Community groups share holiday events and notes
Circle 6 UPW met in the church library with Ada Kleese hosting and Sarah Kinzler chairing. UPW plans a Dec 16 general meeting with a cooperative church dinner at noon. Washington Saddle Club held a Christmas turkey supper with a gift exchange and a social evening. Washington County C B Radio Club plans a Dec 11 birthday celebration at Oasis Supper Club and a Dec 17 Christmas party with guest Roland Lefebvre for Muscular Dystrophy. Dorothy Pforts donated a quilt. Dean Wilson won the $21 prize. Evening Circle United Methodist Women hosted a potluck at Mrs Charles Morris’s home with 21 members and 2 guests. Dr and Mrs Roland Crandall. Mrs Don Pear presided. Antioch Social Club had a noon buffet at Edna Colliver’s home with 14 members. Cindy Miksch attended. names drawn for 1977 hostesses. secret sister gifts exchanged. Rural Women’s Club members shared morning coffee with Norma Redlinger. Christmas exchange and humorous reading by Juanita Redlinger. January annual dinner planned. Y Women held a December dessert luncheon. 55 members and 5 guests. Hi Fi from Washington High School sang. Peggy Patrick led a brief meeting. blood drive and VW fellowship thanked. Next week is Christmas cookie exchange. February luncheon planned. no December board meeting.
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Circle 6
UPW
Ada Kleese
Sarah Kinzler
Grace Kerr
Washington County C. B
Fire Hall
Oasis Supper Club
Roland Lefebvre
Dorothy Pforts
Dean Wilson
United Methodist
Charles Morris
Louise Wasson
Shirley Steele
Roland Crandall
Don Pear
Marion Hall
Antioch Social Club
Edna Colliver
Cindy Miksch
Janet Bauer
Rural Women’s Club
Norma Redlinger
Juanita Redlinger
Washington High School
Robert Youngquist
Peggy Patrick
Stoutners to observe 70th anniversary in Keota
Mr. and Mrs. George Stoutner of Keota will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary Sunday December 19 from 2 30 to 5 p m with an open house at Peiffer's Supper Club Keota Their children Howard and Carl Stoutner of Keota two grandchildren Dennis Stoutner Sandra Sieren and five great grandchildren Lori Eric Stoutner and Vickie Tina and Kurt Sieren attend relatives friends and neighbors are invited gifts refused
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George Stoutner
Keota
Peiffer’s
Ethel Hagist
The
Christian Church
S.E.N.W
Sigourney
Iowa
Social Calendar and 1976 Iowa Electoral College Note
A dense social calendar lists events at Conger House Captain's Table and IOOF Hall with multiple PTAs clubs and circle meetings across Monday through Tuesday including luncheons, dinners, and weigh-ins. In Des Moines UPI reports eight Iowa electors close the 1976 election, tallying Ford with a 13,000 vote edge in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert D. R
Gerald Ford
Eastern Star elects officers Thursday in Masonic Temple
The Order of Eastern Star held a Thursday meeting at the Masonic Temple with Mrs. Ted Russell and Dwane Shalla presiding. Officers for the coming year were elected including Mrs. Robert Bonar as worthy matron and George Dare as worthy patron, plus additional leadership and Rainbow Advisory Board selections. Announcements included open installation on January 22, officer practice on January 20, anniversaries for Delbert and Lisa Zager and Leo and Rita Beauchamp, and a December 30 initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Russell
Dwane Shalla
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Girls
Robert Bonar
George Dare
Wayne Zielstorf
Jerry Malin
Roger Chapman
Leo Beauchamp
Larry Humphreys
Bonar
Rainbow Advisory Board
Paul Stebelton
Leo Dunbar
Richard Nihart
James Bash
Virginia Richenberger
Ruth Fountain
Jeanne Whittenberg
Ronnie Jones
Susan Bash
Mary Zager
Simone Schmidt
Beth McCurdy
Myrna Fountain
Trisha
Kim Malin
Lisa Smith
Shelly Richenberger
Delbert Zager
Christmas Potluck Program At Mrs Stewart's Home
Mrs. Richard Stewart hosted a Fortnightly Christmas gathering with members and guests. After a buffet, Mrs. Dale Booth gave inspirational thoughts on Christ's birth. Music by multiple families featured Mrs. Larry Bartlett and others, with Ogden Nash poetry read between numbers. Fern Tate played piano as Mrs. Bartlett directed. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Paul Fern, Mrs. Kenneth Peters and Mrs. Don Boyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Stewart
Department of Family Living
Dale Booth
Christ
Larry Bartlett
Andrew Greg
Chris Wiley
George Masson Sr
George Masson Jr
Robert Brinning
Lester Luckenbill
Clara Cannon
Ogden Nash
Fern Tate
Bartlett
Cannon
Marvin Smith
Paul Fern
Kenneth Peters
Don Boyer
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Winga
Don Bartholomew
Washington Saddle Club
Howard Marquis
Washington D.B. Club
Kock-Fm
Kcck-Fm
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Rad
Toro
Washington Lawn & Leisure
Washington, la
Conger House
Ruth Stewart
Peggy Butler
Edgar Stewart
Don Maxwell
Nineteenth Century Club
American Home III
Winga’s
IOOF
Rebekahs
Faith
Work Circle
Robert Buffington
American Legion Auxiliary
Iowa Southern
Tops Club
YWCA
Cyrus Chapter
Zeredatha Council
Mary Ann Kneen
Margaret Berridge
Kathy Wiley
Dorothea Trotman
Flora Meyer
VFW
VFW Hall
Wausau
Better Homes & Gardens
W.J.B. Homes, Inc
Town City
Dolfi Kalm
Eastern Star
Russell
the Sunflower East Side
Hayesville
William D. Martin
John J. Tremmel & Lyle
Webster
J.D
A.C
Ford
N.S
Byron Powell
John J. Tremmel & Lyle V. Smith
White State Bank
South English
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