Newcomers welcomed at Wellman cooperative picnic
Wellman community guests were honored at a July 1 picnic in Wellman Park hosted by the ALC and WQV Study Clubs. About 85 people attended with games and prizes for children and gifts for newcomer couples. The report also notes the second annual Children’s Parade on June 29 and other summer activities including a playground program, Scouts camp, 4-H Maiden showed at the American Legion Hall, and weekly Story Hours at the Wellman Public Library. A separate short item reports a deadly industrial accident at a small fireworks factory where two workers died and a third was injured.
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Charles Eckhardt
Wellman
Wellman Park
ALC
WQV
Wayne Kamm
Marvin Cole
Max Thompson
Dale Weise
Edwin Brenneman
Harold Blosser
Wendell Guy
Tammi Hale
Pam Goschke
Judy Yoder
George N Yoders
Julie Bontrager
Indiana
Lois Yoder
Hartville
Ohio
Velma Brubaker
Quarryville
Judy
Clyde Hostetter
Brubaker
la Junta
Colo
Karen D Miller
Paul D. Millers
Kalona
Richard Oldfield
Gary Brenneman
J.D. Boyd
Sonja Boyd
Kansas City
Connie Niner
Iowa City
Boy Scouts
Camp
Waubeek
Cedar Rapids
David Kempf
Steve Billups
Randy Billups
Paul Perrin
Jack McArtor
Tracy McArtor
Nolan Johnson
Lowell Johnson
Robert Young
Tony Evans
American Legion Hall
Sharon Hall
Donna Reha
Janelle Burrows
Barbara Troyer
Paula Weaver
Linda Riddle
On This Day July 11 1973 Almanac Brief
The United Press International Almanac notes Wednesday July 11 1973 as the 192nd day with 173 to follow. It lists celestial bodies Mars Jupiter Saturn morning and Mercury Venus evening. It recalls John Quincy Adams born July 11 1767 and in 1864 Civil War inflation cut the dollar to 39 cents.
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United Press International
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
John Quincy Adams
United States
Subscription Rates Listed for Washington and Iowa
Rates shown by carrier and mail. In Washington county towns 50 cents weekly. Iowa mail options include 12 dollars yearly or 6. five months. Washington headquarters route 15 dollars yearly or 46 months. Outside Iowa 14 dollars yearly or 7.50 months.
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Washington
Iowa
Wendell Peabodys visitors in Keota
Keota local social note lists visitors and brief gatherings. Wendell Peabody of Apple Valley California visited Keota June 23 and left for California July 3. Others hosting or attending events include the Emery Oswalt reunion in Ainsworth, a St Marys Hall reception for Mr. and Mrs. Larry Baker, and multiple family visits and get togethers around the Fourth of July in nearby towns.
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Paul Sievert
Keota
Wendell Peabody
Apple Valley
Calif
Wendell
California
Peabody
Boyd Blattner
Jim Blattner
Paula Wehr
Emery Oswalt
Jim McCreedy
Ainsworth
Rosa Greiner
Madeline
Walter Greiner
South English
St. Mary's Hall
Larry Baker
Clarence Aller
Mark Weber
Sara Weber
Mary Vogel
Cedar Rapids
Victor Vogel
Huntingdon
Elvin Luers
Will Luers
Mesa
Ariz
Cloyce Neis
Lyle Swartz
Roger Dusek
Robert Carris
Carl Vogel
Charles Vogel
Blairstown
Charles
Warren Davis
Milo Luers
Albert Molyneux
What Cheer
Boyd Stoutner
Keith Statler
Cindy Statler
Thomas McGraw
Washington
Cliff Stoutner
Downers Grove
Thomas Nevin
Laurie
Reno
Neb
Glen Richardson
Scouts Camp at Loud Thunder Camp Imparts Lessons and Fun
Thirty three Scouts and Scouters from Troop 242 at St. James spent a week at Loud Thunder Scout Camp along the Mississippi in Illinois. They endured a storm, hiked the 15000 acre preserve, earned merit badges, and completed a conservation project. Troop leaders Dale Bruegge Lou Pailliotet and Darrell Bandy supervised as the group won a water carnival and closed with awards at a Saturday ceremony.
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St. James
Loud Thunder
Mississippi
Ilinois
Lake George
Dale Bruegge
Lou Pailliotet
Darrell Bandy
Summer Club Coffees and Sewing Circle Activities
Twenty six Y-Wives gathered for a summer coffee at Nancy Ahrens house with guests Phyllis Whitehead Carmen Norris Kathy Cheyney Audrey Hibler Vera Wulf Margaret Crone Mary Fishback Mary Lou Malone and Jackie Ross The next coffee is July 24 at 1 30 p m at Isabel Jensen s home. Sixteen Golden Agers met for sewing visiting and games in VW room Nora Clausen and Vivian Booth brought birthday cakes for the noon lunch.
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Y-Wives
Nancy Ahrens
Phyllis Whitehead
Carmen Norris
Kathy Cheyney
Audrey Hibler
Vera Wulf
Margaret Crone
Mary Fishback
Mary Lou Malone
Jackie Ross
Isabel Jensen
Golden Age Club
Golden Agers
VW Room
Nora Clausen
Vivian Booth
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Washington Evening
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
Inland Daily Press Assn
Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Robert Shaffer
Leonard Llewellyn
Sxutott
Wolf
Wolf's Flower Shop
Wendell Peabodys
Rolaids
Gos Ysincup
Rosin
Iaspirin
Paul’s Shoes
North Side Square
Fey
George Isley
Herb Osincup
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
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