Neighbors stage charivari for Orville and Florence Griggs
About 40 neighbors gathered at Dublin last night to stage a playful charivari for Orville and Florence Griggs. The noisy mock serenade used kettles and tin horns, heard for miles, though the couple were home watching TV. The event included treats and a friendly neighborhood atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Fisher
Orville
Florence
Iowa
Dublin
Mary Engel Martin
Alexandria
Gene Engel
Julia Miksch
Mother
Bob Day speaks at Crawfordsville Lions Club meeting
Bob Day of Washington presented the dinner program for Crawfordsville Lions Club, showing slides of New Zealand and Tahiti. Fourteen members and guest Victor Neiswanger of Elgin, Illinois attended. Dinner was prepared by Vivian Wells, Marge Whiting and Beth Keller. Attendees included Jay Finke, Gene Lintz, Darrell Egli and Alfred Davis, who reported on the Davenport Lions Convention while Lyle Lowe noted coaches had...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Bob Day
Washington
Lions Club
New Zealand
Tahiti
Victor Neiswanger
Elgin
Ill
Vivian Wells
Marge Whiting
Beth Keller
Jay Finke
Gene Lintz
Darrell Egli
Alfred Davis
Davenport
Lyle Lowe
Lions
Nick Aden
Forrest Eubanks
Grounds
Charles Wells
Joe Martin
Jim Eubanks
Ray Medllister
Harold Miller
Earl Walker
Jim Jewell
Arvid Anderson
John McNeill
Clarence Moorhead
Ray McAllister
Nick Achen
Larry Fletcher
Clarence Hering
Lyle Paisley
Merle Twinam
Roy Gieselman
Don Johnson
Bill Bernau
George Fulton
Herb Rich
Dick Dare
Larry Hixson
Wayne Williams
Kenneth Rhea
Jack Erwin
Joe Jones
Mike Massey
Bill Robertson
Lloyd Coon
Junior Graber
Merlin Finke
Fred Stone
Doug Steele
Wally Evans
Nick Acen
Haydn Thomas
Ray van Engen
Pop
Marshal Rose
John Hamil
Bill Bernan
Michie Coldwell
Kim and
Cory
Houston
Texas
J.W. Evans
Janet
Cascal Hamilton
Don Peterson
Joni
Becki
Olds
Burlington
Mike Hamilton
Roger Hamilton
University of Iowa
Joneses celebrated on 32nd wedding anniversary
Mrs Marian Waters writes from Crawfordsville about Mr and Mrs Tom Jones being honored May 31 with a party organized by Mrs Duane Gipple. attendees included the Gipple family 22 players and coach Leland Vagts, plus local Waco fans. The article also notes various local activities and a Chicago murder sentencing in March 1972 for Matthew Brzozowski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Tom Jones
Tom
Tri County
Jay Finke
Randy
Velta Finke
Marian Anderson
Susan Alvine
Maurice Alvine
Cindy Gipple
Vickie Hertig
William Penn College
Oskaloosa
Ron Coon
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Moorhead
Harvey Thomas
Gowrie
Chicken pluckers at Blakely home in Richland
A long community update from Richland Iowa notes a gathering at the Blakely home to dress chickens, with coffee and cinnamon rolls, a noon lunch, and clean up by 2 pm. Nearby events include library summer program, bridal shower plans, hospital discharge, and social activities at local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Long
Richland
Leslie McConnelly
Paul Erickson
Julie Ann
Cedar Rapids
Carroll Morgan
Morgan
Roy Seaton
Richland Public
Rick Lankford
Gary Lankford
Marengo
Amana
Ken Lankford
Boyd Sanders
Keota
Charles Blakelys
Kathleen Morgan
Washington
Larry Morgan
Craig Morgan
Mike McCormick
Mel Maeder
Cedric Walcott
Herbert Blakely
Carl Coffman
Ken Erwin
Chuck Moore
Lewis Moore
Annette van Dyke
Fred Howe
Richland Friends Church
Ruth
Martha Canott Begins Summer Job at Four Corners Cafe
Crawfordsville report notes Martha Canott working 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Four Corners Cafe. Also covers Cora Bitting’s return from Missouri for son Wayne Bitting’s surgery and extended recovery at home, a Lighthouse Sunday School gathering at Pleasant View Mennonite Church, Steve Conrad’s progress after a hunting accident with Red Cross swimming, and a June 13 Order of Eastern Star meeting with June third birthdays honored and planned vacation months for July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Canott
Mapian Waters
Crawfordsville
Four Corners
Cora Bitting
Moberly
Wayne Bitting
Veteran's Hospital
Columbia
Mo Wayne
Verena Graber
Eber Diener
Glenn
Rozella
Mary Helen
Duane
Danny
Suzanne
Marlene Burkholder
Steve Conrad
Steve
Lmb
Red Cross
Winfield
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Vernon Fletcher
Helen Lease
Ruth
Hazel Moorhead
Betty Davis
Marie Howsare
Florence Henss
Marie Howell
Bob Howell
Wilbur Wheeler
Wedding Attendants Reach Saginaw for Frey Sweigart Union
In Saginaw Michigan Vernon Frey and his aunt Mrs Henrietta Witmer visited for the June 2 wedding of William Frey and Cindy Sweigart. Attendees included the couple's parents Mrs Esther Frey and the late Orlin Frey and Mr and Mrs Marvin Sweigart. Also present were the bride and groom's grandparents and numerous relatives from Michigan Indiana and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waunita Magdefray
Larry Richard
Miss Marner
Wallace Marner
Louis Gugel
Chris Marner
John Stoltzfus
Eli Yoder
Tillie Gugel
Allen Wenger
James Tschantz
Teresa
Doug
Sam Christner
Decatur
Reed Estabrook
Polono
J.G. Widmer
Jud Meyer
Chris
Jason
Alma
Michigan
Elmer Myer
Lloyd Sisco and Sons
Branson
Adaline Tschantz
Wayland Hall
Robert
Hesseltine
Steve Dean
Steve Gruen
Doug Warner
Iowa City
Dwain Tschantz
Jodi Brown
Washington
Gale Tschantz
Todd
Matt
Lakewood
Colorado
Horace Mann
Russia
Eldred Berkshire
Burlington
Hileman
Berkshire
Oscar Richard
Middlebury
Indiana
Richard
Quinton Yoder
First Mennonite Church
Katie Roth
Roger Roth
David Wenger
Henry Roth
Winterset Park
Ben Beese
Moundridge
Kansas
P.J. Alliman
Knoxville Tenn
Allen Meyer
Kauffman
Alliman
Glen Graber
Harold Rixe
Robert Freyenberger
Crawfordsville
LeRoy Hyde
Auburn
California
Nellie Hyde
Helen Jaspering
Ernie Henson
Woman Accused of Claiming Pets as Dependents
Nashville area resident Joan Bringe is charged by a federal grand jury with claiming a dog named Tracy W on 1968 and 1969 income tax returns and a cat named Julia A along with Tracy W on the 1970 return. The indictment details the animal dependents and the tax years involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Joan Bringe of
Antioch
Tracy W
Julia A
Almanac Briefs June 21 1973 Historic Dates
On this day in history Dan Carter Beard pioneer of the Boy Scouts was born in 1850. Okinawa defenders surrendered to U S troops in 1945. Khrushchev warned war with capitalist nations in 1960 and China called it inevitable. Cardinal Montini became Pope Paul VI in 1963. Sukarno of Indonesia died at 69.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Venus
Dan Carter Beard
Boy Scouts of America
Okinawa
Nikita Khrushchev
China
Giovanni Battista Montini
Pope Paul VI
Sukarno
Indonesia
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Dutch Creek
Gary
Donna Sabin
Michael
Glenn Gordon
South
Perfex
Melvin Sabin
Sharon
Vic Mayer
Lady Wilkerson
Tom Mayer
Coralville
Charles Mayer
Elmer Hayes
Robert Mayer
Bill Walker
Warner Lewers
Atlanta
Meeting of
Chicago
Matthew Brzozowski
Brzozowski
Robert Smierciak
Sintoth
Wolf's Flower Shop
Hutmacher
Blakely Home
Jefferson County Hospital
Terri Jo Hartnell
Ronnie Ward
Sigourney
Don Hagan
Normal
Roscoe
Hagan
Beloit Corporation
Beloit
Wis
Anita Hagan
Anita
Ralph Steel
Kenneth Pitts
Fairfield Friends Church
Danel Lemons
Golden Rule
Bob Hayes
Fairfield
Harold Hayes
Don Allen
Elma Johnson
Early
Don
Minnesota
Bruce Eckels
Aplington
Eckels
Milo
Algona
Merle Mathias
Floris
Lucy Thompson
Thompson
Mrs. Mathias
Mindy
Kris
Jil Hafner
Clara Hoekstra
Clair Hoekstra
Bill Hoekstra
LaVerne Hoekstra
Wilton
Richard Harras
Harold Greeson
Mt. Pleasant
Harold Shelangoski
Saginaw, Michigan
Washington Evening Journal
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
the Almanac
New York
John Barker
Carlton Press, Inc
Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y
By Charlotte Pencil
the National Bank of Washington
Washington, Iowa
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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