New daughter in Lasek home in Ainsworth
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Raymond Lasek and Bryan on the adoption of a little girl named Robin. Tim Wood and children spent the long weekend with his sister at Sauk City. baby Mary Beth stayed with uncle and aunt in Washington. Local Little League in Ainsworth to face Crawfordsville Friday night with 18 or 19 boys practicing. Requests for games to be arranged with Drop Mr. Aeward at Box 104, Ainsworth. Mrs John Elliott hosted a coffee for new teachers and wives. recent movers Mrs Terry Cellman and Mrs Gene Scott attended. American Legion Auxiliary to meet July 20 at Legion Hall. Linda Norris to report on Girls State. officer installations planned. Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service held a meeting with ten members. plans discussed for August and a congregational dinner August 1 following services. Mr and Mrs Bill Trotter hosted a picnic Monday night with Gary and Lloyd Edwards, Myrla Henderson, Larry Trotter, G F Trotter, and Doug Moothart and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Raymond Lasek
Bryan
Robin
Tim Wood
Mr. Wood
Don Bergmans
Sauk City
Wise
Mary Beth
William Putman
Washington
Crawfordsville
Howard Schultz
Aeward
John Elliott
Terry Cellman
Gene Scott
American Legion Auxiliary
the Legion Hall
Linda Norris
Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
W. D. Roberts
Burke McCreedy
C. A. Thompson
Olive Miksch
Stephen Root
Bill Trotter
Gary Edwards
Lloyd Edwards
Jan
Myrla Henderson
Larry Trotter
G. F. Trotter
Doug Moothart
Riverside
McClains Name New Baby Athena Ann
Mr and Mrs Jack McClain of rural route I Iowa City welcomed a baby girl named Athena Ann born at Mercy Hospital on Wednesday July 7 weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces and returning home Saturday. Families in Riverside and Washington attended gatherings and the St Marys high school graduates held a reunion dinner and dance. Mr and Mrs Orval Meyer received a weiner roast and potluck send off as they move to Grinnell for work with Grinnell Mutual Insurance. Theresa is born to Mr and Mrs Leonard Walsh of Long Grove weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces. paternal and maternal grandparents are named and a Kalona native is noted as great grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge Luckey
Riverside
Jay
Jack McClain
Athena Ann
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
McClain
J. L. Benish
Beth
Mark
Jill
Richardson
Texas
Benish
Clarence Wilson
Laverne Zieglowsky
Russell
Jimmy Zieglowsky
Merle Blieu
Washington
Bill Streb
Troy Mills
Jack Streb
Gene Streb
St. Mary’s High School
Robert
Mary Ruth) Marek
Duane
Bernadette Yeggy) Lorack
Nichols
Richard Knebel
Hills
Elmer
Vernita Droll
Richard Veggy
Richard
Mary Rummelhart
Leonard Walsh
Bueford
Mary Michel) Kessler
Frances Jean Rummelhart
Orval Meyer
Meyer
Grinnell
Grinnell Mutual Insurance Co
Victor Malichky Jr
Leroy Yeggy
Richard Kron
Julie
Bill Meyers
Danny
Hubert Malichky
Hubert Beranek
Keith Horn
Joe Goodlander
Robert Stumpf
Meyers
Mildred Cray
Wayne
al Blecha
Milo Stransky
Gary Smith
Bob Cross
Culbertson
Nebr
Robert Bruty
Long Grove
DeWitt Hospital
Theresa
Bernard Walsh
Simon Metz
Catherine Thomann
Kalona
Friendly Fayettes Meet at Keota
Friendly Fayettes 4 H club met at Cathy Adams home to plan Achievement Day and work on projects. Cathy Adams demonstrated how to put in a zipper. Cathy and her mother provided refreshments. Members plan to join Friday parade. Emerald Rebekah lodge met with Pat Mound presiding and reported on Keswick meeting and traveling emblem. Thirteen Keota members attended. Tom Jones took over management of the Roast, living in Dasher apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Anna Valenta
Pat Mound
Keswick
Emerald Rebekah Lodge
Keota
Tom Jones
Ollie
Larry Baker
Mr. Jones
Dasher
Gracehill visitors and weekend gatherings reported
Miss Edith Richardson of Cincinnati Iowa visited Gracehill with sister Mrs Robert Miksch for a week. Families and friends from Ottumwa Burlington Stockton Washington Riverside Cedar Falls and Keota attended cookouts visits and a nature camp assignment for Gretchen Miksch and Christine Engel. Several Miksch relatives hosted weekend gatherings and a birthday observance for Aunt Katherine Bauxbaum.
Cress in Hospital Riverside for Tests and Observation
C J Cress, 91, is in Mercy Hospital Riverside for tests and observation after entering hospital on July 8. He has lived at Pleasant View home in Kalona since March. Leona Motet visits family in Brookfield Wisconsin while Ed Bushek and Dorothy Fitzsimmons care for her. The group travels from Davenport to Plaza North Dakota and Florida visitors stay with Clara Rath. Francis Baschnagel and Catherine Baschnagel depart Iowa City for Huntington Indiana to visit Sister Roberta at Victory Knoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzsimmons
Carl Duetsch
Coleen
Jim
Keith
Paul
Plaza
N. Dak
Richard Schnoebelen
Bob Kiefer
August Rath
Tampa
Fla
Minnesota
Clara Rath
Francis
Catherine Baschnagel
Iowa City
Huntington
Ind
Roberta
Victory Knoll Convent
Somm ers observe anniversary at Shamrock Inn in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville July 13 Mr and Mrs Everette Sommer celebrated their anniversary with a dinner at the Shamrock Inn alongside Mrs Sommer’s birthday. Bob Paisley visited Davenport this week with the Bill Paisleys. Local families hosted dinners and WSCS met at the Methodist Church with 20 members and guests. Budget approved, donations requested, and church activities noted. Rev Rushing to return from Omaha Pasts’ School. Rev Simp son spoke at the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Everette Sommer
Shamrock Inn
W.W. Hartzell
Siglers Visit Keota Kinfolk and Relatives
Keota notices report visits from the Sigler family of Fort Polk Louisiana including Raymond Sigler and Wanda. They traveled to Des Moines and Rock Island to see relatives and a hospital stay for Donnie Sigler, with Wanda remaining for visits, alongside other local guests and club activities.
Reunion at Sigourney park in Keota
Attendees included Mr and Mrs Benford Thompson and Mr and Mrs Joe Geil and families at the Smith family reunion in Sigourney Park. Various local residents hosted, visiting relatives attended, 4 H members returned from Washington DC trip, and local clubs met to prep for Achievement Day and the Washington County 4H fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevy Chase
Maryland
Stoutner
Doug Flanders
William Miller
Mary Lou
Billy
Gene Hammen
Kim
Betty Stoutner
Washington County
Ronald Sutton
Frances Sauer
Marion
Roger Wright
Bill McCrabb
Myrtle Trier
David Wright
Erwin Koenig
Washington
Don Wheel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lasek
Fayettes
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Edith Richardson
Gracehill
Mrs
Max Waterhouse
Cincinnati
Iowa
Robert Miksch
Gretchen Miksch
Boone
Eugene Engel
Forrest Lake
Christine Engel
Rhonda Kindred
Lucetta Hayes
Ira Saunders
Brighton
Walter Brown
Burlington
Don Tweet
Stockton
California
Lawrence Miksch
Paul Hazelett
Peru
Illinois
Bill Hazelett
Harry Boileau
Hazelett
Edward Miksch
Omaha
Nebraska
James Miksch
Peoria
Carla Corpman
Des Moines
Carl Corpman
Beulah Miksch
Lloyd Miksch
John Hough
Francis Romine of
Cedar Falls
Katherine Bauxbaum
E. R. Construction
Kalona, Iowa
Dial
Blondie
Ohio Young
Him
Nancy
Ernie Bushmill
C. J. Cress
Mrs. Marge Luckey
Sommers
By Vivian Wells
James Edgar
Charles Wells
Floyd Fisher
Severance Hospital
Seoul
Korea
Mexico
Bidwell- Riverside
Marcy Center
Chicago
James Wilson
Betty Crocker
Herbert Rich
Chester Spangler
Robert Rushing
University of Omaha
Roger Simpson
United Campus
State University of Iowa
Presbyterian Church
John McKittrick
Dennis
Troy
Kansas
Grace Fletcher
McKittrick
Miss Fletcher
Myral Smith
Odd Fellows Home
Mason City
Larry Kruegers
Hudson
Wanda
Sigler
Jack Schmitt
Jim Sigler
Rock Island
Verle Sigler
Carl
Donnie
Kay
Mary Heisdorffer
Yvonne Boone
Pruden
Post Office
Sigourney Park
Conrad
Wheeler
Dida
Mark Weber
Leon Vogel
Kenny Keifers
Packwood
Isadora Weber
Wellman
Sandra Weber
Dick Bennett
Lancaster
Mrs. Bennett
Sandra
Bennett
C. L. Jennings
New London
Washington Fairgrounds
International Harvester
Westinghouse
Universal Gas
Davenport
Birdseye Maple
R. S. Prussia
Theodore Haviland
Ranson
Lucille Haviland
Bavaria
Old Singer
Crockery & J
John Dodd
Keith Murphy
Alvin Shebeck
Milo Orris
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