Abandoned Farmhouses Reflect Rural To Urban Shifts
A midwestern panorama shows deserted farmhouses signaling decades of rural to urban migration. The essay laments vanished family life and simple winters, contrasting past togetherness with today’s conveniences and emptier towns. It also briefly mentions baseball players Davenport McCovey Alou Hiatt Haller Marichal Mays Hunt in context of team hopes.
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Midwestern United States
Giants trade Hunt to boost 1968 pennant bid
San Francisco Giants manager Herman Franks confirms a winter deal that sent Ron Hunt and Nate Oliver from the Dodgers for Tom Haller. Hunt brings a .280 career average to help middle-field defense with Hal Lanier at short. Willie Mays anchors center while Jim Davenport Eyes regular third base and Jim Ray Hart could move to left field after leading the club with 99 runs last season.
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Phoenix. Ariz
UPI
San Francisco Giants
Herman Franks
Ron Hunt
Los Angeles Dodgers
Nate “Peewee
Oliver
Tom Haller
Hal Lanier
Hunt
St. Louis
Lanier
Tito Fuentes
Fuentes
Giants
Phoenix
Jim Davenport
Jim Ray Hart
Hart
Idris Club Hosts March Meeting and Greece Talk in Kalona
Mrs Logan Reif and Mrs Paul Swank co hosted twenty Idris Club members in Kalona as they heard Mrs Fay W Boone present on International Understanding and Mrs Kenneth King discuss Greece and her recent trip. Upcoming events include Davenport convention April 15 17 and Guest Night April 2 at 7 30 pm.
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Kalona
Logan Reif
Paul Swank
Idris Club
Reif
Kenneth King
Keota prepares Preschool Round Up and town notices
Keota Community School invites children to a Preschool Round Up on March 29 with registration by last name initial. health records required. Town notices include April 4 garbage pickup rules and penalties for dumping at the town dump, plus council discussion on parallel parking and an ordinance for street resurfacing. Local births noted: Mary Jeanne Smothers born March 18 at Washington Hospital, Grandparents listed. James Gerritt Hunting born March 14. Kay Greiner born March 13 with family details.
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Keota
Oskaloosa Sanitation Company
Austin Zehr
State Highway Commission
Richard Smothers
Washington Hospital
Mary Jeanne
Mary Henderson
Emmett Smothers
Sigourney
Hattie Gregory
Gerrit Hunting
James Gerritt
Hunting
Everett Greiner
Kay
Marie Greiner
John Redlinger
Harper
Kalona Alpha Club meeting notes March 19
Kalona March 19 Alpha Club meeting in Mrs. Richard Dyer home with 27 members present. Mrs. H V Beck reported Kalona Public Library Board summer reading program. Mrs. Meredith Maas Jr. noted 95 members attended county convention at Kalona Methodist Church. scrap book on civic projects prepared by Idris and Alpha Clubs will go to State Federated Club office. Others spoke on meat inspection and the Davenport convention set for April 15–17. The April 1 luncheon at Captain's Table in Washington precedes a calendar factory tour. Mary Paulette Yoder observed her fifteenth birthday with a Sunday gathering. Families noted include Swartzendruber, Yoder, Marner, and others. Navy inductee Russell Grout returns home before reporting to Glenview. Various Friday and Sunday visits and hostesses listed.
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Kalona
Larry Hoover
Alpha Club
Richard Dyer
Glenn Miller
H. V. Beck
Idris and
Alpha Clubs
State Federated Club Office
Howard Schrock
General Federation Club
Jesse Grout
Davenport
Washington
Mary Paulette Yoder
Mark Swartzendruber
Kalona Residents Share News And Visits
Kalona residents and relatives are listed with hospital stays, homecomings, and social visits. Dessie Figgins was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Lloyd Knepp and Alice Eimen returned home after a six week California Arizona Colorado vacation. Locals hosted and visited friends and family across Kalona and nearby towns.
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Kalona
Dessie Figgins
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Lloyd Knepp
Alice Eimen
California
Arizona
Colorado
Howard Grimes
Susan
Evanston
Illinois
Dale K. Gingerich
Grimes
Mrs. Gingerich
Ralph Gingerich
Wellman
Emerson Swartzendruber
Local Professional Directory of Attorneys and Doctor
Listing of lawyers including Louis J. Kehoe at Jeffry Building phone 653-3991 and Livingston Day Meeker Bates with office at 112 South Ave B phone 653-2147. Morrison Morrison and Lloyd at 211 West Washington St phone 653-5431. John C. Owen at 119 West Washington South Side Square phone 653-2874. Dr M L Tweeton at 108 North Marion phone 653-2351, closed Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.
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Livingston, Day, Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
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Haller
Jack Hiatt
Frisco
New York
Mets
Franks
Mike McCormick
Juan Marichal
Gaylord Perry
Ray Sadecki
Ron Herbel
Bob Bolin
Joe Gibbon
Frank Linzy
Lindy McDaniel
Bill Henry
Willie Mays
Willie
Mrs. King
Mrs. Eugene Way
Joe Chody
Federated Club
Fay W. Boone
Farmers Savings Bank
A.S.C
W.Q.W
Harry Ramseyer
Ronald Bender
Michael Brenneman
H.L. Walker
Myron Jones
Larry Kern
Relief Committee
Masons
Vernon Stagner
C.W. Beckman
H. E. Peterseim
Carl R. Miller
Peterseim
D. G. Sattler
Martha
Eastern Star
Boone
C. W. Beckman
Raymond Yetty
Ellis Swartzendruber
Swartzendruber
Cynthia
John E. Hershberger
Clayton
Delmar G. Yoder
Benny Miller
Wilma Swartzendruber
Pat Swartzendruber
Morris Swartzendruber
Cecil Miller
Elmer L. Yoder
Earl Fry
Bryan
George W. Fry
Alvin Paulsen
West Branch
Debbie
Imr
Bumstead
Elmo
Imr. Bumstead
Alpha
Sharon Muller
Jane Bender
Waya Shetler
Donna
Deanna Yoder
Georgiana Zook
Shirley Yoder
Mary Roth
Barbara Hochstetler
Kristen Brenneman
Karen Marner
Rosella
Rosanna Marner
Mary Lou Swartzendruber
Earl Grout
Rita
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Russell Grout
U. S
T. R. Larsen
Larry
Lyndon
Dan H. Miller
Ruth Forbes
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Rhodes
Mrs. Figgins
Mrs. Fry
David Fry
Paulsens
LaVerna
LaVerna Stutzman
Ruth Miller
Karen Muller
Cindy Marner
Cindy Swartzendruber
Mary Beth Miller
Lowell Brenneman and Sons
Gerald Marner
Elam Christner
Dave Marner
Donald
Mose P. Yoder
Mildred
Luella and
Vera
Emmett Hochsted
Ler
Elva
Ellen
Harley H. Miller
Alton Borntrager
Emma Yoder
Edwin Knepp
Elma Kinsinger
Mrs. Reese Trusler
C. L. Jennings
New London
Iowa
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Washington County Farm
Johnson Co
C.v
Smylies Livestock CO
John Roth
Bob Smylie
Jim Soukup
F. D. Smylie
H. M. Duncan