United Presbyterian in Nature hosts visitors from several states
Out of town visitors called on Mrs. Myria Henderson and other locals during the week. Names include Gary and Lloyd Edwards Des Moines Ainsworth Santa Ana Calif., Sam Pepper and daughter Mary Stewart Washington, Karl Megchelsen Jr. Mt. Pleasant visiting parents Rev. and Mrs. Megchelsen, and many others from Illinois Iowa and Cedar Rapids. A UPW circle met at the Marion Avenue Church Home with hosts. Dr D W Gregory presented slides from Russia and Europe at Variety Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Ronald Edwards
Santa Ana
Calif
Myria Henderson
Sam Pepper
Russell Beauchamp
Winfield
Pepper
Mary Stewart
Washington
Henderson
Karl Megchelsen Jr
Mt. Pleasant
Karl Megchelsen
Robert Megchelsen
Jimmy
Marion Avenue Church
UPW
Ernest Brown
Amy McLaughlin
Maude Martin
D. W. Gregory
Dr. Gregory
Russia
Evelyn Thompson and Jerry Mitchell wed at Offutt AFB chapel
Evelyn Thompson daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Thompson of Omaha and James Thompson of Wichita married Jerry D. Mitchell of Offutt AFB at 3 p.m. Saturday January 15 in a double ring ceremony officiated by Jefferson Davis. The couple, whose reception followed at the bride’s mother’s home, will live at 4330 South 17th Street Omaha. The bride wore a blue suit with carnations. maid of honor was Mrs. Russell Hendrickson and best man was William Smith. The bride is a South High School graduate employed at Brandies Department Store. the groom is an Offutt airman and Highland Community School graduate. Attendants included family members from Riverside Omaha Wheat Ridge Park Forest and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Evelyn Thompson
Omaha
Neb
James Thompson
Wichita
Kan
Jerry D. Mitchell
Offutt Air Force Base
Jess Mitchell
Jefferson Davis
Russell Hendrickson
William Smith
South High School
Brandies Department Store
Highland Community School
Offutt Afb
South 17Th Street
Cremony
James Edmonston
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Roger Atz
Alan
Karen
Park Forest
Ill
Donald Mitchell
Robert Chelf
Iowa City
James Forbes
Conesville
Edward Thompson
Charles Thompson
Lacey Kirk
A Baughman
Oman
Mid-Prairie offers adult education courses this winter
Adult education classes in bookkeeping typing sewing and modern math run through February with 51 participants. Enrollment totals include 17 in bookkeeping 14 in typing 9 in sewing and 11 in modern math as school officials express satisfaction with the program’s turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Prairie
Local social notes from Davenport to West Chester area
Local items report weekend visits among families in Davenport Oskaloosa and Galesburg Ill. Timmy Snodgrass celebrates his first birthday Jan 13. Church events include Wapello Methodist consecration and open house. Visitors travel to California and from Rock Island and Mercy Iowa City hospital surgery set for Charlie Harvey. Jerry Mitchell wedding trip to Omaha noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Peters
Oskaloosa
Jack Peiffer
Chris
Timmy
Charlie Harvey
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Earl Rae to present Art program for Employed Women
Earl Rae, local artist, will discuss Art at a Wednesday luncheon program for Employed Women. The event follows the Employed Women's Luncheon at noon, in the old junior high building serving as YWCA temporary headquarters. Mrs Neal Lampkin chairs arrangements, assisted by Mrs Keith Williams Jr. Emma Barnett will cater. All employed women invited. reservations not required. program ends by 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rae
YWCA
Neal Lampkin
Keith Williams Jr
Emma Barnett
Washington medical personnel changes noted
Yesterday and today record personnel movements in Washington. Mrs George Norman and Mrs Ralph Zeck in medical roles show yesterday listings, Dudley Allen also in medical today, while Travis Feil is dismissed and John Rath along with Mrs Edwin Novotny and Mrs Clifford Fritz in East Pleasant Plain are listed in medical entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Norman
Washington
Ralph Zeck
John Rath
Edwin Novotny
Clifford Fritz
East Pleasant Plain
Kinney Brown vows solemnized Saturday in Riverside
Mrs Leona Kinney of Riverside and Everett Brown of Tiffin were united in marriage Saturday January 15 at 4 p.m. at Trinity Methodist Church Riverside with Rev Ellis Powell officiating. Attendants were Leonard Brown of Coralville and Mrs Delbert Flynn of Riverside. A reception followed at the Flynn home. The couple will reside in Riverside after a trip through the southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Leona Kinney
Everette Brown
Tiffin
Trinity Methodist Church, Riverside
Ellis Powell
Leonard Brown
Coralville
Delbert Flynn
Flynn
Barbara Cox Weds M C Hadley In Richland
Barbara Jean Cox daughter of Mr and Mrs Wil ford F Cox of Richland married Michael Chris Hadley son of Mr and Mrs John Hadley of Richland in Richland Friends Church. Ceremony officiated by Rev Harold Chute with white mums and seven branch candelabras at the altar. Reception for over 100 in church parlors. Bride wore gold lame suit with white hat and carried yellow roses and white carnations. Attendants Mrs Garry Sievers and Dean Weber. Ushers Jim Hadley and Garry Sievers. The couple will reside in Richland. Rehearsal dinner held for fourteen at Prairie Home Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Barbara Jean Cox
Wilford F. Cox
Michael Chris Hadley
John Hadley
Richland Friends ‘Church
Harold Chute
Ralph Hackett
Garry Sievers
Dean Weber
Jim Hadley
Pekin High School
Iowa Success School
Ottumwa
Parson’s College
Pekin High
American Chain and Cable Company
Fairfield
Prairie Home Cafe
Rainbow Girls Meet at Masonic Temple for Open Installation
Rainbow Girls gathered Monday evening at the Masonic Temple with Ann Morrison presiding as worthy adviser. Practice for installation was set for 1 39 p.m. Sunday at the Temple. Open installation planned Monday January 24 at 7 p.m. Friends invited. Candy sale materials expected soon. Refreshments served by Roberta Batterson and Susie West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Ann Morrison
Roberta Batterson
Susie West
Dinner honors two bride elects at Captain's Table
Miss Joy Mills and Miss Lynn Sheedz were guests at McCleery Cumming Company office dinner at Captain's Table on Wednesday January 12. The event celebrated upcoming marriages with gifts from the group. Miss Sheetz will wed Harry Gordon January 22, and Miss Mills will wed James Bennett February 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Mills
Lynn Sheedz
McCleery- Cumming Company
Social calendar notices for local groups
Notices list various club meetings and events across West Chester areas. Groups include VFW Auxiliary, West Chester Post Chiefs, Y Whizzers, Jaycee Ettes, Booster Club, Rosemary Club, Methodist WSCS Circles X and XI, Wednesday Night Guild, Public Affairs, Thirty Niners, VFW Auxiliary Breakfast Club, Sip and Sew, Kolah Club, Snowball Social Club, Employed Women's Luncheon, World War I Barracks Auxiliary, Just Us Club, Linger Longer Club, PEO, St Marys Circles, St James Circles, Little Flower Circle, HH Club, Heights Social Club, Independent Club, Double Deck Club, WCTU, Methodist WSCS General Meeting, Rebekah Lodge, IOOF Hall, Bethlehem Commandery, Home Arts Club, and notes on location changes and preparation items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
VFW Hall
West Chester Post Chiefs
Marvin Yoder
Y Whizzers
Jo Janecek
Jaycee Ettes
Richard Perry
Booster Club
Doyle Jarrard
Rosemary Club
John Cherry
Circle X
Joe Ludley
Circle XI
Robert Ruppert
Methodist
Daryl Dodder
Cantain’s
al Baldrige
Boyd Berdo
Randolph Kelsey
Harold Gamon
Neill Trotmans
Lloyd Enke
Legion Hall
Just Us
Lewis Goodlander
Charles Phelps
Robert Koehler
St. Mary's Circle
Ralph Peiffer
St. James Circle
Joe Barnes
Little Flower Circle
Leo Marie
Herbert Ferrell
Heights
Independent Club
Wilfrid Wittetoe
Ralph Martin
WCTU
Jennie Nayadley
Formosa
Jackson Jills 4-H Club Meeting Highlights
Ten members and their fathers attended the Jackson Jills 4-H Club meeting at the Bill Crandall home Monday night with An nice Reschly as hostess. Diana Green presided as vice president, Ed Chabal and Edwin Horn led activities, Kathy Marek demonstrated judging calves, Becky Berdo demonstrated making introductions, and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Jills 4-H Club
Bill Crandall
Annice Reschly
Diana Green
Ed Chabal
Edwin Horn
Kathy Marek
Becky Berdo
Una Te Bockhorst released from Mercy Hospital Iowa City
Social notes report Una Te Bockhorst recovering at home after surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. The item also notes the death of Mrs. Schneider’s son in law William Wiseman of Baltimore and attendance plans for funeral. Additional society updates include Marion Patterson’s service in Frankfurt and a Bettendorf couple welcoming a son, Christopher Alan, with grandparents listed. The Iowa Association of County and Local Historical Societies held its first statewide meeting in Des Moines with Washington County representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Una Te Bockhorst
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Inez Schneider
William H. Wiseman
Baltimore
Schneider
Wiseman
Lucille Schneider
Bere Rd
Lansdowne 27
Ole Gingerich
Iowa Association of County and Local Historical Societies
State Historical Building
Des Moines
Washington County Society
Oneita Fisher
Nondal Richardson
Edna Jones
C. L. Caudle
Iowa Development Commission
Jack Musgrove
Iowa Department of History
William J. Wagner
John Wymore
Belgium proposes partial veto compromise in Common Market
Belgium's foreign minister Paul Henri Spaak urged the Common Market council to concede part of De Gaulle's demand for continued French veto power. The move aims to end the Gaullist boycott by limiting but not removing France's veto while trimming the executive body's powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxembourg
UPI
Belgium
Charles de Gauille
Paris
Paul-Henri Spaak
de Gaulle
France
Des Moines Policeman Cited for Rescue of Child in Explosion
Des Moines officer Larry Worthington is recommended for a letter of commendation for entering a smoke and gas filled home to rescue 6 year old Danny Fredregill after a basement gas explosion. The boy was unconscious but survived with hospital treatment and later release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Thomas Teale
Police Uniformed Patrol Division
Larry Worthington
Don Fredregill
Fredregill
Worthington
Robert Good
Danny Fredregill
Insect Troubles From Firewood In Homes
Insects are a problem in home firewood warn experts from Iowa State University. Exension entomologist Harold Gunderson advises spraying logs and surrounding areas with a contact spray containing lindane chlordane or dieldrin. He notes heavily infested wood may require bark removal and burning. Larger insects tunnel into heartwood and won’t be removed by bark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
OE state meet slated Friday
Interested citizens of Washington County are invited to a full day conference in Des Moines on Friday sponsored by the Iowa Office of Economic Opportunity. Keynote by R. Sargent Shriver with 9:30 opening. workshops cover youth programs housing job training and more. registration 3.50 includes luncheon with Governor Hughes. eight CAP members from Washington County expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Des Moines
Iowa Office of Economic Opportunity
R. Sargent Shriver
National Office of Economic Opportunity
Mr. Shriver
Veterans Auditorium
VISTA
Harold E. Hughes
State Office of Economic Opportunity
Iowa
Uged
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United Presbyterian In
Gary Edwards
Lloyd Edwards
Ainsworth
William Fulton
Columbus
Robert Everetts
de Kalb, Ill
Marvin F. Miller
Keota
Jennie Harris
Mae Sturgeon
Grace Vincent
Samuel Millen
Moline, Ill
Mr. Millen
Ethel Weed
Eva Millen
Burton Sprole
John Sprole
Roger Tweedy
Sally and
Ross
Tweedy
Minnie Green
Green
Arthur Krause
Sam Erwin
Olds
Gordon McCreedy
Denver Colp
Mae McCreedy
Ella Gordon
William Martin
Macomb, II
Mr. Martin
Willming
Ethel Brainard
Eleanor Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Dudley Allen
Waterloo
Emery Prevo
Batavia
Chester Eatinger
Ruth Patterson
Maude Statler
Ann Pratt
Audubon
Leo Reuss
Marcia Montgomery
Washington County Hospital
Jerry Mitchell
Fabric Service Center
North
Don Snodgrass
Greg and
Jodi
Davenport
Marion Snodgrass
J. F. Larson
Nellie Dodder
Wapello Methodist Church
Larson
Dodder
Robert T. Dodder
Harold Perry
Rev Mayers
California
V.O. Petrie
Glade Petrie
Galesburg, Ill
Harold Griffeth
Charles Snyder
Douglas Whitehead
Tim and
John
Rock Island, Il
Verne Colliver
Merle Thrapp
Colliver
Antioch
KP Hall
West Chester
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeten
Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
South Iowa
Christian Tabernacle
Evening Journal
Travis Feil
Wolf's Flower Shop
Barbara Cox
M. C. Hadley
Rainbow Girls
Miss Sheetz
Dale Sheetz
Harry Gordon
Raymond Gordon
Miss Mills
Albert Mills
James Bennett
Joe Bennett
WSCS
Rebekah Lodge
Bethlehem Commandery
Home Arts Club
Esther Booth
Jackson Jills
Ee Cine
America
Clara Patterson
Marion Pattersons
San Antonio
Texas
James Patterson
Robert Patterson
Willard Patterson
Don Patterson
Brian
Wellman
Frankfurt
Germany
Marvin Lowry
8Th Street
Apt. 11
Bettendorf
Christopher Alan
Werner M. Lowry
Robert Lockwood Sr
Arlington Heights
Historical Society Association Meets
Walter Or
Florence Westen
Ford
Robert E. Baker
Plymouth
Elsie M. Wieland
Stanley J. Mouser
Buick
James H. Kruse
Chevrolet
Standard Oil CO
Maynard Goff, JR
Standard Oil
Everette Miller
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