Keota residents attend spiritual retreat and local visits
Keota residents join a Mini Ashram spiritual retreat in Albia from Friday night to Saturday. The gathering included Bill and Mary Walker, Rev. and Mrs Callen, Rose Smith, Joe Walker, Kevin Luers, and Don Callen Jr. News notes cover hospital visits, birthday celebrations, and social calls to Mercy Hospital and local homes, plus a Women’s Relief Corps meeting with officers installed and January birthdays honored.
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Karl Jones
Bruce Smith
Hazel McCarty
Halcyon
Elvin Shafer
Kinross
Grace Parke
Hazel Shafer
Garden Theatre
Sigourney
Mrs. Parke
Gerald Smith
Hazel Kahn
Ames
Florence Bushore
Daryl Baughman
Des Moines
Ed Hafferty
Chariton
Mercy Hospital
James Foster
Warren Norris
Lorene Ralston
Iowa City
Ruth Norris
Women's Relief Corps
Paul Cady
Regina Monaghan
Ethel Aller
Pauline Cady
Valburga Heisdorffer
Veronica Lillig
Hazel Hicks
Mary Aller
Pearl Baumert
Ferne Wimmer
Lela Miller
Marie Hahn
Lulu Maule
Leona Peiffer
Ethel Stoutner
Louisa County CROP drive tuSES success in 1969
Louisa County CROP campaign named one of the greatest ever. About 75 youth and over a dozen adults walked countywide with visitors from Missouri. Proceeds totaled 2762.90 from Hunger Walk Union Thanksgiving Service Friendship Acres grain and cash Vacation Church Schools and other misc. details include support from Rev Jae Wan Rhee and local officials, with facilities provided by Raymond Schneider farm home Mark Twain Trails and Izaak Walton Campgrounds. Crop Chairman Denley Ganfield Wendell Todd and H Lee Huston led the effort.
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Ly Helene B. Dillon
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Missouri
Jae Wan Rhee
Seoul
Korea
Friendship Acres
Wavello
Raymond Schneider
George Snyders
Mark Twain Trails
Izaak Walton
Boy Scout Patrol
Denley H. Ganfield
Wendell Todd
Friendship Acre
H. Lee Huston
UMW women set annual program at Junction
United Methodist Women of Columbus Junction plan their annual Call to Prayer and Self-Denial program at the church on February 5 at 1 30 p m The event is part of a national effort involving about 1 5 million women in 35 000 local units. The report also notes heavy handwriting costs for the West German post office at 21 million dollars yearly due to illegible addresses and deciphering needs.
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Junction
Helene. Dillon
Columbus Junction
United Methodist Women of
UMW
Costisheavy
Og Bonn
UPI
Post Office
Rock hound turns home entry into stone art
Alfred Bodtke of Greenfield keeps a rock collection for ten years. His new home features a rock entryway with cut stones set in cement. A scratch resistant tough resin coats the surface, creating a durable and striking conversation piece.
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Alfred Bodtke
Greenfield
Legion Parley Report From Des Moines Highlights
Mrs. Alberta Rhea reported on the Mid-Year Conference in Des Moines at a Wednesday Legion Auxiliary meeting in Crawfordsville Sandy Wells presided and appointed Vivian Wells Olive Mitchell and Victoria Griffith to inventory and arrange hospital equipment moved to the former fire station. Several coming events were announced including a Junior Auxiliary conference in Durant and Girls State at Cedar Falls.
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Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Alberta Rhea
Des Moines
American Legion Auxiliary
Sandy Wells
Vivian Wells
Olive Mitchell
Victoria Griffith
Keokuk
Durant
Cedar Falls
Hazel Meeks
Carolyn Selness
Bertha Hill
Wilbur Wheeler
Mike Wesley
Stanley Hill
Mt. Pleasant
Jerry Sammons
Christy
Olds
Vollyeball
Margaret Griffith
Washington
University
Roosevelt pledge echoes new deal vow from 1930s
A quoted line attributes Franklin D. Roosevelt with a pledge to a new deal for the American people during a period described as a deep 1990s low mood. The note frames the famous FDR promise in a reflective, historical light.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wayland Notes Share Visits and Health Updates
Wayland resident updates include Jerry Flory family dinner with Rhua Davison. Mrs. Alliman of Knoxville reports her husband returned home after a heart attack on January 7 and comments on rainy weather and snow. Several local families hosted gatherings, church activities noted, and residents with hospital stays or travel histories are mentioned along with a fall injury incident.
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Peter Joe
University of Tennessee
Charles
Justice Department
Washington, D.C
Donald Davison
Koinonia
Wayland Mennonite Church
Paul Whitham
Paul
Tim
Elgin
Ili
Arthur Davison
Burdette Davison
Shannon
Travis
Cedar Rapids
Washington County Hospital
Rhua Davison
Washington County
Ray Manning
Omer Roth
Kenneth Roth
Des Moines
T.C. Clark
Homewood
Ilinois
Mel Clark
Dallas Leichty
Iowa
Eunice Gowery
Brighton
Joe Gowey
W. E. Fort
Troyers Visit Kalona Guests From Nampa Idaho
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Troyer of Nampa Idaho and Mrs Norman Earnest of Nampa are visiting Kalona and nearby areas staying with relatives. They joined local families for dinners and a January Eastern Star meeting in Kalona with officers and volunteer project chairmen named.
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Eugene Way Kalona
Wilbur Troyer
Nampa
Idaho
Norman Earnest
Earnest
Joe N. Kauffman
Iowa City
Troyers
Chris ‘Troyer
Harold ‘Troyers
Blue Grass
Parental Troyer
Kalona
Paul Troyer
Kenny
Debbie
Cleo Troyer
Beverly
Randy
Ray Reschly
Harold Troyer
Keith Troyer
Gregory
Mary Troyer
Duane Mast
Richard Troyer
Ames
Ronald Troyer
Brandy
Parnell
Gordon Troyer
Wilbur Troyers
Nebraska
Naomi Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Vernon Stagner
Daryl Oldfield
Esther
Tel-E-Star
Larry Griffiths
Stanley Mouser
Stagners
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Keota
Mrs
Paul Sievert
Wolfs Flower Shop
Jack
Court House
John Helscher
Helscher
Lyle Edwards
Steve Edwards
Ray Miller II
Todd Sherman
Journal
Rhea
Mervyn Blythe
Williamsburg
Dick Griffith
Christopher David
Kristopher
Kelly
Vera Williams
Town Crest
David Griffith
C. C. Moorhead
Ada Spencer
Order of Eastern Star
Haydn Thomas
E. M. Richards
Richards
Square Circle Club
Glenda Egli
Graham Williams
Doris Davis
Wayne
Tindal
North Side Square
Wayland
South
Henry County Memorial Hospital
David Davison
Northeast Missouri State
Kirksville
Everette Davison
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Bera
Eti
the National Bank of Washington
Iowa Stars
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