Local social notes cover visits and travels in region
Mrs Marion Rees and Mrs Hughes with Billy from Council Bluffs IA visit the Shannon home with plans to stay through summer. Numerous locals travel, host, or recover, including university graduations in Colorado and hospital stays in Iowa City and Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Rees
W. R. Hughes
Billy
Council Bluffs, Ia
W. J Shannon
Hughes
Henry Graf
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Social Calendar of Community Groups and Meetings
Notices list upcoming meetings and events from Sunday to Wednesday across local clubs churches and societies. Highlights include circle dinners potlucks luncheons ice cream socials dessert luncheons and installation of officers with specific times locations and host organizations.
Merry Mixer Club Meeting at Mrs Bill Carr Home
The Merry Mixer Club met at Mrs Bill Carr's home with six members and a guest, Gary Mangold. President Mrs Lee Mangold led the business meeting, roll call cited freezer hints, and refreshments were served with assistance from Mrs Charles Thrapp and Mrs Lloyd Phillips. The July gathering will be hosted by Mrs Edgar Slemmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Carr
Gary Mangold
Lee Mangold
Charles Thrapp
Lloyd Phillips
Edgar Slemmons
Local Medical Status Update From Washington Area
On The Record Admitted Yesterday Bob Eyestone Milo Patterson Lon Hyde Otto Sheetz in Washington for medical and surgical care. Dismissed Yesterday Mrs Francis Kole sick Washington Mrs Mildred Watson Washington William Allred Brighton. Today Mrs Ernest Lunow Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Eyestone
Washington
Milo Patterson
Lon Hyde
Otto Sheetz
Francis Kolesick
Mildred Watson
William Allred
Brighton
Ernest Lunow
Past Matrons Club Hosts Sunset Park Picnic
Eleven members of the Past Matrons Club met for a Friday evening picnic in Sunset Park. Mrs. Walter Bauer and Mrs. Harold Timmins chaired arrangements. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Don Swanson and their children Lynn and Ann of Wayland Michigan, with Mrs. Swanson identified as the former Barbara Dare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Walter Bauer
Harold Timmins
Don Swanson
Lynn
Ann
Wayland, Mich
Olin Snair
Burlington
H. V. Beck
J. D. Boyd
Harold Brenneman
Wellman
Logan Reif
Bill Reif
Frances Paintin
William Knoke
Mae Osborne
Iowa City
Mabel Jordan
Kenosha
Wisconsin
D. G. Sattler
O. L. Rogers
E. H Reif
Marie Jackson
Marjean Preston
Joe TeBockhorst
Mary TeBockhorst
Joe Malichky
Mrs Pacha Hosts Indian Creek Club Meeting
Mrs Maurice Pacha hosted the Indian Creek Club Wednesday with eleven members and five guests answering roll call by describing how they would redecorate their homes. The group planned its annual ice cream supper for Sunday evening June 29 at Brighton Park at 6 30. New members Mrs Ray Farrier and Mrs Merle Farrier joined, and Mrs Lather Guy will preside at the July 16 meeting with roll call on New Ideas in Freezing Foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Pacha
Indian Creek Club
Albert Pacha
Jim Keller
Lois McCarty
Ray Farrier
Merle Farrier
Brighton Park
Marion Avenue U P WCSS Groups Meet
Groups I and II of the Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church Women’s Church Service Society met Friday afternoon at the U P Home. Guests included Mrs Cloyee Stewart who spoke of Pittsburgh centennial. devotions by Mrs Robert McFarlane. program by Miss Sara Pollock on the society’s past present and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Avenue
United Presbyterian Church Women’s Church Service Society
U. P
Neill Trotman
Woman's Church Service Society
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Cloyee Stewart
Pittsburgh
U. P. Church
Robert McFarlane
Mary Hughes
Jay Brewer
Alma Klaas
WCSS
Sara Pollock
United Presbyterian Women's Society
Sikke Temple
Toasts for Every Meal Brighten Spring Menus
A vintage food feature offers enriched yeast bread ideas for breakfast lunch and supper. Banana toast with orange flavor headlined by orange rind and banana topping. Cheese French Toast with cheddar melt. Curried Chicken and Olives on Toast topped with pecans. Serves six.
Birthday Dinner Honors Virgil Fletcher in Crawfordsville
Virgil Fletcher’s birthday celebrated June 1 with a dinner at sister Del Farrier’s home in Columbus Junction. Attendees included Del Farrier, Delbert Lowe family, Brighton residents, and Vernon Fletcher family. Also noted were a growing family in nearby towns and various local employment and travel updates from the area. A Memorial Day program and club activity are mentioned along with weather-damaged cantaloupe crops in the region after a severe storm near Homestead Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Virgil
J. S. Jewell
W. W. K. Club
Richard Lease
Dale Engle
Chester Spangler
A. D. Henss
Charles Wells
Lyle Fletcher
Coal Valley
Vernon Fletcher
Donna Blankenhorn
Cedar Rapids
Paris
Marlyn Larson
Gina
Harold Headlee
Jimmy
Bob
Gowrie
Connie
Max
Vickie Hering
Clarence Hering
Virgil Herings
Bloomfield
Bloomfield Bank
Ernest Whiting
Ernie
Florida
Homestead
Robert Whiting
St. Augustine
Clearwater
Fla
Complete Comforts At Methodist Work Shop
Four comforters were completed at the monthly meeting of the work shop held Friday in the Methodist Church basement. Twelve members attended. The group will place a book of poems by Grace Nell Crowell in the church library in memory of Mrs. Bessie McCoy. Mrs. Lydia Ferguson spoke of her Ames trip for a Golden Age Club meeting. Delegates from Bidwell Riverside Community House in Des Moines attended. A sack lunch was served at noon. The group will take a summer vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Grace Nell Crowell
Bessie McCoy
Lydia Ferguson
Ames
Golden Age Club
Bidwell - Riverside
Des Moines
Mrs Laura Moffett Arrives For Three Months At The U P Home
Mrs Laura Moffett of Hanover Illinois visits the U P Home for a three month stay. She is joined by her daughter Mrs Laughlin of Urbana whose husband is a Presbyterian minister and attends the Synod meeting in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Moffett
Hanover
Ill
Laughlin
Urbana, IL
Presbyterian Synod
Rock Island
Miss Sally McGuire Weds Larry Kern in Riverside Church
In Riverside at St Marys Church Miss Sally Lee McGuire wed Larry Edward Kern in a 9 am ceremony attended by about 250 guests. The couple, both Iowa natives, will reside in Forest View Trailer Court Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McGuire
Larry Kern
Riverside Church
Riverside
Sally Lee McGuire
Lee McGuires
Larry Edward Kern
E. C. Kern
Kalona
St. Mary's Church
Walter Boeckman
St. Mary's Hall
Kalona High School
Medical Record
University of Iowa
Forest View Trailer Court
Iowa City
Rolands Host Truth Seekers Class Social Evening
The Truthseekers Class of the Baptist Church met at the Henry Roland home for a social evening. Wayne Wagner and Kenneth Link led the event with a hobo hike and a picnic, followed by a meal, business meeting and a hay ride led by Mrs. Roland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Henry Roland
Wayne Wagner
Kenneth Link
Riverside youth Ronald Gerot loses license
Ronald FE Gerot, 18, of route one Riverside, has had his drivers license suspended indefinitely by the Iowa Department of Public Safety. He is disqualified from operating a motor vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald FE
Gerot
Route One
Riverside
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Country Club Barbecue Sunday at Washington Country Club
Members are reminded of a barbecue at Washington Country Club on Sunday afternoon. A 2 ball four some starts at 3 p.m. A potluck supper follows at 6 p.m. Families should bring a dish to pass their own table service buns and hamburgers. The committee will grill hamburgers and coffee will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Country Club
Speas Entertain At Home in Kalona
Kalona June 3 guests were entertained at a dinner at J. H. Speas home honoring grandsons Everett Speas of Guam Robert Speas of Great Lakes Illinois and Donald Speas of Kalona who will soon leave for military service. Attendees included numerous Kalona families and relatives from Cedar Rapids Wayland Burlington Riverside and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
J. H. Speas
Everett Speas
Guam
Robert Speas
Great Lakes
Illinois
Donald Speas
Adolph Speas
Chris Schwartz
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Speas
Wayland
LeRoy Hochstetler
Rex Allensworth
Lester Speas
Bob Koob
Mary Yotty
Raymond Yotty
Walter R. Speas
Ralph
Albert Spenner
Carolyn
Riverside
Marvin Yotty
A. J. Haberman
Janet
Melvin Haberman
Bobbie Ann
Ed Haberman
Tama
Indianapolis
Homer Brenneman
E. J. Doolin
Aretha
Noah V. Brenneman
Karen
A. A. Jackson
J. W. Jackson
T. C. Clark
H. V. Beck
B. T. Beck
William Furnish
Iowa City
T. J. McKenzie
M. O. McKenzie
Memorial Day Picnic and Family Visits Across Iowa
Community members gathered for Memorial Day picnics in Iowa City and Wellman and hosted guests from Cedar Rapids Sioux Falls and Kalona. Local families welcomed relatives and friends from Des Moines Wellman Napoleon Napaunee and Chicago.
Brighton News Roundup Details Visits and Local Appointments
Oklahoma residents and visitors from Pekin Illinois and Tulsa visit Brighton for several days. Local names include Mrs Nita Stanford and Diana McClure with baby Scotty tie. Roger Arnold starts mail route 1 replacing retiree Ronnie Kurtz. Superintendent Don Eden leads Brighton School to Boys All-State Camp Camp Dodge as counsellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Stanley Baird
Nancy
Jim
Pekin
Ilinois
Nita Stanford
Holly
Shellee
Sylvester Saboski
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Orpha Griffith
Prairie Village
Kansas
Gilbert Mumper
Richard
Richland
Washington
Charles Mumper
George Gay
Frederick Kent
Iowa City
Roger Arnold
Ronnie Kurtz
Cora Pringle
Washington County Hospital
Don Eden
Camp Dodge
Jack Emry
Ronnie Statler
Bertha Bennett
Myrtle Arvanans
Tri-Cities
Ivy Ryans
Cecil Arvanans
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Hal Hunt
Pullman
Viola Young
Children’s Hospital
Margarette McCleery
R. H. McCleery
Philip McCreedy
M. L. McCreedy
University of Colorado
Arthur Pagitt
Burlington Hospital
John Custer
Bert Hahn
Willis Richards
Cathy VanRiper
Kalamazes, Mich
Atte Ding
Henry C. Hull
Clive Gray
Ed Gray
Trenton, N.J
Dick Horak
Paul Horak
Dick Ferler
Brainerd
Minn
St. Thomas College
St. Paul
John Wheelan
Harmony Club
James
Joyce Brewer
Chicago
Sterling College
Sterling
Robin Cuany
Costa Rica
Cunny
Bell Port
New York
Ed Hutchcroft
Montgomery Ward
Lloyd Gray
Washington Hospital
Gray
Oakley Payne
James Loder
Jerri
Parker
Arizona
Kermit Payne
Paul Bennell Jr
Loder
Lloyd A. Gray
Don Shepherd
Osceola, In
Floyd Lundquist
Frank Shepherd
Elizabeth Young
Richard Young
Jim Davidson
Art Swift
Grinnell
Professional Directory
Henry B. Bailey
West Main St
Court House
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry Bidg
Stewart & Shearer — Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V
Livingston, Day & Meeker
Attorneys
W. Livingston
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Abstract
George F. Morrison
Ford Morrison
Ira Morrison
South
Marion Ave
Morrison & Morrison
Edmond D. Morrison
West
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Optometrists
Joan W. Lemmon
D. D
Lemmon Enerry
Chuck Dial
Prudential Insur
Life, Health & At
Jefferson
St. Mary's Circle
Robert Wiley
D.U.V
White Shrine
Masonic Temple
William Perdock
Alma Hearne
Happy Hour Club
Lindley Coon
Ainsworth
Maye Sorrell
Good Will Club
Margaret Turkington
West Chester Pythian
John Hough
West Chester
WSCS
Country Club
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Ten Cent
Catholic Daughters of America
St. James Hall
Merry Mixer Club
Mrs
Paul R
Horak
Mrs. Pacha
U.P
Group
Virgil Fletcher
Marian Waters
Lyle Lowe
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Larry Richard
Roberta Henderson
Bettendorf
Davenport
Burlington Beauty Academy
Saat
Wolf's Flower Shop
Rolands
Aluminum
Rod. Arnold
Grimes
Keota
Lowa
Speas
Beck
Grand Junction
Don Dickel
Earl Wagamon
Nick Nosbish
Gary Reif
Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Everett
Clifford Yoder
Peggy Ann
Richard Yoder
Janet Haberman
Doug Hansen
Mike Thomas
Ted Yoder
Hansen Lawn
Yoder
Calvin Tschetter
Dave Wiese
Don Bailey
Bill Clark
Jim Maggert
Faye Beth Thomas
Fay Knapp
Sioux City
Mary Ann Miller
Henry J. Miller
Harvey J. Miller
Elsie
Cleo Dickel
J. V. Jackson
Dean Jackson
Stanley Norenberg
Dani
Adel
Allen B. Rice
Nappaunee
Indiana
J. Hesselschwerdt
Verna Hartsock
Vallejo
California
Raymond Hartsock
Dorothy Gingerich
Wallace Gascho
Joe D. Yoder
Norma Tilden
Grace Tilden
Marvin O'Hare
Oklahoma
Tony Meuth
Sellers & Wagner Insurance Agency
North Marion
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