Age No Handicap Oldsters Enjoy Quilting
Elderly Riv erside women find quilting keeps them busy and minded Matilda Wieland 96 known as Aunt Tit in the parish at St Marys Catholic Church now resides at Happy Haven Nursing Home after ill health. She sews quilt tops by hand and gives them to friends or relatives while enjoying visits and card games. Anna Burich 83, a spinster, deaf but cheerful, has completed about 24 hand sewn quilt tops for owners of Aunt Annies pieces, and enjoys time with relatives at Happy Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Burich
Matilda Wieland
Happy Haven
Lone Tives
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Riverside
St. Mary’s Catholic Chure
Lone Tree
Anna Burich
Fight Hypokinesia Public Health Message
Public service notice urging parents to require 15 minutes of vigorous activity daily at school for boys and girls to combat hypokinesia among American youth. Offers a free leaflet from the President's Council on Physical Fitness and invites contact through school officials for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evoy
President’s Council On Physical Fitness
Washington, D.C
Counc
Social Hour Club gathering noted in Crawfordsville
Social Hour Club met at Mrs. Cleo Fletcher’s home with ten members and guest Mrs. Don Miller of Olds. The afternoon featured social time and knitting, with refreshments served by Mrs. Larry Fletcher and Mrs. Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Wells
Crawfordsville
Cleo Fletcher
Don Miller
Olds
Larry Fletcher
Miller
Lenore Banks
Leroy
Larry Banks
Troy
Burlington
Carol Loeffler
Diana
Cindy
Roger
Gregg
Brighton
Jerry Banks
Tammy
Belinda
Lorie
Cedar Rapids
Glenn
Cottonwood
Idaho
Air Corps
Richard Dare
Edd Blattner
Washington
George Dare
George
Chester Holcomb
Conrad
Willis Conrad
Square Dance Activities Arrive with April Events
Calendar lists April 18 and May dates with Bob Lucas Ken Crow and Frank Lane as callers at Legion Hall and Armory. Washington Girls form Swinging Belles square dancing club inviting new members via Mrs Lee Baird or Mrs Ken Peters at Osincup Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lucas
Legion Hall
Ken Crow
Frank Lane
Armory
Washington Girls
Anniversary Belles
Swinging Belles
Washington Area
Lee Baird
Ken Peters
Osincup Drug Store
Iowa
Aday
Waterloo
Sleeping Beauty brings smiles to Mid-Prairie youngsters
Children at Mid-Prairie grade schools enjoyed the annual Children's Theater production Sleeping Beauty written by Rita Koening June Kempf and Sally Allen. Cast included Princess Janet Johnson Prince John Orr King Pete Eimen and others. Following the show the district released next week lunch menus with varied meals for Monday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid - Prairie
Rita Koening
June Kempf
Sally Allen
Pete Eimen
Rita Grout
Janet Johnson
John Orr
Martha
Aggie the Fairies
Charlene Bush
Mim Small
Hilda
Donna Schlabaugh
Lord Wellington
Glenn Miller
Lady Wellington
Max — al Smith
Mike Jerson
Rick Fry
Smen
Mid
Prairie Community Schools
Cloverettes 4-H Club Meets in Crawfordsville
Cloverettes 4-H club held its April meeting at Vicki Dare’s home with fourteen members present. President Cindy Jones led the session, planning for the Mother's Tea on May 14 at the schoolhouse. Demonstrations featured making a picture by Maureen Miller and Becky White and finiging and refinishing frames by Rosemary Curtis and Janet Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Crooked Creek Cloverettes
Vicki Dare
Richard Dare
Dare
Craig
Janet
Cindy Jones
Maureen Miller
Becky White
Rosemary Curtis
Janet Davis
Karen Davis
Mid Prairie Students Attend Drake Play Festival
Mid Prairie High School students Glenn D Miller Barbara Beckman Karen Russell and Steve Kelley joined Jerry Higgins and Mrs Charles Beckman for a trip to Des Moines on April 7 to perform The Death of the Hired Man at Drake University Play Festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid - Prairie High School
Jerry Higgins
Charles Beckman
Drake University
Des Moines
Drake
Glenn D. Miller
Barbara Beckman
Karen Russell
Steve Kelley
Mid Prairie
Funeral services for Mrs Fred L Stewart
Funeral services for Mrs Fred L Stewart were held Monday at 10 30 a m in the Jones Funeral Home with the Reverend Vernon Elgin and the Reverend George Kerr officiating Burial was in the Elm Grove Cemetery Pallbearers were Phil Weldin Robert Day Neil Trotman Robert Wiley Georg Breitenbach and David Liviston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Stewart
Jones Funeral Home
Vernon Elgin
George Kerr
Elm Grove Cemetery
Phil Weldin
Robert Day
Neil Trotman
Robert Wiley
Georg Breitenbach
David Liviston
Becky White Presides at Junior Auxiliary Meeting
Becky White led the Junior American Legion Auxiliary meeting at the Legion Hall in Crawfordsville on Saturday afternoon. Thirteen members and two leaders attended along with guest Vicki Conrad and color bearer Patricia Schultz, as reports from the Muscatine district convention were heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Becky White
American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Everette Sommer
Ernest Whiting
Vicki Conrad
Patricia Schultz
Muscatine
Blitz Brothers Sing At Veterans Hospital Fundraiser
One day event titled Blitz Brothers by Sakren sent donations to Clinton Veterans Hospital. Participants sang in a group performance and were treated to refreshments served by Debbie McCall Connie McCall and Becky White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hospital
Clinton
Debbie
Connie McCall
Becky White
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Annie
Donna Swartzendruber
Cheryl Sommer
Sue Jones
Linda Baker
Gail Boal
Doris Lassley
Fresno
Calif
Dewey Conrad
Wm. Henss
Coralville
Bill
Florence Henss
Wilbur Wheeler
John Pryor
Mt. Pleasant
Northwest
Missouri
Wheeler
KTVO
Lancaster
Guffey
Washington Concrete
Bob
Jan
Methodist
St. Paul
Harvard
Cloverettes
Blitz Brothers
By Sakren
Mom
Lila
Westinghouse
Deaser eeerEy
Skelly Oil Company
Skelly
E. Washington
Land
ATAX
Barrecmir
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