Easter Visits and Out-of-Town Guests Highlight Local News
Local residents shared Easter gatherings with family from Cedar Falls to Iowa City and Davenport. The week featured travel by Mrs. Jack Biller, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Huston, and Rev. Lloyd Latta, plus numerous relatives visiting in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and Chicago area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Biller
Timothy
Cedar Falls
Ray Minick
Jim
Joe
Mr. Biller
Marion Huston
Goldie Groendyck
Werner Lowry
Sharon
Marion Snod. Grass
Donald
State University of Iowa
Snod. Grass
Vincent Lalla
Iowa City
Lloyd Latta
Cedar Rapids
London
Britain
Tom Morrison
Latta
England
New York
Social Calendar Notes Upcoming Local Events And Meetings
Notices for social calendars require 10 a m daily submission and three day advance printouts. Tuesday events include White Shrine at Masonic Temple and a mothers honors program plus various club meetings at Munson Herb Farm and schools. Wednesday schedules feature Pythian Sisters Moose events Flower exchanges and note change of place for several gatherings. Friday hosts Thirty Niners at YWCA with a guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester Pythian Sisters
Hall
Fred Bey
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose
George Birney
Bethel Missionary Society
Grove Letts
Sunshine Club
Carl Schneider
Women of
West Chester Wrc
KP Hall
LBC
Walter Kyle
Fleur de Lis Club
Joe Knotek
Heights Social Club
Walter Starr
Richard Bordwell
Floyd Polis
Maynard Goff Sr
Knights of Columbus
KC Hall
Pansy Hill Club
L. B. Eicher
First Country Club Dance This Saturday
The first Country Club dance of the season will be held Saturday April 28 at the club house with dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. All members and guests are invited.
White Shrine Bridge party hosts dessert at temple
Mrs. E. B. Hammer and Mrs Claude Tucker hosted the White Shrine Bridge party Monday at the Masonic Temple. After dessert at Wingas Cafe, five tables played. High score went to Mrs. Kermit Jones and second to Mrs. Claud Rhodebeck. Next meeting will feature dessert and cards at the Temple in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Hammer
Claude Tucker
White Shrine
Masonic Temple
Wingas Cafe
Kermit Jones
Claud Rhodebeck
Temple
Market Notes Chicago Prices Edge Higher On Mixed Signals
Chicago market desk reports mixed futures with slight gains in corn oats and grains while volatility persists. Prices show modest climbs in July September and December contracts amid cautious investor sentiment and off exchange trading.
Methodist Choir Scrubs Practice This Wednesday Evening
Clarence Brown Jr underwent nose surgery at Veterans Hospital Iowa City. He remains on the fourth floor east and is expected to stay through the week. Easter guests included Mr. and Mrs. B G Hall and Linda at Clear Lake, and Mr. and Mrs. Gene Sturgeon with family from Cedar Rapids visiting the Ken Bakehouses and Mrs. Dorothy Aston and Faye Swickard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Brown Jr
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
B. G. Hall
Linda
Stevie
Clear Lake
Dorothy Aston
Faye Swickard
Gene Sturgeon
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Sturgeon
Ken
Mrs Weldin Re-elected Recording Secretary in WSCS
Mrs Phil Weldin of Washington was re elected recording secretary of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the South Iowa conference of the Methodist Church at a Fairfield meeting. Mrs J A Owens of Des Moines was re elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Phil Weldin
Washington
Woman's Society of Christian Service
South Iowa
The
Methodist Church
J. A. Owens
Des Moines
Lukavskys to Observe 25th Wedding Year
Riverside family confirms 25th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lukavsky on Sunday May 6 with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Riverside Community Building. The couple married in Kalona at the Methodist parsonage with Rev Judson Perkins officiating. Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Elma Rummelhart. Both families reside in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Arnold Lukavsky
Dora Helfrich
Kalona
Judson Perkins
Elma Rummelhart
National YWCA Week Observed With Membership Coffees
In observance of National YWCA Week April 22 29 membership coffees are held to recruit members. Reasons to join include participation in classes and clubs Y Teens and Y Wives support of the YWCA identification with the Christian Women’s Organization and opportunities to serve as club advisor administrator or program volunteer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Southeast Iowa UPW Presbyterial Meets in Davenport
The United Presbyterian Women of Southeast Iowa Presbyterial will hold its fourth annual meeting at First Presbyterian Church in Davenport on April 30 and May 1. The April 30 session targets business and professional women at 7 30 p m C D T, and May 1 begins at 9 30 a m C D T. Mrs John P Maharry area secretary of Christian Education will speak at both sessions with themes Youth in a Troubled World and New Nations in Africa as focus for the current triennium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Women of the
Southeast Iowa
Africa
UPW
Judge grants Lola Black divorce in district court
Judge R. G. Yoder signed a decree in district court here awarding Lola B. Black a divorce from Orin G. Black. The ruling settles the dissolution of the marriage and related terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Yoder
Lola B. Black
Orin G. Black
Mrs Sorden Heads to National and State TTT Meetings
National TTT president Mrs Milo Sorden travels today with a group from Keota to Des Moines for the National TTT board meeting at the Savery Hotel. They plan Iowa State TTT Convention events and visits to Phoenix San Diego and Los Angeles chapters before Minneapolis and the Sorden cabin at Ely Minnesota for summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Sorden
TTT
Boyd Stoutner
Keota
Des Moines
TTT Board
Savery Hotel
Iowa
Local Notices From Town Aims at Travel and Moves
Mr and Mrs Gene Tucker and family plan a ten day trip to Wichita Kansas San Antonio and Edna Texas. Mr and Mrs John Morrett moved into apartment 903 East Second. Morrett works with Hanson Construction. Mary Finney flew from Chicago to visit her father J M Finney and relatives the Richard A Stewarts and Roger Stouts through Friday. Ralph Bauer and family returned from an Easter visit with Dene Carneys in Minneapolis Minnesota. Today’s youngsters don’t leave footprints on the sands of time just tire tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Swift
Charlie Fong
Hawaii
Swifts
Gene Tucker
Margo
Kathy
Jim
Wichita
Kansas
San Antonio
Edna
Texas
John Morrett
East Second
Mr. Morrett
Hanson Construction Company
Mary Finney
Chicago
J. M. Finney
Richard A. Stewarts
Roger Stouts
Ralph Bauer
Minneapolis
Minn
Funeral Rites Set for Ray Junior Collier
Ray Junior Collier, 22, of Letts died in a wreck near Ainsworth when his car hit an embankment. Dr. G E Montgomery cited skull fracture and chest injuries. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction with Rev Caleb Larson. burial Grandview Cemetery. He was son of Ray and Lois Collier. survived by a sister Lois Oaks and grandparents Elizabeth Collier and James Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. E. Montgomery
Washington County
Ray Junior Collier
Stacy
Columbus Junction
Caleb Larson
Grandview
Collier
Ray and
Lois Johnson Collier
Letts
Ainsworth
Haskins
Lois Oaks
West Branch
Elizabeth Collier
Muscatine
James Johnson
On The Record Hospital Admits and Births List
Hospital records show Jan Dean Lillie Keota admitted yesterday and Mrs John Kurtz in Washington. Births today include a daughter to Mr and Mrs James F Flander Keota and a son to Mr and Mrs Ray Beachy Kalona. Mrs Robert Truax Washington dismissed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jan Dean Lillie Keota
John Kurtz
Washington
James F. Flander
Keota
Ray Beachy
Kalona
Robert Truax
Mrs. Anderson Hosts Applied Arts II Meeting
Mrs. Wylie Anderson entertained 12 members of Applied Arts II Monday evening with two guests Mrs. Homer Mount and Mrs. Wil son Putman. Mrs. Putman presented an etiquette program titled Amy vs. Emily. Miss Esther Booth read the poem Legend of the Dogwood. Hostess's aide Miss Margaret Applegate served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie Anderson
Applied Arts II
Homer Mount
Wilson Putman
Putman
Amy
Emily
Esther Booth
Dogwood
Margaret Applegate
Six Victims Hurt and Killed in Iowa and Michigan Crashes
Six people were injured or killed in crashes across Iowa and Michigan. In Iowa City a student from Iowa State University in Ames is in critical condition after being thrown from a car that caught fire following the crash. In Louisa County, Ray Collier, 20, of rural Ainsworth, died when his car struck a Milwaukee train after skidding 153 feet. Near Dexter, a Michigan man Meritt R. Sill, 20, from New Era was killed in a car truck crash on U.S. 6 and two others were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa State University
Ames
Whigham
Ray Collier
Ainsworth
Haskins
Louisa County
Collier
Michigan
Dexter
Merritt R. Sill
New Era
Mich
U.S. 6
Tractor Accidents Claim Two Farm Lives Near Churdan
David Yates Lightner 53 of rural Churdan suffocated after an apparent tractor accident on Edward Rion farm five miles east of Dexter. He apparently suffered a heart attack while operating the tractor and was dragged 800 feet before the machine stalled. Earth filled by the plow covered his head. In a separate incident Plymouth County boy Thomas Jaminet 11 died when his tractor overturned while discing a field on his parents farm near Remsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
David Yates Lightner
Churdan
Edward Rion
Sheriff Riley
Lightner
Plymouth County
Thomas Jaminet
Harold Jaminet
Remsen
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Ed Boettcher
Litchville, Ill
Boettcher
William Barth
Marilyn van Winkle
Max van Winkle
Iowa Wesleyan College
Dale Carsten
West Burlington
George Masson Sr
Floyd Blankenhorn
Jackie
Blankenhorn
H. Allan Barth
Lansing
Mid
C.G. Picken Sr
John Mce Cuddin
Truro
Doyle Frank
Winterset
Norman Goodall
Forest City
Orland DeFrates
Gladys Sandrock
Glen McVey
Myrtle DeFrates
Leonard Lee
Dallas City
Henry Witthoft
Frances Miller
Omaha
Do. J. Armstrongs
Paul McCoy
Charles Ricketts
David and
Diane
Solon
Margaret Pratt
Harold Johnson
Tom Becker
John
Billy
Middletown, Til
Becker
Clyde Lambert
Tore Gazette
Wash County Hospital
Christine Marie
Richard Faulhaber
Rt. 3
Sunnie’ Bala
Bonnie Blair
Evening Journal
Family Living
Applied Arts
Munson Herb Farm
John Duvall
Handcraft
Norman Schoonover
Ywca Rooms
White Shrine Bridge
UPI
Eans
Eas
Wolf's Flower Shop
Weldin
WSCS
Lukavskys
Mrs. Sorden
Ainsworth Youth
Sherman-Ekden Funeral Home
Olympia
Mrs. Anderson
Sewereamer
Lombardy
New Park
Kentucky
Earl May
East Washington
Paul
Horak Insurance
Rederink Rose Bush
EM. Bridges & Co. “Fashion
Tomers
Ice and
P. S
Japan
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