Bride Mary Gilpin Marries George Burlison in St James Church
The wedding of Miss Mary Alice Gilpin and George S. Burlison was held at St James Church in the morning with Rev. James Grubb officiating. Attendants wore organza gowns, bouquets of white gardenias, and the couple plans a Canada and northeastern states honeymoon before settling in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice Gilpin
Ambrose Gilpin
Washington
George S. Burlison
George W. Burlison
Stratford, Conn
St. James Church
James Grubb
Cecilia Gilpin
Naomi Stegen
Davenport
Michael H. Bloomgarden
Chestertown
Jerry Burlison
Stratford
Michael Gilpin
Phoenix
Ariz
Canada
North Second
Parsons College
Advance Ross Electronics
Burlison
Local Graduates and Summer Work Tops Town News
Ann Stewart returns from Drake University and will work the summer at Orchard Country Club in Long Grove with Linda and Darlene Mills. Raymond Moyer in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after eye surgery. Clint and wife attend Burlington Community College graduation for son Fred. Nelsons visit Mattoon and Tuscola relatives over Memorial Day. Carole Jungbluth Bishop earns nursing degree at Burlington Community College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ons College
Prairie Flower School
Full
Alpha Chi Rho
Connecticut
Maryland
Art University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa
Ann Stewart
Tom Stewart
Drake University
Des Moines
Long Grove
Ill
Twin Orchard Country Club
Linda
Darlene Mills
Raymond Moyer
Mercy Hospital
Clint Hensel
Memorial Auditorium
Burlington
Fred
Burlington Community College
T. M. Nelson
Mattoon
Craig
Laura
Washington
Jay Vinson
Vickie
Tuscola
Vinsons
Carole Jungbluth Bishop
Walter Jungbluth
Carole
Bridal Shower Fetes Ellen Knottnerus Before June Wedding
Ellen Knottnerus was honored at a bridal shower Thursday evening at the fairgrounds schoolhouse. About 65 guests from Keosauqua Iowa City Riverside Sigourney Washington and Ainsworth attended with traveling banco as entertainment. The June 3 wedding to Joe Kauffman of Ainsworth was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Knottnerus
Fairgrounds
Banco
Miss Knottnerus
Martin Kron
Roy Havel
LeRoy Havel
David White
Janice Todd
Harold Gilliand
Mariyne
Georgia Kraus
Keosauqua
Iowa City
Riverside
Sigourney
Washington
Ainsworth
Joe Kauffman
Bridge marathon ends with party Thursday
Winners of this year's Bridge Marathon sponsored by the Y's Men's Club were announced at the marathon party at the Y. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Evanovich won with Joe Falk and Leon Hillman second and Mr. and Mrs. Max Henness third. The event set a record with 72 couples across 13 matches over six months. Rubber and duplicate bridge shaped the competition with top pairs earning a silver bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Evanovich
Joe Falk
Leon Hillman
Max Henness
John Butler
Ray Carter
John Phieger
Dean Stanley
Bob Huber
Carlton Mangold
Bob Koehler
John Myers
William Glassburner
Elsie Glassburner
Dan Brindley
R. B. DeLa
Ruth ‘Simpson
John Owen
Lions collect 50 pairs of eyeglasses
Richland residents donated over 50 pairs of eyeglasses in response to Eyes for the Needy led by the Lions Club. The notice also reports local visits, church meetings, and retirements including Mary Morgan ending her role with Dr. Wolf’s office after May 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
The
Lions Club
Mary Morgan
Dr. Wolf
Wolf
Morgan
Ed Kerber
Carroll Steinbeck, R. N
Rubio
Ezra Wenger visits Wayland and area family gatherings
Ezra Wenger of Chicago visits Wayland from Thursday to Monday at A C Wenger home. Family members from Hamburg Iowa and Muscatine join in Sunday activities. Emma Wenger, turning 95 on June 18, is brought from Pleasantview Home to see the new Mennonite Church and Parkview Retirement Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Dagle
State Sanitarium
Oakdale
Lisa Dee Reighard
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Billy Reighard
Hendrickson
Hankford
East Richland
Stanley Williams
Church of the Brethern Family
Howard Williams
Wayland
Ezra Wenger
Chicago
A.C
Ethan Brooks
Nellie Hutt
Howard Wenger
Iris Courts
Tom Wenger
Muscatine
A. C. Wenger
Plan West Chester Alumni Banquet Aired
WEST CHESTER plans an alumni banquet at the school on Saturday June 12. Reservations are due by June 7 and should be made with Mrs Terry Palmer at Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plan West Chester
West Chester
Terry Palmer
Wellman
Fire kills three preschoolers as match starts blaze
In Baltimore an early morning fire started by a little girl using a match to seek her mother’s shoes killed three preschool children and injured four others. The family, on relief, had electricity shut off for nonpayment, and the flames trapped the youngsters aged 2 to 5 in an attic bed after they thought they had extinguished it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
UPI
Burnice. Payne
OES Pinochle Club Dessert Meets at Masonic Temple
Walter Bauer and Mrs. Joe Falk cohosted a 1:30 PM dessert for the OES Pinochle Club at the Masonic Temple Thursday. Four tables played. Mrs. Roy Sowash won high and Mrs. Stella Thomas second. Next meeting is a cooperative luncheon June 17 at 12:30 PM at the Temple with cards to follow. Mrs. Daryl Longer hosted Friendly Circle Club dessert luncheon June 3 at Captain's Table with twelve members and two guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Board
Golden Age Club
YWCA
Saddle Club
Fairgrounds
Y - Wives
Robert Dahl
West Second
Boyd Siefkas
Walter Bauer
Joe Falk
Roy Sowash
Stella ‘Thomas
Daryl Longer
Friendly Circle Club
Elsie Ben‘son
James.ee Moeller
Broken leg brings appreciation of service at local hospital
NORTH COPPOCK June 2 A reader recounts a broken leg after being hit by a dog’s owner’s vehicle while gardening. She details delays in getting help, hospital stay, and calls for better First Aid training and more hospital space. She notes reliance on neighbors and the community and reflects on past illnesses and hospital arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Toof Hall
Sunset Park
Temple
D. M. Crone Descendants
Kalona
North Coppock
Don
Skippy
Ronnie Marsh
Charlie
Lloyd Arbogast
Lloyd
Harold Blodgett
Auto crash injures two. one fined for failure to yield
City police report a Thursday 2:20 p.m. collision at West Main and North Avenue D involving Reva Ellen Mowry of Iowa City and Katheryn Ann Carey. Mowry failed to yield, hit a curb and light pole, causing $1000 damage to her car and total damage to Carey's. Mowry was fined $10 by Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden. A marriage license was issued to Thomas Hugh Dunham of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Donna Karen Osincup of Ishington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reva Ellen Mowry
Iowa City
West Main
North Avenue D
Katheryn Ann Carey
Mowry
Carey
Reba Mowry
Thomas Hugh Dunham
Virginia Beach
Donna Karen Osincup
Ishington
Picnic at Dave Brinning Home in Wellston
A sequence of social visits and gatherings across Wellston Ottumwa Washington and nearby towns. Families including the Barwicks Shermans Acklands M eece and others enjoyed a Sunday picnic at Dave Brinning and Larry Sheets homes. Attendees also attended banquets visits and al l planned work departures with multiple extended family and neighbor sightings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Art Barwick
Ottumwa
Edd Osborne
Buffalo
Iowa
Clarence Shull
Don Neff
Stanley Smith
Washington
Dave Brinning
Larry
Larry Sheets
Xeota
Don Grant
Davenport
Lavern Sherman
Micah Farrier
R. R. Robertson
Keith McClelland
Joyce
Beverly
Oscar Wilson
Ainsworth
Iowa City
Measurement Research Center
Keith
Oakdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Gilpin
George S. Uruson
Wolf's Flower
Our Motor Bank
West Washington St
Washington State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance
Alma Klaas
Edwin Welty Jr
William Glison
John Skipton
Columbus City
Charles West
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Frank Ingle
Ollie Area
Elsie Harden
T. H. Davis
Tucson, Ariz
Eugene
Kathryn Jones
Friends Church
Missionary Air
Harrold Hayes
Mabel Cox
K. D. Petersen
Pleasant Plain Quarterly Meeting of
Young Friends
Pleant Plain Church
Richland, Woolson, Hopewell
Fairfield Friends
Ezra Wittmer
North Town
Mrs. Longer
St. Matthews
Wilford Greiner
Clyde Orile
Richard Schiebel
Harold Klopfenstein
Merle Sheetz
Square Deal
N.B. Westermark
Westermart
South
Iowa Aver
Washington, Iowa
Olympia
Charlie Davison
O.K
G. H. Mayer
Morris Meece
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Jack Hotle
Bob Knox
Hedrick
Jack Knox
Brian
Mayer
Jane Mayer
Homer
Gerald Graf
Graf
Charles Ashby
Sherman Farm
Wm. Edgar
Roger Mayer
Ken Havel
Lester Mayer
Howard Baker
Ted Ross
Havels
Havel
C.M. Hayes Insurance Agency
Washington, Tae ‘Liber & Co
Des Moine
Eclipse Lumber CO
Washington, S
Wayland Lumber CO
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bob Stevenson
Wosington Ashington
Liberty Building
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