Lo family from Vietnam settles near Wayland
The Lo family from Vietnam arrives with sponsorship from four area churches and finds residence at the Don and Urban Roth farm on the Wayland Trenton blacktop. Father Lo Van Inh and mother Lo Thi Haus, with children aged 5 to 19, fled Vietnam via Laos and Thailand after years in refugee camps, aided by relatives already in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waunita
Magdefray
Wayland
Don
Roth
Wayland-Trenton
Lo van Inh
Lo Thi Haus
Lo Thi Neung
Lo Thi Siele
Lo van Nam
Lo Thi Deng
Lo van Kou
Lo van Sam
Van
Thi
Lo Thi Thaum
Bac Cam Oat
Tai Dam
Mt. Pleasant
America
North Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
Rhua Davison
Donnie Hertig
Burlington
Hertigs
Annette Richards
Wayland State Bank
Charles Smith
Christopher
Oxon Hill
Maryland
Esther Unternahrer
Philadelphia
Visit parents at home in Ainsworth
Mrs. Kathy Holthaus and family visited her parents in Ainsworth along with multiple relatives during a ten day vacation. Local families such as the Stephens, Millers, Sheets, McArtors, Buck, Derby, Jenkins, Manley and Roberts shared gatherings including barbecues, birthdays, Father’s Day events, and weekend trips to Corpus Christi and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane White Ainsworth
Kathy Holthaus
Scott and
Stacy
Bellvue
Neb
Gene Stephens
Doug Miller
Essex
Iowa
Merle Miller
Dwight
Walter Sheets
Washington
Ron McArtor
Crawfordsville
Kermit Jenkins
Randy
Rusty
Roger Jenkins
Jason Roger
Corpus Christi
Roger
Navy
New Orleans
Kermit
Quentin
Baton Rouge
Jim
Linda Manley
Kalona
Wood
Roberts
Bill Roberts
Carl
Steve
Dale Roberts
Sunset Park
Carl Roberts
Jane
David
Amy
Mike Roberts
Steve Roberts
Tim
Jill
Eric
Kathy
Carrie Metz
Bob Bruegge
Kimberly McCreedy
George Stout Sr
Stan McCreedy
Kevin
Bill Stout
Janene
Ed Stout
Peoria
Ralph Young
Marie Brooks
Janetta Proctor
Albia
Ivan Wilson
Pearl Thompson
Ottumwa
Mae Lamb
Mae
Clarence Richards
Stephen Root
Annette
Connie
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Root
Methodist Church
Golden Valley Camp
Fairfield
Multiple Property Transfers in Local Parcels and Additions
A consolidated notice lists numerous property transfers and conservatorships in Washington and Kalona areas. Names include On the Record Thrift Plan Inc, Kevin Toomey, Elizabeth Ann Miller, Dennis Harbison, Douglas Hofbauer, Thomas Doughty, Jack Fuhr, Michael Moore, Louise Kallaus, Dennis Shetler, Velma Yoder, Marie Herner, Henry Bender, Perry Bontrager, Jon Campbell, Dale Fritz, William Walker, Maurine Larsen, Lawrence Watson, Helen Walker, John A Benell, Ida Yoder, Henry Miller, Johnson County Old Order Amish School Organization, Kathyle Ellis, Alice Groff, Kenneth Fuhr, and others. Descriptions show lots, blocks, and subdivisions across sections in 76 and 77 townships, with various quarter sections and additions in Kalona, Wellman, and Richmond areas. The notice appears in The Washington Evening Journal dated June 25, 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrift Plan, Inc
Kevin Toomey
Elizabeth Ann Miller
Dennis Dean Harbison
Columbian
Washington
Douglas D. Hofbauer
Thomas F. Doughty
Win Smouse
Highland Park
Jack P. Fuhr
Michael D. Moore
F. E. Swift
Louise Kallaus
Thomas Kallaus
Norman Kallaus
Dennis D Shetler
Auditor's
Dawson
Richmond
Marie Herner
Velma M. Yoder
Snider and Allen
Kalona
Henry Bender
Perry E. Bontrager
Jon P. Campbell
Dale J. Fritz
William J. Walker
Maurine Larsen
Lawrence L. Watson
Helen G. Walker
John A. Benell
Ida Yoder
J. M. Gingerich
Henry B. Miller
Johnson County
Old Order Amish School
Farm hiring cuts Iowa unemployment up in May
Iowa's residential employment rose to 1,284,100 in May as seasonal farm hiring boosted totals. May figures show a 36,500 gain from April, with farm workers rising to 175,800. Nonagricultural payrolls rose 9,600. self employed and related workers up 6,800. Unemployment fell 4,500 from April to 60,600, yet the seasonally adjusted jobless rate edged to 5.2 percent. National rate stood at 7.3 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Job Service of
Reporting Service
Higdon family honored at Brighton farewell
About 75 people gathered for a potluck dinner at the United Methodist church in Brighton to bid farewell to Rev. and Mrs. Dave Higdon and their sons James and Richard as they prepare to move to Earlham. Gifts were given by the congregation, who note the Higdons served four years and will be greatly missed. Reverend Houts will succeed in Brighton, moving to West Chester this week and preaching June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wenger
Peoria
Ill
Ira Wenger
Ken
Wayne Wenger
Jill
Harold Wenger
Rodney
Gerry Klopfenstein
Beth
Charity
Ken Klopfenstein
Ft. Collins
Colorado
Larry Hershberger
Tara
Gary Wenger
Lynn Brenneman
Kalona
Noah Unternahrer
Rosetta
David Unternahrer
Norman Unternahrer
Susie
Jennifer
Ames
Emerson Wittiig
Wyman
John Wittrig
Danville
Kenneth Groff
Jack Groff
Leland
Keota
Wm. Thoma
Pat Thoma
Bill Thoma
Diana Beaustin
Eileen Ferrell
Mt. Pleasant
James Hatch
Charles Simmons
Melvin Rich
Walter Hatch
Tom Rump
Jeffrey and
RaeAnn
Ft. Madison
Ray Rich
Steve Miller
Ronnie DeYarman
Pam Wagler
Blaine DeYarman
Grover DeYarman
Vivian Linder
Doug McCormick
Mark
Kent
Ohio
Elmer Meyer
ROTC
Kent University
Ft. Riley
Kan
Bill Freeman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jesse Roth
Orval Miller
Wayland
Jim Abla
San Marcos
Calif
Albert Boese
Pete Lauber
Elwood Lauber
Winfield
Cecile Chrissinger
Mike
Dale Garrett
Curt
Arley Boese
Stan Miller
Irvin Leichty
Sheldon Miller
Barry Leichty
Randy Hatch
Susan Inglebright
United Methodist Church
Mt Pleasant
Laton
Brighton
Dave Higdon
James
Richard
Earlham
Higdons
Dave
Dorothy
Houts
Hidgon
West Chester
Joe Etzens
Lennox
Michael Lee Schooley
Lee Schooley
Missouri Western State College
Doris Mineart
Fairfield
Allen Lauderdale
Earl Cooley
Keola
Nettie Chuck
Barbara Blunt
Heather
Samantha
David Smith
New London
Ross Day
Don Samansky
Davenport
Earl Dickinson
Don
Jeanette
Jack
Keokuk
Leesa
Mark Day
James Stanton
Bakersfield
Atlanta
Ed Warren
Eunice Gowey
Peiffers
Gowey
Virginia Drish
Coal Valley
Dennis Conrad
Julie
Robert Gahan
Iowa City
Mike Chalupa
Washington
Don Hoekstra
Richland
Pat Hoekstra
Chuck
Chuck Myers
Ralph Gowey
Milan
Joe Engel
Libertyville
L. P. Guy
Charles Drish
Oscar Mangold
Burlington
Chet Willits
California
Sylvester Polus
Sioux Falls
S. D
Mangolds
Drish
Polus
Lawrence Burk
Florence Crawford
Gladys Savage
Sheets family in gathering at Keota
Keota summary of visiting relatives for Fathers Day includes numerous sheets and in law families from Keota Pleasant Plain Davenport Carlisle Coralville Reston Va Wilton Spencer Grinnell and Des Moines area plus trips to Hannibal Missouri Mark Twain Cave and a Mix Meal meeting in Des Moines airport Cloud Room. Omar Stoutner recently returned from Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Terry Horras
Pleasant Plain
Bud Horras
Harold Sheets
Mark
Joel Sheets
Kevin Cave
Tom Willis
Davenport
Gary Vincent
Carlisle
Jack Lawrence
Coralville
Jerome Sheets
Bob Kent
Andera
Reston
Clara Kent
West Liberty
Marion
Omar Stoutner
John Stoutner
Des Moines
Fred Townsend
Mary
Rick Crooks
Wilton
Omar
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Helen Mills
Everett
Irene Zillmer
Wellman
Mississippi River
Pat Hurley
Charity Horse Show Acknowledges Washington Center Benefit
Sincere thanks go to all contributors for the Charity Horse Show aiding the Washington County Developmental Center. Special appreciation to Harold DeWolf Chuck Hotle and the Washington Kiwanis Club for their support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Developmental Center
Harold DeWolf
Chuck Hotle
Washington Kiwanis Club
Property Transfers Listed in Washington Evening Journal
Advin Gingerich and wife transfer to Glenn Gingerich portions of several town lots in Nira including an undivided 1-24 interest in Lot 1 Block 2. Jeffrey Scott Sales sells a 1/4 interest in 20 acres of SW southwest ¼ of Section 18. Super Stocks Inc sells east 22 feet of Lot 6 Block 1 in Brighton. Kalona Mennonite Church as Cambodian Relief Trustee to Man-Mith. Neuhart and wives transfer land in Sections 4 and 5 of Town 74-8 to Wilford Greiner and Richard Greiner and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advin Gingerich
Glenn Advin Gingerich
Nira
Jeffrey Scott
John Bricker
Super Stocks, Inc
Fay Vittetoe
Brighton
Kalona Mennonite Church
Cambodian Relief Committee
Man-Mith
J. G. Myer
Kalona
Harlan B. Neuhart
Wilford L Greiner
Richard Greiner
Property Deeds Record Across Crawfordsville Kalona and Nira Areas
Recent deeds convey multiple parcels across Crawfordsville Kalona and Nira including Lot 8 Block 2 Original Plat Crawfordsville Lot 10 Mullet Addition to John A Yoder and Lot 10 in Mullet Fifth Addition to Kalona Lot 5 Block 2 NE Washington conveyances to Donald D McAvoy East half of Southeast quarter and East half of Northeast quarter in Section 4 74 6 to George Fulton and Maxine Martin Leland Griggs transfers land to Steven West and wife near West Chester and Jennifer Gase Sharon Gase transfer Lots 1 2 3 4 5 Block 9 Town of Nira plus C R I P R R Depot Grounds portion Glenn Gingerich acquires Lots 1 2 3 4 5 Block 9 Kalona Also George Fry wife to Gary Mullet East half of North 60 feet of Lot C Block 5 Myers Second Addition Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey M. Conrad
John Duncan Hamil
Crawfordsville
Simon Mullet
John A. Yoder
Mullet
Kalona
George E. Fry
Nellie F. McAvoy
Donald D. McAvoy
Washington
Edward R. Rees
George K. Fulton
Joe K. Martin
Ida Lucille Fulton
Maxine M. Martin
Leland Griggs
Steven W. West
West Chester
Jennifer Christine Gase
Sharon Kay Gase
Glenn Advin Gingerich
Nira
Gary Mullet
Myer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vietnam
Journal
Ainsworth
Kathyle Groff Ellis
Alice Groff Frits
Kenneth W. Fuhr
C. L. Wakelee
Smith
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
United States
Osincup’s
Higdon
John McClintic
Ronald Robinson
Robbie
Jacksonville
Ore
Denny Black
Laurie
Jeffrey
Moline
Robinson
Long Island
New York
Fred Robinson
Sheets
Mrs
Paul Sievert
Wolf's Flower Shop
Matador
Gremlin
Thompson Motors
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