Vernon Fletcher to end 19 years as Crawfordsville rural mail carrier
Crawfordsville area notes record a retirement milestone as Vernon Fletcher completes nineteen years on the Crawfordsville rural route on December 31 after starting in January 1958 following the retirement of Ernest L. Clark. Substitute Lyle Lowe will cover until a permanent assignment is set. The column also lists Christmas and New Year gatherings of local families and updates on Bill Wooley’s move to Henry County Medical Center Extended Care Unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Vernon Fletcher
Ernest L. Clark
Lyle (Dude) Lowe
Fletcher
Bill Wooley
Henry County Medical Center
Mt. Pleasant
Bill
Wilma
Ray McAllister
Tom McAllister
Winfield
Chris McAllister
Haydn Thomas
City Hall
Margaret Griffith
Washington
Larry Price
Lisa
Lorna
David
Pleasant
Melvin Blythe
Doug
Donna
Melinda
Williamsburg
Sam Patterson
Teresa
Krista
Sam
Mark Montano
Cedar Rapids
Wesley Smith Jr
Nancy
Ed Smith
Charity
Columbus Junction
John O'Leary
Iowa City
Edward Griffith
Alfred Davis
Dallas
David Griffith
Ron
Susan
Gomer Davis
Keith
Sheri
Scott
Robert Davis
Andy
Mary
Dick Griffith
Kelly
Kristopher
Mark Griffith
Shannon
Bob Williams
Trivoli
Ill
Mast Service buys bank building
Gary and Carol Mast of Mast Service Co. bought the former Wayland State Bank Building from Dean Meyer and will convert the front into a showroom with an apartment rear and two upstairs units to be finished later. The rest of the items cover local holiday visits and events in Wayland with numerous named residents and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waunita
Norman O. Jones
Mike
Davis
California
Lovina Leichty
Kauffman
J. B. Magdefrau
Kenneth Bear
Iowa Falls
Wm. Harper
Sigourney
Keith Sommer
Heidi
Pandora
Ohio
Warren Schlatter
Mary Schlatter
Albion
Dale Roth
Wellman
Baker
Richland
Elmer Meyer
Horras family in holiday gatherings
Keota December 28 holiday gathering notes extensive family attendance. Clarence Smith of Harlan joined the Smiths and Sievens for Christmas weekend at the Horras home, with many relatives and several named families from Davenport, Wichita, Rock Island, Bettendorf, Pleasant Plain, Champaign, and Columbus Junction present or listed as guests. The report also mentions travel to Cedar Rapids, Orlando visits, a Christmas Eve supper and gift exchange, and other local family gatherings across several households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tim Davison
Atlantic
Iowa
Cheryl Howard
University Hospital
Edna Widmer
Faith Baptist Church
Washington
Maurice Krabill
Phyllis
David
Merle Stutzman
Heath
Nicole
Newton
Dame Widmer
Jeannine
Lisle
Ill
Chris Ashman
Middletown
New York
Rex Roth
Marti
Kevin
Lori
Debra Roth
Bill
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Darwin Widmer
Jacque
Greg
Sandra
Denny Whittheft
Norman Widmer
Kelley
Kori
Kim
Bartonville, Ill
Paul Sievert Keota
Clarence Smith
Harlan
Walter Smith
Dave Sieven
Horras
Albert Horras
Jon Bohr
Davenport
Douglas Pechman
Wichita
Kan
Pete Feineger
Rock Island
Michael Kelly
Bettendorf
Terry Horras
Pleasant Plain
Gordon Horras
Jerome Horras
Leland Harras
Jack Horner
Champaign
Keith Wells
Robyn
Rick Pierce
Rita Pierce
Robert Schmidt
Gale Smith
Columbus Junction
Carl Walton
Hazel Hicks
Sigourney
Maude Walton
Ellis Walton
Cedar Rapids
Ellis
Thelma
Orlando
Fla
Jim
Walton
Armorelle Miller
Richard Lyle
Patty
Sarah
Glenn Stoutner
Kenny
Arlyn Medtgaard
Hanlontown
Gene Hammen
Pat
Mike
Karmen
Doug Flander
Tracy
Dawn
Mexico
Michael Flynn
John B. Weber
St. Mary’s Hall
Gary Halverson
Slater
Iowa City
Virgil Heisdorffer
John Heisdorffer
Newhall
Macon
Corinne Hill
Elmer Wagler
Pleasant
Roger Mann
Tricia
Galva
James Bock
Laura
Susan
Jefferson
Kathy Cartledge
Phoenix
Ariz
Leo Dunbar
Mary
Narda
Will Daiise
Tipton
John Ott
Joe
Julie
Marion
Hilbert Dinse
Swisher
Jessie Dinse
Buchanan
Raymond Stacy
Lyle Stacy
Heather
Jeffrey
Venolia Montgomery
Lowell Stacy
Brighton
Richard Shafronek
Mike Mairet
Keosauqua
Dorothy Shelangoski
Chicago
Vince Shelangoski
Roger Hanze
Swedesburg
Cecil Korf
Olds
Ethel
Selma
Jeff Swartzendruber
Cedar Falls
Ron Mullikin
Jeff Holden
Kelly Sue
King City
Families share holiday joy at Brighton
Brighton readers recount a busy Christmas season with extended families visiting from Ottawa, Alto Canada, Cedar Rapids, Keokuk, Marietta Georgia, and interactions across Iowa towns. Guests include Schooley, Day, Mullikin, Hanze, Hill, Stacy, and Korf clans, with gift exchanges and multiple dinners. A Swift quotation closes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laton Schooley
Brighton
St. Lukes Hospital
Lary Day
Leesa
Mark
Marietta
Ross
Bud) Miller
Lisa
David
Bethany Leathers
Harold Rebling Jr
Fairfield
Lloyd Standley
San Leandro
Calif
Standley
Betty Miller
Luton Schooley
Wm. Hendriks
Bowden
Alta
Canada
Robert Fillmore
Kent
Kirk Fillmore
Burlington
Mike Schooley
St. Joseph
Lee Schooley
Marty
Murray
Monte
Stan Schooley
Wesley Mullikin
Pam Mullikin
Iowa City
Doyle Brown
Washington
Eunice Gowey
Bob Brinton
Ralph Gowey
Milan
Homer Mann
Richard Hill
Palm Springs
Robert Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dallas Davis
Phyllis Krabill
Indiana University At
Bloomington
David Krabill
Hesston College
Hesston
Merle
Joyce) Stutzman
Krabills
Don
Derek
Elkhart
Joyce
Lowe
American Legion
Gene Alvine
Denise
Shari
Loveland
Colo
Don Miller
Don Fabian
Tom
Coralville
Don Lowe
Todd
Jeremy
Wayland
Mick Garris
Michelle
Troy
Jennifer
Mast Service
United States
John C. Calhoun
Ellis Island
United States of America
America
U.S
Jonathan Swift
Aluminum
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