Showboat Players Begin 1971 Season On Rhododendron
Miriam Jones leads Showboat Players as they open the 1971 season aboard the Rhododendron in Clinton on Thursday June 24 with The Apple Tree. Performances run June 24 to 27 and July 14 at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are all reserved. The troupe is part of Iowa State University Department of Speech with ISU Alumni Achievement Fund and ISU Theatre. Additional shows include A Thousand Clowns July 8-11 and 15-18. A Streetcar Named Desire July 22-25 and 29-August 1. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum August 5-8 and 12-15. Rumpelstiltskin Saturdays July 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 14 at 10:30 a.m.
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Town State University Showboat Players
Clinton
Department of Speech
Iowa State University
ISU Alumni Achievement Fund
ISU Theatre
Mississippi River
Riverview Park
ISU
Forum
Miriam Jones
Joe Jones
718
South Ninth
Washington
Iowa State University Showboat Players Company
Rites of Junction for Wm. R. Luckey
Memorial services for William R. Luckey 50 will be held Tuesday at 2 p m in the United Methodist church at Columbus Junction Rev. Paul Pennington of Burlington will conduct the service Luckey died Saturday at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames He was born July 8 1920 near Gladwin in Louisa County son of William R and Beulah Harbison Luckey He willed his body to the University of Iowa Medical School A memorial fund has been established.
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Columbus Junction
William R. Luckey
United Methodist Church
Luckey
Mary Greeley Hospital
Ames
Paul Pennington
Burlington
Mr. Luckey Was
Gladwin
Louisa County
William R. and
Beulah Harbison Luckey
The
University of Iowa Medical School
Not Horsing Around horse misattributed in parade entry
The well dressed horse owned by Nancy Redlinger of Paul's Shoes Washington appears in Saturday Evening Journal with the caption Not Horsing Around. Redlinger provided the horse for Paul's Shoes Ridiculous Day parade entry in Washington last week. the entry was credited to the wrong firm in Saturday's account.
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Paul
Evening Journal
Nancy Redlinger
Paul's Shoes
Washington
Kennedy honored at Grinnell Mutal Reinsurance meeting
Charles Kennedy of Farmers Mutual Insurance of Washington was honored at a special dinner during Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Companys 63rd annual meeting. He completed 30 years on the Grinnell board and received special honors. Nearly 700 delegates from 220 member farms attended the three day sessions as K G Kenney was reelected president and Glenn O Tenold reelected board chairman.
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Charles Kennedy
Farmers Mutual Insurance of
Washington
Grinnell Mutal Reinsurance Company
Kennedy
Grinnell Board of Directors
Glenn O. Tenold
Northwood
Vera Robison
Grinnell
Farm Mutuals
Midwest
Oat Variety Plot Meeting Slated For July Second
Farmers are invited to a July 2 meeting at Patterson Seed Farm north of Washington to compare 38 oat varieties in the official state yield trial. Extension Director Jim Frier and Oliver Knott of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association will discuss maturity lodging resistance and disease resistance. A soybean demonstration plot with 32 varieties will also be reviewed.
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Patterson
Washington
Highway 1
Washington County Extension
Jim Frier
Oliver Knott
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Ames
Patterson Farm
Frier
Extension Service
Funeral services for M. D. See held at Jones Funeral Home
Funeral services for M. D. See were held Wednesday afternoon, June 23, at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. M. D. Smith in charge. Pallbearers were Mahlon Huston, Robert See, Jay Swift, James Swift, Larry See, Melvin Huston. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Iowan magazine feature on Pitch Inn Vacation Farm tale
The Iowan's summer issue features Ellen Fenn’s color photo of roses at the Ocean Irwin residence in Brigh ton. It also covers the Pitch Inn Vacation Farm run by Leo Finke Jr and family seven miles south of Columbus Junction. The Iowa Development Commission lists the farm as hosting vacationers for six to twelve days at Pitch Inn, a nod to the Pioneer village Pitchin. The article notes scarce local history of Pitchin and mentions descendant families still nearby.
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The
Iowan
Ocean Irwin
Brighton
Ellen Fenn
Pitch Inn
Leo Finke, JR
Iowa Development Commission
Finke
Columbus Junction
Pitchin
Finkes
Bishop Ira Nissley Dies at Kalona
Bishop Ira Nissley 81 died at his Kalona area home after months of ill health. Funeral set for Thursday at 9 am at the Glenn Beachy home with Henry B. Miller in charge. Yoder Funeral Home handled arrangements. Survivors include his widow Ada, three daughters Irene Bender Ellen Nissley Bertha Helmuth, two sons Eli and David, stepchildren Ruth Miller Susan Beachy Elvin Yoder Elmo Yoder, plus 28 grandchildren and numerous great descendants. He was born in 1890 in Kansas and served as bishop in Kalona since 1930.
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Kalona
Ira Nissley
Glenn Beachy
Henry B. Miller
Yoder Funeral Home
Mr. Nissley
Kansas
Abe
Eliza Kauffman Nissley
Barbara Schlabach
Oklahoma
Ada Yoder
Wisconsin
Henry
Irene) Bender
Ellen Nissley
Edgar
Bertha) Helmuth
Leon
Eli
Millersburg
Ind
David
Goshen
Robins J
Ruth) Miller
Glenn
Susan) Beachy
Elvin Yoder
Hutchinson, Kansas
Elmo Yoder
David L
LeRoysville
Staunton
Ida Miller
Hydro
Okla
Susan Gontrager
Hutchinson
Daniel C. Yoder
T.C. Yoder
Yoder, Kansas
Ananias J Beachy of Kalona dies at 82
Ananias J Beachy, 82, of Kalona died at his home Sunday after a lingering illness. Born March 27, 1889 near Arthur Illinois, he moved to Iowa in 1912 and married Ella M Shetler in 1914. He leaves a large family including wife, seven sons, three daughters, five brothers, five sisters, 75 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral from the Jonas P Beachy home with Glenn Bender in charge Wednesday at 9 am. burial in East Union Cemetery. Yoder Funeral Home of Kalona.
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Kalona
Ananias J. Beachy
Jonas P. Beachy
Glenn Bender
East Union Cemetery
Arthur, Ill
Jonas S
Fannie Miller Beachy
Iowa
Ella M. Shetler
Local Graduates and Visits Highlight Iowa Community News
David Gregory son of Dr and Mrs David W Gregory of 910 South Third made the Luther College Dean's List in Decorah for spring. Klopfensteins of Carlsbad Calif visited relatives in Missouri and Iowa. he won an NSF grant and will study at Penn State this summer. Mary Ann Kneen and Cindy Schlapkohl attended a drill team camp in Lamont. Mrs Roy Moriarty recovering at home after foot surgery in Iowa City. Bing Miller suffers heart attack in Texas. family from Arvada Colorado visiting. Beverly Ann Blankinship to marry Duane Keith Miller in a summer wedding. both sets of parents listed.
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David Gregory
David W. Gregory
910 South Third
Luther College
Decorah
Jay Klopfenstein
Kimberly
Michael
Carlsbad
Calif
Harold Klopfenstein
Duane Martins
Moberly
Victor Klopfensteins
Marion
Klopfenstein
State College
Penn State
Mary Ann Kneen
Cindy Schlapkohl
Southern Methodist University
Graceland College
Lamont
Lela Miller
Bing” Miller
McAllen General Hospital
McAllen
Texas
C. P. Hennons
Arvada
Colo
Beverly Ann Blankinship
Duane Keith Miller
Ralph R. Blankinship
Yuba City
California
Stamp Widow Letters Spotlight Stamp Collecting Debate
Readers tell Abby stamp collecting can equal fortune and family history or become a burden. Letters from Lorraine Ruml ower Beverly Hills Ed Susman Hartford Times Lillian Dear Iowa praise hobby while others recount mess and chores, the value of stamps in life and memories.
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Abby
Bick
Beverly Hills
Montie
Lorraine Rumlower
Lowden
ED Susman
Hartford Times
Des Moines Opens Modern YWCA Building
The Greater Des Moines YWCA dedicated a new five story, 3 million dollar facility offering 138 resident beds, an Olympic sized pool, fitness studio, kitchenettes and lounges. It is fully accessible with a handicap friendly entrance and ecumenical chapel.
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YWCA
Des Moines
UPI
Greater Des Moines
Grover Hahn
Women return from 11 day Moose tour
Mrs. Howard Curl and Mrs. Bill McDole finished an 11 day trip attending the International Conference of Women of the Moose in Detroit. They toured Greenfield Village, the A Talbot Calendar Factory, Niagara Falls, Harborcreek, and Mooseheart with Sunshi ne Child Lucille St Denis in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Curl
Bill McDole
International Conference of Women of the Moose
Detroit
Mich
Greenfield Village
Henry Ford Museum
Dearborn
London
Ontario
Canada
A. Talbot
George Newton
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Mooseheart
Woodburn descendants assemble for fortieth Woodburn reunion
Twenty nine Woodburn descendants gathered at Iowa City park for the fortieth annual reunion of Edwin and Elizabeth Wattles Woodburn. Kenneth Beenblossom presided, letters from absent members were read, and plans set for the June 1972 gathering. Officers named include A. C. Bain president, Gerald Buchwalter vice president, and Delbert Wood secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin and
Elizabeth Wattles Woodburn
Iowa City Park
Kenneth Beenblossom
A. C. Bain
Gerald Buchwalter
Delbert Wood
Marsha
Cedar Rapids
Alan Frost
Clinton
Lee Buchwalter
Patty
Denise
Iowa City
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Crawfordsville
Don Wood
Denis Wood
Melissa
Ainsworth
Local Births Admitted and Dismissals in Washington Area
On Saturday admitted Earle Libe and Mrs Jerry Nix and Joe Evanovich III all in Washington medical. Mrs Lottie White in Ol lie also. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Stephen Miller Washington and twin daughters to Mr and Mrs Gordon Secrest Washington and Mr and Mrs Phillip Danielson Columbus Junction. Discharges include Mrs Raymond Miller and Mrs Frank Crone both in Washington and Mrs Agnes Messenger Nicholas Christner transferred to Mercy Hospital Iowa City and others in Washington and Brighton with Mrs Mabel Gosling at Ainsworth Today.
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Earle Libe
Washington
Jerry Nix
Joe Evanovich III
Lottie White
Ollie
Meidcal
Lydia Allison
Brighton
Gordon Secrest
Phillip Danielson
Columbus Junction
Frank Crone
Agnes Messenger
Nicholas Christner
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Howard Sayre
Jack Moore
Gary Houts
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Wm. R. Luckey
Fern Pastry Shop
Pastry Shop
West Side Square
D. L. Ross
Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
James R. Kennedy
William Dusenbery
West Chester
Wilbur Wright
Lloyd Marek
Gerald Hahn
Allen Darbyshire
Linda Scheeler
K. G. Kenney
Thomas F. Sawyers
Robert F. Mark
William Caugh
Dick Paul
North Side Square
Seiuth
Wolf's Flower Shop
Iowan Magazine
Roy E
John E
Earl
Jonas P
Joseph A. Beachy
Jesse
Catanovia
Wis
Eli C
Fannie) Miller
Esther) Zook
Mary) Miller
Samuel
Ben
Srasota
Fla
Ezra
Jonas J
Riverside
Katie Yoder
Martha Miller
Andy Beachy
Dan
S. Yoder
Henry Yoder
Roy Moriarty
Wilhelm Seiler
South
L. H. Swords
William Marquardt
Peoria, Ill
Yuba City High School
Yuca College
J. Claude Miller
Mid- Prairie High School
Mr. Miller
U. S. Air Corps
Citrus College
Clarmont
Abigail van Buren
Lillian
Betsy Ross
Mr. Lincoln
Mpls
Los Angeles
Cal
Hahn
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
N. Y
Harborcreek
Robert Wykoff
Wykoff
Advance Ross
Hayes Mfg. Co
Erie
Wykoffs
Presque Isle
Erie Harbor
Woodburn
George Young
Jerry
Jimmie
Jed
West Burlington
Lloyd Beenblossom
Mike
Matt
Marty
Stephen Miller
Raymond Miller
Mabel Gosling
Osincup
Seifert
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