Social and club news highlights from Mercy Hospital visit
Mrs Walter Anderson underwent major surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City and is resting in room 300 visitors paused. mail welcomed. St Cmdr Ronald Good Mrs Good Robin and Janell of Newport RI visit Mrs Good's parents Mr and Mrs Clark Pfeifer of Ainsworth. Joyce and George Lins of Brighton travel to Chicago for a week with relatives. Ann McKeown and families from Ainsworth Maquoketa Betendorf celebrate a picnic for twin sons Larry and Gary Coffman soon to enter Air Force duty in San Antonio Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Anderson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ronald Good
Mrs. Good
Robin and
Janell
Newport, R. I
Clark Pfeifer
Ainsworth
Mr. Good
Naval War College
Newport
Club Activities and Navajo Picnic At Sunset Park
Nine members of the U Go, I Go Club met for a picnic in Sunset Park Wednesday then held a regular meeting with Mrs. Charles Mayer. Pinochle produced high score for Mrs. Dan Rohrer and second for Mrs. E. E. Ward. No meetings until September. Priscilla Club hosted by Mrs. Ira Coon and Mrs Mae McCreedy had ten members and one guest, Mrs. Lester Orr. Cards sent to Mrs. Glen Holden and Mrs. Les Eicher. Navajo Club, with fifteen members, enjoyed a Sunset Park picnic and elected new officers: Myrtle Bey leader, Edna Tucker assistant leader, Della McBride secretary-treasurer. next meeting in September with Mrs. G. W. Manussier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Charles Mayer
Dan Rohrer
E. E. Ward
Ira Coon
Mae McCreedy
Priscilla Club
Lester Orr
Lafe Stout
Glen Holden
Les Eicher
Navajo Club
Myrtle Bey
Edna Tucker
Della McBride
G. W. Manussier
Farrier 25th Wedding Anniversary Observed in Columbus Junction
Mr and Mrs Dell Farrier of Columbus Junction celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a cooperative dinner at home on Sunday June 27. Nearly 100 guests attended a reception in the afternoon with a heart shaped cake baked by Delbert Lowe and decorated by Dale Loeffler. Out of town guests came from East Pleasant Plain Crawfordsville Brighton Ainsworth Mt Pleasant Wapello Washington Coal Valley Moline East Moline Center New Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Dell Farrier
Delbert Lowe
Dale Loeffler
Brighton
Vernon Fletcher
Virgil Fletcher
Crawfordsville
Joe Baker
Moline
I. V. Farrier
Grace Fletcher
Farrier
Clarence Randall
Clarence Fletcher
Bernice Paisley
East Pleasant Plain
Ainsworth
Mt. Pleasant
Wapello
Washington
Coal Valley
East Moline
Ee Center
New Boston
Democratic Women executive board meeting set for July 8
The Democratic Women's Club executive board will meet Thursday July 8 at 8 p.m. at Miss Agnes Wheelan's home 719 South Eighth. President Mrs. T A Jones will conduct routine business and urges all board members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Women’s Club
Agnes Wheelan
South Eighth
T. A. Jones
Social calendar notices for Moose and clubs
Notices list events for Moose tonight at 7 30 potluck firework show. Friendship Club ice cream social at 8 Gladys Wulf address 1024 North Third. Twilight League and Men s Stag dinner at Country Club 8 p m reservations by Thursday. Rebekah Lodge 8 at IOOF Hall. Golden Age Club off until July 12. Wash-away Tops Club off until Tuesday. Country Club Family Picnic 6 30 at Club House management serves. Couples two ball foursome 1 30 p m fireworks after dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose
Moose Home
Friendship Club
Gladys Wulf
North Third
Twilight League
Country Club
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Golden Age Club
Local residents update from Iowa City and vicinity
Harold Johnson was released from Mercy Hospital Iowa City and continues convalescence at home after surgery. Mrs. Bessie Kirkpatrick of Pasadena visits Brighton relatives. Rollie Dunbar birthday coffee honors at Mrs. Chorpening’s home with several friends. Westminister and Omaha visitors, plus Keota and Iowa City relatives, share time with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Rollie Dunbar
Dick Chorpening
Bill Swift
Harry Chamberlin
Jerry Simmering
Walter Palmer
Bethel Missionary Society Meets With 13 Members
The Bethel Missionary Society gathered Wednesday afternoon with 13 members present. After a prayer year book read by Norma Sandburg, Mrs Towyn Davies led the fifth chapter of Live as Free Men. May Gideon reported on Concern Magazine and Mrs Sandburg on New Nations. Refreshments were served. no meeting in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel Society
Bethel Missionary Society
Betty Zwicki
Norma Sandburg
Towyn Davies
Odd Fellows Lodge Meets With Stag Dinner, Initiations
Members of the IOOF held a Tuesday evening meeting with a stag dinner beforehand. Francis McConnell presided as noble grand, and two Kalona members received the initiatory degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IOOF
Odd Fellows Lodge
Francis McConnell
Kalona
Veto Debate Over Vehicle Permits and Roads Policy
Constitutional delegation of power is invalid for absolute discretionary control over permit decisions. The Good Roads Association urges veto, warning permits for oversize loads bypass charges and favor a privileged few. It argues highway commission limits can be reversed later and such authority belongs to the legislature with proper statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Roads Association Executive Committee
Highway Commission
Father Sheppard New Pastor At East Pleasant Plain Church
Father Edward J. Sheppard, 52, named pastor of St. Joseph Parish in East Pleasant Plain, succeeding Father Henry Geers. Appoin tment by Bishop Ralph Hayes takes effect July 7. Born in Ottumwa 1913, Sheppard studied at St. Mary's Ottumwa and St. Ambrose College Davenport, ordained 1939 in Minnesota. He has served in Keokuk Burlington Davenport and Dodgeville, and has led Catholic Youth and Rural Life diocesan roles.
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St. Ambrose College
Davenport
St. Paul, Minn
Father Sheppard
Henry P. Rohlman
Keokuk
Burlington
St. Mary's
Dodgeville
Catholic Youth
Catholic Rural Life
Neil Ruggles
Seventh Day Adventists
Oak Ridge Park Academy
Nevada
American Legion
Tom Romine
Lydia Allison
Steve Jones
Jefferson City
Roscoe Whitmore
Libertyville
Ralph Martin
Fairfield
Bob Guy
Washington County Hospital
Kessel
LaVerne Farmer
Oakland Mills
Grace Kessel
Merle L. Kessel
Miami
Florida
Hattie Kessel
Brighton
Stephen Babbitt
Palos Altos
Calif
Clarence Tessman
Eva Fattig
David Fatig
Cedar Rapids
Otto Wendling
Wilton Junction
Francis Farmer
Dick Kessell
Iowa City
Clement Peck
Oscar Kessel
Mae Louck
New London
Bernard Singleton
Bernard
Washington
Clifford Corpman
Mathew Sherman
Ainsworth
Hattie Kessell
Donald Robinson
Roy Duttweiler
Kenneth Guy
Terry
William
Keith Farmer
Kathy
Kevin
Wayland
Roman Hawks
Lake Darling
Rock Island
Ill
George R. Wyatt
Floressant
Dr W Robert Parks Named ISU President in Ames
Dr W Robert Parks, 49, was chosen by the State Board of Regents as the 11th president of Iowa State University in Ames, succeeding Dr James Hilton who retires after 12 years. Hilton remains connected as development director, coordinating Alumni Office activities and representing the school with the Memorial Union.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
W. Robert Parks
Iowa State University
Dr. Parks
James H. Hilton
Parks
State Board of Regents
Hilton
University
Iowa State
Alumni Office
Alumni Achievement Fund
Iowa State University Foundation
Memrial Union
Hiltons
Lowa State
Admission and Births in Washington Area
Admitted yesterday Kathy Berkhoff Washington surgical. Births yesterday a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Ferguson Washington. Dismissed today Mrs Charles Swift Washington and Mrs Raymond Coleman Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Berkhoff
Washington
Surgical
Robert Ferguson
Charles Swift
Raymond Coleman
Dutchettes 4 H Club Holds June Meeting at Engel Home
The Dutchettes 4 H Club met at Chris Engel’s home with eleven members two leaders and two visitors. President Julie Johnson presided. Members presented demonstrations on collars seams sleeves and zippers while Clare Wehr spoke about 4 H camp. Refreshments followed. next meeting at Clare Wehr’s home July 7 at 1 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Engel
Julie Johnson
Clare Wehr
Mary Engel
Engel
John Renoux
Rita Wright
Vivian Renoux
Julia Miksch
John Johnson
Maria Johnson
DAR Log Cabin Opens At Sunset Park This Summer
The DAR log cabin in Sunset Park will be open to the public on selected Thursday afternoons. Dates include July 8 July 22 August 5 and August 19 with hostesses Mrs E E Ward Mrs Ed gar Stewart and Mrs Lauder Kennedy staffing the July 8 session from 2 to 4 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dar
Sunset Park
E. E. Ward
Edgar Stewart
Lauder Kennedy
Spilled corn delays highway 92 traffic near Keota
Keota traffic on highway 92 rerouted for about six hours after a semi driven by Leroy Tinnes of Keota buckled under 875 bushels of shelled corn two miles west of the 77 highway intersection. Corn spanned about a quarter mile and was moved to four trucks. crews cleared the road and restored two way traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Virgil Benson
Keokuk County
Leroy Tinnes
Rites Friday for Percy E. Ashby
Funeral services for Percy E. Ashby 74 of rural Wellman will be Friday July 2 at 2 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home Wellman with the Rev Lloyd Bauer officiating and burial in Pilotsburg Cemetery. Ashby born May 17 1891 in Pilotsburg was the son of Ralph M. and Mary E Yeakel Ashby and lived his life there. survived by brothers Charles Washington James Lincoln Neb Evan Chicago Ill and sisters Letha Miriam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Percy E. Ashby
Iowa City
Powell Funeral Home
Lloyd Bauer
Pilotsburg
Ralph M
Mary E., Yeakel Ashby
Methodist Church
Charles
Washington
James
Lincoln
Neb
Evan
Chicago
Ill
Letha
Miriam
Marines Guard Qui Nhon After Viet Cong Attack Near Cheo Reo
Three planes carried satchel charges and grenades and damaged three other American aircraft. Marines landed at Qui Nhon to guard against attacks in the area which has faced Viet Cong offensives surrounding a Vietnamese battalion near Cheo Reo, 200 miles northeast of Saigon. American dead include two airmen on a light observation plane and two radio operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qui Nhon
Cheo Reo
Saigon
Mrs Stone's piano recital at Methodist Church
Mrs Stone presented 32 piano pupils in recital at the Methodist Church Tuesday evening. A large audience of friends and parents attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Stone
Methodist Church
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Radda
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Wolf's Flower Shop
Dell Farriers
Democratic Women Executive Board
West Side Square
Pastry Shop
Wiveding Journal
Lowe
Bessie Kirkpatrick
Pasadena
Robert Brinton
Russell Drollinger
Vicki
Westminster
John Wotruba
Omaha
Lee Drollinger
Russell Hill
Franklin Brenneman
U. P
Amy McLaughlin
Betsy Ross
John Baird
George Washington
U.P
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Dallas Kinney
E. Pleasant Plain Church
Wm. K. Wyatt
Lake Darling State Park
Harmony Club
Clarence Brown
Carl Dearing
Gleddia Hutchinson
Winnipeg
Canada
Beatrice Tracy
Edna Crile
Ira Saunders
Joe Middleton
Ray
Darrell Smith
Des Moines
H. W. Helmick
Bob Scheeler
Peoria
Illinois
Jack Scheeler
Dr. Parke New
Fifth District Federal Reserve Board
Blue Ridge Mountains
Boone, N.C
Horak Insurance
North End Grocery
Sims
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Oskaloosa
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Osincup
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