Pleasant Plain Alumni Banquet Highlights 1977 Event
The sixteenth Pleasant Plain Alumni banquet drew 117 attendees at the school gym on Saturday. Distinct classes honored included 1925 1926 1935 and 1936 with 69 alumni present and 1921 represented by Mrs Vera Kyle McMurray. Earl Baumert shared slides from Thailand and Cambodia as the next banquet schedules for June 1978 were announced.
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Pleasant Plain
Earl Baumert
Sigourney
Vera Kyle McMurray
Gertrude Hook Rubey
Mildred Chalupa Tucker
Dorothy Allen Eckles
Leonal Kurtz Kron
Dorothy Lynn
Paul Kurtz
Chalmers Hoskins
Annabelle Pohren
Raymond Kessel Jr
Norbert Chuck
Hubert Hoskins
Louise Cady Hoyle
Eugene Pacha
Historical Marker Honors Reagan Ancestor in McKeesport
A dedication ceremony in McKeesport Pennsylvania marked an ancestor of the Reagan family, Phillip Reagan, a sixth generation descendant gathering with seventh generation relatives. Sponsored by the McKeesport Chapter of Daughters of American Colonists and funded by Mrs. Della Fischer of White Oak, the event included Reagan descendants and noted ties to Winnie Reagan Kurtz of Brighton. The ceremony also commemorated the Whiskey Insurrection in Westmoreland County.
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McKeesport
Phillip Reagan
Daughters of American Colonists
Della Fischer
White Oak
Reagan
Scout brief Troop 242 on Turkey River journey
Forty scouts and scouters from Troop 242 at Stewart School sponsored by the Army Reserve traveled a 40 mile stretch of the Turkey River from Elgin to Garber. They canoed thirteen craft with rapids offering both excitement and hazards, overnighting at Elkader and exploring the old Motor mill along the route.
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Stewart School
Army Reserve
Turkey River
Elgin
Garber
Elkader
Motor
Mary Jane Welch to Wed James Andrew Lott in June
Miss Mary Jane Welch and James Andrew Lott both of Madeira Beach Fla will marry on June 20 The bride elect is the daughter of Mrs Dorothy Welch of Geneseo and John M Welch of Rock Island Ill and the granddaughter of Mrs Tillie Vondrasek of Washington Miss Welch graduated from J D Darnell High School Geneseo and works at Lane Bryant St Petersburg Her fiancé is a machinist at Oxford Industries St Petersburg and attends St Petersburg College
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Mary Jane Welch
James Andrew Lott
Madiera Beach
Fla
Dorothy Welch
Geneseo
John M. Welch
Rock Island, Ill
Tillie Vondrasek
Washington
Miss Welch
J. D. Darnell High School
Lane Bryant
St. Petersburg
Oxford Industries
St. Petersburg College
Meat Gifts For Father’s Day At Washington County Hospital
The Washington County Cowbelles and Porkettes will jointly donate meat on Father’s Day. The Porkettes provide a ham and the Cowbelles a beef roast equal in weight to the first baby born at Washington County Hospital on or after Father’s Day. The gifts will be presented to the new father.
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Washington County
Social Calendar Highlights From Tuesday to Friday
The week’s social calendar lists events across clubs and organizations. Activities include TT Tuesday at 7 p.m. Captain's Table, Tops Club weigh-in at 7 p.m., IOOF Lodge meetings, UPW Circles 8 and 9, Washington Squirts 7:30 p.m., a World War I noon potluck, and a Wednesday luncheon at the Country Club. Thursday features HJ and HH clubs, PEO Chapter 1, Goodwill Picnic, and Friday hosts Rebekah Lodge and Bethlehem Comanchery at key venues.
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Tops Club
IOOF
UPW
Sandy Dunlap
Wilma Bannister
Washington Squirts
Pack 242 Cubs Fished Swift Pond On Outing
Four nine year old cubs joined Pack 242 on a fishing trip to Swift pond. The group examined the pond and caught frogs under the leadership of Lou Pailliotet.
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Swift Pond
Lou Pailliotet
Guides Princesses Tour Conger House Event
The YMCA Indian Guides and Princesses will visit Conger House on June 19 with free admission for members and a 2 p.m program. Non members pay admission. Indian dancing will be part of the entertainment. Members must identify themselves at entry.
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YMCA
Indian Guides and Princesses
Conger House
Baby sitting class opens in Washington June sessions
The Washington County Extension Service offers a babysitting short course with three 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. sessions on June 16, 18, and 23 at the Iowa Southern Utilities Company basement in Washington. Participants should attend all sessions and bring 70 cents for the booklet, says Jean Hood Extension Home Economist.
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Washington County Extension Service
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Washington
The
Extension Service
Jean Hood Extension Home
Eager Beavers 4-H Club Holds Style Review
The June meeting at Joni and Teri Swift hosted the Eager Beavers 4-H Club style review. Junior winners Angie Wood and Dana Munn. junior alternate Rita Unternahrer. Intermediate winners Pam Letts and Carma Leichty. intermediate alternate Teri Gibson. Senior winners Joni Swift Carrie Mineart Teresa Munn. Judge Mrs. Robert Huber. committeewoman Mrs. Art Witthoft. Achievement show set for June 26.
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Eager Beavers
Hospital Admits and Discharges Snapshot
Admitted yesterday were Miss Barbara Gingerich of Kalona with medical care and Mrs. Clifford Eyestone of Washington for surgical treatment. Dismissed today were Emanuel Jasmann of Washington and Edward Brezina of Ainsworth.
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Barbara Gingerich
Kalona
Medical
Clifford Eyestone
Washington
Surgical
Emanuel Jasmann
Edward Brezina
Ainsworth
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Antioch Social Club
Maxine Peiffer
Dan Peiffer
Jean Peiffer
Ruby Thrapp
Iowa City
Tessa Coakley
Golden Age Club
YWCA
Mae Lamb
Marie Waldschmidt
Leslie Beenblossom
Roxie Laudermann
Christian Church
LeRoy Munyon
William
Wilma
Ladies Golf and Bridge Association
Noon — Country Club
Community Room
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Sunshine Community Club
Wilma Koehler
H.J
Rosemund Goodlander
H.H
Virginia Schnicker
H.E.O
Herb Campbell
P.E.O
Mary Whisler
Goodwill Club
Sunset Park
Rebekah Lodge
Bethlehem
Fiberglas
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
Cerys
Abong Wrangler Jeans
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