Engaged Washington couples plan spring weddings
Engaged couples Joyce Eileen McClelland and Pamela Kay Miller announce forthcoming weddings with partners Da vid Schindler and Eugene Donald Battey. Joyce is a Keota High School and Iowa Tech School graduate working as a key punch operator in Iowa City. Pamela Kay Miller works at a beauty salon and Battey is a Kent Feed data processor in Muscatine. An April wedding is planned for Betty A Erwin and Keith A Thompson. Betty Erwin is bookkeeper at Hubill in Davenport. Keith Thompson is a Burroughs field engineer in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith McClelland
Washington
Joyce Eileen
David Schindler
Herman Schindler
Iowa City
McClelland
Keota High School
Iowa Technical School
Ottumwa
Measurement Research
Schindler
Everette Miller
Pamela Kay
Eugene Donald Battey
Donald Battey
Muscatine
Miss Miller
Richard George
Mr. Battey
Kent Feed Inc
David W. Erwin
Betty A
Davenport
Keith A. Thompson
Kenneth A. Thompson
Miss Erwin
Central College
Pella
Hubill Incorporated
Mr. Thompson
Central High School
Burroughs Corporation
Club activities recap from Friendly Circle and Sunshine Club
Mrs Merle Sheetz hosted the Friendly Circle Club lunch for ten members and a club child. Bible reading followed and members shared favorite family recipes. A note from Mike Crawford in Vietnam arrived with Christmas box. Sunshine Community Club met with thirteen members sharing 1970 goals. New member Don Zwicki was welcomed. A family night supper is planned for January 19 at the Farm Bureau building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Sheetz
Friendly Circle Club
Everette Westen
Sunshine Community Club
Don Zwicki
Gary Crossett
Farm Bureau
Bill Koehler
Jesse Stout
George Colthurst
Edward Zieglowsky
Channel 12 plans Feb 8 launch for KIIN-TV Iowa City
Officials from the Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network announce KIIN-TV channel 12 Iowa City will start a regular schedule February 8 1970 at 430 PM with a one hour dedication featuring instructional segments business and industry programs children’s shows and the evening lineup. The station will air 8 AM to midnight weekdays Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings with newspaper listings to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Educational Broadcasting Network
Kiin - TV
Channel 12
Iowa City
John A. Montgomery
Eatern Iowa
IEBN
P. O. Box
Des Moines
Crooked Creek Cloverettes elect officers at Legion Hall
4 H activities meeting at the Legion Hall led by President Gail Conrad with ten members present. Janet Davis and Susan Griffith attended as guests. Maureen Rich elected vice president and Jane Hesseltine historian. County skating party planned January 13 from 7 30 to 10 00 p m with the club as hostesses. A $5 donation given to the Legion for hall use. Thank you notes received from Rosemary Curtis Graber and the Fred Anwyl family. Valentine favors committee named Sharon Lee Jane Hesseltine and Maureen Rich. Talks given by Jill Davis Color Notes For You Jane Hesseltine Todays In Clothes and Gail Conrad Design Notes For You.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooked Creek Cloverettes
Legion Hall
Gail Conrad
Janet Davis
Susan Griffith
Maureen Rich
Jane Hesseltine
Legion
Rosemary Curtis Graber
Fred Anwyls
Sharon Lee
Valentine
Jill Davis
Highland Students Schedule Busy January at Local Schools
Highland students hear a word program by Jay Bee Flesner of International Lectures Inc. Jan 5 at Highland High. Upcoming events include a Jan 9 Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute tour for seniors, Jan 10 Highland Invitational Wrestling, Jan 12 Lone Tree basketball, Jan 13 Waco wrestling, and mid‑January semester tests for grades 7–12. The vocal department presents Brigadoon by Lerner and Lowe on April 2–4 with Tams-Witmark production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonderful World of Words
Jay Bee Flesner
Internation Lectures, Inc
Highland High School
Highland
Mt. Pleasant
Mental Health Institute
Columbus Junction
Lone Tree
Waco
Mid- Prairie
Ainsworth
Riverside
Vocal Music Department
Brigadoon
Lerner and
Lowe
Tams-Witmark
United Presbyterian Home Feature on Anna Blake
Anna Blake, 94, a former Kansas farm girl and early resident, recalls life on farms in Paget County Iowa and a Michigan Minnesota era, noting spry days and mobility changes. The piece lists visits from friends and relatives, hospital updates, and holiday events at the home, highlighting community ties and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Blake
Kansas
Paget County
Iowa
U. P
Detroit
Minnesota
Blake
Walnut Women’s Club annual cooperative dinner hosts
Mr and Mrs Milton Schnicker hosted the Walnut Women’s Club noon meeting with eight families in attendance. Guests included Kevin and Rhonda Bruegge. Mrs Herbert Ferrell was elected president with Milton Schnicker as vice president and Mrs Robert Johnson as secretary-treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Schnicker
Walnut Women’s Club
Kevin
Rhonda Bruegge
Robert Johnson
Earl Ferrell
Herbert Ferrell
Rodney Letts
Special Education
Hope
Johnson
Morehouse Family Notes From Noble Visitors
Noble diary notes Dec 31 visits by Rev and Mrs William Morehouse and sons of Bagly to their mother and grandmother. Local youngsters provide light-hearted stories of cookies, ice cream, toys, blocks, and a runaway bedtime. Also reports calls from Arthur Boshart and Barquist family, plus dinner guests and travels, with sad news of Nettie Schlatter’s Florida death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NOBLE
William Morehouse
Arthur Boshart
Washington
L. A. Barquist
Rachelle
Danny
Arthur
Ted Simpson
Larry Black
Becky
Emma Roth
Edith
Marvin Hill
Little Son
Fred Ruggs
Marvin Widmer
Florida
Mable Conrad
Daniel Leichtys
Merle Conrads
John A. Schlatter
Nettie
Bradenton
Fla
Local Feasts and Odd Foods Mentioned in Conversation
A quirky note describes meals that were digested and then oddly regurgitated after being told a dish was a cat. It cites a mother’s cousin and a bachelor who tried a skunk, noting it was not tasty. Washington records four below zero, while the speaker notes two above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Belated Christmas Gipples meet for supper in Crawfordsville
Community tidbits recount belated Christmas soup supper and gift exchange hosted by the Gipple families and friends from Washington and Waynesville. Several gatherings record wedding celebrations, guest lists, and college travels amid a sequence of holiday visits in Iowa. Hollywood notes mention Jack Warden and Marsha Hunte co starring in Welcome to the Club for Walter Shensen in Copenhagen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Duane Gipple
Feryl Gipple
Lester Gipple
Roger Gipple
Dick Gipple
Washington
Tom Shelman
Waynesville
Edna Gipple
Winfield
Charles Wells
Sandra Rich
Wayland Methodist Church
Jerry Keller
Jacque Godfrey
Dennis
Tom
Carla Young
Bob Gordon
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Schmitz
Scott
West Union
Kenneth Paisley
Shelley
Ainsworth
Warren Jenkins
Friend
West Liberty
Robert Freyenberger
Ralph Reschly
Rosalind
Mt. Union
Orlin Eigsti
Wayland
Ernest Whiting
Wilbur Wheeler
Hal Hotle
Todd
Rick
Robin
Kathy Freyenberger
Bethel College
Newton
Kans
Hollywood
UPI
Jack Warden
Marsha Hunte
Walter Shensen
Copenhagen
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Sunshine Community
Channel
Crooked Creek
Jerome
Dizzy
The
United Presbyterian Home
Raymond Anderson
Maud Borman
Ann Pratt
Ben Parrott
Leo Rubel
Audubon
Omaha
George Marrs
Karl Megchelsen
Gerard Megchelsen
Neal
Sara
Mary
William Walker
William
Huey L. Wheelan
Middletown
Megchelsens
Rob
Magdelsen
Lulu Randolph
C. D. Kirkpatrick
Mabel Morris
Myrtle Stiles
Keota
H. E. Kratter
John Mitchell
Betty Colby
Miss Glass
Doris Wade
Kinross
Grace Wade
Minnie Knupp
Tanya Trotman
Modesto
California
Larry Bartlet
Ankeny
Susan Knupp
Doug English
Indianola
Arnot Keating
Monmouth
Frances Marshall
David Allison
Clara Rankin
Ana Mountford
Amergis
Zager Plumbing & Heating
John C. Owen
West Washington
So Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. L. Tweeton
North Marion
Maplewood Manor
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Journal Phone
Credit Association
North Inecoe
N, Welvin Schneider
Everetts
Phonolog” Service
Oes Nee Company
Washington, Iowa
Mrs. Henry Yoder
By Vivian Wells
al Shower
Wade Huffman
Lucille Schantz
Robert W. Wells
George Canott
Larry Price
Mr. Pleasant
David Griffith
Sam Canott
Ethyle Zickefoose
Robert Wells
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Washington Na
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