GYMS TO OPEN SATURDAYS FOR STUDENTS AT WACO
Waco High School tests will be January 13 and 14 with students at school only for test periods. Buses run on regular times and lunch operates as usual. Gymnasiums at all centers open Saturday mornings starting January 8 for school children.
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Waco
Mid-Priaire
Mid- Prairie
Wellman
Pekin
Board of Education
John Hamil
Lois Graber
Wayland
Orpha Yoder
Ronald Coffin
Olds
Coffin
Waco Junior High
McAllister
Brighton hosts and New Year gatherings noted in social column
Earl Wright and family hosted a post Christmas dinner in Brighton with guests including Mrs Wrights parents Mr and Mrs Harry Wentworth and relatives from Davenport Iowa City and Fairfield. New Years visits featured Mr and Mrs Don Peters Maxwell, Mr and Mrs Robert Filmore Burlington, and extended Fairfield Washington and Brighton friends. A late week supper at Max Benda’s included clergy guests and Helmick family visitors from Des Moines Washington and Libertyville.
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Brighton
Earl Wright
David
Craig
Wright
Harry Wentworth
David Wentworth
Nancy
Karen
Jill
Ann
Davenport
Ellen Wentworth
Iowa City
Gary Smith
Fairfield
Don Peters
Maxwell
New Years
Beatrice Tracy
Keith Willis
Robert Filmore
Burlington
Laton Schooley
Kevin
Russell Allison
Leo Blough
Marion Beltramen
David Jeffery
Pammy
Merle Allison
Washington
Joe Deutsch Sr
Harold Lunn
Johnnie
Lydia Allison
Roxey Creek
Libertyville
Max Benda
Edward Shepherd
East Pleasant Plain
Charles Greiner
West Point
Eugene Benda
Harold Phillips
Des Moines
H. W. Helmick
Charles. Vistors
Helmick
L.E. Helmick
Claire Keating
Cheryl
Kent, Scott
Jennifer Kay
Two Unusual Pinochle Deals Stir Wayland News
Everett Magdefrau and family in Wayland share two exceptional pinochle hands. One deal gave his partner eight queens for 60 melds, the other a single-player eight aces for 100 melds, an odds defining 542,000 to one. Everett submitted the feats to United Playing Card Co. for classification.
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Ezra Wittmer Wayland
Everett Magdefrau
Richard
Frank Magdefrau
Parkview
Everett
Richard Magdefrau
United Playing Card Co
Dan Widmer
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Piano program at Parkview Home in Wayland ends year
Mrs Clinton Hertig presented her piano students at Parkview Home with a Christmas themed program featuring Marilyn Thomas Colleen Roth and more. The event followed by family gatherings and Christmas Day dinners across multiple households in Mt Pleasant and surrounding areas. The piece notes include Star of the East Winds Through the Olive Trees and It Came Upon the Midnight Clear among others. The report also mentions a December 24 wedding and a first patent for book matches by Joshua Pusey of Lima Pennsylvania.
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Wayland
Clinton Hertig
Parkview
Marilyn Thomas
Marlene Thomas
Little Town of Bethlehem
Marcella Thomas
David Gugel
Colleen Roth
Beautiful Savior
Susan Swartzendruber
Gale Boshart
Vicky Hertig
Dennis Hinkle
Amy Swartzendruber
Charlene Eichelberger
Gary Roth
Herald Angels
Esther Unternahrer
Peggy Farrier
Donnie Hinkle
Celeste Harris
Maxine Graber
Don Diller
John Reschly
Lois
Linda
Jeneane
Delbert
Harris Beese
Orlin Fry
Orion
Otto Frey
Noble
James Baughman
Jeff and
Debbie
Fulaski
Harold Gra
Ber
Washington, Ill
Karen Graber
Lawrence
Kansas
Jacob E. Graber
Laverne Farmer
Nellie Farmer
Keith Farmer
Francis Farmer
Richard Moore
Iowa City
Clarence Graber
Baptist Church Fellowship
Mt. Pleasant
David
Ill
Wyman Loder
Warren
Michigan
Wallace Loder
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Loder
TeBockhorst
Henry Burkey
Harry Ackles
Trenton
Murray Krabill
Frederickstown
Ohio
Russell Krabill
Elkhart
Indiana
Krabill
Lowell Burden
Kenneth Burden
Dick Burden
Robert Burden
Gary Burden
Gerald Kramer
Tim
Floyd Burden
Dear Abby offers tact for new movers in town
Abigail Van Buren answers readers on how to handle introductions, marriage planning, and privacy. Advice covers asking friends to have a caller reach out, choosing a matron of honor, discussing a former marriage, and handling personal questions with sensitivity.
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Abby
Millie McGillicuddy
Sam Strangelove
Memphis
Tahns Guests Of Wellman Parents Celebrate Holidays
The Zahn family from Cambridge Massachusetts visited Wellman residents Charles and Mrs Bush during Christmas and the couple’s silver wedding anniversary with a dinner at the Ranch. Charleen Bush and siblings attend Mid Prairie High School while Zahns pursue academic posts at Harvard affiliated research centers. Community events included a Christmas home decorating contest won by Mr. and Mrs. Herb Beachy.
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Social Science
McLean Hospital
Belmont
Mass
Harvard Medical School
Massachussets General Hospital
Larry Hohenshell
Cedar Rapids
Zahn
Bush
Charles Bush
Douglas Zahn
Charleen Bush
Richard
Chuck
S.U.S
Iowa City
Alpha Gamma Delta
Mid- Prairie High School
Wellman
Guy Moothart
Harold Moothart
Ames
Milton Wehrle
Hugh Lund
Larry Hynes
Oren Birkey
Wellman Community Club
Wellman Garden Club
Myrtle Vincent
Nevada Rampelberg
Kathryn Durian
Herb Beachy
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Vince Pyle
Harvey Freel
Clifford Freel
Arden Freel
Ira Huber
Elizabeth
Lyle Walton
Barry Jr
Mattie Nicola
Washington
Freel
John Knepp
Sharon
Dick Brock
Columbus Junction
George Scalf
Ottumwa
Ival Redlinger
Calvin Scalf
Carrie
Donna
Eddie Wilson
Famiy
E. C. Jones
Dallas
Texas
Harold Steiner
Dan Steiner
Harold
Los Angeles
California
Lloyd Troyer
Sarasota
Florida
Ida Bull
Vella Maplethorpe
Vera Singleton
Maud Fleming
Dale Miller
Debby
Derek
Minot
North Dakota
John D. Miller
Sherman Butterbaugh
Joel Schartz
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
Dean Swartz
Lesley Bell
Ted Ressler
Williamsburg
Highland School Election Set For January 17
Riverside January 4 report details Highland Community School District election noon to 7 pm on January 17 to elect seven school board members and a treasurer for two years. Five districts plus Liberty addition vote, with nominations due January 7. Also notes Continental Telephone plans to consolidate subsidiaries into Iowa Telephone Company with offices in New London and reorganizations affecting North Dakota and Lucas County operations.
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Riverside
Highland Community
Oregon Township
Highland
Ainsworth
Territory of Liberty
Liberty
Continental Telephone Corp
New London
Iowa Telephone Company
Corn Belt Telephone
Iowa- Illinois Telephone Co
Iowa Western Telephone Co
Southeast Iowa Telephone Co
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Iowa-Illinois Telephone Co
North Dakota
Tion
North Dakota Telephone Company
St. Paul
Lucas County Telephone Company
Installation of Keota lodge officers and OES chapter 97
Adelphi Masonic Lodge in Keota installed officers with A I FitzSimmons Otis Jones C D Kirkpatrick and Wayne Zehr for 1966. OES chapter 97 also installed led by Mae Herr in the east with Helen Bowers укst. New matron Ilo Greenworthy was escorted to the east and presented a guest book amid tributes and candle ceremonies. Chante rs came from Sharon Center What Cheer Tipton and Keota. New franchising ties announced for Benne salons by Franchise Funding and Development Corp for a nationwide network.
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Keota
Adelphi Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
Chapter 97 Lodge
Adelphi Lodge
A. I. FitzSimmons
Otis Jones
C. D. Kirkpatrick
Wayne Zehr
Dean Morris
Stanley Zehr
Wilbur Wright
Eugene Zehr
Richard Mayer
Henry Sheets Tyler
Lester Smith
O.E.S. Chapter
Mae Herr
Helen Bowers
Herr
Ruth Zehr Marshall
Genevieve White
Verla Walter Warder
LaRue Conklin
Adah Beth Holmes
Ruth Bonnie Stewart
Esther Mae Herr
Martha Ruth Walker
Electa
Dorothy Davis
Astors
New York
UPI
Benne, Inc
Miami, Fla
Birthday party honors Edna Bleumenstein in Wellman
Mrs Tresa Yoder hosted a Thursday birthday gathering at her Wellman home for Edna Bleumenstein. Guests included Emma Millice Ida Bull Gertrude Griffeth Ethyn Rugg Lizetta Walton and others. Cards were played and cake served with a azalea left by Mrs Mable Wagamon on Edna’s return home.
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O. B. Godber Wellman
Tresa Yoder
Edna Bleumenstein
Emma Millice
Ida Bull
Gertrude Griffeth
Ethyn Rugg
Lizetta Walton
Mary TeBockhorst
Beth Te Bockhorst
Edna
Mable Wagamon
Grace Heiserman
Barbara Meeks
Iowa City
Gordon Miller
Nashville
Tennessee
John D Miller
Eddie Rowe
Glenn
Gary
Carrol Rowe
North English
Amy Steeley
Merton Seals
UNFICYP Maintains Silence on Cyprus Tension
The United Nations Force in Cyprus keeps a lid on Greek and Turkish clashes on the island. About 6,000 troops from nine nations act as a diplomatic mercy mission no longer a fighting force, extending protection until June 26 while seeking a permanent settlement.
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United Nations Force In
Cyprus
Unficyp
Freeworld Nations
Mediterranean
Men in service STALDER Pic
Robert D. Stalder RA 17692644 Sup Det 501st Sup Co Co "C" Spt Bn 1st BDE 101st ABN DIV APQ San Francisco Calif 96347
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Stalder
Robert D. Stalder
San Francisco
Calif
Fifteen Waco Students Named to Southeast Iowa Honor Bands
Fifteen Waco instrumental music students were selected for the Southeast Iowa honor bands. Auditions Saturday January 8 at Iowa Wesleyan College ran 8 to 10 am with rehearsals 10:15 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm. Concert set for February 5 features junior high and senior high bands from over fifteen area schools.
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Waco Instrumental Music Department
Iowa
Iowa Weselyan College
Waco
Rick Morgan
Spencer Anderson
Elizabeth Bergstrom
Kathy Beese
Eric Hultquist
Gail Boal
Debbie McCall
Tim Davison
Gary van Sant
Jean Anderson
Dave Hauenstein
Charla Wyse
Mary Lou Anderson
Jane Widmer
Kenneth Madden
Cindy Jones
Investors Mutual to Pay Dividend in January 1966
Investors Mutual Inc board declares a first quarter dividend of 104 cents per share for fiscal 1966. Payment is January 3, 1966 to holders of record at close of business December 31, 1965. Dividend totals about $24.387 million to over 435,000 shareholders. This is the 101st dividend. The fund has about 242,000,000 shares outstanding, up from 217,500,000 a year ago. Investors Mutual is the largest mutual fund and part of the Investors Group of funds with national distribution by Investors Diversified Services.
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Board of Directors
Investors Mutual, Inc
Investors Group of Funds
Investors Diversified Services, Inc
Investors Mutual
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Manson
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Robert Suter
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