Operation Brotherhood expands Lao hospital network near border
In Laos near the Laotian South Vietnamese border the OB medical mission opened a 25 bed hospital in Attopeu town after seven years of work. The facility is part of a broader program that has built seven OB sub stations nearby and trains Laotian nurses, technicians, and home workers while treating over one million cases since 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vientiane, Laos
UPI
Operation Brotherhood
Laos
Ob) Suc
Attopeu
Pathet Lao
Women’s Club of
Vientiane
Edmondsons celebrate golden wedding in Brighton
E L Edmondson and Jesse Williams were married June 24 1915 at the Williams home in Brighton with Rev J F Barnett officiating. The golden wedding was June 27 at the Brighton Methodist Church with about 230 guests. They spent their married life in Brighton where Mr Edmondson practiced law 54 years and are parents to two children and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
E.L. Edmondson
Jesse Williams
Fred Williams
J. F. Barnett
Robert
Scottsdale
Arizona
Jane Mangold
Westport
Conn
Joseph
Mark Edmondson
David
Susan Mangold
Brighton Methodist Church
Jane
Wilma McAfee
Vera Horton
Thora Jones
Lucille Hamann
Margaret Miller
Edmondson
Evelyn Smith
Janet Farrier
Edmondsons
Ruth Hamann
Jean Miller
Notable Names in Local Property and Vehicles List
A fragmented record lists individuals and multiple vehicle brands including Chevrolet, Honda, Ford, Chrysler, Rambler, Plymouth, and International. Names include Gayle Burkum, Eve or Edward Wilson, Fred Downing, Donald Scheeler, Clark Brenneman, Martha Hall, Ronald Earl, Harry Thomas, Ernest Strum, Raymond Watson Jr., John McConnell, James Waterhouse, Iowa Southern Utilities Co., Harold Stumpf, Herbert Rich, Cyrus Bush, Ronald Rath, and others along with camping centers and travel trailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle I. Burkum
Apache
H and M Camping Center
Eve Or
Edward Wilson
Chevrolet
Fred S. Downing
Honda
Donald E. Scheeler
International
Clark Brenneman
Martha
Leo Hall
Ford
Ronald E. Earl
Harry L. Thomas
Ernest M. Strum
Chrysler
Raymond C. Watson Jr
John
Carol McConnell
James L. Waterhouse
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Harry K. Hutt
Plymouth
Harold Stumpf
Herbert J. Rich
Bridgestone Motorcycle
Edwin Jr
Clara Welty
Rambler
Cyrus W. Bush
Ronald L. Rath
Family visits and local notices fill Wellman column
June reports from Wellman Iowa include visits by Budrow Swartzendru ber and Greg of Oxnard California to the Lemley home, a hospital surgery for Swartzendruber, travel plans to Washington DC, and other family and lodge updates. Also noted are guests from San Juan Texas, a VN stay for David Humphrey, and nursing home relocations and travel mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Budrow Swartzendruber
Greg
Oxnard
California
Des Moines
Francis Lemley
Kalona
Bill Swartzendruber
Swartzendruber
Mercy
Flock program open to turkey growers
Washington County Extension Director Jim Frier announced more openings in the 1965 Flock program for area turkey producers. Participants must keep detailed records and compare with other flocks. 1964 reports show Iowa producers averaged 18.92 cents per pound, with 12.43 cents feed, 3.55 cents poult cost, 0.28 labor, and 2.66 other costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Frier
Washington County
Frier
Iowa
Livestock Brand Registration Opens Under 1965 Iowa Law
The 1965 Iowa General Assembly passed House File 59 establishing livestock brand and mark registrations. Effective July 4, 1965, applications to the Iowa Department of Agriculture require a $15 check. Those with existing county-recorded brands have 90 days to register. duplicate brands favor the earlier record. Registration certificates awarded after October 4, 1965. contact Iowa Department of Agriculture State House Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa General Assembly
House
Jim Frier
Iowa Department of Agriculture
County Recorder’s Office
County Extension Office
State House
Des Moines
Iowa
Guests in Ammine home on Monday
Merrimac Iowa June 28 Mr and Mrs Jesse James of Wellman visited in the Carl Amrine home Monday afternoon. Several other visitors calling at the Amrine and related households include Jake Christner Ben Neff Wayland Leon ard Smith Baldosier Wieneke and Ida Wieneke. Carl Amrine and son Harold planned a trip to Iowa City Thursday for medical appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wehrle
Webster
Martha Sckhlabaugh
Canada
Mrs. Wehrle
Carl Amrine Merrimac
Jesse James
Wellman
Carl Armine
Jake Christner
Ben Neff
Wayalnd
Johnnie Hyde
Mary Hyde
John Baldosier
Leonard Smith
Junior Wieneke
Harper
Ida Wieneke
Brighton
Carl Amrine
Amos Christner
Glenn Schafer
Cecil Riley
Washington
Carl Amline
Ronald Statler
Mr. Pleasant
Robert Kientz
Joe Beese
Clinton Lockridge
Wayland
Alice Lowe
Harold
Iowa City
Carl
Fined men cited for speeding and firecrackers
Fined William C. Peiffer of Wellman for speeding and Robert Dean Martin paid a fine for discharging firecrackers at the justice of the peace court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Peiffer
Wellman
Robert Dean Martin
Justice of the Peace
Friday Social News and Local Outings
Friday social items list camp plans for Linda Jones and eight boys led by Rev. Charles Hawkins. Rainbow initiation at Mason Temple with Vickie Thomas presiding. Several families travel and visit, including Pat and Lynda Sorrell in Dallas and Washington, and trips to Minneapolis to see the Twins. Notes on Frank Parrish’s hip injury, kinship moves to Orion, and doctor D W Gregory’s veterinary meeting in Portland with a northwest vacation planned. Additional visits include Teagarden in Manhattan and Brinton, Votruba, and Good families across Iowa and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Jones
Ella Jean Albright
Barbara Hawkins
Charles Hawkins
Randy Miller
Dan Genheimer
Carl Benson
Curt Frier
David Benson
Stephen Genheimer
Will Parriott
Norman Luers
D. W. Gregory
David
Portland
Oregon
American Veterinary Medical Association
Gregory
Northwest
Marriages Arrive From Several Iowa Communities
A series of wedding ceremonies Saturday and Sunday across Iowa linked Ellen Knottnerus and Joseph Kaufman in Marion, Mary Lampe and Daniel Reed in Wellman, Jo Anne Thompson and Dale Harkin in Washington, and Martha Lambert with Paul Peiffer in Beaverton Oregon, among others. Additional vows united Bonnie Land and Darrell Land in Denver, Rose Hammes and David Bollei in Fairfield, Paulette Thayer and Barry Carlson in Mt. Pleasant, Judith Mayer and Gary Norenberg in Keota, Vivian Johnson and James Leary in Keota, and Carmen Neal and Larry Musser in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lampe
Ernest Lampe
West Chester
Daniel Reed
Walter Reed
Keota
St. Joseph Church
Wellman
Jo Anne Kay Thompson
Clyde Thompson
Washington
Dale Wayne Harkin
Owen Harkin
Pleasantville
Martha Jane Lambert
A. Marlin Lambert
Forest Grove
Ore
Marlin Lambert
Paul James Peiffer
Hillsboro
Leona Peiffer
Emil I. Peiffer
Beaverton
Paulette Elisabeth Thayer
Barry Lane Carlson
First Presbyterian Church
Mt. Pleasant
F. Paul Thayer
William Carlson
Portland
Thayers
Riverside
Carmen Neal
Iowa City
Larry Musser
Lone Tree
W. F. Boeckmann
St. Mary’s Church
Gordon Neal
Mt. Vernon
Harry Musser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Non-profit
Medical Aid Mission
Operation Brotherhood In
Mrs
Tony Meuth
Carrie Free
Fern Mann
C. D. Mann
Willard
Lucille
Mr. Edmondson
Raymond Spielman
Carrie Peasley
Max McGuire
Columbus Junction
Council Bluffs
Fairfield
East Pleasant Plain
Richland
West Branch
Williamsburg
Cedar Rapids
Blondie
Chic Young
Tudpbury
Custer Electric
South Marion
Dial-Ol
Lemley
Mrs. 0. B. Godber
Margaret Small
San Juan
Texas
Dan J. S. Miller
Washington Hospital
Wellman Rebekah Lodge
Loof Hall
Ida Bull
Noble Grand
Bertha Durst
Rebekah
Rose Hill
Eva Wagamon
Lela Goodwin
Edna Blumstein
Berneice Nickell
Barney Wetrich
Elizabeth Wright
Nellie Groff
David Humphrey
North English
Viet Nam
Wayne Wehrle
Kansas City
Wai Ae At
C.L. Jennings
New London
BY Ernie Bushmille
Nancy
Ammine
Washington Concrete CO
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Vickie Thomas
Bonnie Yoder
Cynnie Foss
Marsha Atkinson
Diane Longwell
LuAnn Godlove
Karen Badham
Kathryn Gingerich
Pat Sorrell
Lynda Meyrs
Denise Jo Sorrell
Dallas
Washinton
Pat
Lynda
Ed Sorrell
Russell Bannister
Bonnie
Rusty
Minneapolis
Minnesota Twins
Twin Cities
Mr. Bannister
Bob
Frank Parrish
Juanita Rabenold
Orion
Ill
Earl Teagarden
Manhattan
Kan
Howard Baker
Teagarden
Mrs. Baker
David Kleese
Elwood Kleese
Gridley
Inl
George Gerdes
Lowell Gerdes
Kleese
Curry Voss
Jim
Potomac, Ml
Bessie Kirkpatrick
Pasadena
Calif
Robert Brinton
Rollie Dunbar
Dick Chorpening
Bill Swift
Harry Chamberlin
Jerry Simmering
Walter Palmer
John Votrnuba
Omaha
Neb
A. J. Votruba
Leann
Kiffany
Russell Hill
Cmdr
Ronald Good
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Ellen Marie Knottnerus
Joseph Lee Kaufman
R. T. Knottnerus
Ainsworth
Clarence Kaufman
Janet. Marie Reid
Richard Reid
Garry Dean Idle
Clifford Idle
Earl E. Josten
Columbus Junction Methodist Church
Frank Nebel
Bonnie Lou
Darrell E. Land
Denver
Colo
Jack Land
Laramie
Wyo
Rose Marie Hammes
Norbert Hammes
Fairfield Route 4
Washing
Judith Ann Mayer
Richard W. Mayer
Gary Leon Norenberg
Germany
Isaac Norenberg
Wesley Methodist
Vivian Carole Johnson
Roger Johnson
Flanagan, Ill
James Michael Leary
James M. Leary
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Flanagan
Robert Spenn
Mr. Johnson
William D. Siegrist
Washington, Iowa
Bankers Life Company
Des Moines, Iowa
Bridgestone
Ned’s Auto & Cycle Ned Figgits
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. Tweeton
Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
O. D
South
Christian Tabernacle
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