Orris Families Hosts To Recent Visitors
Mr and Mrs Bill Orris of Independence Missouri are two weeks vacationing with Mr and Mrs W A Orris and relatives in Crawfordsville They enjoy a fishing trip and Sonny Marlatt joined them at their river camp Nearby visits include Mrs Dora Grecian and others at Winfield Crivitz Wis hosts for Ora Marlatt family noted In Illinois Mr and Mrs Robert Young and son Bobby visited a grandmother Mrs Frank Young Mrs Ora Marlatt sustains a foot injury and uses crutches for several days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Howard
Crawfordsville
Bill Orris
Independence
Orris
W. A. Orris
Washington
J. C. Penney
Missouri
Sonny Marlatt
Dora Grecian
Riverside
Charles Raymond
Marlatt
Middle Inlet
Wise
Crivitz
Robert Young
Bobby
Decatur
Ill
Young
Frank Young
Illinois
Edna Rodgers
Olds
Cleo Rodgers
David
Gerald Rodgers
Vern Rodgers
Ann
Laura Rodgers
Winfield
Ed Squire
A. G. Lease
William Squire
Burlington
Grace Hill News: Outing, visits, and reunions noted
Mrs. Nelson Woodford reports Grace Hill events. Leonard Brinning and Merle Brinning took a week outing with Linden Brinning staying with Aunt Helen Sedrel in Oskaloosa. Lyle Mayes and children visited L Eyestone in Washington. The Meyers held a community reunion. Anthon Vodicka and Stanley Vodicka from Iowa City visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Woodford
Grace Hill News
Grace Hill
Leonard Brinning
Merle Brinning
Linden Brinning
Helen Sedrel
Oskaloosa
Ronnie
Lyle Mayes
L. Eyestone
Washington
Meyers
Anthon Vodicka
Iowa City
Stanley Vodicka
Maureen O Hara Tells Los Angeles Divorce Story
Actress Maureen O Hara testifies in Los Angeles in a divorce case against film producer Wil H Price accusing him of leaving her alone at home for days with no explanation. She keeps custody of their eight year old daughter Bronwyn. The couple married in Mississippi and separated last December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil H. Price
Maureen O'Hara
Los Angeles
Bronwyn
Mississippi
International
Potato Farmer Cuts Returns Grass to Field
A Pennsylvania farmer, F. H. Krause of Germansville, replaces mowing alfalfa with a chopped grass green manure method. Using a modified hay harvester, he blows chopped grass back onto the field to avoid smothering potatoes and to hasten decomposition. He expects larger potato yields and better grain in the following year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Krause
Germansville
Pens
Krause
Agriculture Faces Big Task in Next 25 Years
The article notes U S population will reach 199 million by 1975 and food demand will require 115 million extra cropland if yields stay at 1950 levels. It cites 15 million acres currently used for feed, 30 million more via irrigation drainage clearing and flood control, and stresses efficiency in farming and better post farm distribution to bridge the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Stanchions to End Wet Litter at Water Fountain
A design using three-quarter inch by two inch stanchions cut like pickets and sideboards at each end of the water fountain aims to end the wet litter problem. The system mounts sturdy stock to form a barrier and guide toward the fountain.
Carsons Welcome Navy Friends For Reunion and Visits
Highland Center residents host navy friends and relatives including Chief Free and daughter Donna Jo from Norfolk. The annual Coon reunion gathers many relatives from Iowa and nearby states at community homes and local parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmar Stenninger
Ann
Davenport
Ira Coon
Washington
Everette Coon
West Chester
Lewis Coon
Eula Mae
Sidney Coon
Ernest Wagner
W. R. Murphy
Everette Foster
Stockport
Gary Murphy
Cotter
Marvin Crile
Herbert Jones
Eliza Fitch
Richland
Kathryn Crone
Milford McCreedys
Joe Krotz
Leola Campbell
John Bender
Herbert Campbell
Carl T. Anderson
Wellman
Lake Darling
Lee Coury
Eldon
Steve
Eldon Conry
Robert Conry
Gary
Paul Acton
Linda Campbell
Stanley McCreedy
Clovt Westfall
Iowa City
Ben Harrison
Russell Whitaker
Jimmy
Burlington
Sam Boyd
Linda
Ira Allen Wagner
Sidney Alan
Janet Coon
Jr. Smith
Near Columbus Junction
Pvt Keith Leppert Honored at Dinner
Pvt. Keith Leppert, home for 31 days after service in Korea, was honored at a basket dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leppert at the Donald Leppert home near Pleasant Plain. The event drew about 50 relatives including the Fleig reunion attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert
Rubio
Fred Leppert
Donald Leppert
Pleasant Plain
Keith Leppert
Korea
Lill Ryles
Richland
Elmer
Riley Collins
Marjorie Wasson
Sherry
Dean
Milford
Vera Bond
Fairfield
Fleig
Walter Stevens
Omer Crawfords Are Hosts on Sunday
Tyrone Aug 4. Mr and Mrs Fred Bond and family visited Omer Crawfords on Sunday July 27. The Tyrone club met at the Crawfords with pinochle games and prizes. Annual picnic was planned for Sunset Park in Washington on Aug 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Crawfords
Omer Crawford
Tyrone
Fred Bond
Phyllis
Kenny
Kermit Ward
Ronnie
Rex Hafferty
Edgar Farrier
Near Packwood
Waldo
Tyrone Club
Waldo Miller
Low
Harold Sheetz
Barbara Sheetz
Pegey Crawford
Dale Dunbar
Sunset Park
Washington
Iowa GOP Leaders to Meet With Eisenhower
Four Iowa Republican leaders were scheduled to meet with Dwight D. Eisenhower and his advisers to speak at Shenandoah Iowa next month. Roscoe Jones Atlantic Seventh District Republican chairman said the group had been invited to extend the invitation to Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Iowa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Shenandoah
Roscoe Jones
Atlantic
Eisenhower
Jones
Shenandoah Guests Attend Fall Festival Speaking Event
The event invited a speaker for Shenandoah’s annual Fall Festival in September. Attending were John D. Mallonee of Audubon and J C Rapp plus Barney Carson, both of Shenandoah, alongside Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General
Shenandoah
Jones
John D. Mallonee
Audubon
J. C. Rapp
Barney Carson
Bowles Charged With Larceny of Rifle and Shotgun
Mark J. Bowles of Letts faced a hearing in Columbus Junction on a larceny charge for a rifle and shotgun near Fredonia. Bound over to the Louisa County grand jury on $500 bond, Bowles could not post the amount and was jailed in Wapello after arrest by Muscatine police at the sheriff's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Mark J. Bowles
Letts
W. G. Roberts
Fredonia
Louisa County Grand Jury
Wapello
Bowles
Muscatine
Robert Lewis
Louisa County
Kenneth Kern
Columbus City
George Kern
Round the Mile Club
James Seilers
RM. Buffington
Willard Davis
Jimmy
San Diego
Cali
Cyl Danny Ashland
C. EO Circle
Cairo
Adolph Boysen
J. H. Marshall
Dover Jennings
San Antonio
Tex
J. C. Cassabaum
Jerry
East
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Wisconsin
Ora Marlatt
Washington Oil Co
Oriyerebo
Goou
Guy Stacy
Tommy
Robert Waterhouse
Mays Waterhouse Home
Ira Hough
Ida Hough
Bill
THE
Washington Evening Journal
Joe Palooka
Dixie Dugan
Pappy
Blondie
Service DE Luxe
Ham Fisher
BY McEvoy & Strieke
Bus
Dugan
Chic Young
Carsons
Igam Murphy
Edgar Stout
John Krotz
Warren Lewis
New York
Townstey Park
Daryl Dodder
Jimmy McCreedy
EGG Markets
Rock Island Produce CO
Reisters
Pvt
Evans Auto Parts
West Madison ST. Washington
GOP
Richard PL
Pacha E. Pleasant Plain
J Heymakers
Mark Bowles
Ern
Craig Kemp
Kanawha
Conesile
Chinchillas
Washington RR. R
Don Knight
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