Ray’s Iowa Senate confirms most Ray appointees
Governor Robert Ray earned a strong confirmation record with the Iowa Senate, deferring only on the Employment Safety Commission choice of John Harness. Harmon and Forst drew headlines as key confirmations, with many appointees set to take office July 1 across boards from Regents to the State Banking Superintendent and beyond.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Robert Ray
Senate
Ray
John Harness
Employment Safety Commission
Harness
Maurice Harmon
William Forst
State Board of Regents
H. Rand Peterson
Donald Shaw
Ray V. Bailey
Liquor Control Commission
Kenneth W. Anderson
Highway Commission
William O. Gray
Bernard D. Mercer
Board of Public Instruction
Virgil Sheperd
Richard Cole
Richard H. Delaney
Nolden Gentry
Conservation Commission
James D. Bixler
Joan Geisler
Leslie L. Licklider
Commerce Commission
Kenneth Benda
William H. Forst
Maurice A. Harmon
Marvin Selden, Jr
James F. Speers
Employment Security Commission
George A. Lundberg
Jerry L. Addy
Parole Board
Jack Bedell
Council On Social Services
David J. Albert
Meredith A. Deevers
David F. McCann
Fernice W. Robbins
Lois E. Emanuel
William G. Aringdale
Ray B. Lauterbach
Myron L. Lorenzen
Aeronautics Commission
Norbert D. Baltes
Bruce H. van Druff
Natural Resources Council
Mabel Miller
J. Justin Rogers
Hugh A. Templeton
Commission For the Blind
Wayne Bonnell
Elwyn H. Hemken
Fritz Collin
State Board of Tax Review
Edwin A. Hicklin
Marvin Winick
L. L. Pierce
Iowa State Arts Council
Jack E. Olds
Board of Examiners In Basic Sciences
Kenneth MacDonald
Elmer W. Hertel
Civil Rights Commission
Lafayette James Twyner
John E. Strot
Fritchen reunion set for Sunday at Ollie Park
The Fritchen annual family reunion will be held at Ollie Park at noon Sunday June 8 with Keith Fritchen present and Mrs Jim Wonderlich as secretary. Also noted are local memorial and school honors, Scout activities, and hospital updates for Richland residents including graduates and military trainees.
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Richland
Fritchen
Ollie Park
Keith Fritchen
Jim Wonderlich
Merle Green
Milton
David
Chicago
Natural Science Building
Brookfield Zoo
Everett Nichols
Walter Woodard
Bennie Olin
Clinton
Chas Morgan
Lawrence
Kansas
Mary Morgan
Geo Baumert
Keota
Pekin High School
State of
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Dennis Bethards
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Gaylord Yule
Everett Baker
Dick Downey
American Legion
Dean Elmore
Boy Scouts
Troop 56
U. S
Highland
Methodist
Friends
Marvin Connelly
Larry Sutton
Joann Mottet
Ottumwa Heights College
Francis Mottet
Leila Lock
Wilford Locks
Penn College
Bonnie S. Hackert
Ralph Hackerts
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Franklin H. Kreiger
Rich
Jefferson Co. Hospital
Washington Co
R. S. Gould
University Hospital
Grant Wimpsett
Donna Mickle
Debbie
Little Rock
Ark
Ralph Hixson
Ainsworth
Mercy Hospital
L. O
Audubon High School
Leonard Brown
Burfington
Harold Neece
William Gilliam
Visitors and greetings fill the United Presbyterian Home
The Home reports a busy period with guests from Oak Park Des Moines Cedar Rapids and more. Notables include Mr and Mrs Robert McKee Mrs Winnie Robison and Cindy McCall among others. A variety night featured Agnes Nakayenga and new residents Helen Stevens Nellie Fry join the Home Family.
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Robert McKee
Oak Park, Ill
Mae Sturgeon
Grace Vincent
Hudson
George Michaels
Ruth Gardner
Nancy Martin
Shelly Martin
Susan Bowles
Des Moines
Helen Stevens
Nellie Fry
Mary Montgomery
Caldecott Medal Winners Highlight Picture Book Art
Mary Whistler notes annual Newbery and Caldecott awards shape child reading. Caldecott honors go to Uri Shulevitz for The Fool and the Flying Ship. Ezra Jack Keats cited for Snowy Day. Preschool picture books aid imagination and early aesthetic sense, fostering lifelong appreciation of beauty.
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Mary Whistler
Caldecott
Ezra Jack Keats
Uri Shulevitz
Caldecott and Newbery Winners in Library Lists
Mrs Whistler urges libraries to stock Caldecott and Newbery winners like Drummer Hoff Sam Bangs and Moonshine Always Room For One More and May I Bring A Friend. State Traveling Library Services in Des Moines offers loans where local needs aren’t met and provides a list of acceptable children's books on request.
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Hoff
Sam
Evaline Ness
Nanny Hogrogian
Beni Montresor
Caldecott
State Historical Building
Des Moines
Secur
Isea Library Service, Inc
59Th Street
Iowa
First 4-H Dog Obedience Training Friday at Fairgrounds
The first dog obedience training for 4-H members entered in the project will be held Friday June 6 at 7 30 p m at the fairgrounds. Members should bring their dog.
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Fairgrounds
Go and Let Go Club Plans July Cooperative Supper
The Go and Let Go Club met with Mrs. Robert Miksch for a June birthday luncheon for 11 members one child and two guests Mrs. Pearl Woodford and Miss Edith Richardson. At the business meeting the group voted to hold a cooperative supper July 1 at 7 pm at the community building. attendees are to bring a well-filled basket and a drink for their family. Mrs. Olive Chalupa led a Father’s Day contest and organized the gift exchange for entertainment.
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Robert Miksch
Pearl Woodford
Edith Richardson
Olive Chalupa
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Otto Pfeifer
Lloyd McCracken
Fred Kershaw
Harrisburg, Ill
Irene Miller
Sperry
The
United Presbyterian Home
Winnie Robison
Dennis Blanchard
Marshalltown
Roy Shumaker
Ottumwa
Howard Leacox
Cedar Rapids
Lulu Randolph
Golden Buckle
Leila Bayliss
Westchester
Ill
Lyle Swartz
Gary
Warren Carris
Doris Wade
Kinross
Duane Wade
Ft. Leonard Wood
C. D. Kirkpatrick
Laura Rouse
Ruth Bridges
Orin Johnston
Williams
Gladys Putnam
Myrtle Neiswanger
Gladice Cook
Charles Ruebsam
Burbank, Calif
Zeck
Nellie Zeck
Stewart Hall
Cindy McCall
Cindy
A Ross
Smith Center
Ross
Ann Arbor
Mich
Everett Grice
Edna Sherriff
Edna
John H. K. Moffett
Presbyterian Church
Morning Sun
Neill Trotman
Marian Wilson
McCormack Seminary
Margaret Work
Willa Ramsey
Kirksville, Mo
Lois Swain
Lois
W. T. McIntyre
U. P
Mineva Moon
Aurora McIntyre
Agnes Nakayenga
Uganda
East Africa
Washington
Happy Landing
Agnes Carol Dehne
Bonnie Bannister
Everett Sidlinger
LeClaire, In
Ramsdales
Sam Irwin
Olds
Albert Simpsons
S. C. Pickin
Montpelier
Wetinis
Mentré
Hank Welcham Chow
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Arnet-Mccabe & CO
E. Washington St. Washington, Iowa
Spurgeons
Biege
Dad
Bermuda
Pop
West Side
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