoder
Randy Arthur
Ainsworth
Blanch Genkins
Moline
Oral Bath
America
Scenes from a kitchen window by Makve Luckey
The piece notes meat supply and potential price rises as meat buying slows. It recalls weekend visitors, a family succotash attempt, and a dictionary find on lima beans. The column suggests cooking with meat-saving methods like roasting bags to reduce shrinkage and improve gravy.
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Makve Luckey
Rotary banquet links Wellman and Kalona groups in spring dinner
Wellman and Kalona Rotary clubs held a March 29 banquet at Mid-Prairie High School with about sixty five attendees. Rev Albert Larsen presented a slide talk on The Four Way Test and the stage band under Robert Gaston performed. several guests and out of town visitors attended including families from Cedar Rapids and Kalona. Dan Dickel spoke at the annual father son football event at Asbury United Methodist Church with ninety guests.
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Charles Eckhardt Wellman
Bob Brophy
Wellman
Des Moines
Allied Mills, Inc
Bob
Webster Inn
Allied Mills
Bradley
Martin Brophys
Columbus Junction
Don Miller
Jeanette
Mark
Ricky
Cedar Rapids
Kimberly Redlinger
Kalona
Ardell Millers
Ardell Miller
Kimberly
Richard Redlinger
Kyle
J.M. Schlabaugh
Rotary Anns
Wellman and
Mid-Prairie High School
Rotary
Albert Larsen
Larsen
Robert Gaston
Dan Dickel
Asbury United Methodist Church
Dickel
Iowa
Wayne Kamm
Mid-Prairie
Dean Curtis
Science Fair Slated at Highland April 12
Riverside report notes the Highland Science Fair will be held in the Highland gym on Thursday April 12 at 730 PM with fourth fifth and sixth grade students displaying projects. Public invited to view the exhibits.
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Highland
Wilbur Kiene Riverside
Clarence Rummelhart
John Yeggy
AE. Schnoebelen
Cecil Strabala
Robert Thomann
Mike Schrieber
Iowa City
Highland Gym
Robert Wieland
Ronald Wieland
Mount Pleasant
Norman Sojka
Hiawatha
Wes Sojka
Glenn Cray
Washington
Mildred Cray
Wayne
Spring decorations brighten UP Home cottages
Cottages along UP Home oy Ruinmauin show Easter trees, flowers, and live daffodils in windows and gardens despite dismal weather. Bright sunshine Thursday lifted spirits as locals reconnect after Florida visits. Neighbors enjoyed tree ripened oranges and festive corsages at birthdays and farewells.
Waco students set world tug of war record
A total of 769 students in Waco Texas hoisted a rope as long as two football fields and established a world tug of war record for mass participation. The previous record was 600 set in 1969 in Australia.
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Waco, Tex
Stork Gazette Birth Announcements Highlight Washington Entries
Lori Jean White and Jacqueline Dawn Martin lead a Washington batch of birth notices, listing parents and home addresses. Marcie Kerr Dennis Miller Wendy Hardy Aletha Stuhr Linda Laird are also named with parental names and locations in Kalona and nearby towns.
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Lori Jean White
Joe Allen White
Washington
Marcie Jill Kerr
Michael Kerr
E. Main
Dennis E. Miller
Eldon T. Miller
Box
Kalona Wendy Sue Hardy
Marvin Lee Hardy
Spelle
Amristopher
William Black
Jacqueline
Dawn Martin
Joe Ernest Martin
E. Madison
Aletha Rose Stuhr
Lyall Dean Stuhr
Ainsworth
Linda Kay Laird
Herman Vern Laird
E. Adams
Mrs Keith Wikoff Hosts Circle II Meeting at Home
Mrs Keith Wikoff hosted the Social Circle of Circle II Saint James at her home on Wednesday night with Mrs Marvin McClure as cohostess. Bertha Dempsey led the opening prayer and Dorothy Gevock presented a Lenten program before prayers. Margaret Payne won the door prize. Mrs Wikoff to become Circle I leader. A card was sent to Mrs Clem Adam a Mercy Hospital patient in Iowa City.
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Keith Wikoff
Circle II
St. James
Marvin McClure
Bertha Dempsey
Dorothy Gevock
Margaret Payne
Wikoff
Circle I
Clem Adam
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Busy Bees and Highlanders 4-H Club April Meetings Summary
The Busy Bees 4-H Club met at Annette Iker home with Lori Hotchkiss presiding. Talks covered fabric selection textile terms labels colorfastness and next meeting May 7. The Highlanders 4-H Club met at Ainsworth Methodist Church hosted by Brian Lasek with pledge, snack talks by Kurt Stewart Phil Stout and Brian Lasek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Bees
Busy Bees 4-H Club
Annette Iker
Lori Hotchkiss
Lori Otchkiss
Marcia Yoth
Annette Walker
Julie Redlinger
Marcia Campbell
Highlanders
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Brian Lasek
Kurt Stewart
Phil Stout
Square Dance Brief in Foss Memorial Building
The Swinging Square Dance Club will hold a dance on April 12 at 8 p.m. in the Foss Memorial Building at Salem. Maurice Garmoe of Mt. Pleasant will be the caller.
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Ance
Foss
Salem
Maurice Garmoe
Mt. Pleasant
Elaine Dee Allensworth Weds Lloyd Martin II in Raleigh
Kalona couple Mr and Mrs Rex Allensworth announce the marriage of their daughter Elaine Dee to Lloyd Martin II on Monday March 19 in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Charles F. Smith
North Marion
Julie Ann
Jim Rheay
Omaha
Neb
Washington Church of God
Virgil Blosser
Kalona
Rex Allensworth
Elaine Dee
Lloyd Martin II
Raleigh
N.C
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Joella Barnes
Robin Bowen
Cherry Griggs
Patty Booth
Karel
Gerry Farrier
VFW Club
Elliott McKinstrys
Dick Houseals
Larry Zebrs
Joe Swifts
Doug Swifts
Mike Koehlers
Jack Pederson
Pink House
Dean Luers
Grinnell
Jack
Telephone Company
Chad
Jake
Cleo Trier
Gilbert Brown
Susie
Dick Trier
Grandma Wolf
Karen Schantz
Wapello
Karen
Omer Crawford
Mrs. Crawford
Elliott McKinstry
Andrew Hayter
Sonja
Steve
Lisa
Marion
Historical Society
Opal Bowen
Rosemary Luers
Ruth Owen
Eugene Way Kalona
Mid - Prairie
Savory Hotel
Bob Gaston
Leon Yoder
Rodney Mercer
Alan Oldfield
Bryan Fry
Bob Stagner
Jack Seward
Mark Miksch
Debbie Hess
Dennis Griffith
Peg Griffith
Kevin Yoder
Craig Kephart
Leroy Miller
Thomas H. Miller
John D. Woodin
Richard Conwell
Steve Reif
Ford Skola
Nellie Fink
Lebanon
Cloyst Spreacker
Gilbert Shetley
Ray B. Brenneman
Frank Rhodes
Elma Kinsinger
Sam Bender
Sylvanus Miller
Lewis E. Yoder
Chriss P. Bontrager
Marjorie Gingerich
John Stoit
Philip Kloos
Mr. Kloos
Burkley
Sor
CRULL
Lee
Agency
DIAL
Kentucky
Stouffe
Wolf's Flower Shop
Colthursts
Florida
Edna Sherriff
Florence Kyle
John Balles
San Mateo
Calif
W. J. Knapps
Marian
Florence Hale
Raymond Krug
Stella Jorpeland
Elizabeth Clark
Kim Kehoe
Sharon
Karl Megchelsen Jr
Montrose
Karl
Robert Megchelsen
Megchelsen
Robert
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Armstrong
Chautauqua
N. Y
Grace Cottrell
Ohio
Richard Colby
Martha Glass
Colby
McClung
Ramsdale
Copeland
Prairie Flower Church
James Frier
Karen Gorham
Karen Murphy
Hynes and Howes Securities CO
Hynes & Howes Securities CO
Davenport, Nova
Srynes & Howes Mortgage Co
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Ainsworth State Bank
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