Bender Simmering Nuptials Held in Kalona Church
Dorothy Bender and Robert Simmering exchanged marriage vows in the Church of the Living Word on Thursday August 10 1972 at 7 PM. The ceremony featured a double ring service with Te Deum music. reception for 300 followed in the church hall. The couple will reside in rural Kalona. the bride is a 1972 Mid-Prairie graduate and the groom a 1968 Washington High School graduate and University of Iowa student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Bender
John W. Bender
Kalona
Robert Simmering
Richard Simmering
Washington
Church of the Living Word
Fred Bickhart
Prairie Flower Missionary Society Meeting Report
Mrs. Frier hosted the Prairie Flower Missionary Society at the church Thursday evening with devotions led by Mrs. Stanley Mouser. Mrs. Jim Frier spoke on Bangladesh and Baptist medical missionaries. Larry Golins was updated. President Mrs. Wayne Knapp presided. 22 members and three guests attended. funds were raised to buy fabric for Genheimer outfits ahead of their Africa return in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nebel
Daryl Longer
Prairie Flower Missionary Society
Stanley Mouser
Jim Frier
Bangladesh
Baptist Medical
Larry Golins
Wayne Knapp
Ward Benson
Ron Genheimer
Africa
Genheimer
Clifford Reeves
Lester Disney
Duane Johnson
Wendy
Women of the Moose and associated clubs meet at Sunset Park
Senior regent Mrs Art Harris opened the Women of the Moose meeting with Mrs Dale Sheetz presiding. Star Recorder honors and scholarship funds were announced. Friendship Club held an ice cream social for 14 families. Good Will and Highland Social Club members attended park picnics. World War I Auxiliary hosted a coffee and made place favors for hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women OF Moose
Art Harris
Women of the Moose
Dale Sheetz
Star Recorder
Mooseheart High School Commercial Fund
Academy of Friendship
Sunset Park
Star Recorder Committee
ISU
Mike
3000 Will Club
Good Will Club
Forrest Henry
Albert Wehr
Clarence Brown
Henry
Brown
Highland Social Club
Erma Chapman
Flower
William Murphy
Larry Sexton
Edwin Reha
Eula Mae Coon
Clifford Corpman
Wilfred McCreedy
Sidney Coon
Lassie
Red Barn
Iowa
Claude McCoy
William Barth
Community Notes and Visits At UP Home and Local Gatherings
Reports of visitors to the UP Home include Wilbur Knapp and wife from Columbus Ohio and Mrs Leonard Lackore with Judy and Ramona from Willmar Minnesota. The piece lists many guests, church events and care, plus a note on Evensong by young workers and a space film night. William Megdelsen attended the Rock Prairie Wisconsin church anniversary. Guests from California Missouri Washington Arizona and North Dakota visited locals this week. Hospital updates list Edna Sherriff, Blanche Sheldon, Louis Rinner, Mabel Anderson, and Dean Campbell back home after surgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Knapp
Columbus
Ohio
Leonard Lackore
Judy
Ramona
Willmar
Minn
Gillis
Edna Sherriff
Washington County Hospital
Blanche Sheldon
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Louis Rinner
Mabel Anderson
Dean Campbell
Local social notes from Iowa hospital visits and travel
Mrs. Carl Jarvis enters Mercy Hospital Iowa City for surgery and rests in room 3026 seeking friends. Jon Ureiner discharged from Marengo Hospital and stays with his parents in town. Multiple families return from trips to Fargo, Hawai, Reno, Huachuca and California visiting relatives and hosting relatives in Keota Columbus area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Jarvis
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Jon Ureiner
Marengo Hospital
Mrs
Carl Greiner
Bruce Bailey
Kristin
Fargo, N.C
Henry Bailey
George Zeck
Gary
Rickey Reunion Plans Continue at Marr Park Next Year
The second Rickey reunion was held on Sunday August 6 at the schoolhouse on the Fairgrounds. It was voted to hold reunions the first Sunday in August each year at noon, with Marr Park as the location for next year. Officers for person Earl Hobbs president Nora Hobbs secretary-treasurer. One birth, Kimberly Ann Brinning, and one death, Helen Sedrel, were recorded in the past year. Attendees included several locals such as Mrs. Charles L. Eyestone Mrs. W T Hobbs Ellis Rickey and Brenda, Earl Hobbs and Debbie, Leonard Brinning Ron Brinning Kelley and Kimberly, W H McConnell and others. Afternoon visitors were Tom Hobbs and Andy Clifford Eyestone Miriam and Letha Ashby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickey
Fairgrounds
Marr Park
Earl Hobbs
Nora Hobbs
Kimberly Ann Brinning
Helen Sedrel
Charles L. Eyestone
W.T. Hobbs
Ellis Rickey
Francis McConnell
Brenda
Debbie
Leonard Brinning
Ron Brinning
Kelley
Kimberly
W.H. McConnell
Howard Zihlman
Tom Hobbs
Andy
Clifford Eyestone
Miriam
Letha Ashby
Kirkwood Alumni Meet Here To Discuss Association
Washington area Kirkwood Community College alumni are invited to a meeting on August 15 at 7 p.m. at the Captain's Table to discuss forming an alumni association. Donald Christenson says programs like job placement and alumni seminars are under consideration. more than 5,000 potential members include Kirkwood graduates and those with 45 or more quarter hours. The Washington session is the first of 11 regional meetings in Merged Area Ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Area
Kirkwood Community College
Donald Christenson
Kirkwood
Christenson
Washington
Area Ten
Social Calendar St day Moriarty Reunion and More
Social calendar events include a noon to sunset Liverly Reunion at Locust Grove Park and a noon basket dinner at the shelter house near Morning Sun High School. Monday Nighters meet at 6 30 pm at the Y for a Dickeys run. Prairie Home Golden Age Club gathers at 10 am YWCA rooms with sack lunch at noon. VEW Auxiliary meets 8 pm at VFW Hall and World War I Barracks Auxiliary hosts a 6 30 pm potluck at Legion Hall. Tops Club weighs in at 7 15 pm with regular meeting at 7 45 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moriarty
Sunset Park
Shelter House
Locust Grove Park
Dickey's
Prairie Home
Golden Age Club
YWCA
VFW Hall
Legion Hall
Tops Club
VW Room
Red Cross Home Nursing Class Opens August 16
The American Red Cross home nursing class will start with its first lesson on Wednesday August 16 at 1 30 p m in the instructor Mrs Henry Rees home 704 East Harrison Enroll by calling the Red Cross office at 653 3438
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross Home
Henry Rees
East Harrison
Red Cross
HI Club bids farewell with dessert at Chabals home
Eighteen couples of the HI Club attended a cooperative dessert at Ed Chabal’s home to bid farewell to the Chabals who moved from the neighborhood. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Chabal and Mrs. William Putman. A club tour on the Kent feed boat at Muscatine is planned for Sept. 20. Meet at Hubert Malichky’s home at 4 pm. Reservations for dinner at Elms Supper Club are due by Sept. 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HI Club
HJ Club
Ed Chabal
Elms
Owen family reunion weekend framed by relatives near and far
The Owen family of Mrs. C A Owen held a two day reunion at John C Owen's home with 22 attendees. Guests included Dr Charles Owen of Rochester Minnesota Mrs Margaret Devitalis and daughters Amy and Laura Monmouth Illinois Mr Max Wesner Naperville Illinois and family Steve Owen Chris and Kara Storrs Connecticut St and Mrs Richard Owen Julie Tempe Arizona Bill Tom Owen Naperville Illinois and Jean Owen San Diego California. Several families could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.A. Owen
John C. Owen
Brian
Jim
Owen
Charles Owen
Rochester, Minn
Margaret Devitalis
Amy
Laura
Monmouth
Ill
Max Wesner
Naperville
Wesner
Richard Owen
Steve Owen
Chris
Kara
Storrs
Autumn lawn fertilization guidance urges fall feeding
The article recommends autumn as the prime time to fertilize lawns to strengthen grass with minimal weed benefit. It promotes a 4-1-2 nitrogen rich ratio, with slow release nitrogen and potassium aiding winter resilience, noting shorter leaves and denser growth.
On the Record Hospital Dismissals Noted Today
Margaret Zaugg of Keota Wilbur Pribyl of Washington and Terry Lee Gingerich of Washington were dismissed today as recorded by On the Record Hospital officials. The brief entry notes three patient discharges from the Washington and Keota areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Zaugg
Keota
Wilbur Pribyl
Washington
Terry Lee Gingerich
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Rachel Nicola
Daniel Bickhart
Linda Bower
Virgil Miller
Carol Cady
Tom
Mrs. Frier
Bruce Gillis
Kentucky
Lana Weeks
John Marie
Jack Gilmore
Moon
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Karl Megdelsen
U.P
Rock Prairie
Wis
Ron Moore
Modesto
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Colthurst
Glenn Duncan
Donald Duncan
St Joseph
Dillon Ross
Park Ridge
Gertrude Hofsteater
Spokane
Wash
Miss Work
Laura Rouse
Ruth Bridges
Clara Rankin
Marie Horton
Marjorie Rankin
Olive Kullberg
Marian
Florence Hale
Phoenix
Ariz
Lulu Randolph
Mabel Denham
Oklahoma City
Margaret Bower
Eva Greiner
Earl Baker
Nellie Zeck
Winga’s
Gene Zeck
Ann
Andrea Bailey
Fargo, N.D
Mary Bailey
Alice
Gary Leck
Colby
Synod
Storm Lake
McFarland
Urura
Insurance Plan Savings & Loan Association
The
State Theater
Ken Peters
Roger Chapman
Gerald Oacis
Hawai
Daryl Bartholomew
Long Beach
Knupp
Elatives
Glenn Knupp
Wilbur Knupp
Columbus, O
John Owen
West
Larry
Sue) Baillargeon
Jill
Reno, ‘Nev
Alice) Pleggenkuhle
Robyn
Huachuca
Sally) Moore
Highland
Allectra
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
East Main Street
Stewart & Shearer Attorneys At Law
Richard A Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
Earl O. Wright
Brighton
ML. Tweeton
North Marion
JR Bissland
North Iowa
Melvin Schneider
Maplewood Manor
Eota
DR. PL
Etter
Osteopathic
Optometrist
John W. Lemmon
NIXON
Washington, Iowa
U.S
Dim Quinn
Mordians
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