Fannie Meeks 88th birthday celebrated in Iowa City
Riverside born Fannie Meeks observed her 88th birthday at a birthday dinner in C. S. P. S. Hall Iowa City with family friends and many grandchildren. Don and Ivan Meeks provided music. readings and festivities followed. Ed Bushek also honored for his 75th birthday with Davenport and Wayland guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Yeggy
Mary Younkin
Phil Baldwin
Oelwein
Orval Meeks
Washington
Luella Schnoebelen
Ainsworth
Don Meeks
Dorothy Harrison
Rick
Randy
Becky
Ingleborg Allen
Bob
Tom O’leary
Iowa City
John R. Yeggy
Richard Yeggy
James Schnoebelen
John Schnoebelen
Mary Ann
Riverside
Ed Bushek
Robert Bu
Ron Hazen Leaves for Army Duty
Ron Hazen will report to Des Moines for Army service after a Reserve meeting in Marshalltown. He has not been told his training location yet. Local family updates include visits from Mrs. Robert Baumgartner and Sherri Croll, plus weekend guests the Duane Hazen home. Bryce Lord and his son Mike completed a multi city vacation ending with a Cedar Rapids area trip and attendance at the State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Robert Baumgartner
Moline
New York
Kenneth Hazen
Duane Hazen
Colorado
Yellowstone Park
Marshaltown
Ron Hazen
Des Moines
Roger Escher
Near Kalona
Sherri Croll
Don Hazen
Olive Watson
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Minn
Billings
Mont
Idaho
Mamouth Lodge
Yellowstone National Park
Albuquerque
Area Television Program Listings Highlight Diverse Shows
Television listings showcase Gospel Time Gospel Light Bullwinkle Discovery Bowling Insights and World of Color Bonanza plus travelogue and focus programs. Broad mix targets varied audiences with religious, entertainment, sports, and cultural features across the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Gospel Time Gospel Light Bullwinkle
Discovery Bowling Issues
Insight Big Picture Travelogue
Race Focus
World of Color
Bonanza
Royden Bosharts Move to Washington and Local Notes
Royden Bosharts and family moved from their community to Washington last Monday and are living on South Iowa. Clarence Yoder and family visited on their way home from a Kalona reunion and live near Goshen Indiana on Pine Manor farm, a noted turkey farming operation. Several families stopped by, including Samuel Bender and four children, Maleta Barquist, and Rachelle Barquist, sharing a meal of hamburgers, pickles, and fresh tomatoes under the Birch tree. An anniversary-style reminiscence mentions an Ankeny resident turning 100 in October, alert and self-sufficient. A 90-year-old tale from Noble and Sommers School history is recalled, and Mrs Richard Long cares for Franklin Miller’s children while he is in army reserve. Henry Leichty and sons attended a Miller reunion at Fremont, Illinois. Gerald Nebels are vacationing in the Ozarks. Clayton Nebel tends stock. Sunday visitors at Otto Frey’s included Ezra Wittmer, August Zieglowsky, and Noah Wittmer. Orlin Frey and family visited Mt. Morris, Illinois, returning Monday. Other callers included Virgil Wittmer, Dwight Wittmer, Wayne Wittmer, and son from Fairmont, Minnesota, Quincy, Illinois. Weather notes mention fog and 90 degree heat with high humidity. nights are not hot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Yoder
Kalona
Goshen
Indiana
Pine Manor
Samuel Bender
Sharon
Maleta
Rachelle Barquist
Lawrence
Danny
Ankeny
Iowa
Richard Long
Franklin Millers
Clayton
Otto Frey
Ezra Wittmer
August Zieglowsky
Wayland
Noah Wittmer
Mt. Pleasant
Orlin Frey
Mt. Morris
Frey
Virgil Wittmer
Fairmont
Brighton
Eli Snider
Casper
Wyoming
Bob Guy
Kathleen Anderson
Merlyn Anderson
el Paso
Texas
Red Cross
Rex Hagans
University of Iowa
Rex
Oregon
Lewis Krewson
Fairfield
Hope Lutheran Church
Wayne Wilken
Small Son
Germanville
Wilken
Raymond K. I. Randall
Adelaide D. Randall
Pleasant Plain
Lackland
Walter Hogan
Kathryn Benson
Miltonvale
Kansas
Tony Meath
Nellie Balderson
Charlene Reighard
Wertz family reunion draws about 150 in Kalona
Descendants of William Wertz gathered at the Washington Township Community Center near Kalona for a 150 attendance reunion. Lynn Wertz, Fern Whetstone, Ernest M. Yoder, and O J Rhodes organized. Ruth Miller presented a Wertz family history. Next reunion planned for 1971 with Ora Hershberger as president and others as officers.
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Kalona
William Wertz
Washington Township
Lynn Wertz
Washington
Fern Whetstone
Ernest M. Yoder
Wellman
O. J. Rhodes
Wertz
Ruth Miller
Iowa
Lower Deer Creek
Miss Miller
Ora Hershberger
Marie Horner
Milton Winborn
Wayne Geyer
Grinnell
Parnell
Oxford
Katona
Michigan
Rev Wilken takes over Hope Lutheran Brighton
Local notes detail Rev. Wayne Wilken and his family moving into the Hope Lutheran Church parsonage in Germanville after his July installation and July 27 sermon, with teaching work by Mrs. Wilken and numerous Brighton area updates including visitors, graduations, and club activities.
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Rev. Wilken
Hope Lutheran
Install compressor at Cairo station
COLUMBUS JUNCTION August 18 Installation of a 4000 horsepower gas compressor engine at the Cairo gas storage facilities of the Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America has begun. The engine will raise the facilities horsepower total to 10560 and is the sixth NGPL unit at Cairo. It is expected to be in operation by this fall for the winter heating season as part of an $83865000 expansion started in April to boost peak day delivery by 384.8 million cubic feet during the 1969 70 winter season. NGPL is a subsidiary of Peoples Gas Co of Chicago. Cairo lies about four to five miles southeast of Columbus City.
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Columbus Junction
Cairo
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
NGPL
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Peoples Gas Company of Chicago
Columbus City
Ladies Day golf event featured at Lagos Acres Keota
Twenty seven women attended the Ladies Day luncheon at Lagos Acres in Keota with fourteen playing golf in the morning. Prizes went to Gerry Stoutner and Beth Holmes. Elenora McDowell won the traveling Presidents Cup. previous winners were Dorothy Singleton and Lorena Redlinger. Also noted were visits by Betty Evans of Largo Florida and relatives in Keota and Sigourney, plus illness of Everett Green leading to Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
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Lorena Redlinger
Mamie Oliver
Keokuk County Hospital
Sigourney
Maplewood Manor
Mrs Davidson Guests With Sisters In Crawfordsville
Mrs William Davidson of Waterloo stayed with her sisters in law Margaret Davidson and Marian Waters for supper and overnight. She joined sister Lloyd Coon for Sunday dinner. The Davidson party, plus Bruce Hanna and wife, visited relatives near Winfield. Cub Scouts and Webelos enjoyed Camp Eastman activities at Nauvoo with several boys and their fathers returning for a late lunch, campfire, and watermelon.
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Crawfordsville
William Davidson
Waterloo
Margaret Davidson
Marian Waters
Lloyd Coon
Davidson
Bruce Hanna
Glen Owens
Winfield
Hannas
Camp Eastman
Nauvoo
Ill
Webelos
Carl Aine
Mike
Charles Wells
Marshal Rose
Kevin
Leroy Conrad
Steve
Jim
Tom
Bill Conrad
Lynn
Bud Hauenstein
Tony
Orris family welcomes baby daughter Sherri Suzanne
Mrs C A Thompson reports Cleo and spouse welcomed a daughter Tuesday at Washington County Hospital weighing 8 lbs 2% oz named Sherri Suzanne. Other notes include church visitations by Rev Robert Sharp and family, and assorted travels of local residents to Ohio Iowa and Washington state with various family and leisure details.
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C. A. Thompson Ainsworth
Cleo Orris
Washington County Hospital
Sherri Suzanne
Robert Sharp
Sharon
Nancy
McKees Rocks
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church
Mac Wallace
Washington
John Frame
Jim
Dale Frame
David William Frame
Anderson
Ohio
E. E. Blum
Hillsboro
Earl Newman
Bullock Pen Lake
Crittenden
Kentucky
Ronald Ornduff
Great River Road
Muscatine
MceGregor
Moody’s Museum
Eagle Point State Park
Effigy Mound National Monument
Spillvile
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Fannie Meeks
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
C. S. P.S. Hall
Sheks
Davenport
Leona Kucera
Virgil Aldrich
C. A. Thompson
Area Television
WHBY
News
Wild West
Gomer Pyle
Merv Griffin
Playboy
ETVO
Judd
Dick Cavatt
John Davidson
Porter Wagoner
Joey Bishop
KCRG
FRS
Gilligan's T
Woc
Gulliver
Porter Wagner
Bill Anderson
McCool Flintstones Co
Underdog
Wells Fargo
Gleason
Wiker
Archie
Batman
Johnny Quest
Moby Dick
Lone Ranger
Stan Hitchcock News
Death Valley
Three Sons
Hogan Heroes
Petticoat
Mannix
Joe Tyne
Mr. Dist. At
Do Right
King Kong
Jasper Gulliver
Voyage Journey
Fantastic George Jungle Bandstand
SUN
Tom & Jerry
Face the Nation
This Is Life
Faith
Peter Gunn
NES Jetsons
Pist Century
Vice Powers
Lassie
Gentle Ben
MD Sullivan
Hee Haw
Impossible
Woo
É—Isun
Waldo
Huck Finn
Tony News
Aquaman
Yen
Three Christophers
N. F. L. Jetsons
Amateur Hour
Gentle , Ben
Ed Sullivan
Tvo—3
Lester
ECRG
SU ™E
Oral Roberts
Linus
King Kong Bullwinkle
Discovery Ridesville Hour of Hope
Giants
McHale's Navy
EKCRG
Jack Lalanne
WHBF
Andy Griffith
Dick van Dyke
Silent
Dream House
ABC News
Wood E—Mon
Olly Wood
Ernie
NBC Nowa
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Royden Bosharts
Mrs. Henry Yoder
Dwight Wittmer
Wayne Wittmer
Quincey
Mrs. Eugene Way
George W. Fry
Brian
Julie
Nancy Kelso
Janice
Paula
Gary Fay
Somanauk
Illinois
Marlin
Russell Fay
Darrell Studer
Ivan Berkley
Berkleys
Helen Connelly
Marylyn
Mrs
Tony Meuth
Ning
Mabel Dunbar
Beatrice Tracy
Phoenix
Arizona
Harmony Club
Nettie Chuck
Ariz
Rex Widmer
Hattie Jones
Clara Brown
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Betty Lou Evans
Largo
Florida
Cloyce Faris
Mildred Cater
Dean Trier
Lube Flander
Elsie Greiner
Cecil
Eddy Potyandy
Robert
John Henrich
Bernadette Kloc
Marmenia
Licinia
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Walter Larry Baker
Alphonse Peiffer
Albert Sieren
Keota
Sam Greiner
Terry
Marion
Ed Greiner
Mrs. Davidson Guest
Harvestall
Yairtruss
Aircommand
Dharvestat
Harvestir
Harvestep
Thermanometer
TusBy
Washington, Iowa
James Quinn
Tindal’s
Dick Knapp
Crane Farm
Tindal Farm Supply CO
Darold Jones
Milo Arthur
Cloyd Gardner
Doris Blanchard
Levi Blanchard
Doris
Mercy Hospital
Howard Caldwell
Dale Humphreys
Janesville
R.E. McFarland
Marcia Hazelett
Hugh Hazelett
Hawaii
Jim Hazelett
Navy
Leewell Jolly
Francis Jolly
Ames
Oak Harbor
Emerson Jolly
Caullellla
M. Boshart
Haydn Owens
Goff’s Real Estate
W.R. Grace & CO
Aurora, Illinois
Theodore Meyer
Forrest Eubanks
Ainsworth, Rt
Lloyd Plecker
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