Campers and locals gather around Wayland area notices
Campers from Ainsworth led by Keneth Paisley journeyed to Silver Lake on Bill Edwards farm while Chicaugo 4-H Club members and leaders camped near the Creek. A long list of local residents attended church events, visits, and family gatherings. Cancer Crusade donations reached 477 dollars. A newborn Shannon Nicole Miller is noted with Wayland relatives among others in community life updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waunita Magdefray
Wayland Mennonite Church
Laverne Graber
Lynita
Willis Alliman
Andrea
Dean Kauffman
Geraldine Richenberger
Cindy
Ellen Clark
Virginia Richenberger
Edward Gugel
Duane Graber
Ann
Margaret Reschly
Howard
Wm. Cochran
Allen Clark
Geneva Farrier
Brighton
Jimmie Smith
Brian
Ottumwa
Jim Smith
Richland
Espey Schroll
Harold Troyer
Blue Grass
Dick Hesser
Mindi
Washington
Lillian Ricks
Johnie Alter
Moline
Ann Neff
Neff
Howard Shaffer
Linda
Florence Shaffer
Marile Messer
Shirley
Sherry
Milton
Gary Wenger
Alicia
East Wayland
Wm. Notzinger
Pearl Street
Dean Richard
Wenger
Eugene Mann
Batavia
Donnie Hertig
Rex Fish
Allison
Bedford
Ind
Elmer Meyer
Wayland
Robert Meyer
Mt. Pleasant
David Unternahrer
Nettie Hinkle
Jack Wenger
Bruce and Scott
Columbia
Allen Wenger
Dean Meyer
Dick Meyer
Prairie Village
Kan
LeRoy Kaufman
Steve
Andy
Gene Fields
Iowa City
Addie Davison
Mercy Hospital
Mabel Rich
Leo Smith
Smith
New London
Arlene Klopfenstein
Gemenive Messer
Eleanor Draper
Beatrice Zihlman
Helen Messer
Ruth Gholson
Lola Bain
Andy Tschantz
Shirley Fort
Ground breaks for Carriage House Apartments in Columbus Junction
Ground was broken April 26 for the Carriage House Apartments on a 12 acre site north of Columbus Community Schools tennis courts. Financed by the Farmers Home Administration Department of Rural Housing, rents will be set by the state and based on tenant income. Ronald Gast will own the complex, slated for completion by August 1. Grandview The Columbus Gazette marks Volume Ninety this year, noting ninety years of publication since purchase by B H Shearer in May 1909. Y Teens elect new Adult Council officers led by Ruth Buser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene B. Dillon
Columbus Junction
Carriage House
Columbus Community Schools
Farmers Home Administration Department of Rural Housing
Ronald Gast
Grandview
Columbus Gazette
Gazette
B.H. Shearer
Ruth Buser
Jan Faler
Virginia Schlapkohl
Linda Murphy
Kate Elliot
Richard Houseal
Washington County Hospital
Everett Henson
Mountain Home
Ark
Cora McWilliams
United Presbyterian Church
Pat Walter
J. Jelly McKee
Walter
Muscatine
John Termeyer
Burlington
Blanche Williams
John Dillon
Larry Robertson
Iowa J TTT in Wayland meeting reports and happenings
Iowa J TIT Society met at Mrs Inger Gibson's home April 26 with seventeen members present. President Ruth Goldsmith opened with a devotion on love and peacemaking. A violet corsage honored the 46th anniversary of the chapter. A bridge and pinochle marathon is set for May 7 at the Legion Hall. Fifty jump rope cases will be sent to Camp Eden Valley as a gift. Delegates reported on the 29th Iowa State Chapter convention. Several social visits and dinners for local residents were noted, including a belated farewell for Mr and Mrs Bean. Mopeds emerge as the next cycle market trend, offering low-cost transport for up to 200 miles per gallon at 20–30 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynita Magdefray Wayland
Iowa J Tit Society
Inger Gibson
Ruth Goldsmith
Organization of Iowa
Judy Messer
Carol Mast
Legion Hall
Camp Eden Valley
Eva Umphrey
Lori Roth
Wayland City Council
Kenneth Miller
LuJean
Dick Schlatter
Stan Miller
Larry Richard
Bean
Wayland
Des Moines
Lloyd Hinkle
Delta Kappa Gamma
Adventureland Inn
Hinkle
Dennis Hinkle
Fort Dodge
Gary Tschantz
Andy Tschantz
Andy
Gary
Crystal
Kelly
Florida
Georgia
Atlanta
Jacob Conrad
Dale Conrad
Burlington
Ida Conrad
Alfred Wagler
Orie L. Roth
Vernon Gerig
Raymond Schlatter
Eva Beese
Katie Roth
Delmar Wagler
Oliver Yutzy
Sarah Swartzendruber
Kalona
Mrs Swartzendruber
Ruth Wenger
Westminster Guild Meeting Notes and Local Events
Westminster Guild of Cotter United Presbyterian Church met April 27 with Mrs John Morris and co hostess Mrs Darold Jones. Members discussed honoring the Paul Hartsock family for Bessie Hartsocks memory and family worship topics. Reports on Spring Presbyterial and attendance by Salem Church member. Upcoming May 4 Columbus Junction U P W guest speaker from Turkey and May 25 meeting at Gale Niffenegger home. Also notes on sorority installation, anniversaries, and various local club activities including 4 H and needlepoint demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane White Ainsworth
Westminster Guild
Cotter United Presbyterian Church
John Morris
Darold Jones
Gale Niffenegger
Paul Hartsock
Bessie Hartsock
Ralph Howell
Bill Hendrickson
Bill Podaril
Betty Podaril
Havenstein
Marion
Alfred Davis
Salem Church
Columbus Junction U.P.W
Turkey
Sam Murphy
Bryce Lord
Mary
Coralville
Beta Sigma Phi
Orie O’connor
Burke McCreedy
Bill Roberts
Iris Courts
O'Connor
Dairy Mart
Irene Arthur
Hugh Morris
Dell Farrier
Ken Arthur
Ainsworth Order of Eastern Star
Columbus Junction
OES
Mildred Morris
Ruben Erland
Eagle Grove
Doug Derschiel
Kim
Kelly
Barb White
Mt. Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Round two garden time arrives in Iowa May planting guide
Iowa State University Extension horticulturist Gary Kling notes second week of May as the start for planting temperature-sensitive crops such as snap beans, sweet corn, cucumbers, muskmelon, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes and watermelons. He also advises a second planting of early vegetables and extending salads with cabbage, carrots, lettuce and radishes, plus pamphlet PM-534 from the Washington County Extension Office detailing lettuce planting windows through June and again August to October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
State tax revenue up 10 percent in first ten months
Iowa tax receipts rise with July through April totals reaching 837.7 million, led by individual income tax at 398.6 million and sales tax at 237.5 million. Comptroller Marvin Selden and Fiscal Director Gerry Rankin project about 10.5 to 11 percent full-year growth, confirming solid revenue projections. A separate note reports a 70 foot flag pole for the statehouse costing 2,900 with a 265 flag price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
IDPA
Marvin Selden
Legislative
Gerry Rankin
Selden
Rankin
Stanley McCausland
Statehouse
McCausland
General Services Department
Wilson A. Scott
Wayland student named to dean's list at DMACC Ankeny
Overton Bean of Wayland earns dean's list honor for the winter quarter at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny. Maureen Rich of Crawfordsville is a member of the Iowa State Singers and Cardinal Keynotes, set to perform at 8 p.m. May 13 in the Memorial Union Great Hall on the Ames campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overton Bean
Wayland
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
Maurine Rich
Crawfordsville
Iowa State Singers
Cardinal Keynotes
Great Hall of Memorial Union
Ames
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Kevin
Linnea
Regina Fort
Brian Fort
Jeremy
Mr. Pleasant
Kevin Fort
Sheila Miller
University Hospital
Rosie Ricks
Rosie
James Troutman
National Bank
Troutman
Catherine Conway
Conway
The
Wellman Bank
Morton, Ill
Shannon Nicole
Victor Miller
John Wagler
Joseph Miller
William Thoma
Wayland Middle School
Lester Hill
Art Hill
Gary Hill
Logan
East Side Square
Wenneco
Henneco Inc
Dubuque
Washington Air Charter, Inc
E. Madison
Iowa
Cotter Guild
Mrs. Morris
Max White Jr
Brenda
American Legion Auxiliary
Olive Richards
Sara Megdelsen
Larry Sexton
Kristi Ornduff
Larrette Sexton
Marsha Byerly
Christine Skubal
Russell Stover
Drug Store
Washington, Iowa
Washington Evening Journal
State Bank
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