Pleasantview sale set for Kalona September 18
Kalona committees prep for the Eighteenth Annual Pleasantview Home Benefit Sale at the Kalona Sale Barn starting 10 AM on September 18. Pancakes and sausage offered from 5:30 AM onward, with brochures in local shops detailing sale events. The new nursing care addition will add 49 beds for 130 total guests. Community support remains strong as the sale date nears.
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Kalona
Pleasantview Home
Kalona Sale
Scouts Return From Idaho Jamboree West Trip
Daniel Bruegge Dennis Franzen and Randy Russell return from a 15 day Scout Jamboree West in Idaho. They toured Black Hills Badlands Custer Battle Field Lewis and Clark Caverns and Mineral Museum in Montana. They met Bob Hope Miss Teen America traded patches and watched 28000 candles light the camp fire.
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Daniel Bruegge
Dennis Franzen
Randy Russell
Idaho
Black Hills
Badlands
Custer’s
Battle Field
Lewis and Clark Caverns
Mineral Museum
Museum of Mining
Montana
University of Montana
Bob Hope
Yellowstone Park
Park
Proxmire Targets Limousine Use by Nine Agencies
Senator William Proxmire proposes curbs on official limousines, urging that top officials across nine government agencies not use them as luxury taxis. He seeks reforms to curb waste and set stricter travel rules.
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Proxmire
Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D - Wis
Keota Family Visits Highlight Summer Weekend
Keota scene centers on the Vorheis and related families visiting from Monticello and nearby towns. Inland social gatherings include reunions at the Lancaster Church, relatives from San Diego to Cedar Rapids, and a Sigourney park picnic. The Keota Varsity Cheerleaders returned from a U.N.S. camp in Cedar Falls.
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Paul Sievert Keota
Dan Vorheis
Monticello
Rosa Greiner
David Bollis
Tiffin
Bertha Adam
Viola
Robert Greiners
Robert McMaines
Don Holmes
Matt
Smith Center
Kan
Harold Holmes
Wayne Shaw
Rick
Webster, Mo
Gary Miller
Cedar Rapids
Pete Aldrich
Ruth Edens
North English
Warren Bennett
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Connie Kelly
Bettendorf
Bud Harras
Marcella Monaghan
Eva Fosdick
Marcella
Tom
Gene Monaghan
Michael Monaghan
Sigourney
Larry Hills
Marion
Sigourney Park
Keola
U.N.S
Cedar Falls
Cindy Flynn
Robin Mound
Teri Norenberg
Cheryl Sailor
Mary Speaker
Lori Stoutner
Paul Sievert
Immanuel Baptist Church
Joan Stout
Lori
Darlene Peiffer
U.N.I
van Meter
Iowa
Deeds Recorded In Washington County Properties Transfers
On the Record Deeds list several transfers: Bessie A. Dewis to Robert D. Garrett and wife property starting 50 ft west of the NE corner of O S 15 in Addition to Washington. Wallace L. Fagen, Treasurer, to County of Washington Lots 17 18 19 and 20 in Block 6 Original Plat of Haskins. Rex C. Severt and wife to Milford W. Groff and wife Lot 21 in Block 8 Original Plat of Wellman. Joy Louise Williamson to Robert Wayne Williamson starting 38.17 rods north of the SW corner of SE 4 of Section 18 75 7. Leonard A. Horak and wife to Esther L. Horak Lot A in E % of NW 4 of Section 15 76 7.
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Bessie A. Dewis
Robert D. Garrett
N.E
O. S. 15
Washington
Wallace L. Fagen
County of
Leonard A. Horak
Esther L. Horak
Utah defendant clobbers deputy with courtroom gavel
In Kearns the defendant Rodney A. Dall 22 grabbed the gavel and struck Deputy Sheriff Bill Thompson in the head causing unconsciousness. He swung at Justice of the Peace Lynn Bernard but missed as two teenagers tackled him. Dall already faced charges of reckless driving and public intoxication and was charged with two counts of aggravated assault held on 10000 dollars bail.
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Kearns
Utah
UPI
Justice of the Peace
Lynn Bernard
Rodney A. Dall
Bill Thompson
Thompson
Bernard
Dall
Social Calendar Highlights Local Reunions and Gatherings
Friday at 8 p.m. Bethlehem Commandery meets at the Masonic Temple. Sunday Hesseltine Family Reunion hosts a noon basket dinner in Sunset Park. Kauffman-Stalder Reunion gathers at noon for a basket lunch at the Izaak-Walton Club on Highway 1. Sheetz Reunion plans a noon event at Keota Park.
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Hesseltine Family
Sunset Park
Kauffman-Stalder
Izaak-Walton Club
Highway 1
Sheetz
Keota Park
Family party honors Tina Lynn Gordon
A family birthday party celebrated Tina Lynn Gordon for her fifth birthday Friday night at their West Chester home. Guests included her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Gordon one and one half year old brother Gary grandparents two and a half generations great grandparents and other relatives.
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Tina Lynn Gordon
Harry Gordon
West Chester
Gary
Raymond Gordon
Dale Sheetz
Floyd Murphy
LaRue Conklin
Keota
Reunion Draws Out-of-Town Family Visits
Local readers report a visit by Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Halpenny and family of Ft. Worth to the Walter Smith home for a high school class reunion of 1938 held Saturday at the Captain's Table. Lt. Cmdr. Ed Bailey and his wife Janie with children Geoffrey Timmy and Brad from San Diego are guests for a week with his parents. Ted Bailey Jr. and Carol of Ames plan to join Thursday along with Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holmes and their children Mike and Sharon, with Mrs. Holmes formerly Marsha Bailey.
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Eugene Hochstetler
Pennsylvania
Earl Fry
Bryan
David
St. Louis
Richard TeBockhorst
Mike
Mary TeBockhorst
Gary Pribyl
Frank
Cedar Rapids
Emma Bopp
Wilbur Pribyl
Kalona
Joe Chody
Randy
Rosemary
Red Wing Lodge
Walker
Minn
Joni Adams
Elizabeth Scott
United Christian and Baptist Church
Forest Lake
Ottumwa
Earl Wright
Shirley Pantel
Debbie
Columbus Junction
South Carolina
James Bross
Larry Griffiths
Minnesota
Lloyd Halpenny
Ft. Worth
Texas
Walter Smith
Cmdr
Ed Bailey
Janie
Geoffrey
Timmy
Brad
San Diego
Calif
Theodore Bailey
Ted Bailey Jr
Carol
Ames
Richard Holmes
Sharon
Holmes
Marsha Bailey
Romance Rampant at Salt Lake Jail
Salt Lake County Sheriff Delmar Larson reported female inmates lowered a blanket ladder from a window allowing male inmates to visit the women for what he called sex parties. A party was observed Friday night and another about an hour later. no laws were confirmed as broken.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Salt Lake County
Delmar Larson
Mrs Helscher hosts coffee for former class members
Mrs John Helscher entertained at a Tuesday afternoon coffee and informal gathering for former high school friends and their children. Eighteen children attended as guests, with mothers including Mrs Tim Greiner, Mrs Larry Fishback, Mrs Mike Boshart, Mrs John Mullin, and Mrs Tim Horak among others from Keota and nearby towns. The hostess is the former Judi Thompson.
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John Helscher
Jennifer
Heather
Wendy
Tim
Sara Eicher
Greiner
Jane
Kathy
Terry
Sandy Hayes
Brent
Keota
Larry
Mary Landau
Fishback
Hospital and birth notices from Washington area
Hospital admitted yesterday includes Mrs Charles West of Washington medical Gary Karr of Wayland surgical and Mrs Lloyd Reighard of Brighton medical A birth is reported for Mr and Mrs Donald Tappan of Washington a son Dismissals yesterday list Mrs Cyril Conrad of Brighton Michael Malone of Washington and Mrs Darrell Smith and her son of Washington Today transfers include Verne Miller of Washington Mrs GE Montgomery of North Dakota to Mercy Hospital Iowa City and Glenn Dunbar of Washington
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Charles West
Washington
Gary Karr
Wayland
Surgical
Lloyd Reighard
Brighton
Cyril Conrad
Michael Malone
Darrell Smith and Son
Verne Miller
G.E. Montgomery
North Dakota
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Glenn Dunbar
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Thresher
Mt. Pleasant
Midwest
Mt. Pleasant News
Iowa Press Photo Service
Pleasantview
Willis Gingerich
Don Johnson
Coco, Fla
Gingerichs
Sandy Kurtz
Michael Dixon
East Troy
Wis
Colorado Springs
Tom Gingerich
Anna Escher
Clara TeBockhorst
Schoonover Drug
Dave Green
Demonstar
Dave
Kansas State
Pratt & Lambert
Vapex
Pratt Lambert
Norman Schoonover and
Jary Sturdevant
Wolf's Flower Shop
Don Vorheis
Connelly
South Side Square
Washington Square
JRS
Rainwear Reg
Bethlehem Commandery
Masonic Temple
Donald Tappan
Kolonel Korn
Osincup’s
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