Bride-elect honored at Kalona shower in June
Virginia Swartzendruber, bride-elect of LaVon Christoffel, was honored at a Kalona pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Floyd Beachy. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments and the honoree received a mixed gifts shower. Also noted are Rebekah Lodge activities in Kalona and Washington with plans and sick calls reported. John Woodin, Charles Beckman and Becky Belcher attend All Iowa Music Camp at the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. A. J. Haberman heads to Lake George Colorado for summer cabin stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaVon Christoffel
Floyd Beachy
Bridgelets
Morris Swartzendruber
Lorraine
Elmer L Yoder
Gareth Swartzendruber
Cecil Miller
Paul D. Miller
Dale Brenneman
Carolyn
Chester A. Miller
Vernon Ropp
Dan Graber
Mary Swartzendruber
Ellen Bender
Lynn Graber
Richard Miller
Weldon Nisly
Alvin Kemp
Mary Louise Brenneman
Lovina Gingerich
Ellis Swartzendruber
Zimri Rebekah Lodge No. 58
Washington
Kalona Rebekahs
Washington Group
Mason City
C. R. Beckly
Keca
Iowa City Lodge
Barbara Seering
Kalona Lodge
George W. Fry
Harod Maxwell
Joe Fisher
Rose Sleichter
Donald Siefken
Charles Smith
Eugene Way
John Woodin
Charles Beckman
Becky Belcher
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Friendship Night Held by Crawfordsville OES Chapter
Crawfordsville Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star met June 14 at the Masonic Hall for Guest Officer and Friendship Night. Worthy Matron Opal Rickey and Worthy Patron Vernon Fletcher presided. A Mason Star family picnic was announced for Sunset Park on June 23. no July or August meetings. Guests included Betty and Bob Stewart, Pearl Lowe, Dale Richenberg er, and others from area towns. A program followed with readings and songs. Also noted are local social items and a hospital hip surgery for Dr. James Jewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
The
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Opal Rickey
Vernon Fletcher
Kathryn Rickey
Winfield
Sunset Park
Betty Stewart
Bob Stewart
Ainsworth
Pearl Lowe
Dale Richenberger
Wayland
Beulah Pretz
Columbus Junction
Lillian Schafer
Brighton
Alice Lord
Harry Reiss
Love Tree
Maud Furnas
Letts
Madge Morris
Beulah Osborn
Marjorie Riepe
Mr. Pleasant
Mable Bailey
Lucille Smoot
Salem
Mabel Dunbar
Lena Small
Wapel
Orvin Johnson
Ethyle Zickefcase
Pearl Hering
Marie Howsare
Mabel Monson
Tom Harbison
Mike
Chester Cherryholmeses
Harbison
James Jewell
University Hospital
Iowa City
Funeral attendance in Cedar Rapids area noted
Columbus Junction reports Walter H. Jones funeral held Monday June 19 with visitors from Colton California and Miles Iowa. Migrant workers arrived June 20 and will work for Kenneth McCoy in August picking tomatoes for the local canning factory. Parsonage construction for the Free Methodist Church at Columbus City has begun east of the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Fred Endean
Colton
Calif
Carroll Hamilton
Miles
Iowa
Walter H. Jones
Columbus City
Kenneth McCoy
Free Methodist Church
Late June rains prompt Iowa garden revival guidance
Excessive June rainfall challenges Iowa home gardeners with many unplanted plots yet time remains for beans corn cucumbers and quick maturing squashes. Tomatoes peppers and annual flowers can still be planted or transplanted with warm summer temperatures, while strawberry renovations and irrigation plans aim for better yields in 1968. Institutional guides from Iowa State University offer spacing and care tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ben Vance
Iowa State University Extension Horticulturist
Vance
Home Vegetable Garden
Home and Garden Bulletin
Iowa _ State University
Ames
Iowa State University
Rates Continue Reseal Rates at Same Level
Rates for on farm storage of grain under reseal price support loan for 1967 68 unchanged from 1966 67. Howard Lins chairman Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee announced. Rates align with UGSA and CCC storage payments based on units 100 bushels or 100 hundredweights. Final payment uses units and tenths. Farmers had $39.4 million in reseal storage payments in the first nine months of the current year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Lins
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Commodity Credit Corpora
UGA
UGSA
CCC
Hopewell Sewing Club Meets At Blattner Home
Mrs Ruth Blattner hosted a Hopewell Sewing Club breakfast at her Keota home with 14 members and guest Alice Mangold. The meeting led by president Delores Weber included roll call My Summer Plans and a July 23 picnic at Keota park. Also notes on 4-H Lucky Lassie club, Emerald Rebekah lodge honors, and local building updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Ruth Blattner
Hopewell Sewing Club
Alice Mangold
West Chester
Delores Weber
Rosie Pepper
Keota Park
Cathy Monaghan
Jacque Mayer
Jerolyn Mayer
TENCO
Cathy
Emerald Rebekah Lodge
Noble Grand
Alice Patterson
Bob Sable
Pauline Sable
Leland Funston
Washington Hospital
Verne Dill
Lodge
A. J. FitzSimmons
Verne
Noble Grands Station
Mary Shafer
A. I. FitzSimmons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cora
Carol
Palooka
Jammer
Joe
Sinper
Gloria Bigley
Kalona
Mrs. Eugene Way
Virginia
Swartzendruber
Fay W. Boone
Beckly
Phillip Preston
Richard Morgan
A. J. Haberman
Lake George
Colorado
CBS
Kenway
Usselman
van Camp Grated
Tuckers
del Monte Catsup
Cascade Inn
Shasta
Kraft
Kraft Philadelphia
California
Cedar Rapids
Grace Butler
New Brothers Sewing Machine
P. Briggs & Stratton Lawnmower
Sale
Simmering Hardware
East Side Square
United Hardware Distributing Co
Geo
J. Breitenbach
Washington, Iowa
Mrs. Blattner
Hopewell
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Elizabeth Leitsinger
Dorothy Singleton
Keith Herr
North Green Street
DeLongs
Centennial Avenue
Gordy Pearson
G & W Tire & Appl
Robert C. Johnson
Rt. 2
Goodyear
Roger Lance
Linda Norton
R. F. Reisener
City— Ice Cream Freezer
Beverly Long
City
Charles Leeper
Rt. 1
Jig Saw
Herman F. Wagenknecht
Carl Roberts
Ainsworth—Blender
Ronald Armstrong
Dale Statler
Fred Pfeifer
Bernard Reed
G &W
Tire & Appliance
S. 2Nd
Gallen
Wayne Reighard
Dmowergs
International Harvester
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