Keota music contest ratings announced for instrumental and vocal entries
Keota April 13 ratings show Division I performers Shirley Sparrow Cliff Stoutner Bob Davis and others earning top marks in treble voice high and various solo performances. Division II accolades go to Jeri Mayer Jane Appleger Sue Perver Gary Vincent and additional participants across vocal and instrumental categories. Mrs Guy Lyle celebrated a surprise birthday dinner with family arrivals and kin visiting from Tipton Madison and Sigourney during the weekend.
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KEOTA
Music Department of
Grandview
Shirley Sparrow
Cliff Stoutner
Bob Davis
John Romoser
Jeri Mayer
Jane Appleger
Sue Perver
Gary Vincent
Tom Walker
Jay Flynn
Guy Lyle
Richard Lyle
Francis Lyle
Jim Lyle
Tipton
Charles Lyle
Wellman OES to Host Annual School of Instruction
The Wellman Chapter Order of Eastern Star holds its School of Instruction on Monday April 20 at the Masonic Temple. School begins at 10 o clock with inspection at eight. Worthy Grand Matron Luela Brammer and Worthy Grand Patron Howard Miller visit. Past Matrons to host six o'clock dinner. reservations via Mrs Bertha Durst.
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Ano
J. B. Wouper Wellman
Wellman
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Barbara Henderson
Luela Brammer
Dubuque
Howard Miller
New London
Evalyn Bash
Temple
Bertha Durst
Fairmont Wedding Attends and Local Social News
In Fairmont Minnesota April 15 events unfold as C Wittmer and Vernon Frey attend a wedding at the Wittmer home. A funeral in Cherry Box Missouri honors a relative. church activities in Wayland include hymn singing and devotionals. Local residents travel to events in Kalona and Ka ton a while others return from过 California and Arizona.
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Wayland
C Wittmer
Vernon Frey
Virgil Wittmer
Fairmont
Minn
Kay Wittmer
Robert Witt
Eli Yoder
Louis Gugel
Oscar Richard
Rosie Swartzendruber
Kalona
Hannah Bissey
Cherry Box
Missouri
Ivan Wyse
Eldon Boshart
Vernon Gerig
Seth Roth
Pinky Hamilton ends basic training at Fort Sill
Dennis S Hamilton and family celebrate his completion of basic training at Fort Leonard Wood and his posting to Fort Sill Oklahoma for further schooling. The piece notes visitors to Ernest Petru and Mary Cooney, plus ongoing medical tests for Cleo Burich and diabetes diagnosis.
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Riverside
Dennis S. Hamilton
U.S
Teng
U.S.A
Lester Bell
Emil Meyers
Lone Tree
Ernest Petru
Restopia
Columbus Junction
Petry
Richard Jones
Rose
Marie
Troy Mills
Keota Women Attend Twelfth Republican Women’s Conference
Mrs. Mabel Fagen and Mrs. Mabel Morris returned from Washington D C where they attended the twelfth annual Republican Women’s Conference April 8 to 11 at the Sheraton Hotel. They rode a chartered bus from Des Moines with 30 other ladies and toured the Capitol, Jubilee, and met notable figures including Rockefeller and Goldwater. The trip included viewing Miss Ann FitzPatrick, Iowa’s Cherry Queen representative, and a parade past General MacArthur’s casket. They visited Arlington Cemetery but could not enter due to gates being locked and rain. The group stayed overnight with Mrs. Willard Poole before returning home to Keota.
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Ann FitzPatrick
Iowa
Capitol Building
General McArthur
Arlington Cemetery
John
Des Moines
Willard Poole
So and Sew Club Hosts April Meeting in Westchester
Mrs Harry Dusenbery hosted the So and Sew Club April session with eight members, planning May tours through the Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce. A recipe exchange and family menu roll call followed by refreshments. Also reported are Cub Scout Den 2 activities led by Mrs John Duvall, a social circle cleanup at Federated Church, an Arbor Day slide program by Mrs Robert Pearson, and Mercy Hospital patient Margaret Martin. Mayor Harold Tolander notes town purchases a truck for street repair and trash hauling.
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Westchester
Harry Dusenbery
So and Sew Club
Ernest Lampe
Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce
Harry Dale Dusenbery
John Duvall
Duvall
Greg Manfold
Federated Church
Nelson Woodford
Charles Ralston
Glen Gordon
Gail Reif
Melvin Booth
Arthur Peters
John McDowell
Don Smith
Dean Luers
Fred Coakley
John Weerman
Ruby Sharp
Merl McDowell
Woodford
Willard Hole
John Hough
Ray Hough
Margaret Smith
Coakley
Garet Smith
Louie Harley
Californi
Robert Pearson
Norma Martin
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Harold Tolander
Start gardening in Noble area
April 13 diary notes indicate fluctuating April weather in Noble with cold spells and recent rain and high winds. The writer describes gardening plans, oats sowing, and help given to Maleta on Friday afternoon while staying with Danny Barquist in Olds, plus a late thunderstorm and telecommunication disruption from a struck pole.
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Noble
Griesers
Barquists
Wedding Anniversary Feels Joyful At Wingas Cafe
Guests gathered Thursday evening April 9 to celebrate a 45th wedding anniversary with families, joining 14 surviving original guests. Officiant Simon Gingerich, Ed Springer hospitalized in Mt. Pleasant, and local residents including Vernon Birkey of Manson and Edna Widmer attended services at Bethel. John Young, Edna Widmer’s son, suffers three days of measles. Nellie Bowell of Iowa City visited Maynard Widmer family. Harris Beese, brother-in-law of Reschly relatives, died Sunday. Bethel Mennonite Church Comforter project continues with Leichty, Diers, Leichty, Conrad, Roth, and other members. Vernon Frey and Sam Wittmer attended Wittmer wedding in Fairmont. Karl Prey and Lydia Krabill also mentioned. Merle Conrad family and Bradley Roth recent marriage noted.
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Wingas Cafe
Simon Gingerich
Ed Springer
Mt. Pleasant
Vernon Birkey
Manson
Maynard Widmer
Nellie Bowell
Iowa City
Harris Beese
Golden Rule SS
Bethel Mennonite Church
Leona Leichty
Mayme Diers
Florence Leichty
Ida Conrad
Minnie Roth
Elsie Earnest
Ruth Wen
Stella Boshart
Ada Leich
Katie Widmer
Mable Conrad
Mildred Wenger
Prorence Leichty
Vernon Frey
Sam Wittmer
Fairmont
Minn
Kaye Wittmer
Virgil Wittmers
Robert Witt
Minneapolis
Miss Wittmer
Sam
Carl Prey
Burlington
Otto
Lydia Krabill
Freys
Merle Conrad
Carol Roth
Wayland
Bradley Roth
Clayton Nobel
Will Leeper
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Jim McCrabb
Donald McCrabb
Jean
Bill
Richard McCrabb
Stevie
Parnell
Richard Smothers
Emmett Smothers
Sigourney
Wellman Oes
Fairmont, Minn
Ezra Wittmer
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fancy
Mary Schlatter
Henry County Fairgrounds
Sam Baker
Near Richland
LNC
Richard Shumaker
Laverne Farmer
Everett Davis
Boyd Garrett
Edwar Roth
George Brooks
Wm. Schatter
Katona
Everett Monson
Oakland
Calif
John Wagler
Phoenix
Arizona
Marie and
Louise Imhoff
California
Elizabeth Wittmer
Mr. Springer
Henry County Hospital
Sontee Mae Gallon
Thermogas Company
Washington, Iowa
Dial
Carson
Blue Bird Midwest
MT. Pleasant, Iowa
By Hank Ketcham
Joey
Pinky Hamilton
Marge Luckey
Mary Coney
Leroy O'Conner
Cooney
University Hospital
Charles Kelley
Ronda
Christine
Ed Rogers Jr
Pamela
Clara Rath
Martin Kron
Charles Vondrasek
Washington
Victor Burich
Burich
Cleo Burich
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Gene Cox
Ames
Bill Henderson
Clara Fleenor
Carl Walton
Tom McDonald
Syd McDonald
Ralph Hotchkiss
Dougie
Fairfield
Bill Hotchkiss
Eugene Reed
Cletus Reed
St. Marys
John Therion
Ainsworth
Minternational
Mena
L & N Heating Service
William Long
Noble Area
Mrs. Henry Yoder
C.L. Jennings
Washington Oil Company
E. Singtor
Goodrich
Pioneer Drug
Steel Post
White Pine
White House
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