Verdi Literary Society Remembered at Memorial Miller School
Over 60 spectators recall the Verdi Literary Society’s early meetings at Memorial Miller School on the Brighton road. Sam Griffith of Fairfield and Glenn Zaring of Kankakee shared memories, with Edith Weldin Harwood and others presenting minutes, papers, and musical interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdi
Memorial Miller School Sund
Memorial Miller School
Brighton Road
Verdi Literary Society
Sam Griffith
Fairfield
Glenn Zaring
Kankakee
Ilinois
Otto Walton
The
Walnut Literary Society
Edith Weldin Harwood
Edna Jones
Eugene Engle
Harlan Neuhart
Lyle Wilson
Washington
County Historical Society
Memorial Miller
Edith Carris
Literary Society
Ellen Dodder
Patty Reisener
Brighton
Richmond
Keota
Crawfordsville
West Chester
Ill
Wauwatosa
Wise
Brinton records list Kentucky and Mercury vehicles
Record lists owners and vehicles including Lyle P. Brinton with a Kentucky semi trailer, Orva J. Bender with a Mercury, Nancy Stewart as aider, Vernon G Fletcher with a Ford, Helen Bowman with a Chevrolet, Mary L. Koehler with an Oldsmobile, and James F. Walker with a Chevrolet truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle P. Brinton
Kentucky
Orva J. Bender
Mercury
Nancy Stewart
Ford
Vernon G. Fletcher
Helen C. Bowman
Chevrolet
Mary L. Koehler
Oldsmobile
James F Walker
Local residents gather for reunions and travels
A weekend of visits and travel unfolds as Mr. and Mrs Donald Snodgrass host guests from Iowa City and Mr. and Mrs Marion Snodgrass. Des Moines attendees join the 50 Year Club initiation for Mrs Whisler’s Drake University class. A Beenblossom couple recovers from a Memorial Day weekend auto crash near Abia while their child escapes harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Snodgrass
Greg
Iowa City
Marion Snodgrass
Plp. Whisler
Des Moines
Whisler
Drake University
Max Been Slossom
John Beenblossom
Beenblossoms
Clarinda
Abia
Beenblossom Auto
Beenblossom
Bruce
Clifford Vance
Mt. Pleasant
Trail ride and horse show at county fairgrounds Sunday
Southeast Iowa Trailriders Association hosted a trail ride with fifty one horses and riders in Washington Sunday morning followed by a county fairgrounds horse show. William Burton judged, Lyle Lowe rangmaster, Raymond Bonar announced. multiple place winners listed across pony junior senior western classes and stock horse events. Rainbow Girls met at Masonic Temple planning a Rainbow birthday picnic for founder Mark Sexson on July 8 in Sunset Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southeast
Iowa Trailriders’ Association
William Burton
West Branch
Lyle Lowe
Crawfordsville
Raymond Bonar
Jean Raid
Mary Ball
Kathy Hennam
Lynne Lauer
Judy Woodall
Ruth Ann Garrells
Sheila Granaman
Randy DeNato
Western Pleasure
Keith Murphy
David Eichelberger, Jr
Sheila
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Pat Batterson
Mary Carson
Janet Schiebel
Mark Sexson
Sunset Park
125th Anniversary Free Street Dance Highlighted by Community
The June event drew 177 couples from 41 communities including Nauvoo New Boston and Keithsburg as The Shirts and Skirts hosted at the square dance in Ottumwa. Frankie Lane announced another appearance next year on May 28. Deb Slater a longtime Ottumwa native leads square dance calling and teaches in Kirksville MO with a club in operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nauvoo
New Boston
Keithsburg
Marion
Nellie Miller
Glenn
LaVera Knupp
Bob and
Mary Ruppert
Frankie Lane
Larry Gow
Jean
Muscatine
Dean Hartzell
Mary Ellen
Keswick
Bob Yerington
Shirley
Deb Slater
Ottumwa
Midge
Con
Nie Jo
Craig
Aenior
Deb
Lowenberg Bakery
Super Valu
Washington
Kirksville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oneita Fisher
Edith Harwood
Earle Libe
Journal
Charles Morris
Washington Evening Journal
David Elder
Directarles ‘Mortis
GPG
Coca
Owden
Wnon
View
Howard Hazen
Lews United
Inland Daily
Glassburner
Roy Sumer
Coumbus Junction
al Selement
Roberts
Richard Fisher
Libe
Griffith
Olympia
Brown Finance
Iowa Ave
David Vanderbilt
Lake City
Minn
Clarice Meek
Sacramento
Calif
P. F Whisler
Cedar Rapids
Meek
Raymond Whisler
Lawrence Whisler
Todd
P. F. Whislers
James Hudson
Pocahontas
D.G. Whisler
Dalles
Ore
Warren Brandstatter
Kathy
Washington DC
Mrs
LeRoy Carson
Curtis and
Grundy Center
Ray Miller
Raymond Miller
West Monroe
Davenport
American Institute of Commerce
Ray
Spurgeon
Beacon Electric Neets
Funny
Sue
Fair Grounds
Deb Stater
Paul Tinsley
Ken Crow
Earl Spm
Skip Schippers
Maxine Jarrard
Armstrong
Minick Furniture Co
Block East Nl Bank
Lee
C.B
Detroit
Mugen Price
Falcons
America
Thunderbirds
Mace Motor CO
Iowa Street
Tord
Washington, Ia
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