Gown of 86 years still worn in wedding tale
clipping from the Moline Dispatch relays how Mada Hicks Robison’s wedding dress, worn in 1886 in Washington County Iowa, has remained a talking point as a great granddaughter modeled it at a Moline function. The gown’s history includes three children and many descendants across Iowa and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline Dispatch
Dwight Robison
Washington
Mabel Robison
Moline
Mary DeCoster
Dispatch
Quad - Cities
Washington County
Donald Caisley
Mada Hicks
John Hicks
Iowa
Charles V. Robison
Patterson
Methodist
Brighton
James Robison
Jefferson County
Robison
Wayne
Floyd
Charles V
Mada Robison
Donald
Marjorie Robison Hagans
Dwight
Charles C. Robison
Rosalie Robison Corpman
Ain
Miss Robison
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events
A busy week of square dancing picnics meetings and club gatherings is listed. Dances at Ainsworth school gym Saddle Club Trailride and Monday night out at Kalona plus Founders Day dinners and circle meetings at Immanuel Lutheran. Community members like Bob Yerington and Merle Warners are noted along with anniversary and industry event mentions.
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Daturaay
Ainsworth School
Bob Yerington
Kalonial Inn
First Worthy High Priestess Club
Rolland Kammeter
Kalona
Roger Chapman
Don Batterson
Verle Gallagher
Senior Center Plans Annual Festival Review And Trips
Grace Kerr reports on a morning evaluation by the large committee that organized the Spring Festival. They discuss continuing support, the theme Action Now, and quotes from national leaders on aging. Reservations remain for a Tuesday boat trip and trips hosted by Rent Feeds, with calls to the Center to join.
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Grace Kerr
Pefferman Attends Atlanta Workshop on Reading Skill Program
Marguerite Pefferman, reading consultant for Washington Community Schools, returned from a May 31 to June 2 workshop in Atlanta. The conference trained staff for the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development, a plan to guide skill centered elementary reading instruction and to assess and track each pupil’s progress. Mrs. Pefferman can now conduct in service sessions for local staff implementing the program. Ida Ringgenberg, age 95, is noted as one of Lytton's two oldest residents.
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Marguerite Pefferman
Washington
Atlanta
Georgia
Wisconsin Design For
Madison
Wisconsin
Pefferman
Marriages of the week in multiple Iowa ceremonies
A sequence of local wedding reports items show June weekend unions across Washington Keota Centerville and Sigourney. Couples include Kathy Wells and Mark Walley at a garden home ceremony in Washington, and Jo Ellen Dodder with Richard Greiner at St James Church. Other ceremonies feature Lena Simpson with Jerry Harbison, Joyce Bayliss with Vernon Cherne, Susan Duncan with Douglas Hayes, Susan Huston with Randal Garman, and Kristie Dill with John Linnenkamp among others.
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Kathy Wells
Mark Walley
Donald B. Wells
Route 2
Washington
Robert Hopkins
Church of Christ
Rock Island
Mr. Walby
Lester Walby
Winona
Phyllis A. Tindal
John F. Greiner
Keota
Ss. Peter and Paul
Harper
Leonard Tindal
Mr. Greiner
Everett Greiner
St. James Catholic Church
Jo Ellen Dodder
Richard Harold Greiner
Edward F. Collins
St. James Church
Robert Dodder
Council Bluffs
Daryl H. Dodder
Wilford L. Greiner
Lena Suzanne Simpson
Centerville
Jerry Ray Harbison
Brighton
Drake Avenue Christian Church
Gary Mayes
Elda Simpson
Carl Harbison
Joyce Ellen Bayliss
Guttenberg
Leonard Bayliss
Vernon Lee Cherne
Albert Cherne
St. Mary's Church At
Robert Leiting
Susan Duncan
Columbus Junction
Susan Unity Huston
Thomas Hal Huston
Randal Earle Garman
Greeley
Colo
Doris Garman
Denver
Lyle Garman
Lakewood
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Kristie Jo Dill
Sigourney
Robert Dill
Lake Havasu City
Ariz
John J. Linnenkamp
Keith Linnenkamp
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Francis E Lollich
Graduation year echoes through Hatteberg family
Mrs. Vern Hatteberg earned a BA from Buena Vista College while her children pursue degrees. Jane is set to graduate from Colorado State University, Roger will complete a Master’s at the University of Iowa in July, Randy finishes high school at Fonda Community, and Jeri completes the 8th grade at FCS.
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Nho
Vern Hatteberg
Buena Vista College
Jane
Colo. State University
Roger
University of Iowa
Randy
Fonda Community
Jeri
FCS
Anoka Couple Announces August Engagement
Mrs. Julian J. Schmidt of Anoka Minnesota and David Dixson Gregory of Washington announce the engagement of Elizabeth Claire Schmidt to David Dixson Gregory. Both are Luther College students in Decorah. Elizabeth is Anoka High School 1969 graduate and Luther senior majoring in elementary education and art. David is Washington High School 1969 graduate and Luther senior in pre medicine.
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Julian J. Schmidt
Anoka
Minn
Elizabeth Claire
David Dixson Gregory
David W. Gregory
Washington
Miss Schmidt
Mr. Gregory
Luther College
Decorah
Anoka High School
Luther
Washington High School
Local Doctor Joined International Order of St Lazarus
Mrs. L F Harding reports her son Dr W LeRoy Riley of Los Angeles has been initiated into the International Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem in recognition of his professional religious and charitable work in the area. The order, a chivalric group founded in Malta in 1120, selects its members carefully.
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L. F. Harding
W. LeRoy Riley
Los Angeles
Calif
Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
Malta
Local Ad Notices Incomplete Detected In Forked Copy
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a local advertising notice in Iowa City area with a mention of a $1 per year rate and a person named Robert Shaffer. The readable text is scrambled and does not provide clear actions or outcomes. More legible source needed for a proper card.
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Progress Lighting
Colection Progress
Sitler's
House OF Lights
West Third St
Saddle Club
Merle Warners
Immanuel Lutheran Women Evening Circle
David Kuntz
YWCA
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Clarence Brown
Robert Pope
Marlin Shalla
Ben Turner
Maggie Roth
Immanuel Lutheran Women
Dale Scheibe
John Witthoft
Just Us Club
Bill Ashmore
Rochester
N.Y
M. Cuddy
Cuddys
Rob McFarlane
The
McFarlane Insurance Agency
Des Moines
Employers Mutual Companies
Towa
White House
Phillip V. Sanchez
Economic Opportunity
Oder
Congress of the United States
Workshop
Ida Ringgenberg
Lytton
Katherine Ann Dora Durso
Port Arthur
Texas
James Patrick Crawford
Houston
Catherine Durso
T. J
Tony) Durso
Omer Crawford
Osincup
CRULL
Lee
Agency
DIAL
Johnny
Wolf's Flower Shop
Carma Lou's House OF Music Inc
Cedar Rapids
Carma Lou
South 7Th
Marion
Washington Evening Journal
Washington Lowe
North Marion Ave
Baal
Eite
Robert Shaffer
Saturdy
Byes and
Howes Secure Company
Nest Howe's Mortgage Co ‘Permerls Amer Morton Hyne's& Howes Irearance Course
Securities Investing Corp
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