Fortnightly group meets with Mrs Barnum as hostess
Keota January 11 Fortnightly club met with Mrs Arleta Barnum hosting twelve members. President Mrs Helen McFadden led the business session. Barnum read from Jack Parr's Three on a Toothbrush. Members shared current events. Several social visits noted among local families. Emerald Rebekah Lodge plans officers installation January 19 with Sigourney officers directing. PTA plans card party January 23 at St Marys school hall. Royal Neighbors 12:30 dinner and meeting January 20 at Mrs Willard Ginkens home with husbands as guests. Further weekend visits include Kim Hammes at grandparents in Keota, Leaders 4-H training in Washington, and various family gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Adams
Richard Enfeld
Elmer Waller
Emerald Rebekah Lodge
Sigourney
P.T.A. of
St. Marys School
Royal Neighbors
Willard Ginkens
Kim Hammes
Gene Hammes
West Chester
Glen Stoutner
Dennison
Loretta Stoutner
Marie Huber
Noami Huber
Washington
Karla Romoser
Des Moines
Campfire Group Meets at Chester WEST CHESTER
TaWaTenYa Campfire group gathered at the Lodge Hall in West Chester on Monday evening. Plans for the month were discussed. Guests included the Coakleys from Crawfordsville and Washington, with various local families later visiting or hosting gatherings. A report notes Kevin Dunbar’s minor injuries from a bicycle and car crash and Kathy Bauer’s recovery from surgery. Sympathy extends to the family of Mrs. Glenn Martin, who died at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Lodge Hall
Orville Coakley
Crawfordsville
John Coakley
Dawn
Brett
Washington
Fred Coakley
Glen Green
John Green
Marvin Hole
Leslie Ann
Davenport
Robert Bodkins
Keota
Elmer Rotenburg
Riverside
Willard Hole
Bodkins
Ruth Ann Hole
Kevin Dunbar
Kathy Bauer
Glenn Martin
Mercy
Diverted Acres Pay Rates Announced by County Chair
Howard Lins, Chairman of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, announced adjustment payment rates for croplands in the CAP. Rates relate to the value of crops previously grown and acre productivity. Wheat, barley, corn and grain sorghum adjust at 40 percent of county loan rates, with stated examples in Washington County. Other cropland within CAP agreements ranges from $4.50 to $6.59 per acre. Agreements span five to ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lins
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Washington County
Mrs Churchill enters hospital in Richland
Mrs Clinton Churchill was admitted to Washington County Hospital in Richland on Saturday for observation. Jim Hartman of Pleasant Plain led Sunday worship at Woolson Friends church as Rev Naomi Lock and family attended a wedding in Austin, Minnesota. Clyde McCracken and wife visited Wichita to meet their new granddaughter Lisa Carol at the Charles McCracken home. Mrs Regretta Hart will present the program at the Clay Social Club meeting at Mrs Blanche Cline's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlin Romoser
Elsie Mayer
Lloyd Miller
Elmer Wagler
Mt. Pleasant
Prairie Home
W. L. Miller
W. C. Robertson
Joe Myers
Clinton
Raymond Myers
Richland
Clinton Churchill
Washington County Hospital
Jim Hartman
Pleasant Plain
Woolson Friends Church
Naomi Lock
Clyde McCracken
Wichita, Kansas
Lisa Carol
Charles McCracken
Regretta Hart
Clay Social Club
Blanche Cline
Closing Out and Public Auctions in Iowa Areas
A dense list of estate and farm sales scheduled through January to February in Iowa near West Chester Wellman Washington Kalona Columbus City Mediapolis Riverside Fairfield and Wayland auctions start times range from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with numerous venues and contacts including Edgar Slemmons Kenneth H Pepper Berry Foss John Weerman Estate Mamie Breder Sam Bender Roland Rabenold Mary Ellen Dusenberry Estate Claude Armbruster Will A Shella Edna E Elliott Bertha Statler Mrs B B Buffington Carl Jarrard M L Crawford Harry McKune and John Owen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Wellman
Washington
Edgar Slemmons
Dublin Road
Kenneth H. Pepper
Columbus City
Iowa
Winfield Blacktop
White Way
Berry & Foss
Keota
John Weerman
John E. Hershberger
Mediapolis
Mamie E. Breder
Executrix
Maplecrest
Kalona
Conoco
Sam Bender
Grandview
Roland Rabenold
Washington County Fairgrounds
Mary Ellen Dusenberry
Riverside
Highway
Lawrence Veggy
Haskins
Graf Feed & Garin
Columbus Junction
Bluff Road
Claude Armbruster
Will A. Shella
Joe R. Nelson
Lockridge
Fairfield
Edna Fe, Elliott
Steve Brant
Federated Church
Bertha L. Statler
Mt. Pleasant
Harney-Hassen
Wayland
Harry McKune
John Owen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Barnum
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Richard Schiebel
Janet
C. L. Jennings
New London
Chester
A. J. Wotruba
Churchill
Journal
John W. Lasek
Yaro Lasek
Township 76
Lone Tree
Livingston, Day & Bates
West Main
Old 92
Machinery & Equipment
John Deere
Ford
Coronado
Chevrolet
Tion
International
M.M
Keith Murphy
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Mike Orris
Graf Feed & Grain
Kewanee
Oliver
John Deere Harrow
John Deere A
Kelly Ryan
Great Western Land
Midwest
A. C
Jamesway
Soukup & Duncan
Peoples Trust & Savings Bank
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