Father Daughter Art Exhibit Held at Raymond Coon Home
A small round grove town feature reports a father daughter art exhibit at the Raymond Coon home. Raymond and Joann arranged portraits, local scenes, pen and ink, and watercolors in the living room attracting neighbors. The event coincided with community activities including an Independent Womens breakfast in Mt. Pleasant and a visit from the Oren Carr family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Grove
Raymond Coon
Raymond
Joann
Coon
Oren Carr
John and
Coons
Henry Mineart Undergoes Major Surgery at Washington County Hospital
Henry Mineart a longtime Brighton farmer underwent major surgery Tuesday at Washington County Hospital. The report notes local community activity including a temperance poster contest winners at Packwood elementary School and staff changes at Pekin School.
Grae Hill Ladies Aid Plans July Ice Cream Event
Seven members met at the Community Building for quilting and a business session led by secretary Mrs. Paul Hazelett due to the absence of officers. Mrs. Arthur Peters led devotions and Rev. Peters joined for refreshments as plans were approved for an ice cream social with youth fellowship on July 12 and a joint ice cream freezing and kitchen cleaning at the July 19 meeting.
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Grae Hill
Yeggys Mark 43rd Anniversary in Riverside
Mr and Mrs J L Yeggy celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary with relatives at the home of their son Alvin Yeggy and family. Other guests included the Yeggy family at Fremont 5 and Mr and Mrs Robert White and family of Iowa City. Lieut Kenneth Silberstein and Wilfred of Paullina visited at cousin Charles Ebel’s home. Ebel and his wife will sail to France aboard the S S France on June 13 after visiting New York and Italy this summer.
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Riverside
J. L. Yeggy
Alvin Yeggy
Yeggy
Fremont
Robert White
Iowa City
Kenneth Silberstein
Wilfred
Paullina
Charles Ebel
Silberstein
New York
Henry Colman
Ebels
Europe
Ebel
S. S. France
France
Italy
Glen Miller
Solon
Jim Luckey
Ge Luckey
Roy Wood
Joe Wood
Michael
Nancy
Ainsworth
Bob Stewart
Trinity Methodist Church
Mrs Schreiner Hospital Patient in Fairfield
RICHLAND June 7 Mrs Jack Schreiner of Ollie is a medical patient at Fairfield Hospital. Vern Reinier of Ollie was dismissed Tuesday from that hospital. Mrs Bertha Shelly Mrs Joe McCullough of Sacramento Calif and Mr and Mrs Millard Shelly also of Sacramento spent several days visiting Wes and Bill Gellam en route to visit other relatives in Texas. Debbie Brostrom of Waverly is spending this week with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank Andrews Jr and Mrs Clyde Kessell are the parents of a son Chris Allen born June 1 at the Fairfield Hospital. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Walter Weber and Mr and Mrs Leonard Kessel Mr and Mrs Bob Hutton of Phoenix Ariz have arrived home and expect to establish their home in Ollie following his discharge from the Army Mr and Mrs Carl Lehr attended graduation services at Falls College South Dakota their daughter Ellen Joyce who will visit at home a few days before entering summer school Illinois Roll and Lee McCreedy and employees left this week for the Kansas wheat fields to do combining. Mrs Martha Lehr of Normal NL is visiting the Rev and Mrs David Lehr home in Packwood.
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Richland
Jack Schreiner
Ollie
Fairfield Hospital
Vernon Reinier
Bertha Shelly
Joe McCullough
Sacraments
Calif
Millard Shelly
Sacramento
Wes
Bill Gellam
Texas
Debbie Brostrom
Waverly
Frank Andrews
Clyde Kessell
Chris Allen
Walter Weber
Leonard Kessel
Bob Hutton
Phoenix
Arizona
Carl Herr
Falls College
South Dakota
Ellen Joyce
Ilinois
Roll
Lee McCreedy
Kansas Wheat Fields
Martha Lehr
Normal
David Lehr
Packwood
Wellman
Herman Swartzendruber
Robert Fisher
Rachel
Scottsdale
Penn
Wallace Swartzendruber
Willard Swartzendruber
Seattle
Washington
Leo Swartzendruber
Glenwood
Cole
Dallas
E.C. Jones
Ed Wilson
Glenn Williams Ray and
Bardy
Fairfield
Judy Nihart
Rodger Wyse
Gordon Miller
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
John Kinsinger
Mercy Hospital
Duane Tadlock
Roger Wyse
Willard Conrad
Charles Fredrick
Bayport
Mich
LJ. Kehoe
Davenport
Joseph Jr. Kehoe
Notre Dame
Ralph Snavely
Josie Yoder
Iowa City
Kehoe
Pleasant Plain
Harry Huber
Blanche Romine
Dear Abby Moves and Moral Dilemmas Amid Family Tensions
Aunt Abby addresses a string of distressing requests from readers. A sister’s unwed pregnancy tests marriage, class, and town judgment. A couple disagreement over whether to invite a fiancé to ask parents for permission. A workplace harassment concern prompts a blunt exit solution.
Slaughter Curtis wedding held at St Marys Lone Tree
The June 11 ceremony at St Marys Church Lone Tree united Judy Slaughter and Danny Curtis. Attendees included Mary Colbert and many Colbert family members and local relatives. a weekend visit by Margaret Payre of Washington. post wedding gatherings with the Cole and Gerot families. American Legion Auxiliary Usit 257 reported poppy sale totals of 30 dollars for the year.
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Luckey Riverside
Slaughter-Curtis
St. Mary's Church
Lone Tree
Mary Colbert
Richard Colbert
Betty Watkinson
Carroll Sleichter
Walter Watkinson
Robert Colbert
Francis Colbert
University Hospital
Jerry Higgins
Dodge
Gene Cole
Family
American Legion Auxiliary
Usit
Swartzendruber Family Reunion Report Near Wellman
Wellman residents recount a large family gathering spanning Saturday and Sunday with numerous Swartzendruber relatives from across the country. Attendees include Robert Fisher and family from Scottsdale Penn and multiple generations visiting from Seattle Glenwood Goshen Worland and Dallas. Local events feature graduations at Mt Pleasant and Iowa Wesleyan College, hospital updates, and weekend social visits.
Recent Visitors In Carroll Morgan Home
Carroll Morgan home guests include Mrs Gleda Hutchinson of St James Minnesota and Mrs Lelia Lorenzen of Waterloo. Floyd Mills of San Francisco visits his sister Mrs Ora Paxson in Fairfield Hospital while others tour the Willard Brown Home in Carroll. Betty Joyce Hedlund engaged to William E Klatt of Ottumwa with Betty a 1960 Packwood HS graduate and nursing student. Klatt a 1962 Iowa State graduate now dairy farming with his father.
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Yeu Freire Richland
Lee Gregory I
Daniel Elmore
Fairfield Hospital
Carrell Morgan
Gleda Hutchinson
St. James
Winnipeg
Canada
Lelia Lorenzen
Waterloo
Coleman Bragg
Packwood
Floyd Mills
San Francisco
Ora Paxson
John Baumgartner
Indianapolis
Ind
Harold Hedlund
Betty Joyce
Wiliam E. Klatt
Edward Klatt
Ottumwa
Betty
Packwood HS
St. Josephs School of Nursing
Iowa State University
Ames
Ruth Ann Beatty Is Shower Honoree
Keota June 12 A bridal shower honored Miss Ruth Ann Beatty with lavender and white decorations. Miss Beatty, to wed Keith Tindell of Mt Pleas ant, on June 18 at Wesley Methodist Church, received gifts and enjoyed games and refreshments.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Ruth Ann Beatty
Willard Bell
Terry Patterson
Robert Amlong
Joan Beatty
Miss Beatty
Keith Tindell
Mt. Pleasant
Wesley Methodist Church
Keota
Pete Greece
Sigourney
Walter Knetsch
Muscatine
Margaret Ruby
Ruby
Mellie Swailes
Cornville
Bob Shay
Towa City
Raymond Tygart
Phoenix
Arizona
Duane Crawford
Omar Crawford
Hawaii
Epperly Family and Friends Gather in Iowa City Events
Mr and Mrs Jean Epperly and children visited Iowa City Sunday with the Low Weavers and others including Carl Walton Glorn Shultz Grace Wade and Howard Bower. Numerous local family visits occurred and Mass and Father’s Day were noted. Charles Vincent enrolled in summer school at the University of Iowa and Bob Vincent dined with Merle Sheets at Washington.
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Boyd Sanders Seota
Jean Epperly
Elmer Waller
Wellman Royal
Frank Vogel
Leo Vogel
Harper
Leo Vogels
Sigourney
Carl Vogel
Charles Vogel
Blairstown
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Art Guild
Columbus City
Salem Church
Sunset Park
Duane Barrick
Douglas Graf
Mike
Marty Miller
Lake Darling
Colton-Lord
Ainsworth Methodist
Merle Colton
Tmes
Don Colton
Muscatine General Hospital
Jean Colthurst
Linda Orris
Town City
Norma Cross
State University
Miss Cross
George Colthurst
Tommy
Wilson
Cleo Orris
Orris
Dale Schnoebelen
Brian Edward
Henry Mineart
Veto Presper Richland
Brighton
Washington County Hospital
Woolson WC. T. U
Packwood Elementary
Mary White
Dennis Lock
Robert Bradfield
Harry Belhards
Pekin Communit School
Kenneth Retman
Olin
Pekin School
Doty
AD. Hayes Elevator Co
Redman
Pekin
F.F A
Pekin High School
Louis Doty
Eunice White
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Dennis
By Hank Ketcham
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Yeggys
Mrs. Schreiner
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Absy
Ourne
Ably
Heust
Beverly, Hills, Calif
Ront
Farmers Farm Loans
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Washington, Iowa
Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
Dixie Dugan
Doe Beouele
By Meevoy and
Striebel
Sexe
Ter. Jomes
Swartzendrubers
Carroll Morgan
Guernsey
Kalona Sales Barn Inc
James Borclay
West Liberty
Iowa
Kalona, Lowe
Blondie
ARIES
Chic Young
Feri
BY Ernie Bushmiller
Lynn Mouser
Orlando
Florida
John Deimerly
Vic Vogel
Earl Cooley
Ottumwa Heights
Mark Weber
Gus Shultz
Jerry Vogel
Otumwa
Shultz
Howard Bower
Visi
Hammond, Ilinois
Bob Flynn
Leon
Cod, Mo
Minnie Stewart
Laura Smock
Hoebe Marble
Mary Callister
John Hammes
Cyril Osweiler
J.P. Gretter
Herbert Hulse
Ruby Helscher
Isaac Sprague
T.V. Beautyrama
Cedar Falls
Breck
Dean Enperly
Rhonda
Randy
Williamsburg
Galen Weaver
Laurilee
Dean
Galen
Lavernon Weaver
Larry
C. L. Jennings
New London, Iowa
Epperly
Chester A. Miller
KE Yoder
Kalona, Lowa
I Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
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