Farson Class Reunion and Community Visit Notes
Farson class reunion details near Richland with John Morrow visiting in Licking Missouri. Grandmothers Club hosted in Ollie Park. Local families from Sigourney Ottumwa Hedrick Marshalltown Agency Cedar join Farson alumni at a 1 0 graduate reunion picnic in Fairfield Chatauqua Park. Several other area residents and events listed with church and community activities through July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Williams
Leland Cottman
Sigourney
Robert Capps
Farson High
Fairfield
Chatauqua Park
Raymond Byers
Ate
Fremont
Virginia van Sickles
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Hedrick
Marshalltown
Agency
Cedar
Milwaukee Uinroading
Richland
Rubio
Motors and Implement
Harriett Wade
H. Rabin
Barber ‘Ark
Milwaukee baseball trip and assorted local visits
Harold Sojka and his nephew Ronnie Cerny from Lone Tree attended a Milwaukee Braves versus Cincinnati Reds game in Milwaukee on a weekend. A bridal shower was held Sunday in Lone Tree for Miss Joyce Schomberg with attendees including Mrs. Alicin Hora and others. Other visits include Barbara Cole and Jerry Higgins with relatives in Fort Dodge, and multiple families from Cedar Rapids Davenport and Iowa City visiting relatives in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riversive
Harold Sojka
Ronnie Cerny
Lone Tree
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Joyce Schomberg
Alicin Hora
Eyima Marek
Dorothy Wollrab
Rose Sojka
Mamie Kos
Marguerite Knotek
Barbara Cole
Jerry Higgins
Fort Dodge
Don Anderson
Bruce
Diane
Chriss
Cedar Rapids
Fred Luckey
Luckey
Anderson
Keith Mottet
Ginneinnati
Ohio
John Mottet
Davenport
Mary Kaye Walsh
Dale Mottet
Iowa City
Leona Mottet
Minneapolis
Merle Blien
Daughters
Washington
Marge Luckey
Merle E. Blien
Usar School
Ft. Belvoir
Prairie Dog Town Turns Lubbock Into Tourist Draw
United Press International reports prairie dogs transformed from pests to an attraction near Lubbock. In McKenzie State Park a seven acre outpost holds 600 to 1,000 dogs behind a cement wall with underground barriers. Tourists and 142,000 residents visit daily, guided by a dog labeled town with protected burrows and a vigilant warning system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LusBuck
Tex
Uei
Sigat
Lubbock
South Plains
Kennedy N. Clapp
McKenzie State Park
Lubock
McKenzie Park
Clapp
Crusaders Hold Achievement Show in Keota
The Clear Creek Crusaders held an Achievement Show at the Alvie Balers home on July 28. Sixty nine guests signed the book. Demonstrations covered hamburger parade and cocoa items with cakes breads and cookies judged for fair qualifications. The 4 H uniform was modeled and judges Mrs Strupp and Mrs Herrick awarded ribbons to Juniors intermediates and seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Sanders Keota
Clear Creek Crusaders
Alvie Baler
Janice Greiner
Caroline Helscher
di ‘Ene Peiffer
Bonnie Baker
Betty Peiffer
Linda Henry
Strupp
Mrs. Herrick
Shirley Henry
Diana Greiner
Carolyn Helscher
Marilyn Bomber
Darlene Peiffer
Gloria Sheets
Rita Reiner
Kathy Conrad
Loretta Helscher
Margaret
Flanders
Cathy Conrad
Mary
Jeff Martin Visits His Grandparents in Keota
Jeff Martin spent Sunday with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Gene Martin and visited his great grandmother Mrs Maude Martin in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington. The Tyrone Pinochle Club held a Sunset Park picnic in Washington with dining, cards, visiting, and swimming. A pig roast at Mel Leiting’s near Kalona drew about fifty attendees. Becky Mills of Des Moines visited her grandmother and joined her parents at the Tom Mills home for a cookout. Wilbur Cramer of Burlington and Mark Weber with families were dinner guests of the Mills and Sheet families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Cramer
Burlington
Tom Mills
Mark Weber
Hubert Sheet
Marilyn Mitchell on Dean's List at State College of Iowa
Marilyn Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Mitchell Riverside has her name on the Beans honor list at State College of Iowa She completed her junior year in June and has been on the Deans list all of the past year The Gerot family reunion was held Sunday in Riverside park with many locals attending including Clair Gerot Sherry Ardell Gerot Guy Gerot Lyle Gerot Vince Simon and others Columbia Summer Theater at Barnard College schedules July 1 to August 10 offering courses and five productions including Brechts St Joan of the Stockyards Anouilh Thieves Carnival Synge The Playboy of the Western World Shakespeare Measure for Measure and a new musical based on Mark Twains The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Marilyn Mitchell
Jess Mitchell
State College of Iowa
Marilyn
Gerot
Rierside Park
Clifford Ziskovsky
Town City
Larry Jirsa
Richmond
Glen Gerot
Lone Tree
Clair Gerot
Sherry
Ardell Gerot
Guy Gerot
Lyle Gerot
Vince Simon
Bill Meyers
Oscar Gerot
Jim Thomann
Cleo Gerot
New York
UPI
Columbia Summer Theater
Barnard College
Brecht
Riverside Hobby Club Starts In Riverside
The Riverside Hobby Club organized by Mrs Marge Luckey held its first meeting Friday evening at the Community Building with 18 women present. Meetings will be the third Friday each month with new members accepted up to the September meeting. Plans include winter bouquets made from weeds. Also notes of extended visits and picnics among local families are included from recent weekends and hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge Luckey Riverside
Hobby Club
Willis Hanson
New Hartford
Ernie Lund
Dennis Hanson
Krissy Ellen Lund
Hanson
Fred Kron
Ivan Fhur
Rock Rapids
Minn
Claudia
Tim Coulter
Linton
Indiana
Loretta Walton
Don Walton
Tom Hart
Leo Linder
Town
Jack Kron
River
Mercy Hospital
Keota family honors Joe Holsopple at Brethren church
A Keota gathering honored Joe Holsopple as he plans to move to Virginia with his daughter Mrs. Ward Kipper of Rochelle. Attendees included many Brower, Thompson, and Eiler families from Des Moines McPherson South English Iowa City and North English, plus Ann Brower’s birthday song and travel to Iowa City. Don MacLaughlin of As the World Turns is noted for early life as a freight deckhand bound for Singapore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Sanders Keota
Benford Thompson
Patricia
Ann Brower
Joe Holsopple
Virginia
Ward Kipper
Rochelle
Virginia Five
Ann Broday
Joe Holsapple
Mary Hahl
Des Moines
South Englis
Carolyn Jean Brower
Iowa City
Gloria Ballard
North English
George Brower
Staley
Russell Cotters
Thompsons
Town City
Cotters
Dorothy Richardson
Colorado
Richardson
Visitors in the McMurrin Home at Richland
Richland notices a busy week with visitors in the A. R. McMurrin home, including their son Dwight McMurrin and family from Kankakee Illinois, while youths prepare for the Newton District Gallilian service at Lake Keomah. Other visits include families from Amana Covington Indiana Iowa City and Sigourney, plus relatives in Vancouver Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Pfeifer
Richland
A. R. McMurrin
Dwight McMurrin
Kankakee, Il
McMurrin
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Ollie and Richland Methodist
Newton
Lake Keomah
A. R. Murrin
Leslie Breen
Keota
Fairfield Hospital
Fred Oswalt
Kathryn Privett
Amana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Farson
John Morrow
Licking, Mo
Wilda Tarrence
Iona, Brollar
Grandmothers Club
Ollie Park
Richard Reighard
Carthage
C.L. Reighard
Ted Shultz
Lawrence Bailey
Harry Shy
Clovee Reynolds
Moline
Ilinois
Merle Hardin
Henry Shys
Pleasant Grove
Ws.cs
Pekin Methodist Church
Robert D. William
Legion Park
Wisc
Sao
Drab
Sopron
Hungary
Autria
Free World
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Skopje
Yugo- Slavia
Pe World
Prairie Dog City
James T. Young
United Press International
Main Street
Ainsworth
Hardwick
Norge
Duncan Phyfe
Hazelett
Keith Murphy
Jim Soukup
Ainsworth State Bank
Crusaders
Jeff Martin
Mrs. Marge Luckey
College Theater
Jane Hammes
Barbara Greiner
Pauline Helscher
Linda Weisdorffer
Martha Greiner
Rosemary Sheets
Linda Hammes
Bet
Y Peiffer
Irene Greiner
State
South Sth Avenue
Dormeyer
Jim Carriker
Robert Robertson
Riverside Hobby Club
Ray Schafter
Ronda
Rick
L. J. Schaffer
Geneva Schnoebelen
Zelda Shebek
Walter Shebek
Larry Garry
Ronnie Schaffer
Mike Orris
Richard Wallerich
Albert Hegg
Covington
Ind
Galesburg
Robert McReynolds
Delbert Fleig
Black Hills
Allen Hawley and Sons
Indianapolis
H. V. Curtis
Glen Hawleys
Robert Gott
Aperial
Jacison
Washington, Or
Olympia
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