Christmas Party Notes From Keota 4-H Clubs and VFW Auxiliary
Keota families hosted holiday gatherings as the Friendly Fayette 4-H club at Janet and Louise Adams home and Lafayette Feeders 4-H at Greg and Kirby Baumert home held Christmas parties. Leaders received gifts, gift exchanges occurred, and plans for January meetings were announced. The VFW Auxiliary met at Mrs. Bob Malley’s home with 17 members, hosting a business report, a supper service update, a gift exchange, and entertainment. Mrs. Ed Peiffer and Elmer Peiffer hosted Sunday visitors from Washington and Cedar Falls weekend guests Betty Peiffer also attended.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Fayette 4-H
Janet
Louise Adam
Cathy Adam
Lafayette
James Greiner
Leonard
Bayliss
V.fw
Bob Malley
Pauline Cady
V.F.W
Ed Peiffer
Washington
Elmer Peiffer
Betty Peiffer
Cedar Falls
Pythian Sisters Elect Officers at Brighton Meeting
Brighton Pythian Sisters met Thursday night at the K P hall with strong attendance. M E C Mrs Kay Custer presided over the business meeting which elected officers including Most Excellent Chief Mrs Max Waterhouse and Secretary Mrs Clifford Leeper. A gift exchange followed by a lunch served by Mrs Stan Schooley’s committee. Mr and Mrs George B Nash announce the engagement of their daughter Alice Jene to Jeffery Dailey of North Branch Minnesota. wedding set for 8 p m January 21 at First Christian Church in Oelwein.
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Brighton
Brighton Pythian Sisters
K.P. Hall
M.E.C
Kay Custer
Max Waterhouse
Anneta Wiseley
Mary Lou Paul
Stan Schooley
Clearance Brown
Scott
Ira. Saunders
Jon Schooley
Lelia Mullikin
Howard Shaffer
Doyle Paul
Clifford Leeper
Tony Meath
George B. Nash
Oelwein
Alice Jene
Jeffery Dailey
Donald Dailey
North Branch
Minnesota
First Christian Church
Oclwein
Halcyon House Guild Hosts Christmas Tea and Activities
Halcyon House residents enjoyed a busy week with coffee hour honoring Carrie Davis, carolers from Ainsworth Pepper Ettes 4 H Club and Y Teens, and a Washington trip slide show. Numerous visitors and group meetings filled Monday to Friday including a Woman's Society annual meeting and a Christmas tea led by Circle IV.
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Edgar Porter
Halcyon House Guild
Emma Waggoner
Lloyd Walker
Robert Day
J. M. Lloyd
Carrie Davis
Woman's Society
Circle IV
The
Woman’s Society
State Fair First to Gross Over A Million
Des Moines Iowa State Fair posts 1 050 222 gross and 572 702 paid attendance a record up 53 363 from 1965 Profits reach 224 829 the second all time high Weather favorable one rain out Lawrence Welk shows and Explorer Heritage exhibits credited to strong demand Board reports 239 901 spent on repairs and improvements Estimates show 5 million needed to upgrade grounds plus 209 216 to bring wiring to code Plans include stock pavilion women s building and dormitory along with facilities to expand year round operations etc
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Des Moines
IDPA
Kenneth R. Falk
Iowa State Fair Board
Fulk
Falk
Lawrence Welk
Towa
State Fair Board
World Food Exposition Research Committee
a_livestock
FFA
Iowa Meats
Commuter Airlines Charts Chicago Detroit Route Growth
Commuter Airlines expands from Ames and Marshalltown to O Hare then Detroit City Airport, offering six daily round trips with 10 passenger twin engine planes. The Chicago O Hare trip covers about 30 minutes by car from downtown and the firm employs around 60 people while carrying 400 to 500 passengers weekly between Chicago and Detroit.
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Detroit
O'Hare
O'Hare International
Chicago
Meig's Field
Ames
Marshalltown
Iowa
Chicago-Detroit
Paul G. Delman
Bob Cloughley
Velvet fashions return to holiday wardrobes say experts
Extension Home Economist Sally Smith notes velvet returns this season in silk rayon acetate or nylon with a fine pile. Fabrics must be handled carefully from sewing through packing, avoiding crushing fibers. Velvet should be cut with pile running up and pattern pieces oriented the same way for a rich look.
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Yesteryear
Sally Smith
Wen the Manufactuer
Exra
Miss Smith
Velvet Care: Pre Pin Pattern to Prevent Slipping
Instructions advise pinning fabric edges together before applying the pattern to velvet. Keep pins in seam allowances to avoid matting on the garment. Steam gently over a kettle or damp cloth, then lightly pull the wrong side to smooth crushed spots.
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Keota
Pythian Sisters
Mrs
Tony Meuth
Crossetts
Douglas G. Crossett
Halcyon Notes
Halcyon House
Ainsworth Pepper Ettes 4
George Colthurst
Cleo Orris
Fred Pfiefer
M. P. Reed
Tipton
P. E. Holder
Washington, D. C
Williamsburg, Va
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Scott Wilcox
Howard Anderson
Leo Hoover
Holder
Beulah M
James
West Liberty
Naomi Dasher
Jesse Busby
Casteel
Wyatt Marbourg
Ed Zieglowsky
Ainsworth
Murray ‘Smiley
Department of Literature
Rehfeldt
Payne Marshall
W. W. Nolin
Jim Custer
Walter Wenerick
Burlington
Helen Watkins
Bessie Tucker
J. K. Latta
Stanley Vodicka
Thursda
Donald Foss
UPI
Nois
Rockford
Spring
Field
Peoria
Cloughley
Melody
Ford
Cruive-O-Mati Illy
LTD
Sele
Jack & Jill
Iday
Duncan Hines
Pleasmor
Golden Valley Pears
Hormel
Fuhr
Cochran
Dale Fuhr
Joe Cochran
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