Mrs. Omer Crawford Improves Amid Visits and Local News
May 2 Dutch Creek notes Mrs. Omer Crawford recovering from a leg blood clot with visitors including Mrs. Stanley Vodicka and many Washington area friends. Local events cover potluck for Mrs. C. L. Eyestone, travel of families to Indianapolis and Kansas City, new neighbors Larry Roberts and family, and a Friends of the University of Iowa Library dinner with poet Richard Armour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Fisher
Dutch Creek
Omer Crawford
Stanley Vodicka
Harold Pepper
Florence Crawford
Keota
Forrest Henry
Dean Luers
Hadley Waltman
Terry Greiner
C.L. Eyestone
David Trask
Julie
Jeff
Fairfield
Eugene Trask
Winterset
Joe Knight
Paul Knight
Mark
Des Moines
Denise Eyestone
Washington
Warren Ropp
Kalona
Sandy
Gene Engel
Indianapolis
Ind
Gene
Harry Trodahl
Katherine Buxbaum
Grinnell
Trodahls
Louise
Novella Hess
Roberta Skinner
Janet
School of Dance
Bonner Springs
Kan
Barbara
Harry Spohn
Larry Roberts
Elsie Mayer
Bill Crawford
Larry
Air Force
Mother
Iowa City
Friends of the University of Iowa Library
Remains of Indian chief to be buried next week
The Fox Indian chief Peosta bones now at Ham House Museum will be reinterred May 12 in a pine coffin placed in a cement vault. A simple ceremony marks the grave on a bluff above the Mississippi near Julian Dubuque’s grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
UPI
Dubuque County
Peosta
Mississippi River
Julian Dubuque
Peosia
Scout O Rama tests fitness with demos in Iowa City
Scouts from Warhawk District stage the 1973 Scout O Rama at Northwest Junior High School Coralville on May 5 with activities inside and on the grounds. Cub and Boy Scout units showcase wooden racing cars first aid pioneering and tent displays funded by ticket sales and United Way support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Northwest Junior High School
Coralville
Warhawk
Order of the Arrow Scouts
Washington and
Johnson Counties
Iowa
Cedar Counties
United Way
Johnson County
Horace Mann
Lone Tree
Williamsburg
Bethany Baptist Church
Montagmery Ward & Company
Hawkeye Awning Company
Honor Senior Citizens Dinner at Riverside Methodist Church
A cooperative potluck for Riverside Senior Citizens was held at Riverside Methodist Church on April 23. Attendees included numerous local residents and church members with WSCS oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Methodist Church
Wilbur Kiene Riverside
Methodist Church
Cloyd Whitlock
Louis Havel
Harold Cress
Leroy Hardy
Jess Mitchell
Wes Sojka
Walt Lemley
George Havel
Sam Bowser
Roy Hall
Oscar Gerot
George Shalla
Hazel Bell
Gerald Cress
Mary Lukavsky
Luck Kirchner
Bess Burich
Frances Moss
Opal Stransky
Irene Kiefer
Fred Luckey
Hubert Malichky
Ws.c.s
Ardell Geret
Cedar Rapids
Frank
Norbert Dautremont
Peggy Fox
Upper Iowa
Lyle Fox
Robert Christner
Angie
Bobbi
Coe College
Hall Park
Eckrich
Kenneth D. Eckrich
Beele Chase Base
Louisiana
Riverside
Highway 1
Iowa City
Cindy Berg
St. Mary’s Hall
Pella readies 38th Tulip Time festival spectacle
Pella unveils plans for a May 10 to 12 Tulip Time festival featuring colorful costumes tulips and klompen. Rotary Club tours offer narrators and a one dollar fee. Dutch Vespers prayers at 11 a.m. daily and a Tulip Queen coronation on Thursday with events through Saturday.
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Pella
Klompen
Central College
Rotary Club
First Reformed Church
Legion Hall
Central Park
Burgemeester
Marion County Savings & Loan
Charlie Brown
Drama Workshop
Central College Theatre
The
Pella Historical Society
Cemetery Clean Up Planned by Lions for May 21 at Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Lions Club set an evening cemetery cleanup for May 21 due to local conflicts. The meeting drew 37 attendees with two new members Mike Massey and Larry Hixson, and Doug Steele joining. They also sang during the session and reviewed Puerto Rico and St Louis Arch films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Richard Lease
Timm
Dale Bell
Rhonda Slater
Nancy Davis
Jane Hesseltine
Regina Richardson
Susan Fulton
Kim
Lynne Johnston
United Presbyterian Church
Ray van Engen
Lions Club
Roar
Alfred Davis
Kenneth Rhea
Puerto Rico
St. Louis
Herb Rich
Bob Wilcox
John McNeill
Lyle Lowe
American Legion
Earl McVey
Dick Lease
Harold Spangler
Lease
Iowa City
Raymond Anderson
Granville Love
Waco A.F.S. Fund
Ed Anderson
Steve Davis
Camp Dodge
David Jewell
Keith van Engen
Legion Rooms
Wayne Davis
Ken Rhea
Vernon Fletcher
Lee Meeks
Lee McCall
Ray McAllister
Also Mentioned on This Page
Richard Armour
Dave Elder
Mike Zachs
Mike Kramme
Nottingham
England
Bill Toynbee
Worker's Educational Association
Cindy
Don Schnoebelen
St. Mary’s Church
Tom Havel
Lawrence
Ainsworth
Richard Swailes
Wayne Strabala
Mrs
Marian Waters
Illinois
Missouri
Poweshiek, Cedar and
Boone Counties
McAllister
Wapello and
Henry Counties
Galesburg
Grundy County
MT. Vernon
Vernon Leichty
Wayland
Richard Nihart
Richland
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