Keota club tours Iowa City on corneal center visit and Capitol tour
The Fortnightly Club met at Mrs. Florence Bekker’s home with twelve members before touring Iowa City. They visited the corneal transplant center at University Hospitals, saw the renovated Old State Capitol dating to 1840, had lunch at Applegate's Landing, and toured the Art Gallery. Prizes were awarded at the Pepper Club and many local members attended social events and visits through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Applegate's Landing
Art
Cletus Reed
Washington
Pepper Club
Leon Vogel
Dolores Weber
Jack Hamilton
Helen Funston Benson
Walter Bower
Arvada
Cole
Howard Gammon
Houston
Rena Peiffer
Luella Peiffer
Leona Peiffer
Irene Grisham
Clara Kafka
Elmer Peiffer
Walter Sieren
Mercy Hospital
Hi Lo
Bernice Dill
Richland Commercial Club Holds Quiet Meeting
The final Richland Commercial Club gathering was held Thursday night with little action. Surveys were filled for the Community Betterment Council. No date set for the Free Watermelon Appreciation Day awaiting melon ripeness. Slides of town merchants were shown by Andy George. No official club participation in the Lions Club July 4 barbeque and tractor pull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Richland Commercial Club
Community Betterment Council
Andy George
Lions Club
Bridal Showers in Richland Honor Spanier Bride-to-Be
Bridal showers were held Saturday in Richland for Charlotte Spanier daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Spanier bride to be of Bill Carrick son of Mr and Mrs Carrick of Keswick. Guests included mothers Phyllis Spanier and Holly Carrick. Tea and refreshments accompanied songs and readings. Wedding planned for Wednesday June 29. Ten Richland Friends Church women celebrated Mrs Kathryn Jones turning 89 with a lunch and party at the Stever House and church later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Charlotte Spanier
Kenneth Spanier
Bill Carrick
Carrick
Keswick
Kevin Hinshaw
Phyllis Spanier
Holly Carrick
Donna Hinshaw
Jeannie
Dixie
Cindy
Rosie Spanier
Winifred Emonin
Lorraine Emonin
Eva Campbell
Mary Vail
Terese
Lori Palm
Helen Harbison
Sharon Koch
Irene Winfrey
Mary Fleig
Caroline Danielson
Debbie Hadley
Jeannie Hinshaw
Dixie Hinshaw
Richland Friends Church
Kathryn Jones
Stever
Fairfield
Friends Church
Mover notices and birth in Richland Fairfield area
Mrs Hattie Kracaw moves from Richland to Fairfield to be near daughter Mrs Virginia Baumgartner. Warren Stephenson helps aunt Mrs Henry Blunk move to Fairfield. Mrs Kathleen Morgan relocates to a new trailer east of Richland Public Library. A son born June 5 to Dennis and Rheta Eastman of Ollie at Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield James Franklin weighed 9 lbs 9 oz. Grandparents Wayne Parson Richland. Great grandparents Russell Parsons Richland and Frank Lock rural Packwood. Maude Brown dies in Modesto retirement home burial in Fruita. Rabbit meat consumption rises to 400 million pounds annually per American Rabbit Breeders Association.
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Richland
Hattie Kracaw
Fairfield
Virginia Baumgartner
Warren Stephenson
Henry Blunk
Blunk
Kathleen Morgan
Richland Public Library
Dennis and
Rheta Eastman
Ollie
Jefferson County Hospital
James Franklin
Wayne Parson
Russell Parsons
Frank Lock
Packwood
Platte Singleton
Maude Brown
Modesta
Calif
Fruita
Colo
Keota Fortnightly meets in Stoutner home draws sixteen members
Keota Fortnightly Club met Monday evening in the home of Mrs. Annetta Stoutner with sixteen members and one honorary member present. President Mrs. Madelyn Shafer led the meeting and discussed plans for a July Iowa City tour, parade participation, and summer clean up duties. Refreshments followed, and the group scheduled a September 12 meeting at Mrs. Rachel Powell’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert Keota
Annetta Stoutner
Ruby Helscher
Madelyn Shafer
Gladys Chase
Iowa City
Florence Bekker
Rachel Powell
Mary Statler
Wellman
Bacon
Anetta Stoutner
Grace Parke
Keokuk County Hospital
Myrna Latham
Nancy
Conway
Ark
Kevin Luers
Iowa Methodist Conference
Homestead Tax Credit Deadline and Veteran Exemption Notice
Homeowners must file with the County Assessor by July 1 to secure the Homestead Tax Credit for Taxes Payable 1978 79. Move since July 1 1976 require a new description. Contract purchasers and eligible veterans must file annually by July 1 for Military Tax Exemption. Lund, Assessor, Washington County.
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Washington County Recorder’s
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Keota Club
Ralph Sonday
Beth Holmes
Nadine Osweiler
Ruth Ginkens
Osweiler
Evelyn McCallister
Erland Sieren
Herschel Kiel
Jennifer
DeRidder
Vickie Sieren
Jason Altenhofen
Gwendolyn Luers
Joan Henninger
Lake Wapello
Charles Luers
Herscel Keel
Erland
76 Community Club
Kathryn Romine
Dora Tinnes
Irene Baughman
Margaret Bower
Mary Lee Trier
Craig Reinhart
Edythe Funston Benson
Colorado
Capper
Ginkens
Shawn Powell
Lewis J. Powell
Paul Long
Clarence Aller
Amana
Dick Stout
Iowa
Radio
Ln Ela
Elea
North Side Sq
Commercial Club
Mrs. Kracaw
The
American Rabbit Breeders Association
SONY
Washington Evening Journal
Wash
Keota
Stoutner
Des Moines
Marie Hahn
Clara Vincent
Grace Miller
June Miller
Orpha Draheim
Pauline Romine
Leona Neal
Bill Neal
Dean Harras
Sigourney
Catherine Merz
H. Ernest Lund
Washington County
Yo! Sportshop
Montgomery
Sieg By
Aaa
Pye Lad
Rer Tel Plas Lear
Sue
N. Marion
Montooanery
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