Club activities highlight DAR and Fortnightly meetings
DAR hostesses, nominating committees, and programs at multiple turn of the year gatherings. Civil Defense report, President General's Message, and donations to a national conservation project tied to a Philadelphia park. Public Affairs II showcased Pakistan India artifacts. Rosemary and Sunshine clubs held bridge, pictures, and dinner outings with planned events for February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAR
M. J. Cruise
Daughters of the American Revolution
Charles Hotle
Harold Durst
Joe Schlatter
Charles Wiley
Archie Buwer
Edgar Stewart
Philadelphia
Schlatter
California Beach Coated In Thick Oil Slick
A vast oil spill off California coats 12 miles of beaches with black goo as Union Oil Company fights to seal a leak from an offshore well 40 miles offshore. The slick covers an 800 square mile area and could require two more weeks to contain with drilling a relief shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Oil
Pacific
Union Oil Co
California
Local Professional Directory Entries Morrison Lloyd and Tweeton
Edmund D. Morrison Jr and James E. Lloyd practice at 211 West Washington Street with phone 653 5431. Dr M L Tweeton operates at 108 North Marion with phone 653 2351. Offices close Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
House approves Samaritan bill
The Iowa House passed a controversial good Samaritan bill shielding citizens who aid in emergencies from liability. Rep. Floyd Millen said it would encourage stopping to help beyond obvious crashes. Critics called it objectionable and vague, while supporters framed the measure as a standard for good faith aid judged by juries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Good Samaritan
Floyd Millen
Farmington
Millen
William J. Gannon
D - Mingo
Ralph McCartney
Charles City
Young Americans to sing Feb 10 in Cedar Rapids
The Young Americans a 36 member California youth choir will perform Monday February 10 at 8 p m in the Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum as part of Area Ten Community College Special Events. Tickets $2 for adults $1 50 for students from Coe Cornell Mount Mercy and Area Ten students with cards free admission for Area Ten students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Cedar Rapids
Area Ten Community College
Cedar Rapids Memorial Colosium
Japan
United States
Bob Hope
Julie Andrews
Bing Crosby
Ed Sullivan
Dean Martin
Hillbrunner’s
Clancey’s
Area Ten Community College Office of
Coe
Cornell
Mount Mercy
Area Ten
Plaine Janes Club Plans Gift Exchange Meeting
Mrs Richard Schuck hosted seven Plaine Janes Club members on Wednesday. After the business session they shared a recipe exchange and refreshments. The next meeting on March 5 with Mrs George Miller will feature a 25 cent gift exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Community Club
Evert Weston
George Colthurst
Golden Buckle
Colthurst
Roy Hodges
Dale Richards
Mike Koehler
Richard Schuck
the Plaine Janes Club
George Miller
Troup Guests Hollywood Role on Mannix
Pianist Bobby Troup will guest star as himself on the Mannix television series. In Windfall England residents hoped for more despite rain and wind as police report five-pound notes totaling 370 pounds found hidden under Dennis Common's house eaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biggin-By-The-Sea
England
UPI
Dennis Common
Common
Community notes from U P Home lift spirits with color
Residents at the U P Home in Stewart Hall receive cheerful updates as visitors include Mr and Mrs H E Kratter and Mr and Mrs E G Mitchell from Iowa City and Bettendorf. A spring themed paint refresh greets elevator riders while a 713 piece Jig Saw puzzle is framed for展示. Dorothy Currie and Mrs Albert Simpson remain in Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Delbert Lewis and family dine with Mrs Myrtle Meyer in Brighton. Public Affairs No II Fortnightly Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Dorothy Currie
Albert Simpson
Meeting and visits in campus and local homes this week
A meeting on Wednesday in the second floor lounge of Stewart Hall features hosts Willa Ramsey and Mrs Vivian Ross. Nearby, Mrs Stella Thomas in Sherman Hall received visits from Lyn n Parrott and wife of Afton, en route to Florida with their niece. Hale sisters welcomed George and Mrs Huebner from Postville during a Florida trip. Our Variety Night Tuesday featured J K Trio with Kathy Curtis, Joe Holmes, and Kim Steele, with Rev Clifford Ramsdale, Mrs Ruth Anderson and Mae Sturgeon in charge. Myrtle Coop’s belated birthday was celebrated by Glover Farrell from Mt Pleasant. Gerard Megchel sen and Mrs Megchelsen visited, paying respects at Jones Funeral Home for Miss Maude McCreedy. Mrs Francis McConnell of Rural Washington called on her aunt and uncle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willa Ramsey
W. P. Ross
Pakistan
India
Wesley Bader
Bader
Mattie Black
Glenn Holden
Stewart Hall
Vivian Ross
Kim Steele
Clifford Ramsdale
Ruth Anderson
Mae Sturgeon
Gerard Megchelsen
Ainsworth
Karl Megchelsen
Jones Funeral Home
Maude McCreedy
Megcelsen
Miss McCreedy
Washington Academy
Francis McConnell
Washington
Iowa farms benefit from 1968 disaster aid programs
In 1968, ASCS emergency aid assisted Iowa producers across 23 counties with more than $650,000 for the Agricultural Conservation Program to repair lands and facilities damaged by floods and drought. Haying and grazing rights were allowed in 14 counties as diverted acres, while nationwide 218 counties in 24 states participated in the Emergency ACP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committees
Fred R. McLain
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
ASCS
Agricultural Conservation Program
ACP
Drouth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shiloh
Sunshine Sisters
Ralph Schoonover
Shiloh Sunshine Sisters
Schoonover
Donald Schantz
Charles Harvey
Handcraft I
B. C. Briley
Myrtle Neiswanger
Helen S. Rice
Esther White
Della Humphreys
Stanley Fishburn
L. F. Harding
Harvey
P.J. Hoover
Pearl Parcell
P. J. Hoover
Rosemary Club
Tom Walker
John Cherry
Towyn Davies
California Beach
Livingston, Day, Kehoe, Meeker
BATES
Robert Day
Louis J. Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Production Credit Association
North Iowa
Melvin Schneider
Mao Tse-tung
Josef Stalin
Rome
Italy
Plain Jane Club
Keosauqua Sale Company Inc
Norman Barker
Bob Craig
HiBien
Teweles
Home Lumber & Feed
Crawfordsville, Iowa
U.P
H. E. Kratter
John Mitchell
E. G. Mitchell
Bettendorf
United Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Ray van Engen
Delbert Lewis
Myrtle Meyer
Brighton
Kenneth Meyer
Department of the Fortnightly Club
Lynn Parrott
Afton
Stella Thomas
Sherman Hall
Hale
George Huebner
Postville
Florida
Kathy Curtis
Joe Holmes
Myrtle Coop
Glover B. Ferrell
Mt. Pleasant
Airport Road
Farrow
Oliver
Koyker
I. H
Ferguson
Pt. H. U
M. H. International Harvester
I. H. Baler
Massey Ferguson
A. C. Combine
Ferguson Dynamic Tractor
I. H. Harrow
Krause
Viking
International Harvester
John Deere
Dearborn
S. H
Carl Zieglowsky
Keith Murphy
Chet Miller
Owen Roth
Mike Orris
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