Visitors and family gatherings fill United Presbyterian home
A week of visit by Rev John Bairds relatives includes Miss Myrle Baird and Miss Gladys Baird of Ames, Allen Acheson family from Independence, and Ann McGeoch of Wooster with Jean and Ann Blackwood. Nearby relatives travel, celebrate anniversaries, attend reunions, and plan future care arrangements at the estate as well as new shuffleboard courts being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baird
Mr. Baird
Myrle
Gladys Baird
Ames
Allen Acheson
Becky
Genifer
Scott
Jon
Independence
Richland street gravel works and community notices
Richland improves roads with gravel at the northeast corner along Derby Orchards. A Friends skating party is set for July 23 at Sunset Roller Rink in Fairfield. Local families visit relatives in Carthage and Waverly. Quaker camp counselors serve at Quaker Heights Eldora July 15–20 for 20 local youth. Camp attendees include Lelia Kay Locke. McCracken brothers return from funeral in Denver. Farm Bureau sponsors Mississippi River boat tour aboard the Thunderbird from Davenport. 4-H clubs host work meetings. plans include a tour to Ralston Purina Research Farm and a Major League game trip. First oat field harvest reports 58 bushels per acre at John Platt Singleton farm. Rev. Edwin Shelly, ill since working at Bible Baptist Fellowship Camp, hospitalised in Fairfield with transfer planned to Ottumwa for treatment. he is brother to Mrs. Platt Singleton and Mrs. Williams. His daughter Mrs. Richard Reighard is in Richland to help care for him.
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Richland
Richland Road
Derby Orchards
Young Friends Quarterly Meeting
Sunset Roller Rink
Fairfield
Richard Reighard
Carthage
Ruth Reighard
Frank Andrews
Glen Brostrom
Waverly
Hagensack
Minn
Mankato
Denver
Colo
Stacy McCracken
Wayne Parsons
Clarence Ferguson
Farm Bureau
Davenport
Arlen
Chris
Roger Wonderlich
Jackson
Keokuk County Fair
Dennis Reynolds
Ralston Purina
St. Louis
Hayes Elevator Co
Packwood
Ralston
John Platt Singleton
Edwin Shelly
Bloomfield
Bible Baptist Fellowship
Birmingham
Jefferson County Hospital
Ottumwa Hospital
Howard Williams
Ollie
Notable weekend visits and a wedding in Haskins area
Doug Bean stayed with his grandmother Mrs. Jim Bean from Friday to Monday and visited Mrs. Bean's sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Milton Edmonds in Oxford on Sunday. Barbara Yates and Gary Lucky wed at North English on Saturday. George Papatsakis and relatives visited Cedar Rapids and returned Saturday. Ethel and Vivian Booth and Mrs. George Murphy dined with Mrs. Jim Bean on Tuesday. The Wilbur Krotz family attended Salem Church of God Sunday School picnic at Sunset Park. Edgar Whetstine and family joined Mike Zahs at a Saturday supper honoring his 18th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
Doug Bean
Jim Bean
Wilbur Krotz
Salem Church of God
Sunset Park
Edgar Whetstine
Dean Zahs
Mike Zahs
Fisher Family Returns Home From Aitken Visit
Walter and Mrs. Fisher come back from northern Minnesota near Aitken where they aided son Harold in garage work to convert the structure into living quarters while his family plans a new home. The article also notes local visits, vacations, and a few minor misfortunes including Jim Carmichael’s broken arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Stephen
Stephen Cleaners
Eagle Grove Adel
Oskaloosa
Lyle Pedersen
Alan
Kert
Tammy
Audubon
George Bond
Ralph Hotchkiss
Dougie
Fairfield
Bill Hotchkiss
Ralphs
Superior
Wisconsin
Charles Linden
Bill
Garden tips mix with Japan rail news in Iowa State and Tokyo
Extension Service garden notes describe potato seed balls on potatoes and fertilizer guidelines for tomatoes iris and delphiniums. In New York US reports over 12 million riders on Japan's new Tokaido Line prompt possible extension of the super express from Osaka toward Fukuoka by Japanese National Railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State University
New York
UPI
Japan
Japanese National Railways
Osaka
Fukuoka
Sachio Nakanishi
Supper Guests Dine With Several Families at Hardscrabble
Florence Augustine reports on a week of social meals and activities in Hardscrabble. Dale Dann and family hosted supper for Fred Die Lee and Lori and Todd Merced, with other locals attending picnics, church suppers, and club events at Sunset Park and Dutch Creek Flyers 4-H.
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Hardscrabble
Dale Dann
Freddie Lee
Lori
Todd
Merced
Calif
Leonard Hixson
Melvin Partington
Sunset Park
D. A. Augustine
Florene May
Ed Millers
Fred Zieglowsky
Earl
Bernard Crock
The
Blue Angels
Dale Dawn
St. Joseph Church
D A. Augustine
Michael
Dutch Creek Flyers
Shirley
Karen
Doyla Pfeifer
Iowa City
Nora Wehr
Carrie Iingham
Mary Eckhoff
Paul
Davenport
Bruce Smith
Allen Griggs
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Ann McGeoch
Wooster, O
Jean
Ann Blackwood
Loami
Ill
Robin Cuany
Mae Sturgeon
Grace Vincent
Elmer Vincent
Sturgeon - Vincent Cottage
Glendine Lundquist
Edna Sherriff
Ethel Weed
Mrs. Zenas Spicer
Monmouth
Mt. Pleasant
Miss Lundquist
Victor
Robert Hannum
Mr. Pleasant
Mr. Hannum
Pakistan
Dave Torbert
Leesburg
Fla
D. L. Gallagher
Morgantown
W. Va
Matilda Ohlwein
Ohlwein
Charles Paris
Wapello
Grace Wright
Mediapolis
Bruce Koch
California
Sturgeon - Vincent
Mabel Fagen
Nelle Littlefield
Mabel Morris
Keota
Marie Stewart
Harriet Clendenning
Richard Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Glen Duncans
Chicago
Stewart
Mary Stewart
Ted
Minnie Green
Sam Erwin
Olds
W. J. Martin
Macomb, Ill
Mr. Martin
Rhoda Griffith
Halcyon House
Merle R. Green
Ft. Collins
Washington
Green
Grace Rodger
Lee Rodgers
Rita
Monmouth, Nl
Eugene Moffett
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Dorothy Korf
Merle A. Simpson
Nancy
Robert
Melissa
Austin
Tex
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Karl Megchelsens
Simpson
Edith Megchelsen
Ainsworth
Genevieve Petersen
S. C. Picken
Des Moines
Dr. Picken
Mrs. Buchanan
Sam Thompson
R.W. Thompson
R.W
Keath
Jean Fossett
Dr. Thompson
Julie
Kathy
John
Geneseo
Lorin
Roberta Fossett
Barbara Ann and
Andrew Martin
Morrison
George Kerr
Maud Jackson
Synod School
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
Indianola
Hoffman Cottage
Mary H. Holmes
Joe
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry Kidg
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
D. D
South Iowa
Christian Tabernacle
Rip van Winkle
Dean
Doan
Salinas, Calif. Rodeo
Jerry Bishop
Salinas
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Ivan Hartsock
Walter Fishers
Aitken
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
the National Bank of
Washington, Iowa
Stass
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Stevenson
Unitarian
Bloomington
Adlai Stevenson
John Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson III
Ernest Ives
Borden Stevenson
Johnson
UPI Telephoto
Hardscrabble Home
Florence
Augustine
CIDAA
Town & Country
Plymouth
E. 3Rd St
ABC
Chrysler
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