Visitors and parish notes from Noble area relatives
Mrs. Roth hosts Edith Lehmans visitors on August 14 with John Lehman and his Ohio family and Fanny Reschly of Crawfordsville calling. Bethel’s Sunday program featured college students. Rev. Earnest Neufelt preached at Eicher Mennonite Church. Otto Frey re-elected at Eicher Cemetery meeting. Reports of fishing trip losses, Hochstedler deaths, Mennonite World Conference attendance, and local visits to Fairfield Rochester and Albany Oregon amid drought and water hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martens
Orlin Frey
Otto Frey
Fresno
California
Mt. Morris
Illinois
Eicher Cemetery Association
Rayden Boshart
Carol
Harvey Hochstedler
Burnell H
Hochstedler Sr
Andrew Swartzendrubers
Loman
Minnesota
Swartzendruber
Tal
Kokomo
Indiana
Dillon Graber
Amsterdam
Holland
Vernon
Otto
Hattie
Fairfield
Kathryn
Raymond Nicholsons
Richland
Don Wrights
Des Moines
Alice Reschly
Rochester
Joe N. Reschly
University
Don
Jerry Stauffer
Ted Simpson
Albany
Oregon
Dan
Elmer Grabers
Gilbert Roth
Dennis the Menace and old travel tales mixed in 1911 reminiscence
The fragment recalls Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham and a dusty 1911 memory of walking on a highway. It mentions visiting relatives Dan Stecklys and the Graber and Weston families, including Elmer Graber, Mrs. Adeline Weston, and two Mrs. Westons who are Leonard Graber’s sisters. They drove to Van Wert Ohio to visit Leonard Graber’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Stecklys
Elmer Graber
Walter Weston
Adeline Weston
Washington
van Wert
Ohio
Leonard Graber
John Moss 81st birthday celebrated in Riverside
Riverside August 14 family and friends gathered to celebrate John Moss Sr s 81st birthday Friday with a cake and barbec ue. They painted the Moss home as a birthday gift. Attendees included Verne and John Moss families from Iowa City Mt Pleasant and Hills plus Blanche Rummelhart. Desert Bridge Club met with prizes awarded to Florence Hamilton and Robert Schneider. Robert Wollrab, son of Don Wollrab, arrived in Cedar Rapids from a Viet Nam tour of duty by air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
John Moss
John
Ron Funke
Joe Frantz
Blanche Rummelhart
Hills
Mr. Moss
Don Kirchner
St. Charles
Illinois
Kirchner
Don Kiefer
Desert Bridge Club
Lucy Kirchner
Florence Hamilton
Robert Schneider
Harold Cress
Clara Rath
Marvin Croll
Ainsworth
Darlene Rogers
Iowa City
Robert Wollrab
Don Wollrab
Cedar Rapids
Viet Nam
Keota Tipton wedding ties local families together
Miss Sherry Lyle wed William Comer of Tipton at the Tipton Methodist church with guests including Guy Lyle and Lyle family relatives. Also noted are visits and vacations by Turnipseeds, Millers, Lyles, Spragues, and other area residents, plus planning for Gary Adams’ September move to Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Gary Adams
Barbie
Kim
Gary
Terre Haute
Indiana
Auction Sales District Iowa Ledger Names and Dates
Public sale notices list August 19 auctions for a Wayland six room house and goods in Wayland Arthur Messer. August 19 sale of house and goods near Washington by John Wheelan. August 19 auction of a 105 acre farm near Sigourney with Mrs Margaret Sieren and Frank Webb. August 24 household goods and tools in Washington area by Kenneth Davison. August 28 household goods at Washington County Fairgrounds by Emma Bidwell. weekly livestock sales occur Mondays in Wayland Tuesdays in Ollie Smylie Columbus Junction Fridays in Washington. weekly Tuesday WaPello on Highway 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumber Yard
Wayland
Iowa
Arthur Messer
Washington
John Wheelan
Sigourney
Smylie’s
Columbus Junction
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Wapello
Lows
Keota Visitors and Local Weekend Guests Mentioned
Jennifer Adams visits Keota with Des Moines family staying Sunday to Thursday and returns with her mother. Effingham and Moline residents Bob and Cleo Baughman spend the weekend with the Baughman families. Nettie Bishop visits Wellman. Madaline Fulton visits Carris family in Keota. Carris family attend Indian Pow Wow at Tama and Holiday Lake. Dewey Conklins hosting two weeks in Keota after Ogden trips. Alvin Greiner family from Cedar Rapids visit Elsie Greiner. other Chicago visitors include Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Steiner, and Sharon staying with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Sherry Lyle
Jim Lyle
Tipton
Guy Lyle
W. L. Miller
Richard Lyles
Charles Lyles
Francis Lyles
Howard Bohrs
Cloyce Statlers
Doyle Palmers
Miss Lyle
William Comer
Cedar Rapids
Louie Hermon
Storfer
Jay Warrens
Alta McGuire
Washington State
Arthur E. Sprague
Theresa
Kansas City
Missouri
Isaac Sprague
Berniece Smock
Edna Frantz
Iowa City
Elmer Peiffer
Bill Steele
Linda
Washington
Minnie Stewart
Laura Smock
Laura
Bob Adams
Tom
Dana Hahn
Leech Lake
Myrtle Robertson
Novella Hess
Carla Corpman
Carla
Des Moines
Charles Corpman
Debby
Kalona
Carl Corpman
Adams Vis
Jennifer Adams
George Adams
Lewis Powell
Madaline Fulton
Harper
Warren Carris
Carris
Tama
Holiday Lake
Dewey Conklin
Ogden
Charlie Conklin
Scranton
the Ledges
Dewey Conklins
Charles Conklin
Alvin Greiner
Elsie Greiner
Cecil
Esther Bennett
Elsie Steiner
Sharon
Chicago
Ten years passed Kalona class reunion in Iowa
Kalona Aug 14 1957 graduates of Kalona High School held a ten year reunion at Kalona park on Aug 6 with a cooperative dinner and social. Attendees included Car roll Reber and daughter from Marshalltown Bart Sleeper and son from Battle Creek MI Roger Altenhofen and family David Dayton and family from Washington Ronald Spicher and family Riverside Pete Stumpf and family Iowa City James Miller from Pennsylvania Mike Brenneman and sons Jerry Strabala family of Richmond. Several local residents and guests were mentioned in hospital and visit notes as well as family events and births surrounding the community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Kalona High School
Kalona Park
Carroll Reber
Marshalltown
Bart Sleeper
Battle Creek
Michigan
Roger Altenhofen
David Dayton
Washington
Ronald Spicher
Riverside
Pete Stumpf
Iowa City
James Miller
Pennylvania
Mike Brenneman
Iowa Private Guards New MACV Base in Vietnam
Army Private First Class Claude G. Randall 29, son of Mrs. Betty J. Randall of Washington Iowa, was assigned Aug 5 to guard the U S Military Assistance Command Vietnam HQ at Tan Son Nhut. He was relieved of security duties in Saigon and moved to the large airbase north of the capital. He serves as a military policeman in the 716th Military Police Battalion Company C. His wife Marcia lives on Route 2 Wayland Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan Son Nhut
Vietnam
Claude G. Randall
Betty J. Randall
E. Jefferson
Washington
Iowa
U. S. Military Assistance Command
MACV
Pvt
Randall
Saigon
716Th Military Police
Marcia
Wayland
Red Cross Seeks Donations to Help Kimmy and Others
The Red Cross calls for blood donors to support vital programs that help people like Kimmy lead happy, normal lives. Donate blood to sustain ongoing relief and medical services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Kimmy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe
Knobby
Pebbie
Betty Pig
Toledo
Bray
DAIS
Wake
Dagwood
Peter
Betty
Mrs. Roth
Edith
Lehmans
Noble
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Teller
Kay Smith
Terry Road
Jackson
Mississippi
Washington Usc County Committee
CCC
United States
Department of Agriculture
Brighton
Crawfordsville
William K. Day
ASCS
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Storm Lake
Bob Cress
Culbertson
Nebraska
Ralph Schnoebelen
Bob
Cloyd Cress
Pleasantview
Westinghouse
Keith Murphy
Dick Weeks
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Journal
C. L. Jennings
New London
Bob Baughman
Effingham
Cleo Baughman
Moline
C. O
Daryl Baughman
Nettie Bishop
Ida Nickell
Wellman
Mrs. Eugene Way
Jerry Strabala
Maurice Strabala
Richmond
Mercy Hospital
Earl Fry
Bryan
Paul McAndrew
Bloomington
Twins
White Sox
Melvin Gingerich
Paul
John Gingerich
Tucson
Arizona
Anna Gingerich
Gingerich
Pleasantview Home
Mary Ann Miller
Abe Kaufman
Mio
H. V. Beck
Gladys Miller
Lloyd Miller
Velma Way Rick Fry
Crystal Lake
Lyle Fry
Duane H. Gingerich
And
Don Gingerich
Colorado
Phillip Preston
Eugene Way
Lark
Tiffin
Joe Chody
Don Miller
Reese Trus.er
Louise Kallaus
Lowell Erbof
Douglas Christner
Colorado Springs
Amos Hostetlers
Elam Christners
Henry Muller
Charles Rhodes
Rockford
Ilinois
John R. Rhodes
Maynard Reber
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