Halcyon Notes on Gardens Trips and Family Ties
Mid-summer Halcyon Highlights recounts neighbors caring for newly landscaped grounds amid drought. Florence Orr and Carl Andersons nurture plantings while raccoons spoil corn. Rhea Hoover travels Amtrak to Albuquerque. Luella Swift and Pauline Crone tour the east. Mary Dawson hosts guests in town. Howard Andersons celebrate 4th of July Christmas, attend a funeral, visit families, and prepare for a reunion. Lively, personal sketches of Halcyon residents, their routines, trips, and community warmth, with retirement reflections and plans for autumn.
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Halcyon
Florence Orr
Carl Andersons
Rhea Hoover
Amtrak
Ft. Madison
Albuquerque
Missouri
Kansas
Raton Pass
Continental Divide
Glorietta Pass
Tom
Bettye
Kurt
Craig
Sandia Laboratories
Hoover Cousins
Emporia
Kan
Bonaparte
Luella Swift
Pauline Crone
Pennsylvania
Helen Holland
Philadelphia
Washington
Effie Walker
Margie Brown
Des Moines
Bernice Witting
Jerry Carris
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ida Berdo
DeKalb
Helen Goodin
Louie Harley
Louise Marryat
Kathleen
Richard) Lee
Seattle
Louise
Alvin Allen
Richland
Harley
Ely
Minn
Prairie Painters Club Holds All Day Meeting in West Chester
The Prairie Painters Club gathered Monday at Mrs. Helen Ralston’s West Chester home with 13 members and two guests. Irene Loper of Hedrick demonstrated backgrounds, a 1 p.m. business meeting followed by individual paintings. next meet is Aug 25 at Kalona recreation center hosted by Mrs. Hazel Coffee with Milton Ross giving a demonstration on Elusive Qualities and a Hint of Mystery.
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Prairi
Prairie Painters Club
Helen Ralston
West Chester
Irene Loper
Hedrick
Kalona
Hazel Coffee
Milton Ross
Thought on boredom from Samuel Butler
A brief quotation notes Samuel Butler on boredom, saying the man who lets himself be bored is more contemptible than the bore. The line appears as a reflective aside in a daily thought collection.
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Samuel Butler
Jarrard Family Visits. Birth in Mercy Hospital Town City
Mr and Mrs Stanley Jarrard and other relatives of Hot Springs Ark returned home after a week with C C Reeves family in Town City visiting Carl Jarrard at Halcyon House. Craig Jones of West Liberty father to Bradley Scott born July 2 at Mercy Hospital Town City weighing 6 lbs 6 oz. Grandparents Cleo Orris and Russel Jones with great grandparents in Iowa. Also Mrs Ferdinand Chalupa of Washington hospitalized in University Hospitals Town City. JORRocKEW Art Rozell of Akron notes a corkscrew like asparagus plant 27 inches high with snake head top.
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Stanley Jarrard
Gene
Martha
Hot Springs
Arkansas
C. C. Reeves
Carl Jarrard
Halcyon House
Reeves
James Bailey
Henderson, Ky
Bruce Fikes
Craig Jones
West Liberty
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Bradley Scott
Cleo Orris
Columbus Junction
Russel Jones
Ainsworth
John P. Jones
Ruth Arthur
Hazel Boyd
Opal Orris
Washington
Ferdinand Chalupa
University Hospitals
Jorrockew
Art Rozell
Akron
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Minnesota
Howard Andersons
Texas
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Catter
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Davenport
Gordon Johnson
Iowa City
Howard
Nellie Anderson
Andersons
Calif
Luithly
Levi Chadwick
Bloomfield
Chadwicks
Myrtle Meyer
Sears
Winterset
Wm. Trembly
Trembly
Vincent Keeseys
Blanche Orton
Wisconsin
Blanche Foriash
Lela Miller
Fanny Shannon
Marie Hyde
Edna Gipple
Joan Letcher
Sho
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Brookfield Zoo
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Swea City
White House
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Betty
Wall
Wolf's Hower Shop
Jack Matu
Walgreens
Olincup’s Drug Store
Iowa
Novelco Mist & Dry
Ot Lense
Haley
NBA Players Association
Walgreen
Mneria
Remington
Biu
YMCA
Klein Klothing Kompany
Warington
Jrne
Amelia Vaughn
Daniel Peiffer
Keota
Roger Edwards
Grace Emde
Koch
Verle Koch
Arthur Witthoff
Frank’ Hagemeier
Marion Miller
Benjamin Moore
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