Susan Hershberger Fifth Birthday Observed In Kalona
Susan Hershberger daughter of Mr and Mrs Loran Hershberger celebrated her fifth birthday Friday June 7 with a party at the family home. Guests included Debbie Pantel Brian Gingerich Colette and Angela Swartzendru ber Joyce Christner Jimmy Bach man Jeffrey Resehly and Doug Christner with Kevin Shoemaker invited but unable to attend. Also noted Rebekah lodge met in the Odd Fellow hall with sixteen members present and plans announced for June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Susan
Loran Hershberger
Hershberger
Debbie Pantel
Brian Gingerich
Colette
Angela Swartzendruber
Joyce Christner
Jimmy Bachman
Jeffrey Resehly
Doug Christner
Kevin Shoemaker
Alona Rebekah Lodge
Harold Maxwell
Noble Grand
Roland Maxwell
Alva Niffenegger
Tom Russell
Gail Swartendruber
Bill Reece
Floyd Walker
Steve
Cheryl
Dubuque
Bernard Bartholows Visitors Sunday
Ames readers learn of a busy social week as Bernard Bartholow and Timmy visit Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bartholow while Betty Erwin returns from Central College to see her parents. Several local families host gatherings, trips to Fairfield Canton Moulton Sigourney and Pensacola noted with Memorial Day and commencements mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Olds Cedar
Bernard Bartholow
Timmy
Ames
Charles Bartholow
Betty Erwin
Central College
Dave Erwin
Philip Caldwell
Carolyn
Cathy
Earle Libe
Sands
Maurice Libe
G. C. Haskins
Fairfield
David Bella Jon
Peter B
Lance
Canton
Tilo
Lawrence Fluke
Lewis Kee Jer
Clifford Davis
Moulton
Iowa
Gertrude Doig
Stanley
Lynn Haney
Robert Haney
Moline
Beth
Carol Schintmelpfennig
Sigourney
Melvin Schnicker
Cedar Falls
John Schnicker
Professional Directory of Attorneys and Services
A historical directory lists attorneys including Louis J. Kehoe and Livingston Day & Bate with offices and phone numbers. Also notes Morrison firms, Owen, Stewart & Shearer, and a dentist Dale E Garrell with weekly hours, plus medical staff Dr P L Etter and optometrists John W Lemmon and Dr R Q Eastland with contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale E. Garrell
Journal Building
Local relatives, friends visit across Iowa and New York
Fifth Birthday relatives Blanche King Edna from New York join Anna Mae Miller at Reit Apartments Monday. Guests include TJ McKenzie Dubuque visiting with H Beck family. Beranek and Roghair families host weekend visits in Davenport Town City Wellman Kalona scenes. Dorothy Mast das Fannie Mast attend Des Moines NI B. Allan Allenspach from Reading visiting zoology dept at UIowa. Joyce Julie Arthur Gardner visit grandparents Barkley. Joanne Allan Gardner with Pewitt family. Wayne Gardner hospitalized in Iowa City Mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blanche King
Edna
Emma Moore
Iowa City
Anna Mae Miller
Reit Apartments
TJ. McKenzie
Dubuque
H. Beck
Ed Beranek
Donald Beranek
Davenport
Donald Roffman
Mason City
Loran Hershberger
Hershberger
Garry Roghair
Town City
George W. Fry
Chase Millice
Wellman
Joyce Pleeker
Jim Millice
Leonard Meyers
Allan Allenspach
Reading
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Dorothy Mast
Das Fannie Mast
Mid - Prairie High School
Des Moines
American Institute of Business
Hubert Beranek
Robert Beranek
Joyce
Julie
Arthur Gardner
Ivan Barkley
Joanne
Allan Gardner
Roy Pewitt
Kalona
Wayne. Gardner
Mercypital
Gary Adams Earns Degree From Coe College
Gary Adams received his BA degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids during commencement exercises on Sunday. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adams hosted a reception at the Gary Adams home afterward. Attending were Mrs. Novella Hess and Jim, Mrs. Bernard Hahn, Berna, Tommy and Dana, Jim Waterhouse, Myrtle Robertson, and Mrs. Pearl Cochran and Malcolm of Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Sanders Keota
Ed Yoder
Tacoma
Washington
Omar Yoder
Iowa City
Ella Green
Everette Green
Margaret Flander
Sara Stoutner
Connie de Wolfe
Richmond
Bill Hotchkiss
Nick Bermel
Marvin Miller
Lyle Palmer
Lake Odessa
Norbert Flanders
University of Iowa
Robert Adam
Son Y Adams
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Gary
Robert Adams
Gary Adams
Novella Hess
Jim
Bernard Hahn
Berna
Tommy
Dana
Jim Waterhouse
Myrtle Robertson
Pearl Cochran
Malcolm
Mt. Pleasant
Winstop Duzzit Good Year Tire Deal Preview
Snow tire ice scraper and anti freeze shop urges vacations. Get Shell X-100 oil and Shell gas to start your trip right. They promise quick checks and fast fixes before you go, toutting Goodyear tires as a cost effective pre trip upgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Hot Weather Brings Growth to Prairie Flower Community
Prairie Flower near June 10 reports hot weather spurring beans corn and weeds. Local residents Mrs Joy Carris Mrs William Glasburner visited Mrs Nina Smith. Ezra Smith returned from Burington after visiting her father Graham who had surgery. Prairie Flower Church notes Bible School large attendance and weekly Pines Rest Home singings led by local ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Carris
William Glasburner
Nina Smith
Ezra Smith
Burington
Graham
Ida Cavender
Pleasantview
Kalona
Alma Hearne Holland
Methodist
Pines Rest
Prairie Flower Singers
Charles Hawkins
Susan Knapp
Daryl Cave
Douglas Bleitz
Barbara Beranek
Arnie Leet
Robert Cave
Russell
Iowa
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Prairie Flower Church
Thewrence McNeill Company
Walter Smith
Texas
California
Frederick Smith
Vinton
Nancy
Freddie
Town City
Ohio
Masson
Washington
Jennie Hering
Latta
Hawkins
Hostetler to be ordained into Christian ministry
Darrell Hostetler of Kalona will be ordained at East Union Mennonite Church on Sunday June 16 at 2 30 pm. He has taught music and Bible at Towa Mennonite School for six years. The service will be led by Eugene Garber with Bishop A Lloyd Swartzenduber delivering the ordination message. The Hostetlers soon depart for Nigeria as general missionaries under the Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities with daughters Brenda and Anne. They will assist Edwin Weavers in Nigeria including preaching training of pastors and Bible school development. local friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Darrell Hostetler
Christian Ministry
East Union Mennonite Church
Hostetler
Towa Mennonite School
Eugene Garber
Kalona Mennonite
A. Lloyd Swartzenduber
Simon Gingerich
Hol Jeman Mennonite
Wakarusa
Indiana
General Mission Board
Herman Ropp
West Union
Edwin Weavers
Mennonite Church
Weavers
Nigeria
Friends of the Hostetlers
Martin Eicher Descendants Reunion Weeked at Sugar Creek
Noble report details the sixth annual Martin Eicher descendants reunion at Sugar Creek Fellowship Hall on Sunday June 9 with a noon basket dinner for sixty. Attendees include numerous Eicher, Widmer, Boshart, Wyse, Graber, and Conrad families. satellite notes mention town events, local visits, and a church class gathering. The piece also records a grass fire near Leon Iwanowski acreage and local social updates including hospital visits and a grocery shower for the Speas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis
David
Albert Bohn
Manson
Lillie Stauffer
Arthur Boshart
Joey
Ledru Hochstettler
Oletta Wyse
Milton Miller
Leonard Wyse
Max Wyse
Ellis Leichty
John Roth
Shipshewana
Ind
Ira
Ora
Dr. Graber
Elizabeth Wid
Marvin Widemer
Lester Graber
David Allen Graber
Mable Rinner
Parkview
Ken Goff
Noble
Leon Iwanowski
Iwanowskis
Royden Boshart
Kokomo
Harvey Hostettler
Bethehad
Jake Conrad
Henry Leichty
Elmer Roth
Elmer Earnest
Dale Diers
Ida Conrad
Herman Leichty
Ira’ Wenger
J.C. Wenger
Addie Leichty
Willard Leichty
Wm. Leichty
Noah Widmer
Wm. Conrad
Edna Widmer
Kathryn
Albert
Dan Roth Hosts On 25th Anniversary
Wayland June 12 Mr and Mrs Dan D Roth honored their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with relatives Friday June 7 at the Colony Inn Amana. A three tier cake and a ham chicken and steak meal accompanied entertainment by local quartet John Swartzendruber Cal Eichelberger Daniel Leiehty and Willard Sweitzer. Many gifts and cards were exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra Wittmer Wayland
Dan D. Roth
Colony Inn
Amana
John Swartzendruber
Cal Eichelberger
Daniel Leiehty
Willard Sweitzer
Sam Flder
Zehr
Wayland
Alvin Graber
Washington
William Alston
Jean Roth
Iowa City
Robert Gruff
Gerard Courworst
Davenport
Wm. L. Roth
Aurora
Neb
Fannie Zehr
E Saltzman
Ruth Alson
Rock Island
Wm. Alson
Hawaii
Mellinger Property Sold at Richland Auction
The late Frances Mellinger property sold Saturday at auction to Karen Sells of What Cheer in Richland. The notice lists locals attending gatherings and family visits across Iowa, including Stockport and Cedar Rapids connections, with several weekend visits noted among relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Feltz
Chalmer Haskins
Davis
Ralph Shirkey
Johnny
Dale Shirkey
Marengo
Tom Sentman
Orlando
Fla
Richard Sentman
State Teachers College
Cedar
A.E. Downey
Clyde Bowden
Alamogordo
Toney
Carlisle
Glen Middlehauf
Robert Hulton
Yuma
Arizona
Cedar Rapids
New Sharon
Thornburg
Packwood
Ollie
Otto Carr
Centerville
Arthur Swanson
Ottumwa
Charley Williams
Lyle Keiser
Daven Port
Russell Durr
Dinner and bridge highlight Keota club meeting
Chat A While Club dined at Winga's Cafe in Washing ton with Mrs. Alvie Bohrofen and Mrs. Kermit Jones and later visited Mrs. Howard Hess for bridge prizes awarded to Mrs. Frank Flander and Mrs. Howard Stoutner with Mrs. Bohrofen taking best prize. Earlier Ridiculous Day activities hosted by Mrs. Charles Grisham. business meeting led by Ether Aller. Next salad luncheon set for July 3 at Mrs. Anne Fish home. Seventy Six Center Community Club to meet June 13 at nine o'clock breakfast. Friendly Fayette 44 Club met at Joyce and Rosemary Bayliss home. guests included Mrs. Clark and Ruth Denny. Rallying, convention, and workshop reports discussed. demo on good breast and slides on table settings presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hess
Frank Flander
Howard Stoutner
Joyce
Rosemary
Mrs. Clark
Keota Youths To Get Army Leave
Keota report notes Denny Mill Freddie Gent Ron Tinnes and Tom Redlinger expected home on leave June 21 from Ft Leonard Wood Missouri where they are in basic training. Nearby families and residents shared Sunday visits and family gatherings. Mercy Hospital Iowa City treated James Greiner after eye surgery and he returned home. Local social notes include birthday honors for Mr Turner and visits by neighbors from Ottumwa Ainsworth Columbus Junction and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Sanders Keota
Denny Mill
Freddie Gent
Ron Tinnes
Tom Redlinger
Ft. Leonard Wood
Missouri
Willard Norris
Merlyn Detweiler
Norris
Town City
Lavernon Weaver
Ottumwa
Ralph Hickson
Ainsworth
Leonard Hickson
Columbus Junction
John E. Henry James Greiner
Kein
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Harry Or
Washington
Bill Walker
Turner
Tom Walker
Eldon Bergstrom
Erma Boyer
Dana Anderson
Kansas
Lyle Palmer
Wayland Baby News and Family Notices Highlight Local Births
Joey Lee Riches, seventh pound baby born Tuesday June 4 in Wayland to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rich, joins siblings. Maternal grandfather and great grandparents listed. Mildred Hill is mother’s maiden name. Other local families record births and visits, with relatives described across Wayland and Birmingham connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Joey Lee
Robert Rich
Joey
Rich
Mildred Hill
Lester Hill
Velma Messer
Bertha Hill
Mt. Pleasant
Noma Rich
Births and local notes from Riverside and surrounding areas
Mrs Edna Muller announces the birth of Ronald James on June 4 to her son and wife Mr and Mrs Robert Muller of Glen Ellen California. The baby weighed six pounds four ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr A H Bruch of Glen Ellen. John Dutler ten months old underwent adenoidectomy at Mercy Hospital and was to return home the same day. Junior Kinney of Laroy Iowa and family stayed with Ai Yordes en route to University Hospital. Walter Yeggy family left for Fremont California after a visit with J L Yeggy relatives in Iowa City. Larry Gerot part of over six hundred high school seniors awarded Indiana University scholarships for fall term. Miller awarded a National Defense Scholarship. Wyse admitted as medical patient at Henry County Hospital June 11. Wayland center honor roll lists several students with high marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Halub
Estella ‘Thurman
Ethan Brooks
Everette Manson
Jake Richenburger
Glen Richenburger
Max Richenburger
Birmingham
Kenneth Miller
Wayland
Duane Larry
Mercy Hospital
Carl Hovel
Oscar Gerot
Henry Kron
Harold Cress
Dorothy Simmons
Chicago
Fitzsimmons
Blanche d’Autremont
Laroy
University Hospital
Walter Yeggy
Fremont
Calif
J. L. Yeggy
Iowa City
Larry Gerot
Indiana University
Californians End Their Stay in Keota
Keota residents note visitors from California and Illinois during Memorial Day weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hofer and Nancy of Mi burn visited Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Richardson. Leroy Richardson and family traveled home to California May 31 after visiting local relatives. The Thompson brothers of Cedar Rapids and Quincy IL dropped by Memorial Day to greet the Richardson and Fisher households. Amy Williams spent the weekend with Ferrol Long’s family in Richland and attended a Diane Davidson shower before returning home with sisters Mae Miller and Deley Faris. Mrs. Williams and companions later joined friends at Lake Odessa for a weekend outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Harvey Hofer
Nancy
Miburn
Glen Richardson
Leroy Richardson
California
Raymond ‘Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd ‘Thompson
Quincy IL
Walter Fisher
Also Mentioned on This Page
Susan Hershberger
Bernard Bartholows
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day & Bate
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
George F. Morrison
Lord Morrison
Ira Morrison
South
Marion Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
John W. Lemmon
D. D
Logan Jewelry
R. Q. Eastland
Journal
Coe
Winstop Duzzit
Wunstop Duzzit
Em Gilmere's ‘Smell Shell Service
Prairie Flower
Wayne E. Schichtl
E. Main Dial
State Farm Tute Insurance Company
Bloomington, Inc
Martin Eicher
Sugar Creek
Monson
John Stamper
Burlington
Marvin Widmer
Marjorie Shockly
Kenneth Goff
Shockly
Edith Roth
Otto Frey
Vernon
Ezra Wittmer
Eleanor Sizemore
Mt Pleasant
Mr. Goff
F.A. van der Smissen
Eicher Mennonite
R.L. Hartzler
Henry
Ralph Speas
Staron Hall
Dan Roth
C. M. Hayes Insurance Agency
Aliber & Co
Mellinger
Richland
Alvie Bohrofen
Kermit Jones
Winga’s Cafe
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Ford
Riverside
Valiant
Regu
Chrysler ‘Motors Corporation
Plymouth Town & Country
3Rd St
Washi
Joey Lee New Son
Robert Riches
Robert Mullers
Donovan J. Allen
Miller
National Defense
Wyse
Henry County Hospital
Wayland Center
Keith Rose
Rodney Boshart
Kenny Brimhall
Terry Keith
Sandra Payne
Cheryl Peterson
Jean Widmer
Dean Beese
Tinon Davison
Sandra Gerig
Pattie
Sim's Grocery
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