Local news briefs and personal notes from Iowa and beyond
Jim Wood underwent back surgery today in Mercy Hospital Iowa City and is in room. Mr and Mrs Gene Jonas of 738 South Third have moved to St Louis Missouri where he will work in personel for Boy Scouts. They have wed in Washington the past year. Mrs Vernon Elgin and sons Mark and Paul visited last week in Eskridge Kansas with her father Ralph Curry. Mrs Elgin and Paul returned Monday but Mark stayed for a longer visit. Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire.
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Jim Wood
Mercy Hospit
Iowa City
Gene Johans
South Third
St. Louis
Personel
Boy Scouts
Washington
Vernon Elgin and Sons
Mark and
Paul
Eskridge
Kan
Ralph Curry
Noah Wagner 80 Dies at Junction Fredonia
Noah Howard Wagner, 80, of Fredonia, died Tuesday at Restopia in Columbus Junction. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Stacy Lewis Funeral Home with Rev. James Epps officiating. Burial in Fredonia Cemetery. Born March 3, 1889, north of Fredonia, son of Charles and Laeuna Wagner. Never married. Survived by brothers Bart of Columbus Junction and Ben of Thomson, Illinois, and sister Mrs. Erna Miller of Sigourney.
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Fredonia
Noah Howard Wagner
Restopia
Columbus Junction
Stacy Lewis
James Epps
Baptist Chapel
Mr. Wagner
Louisa County
Charles
Laeuna Mickey Wagner
Bart Wagner
Ben Wagner
Thomson, Illinois
Erna Miller
Sigourney
Swartzendruber Completes Basic Training At Lackland AFB
Airman Billy J. Swartzendruber son of Mr and Mrs Gail L Swartzendruber of Kalona Iowa has completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas. He is assigned to Sheppard AFB Texas for aircraft maintenance training following his graduation from Wellman Iowa.
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San Antonio
Billy J. Swartzendruber
Gail L. Swartzendruber
First 206
Kalona
Iowa
Lackland Afb
Tex
Sheppard Afb
Swartzendruber
Wellman
Local NFO Members Hear More Reports
The Washington County NFO held its June meeting and heard reports from several executive officers. Grain contracts are completed and new ones activated. new avenues have opened for members to market production together. The county grain board will be elected at the July meeting. George Crowther, formerly of Tulelake California and now living in Palmer Alaska, grows certified seed potatoes and recently joined NFO after a Pacific Northwest visit.
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Washington County
NFO
George Crowther
Tulelake
Calif
Palmer
Alaska
Pacific Northwest
Swan Family Visits for Wedding and Disneyland
Mr and Mrs Merwin Swan from Minneapolis visited from Saturday to Monday with their son and his family the James Gorhams. They attended the Landis McBee wedding in Monticello on Saturday. Marion Swan and two granddaughters Pamela and Patricia Gorham are vacationing in California and plan to visit Disneyland.
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Merwin Swanson
Minneapolis
Marion Swanson
Pamela
Patricia Gorham
California
Disneyland
Baptist circles work on project
The First Baptist Church two evening circles, The Doors and the Maids of Action, met with 16 members. They cleaned a ill home to help a family move in, then held a business session electing new officers and announcing the Ames Ladies Conference for June 26 27. The next gathering will be a church lawn ice cream social to raise funds for an Indian orphanage.
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First Baptist Church
The
Doors
Maids of Action
Stan Bauer
Richard Peterson
Mark Escher
Charles Johnson
White Cross
Gaylen Bickford
Richard Chorpening
Eugene Zieglowsky
Harold Kline
Ames
Franklin Cubs 4-H Month Tour and Meet at Leader’s Home
The Franklin Cubs 4-H club conducted a June monthly meeting tour to view members projects. Members then gathered at Marion Timmins home for refreshments with special guest Agnes Nakayenga, an Africa exchange student who spoke about Uganda.
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Franklin Cubs 4 - H Club
Marion Timmins
Agnes Nakayenga
Africa
Ugandi
Retired merchant Swartzendruber dies in Wellman
Herman Guy Swartzendruber, 73, of Wellman died Tuesday night after an eight month illness. A retired businessman, he owned Herman's Feed and Grain in Wellman for thirty years. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. at Wellman Mennonite Church. Burial in Wellman cemetery. He was born June 14, 1895 in Thurman Colorado. Survived by his wife Esther and six children, 20 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, one brother and one sister.
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Wellman
Herman Guy Swartzendruber
Herman's Feed and Grain
Wellman Mennonite Church
Ron Kennel
Wellman Cemetery
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. Swartzendrouber
1895
Thurman, Colo
Peter and
Emma Yordy Swartzendruber
Rural Pacific Grade School
Hesston High School
Hesston
Kan
Robert
Rachal) Fisher
Scottsdale
Wallace
Willard
Hong Kong
China
Leo
Glenwood Sipings
Colo
Donald
Washington
Glen
Geneva) Stoltzfus
Cuyahoga Falls
John Y. Swartzendruber
Kalona
Magdalena Swartzendruber
Lewis
Miss Fran Geyer Honored as Advance Ross Pulitzer Recipient
Miss Fran Geyer, editor of the Ross Star, received the Advance Ross Pulitzer Prize at a Shamrock Inn recognition dinner in Ainsworth Iowa. The award included a copy of The Humor Gazette and praised the Star staff for twelve months of quality newspaper work.
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Fran Geyer
Advance Ross
Ross Star
Advance Ross Corporation
Shamrock Inn
Ainsworth
Iowa
Miss Geyer
Quality Con
Rev. Livingston Jr Graduates with Honors at Trinity Divinity School
Mr and Mrs Dave Livingston attended graduation exercises at Trinity Divinity School Deerfield Ill last Friday where their son the Rev David Livingston Jr received his MA degree with honors He is assistant pastor of Huntington Valley United Presbyterian Church Huntington Valley Pa and lives with his family in Willow Grove Pa
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Dave Livingston
Trinity Divinity School
Deerfield
Ill
David Livy
Ingston Jr
Livy
Ingston
Huntington Valley
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Evening Journal
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Wolf's Flower Shop
Little Nashville
Fair Grounds Community
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Towa
Tri-State
J. C
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Speed Queen
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Mago
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Franklin Cubs
Esther Rodgers
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Trol
Carolyn Gardner
Marilyn Andeway
Hazel Christner
Marilyn Dennis
Beulah Dusek
Betty Genck
Mary Malloy
Ann Miller
Arlene Sanger
Ruth Smith
Doris Sojka
Helen Foix
Peggy White
Beulah Trenary
Lillian Waltman
H. W. Walls
Crow Corporation
Oskaloosa
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