Bethel group makes gifts for Spanish speaking New Yorkers
Mrs Milton M Milton and a Bethel Sunday School group met at the Graber home to craft Spanish verse gifts for Gladys Widmer to give mothers in New York for Mother's Day. Miss Widmer works among Spanish speaking communities there. Refreshments closed the gathering.
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Wayland
Milton M. Milton
Bethel Sunday School
Alvin Graber
Lavonne
Washington
Gladys Widmer
New York
Margaret Morse
Cedar Rapid
Nellie Brooks
Parkview
Fred Grant
Lucy
Dallas
Texar
Harold Rixe
Herman Rixe
Bennett
Iowa
Ralph
Green City
Sarah Wenger
Lancaster
Thelda Ashliman
Keota Fire Extinguishes Farm Blaze Near Church
Keota firefighters answered a Thursday afternoon alarm at the Heisdorffer Brothers farm two miles southwest of St Peter and Paul Church. A log and grass fire spread about four miles toward the house and outbuildings, burning roughly ten acres before being contained. The barn base caught fire but all buildings were saved. The Ray Wickencamp farm was identified as the location. In local society news, Emerald Rebekah Lodge met with Florence Crawford presiding. reflections on the HOME program were shared, and plans made for the Sigourney district convention in Sigourney on May 19. Additional notes covered club meetings, visits, and social gatherings among residents and families in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Keola
Heisdorffer Brothers
Ray Wickencamp
Emerald Rebekah Lodge
Noble
Florence Crawford
Lena Hermanstorer
Sigourney Lodge
District 54
Sigourney
Tressie Herr
Aileen Beck
Elizabeth Leitsinger
Lena Hermanstorfer
Gleen Holmes
Donald Long
Ronnie
Rubio
Vie Vogel
Mark Weber
Annette
Donna Bennett
Dean
Ainsworth WSCS Meets Thursday at Methodist Church
Ainsworth Woman s Society of Christian Service met at the Ainsworth Methodist Church Thursday afternoon. Mrs W D Roberts opened with a revised Purpose from the Methodist Woman Magazine. The program chair was Mrs Sam Stephens with a dramatization The Puzzled Delegate featuring Mae Lamb Olive Miksch Fred Pfeifer and Richard Stephens to clarify General Conference procedures for members. Mrs Herbert Rich sang My Task with piano accompaniment by Dale Roberts. Stephens received a special membership pin from WSCS, pinned by her daughter Mrs Rich. The meeting noted two more memberships forthcoming. Mrs W D Roberts presided with reports from members who attended the district WSCS meeting in Washington last week. Continued business and refreshments followed, with hostesses Mrs Robert Greene Mrs Chas Thompson and Mrs Mabel Thompson.
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C. A. Thompson Ainsworth
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ainsworth Methodist Church
W. D. Roberts
Methodist Woman Magazine
Sam Stephens
Delgate
Mae Lamb
Olive Miksch
Fred Pfeifer
Richard Stephens
Herbert Rich
Crawfordsville
Dale Roberts
Stephens
WSCS
Rich
W.D. Roberts
W.s.cs
Washington
Robert Greene
Chas
Thompson
Mabel Thompson
Crawfordsville American Legion meets at Legion Hall
The Crawfordsville American Legion Post met Tuesday evening with 14 members present. Boys were chosen for Boys State pending word on how many can be sent. Members painted a shuffleboard court and the post bought a set. Refreshments were served by Charles Wells and Leroy Conrad.
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Crawfordsville
Stella Maxwell
Sheri Wilson
Karen Whiting
Sheri
Max Mitchell
Richard Hartzell
Sunday Register
YWCA
Des Moines
Washington
Carnival planned at Ainsworth
Ambling through Ainsworth news, the Sacha Club met with Mrs Pat Tobin hosting with Mrs George Colthurst. Fifteen members and one guest attended. The Kensington Club discussed future May meetings and the Highland Junior High Carnival on April 24, with candidates for King and Queen chosen. In New York a new auto theft prevention device locks brakes if ignition wires are tampered with, potentially cutting fuel and grounding the ignition.
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Ainsworth
Sacha Club
Pat Tobin
George Colthurst
Leonard Llewellyn
Washington
Tim Wood
Federation News
Gary Augustine
Max L. Smith
Colthurst
Tobin
Jack Brender
Kensington Club
Grace Stone
Miss Stone
Will Dea
Agnes Bowman
Tom Davis
Rian Carnival
Highland Community Junior High
Junior High Athletic Association
Music Mothers of Highland
Vickie Burich
Rhonda Jenkins
Tom Prydil
Ronnie Miller
Sth
Lorie Miles
Dee Kaufman
Duane Slaughter
Steve Roberts
Margaret Gerot
Linda Feehan
Lary Yoder
Jerry Hawkins
Highland Junior High
New York
UPI
Fleet Owner Magazine
Two complete Army courses By MRS BOYD SANDERS KEOTA
Two Keota residents completed Army training under Reserve Enlistment. Pvt Stanley C Romberg finished an eight week field communication crewman course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Pvt Charles R Sieren completed a seven week recovery and evacuation course at Aberdeen proving ground Maryland and plans to fulfill his obligation with the 872 Ordnance Company. He is a 1959 Keota High School graduate.
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Keota
Army
Stanley C. Romberg
Delbert Romberg
Fort Leonard Wood
Charles R. "Siren
Albert Sieren
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Durango
Cole
Donald Stout
Ronnie
Amos Stout
Crawfordsville
Eugene Min
du Duque College
Stouts
Donna
Richard Carmichael
Homecoming greetings fill Keota from Hot Springs
Keota residents report Burl Foster and family returning from Hot Springs on Thursday. They visited Corn ing with Mrs. Nettie Klein, formerly of Keota. Bud Blumenstein and family of Geneseo Illinois and Syd Harrison of New York joined Alard Greiner’s family for a Sunday visit. Orrin Carr and Mrs J W Martin of Ainsworth called on Thursday, with Mrs. Martin now at a trailer home near the Martins.
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Keota
Burl Foster
Hot Springs
Corning
Nettie Klein Mannott
Bud Blumenstein
Geneseo
Illinois
Syd Harrison
New York
Alard Greiner
Greiner
Orrin Carr
JW. Martin
Ainsworth
Robert Fisher
Dutchettes meet at Augustine home in Hardscrabble
Florene May Augustine hosted the Dutchettes 4-H Club on Tuesday with eight members and leaders present. Various neighbors and families visited throughout the weekend, including the Weight and Byers households, and multiple calls to friends and relatives noted in the rural community notices. The Dutch Creek Farm Bureau women held a Tuesday meeting with nine attendees and a pot luck lunch. Local social visits and the Washington County Rural Urban Women’s Day attendance are mentioned amid a flurry of neighborly activity.
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Florene May Augustine
Johnson
Lenard Hirson
Shirley
Karen
Florene May
Wilbur Weight
Bernard Crock
Allen Fickling
Fred. Byers
Waldo Fickling
Rodney
George Groff
Orville Griggs
John Renoux
Dean Luers
Glenn Gordon
D.A. Augustine
Washington County
Blanche Harvey
Ray Wehr
James C. Bowen
Myrtle Bowen
Frank Pulver
Karen Hixson
Roy Frownfetter
Miriam Ferguson
Mediapolis
Royce Partington
Donna
Lenard Hixson
Dutch Creek Farm Bureau
John Hixson
Lenard Hixon
Clarence Richards Home From Arizona Ainsworth Visit
Clarence Richards and family return from Tucson Arizona after a winter away. They traveled about 100 miles in slushy snow unusual for the season. The piece also notes visits by the Fish family, Robenolds, and others, plus hospital notes and church centennial planning for April 26. A UPI World’s Fair item mentions the Better Living Center as the largest building in the 1964 65 industrial area.
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Ainsworth
Clarence Richards
Tucson
Ariz
Charles Fish
Davenport
Tom Rabenold
Fairfield
Eva Fish
Washington
Rabenolds
GF. Trotter
Dwight Harley
Apple Valley
Calif
New York
UPI
Better Living Center
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Harry Lichty
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W.L. McMickle
Wilbur Roth
Mabel Roth
Iowa State Singers
Iowa City
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Quentin Eugene
Art Hill
Burlington
Hill
Sandra Luse
Carl Luse
Town City
Chris Rich
Mt. Pleasant
Jesse Eicher
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Rex Swan
Florida
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Cleveland
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Manson
D Sande
Jimmy Flanders
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Glora Schultz
Hammond, Il
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Vial
Crawfordsville Legion
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Washington County Hospital
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Mercy Hospital
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Elaine
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Ed Thomas
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Bob ‘Tratz
Esther Arthur
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Lean Thomas
Columbus Junction
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Robert Howell
Blake Spencer
Clarence Moorhead
Delbert Lewis
Haydn Thomas
Robert Rushing
Mabel Monson
J.W. Evans
Roy Montague
C. A. Thompson
Washington Oil Company
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TTT
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Alma Walker
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Myrtle ‘Thoma
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Thoma
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Ainsworth U.P
Lawrence Wilson
Max White
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John Skubal
Deane Brehmer
Rosemary Koehler
George T. Koehler
Lloyd Edwards
Mac Wallace
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Wayland Lumber CO
Burlington, IA
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Geo. J. Breitenbach
Real Estate & Farm Loans
Washington, Iowa
Federal Land Bank
Golf
Federal Land Bank Assn
Lowa
V. M. Boshart
Mgr
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