Top teacher award to Betty Piercy in Iowa City
Residents from Columbus Junction and area attended an Open House and reception at West High School in Iowa City honoring Betty Pierce as Iowa Teacher of the Year. Attendees included numerous local families, educators, and several outstate visitors, with activities in the West High Little Theatre and school cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene Dillon
Columbus Junction
Leo Finke
Robert Hedemann
CE. Pierce
John Dillon
Wm. McGinnis
Paul Hasel
Alfred Davis
Richard E. Pierce
Iowa City
West High School
Dascal Hamilton
Helen Rogers
Crawfordsville
West High Little Theatre
Victor Stacy
Florida
Junior Gipple
Conesville
Keith Robertson
University Hospital
Susan Joy Dillon
University
John L. Dillon
C.E. Pierce
Richard Pierce
Richie
H.R. Pierce
James G. Pierce
Dundee
Illinois
Jeane Thomas
Kyle, Jeane
Karyl
Worthington
Ohio
Harold Anderson
Columbus
Emma McMillen
O Conners celebrate 50th wedding anniversary at Ainsworth church
Mr and Mrs Orie OConnor marked their fiftieth anniversary on February 2 at the Ainsworth Community Church from 2 to 4 PM. Hosts included their son Larry and Burke McCreedy families, with guests traveling from California to Iowa and Illinois. The couple, married February 4, 1925, are retired and reside in Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane White Ainsworth
Orie O'Connor
Ainsworth Community Church
Larry O'Connor
Indianola
Burke McCreedy
O'Connor
Ellen O'Connor
Brenda McCreedy
Ruth Jenkins
Clarence Richards
Lloyd Hopping
Riverside
Mary O'Connor
Jim McCreedy
Bettendorf
Iowa
Mendota
Ill
Bloomfield
Fairfield
Tipton
Crawfordsville
Columbus Junction
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Riverside Senior Citizens Potluck Dinner and Activities
Riverside reports a January senior dinner hosted by Trinity United Methodist Church with anniversaries for Ralph Kloppfer and George Havel, a SEATS program slide show, and bingo. February plans include a St Marys hall bingo and card party. Also noted are a firemen oyster stew gathering, Pinochle at Lillian Yeggy’s, a bridal shower for Barb Sammons, a Hawaii trip for the Barricks, dinner guests with the Hamiltons, Basic Skills tests for Highland Elementary, and a George Washington birthday free day on February 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Kiene Riverside
Trinity United Methodist Church
Ralph Kloppfer
George Havel
Irmina Yeggy
Dorothy Sayre
Washington
Don Lewis
Edwin Matthes
Carl Craig
Jim Thomann
John Tener
Harold Owen
Louis Weber
Hubert Malichky
Ed Dawn
Harold Krebs
Ted Gerot
St. Marys Hall
Circle
Riverside
Cluo
Lillian Yeggy
Bernadine Yegey
Walter Shebek
Bernadine Yeggy
Barb Sammons
Jim Figgins
St. Marys Church
Ron Flake
Sandy
Ella Lemley
Arnold Barrick
Hawaiian Islands
Highland Elementary
Highland
George Washington
Gierman children undergo tonsillectomies at Mercy Hospital
Keota residents report Richard Donna and Eric Gierman all had tonsillectomies at Mercy Hospital Iowa City last week. Other items note local visits, family meals and travel plans of Keota residents across Iowa and Wisconsin with multiple households mentioned and several hospital stays and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert Keota
Richard
Donna
Eric Gierman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Roberta Gierman
Jim Lee
Aubrey Lee
Mercy
A. I. FitzSimmons
Amana
Paul Greiner
Earl Adam
Hawaii
E. J. Mormann
Keota
Sigourney
Wayne Zehr
Pewee Bair
Webster
Cyril Greiner
Marvin Greiner
Kelly
Lucy Britten
Marvin Greiners
Dorothy Peck
Kinross
Wayne McCallister
George McCallister
Williamsburg
Mike Trier
Jeff
Colfax
Iowa
Bud Trier
Walter Bower
Ward Benson
Wellman
Clayton Funston
Maurice Lane
Washington
Lewis Sabatha
Veteran's Hospital
Rolland Royce
Jamesville
Wis
Lucille Royce
Bernice Dill
Cheryl
Terry Dill
Dry Roads Surprise Bethel Readers In February
Ruth Gideon notes unusually dry gravel roads for February in Bethel while residents renew journals and plan farm sales. She mentions pheasant hens spotted, a reminder of lingering winter and possible early spring, with visits to neighbors and a 70th wedding anniversary for William and Mrs. Greimann of Concord Manor Garner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gideon Bethel
Orpha Munson
Gideon
Mrs.Munson
Ruth Gideon
Arthur Witthoft
May
Bethel
R. T. Knottnerus
Ray Niffenegger
Ruth
May Gideon
Mary Foster
Franklin Waggner
Blair House
Wilfred Greiners
William H. Greimann
Concord Manor
Garner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Betty Piercy
Ft. Madison
Keith Wells
Robyn, Keota
Grace Berns
Rita Pierce
H. Lee Huston
Columbus Community Schools
Paul Duncan
P.E.O. Sisterhood
Tom Huston
Warren Lewis
Kelly McKee
Anna Robertson
Arline Davis
Barbara Hauenstein
O’conners
Riverside Senior Citizens
Gierman
Robert Yoder
Helen Stoutner
W. H. Barnum
Gloria Trier
Frank B. Peiffer
Frank Dunn
East Dubuque
Tom Brown
Kevin Luers
Dennis Paarman
Tami Dill
Ann Peiffer
Decorah
William Hall
Los Angeles
Calif
Marshalltown
Mormann
Travel Lodge
Helen H. Stoutner
Maplewood Manor Nursing Home
Gary Sondag
Marion
Roger Greiner
Leonard Sondag
Greiner
Eileen Miller
Raymond Herr
Des Moines
Bill Henderson
Ron Shafer
Town City
Shafer
Lloyd Miller
Herb Beachy
Shenks
Gary Hauschild
Alice Palmer
C.L. Jennines
New London
Wolf's Flower Shop
Robert Stevenson
Bux
Blue Cross
Blue Shield of
the Methodist Church
Washington Co. Fairgrounds
Hotpoint
Maytag
Atte
M&w Color TV
Wotsons
Jessie M. White
Keith Murphy
Mike Orris
Yays
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Pana Drug Storr
Ust
George
WE Care
Aes
Blue Shield
P.C.S
Bath Phg. Co
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