Orrin Johnsons birthday and local events in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on April 24 Jimmy Conrad celebrated his 6th birthday with a campfire and cake. The Johnsons returned from a long winter vacation spanning multiple southern states and Key West with deep sea fishing. Local notices include weddings, visits, and a tornado storm near Crawfordsville damaging several farms and structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Jimmy Conrad
Leroy Conrads
Weiner
Keith Nebel
Rusty Barta
David Peterson
Tony Hauenstein
Tommy Bernau
Marty
Dean Sprece
Gary Beese
Jerry
Sheri Wilson
Orrin Johnson
Vicksburg
Natchez
New Orleans
Gulf
Tampa
Fla
Key West
Miami
Jensen Beach
Clarence Fulton
Orrin
St. Augustine
Cape Kennedy
Gattenburg
Tennessee
Smoky Mountains
Jeff Suter
Harry Suters
Jim Freyenberger
Dale Davis
Kenneth Cherryholmes
A. C. Bain
Cedar Rapids
Alvin Jones
Riverside servicemen home welcomes returning trainees
Riverside reports several servicemen on leave after ten weeks of basic training at Fort Bliss Texas. Larry Prybil Jim Graf and Mickey Graf arrived at Cedar Rapids airport for two and three week leaves before heading to Aberdeen Proving Grounds Maryland for schooling. Charles Sojka went to Arizona for further training. Community members hosted family visits dinners and gatherings as local residents shared updates on hospital releases birthdays and funeral services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Larry
Clem Dautremont
James
Carl Prybil
Mickey
Elvin Graf
Cedar Rapids
Jim
Fort Bliss
Texas
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Maryland
Charles Sojka
Vince Sojka
Arizona
Edward Bushek
Robert Bushek
Davenport
Dorothy Fitzsimmons
University Hospital
Patti
Jim Farr
Ralph Sedlacek
Carl Bock
Iowa City
Tillie Vondrasek
Washington
Roy Havel
Bessie Burich
Anna Soukup
Mary Lukavsky
Bess Prehoda
Lesa
Cindy Owens
Judy Waldschmidt
Janice Schnoebelen
Karen Schneider
Richard Schnoebelen
Sophia Kueneman
Francis Bruty
Eagle
Schnoebelen
Kueneman
Mike Zehr birthday honoree in Keota
Keota April 24 Mike Zehr son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Zehr observed his sixth birthday with a party at home Monday afternoon April 17. Guests included Austin and Arnold Zehr Pat Strohman Paul Williams Judy Trier and Annie Zehr. Other notes mention family visits and community club events through the week including Lions club travel show and VFW officers elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Mike Zehr
Eugene Zehr
Mike
Austin
Arnold Zehr
Pat Strohman
Paul Williams
Judy Trier
Annie
Ralph Sonday
George Sonday
Iowa City
George
Ralph Sondays
David Coffmans
West Liberty
Wayne Zehr
Fred
Deanna
Cecil Zehr
Fairfield High School
Lions Club
Holland
Daryl Baughman
Wayne _ Leitsinger
Bill McKenna
Francis Lyle
B. J. Byrne
Paul Monaghan
Andy Sheetz
Dean Trier
Milt Lawson
Bill Yoder
Arkansas
Yoders
Irving Strabela
Keith Yoder
Bob Yoder
Culver Stockton
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Walter Reed
76 Center Improvement Club
Walter Bower
Doyle Palmer
Pamela Sieren
Lyle Palmer
Luann
Pamela
Local notes from Richland and surroundings
Richland hosts a meeting as April draws on. Residents visit relatives in Marshalltown Sheboygan and Lawrence and Ade line. hospital stays include Marcus McBeth Otto Pfeifer and others. Richland O E S school of instruction and Daughters of Ruth dinner mark community events with attendees from Linby Wellman and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Robert Curtis
Marshalltown
Vance Curtis
Pliny McCracken
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Rufus McCracken
Marcus McBeth
Washington Co. Hospital
R. C. Connelly
Char. Starr
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Starr
Otto Pfeifer
Wilbur Kiene Heads to Portugal for Business Trip
Wilbur Kiene left Cedar Rapids airport with family for a month long business trip to Cascais Portugal. He was accompanied by his brother and their families Mr and Mrs Ernest Kiene of Crawfordsville. Riverside volunteers sold emergency red phone stickers door to door in the rural areas planned for Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Wilbur Kiene
Cedar Rapids
Cascais
Portugal
Ernest Kiene
Crawfordsville
Riverside Volunteer Fire Dept
Idris Club Dinner Hosts Husbands Guests at Kalona
Members of the Idris Club entertained their husbands at a dinner party at The Captain's Table in Washington on Friday evening followed by attendance at the Y's Men’s Play See How They Run. Arrangements were by Mrs Fay W Boone with numerous couples attending and others joining for the performance. A separate Des Moines tour and a new birth were noted among Kalona area social items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Idris Club
Washington
Fay W. Boone
Boone
Joe Chody
Earl Fry
Lawrence Griffiths
Dale K., Gingerich
Logan Reif
Paul Mc. Andrews
Clifford Small
Paul Swank
H. L. Walker
Della Downs
Steve Reif
Dean Curtis
D. J. Conwell
Gideons Involved In Auto Accident Near Bethel
Last Friday while Ernest May and I were en route to Iowa City for doctor appointments our car was rear ended after a semi truck blocked view. May sustained head trauma, taken to Mercy Hospital for X rays and released. Neighbors and friends visited or assisted as winter snow covered tulips and the Plymouth with chains remained our only transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Ernest
May
Iowa City
B. P. Feed Company
Plumbing Supply Co
The
Plumbing Co
Mercy Hospital
Bernard Payne
Keota TIT meets in Stoutner home April 24
Keota TIT chapter AV met April 24 at Mimi Stoutner home with Mary Statler as co host. They selected a girl to attend the T T T camp at Eden Valley Minnesota June 18 to 30 and voted to send two local children to the Retarded Children's Camp at Millersburg in July. Final plans were made for an Open House for Margaret Stoutner national TTT president in Cedar Rapids Roosevelt Hotel April 28. The treasurer noted two families receive school lunch aid. Next meeting May 22 at Marie Faris home. Gifts of 40 stuffed dogs prepared for summer camp at Eden Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Stoutner
Marie Faris
Eden Valley
Minn
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Orrin Johnsons
Nellie
Mabel Anderson
Milburn McKay
Glenn Anderson
Mountain Home Ark
Arvid Anderson
Andersons
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Don Karr
National Bank of Washington
Karr Tuckpointing Company
Vinton, Iowa
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
GES
Mrs
Margaret Messeltine
Hockstra
Donald Hockstra
J. E. McCracken
Lawrence
Adeline
Salina
Hutchinson
Norwich
Clements
Kansas
Liberty Mo
McCracken
Don Bishop
Vennard College
Oskaloosa
Rubio Friends Church
E. R. Bennett
Poinsetta Club
Ruth Reighard
C. L. Jennings
New London
Iowa
Y Social Club
John Tener
Mary Colbert
Theresa Libenguth
Arthur Swenka
James Rice
Robert Colbert
Leroy Hardy
Charles Skubal
Charles Strabala
Lewis Weber
Omer Strabala
Cecil Strabala
S & C Club
Gordon Denton
Wiliam O’conner
Pete Gerot
Russel Yoder
Ed Kucera
Gladys Geret
Lawrence Miles
Doug
Florida
Marge Luckey
Jim Luckeys
Grinnell
South Side County Club
Carl Craig
Alvah Bell
Bes
Burich
Kenneth Kucera
Clair Flynn
Linwood Heck
Bess Preheda
Jess Rowe
Byron Sweeting
Connie
Edna Craig
Rose Sleichter
Vernon Stagner
Delbert Flynn
Stagner
Flynn
Bell
Gale Dinnel
Ona Evans
Mary Wells
Eula Dinnel
Jamesport
Missouri
Steve Dinnel
Idris
Mrs. Eugene Way
Richard Adams
George Bash
Arliss Swartzendruber
Emerson Swartzendruber
Cynthia
John D. Woodin
John
Jim L. Yoder
Clifford Smail
Duane H. Gingerich
Mer
Rill Maske
Leroy Stutsman
Richard Miller
L. J. Strickler
Lowell Drake
Mary Yetty
Kalona Methodist Church
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
Bidwell Riverside
Wesley Acres
S Ronald Yersak
St. Louis
Mle
Amy Marie
Lloyd Plecker
Yersak
Robert
Soms
Ard
Carl Craig Jr
Mary Kinney *T
L. A. Douglas
Victor Ritz
C. C. Shimon
Koehn Mfg., Inc
Watertown
S. C
Amana
Southwest Corner Sq
Gideons
By Ruth Gideon
Jon Cherry
Gideon
Mrs. Grove Letts
Roxie Longer
Ray Niffenegger
Brady 4Row Chopper
Farmers Supply Sales Inc
Kalona, Lowa
T.M. Reg
U.S. Pat
Ortho and Unipel
Jarrard Feed & Supplies
Wayland Sales CO. Inc
Wayland, Iowa
Wayland
Art Schooley
Wash
LeRoy Meyer
Max Roth
Keota Tit
Stoutner
Vinton Hybrid
Seed Corn CO
Don Bealer
S. F. Dawa
Duane Mottet
Brighton
Herman Leichty Wayland
Leonard Bayliss Kepta
Stephen L. Bausch
Columbus Junction
W. W. II
R. S. Prussia
Royal Bayruth
Weller
Bennington
Wavecrest
Sprague Antique Shop
Eunice and
Isaac Sprague
Dick Hagist
Howard Vos
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