Visiting with grandparents WAYLAND May 31
News note from Wayland listing multiple family visits over Memorial Day and weekend gatherings. Debbie and Jason Reschley of Red Oak Iowa visit grandparents Erwin Reschley. Roths return from Scottsdale Pennsylvania. Karen Roth employed in Scottsdale. various relatives visit in Wayland Sigourney Kalona and surrounding areas. Thomas Jeffery birth announced to Gerard Courworst Davenport. multiple guests and dinners noted across farms and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colorado
William Conrad
Emma Jean
C. E. Roth
Marvin Widmer
Merle Conrad
Ronnie Swartzendruber
Daniel Leichty
Allen Wagler
Sigourney
Wheatland
Wyoming
Wayland
Kalona
Pete Bartel
Bartel
Henry Ediger
Wichita
Kansas
Marie
Galen Widmers
Edna Eland
Ames
Omer Boshart
W. K. Rogers
Mount Pleasant
Daryl J. Wittmer
Jim
Muscatine
Ezra Wittmer
Thomas Jeffery
Gerard Courworst
Davenport
Jane
John Alston
Ben Davison
Weather and crop troubles amid heavy moisture and damaged homes
Dennis the Menace expressed concern as persistent rainfall delayed crop planting. A beating rain last Monday swelled creeks and ruined gardens with seeds left unplanted. Stores face seed shortages while drive reveals seven homes abandoned and deteriorating.
Memorial Day Family Outing and Community Notes
A Memorial Day outing with Maleta includes a home dinner and a sightseeing trip past Fern Cliff hill where a past grading project is visible. The note includes family ties to Harold Wenger and Everette Roth, local farm changes, church baptisms, summer school, and community visits across Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Cliff Park
Everette Roth
Fern Cliff
Waco
Betty Jo Nebel
Jane Wenger
Louise Wenger
Harold Wengers
Fred McCaw
Viola
Illinois
Miller
Baby
Rock Island
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Jo Ann Wenger
Harold Wenger
Lauerville
Ron
Rollie Swartzendrubers
Swartzendruber
Pauline
Marvin Widmer
Bloomington
Wis
Nila Hurdle
Piha
Minnesota
Daiine
Dianne
Ed Springer
Iona
Dad
Linda
Widmers
Bethel Mennonite Church
Karen Beese
Linda Beachy
Robin Conrad
Beatrice Guerra
Ruth Ann Wenger
Dwight Grieser
Duane Gugel
Kent Widmer
Lynn Miller
Mark Roth
Bethel
Harlan Hochstettler
C. E. Roth
Sigourney
Allen Wagler
Roth
Edith
Ted Simpson
William Conrad
Emma Jean
Ernie
Merle Conrad
Daniel Leichty
Ron Swartzendruber
Wheatland
Wyoming
Johnny Appleseed 5 cent stamp debut announced
Postmaster General O'Brien unveils the Johnny Appleseed commemorative stamp design to debut September 4 in Leominster Massachusetts. The vertical issue features a red apple with Johnny Appleseed, seedbag, spade, and the slogan United States Postage 5 cents. First day cancellations will be done locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Johnny Appleseed
Leominister
Mass
United States
China
A. Michelena
Venezuela
Turkey
Hint to Home Buyer Floor Plans Need Checking
New York brief explains floor plans now show overhead views with color coded apartments and no vertical elevations. Edward Sulzberger of Nassau-Sulzberger & Co. warns buyers to verify dimensions, layouts, and service areas and to note details like doors, windows, closets, and appliance placement for accurate space planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Edward Sulzberger
Nassau- Sulzberger & Co
Sulzberger
Supreme Court refuses stay on Ruby sanity hearing
UPI reports Justice Hugo L. Black denied a request to delay the June 13 sanity hearing for Jack Ruby, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. Black said a stay would interfere with Texas court processes and Ruby’s rights, as lawyers dispute who will represent him at the hearing. New York lawyer William Kunstler filed for the stay, arguing Ruby did not want Texas attorney Joe Tonnhill involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Jack Ruby
Black
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Texas
New York
William M. Kunstler
Joe Tonnhill
Closing Out Sale of Furniture in Brighton Iowa
Probate listing shows Laura Hoskins Estate holding a closing out sale of furniture starting at 1 p.m. June 11. Consignment auction of Eddie Edwards property near the old Brighton High School begins June 18 at 1 p.m. Eddie Edwards Auction Service of Brighton also lists June 27 and 28 antiques sale at the Washington County Fairgrounds starting 10 a.m. daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Laura Hoskins
Eddie Edwards
Old High School
Iowa
Washington County Fairgrounds
Clifford Thorne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Larry Whisler
Valparaiso
Indiana
Carl Whisler
S. B. Watson
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Davison
Dale Bain
Larry Bain
Edison
New Jersey
Bill Mueller
Julie
Jeff
Max Bain
Marion
Stanley Bauer
Leroy Bain
Allen Bain
Joanna Bosworth
Elkhart
Roy Davison
Fred McCow
Viola Illinois
Jim Miller
Valerie
Norman Hsu
Bellview
Wenger
Addie Davison
Max Graber
Leo Wagner
Elaine Guengrich
Davison
Dennis the Menace
Mrs. Henry Yoder
By Walt Green
Ual
Burundi
Malta
Kennedy
Guatemala
Boy Scout Movement
Lord Baden- Powell
U.S. Public Health Service
C. L. Jennings
New London
McCormick
International
Sudan
McCormick International Haymaking
International Harvester Sales & Service
Washington, Ia
Dorothea M. Brooks
United Press International
the Farmers Store
Bob & Viola
Wead
Golden Sun
Washington, Iowa
Journal
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Highway 61
Wapello
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Kalona Sales Barn
Smylie’s
Columbus Junction
United Presbyterian Home
Richard A. Stewart
East
Washington Street
Richard R. Colby
George Kerr
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