Firemen aid neighbors in Richland and Brighton
Richland and Brighton firemen demonstrated the Good Neighbor Policy by battling grass fires near Pleasant Plain and a roadside blaze at the Reinert farm. No significant damage reported. Also notes on Earl Gillis eye surgery, capping at Des Moines, anniversary celebration for Sumner and Mary McCracken, and Mrs. Orrie Hadley moving to Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Ward
Richland
Richard J. Harras
St. Josephs Hospital
Ottumwa
LeRoy Neece
Des Moines
First Methodist Church
Martha
Iowa Methodist School of Nursing
Cheryl Schreiner
Jack Schreiners
Ollie
Pekin High School
Brighton
Pleasant Plain
Richlands
Reinert Farm
Reinert Place
Sumner MeeCracken
Clyde McCracken
Route 4
Fairfield
Sumner McCrac
McCracken
Orrie Hadley
Washington Co. Hospital
Manchester
Robert Hall
Dinner guests in Haskins Sunday
HASKINS March 4 Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Ben Harrison were Mr and Mrs Paul Harmon and Jan of Sigourney. Ed Lenz of West Liberty and Dale Stout and Jamie of Iowa City joined at the Bill Darby home with Dale celebrating his birthday. Whetstine called at Skubal home. Mrs Herr visited her mother in Muscatine hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haskins
Ben Harrison
Paul Harmon
Jan
Sigourney
Ed Lenz
West Liberty
Dale Stout
Jamie
Iowa City
Bill Darby
Dale
Edgar Whetstine
Vince Skubal
Jack Herr
Pearl Verrips
Denton Named Delegate for Portugal at UNI MUN
Billie Lee Denton daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon Denton and Highland Community School graduate was chosen as a delegate representing Portugal at the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls UNI Model United Nations chapter will preside over the Midwest Model United Nations regional meeting in St Louis The group stayed in St Louis Feb 27 to March 3 with a delegation from Thailand Topics include population control apartheid South Africa Chinese representation Viet Nam Palestine refugee problem Portugese territories and South Rhodesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
General Assembly
South Africa
Viet Nam
Portugese
South Rhodesia
Fred Krons Visit and Community News in Riverside
Riverside notes show Fred Kron visiting Mrs. Mildred Cray as she recovers, with daughter Florence Kron nursing her and plans for Mahaska County Hospital. Other items include visits by Ziegowsky family, Grace Mottet, and Barbara Schwab, along with local travel of Jim Prybil to Viet Nam and family updates from Lantz, Dautremont, and Skubal households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Courtney
Barbara
Connie Schwab
Iowa City
William Lantz
Connie
Lantz
Bes Novy
Grace Mottet
Carl Prybil
Relatives Attend Funeral in Mt. Ayr and Keota
Keota residents attended the funeral of Mrs. Stuart Hoover in Mt. Ayr, with relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Warren Statler and Lowell Statler. The report notes Mrs. Statler's mother, Mrs. Arthur W. Moeller Sr., died in Somers, Iowa, prompting travel by Candice and Kay Statler. Several other visits and travels among Keota area residents are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Warren Statler
Lowell Statler
Kay Statler
Stuart Hoover
Apache Junction
Arizona
Mt. Ayr
Hoover
Hawleys Honored on 47th Wedding Anniversary in Richland
Mr and Mrs Glenn E Hawley of rural Richland were celebrated for their 47th anniversary as family delivered cake cookies and a floral centerpiece. They wed Feb 27 1921 in Republican City Nebraska and moved to Iowa in 1937. The couple have four children nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Glenn E. Hawley
R. H. McCracken
D. W. Pfeifer
G. E
Three grass fires reported near Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction firemen answered three grass fire calls on Monday March 5. Ten acres of corn stalks burned at the Dell Farrier home NW of town, another field fire crossed into a second field, and flames near the Cedar Crest Country Club and the Columbus Community Building were contained before reaching structures. Also noted were military moves. Sgt Richard Perkins returns from Viet Nam and will be stationed in Germany, new addresses listed for Pvt Keith Grim and Sp 5 Edward Clark, and Sgt Phillip Jennings of Columbus Junction earns the U S Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for his unit at Offutt AFB Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Dell Farrier
Cedar Crest Country Club
Columbus
Hazel Hanft
Richard Perkins
Viet Nam
Germany
Mrs. Perkins
Valeo
Westfall
Keith E. Grim
U. S
Cod
Delta
Fort Bliss
Texas
Edward K. Clark
PIO
Signal Service Group 4
USA
Stratcomeur
APO
New York
Phillip T. Jennings
Harvey H. Jennings
Rfc 2
U. S. Air Force
Jennings
55Th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
Offutt Afb
Nebraska
Birthday honors for Elwyn Hirschy in Wayland
A Wayland birthday celebration honors Elwyn Hirschy on February 24 with a luncheon including ice cream and cake. Relatives and friends presented a money gift, while others joined in reading a poem about Elwyn joining a family quartet of girls. Additional notes mention visits, showers, and a 49th wedding anniversary for Peter and Mrs. Graber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Elwyn Hirscchy
Joe Hirschy
Duwaine Hirschey
Loren
Virgil Blosser
Derald Stauffer
Willard Swanson
Earl Bachman
Edwin Conrad
Blosser
Elwyn
Freida Freyenberger
Gerald
Mary Jo
Robert Webbs
Colorado
Don Neff Jr
Lucy Pagan
A. C. Wenger
Tom Wenger
Muscatine
Florida
Erwin Graber
Iowa City
Paul Martin
Jerri
Mt. Pleasant
Junior Graber
Eric
Crawfordsville
Laverne Grabers
Near Wayland
Peter P. Graber
Dale Triers Visit Keota in Weekend Gatherings
Keota residents host relatives and friends over the weekend. Dale Trier and daughter from Waterloo visited his parents Mr and Mrs Boyd Trier. Cedar Rapids couple Mr and Mrs Stanley Donels visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Boyd Sanders. Iowa State students home for break included Bill Brinning David Luers Mike Trier Larry Sanders and Greg Baumert. Dinner guests Friday included Mr and Mrs Charles Wolfe of Iowa City and Mr and Mrs B J Byrne. Sunday visitors named several Greiner families from Cedar Rapids Marion Sigourney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Pribyl
Cedar Rapids
Jim Prybil
Chicago
Long Beach
Viet Nam
596Th
5Th Army
Wes Novak
Bob Miller
Amana
Bob McFarland
Ainsworth
Zitta Duwa
Leroy Duwa
Iowa City
Leroy
Charles Skubal
Ronald
Paul Scherrer
Ida Skubal
Walter Lemley
Dorothy Dawson
Mark
Washington
Viola Grimm
Diane
Robert Bushel
Davenport
Leona Kucera
Edward Bushek
Delbert Flynn
Larry Thoman
Gene McCracken
Anton Kiefer
Johnnie Brennamon
Lincoln
Nebraska
Joe Becker
West Point
Pete Becker
Becker
Veronica Vogel
Joe Conrad
George Bond
David Flading
Ed Rebel
Keola
Pharr
Texas
Hollis Silk
St. Louis
Denny Bohrofen
Charles Kilpatrick
Mediapolis
James Watts
al Ledger
Matt Becker
Ted Watts
Hawley
Leonard Weber
What Cheer
Sigourney
Richard Downey
Webers
Downeys
Friends
Downey
Thermogas
L. Merle Green
New
New Friends Parsonage. John Gould, On Quarter Break From Isu
Ames
Minneapolis
Minn
Fred George
Smith and Co
Kathryn George
California
Wheeler Brooks
Friends Missionary Aid
G. E. Hawley
R. H. McCracken
O. W. Pfeifer
Japan
Boyd Sanders Keota
Dale Trier
Waterloo
Boyd Trier
Stanley Donels
Boyd Sanders
Iowa State College
Bill Brinning
David Luers
Mike Trier
Larry Sanders
Greg Baumert
Charles Wolfe
B. J. Byrne
William Neff
Anna Sedlak
Doyle Greiner
Sam Greiner
Marion
Ed Greiner
Elsie Greiner
Cecil
Moews seed corn arrival and oats program announced
Frank reports first Moews seed corn shipment arrived with 95 percent germination across varieties. Extra Super Maiz varieties available as demand grows. I S A oats research plot to test multiple varieties on the farm with agronomists and yield measurements. Garland oats continue to be a strong performer with a $1.75 per bushel price. Ortho Box 10 limited stock for sale and rootworm resistant corn options offered.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Ivan Hartsock
Fred Hawkins
Jim Bean
Bernadine Jones
Billie Lee Denton
Wilbur Kiene
Iowa
McMillan Park
Consignors
R. L. Hixson
Knoxville
Lee Bros
Dick Miller
Fairfield Schroeder & Holtkamp
John Lieh
FFA
N. K. Hartley
Hillsboro, Iona
Hank Ketcham
Florence Kron
Fred Krons
Mrs. Cray
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Ahmad Amer
Anchorage
Alaska
William Lukavsky
Charles Chalupa
Wilbur Chalupa
Lukavsky
Amer
Yaro Sojka
Ahmad
Eldine Sojka) Amer
Henry Clay and
Mary Applegate
Jess and
Joe Havel
Raymond Havel
Donna Sue
Mercy Hospital
Little Donna Sue
Melvin Havel
Harry Musser
Hills
Toni Horn
Solon
Michelle Kiene
Henry Kiene
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Candice
Somers
Switzerland
John Borsdorf
Vietnam
Everett Green
Ruby Sharp
Walburga Heisdorfer
Omer Yoder
Ralph Sleicher
Roscoe Niffeneggar
Sleitcher
Novella Hess
Jim
Jim Waterhouse
Lynnette
Myrtle Robertson
Vinton
Bernard Hahn
Pauline Helscher
Bertha Stites
Levernon Helscher
Carl Stites
Howard Bower
Kenny Brennamon
Walter Bower
Myrtle Trier
Rose Oswalt
Beverely Davisson
Bud Trier
Bill Rence
Mason City
Elizabeth Clark
Tom
Lewis Green
Duane Miller
Elmer Waller
Clara Fixmer
Harper
Honor Hawleys
Grace Butler
His Wife
Sandra
Leon P. Jelkin
Omaha, Nebraska
Bertha Miller
Batavia
Jefferson County
Court House
Fairfield, Iowa
Scott Jordan
1St National Bank
Elwyn Hirschy
Nellie Wittmer
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day, Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Caw
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Dale Triers
Bel Air
Dr. V
Peadock Inc
Frank
I.S.A. Oats Research Committee
Patterson Seed and Supply
Lines
Feedlor Consulting Service
Washington, Iowa
Mix-Mill Systems, Inc
Des Moines, Iowa
Hubert Sines
Hank Foster
Parts & Service
N. Marion
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