Fairfield Social Roundup Highlights Local Families
Mrs. Ella Reed celebrated her 88th birthday at a cooperative dinner hosted by her daughter in Fairfield with relatives from Washington Cedar Rapids and Colorado. The report notes several social visits and upcoming weddings plus a new address for the Stuckmans and a 57th anniversary celebration for the Meyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Reed
Harold Booth
Fairfield
Golia Miller
Everette Miller
Pam
Marla
Lori
Martin
Sheryl
Washington
Ernest Reed
Ray Stoffel
Cedar Rapids
Little Stacie Rae Stoffel
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Social Calendar Notices For Early Publication
Notices for social events must be submitted by 10 am on the day of first publication. This week includes a Tuesday White Shrine Picnic at Sunset Park with rain plan to Tem ple, VFW Post and Auxiliary gathering, World War I Barracks picnic, a Wednesday Missionary Society and Ladies Day events, Amets Investors Club meeting, a Thursday Rollers Bowling League and DAR Log Cabin open for visitors, and Friday Lane Leaders Bowling League at the bowling alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Shrine
Sunset Park
Temple
VFW Post and Auxiliary
Bethel Missionary Society
William Wulf
VFW
Carl Kelley
Bowling Alley
Local notes on horse purchases and weekend visits
Mr and Mrs John Simmering returned from Naper Nebraska with a registered American Al bino Stallion from White Horse ranch and a show mare for Marion Robertson. Archie King and family visited in Omaha with the Eckels and plan to stay in Washington this week. Mrs Charles Moore Jr from Arvada Colorado visits her Fry and Young families. Various social gatherings and a White Shrine picnic plan noted along with hospital discharge and an expanded stay for H T Carris and Jerome Andersons wedding news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simmering
Naper, Nebraska
White Horse Ranch
Marion Robertson
Archie King
Perrysburg
Merle Eckels
Omaha
James Eckels
Washington
King
Virginia Eckels
Charles Moore Jr
Arvada
Colo
A.L. Fry
John E. Young
Kath leen Henss Weds Stanley Meyer At Wayland Church
Kath leen Henss daughter of Mr and Mrs J Laurence Henss and Stanley Meyer son of Mr and Mrs Harold J Meyer were united in marriage at Wayland Mennonite Church on Sunday August 25 at 7 pm in a ceremony conducted by Rev Loris Habegger of Elk hart Ind with 275 guests in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Henss
J. Laurence Henss
Stanley Meyer
Harold J. Meyer
Wayland
Wayland Mennonite Church
Loris Habegger
Elkhart
Ind
John Graber
Larry Henss
Washington Saddle Club Plans Trail Rides and Ribbon Show
The Washington Saddle Club met at the Fair Grounds with hosts Mr and Mrs Allen Johnson. Gary Murphy led the business meeting announcing two Southeast Iowa Trailriders Association rides on Sept 2 in Mediapolis and Sept 15 in Salem. Jim Genkins invited members to a trail ride at his home on Sunday Sept 1 at 6 PM and each family will bring cookies or doughnuts. Mr Genkins won the door prize. October meeting is organized by Mr and Mrs Preston Edmondson and Mr and Mrs Lyle Paisley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Saddle Club
Fairgrounds
Allen Johnson
Gary Murphy
Southeast Iowa Trailriders Association
Mediapolis
Salem
Jim Genkins
Genkins
Preston Edmondson
Lyle Paisley
Ward Store Employees Attend Awards Dinner
Forty one employees of the Montgomery Ward Store in Fairfield and guests attended a dinner at the Elks Club. The local store earned an award for outstanding sales performance. Ethel Miller received a citation from C L Goodell, manager of the Washington store, for outstanding work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
Elks Club
Fairfield
C.L. Goodell
Washington
Ethel Miller
Ted Johnson
Marie Marie
Farm Bureau Leaders Attend District Meeting on Shaff Reapportionment
Farm Bureau leaders from the area will attend a district meeting at the Fairfield Country Club on September 10 to hear a discussion of campaign plans for the Shaff reapportionment. A vote on the Shaff Plan is scheduled in Iowa in December and the Farm Bureau is actively supporting approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Fairfield Country Club
Iowa
Kennedy Family Ends 22 Day Canada and West Trip
Mr and Mrs Charles Kennedy have returned from a 22 day 7200 mile tour of Canada and western states with Allen Rice of Des Moines. The group met five Rice siblings at Newport Beach California near the home of Hod Rice. travels included Banff Lake Louise Vancouver Portland and a Mutual Insurance Companies convention. They visited Ventura and San Mateo in California and stayed with James Burkett’s family in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kennedy
Canada
Allen Rice
Des Moines
Rice Brothers
Harry H
Hod) Rice
Newport Beach
Calif
Kennedy
Frank Rice
Portland, Ore
Jessie Rice
Redwood City
Kennedys
Banff and Lake Louise
Vancouver
B.C
Portland
Ore
of Mutual Insurance Companies
California
Bertha Gray Hathaway
Ventura
Harvey Meeks
Washington
San Mateo
James Burkett
Denver
Colo
Local Residents Attend Layered Family Visits and Milestones
Local brief notes guests and visits across Ames Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota and Cedar Rapids. Families gather for 88th birthday How ard Applegate and relatives from Albuquerque Des Moines Riverside and other locations attend meals and parties. The Cordrys plan a new home and Miss Grace Conner visits Irene Conner in Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Conner
Minneapolis, Minn
Irene Conner
On The Record Admitted And Dismissed Patients
Yesterday Earl White and Ainsworth were admitted for medical care in Washington. Today Mrs Logan Heilman was dismissed in Washington, and Mrs Floyd Polis, Washington, along with Mrs Sidney Schooley and her son from Iowa City, were discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Eugene
Sidney Schooley
Iowa City
Iowa
Lynn O
Ora A. Mast
Rt. 2
Riverside
Earl White
Ainsworth
Medical
Logan Heilman
Washington
Floyd Polis
Mrs Elder Hosts Morning Coffee Honoring Miss Urquhart
Mrs Dave Elder entertained Monday at ten o'clock with a morning coffee honoring Miss Jane Urquhart of Palatine Illinois fiancee of Ed Bailey and his sister Mrs Richard Shirley of Silver City New Mexico. The event featured shower gifts for the guest of honor and was attended by about forty friends including Miss Jan Hunter of Silver City and Mrs E D Morrison III of Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Elder
Jane Urquhart
Palatine
Ill
Ed Bailey
Richard Shirley
Silver City
N.M
Jan Hunter
E.D. Morrison III
Seattle
Wash
Bensons Mark 50th Anniversary in Reynolds Illinois
Mr and Mrs Cloyce Benson of Viola Illinois celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at Legion Hall in Reynolds on Sunday September 1 from 2 to 5 PM CDT. They wed Sept 3 1913 at the Kephart home south of Washington. They have five children and twelve grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloyce Benson
Viola, Ill
Legion Halis
Reynolds
Mable Kephart
A.E. Kephart
Washington
Pleasant Hill
Benson
International Harvester
Rock Island
Virginia Bledsoe
Bernice Swisher
Edythe Barnes
Max
Rex Benson
Reynolds, Ill
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Karl Kneen
Winfield
Phil Kneens
Kneens
Colorado
Mac Davis
Carrie Davis
Harold Johnson
Marvin Lewry
Sharon
Chicago
Marvin
Linda Lockwood
Arlington Heights
Til
Jim Wilson
Gene Tucker
Littleton, Colo
Leroy Parrott
Monte and
Marta
Afton
Clifford Connelly
Mr. Parrott
Maude Parrott
Gladys Schulty
al Conner
Davenport
Mrs
Lyle Schulty
Nels Westermark
Karen
Jerry
Horeshoe Bay Lodge
Walker
Minn
C.P. Berkhoff
Jack Babcock
Robyn
Kirsten
Ted Shirley
Vicki
Terry
Mt. Pleasant
Lysle Embree
Philip
Max Embree
Lisa
Susan
Frank Embree
Una Gordon
Haskins
Donald Snodgrass
Marion Snodgrass
Dwight Baker
Barb
Marsha
Webster City
Guy Stuckman
West
Merrill Avenue
Stuckmans
Pillsbury Company
J.W
Wes) Meyer
Delbert Lewis
Crawfordsville
Meyers
Theodore Meyer
Earnest Meyer
Maurice Meyer
David Meyer
Wellman
Kenneth Aller
Burlington
Bud Hanson
Jean
Milford Knutson
Wayne Black
Tork Gazette
Washington County Hospital
Barbara Ann
Eugene Slater
Columbus Junction
Melinda Dawn
Gerald Bender
Rt. 3
Anne Elizabeth
Allan Kinzler
East Harrison
Kenneth Joe
Lee Christner
East Third
Charles Thomas
Mrs. Wm. Eldridge
Keota
Cindy Kay
Donald Hole
E. Madison
Lori Ann
Robert Long
E. 2Nd, City
Carter
Miss Roger
le Roi
Petti Pants
Evening Journal
Masonic Temple
Ralph Melville
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Lynn
H. T. Carris
Mercy Hospital
Jerome Anderson
First Street
Mason City
State College of Iowa
Maxine Henness
Heiss Wharries
Leo Lange
Linda Boozel
Roberta Haberman
Dianne Bostic
Lincoln
Neb
LeRoy Meyer
Mel Clark
Don Yoder
Jerry Nebel
Jim Henss
John Henss
Betty Troyer
Shirley Schlatter
Judi Shafer
Charles Watson
C.C. Wyse
Thurlone Myers
Dean Meyer
Berdene Boshart
Nancy MecNeeley
Mary Wyse
Amy Wyse
Melba Widmer
Sandra Yo
Saddle Club
Norman Schoonover
Wolf's Flower Shop
Ward Store
Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
Charles Kennedys
Russell Moreland
Michael
Bruce
Phillip
Ames
Leo C. Stone
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Winona
Gene Stone
Audrey
Peggy
Leo Stone
Gene
Collins Company
Ralph Zenner
Racine, Wis
Harold Cumming
Mary Applegate
Howard Applegate
Lewis Carter
Albuquerque
Henry Clay
Jesse Havel
Walter Carr
Joe Havel
Carters
William Stewart
Madison
Wisc
Hazel S. Alberson
Green Bay Theatre
Wisconsin Dells
Peggi Ann Birney
Cathy Seifert
Jim Seifert
Victor Masson
Vandalia
E.R. Cordry
Sherman-Eden
Olympia
Mrs. Elder
Bensons
Brown Finance
Fay, Ern Ward
South Side Sq
Petre Et
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