Spectacular Day parade opens Keota annual event
Keota's Spectacular Days featured a Friday parade led by the color guard and Cadets drum corps from Cedar Rapids. Prizes were awarded in three classes with Keota Food Center, Pioneer Mutual Insurance, and Wilkes Barber Shop among first-place entries. Saturday included a children's parade, various races, scooter and bicycle contests, a motorized tractor pull, and sack race winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Cedar Rapids
Keota Food Center
Pioneer Mutual Insurance
Lyles
Wilkes
John Speaker
Mike Metnerney
Bill Huber
Bill McFadden
Tom Metnerney
Mike McDonald
Mike McInerney
Jerry Trier
Larry Lyle
Tom McInerney
Doug Roberts
Gordy Baughman
Clombene
Jeff DeLong
Chris Flander
Larry Fagen
Courtney Olson
Danny Tuber
Rick Peirce
Denny Detweiler
Robby Malley
Jim Blattner
Bob Mills
Cathy Seiren
Toni
Jim van Sickle
Gina McDowell
Terri Norenberg
Patty Lyle
Larry Henry
Kimberly Powell
Steve Seiren
Drum and Bugle Corps
Glen Stoutner
Richard Bayliss
Tom Bayliss
Melody Flanders
Christy Hammes
Ann Flynn
Barbara Stoutner
Susie Pearson
Jeanie Speaker
Rita Pierce
Mary Flynn
Mike Flynn
Robby Bell
Tom Flynn
Kent Olson
Denny Lyle
Dave Lyle
Pat Bell
Warren Roff
Pat Osweiler
Edwin Luers
Mike Forinash
Davis children visit Oskaloosa
Crawfordsville reports a family visit as Nancy Steve Scott Ann and Janet Davis children of Henry Davis stay with aunt in Oskaloosa. They return with Sunday guests Rex Beauchamp Jerry Riley and others from Mt. Pleasant White Bear Lake Minn and Iowa City.
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Crawfordsville
Nancy
Steve
Scott
Ann
Janet Davis
Henry Davises
Glen Johnson
Oskaloosa
Rex Beauchamp
Jerry
Forest Riley
White Bear Lake
Minn
Donald Riley
Mt. Pleasant
Bob Holmes
Washington
Richard Cheney
Hal
Howard Anderson
Versa
Merwin Chadwick
Owatonna
Wesley Gates
Hopkinton
Gordon Johnson
Iowa City
Johnsons
Black Hills
Esther
Dorothy Rice
Ft. Madison
Cora McKee
McKee
Family Guests and Local Social Gatherings Across Iowa
A series of social visits and gatherings unfold across Riverside, Burlington, Davenport, Des Moines, and surrounding towns. Residents host relatives and friends at multiple dinners and cookouts, with Vera Yeager of Des Moines celebrated on a birthday, and a Davis family reunion held at the Fairgrounds in Washington featuring many Davis relatives and friends from Winfield Perry Columbus Junction Muscatine and Ft Ord California. The note closes with a historic sports note about George Widener’s Lamius winning the Champagne Stakes in 1917 and ongoing pursuit of a second victory by the Philadelphia bettor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
William Lukavsky
Riverside
Jerry Fisher
Washington
Floyd Fisher
Peggy Thomas
Burlington
Lee Lease
Verne Droll
Joan
Daryl Owens
Mike
Lynnette
Lloyd Fisher
Cecil Lease
Davenport
Vernon Fletcher
Glen
Stanley
Mabel Monson
Ralph Hunt
Marie
Jim
Pavilion
Wyo
Latimer Davis
Henry Davis
Vera Yeager
Des Moines
Ury Davis
Joyce
Roger Davis
Winfield Cinda
Lila Davis
Perry
Willard Davis
Columbus Junction
Jimmy Ryder
Muscatine
John Walker
Booth sisters visit Fairfield and area social notes
Ethel and Vivian Booth spent Wednesday in Fairfield visiting Mrs Reames and Maria. Una Gordon stayed a few days in Washington at the Frank and Max Embree home. Local callers included R D Westfall, Mrs Rose Petsel and Mrs Elsie Smid of Lone Tree. The Endicott reunion drew attendees from Mount Pleasant and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
Ethel and
Vivian Booth
Fairfield
Mrs Reames
Maria
Una Gordon
Washington
Frank and
Max Embree
Westfall
Mrs. Rose Petsel
Mrs. Elsit Smid
Lone Tree
Clifford Down
Wellman
Jim Bean
Lloyd Burr
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Don Feldman
Orville Coakley
Carl Horton
Gale Niffeneggar
John Coakley
Jerry Hickenbottom
Mervin Sieren
Larry Ellis
Dennis Sieren
Ronald Bowser
Kenneth Weyland
Jerry Forsnash
Merlin Crawford
David Lyle
Davis
Floyd Fishers
By Vivian Wells
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George C. Wideners
Lamius
Philadelphia
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ABC
Sturgeon Bay
Turkey
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Brown
Welchade
Folger's Coffee
Colby Longhorn
National Bank OF Washington
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio
N Evening Journal
U. S
Cochran
DIAL
Rg. Loe
Ethel, Vivian Booth
Ivan Hartsock
Rock Island
Monmouth
Savanna
Ilin
Ois and
Mount Pleasant
Pearl Verrips
Jack Herr
Wilbur Krotz
James Reed
Ethel
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