Fifty Years of Service at ASPCA Marked by Heroic Animal Rescues
William L. Ryan, honored for half a century with the ASPCA, recalls daring rescues from fires and dangerous enclosures. His career began in 1912 as a horse ambulance driver and included saving horses, capturing a rogue lion, and inventing humane in tools. Ryan’s devotion to animals defined a life spent facing peril with imagination and grit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
William L. Ryan
Ryan
American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
ASPCA
Manhattan
Charles St
Queensboro Bridge
East River
Humane Society
Woman's Society Meets at Wellman
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met in Wellman at the Methodist Church with 23 members and one guest. Reports were given as the final meeting of the year. New officers begin September 6. Other items note hospitalizations illnesses and local events including a June 16 wedding plan for Myrna Jean Stock to Keith Flrey Taylor and a birth of Jane Rene Kempf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Womans Society of Christian Service
Leo Gislain
Glen Huntsberger
Grace Heiserman
Martha Mayer
Elizabeth Henn
Mabel Huber
Frank Wade
Shenk
O. Maple
Washington
Mae Martin
The
Legion Auxiliary
William M. Stock
Myrna Jean
Keith Flrey Taylor
Millersburg
Stock
Trinity Lutheran Church
St John’s Lutheran Church
Marengo
Christian Church At
Kinross
Beltz
Herman Rice
Baptist Church
Jay Kempf
Iowa City
Jane Rene
Wells Family On Trip to Missouri
Wells family travels to Branson Missouri to visit Mrs Wells parents Mr and Mrs Way ne Hartzell. Beth visits Cedar Rapids with aunt Lyle Godfrey. Bill Mitchell earns place in National Defense government sponsored Guidance and Counseling Institute at University of Iowa starting June 11 through August 4. 4 H winner Cindy Jones tops intermediate division in Better Groomed Girl Contest in Washington with red ribbons for Linda Spangler and Donna Stout and blue ribbon for Suzette Graber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Charles Wells
Louise
Bob
Mike
Branson
Well
Wayne Hartzell
Beth
Cedar Rapids
Lyle Godfrey
Bill Mitchell
Fairfield
Max Mitchell
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Bill
Fairfield High School
Cindy Jones
Washington
Linda Spangler
Donna Stout
Louise Wells
Suzette Graber
Beth Stevenson
Sam Edgar
Marcia
Maryville
W. H. Edgar
Sun Edgar
Kermit Jenkins
Roger
Rhonda
Ricki
Harlan Edgar
Cathy
Ainsworth
Tay Wombacher
Teri
Sandy
Howard Swift
Tony
Kim
Tim
Cedar Falls
Jim Edgar
David
Brenda
Keithford
Billy
Bob Stevenson
Miriam Jones
Jackie Blankenhorn
Maureen Miller
Becky White
Dairy Mart
Wayland Group At Wedding in Cotter
The Wayland group attended the Rita Brenneman Dennis Ballard wedding in Cotter. Families joined for a picnic at the Legion Hall. others traveled from Little Rock Burlington and beyond for visits and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland Group
Cotter
Wayland
H. L. Kauffman
Donna Roth
Duane Peterson
Rita Brenneman
Dennis Ballard
Presbyterian Church
Dale Davison
Dale
Debbie
Little Rock
Ark
Brenda
Annapolis
Addie Davison
Legion Hall
Jimmie Bower
Ft. Sheridan
Lyle Bower
Burlington
Donald McCormicks
Los Angeles
Calif
Jim Lindseys
Lubbock
Texas
Bower
T. E. Myers
Barbara
Glen Myers
Arrowhead
Alexandria
United Airlines
Capitol
California
Roy Ericks
Gertrude Ericks
Kansas
Nebraska
Herb Ericks
Lamoni
Nancy Wenger
Harold Wenger
Alice Wenger
Mary Wenger
Ira Wenger
Nancy
Emery Wenger
Rachel Leichty
Kathryn
Shirley Wyse
Mary Kay
Beulah Wenger
Margaret Rensberger
Bonnie Roth
Emma Jean Conrad
Larry Roth
Kathryn Untermahrer
Esther
Karen Wenger
Karen Roth
Virginia Boshart
Marcia Freyenberger
Galen Burkey
Oregon
Harmony Club Sees Many Events at Brighton Meeting
Harmony Club met at Mrs. Myrtle Helmick's in Brighton with ten members, and Mrs. Beatrice Tracy presided in the absence of Mrs. Bertha Saunders. Entertainment consisted of contests and a flag poem. Additional items include farewells, street dance plans for June 30, swimming course completions, and a long list of attendees and speakers at various local events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Harmony Club
Myrtle Helmick
Beatrice Tracy
Bertha Saunders
Floyd Dunbar
Larry
Jerry Kessel
Tom Peck
Miami
Florida
Harold Cook
Jefferson County Hospital
Reed Jones
Kenneth Guy
Kenneth Taul
Don Helfrich
Bob McDonald
Robert Boughly
Norbert Chuck
Loren Bush
Sam Butler
Ronnie Tole
Larry Farrington
Dean Stannard
LeRoy Mineart
Lloyd Reighard
Howard Emry
Fred Robinson
Flagstaff
Arizona
Washington
Lowell Stacy
Bob Jones
Peg Anderson
Jean Butler
Gleda Hutchinson
Winnepeg
Nette Long
Descendents Meet for 5th Martin Eicher Reunion at Eicher School
The fifth annual gathering of Martin and Barbara Roth Eicher descendants occurred Sunday June 10 at Eicher School north of Noble with 73 attendees. A noon dinner, afternoon program, hymns led by Mrs. Milton Miller, a family history by Mrs. Henry Yoder, vocal and instrumental performances, and several distant relatives from Milford Neb. participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Eicher
Mary Schlaegel
Elsie Troyer
Alvin Roth
Dan Schweitzer
Don Miller
Milford
Nebr
Lydia Eicher
John A. Schlatter
Henry Graber
Max Wyse
John H. Roth
Leonard Wyse
Maurice Grieser
Edna Widmer
Warren
Brighton Pythians District Hosts Memorial Service
The Brighton K P s and Pythian Sisters hosted the Knights and Sisters of the 7th district at the K P Hall for a Sunday memorial service at 2 30 pm with around a hundred in attendance. Ira Deal presided. Eldon Morgan of Oskaloosa Grand Vice Chancellor of Iowa was the main speaker.
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Brighton
Brighton K.P
Pythian
Knights and Sisters
K. P. Hall
Ira Deal
Eldon Morgan
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Wedding and family notices span East Pleasant Plain to Des Moines
Community events include Shappy-Francy wedding at East Pleasant Plain and family visits from Des Moines Iowa City and Vinita Oklahoma. births include Perry Anthony Anthony at Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield notices detail grandparents and great relatives. A New York Rembrandt room remark closes with a Plato joke.
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Vera Everettes
Don Humstra
Des Moines
Warren Polzien
Shappy- Francy
East Pleasant
Miami
Florida
Joe Gill
Washington County
Mike
Jerry Peck
Perry Anthony
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Clifford Chamberlin
Maynard Peck
Harry Chamberlin
Washington
Rose Peck
Harry Lamasky
Pleasant Plain
Faye Green
Vinita
Oklahoma
Mary Ellen Webb
Walnut
Kansas
Bob Hesseltine
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Anderson and Wentworth
Earl Wright
Frank Anderson
Marsha
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
David Wentworth
Davenport
Chester Bagby
Stockport
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Frederick H. Treesh
United Press International
Woman's Society
Wells
Missouri
Mrs
Marian Waters
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Tollinois
Robert Rushing
Biggsville
Ill
Swan Creek
Knox Colleg
Galesburg
Douglas
United Presbyterian Church
Kirkwood
Rushing
University of Missouri
Columbia
Donald Lee
Sandra Jean
Leonard Lee
Winfield
Sandra
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Leonard
Olds High School
Pabce
Kenneth Lee
Iowa State University
Ames
Lisle Hering Farm
Joan Prottsman
Iris Court
Owensboro
General Electric
Ezra Wittmer
U.S. Patent Office
Helmick
Dillon Graber
Lawrence Hauder
Chicago
Goshen
Ind
Graber
Hauder
Jim Klopfensteins
Ronald Wyse
Bethel
Bethel Mennonite
Edith Roth
Arlene Leichty
Edna Beckler
Marlene Leichty
Elizabeth Graber
Pearl Beachy
Marilyn Roth
Fern Graber
Mary Lois Widmer
Stella Boshart
Norma Leichty
Kathryn Wyse
Karen Beachy
Kenneth Wenger
Dorothy Beese
Phyllis Leichty
Martha Roth
Jaretta Hochstettler
Orpha Gugel
Martin Eicher
Mrs. Henry Yoder
Washington Concrete Co
12Th St
Rock Island
Brighton Pythians
Tony Meuth
New Guinea
Teminabur
West New Guinea
Jear Adm
Leendert Reeser
Dean Bagby
Harry Wentworth
A. B. Greene
Gary
Minnesota
Rembrandt
Aristotle
Homer
Stanhope Hotel
Plato
Federal Land Bank Association
Goff
Court House
M. Boshart
Eldon Boswell
Federal Land Bank Ass‘n
MACE
Moto
North
Iowa Ave
Washington, Iowa
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