Arthur Messer 93 dies at Mt. Pleasant Iowa
Arthur Messer 93 of near Brighton died about 130 am today March 16 1973 at Henry County Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm at Green Mound Church of God west of Trenton with Rev Ralph Draper officiating Burial will be in the church cemetery The family will receive friends 7 to 9 pm Saturday at Beatty Jennings Funeral Chapel Wayland Survivors include three daughters five sons fifteen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren Also two sisters and a brother He was preceded in death by his wife one daughter and his parents
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Wayland
Arthur Messer
Brighton
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Green Mound Church
Samuel
Cylindia Parker Messer
Elsie Mae McPheron
Messer
Green Mound
Georgia Case
Phoenix
Ariz
Guy Messer
Pearl
Harold
Olds
Chester
East Pleasant Plain
Ednad Sammons
Riverside
Ira Bales
Washington
Ira Messer
Moline
Ili
Lorene
Special services at Bethel Church
Bethel Mennonite Church Wayland will host a series of special meetings March 18–21 starting with morning worship at 9 30 a m and continuing nightly through Wednesday at 7 30 p m Guest speaker Percy Gerig of Roanoke Mennonite Church Eureka Illinois is familiar to Wayland residents His family roots trace to Sugar Creek Mennonite Church and his father moved from Wayland to Oregon He and his wife Lillian have children He taught at Hesston College and Eastern Mennonite College and studied at Illinois Baptist Seminary
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Wayland — Bethel Mennonite Church
Percy Gerig
Roanoke Mennonite Church
Eureka
Ill
Wayland
Sugar Creek
Lillian
Oregon
Gerig
Hesston College
Eastern Mennonite College
Illinois Baptist "Ominary
Raymond Haifley Dies at Veterans Hospital in Des Moines
Raymond R. Haifley died this morning at Veterans Hospital in Des Moines. He was born August 28, 1919, in the local area. Funeral services are pending at Sherman-Eden Funeral Home.
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Raymond R. Haifley
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Mr. Haifley
Missions Night at Faith Baptist Church
Sunday, March 18, Faith Baptist Church hosts missions night at 7 p.m. Rev Dana Larson of the Baptist General Conference will speak. Larson served in India before a government policy change sent him to Argentina where he has led church extension for over five years. Public invited to service and fellowship.
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Faith Baptist Church
West
Dana Larson
Baptist Eneral Conference
Argentina
Larson
India
All star cage game set for April 2 in Cedar Rapids
The seventh annual Iowa college and university all star basketball game will be played at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School gym starting at 7 30 p.m. Proceeds go to Woll’s chart University. Players from Drake Iowa Iowa State UNC and others are listed with coaches from Drake among the university teams. The college all star lineup includes Wartburg Coe Parsons Westmar St Ambrose Central Morningside and more.
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Cedar Rapids
Vva
Iowa College and University
University of Iowa
Martinez Demon
Clint Harris
Iowa State University
Bill McCoy
University of Northern Iowa
Drake
Howard Stacey
Bob Ortegel
Frank Stewart
Pete Griffin
Wartburg
Randy Johnson
Bill Carrithers
Coe
Tim Dieters
George Green
Parsons
Dennis Cullinan
Westmar
Dennis Ave
St. Ambrose
Dana Snoop
Central
Bruce Jenkins
Morningside
Tom Estes
Dave
Briefs Fined and Coaches Named for All Stars
Mary Kaywender of Wayland paid a $10 fine after a speeding charge. Co coaches for the college all-stars are Marcus Jackson of Coe and Paul Maaske of Cornell.
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Mary Kaywender
Wayland
Albers
Marcus Jackson
Coe
Paul Maaske
Cornell
Markets Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
In Jolite markets cattle 1800 with steers down 50 to 100, heifers steady. High choice steers 48.75 to 49.25, choice 47.00 to 48.75, good 46.00 to 47.50. Heifers high choice 48.00, choice 46.50 to 47.75, good 45.50 to 46.50. Canner cows 26 to 36. Hog entries 900 with No 12 210-230 lb at 40.00 to 40.25, No 13 200-260 lb 39.25 to 39.75. Des Moines market notes: trade slow, demand fairly good, butchers weak to 25 cents lower, sows steady. Prices for various hog weights listed. Estimated receipts Monday cattle 3200, hogs 1000. American flag quote ends the note.
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Joliet
IUPL
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Minnesota
U.S
Southeast Iowa FFA district contest yields state qualifiers
At Bloomfield Friday night Southeast District FFA contest crowned state contenders from Keota Mid-Prairie and NW sub district. Griffith Sehu Pa Keota and Yoder Mid-Prairie earned first gold awards in public and extemporaneous speaking. Ben and Martin Yoder are sons of Elwood and Van Hoozer son of Richard Van Hoozer. 425 members from 30 chapters attended Davis County High School event with Wayne Humphreys as speaker.
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Ben
Martin Yoder
Mid-Prairie
Bloomfield
Bob van Hoozer
Martin
Elwood Yoder
Bob
Richard van Hoozer
Waterloo
Mike Yoder
Rob E. Yoder
Phil Griffith
Steve Freel
FFA
Pat Curl
Iowa
Davis County High School
Wayne Humphreys
Loren Logan
John
Winga Appoints John Winga Jr Coffee Day Chairman
John Winga Jr of Washington is named Coffee Day Chairman for Washington County. The event, aimed at raising funds for Iowa mentally retarded children and adults, will feature restaurants offering free coffee Friday or Saturday March 23 or 24, inviting customers to donate via cups of coffee to fund workshops, day care centers, research, and educational programs.
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Alaryin
Marion
John Winga Jr
Washington
Washington County
Winga
Iowa
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Treasure Island
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Ames
Lions Clubs
Joe Jones
Washington Lions
Journal
Charles Sumner
Chicago
A&w
Tean
A & W Root Beer
West Edge
William R. Yard
Mahaska County
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New Sharon
Tae
Casaty
Ceres
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Washington, Iowa
M- P
Griffith
David Sehu
Brian Pa
Dick Ross Auto Service
McFarlane
East Main
Nite Hawks
Elisha
Riverside, Iowa
Rigadoons
KCI
Kcii Promotions
KCII
S.E. Owa
Down's
Apco
Bob George Keota
Thermogas
N. 7Th St
Rowina
Bob Mann
West Chester
Walt Horning, Jr
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