Eicher Mennonite Thanksgiving and Christmas Gatherings Noted
Community notes recount a farewell for Rev. and Mrs. van der Smissen as they move to Newton Kansas. Numerous local families shared meals gifts and Christmas celebrations amid snow and visiting relatives across Kalona and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Widmer
Lawrence Barquist
Bethel
Willard Leichty
Wilma
J. C. Wenger
Arthur Boshart
Peter Boshart
Edna Widmer
Leila
Edna
Verdella Krabill
Orlin Frey
Chadwick
Ill
Otto Frey
Eicher Mennonite
Dale Nebel
North Newton
Kansas
Dennis Taylor
Bob Minick
Washington
Claudia Drummond
Ottumwa
Lizzie Widmer
Parkview
Marvin Widmer
Ainsworth
Glen Bloomberg
Mediapolis
Larry Black
Dianne
Ted Simpson
Will Leichty
Glen
Mahlon
Dinner guests fill Henry Mullet home for holidays
Kalona notes list numerous households visiting the Henry Mullet family and relatives through Christmas and post Christmas dinners. Gatherings include the Christner, Beck, Stumpf, Mullet, Os walt, Rediger, Harper, Yo der and Malichky families plus others from Ames Iowa City Dubuque Western Springs Goshen and Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Ella McKenzie
Western Springs
Illinois
Richard Beck
Myron Oswalt
Keota
Simon Mullet
Larry Rediger
Goshen
Indiana
Henry Mullet
John Christner
Elam Christner
Harlan Stubbs
Ray Frank
Charles Mougin
Dennis Kelso
Iowa City
Hubert Malichky
Riverside
Harry Malichky Jr
Harry Malichky Sr
Dessie Figgins
Curtis Figgins
Jean
Lee Henry
Marvin Walker
Eldora
Robert Larson
Mason City
Henry
Ford Skola
Joe Harper
Ames
Nellie Fink
Washington
Larry Skola
Judy Edel
Marie Jackson
Christmas dinners and gift exchanges across Keota area families
Keota families hosted and attended multiple Christmas dinners and gift exchanges through the weekend. Numerous relatives gathered in Sigourney, Des Moines, Omaha, Washington, Kinross, and Indianapolis, sharing meals and celebrations. The item also notes Dom DiMaggio’s 34 game hitting streak for the Red Sox, with Joe DiMaggio holding the major league record of 56.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Henry
Chet Vail
Daryl
Sigourney
Danny Vail
Des Moines
Larry Vail
Omaha
Nebraska
Hazel Dawson
Boston
UPI
Dom DiMaggio
Boston Red Sox
Joe
Kalona high class enjoys reunion
Kalona Iowa residents recall School of 1960 classmates at a Saturday reunion held in the home of Mr and Mrs Jim Yoder. Attendees include Arden Brenneman on leave from the U S Marine Corps, Kathleen Meyer in California, Ellen Spenner and others from Iowa and adjacent states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Kalona High School
Jim Yoder
Arden Brenneman
U. S. Marine Corps
North Carolina
Kathleen Meyer
California
Ellen Spenner
Dean Bender
James Altenhofen
Roger Reighard
Baltic, Ohio
Sanford Hostetler
Wellman
Closing Out and Farm Sales Across Iowa Towns
A sequence of closing out and farm sales listed in Riverside to Kalona and beyond. Dates range Jan 5 to Feb 4 with multiple auctioneers led by Birka, Jaeger, Morgan, Robb, Stumpf, Helscher, Haifley, Edwards, Widmer, and Reininger Bross. Local sale centers include Washington Fairgrounds and Kalona Sales Barn with weekly livestock auctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Birka
Nellie Frances Birka
Executrix
Kéota
Harper
Kenneth Jaeger
Letts
Columbus Junction
Adna Miller
Wendell
Bill Morgan
Mt. Pleasant
IHC & Oliver Dealers
Harold G. Robb
Kalona
Harold Stumpf
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Donald E. Stout
Keota
County Line Road
LeVernon Helscher
Wayland
Swedesburg
Stoltzfus and Meyer
Washington Coun
Ty Fairgrounds
Washington
Iowa
Max Haifley
Brighton
Norman
Eddie’ Edwards
Dwain Johnson
Dan G. Widmer
Reininger Bros
Also Mentioned on This Page
van der Smissens
Mrs. Henry Yoder
Jonas Gnngey
Gladys
Russell Gnagey
Dale Widmer
Lee Swartzendruthers
Paul Troyers
Cleo Gingerichs
Wallace Knepps
Calif
Oregon
Eureka
Oren Lee
Albany
Ore
Williamette River
Mrs. Eugene Way
J. D. Boyd
Nettie Page
Fred Stumpf
Mose Bontrager
Dennis M. Miller
Denny
James Alin
Sue Ann Skola
Elmer L. Yoder
Morris Swartzendruber
Gareth Swartzendruber
Ellis Swartzendruber
Paul D. Miller
Cecil Miller
Guiets
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Elmer Waller
Mrs
Donnie Heisdorffer
Guy Lyle
Howard Bohr
Richard Lyle
Francis Lyle
James Lyle
Charles Lyle
Loren Gullett
Indianapolis
Otto Ossman
Kinross
Brooks Stoutner
Harold Ossman
Gale Hotchkiss
John Weerman
Ronnie Dill
Gary Dill
Dirk Weerman
Cloyce Dill
Charles Crulls
Bob Dill
Lucille Royce
Mrs. Rollin Royce
Janesville
Wisconsin
Willie Augustine
Junior Henry
Augustine
Marie Greiner
Everett Greiner
Jim Greiner
Leonard Heisdorffer
Norbert Greiner
Rose Jaeger
Conrad Colbert
SOX
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Louis J. Kehor
Jeffry
Livingston, Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
John C. Owen
West
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
O. D
South Iowa
Chiaien Tabernacle
Eddie” Edwards
Dial
H. A. Hofer
Nancy
Minburn
Tom Hofers
Emma Hofer
Kaloga
Clay Figgins
Emily Miller
Robert Mishler
Floyd Brenneman
Don Miller
Willis E. Miller
Paul W. Miller
Enos H. Miller
Roger Rieghard
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Bfgoodrich
Washington Oil Company
E. Washington
Wagner Brakes
Federal Land Bank
Ass‘n
V. M. Boshart
Mgr
Richard Larsen
Fieldman
Goff
Douds Stone Inc
Washington Concrete CO
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Journal
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Highway 61
Wapello
Kalona, Iowa
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Smylie’s Livestock Market
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Joi
Aine
Nixon
This
Chet Holcomb
Blacksmith & Welding
Lincoy
Nixon & Company
Sioux City
North
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