Local family visits and community notices roll in Iowa
Mrs Diane Haltaway and family left for New Jersey after a Christmas visit with the Perdock family in Washington. John Perdock and Bill Perdock hosted kin in Knoxville. Ed and Sarah Wulf announce the birth of Matthew Michael on December 29 1976 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. Grandparents live in Washington, with great grandmother Carey of Washington. Numerous club events fill pages with Toastmasters at Frontier Cafe and Eastern Star initiations, workshop plans, Rainbow installations, and officer initiations across What Cheer and Washington chapters alongside Christmas dinners hosted by Alice Pagitt and the Peiffer family. A hospital patient, Paula Giardino, undergoes arm surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Diane) Haltaway
New Jersey
Bill Perdock
Ron Perdock
Knoxville
John
Ed Wulf
Washington
Matthew Michael
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Sarah
John Collett
Elmer Wulf
Carey
Paula Giardino
Richard Giardino
Order of Arrow Banquet Attended by Cedar Rapids Scouts
Two Order of Arrow Scouts Chris Merz and Greg Stark joined Ron Merz and Lou Pailliotet at the father son winter banquet held at the Embassy Club in Cedar Rapids. Mat Hull, founder of Black Crescent Lodge, was guest speaker. Washington High School’s Happiness Incorporated provided entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Arrow
Chris Merz
Greg Stark
Ron Merz
Lou Pailliotet
Embassy Club
Cedar Rapids
Mat Hull
Black Crescent Lodge of Order of Arrow
Happiness Incorporated
Washington High School
Washington Evening Journal 1976 year end issues and rates
Washington Evening Journal reports price and mailing details for 1977 subscriptions and staff credits. It lists local and national office information, advertising staff, and rate cards for carrier, in state, and out of state subscriptions.
Plan area workshop for city officials in Kalona
Area workshop for mayors, city council members and city clerks will be held Jan 6 in Kalona at the Farmers Savings Bark. Sponsored by Iowa State University and Washington County Extension Services, the program will cover budgeting for 1977 78 and how to decide on city improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Farmers Savings Bark
Iowa State University
Washington County Extension Services
Joe E. Legg
Jones County
Anamosa
David H. Hammond
Cedar Rapids
Hospital admits and discharges listed for yesterday and today
Yesterday admissions include Oscar Wilson of Ainsworth and Noah Leach of Washington. Today Cathleen Godfrey of Washington was admitted. Dismissals include Mrs Richard Schenk of Washington and Mrs David Beatty and daughter of Wayland and Mrs Charles Hradek of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilson
Ainsworth
Noah Leach
Washington
Cathleen Godfrey
Richard Schenk
David Beatty
Wayland
Charles Hradek
Social Calendar Facebook Style Week Activities in Iowa City
Friday Odd Fellow and Rebekahs host 6 30 p m potluck New Year s Party at IOOF Hall Bring snacks for midnight lunch Monday YWCA Council 7 p m YW room PEO Chapter MX 8 p m Mary Soper Theta Lambda Chapter Beta Sigma Phi 8 p m Mary Horak Xi Epsilon Kappa Beta Sigma Phi 8 p m Linda Collins Tuesday Y Women 1 30 p m YW room Craft meeting No January luncheon Hobbies 1 30 p m Mrs Hazel Rapp Square Dance 8 10 30 p m Rec Center 220 S Gilbert Bob Yerington caller All dancers welcome Hairdressers 7 30 p m Sharon Eaton 1103 North 2nd John Vaughn Circle 9 a m Winga s DAR 1 30 p m U P Home Hostesses Mrs Glover Ferrell and committee Friendly Circle Club noon Potluck Mrs Gwen Augustine Bring table service and salad vegetable or dessert to pass IOOF Lodge 7 30 p m IOOF Hall Mothers Club 10 a m YW room Athletic Boosters 7 30 p m High School Auditorium Washington D B Club 7 30 p m Schoolhouse at fairgrounds UPW Circle 1 7 30 p m Clara Cannon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Rapp
Rec Center
S. Gilbert
Iowa City
Bob Yerington
Sharon Eaton
North 2Nd
John Vaughn
Winga
Washington D. B
Fairgrounds
UPW Circle 1
Clara Cannon
Kirkwood Offers Fifteen Mid Prairie Community Classes
Winter community education at Mid Prairie High School begins the week of January 9 with Kirkwood Community College offering 15 classes. Registration for most classes is Monday January 10 from 7 to 8 p m at the high school student center. Courses include ballroom dance beginning tennis bridge first aid houseplant care drapery sewing photography and woodworking for women plus three farm topic short courses soybean production farm electrical systems repairs and farm income tax management meet in room 316 with pre registration in Cedar Rapids. Tuition runs six to twelve dollars per person with a one dollar senior citizen option for retirees on Social Security. S Statler can answer questions at 646 6091 or 698 2494.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Prairie High School
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
S. Statler
Public Record: Multiple hearings and fines listed in county record
The Public Record notes preliminary hearings and trial dates for several defendants including Mark J. Stratton, Robert L. West, Evelyn Gingerich, Ronald D. Steenhoek, David L. Crawford, Joseph R. Sotelo, Kenny T. Chance Jr., and David A. Knerr with dates in January. It also cites speeding fines and miscellaneous fines for numerous individuals and records numerous land transactions and transfers among many residents and entities in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark J. Stratton
Tiffin
Robert L. West
West Chester
Evelyn Gingerich
Columbus Junction
Ronald D. Steenhoek
David L. Crawford
Washington
Joseph R. Sotelo
Kenny T. Chance, Jr
David A. Knerr
James L. Langland
Ottumwa
William F. Simms
Davenport
Mary V. Langstraat
Eddyville
Donald R. Rupe
Charles W. Maas
Iowa City
Eddie C. Duper
DeKalb
Ill
Paul H. LaRoche
Riverside
Jerome D. Nelson
Apple Valley
Minn
Herbert L. Peterson
Boone
Richard L. White
Wellman
Robert L. Harding
Hills
Gary L. Cox
Ferris
Raymond L. Nissen
Cedar Rapids
Susan K. Seemuth
Kalona
James A. Milan
Patrick J. Hazell
Ralph S. Nixon
Quincy
Richard H. Brown
Fayette
Christmas at Stewart Hall and Adjacent Gatherings
Mrs. Pearl Casson hosted a candlelit Christmas dinner with guests including relatives and friends from Madison, Rapid City, Waterloo, and Bettendorf. Gifts from McDaniels Drug Store and fruits from local firms were shared. many visits and outings followed at Stewart Hall, with carol singing and family arrivals from Normal, Ill., and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Casson
Richard Colby
Colby
Mrs. Wells
Madison
Wrs
Dorothy Bear
Laurence Best
Rapid City
S.D
Pratt
Waterloo
Jessie Colthurst
Butler
Stover
McDaniels Drug Store
Livingston, Day, Kehoe, Meeker and Bates Law Firm
Rebecca Butler
Duane Cunningham
Ron Meyers
Bettendorf
Gary Shebech
Muscatine
Stewart Hall
Property Transfers Reported for Kalona and Brighton
Clark I Wagner and wife transfer to Joseph Wenger and Sally Wenger ownership of fractional sections and Lot 1 in section 17-74-7. J D Boyd and wife convey Lot 3, Block 2 in F M Snider’s Addition to Kalona to Kalona Building Corporation. Leo E Dunbar and wife convey Lots 3 and 4, Block 3 in the Town of Brighton to Edward M Greh and Florence Emma Greh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Guy
Marjorie L. Mineart
Clarence McGraw
Suzie J. Fertig
Denny
North
Washington
Alan L. Caise
Merle D. Statler
Grace D. Stone
Dale Statler
Marvin Statler
Dorothy Martin
Marjorie Rich
Logan T. Heilman
Welcome House, Inc
Win Smouse
Highland Park
Clark I. Wagner
Joseph Wenger
Sally Wenger
Donald L. Sommer
Kim R. Fletcher
Crawfordsville
F. W. Schnoebelen
Sneblen Farms, Inc
Joe P. Gingerich
Rolland M. Yoder
Simon Muller
Jospehn Wenger
N.W
S.E
S.W
N.E
Lot
J.D. Boyd
Kalona Building Corporation
F.M. Snider
Kalona
Leo E. Dunbar
Edward M. Greh
Florence Emma Greh
Brighton
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Opal Lambert
Larry Fletcher
Pam
Brad
Toastmasters Club
Frontier Cafe
Luiza da Silva
Geraldine Schulty
Doyle Jarrard
la Rue Thurston
Howard Lanning
Ford Marie
Alaska
Ralph Martin
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ted Russell
Dwane Shalla
Delbert Wood
Joe Bauer
Wayne Zielstorf
Order of the Eastern Star
Larry Humphreys
Robert Bonar
Rainbow Advisory Board
Gracie Lee Walker
Donald Pencil
Leo Beauchamp
Alice Pagitt
Rollie
Floyd Hesseltine
Naomi Custer
S. L. Hahn
A.w.ee
Salem, Ore
Ralph F. Peiffer
K.C. Hall
Leonard Drish
Dennis
Debbie
Cindi
Jeff
Phil
Janice
Roger
Ronnie
Roger Boone
John Redlinger
Barbara Desserling
Jim Ledger
Gary
Linda
Mark
Cheryl
Loren Wagner
Paul
Randy
Christie
Keith Horn
Gregg
Brian
Dana
Kurt
Darren
Heidi
German Velez
Robert Greiner
Lori
Brenda
Angela
Jennifer
Leo Peiffer
Jay
Michael
Janie
Walt Hornung
Neal
Jarrod
Jorjean
Toni
Wendi
Jim Peiffer
Traci
Sally
Glenn Beauchamp
Lisa
Jack Carson
Tyrone
Amy
Molly Ann
Don Peiffer
Jason
Rosanne Sanders
Milwaukee
Wis
Bernard Conrad
St. Paul
Leo Mangold
Leo Mangold Jr
Marion
Bill Russell
Holly
Chris
Betsy
Kansas City
Cindy Moore
Rita and
Maxine Moore
Lester Luckenbill
Robert Brinning
Beth
Tim
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles Luckenbill
Charles Luckenbills
Gladden Drive
Washington Evening Journal
Iowa
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of
Moana
United States
Osincup's
Richard George Beauty Salon
Sharon
Caroleesna
Lila
Richard
Rebekahs
Ioof Hall
Ywca Council
PEO
Mary Soper
Theta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi
Mary Horak
Xi Epsilon Kappa
Linda Collins
Kirkwood
the Public Record
Mary M. Hayes
Duane W. Hayes
U.P. Home News
Cora Miller
Kermit Eland
Mediapolis
Raymond Poggemiller
Fairfax
Minnie Knupp
Stanley Knupp
Wayne Knupp
Richard Knupp
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Prairie Flower Church
John Ferrell
Normal
Glover Ferrell
Myrtle Meyer
Ernest Meyers
Ronnie Meyer
Dean Meyer
California
Donald Meyer
Bob
Allison
Centerville
Keith Houseal
Kenneth Allen
Linda Murry
Heather
Burlington
G. Wiley Beveridge
Palo Alto
Calif
Glen
Heyworth
Williamsburg
Ben Oldham
Clarion
Leslie G. Moeller
Lester Benz
James Cottrell
Omaha
Mrs
Stuart Bell
Elizabeth McClung
Charles Willming
Helen Vail
Hastie
Bruce Gillis
Norman Lockhore
Forest City
Leonard Lockhore
Judy and
Ramona
Willmar
Eleanor Creswell
Roger Trotter
Muncie, Ind
Clifford Ramsdale
John G. Alford
Elmhurst
Mr. Alford
Naperville
Ramsdales
Leonard Goeke
Mary Hastie
Gertrude Reed
Frances Mayer
Alexandria
Diana MacLeod
Herndon, Va
Lois Singer
Kathryn Johnson
Miss Singer
Yuma
Ariz
Ruth Anderson
James Copeland
Eldorado, Kan
Ross Copeland
The
Gang
Squire Shoppe
Yous
Paris
Madrid
Rome
Capitol
Savings and Loan Association
Washington, Iowa
Wolf's Flower Shop
Daniel
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