Keota Festival Highlights Three Day Homecoming Event
Keota Aug 12 Blyth en Sheets Post of the American Legion schedules a three day homecoming and fall festival Aug 18 14 15 featuring a carnival beauty pageant Friday and Saturday concerts and a 1130 am parade Prizes include best float decorated car bicycle doll buggy pony and more The Washington county band performs Friday night and Teska’s miniature rural village a $50000 display is set for the three day event credited to local businesses and volunteers.
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Keota
Blythen-Sheets Post of the American Legion
N. G. Kraschel
Berry Hal
Den
U. S
Kraschel
Helen Stoutner
Francene Flander
Dorothy Singmaster
Sara Marie Huber
Violet Romine
Mary Elizabeth Helscher
Mable Margaret
Teska
Gracehill Resident Undergoes Tonsillectomy
Gracehill news notes Mrs. Pearl Tresslar had her tonsils removed by Dr. Stutsman in Washington on Thursday. She stays with her sister Mrs. Fred Garrett while Mrs. Anna Williams visits another household. Also listed are visits and Sunday gatherings among Gracehill families and neighbors as summer weekends pass.
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A. J. Robertson
Gracehill
Pearl Tresslar
Stutsman
Washington
Fred Garrett
Anna Williams
Strohm
James Lemley
Oriel Sankey
Kenneth
Guy Brown
Emma Hampton
Harley Cherwinker
Dorothy Mills
Lucy Jones
Wade Page
Anna Springer
Eloise
Edith Beaty
Lucille Jackson
Marion Robertson
Johnny
Robertson
Miss Anita Wahlen Returns to Indiana from Crawford
Ardith Larson’s music pupils were left in charge by Miss Anita Raye Wahlen during Northwestern Summer School. She has returned to Gary Indiana. The column lists numerous local visits and family events including dinners, parties, and travels across Michigan Illinois Nebraska and Iowa with relatives and friends in Swedesburg Crawfords ville Mt. Pleasant and Williamsburg.
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Marie Johnson
Crawford
Anita Raye Wahlen
Ardith Larson
Denver
Colorado
Florian
Carl Sandburg
Swedesburg
Sandburgs
John Alvin
Margaret Eklund
Florian Sandburg
Rosalie Graber
Elmer Graber
Hazel Kempf
Clinton
Alvin Roth
Illinois
Henry Roth
Lincoln
Nebraska
Alvin
Clarence Roth
Mae
Ruby Richard
Ever Ready Literary Society
Pete Graber
Crawfordsville
Mt. Pleasant
Ruth Marie
Vivian Orris
Williamsburg
Ed Olson
Hendersons and Romines Host Keota Reunion Visit
Junior Henderson from East Seventy Six visited Keota at the Stanleigh Henderson home. The Romine family hosted a reunion with many relatives from the area attending. A kittenball game on the East 76 diamond saw West Chester lose to a Washington group by one run in the thirteenth inning.
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Junior Henderson
E. Seventy Six
Keota
Oren Romine
East Seventy-Six
Stanleigh Henderson
Frank Romine
Hubert
Mary
Frances Romine
Lawerence
Romine
Barbara Kay
Art Romine
Paul Bell
West Chester
Washington
Arthur Romine
Wilma
Iowa City
Dudley Gretter
John Gretter
Leo Graf
Jeannine
Henry Henderson
Sam
Club Enjoy Ice Creams Supper At Sunset
Members of The Give and Take club enjoyed an ice cream supper at Sunset Park on August 6. Children played on swings and slides while all members attended except one family. Bessie Frame attended as a guest. Ice cream and cake were served at the close of the evening. Next meeting set for August 27 with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Town.
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Give
Sunset Park
Bessie Frame
Joe Town
Thanks for Kind Acts During Illness and Loss
The Atkinson Children express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for support during their father’s long illness and after his passing.
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Atkinson
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Helen Greiner
Mary Greiner
Washington County
Milburn McKay
Qos
Washington, Town
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Travel
Anita Wahlen
Indiana
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Dixie Dugan
J. P. Mevoy
J. H. Striebel
Dixie
Miss Dugan
Lloyd . Miller
Betty Jean
Kalona
Miller
Maxine Sheets
Wilma Romine
C. C. Dayton
TAX Service
Washington Loan & Trust Bldg
Iowa
Howard L. McCleerr
Bailey
Maid Rite & Tenderloin
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Pinnacle Prints
Montgomery Ward
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