Christmas Program Presented By Kalona Women’s Fellowship
Kalona program at United Christian and Baptist Church featured Rev. William McDermot devotion, Mrs. Earl Fry’s living echoes of the Holy Family, piano solo by Mrs. Richard Adams, and a vocal trio. Plans announced for mitten tree project sending gifts to Hong Kong and Christmas boxes for shut ins. Social hour followed with hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Skola
Don Miller
Vernon Hartzler
Lyle Fry
D. G Sattler
William McDermet
Hong Kong
George Bash
Richard Kelley
Ivan Alt
Eugene Way
Roy Pewitt
Wayne Gardner
Iowa City
Ivan Burkley
Susan Decker
Ihe
A. J Haberman
Janet
Mabel Schonauer
Solon
Haberman
Keota News Roundup Highlights Visits and Community Events
George Richardson returns home to Keota from Charleston to visit his parents, then plans to return. Garner Iowa visitors Mr and Mrs Jom Helvick spend a weekend with Mr and Mrs Gerald Ochs. A cooperative birthday supper for Mrs John Van Fleet includes neighbors and relatives. Several families host guests and attend services or travel to California for the winter. A Washington hospital birth adds James Robert Wide to the family, with grandparents and great grandparents named. New movers include Blair Wood and family taking a downstairs apartment, plus community gatherings and a neighborhood welcome event hosted by Mrs L Duane Churchman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Fleet
Harold Holmes
Glen Cupp
Whitey Sellman
Albert Grener
Buzzy Tadlock
Ernest van Sickle
Fairfield
Bill van Sickie
Ralph Hotchkiss
Dougie
Ottumwa
Bill Hotchkiss
Forrest Herr
Ralphs
Keith Daering
Bill van Sickle
Lyle van Sickle
Fidon Roth
Paul Martin
Crawfordsville
Margaret Ruby
Lio Gretter
Martha Pippet
California
Aubrey Lee
Dysart
Walter Stoutner
Lee
Everette Schmitt
Carl Pippet
Bob Wide
Washington
Washington Hospital
James Robert
Wide
Janice Harris
James Harris
Florence Wide
Dick Crissman
Martinsburg
Harris
Oskaloosa
Blair Wood
Ainsworth
Jack Sandberg
Woods
Charles Bond
Gise Struthers
Boone
Mr. Struther
Tillman Smith Speaks at Bethel Church Event
Bethel Mennonite service opens with Tillman Smith of Hesston College, a Bethel contact notes family ties to Willard Smith and Verna Graber. The report recalls past Christmas programs, community relief efforts, and local social events including bridal showers, hospital visits, and family visits around Kalona Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Graber Stoltzfus
Willard Smith
Bonnie Roth
Janice Crieser
Lucy
Emily Alleback
Ellis Roth
Washington
Bethel
Kalona
Elmer Roth
Emma Roth
Edith
Wm. Conrad
Robin Conrad
J C Wenger
John Wenger
Ed Wenger
Harold
Jim Fort
Marvin Widmer
Oscar Miller
Henry Leichty
Maynard Widmer
DW Widmer
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Gladys
Davenport
Dan
Cleo Gingerich
Lee Swartzendruber
Sam Kermel
Albany
Oregon
Elmer Wyse
Ed Springer
Henry Yoder
VFW Women Dine and Plan Activities in Keota
The VFW Ladies Auxiliary held a Christmas supper in Keota with Martha Malley in charge. Seventeen attendees, including five children, shared a program featuring Christmas songs, a novelty act, and readings. Proceeds and donations support veterans and hospital boxes, with plans for a June dance and future charitable actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krota
Tor Wen
Martha Malley
Susan Pearson
Chipmunks
Billy Wells
Juckie McNurien
Robbie Malley
Leola Flynn
Sara Monaghan
Susan
Vivian Baughman
Department
Flenera Miller
Leon
Angal Richels
Knoxville
Angal
V. A. V. S. Hospital
Edna Williams
California
Rosalie Pearson
Hazel Griener
Martha Maley
Pileanor Milles
Eaton Rapids
Michigan
Dex Moines Hospital
Alice Wells
Department Cancer Fund
Eleanor Miller
Frank Osweiler
Cy Osweiler
Bob Krause
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Barnes and Reineicke, Inc
Keota
Officers Elected By Rebekahs at Kalona
Kalona Rebekah lodge No. 84 elected officers at the regular meeting in the Odd Fellow hall. Mrs. Joe Fisher was named noble grand, Mrs. Harold Maxwell vice grand, Mrs. Jack Guengerich secretary, Mrs. Curtis Figgins treasurer, and George W. Fry trustee for three years. The group planned a family Christmas party at the hall with a cooperative supper on Tuesday December 12 at 6:90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Kalona Rebekah Lodge No
Odd Fellow
Joe Fisher
Noble
Harold Maxwell
Jack Guengerich
Curtis Figgins
George W. Fry
Donald Dickel
J. McKenzie
Clifford Samall
Eugene Way
S.wooder
L. J. Strickler
Bryker Woods Students Stay After Hours for Typing Classes
Elementary students at Bryker Woods in Austin attend after hours touch typing lessons for grades three through six. About 75 of 368 pupils participate due to limited teachers. 15 portable typewriters supported by a local donor keep the program running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Bryker Woods
J. G. Perkin
Remieet N Rand
Perkins
Dorothy Ellison
Flizabeth Hampton
Ellison
Stephen
Betty Hipolito
Susan Andrews
Susan
Laurie Smith
Karen Krotz Hosts Birthday Party and Family News
Karen Krotz was a guest of honor at a birthday party with guests including Shirley Cann Shary Martin Karen Hixson and Karla Karol and Kay. Karla Krotz celebrated her fourth birthday and Monday supper guests are named. Other notes mention relatives visiting and local greetings in Washington and Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley
Carolyn
Una Gorden
Muscatine
Rey Krotz
Dick TeBockhorst
Seon Westfall
Lone Trek
Ben Harrison
Finn Richards
Raymond Coon
Reverend Godsey
David Mane Whetstine
Dorris Hart Sock
Dorothy Bean
Una Gordon
Evelyn Murphy
Crawfordsville
Cletus Kaska
Route 4
Washington
Enjoys Day Of Teaching School In Bethel
Dee 4 Your writer enjoyed a day as a substitute at Fairview school in Johnson County. She taught all eight grades in a one room school with twenty eight children and shared memories of old chores while praising the day with the children. Other notes include community condolences and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Dee
Walter Longer
Fairview
Johnson County
Mae Wallace
Grace Hiler
Gideon Home
John W. Cherry
Nelle Juzeler
Gladys Mikseh
Blaine
Janet Wail
Dale Sojka
Washington Riverside
Burton Fox
Pairview School
Ruth
May Gideon
Bernard Wayone
Kev
Willis Longer
Highland
Norman Havel
Bethany
Prairie City
Donald Brown
Rose Anne Payne
Ernest
Ray Niffenegger
Beth
Brighton PTA Renames. fires truck bought. community notes
Brighton P T A withdraws from state and national memberships and renames as Brighton Home and School Council. The town buys a new fire truck from Firefighters Truck Co. Education board accepts second grade teacher Mrs. Hall's resignation. Mrs. Maynard Peck to replace her. Local families visit and hospital updates, Pythian Sisters help establish a new temple at Libertyville with officers Leland Roberts Priscilla Porter Doyle Paul Max Waterhouse. Next Brighton Sisters meeting December 14 at K P Hall with officer nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Leland Roberts
Brighton P. T. A
Henry Mineart
Don Statler
Tony Hunter
Firefighters Truck Co
Brighton Board of Education
BE. BE. Hall
Maynard Peck
Hall
Glenn Mullikin
Douds
Wesley Mullikin
Laton Schooley
Robert Fillmore
Davenport
Lillian Johnson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Pythian Sisters of
Pythian Sisters Temple
Libertyville
Burlington
Sadie Fillmore
Ruth
Storage notice of farm hay and grain quantities
A farm inventory lists 1000 bales of Clover and Timothy hay, about 106 bales of straw, and 100 bushels of oats. Read as a public notice of agricultural stock on hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
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Joe Kolosiek
Emily
Kolosiek
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Mary Priley
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Walter Rhodes
Wellman
F. Avenue
Chris Nafziger
J. R. Swartzendruber
Ivan Barkley
Jerry Brown
Cynthia
Hazel Schenk
Lone Tree
Shelia
A. J. Haberman
George Haberman
Wayland
George Richardson
Austin Zehr
Monica Watts
Gladys Vincem
Ronald Beanelt
Tillman Smith
VFW
Keo'a
Rebekahs
Mrs. Elgene Way
James D. Latham
George R. York
Russell
Kan
Denuts
By Hank Ketcham
BIOS
Donald R. Ekberg
Richard W. Price
General Dynamics
Karen
Karla Krotz
Mrs
Wilma Breegge
By Ruth Giddon
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Brighton Pta
Junction 92
SE Head
Guernsey
T.B
Bangs
TOGS
Hampshire
Corridale
Corridale Buck
Ford
JD ID
Woods Brother
New Idea
Oliver
Kewanee
Montgomery Ward
J.D
Ruth Kilgore
Salem Church
Murphy and Soukup
Ainsworth State Bank
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