Cancer Drive in Ainsworth Reduces Total to 128 35
Ainsworth Captain Cleo Orris reports the Cancer Drive is finished with $128.35 raised. Invitations for a banquet go to alumni. change of address notices are requested by May 14 for timely mailing. The town reads on church and club notices, upcoming APT meeting, and local civic gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Cleo Orris
Joe Wood
Highland School District
Bryce Lord
Hilton Coon
William McCracken
Leo Carson
Erette Charpening
Ainsworth Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
W.D. Roberts
Harold Gerdes
Kenneth Cundit
Gene Stephens
Olive Miksch
Burke McCreedy
Willard McCracken
Preston Edmondson
C.A. Thompson
Muscatine
Roberts
Ainsworth Presbyterian Women Plan May Fellowship Day
UPW executive committee met with Mrs. Lloyd Edwards to finalize plans for May Fellowship Day at Mrs. Claude Kilgore’s home on May 9. Cohostesses are Mrs. George Koehler and Mrs Pete Koehler. Luncheon at 12 20 p m features a lad serve yourself table. Mrs Kenneth Moore of Morning Sun will speak. Bible lesson by Mrs John Skubal. Transportation arranged via Mrs Lawrence Wilson. Discussions also covered Vacation Bible School and an African project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Women
Lloyd Edwards
Claude Kilgore
George Koehler
Pete Koehler
Kenneth Moore
Morning Sun
John Skubal
Lawrence Wilson
Local Social Roundup From Mercy Hospital to Mt Pleasant
Mrs Allen Fickling was a Mercy Hospital patient in Iowa City for two days. Open house visits occurred at the State Hospital Mt Pleasant. Sunday callers included Mr and Mrs Carl Herr air and Mrs L Duwa. The District W S C S School of Instruction met in Muscatine. Several families visited in Keota Riverside and Iowa City with mentions of the Griggs Griggs Fickling Crile Augustine and Bauer households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Fickling
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Orville Griggs
State Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Glenn Garden
Mrs
Carl Herr
Air
L. Duwa
Dale Duwa
Ralph Waldschmidt
Riverside
W.s.cs
Muscatine
Waldo Fickling
George Roff
Jenne Davison
Keota
Marvin Crib
Richard Hayes
Marvin Crile
Kenny Bauer
Todd
Loren Bush
United Church of Christ
Museum
D.A. Augustine
Micchael
Florene
May
Ainsworth Student Council
Iris Courts
Iowa
H. E. Ross
Jack Boender
T. J. Berdo
Bob Watson
Nasal
Tow City
Ted Weems Dies After Prolonged Illness in Tulsa
Band leader Ted Weems died Monday night in a Tulsa hospital at age 62 after more than seven weeks with emphysema. The 1930s and 40s star led an orchestra that nurtured vocalists like Perry Como and scored hits such as Heartaches and The Martins and the Coys. He was in critical condition most of the time and died shortly before 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Ted Weems
Martins
Coys
Ing
Perry Como
Weems
Ainsworth High seniors wrap up year with newsroom roles
Senior English and Special Studies students wrapped final year by producing school news for the Ainsworth Journal. Janet Coon led the editor team while Sherry Roberts Alma Havel Tom White and others wrote faculty student council sports music chapel and personalities items. Calendar highlights run May 7 to May 21 including track, banquet, prom, concerts, awards night, and graduation events at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Sherry Roberts
Alma Havel
Student Council
Tom White
George Trotter
Madellen Pronga
Klopfenstein
Judy Simpson
Pat Gerdes
Kare
Carolyn Coon
Janet Coon
West
Riverside
Pam
Sethodist
Bob
Kenneth Watson
Iowa Wesleyan College
Alma Ilavel
Mike Klopfenstein
State University of Iowa
State College of Iowa
Simpson College
Jerry Gipple
Bill Frame
Dick Meeks
Mike Wood
Ann Lord
Ed Skubal
Glenn Banks
Janice Lines
Mary ‘Therion
Allen Jones
Bob Watson
Jerry Mapel
Tina Gosling
Karen Coon
Highland Community District
Ames
Iverside
Sixth Grade Field Trip To Washington Libraries
Ainsworth locals sixth grade visited Washington during Library Week to tour the Washington Public Library the county library and KCI. Mrs Jones Mrs Simmering and Mrs Alvine drove cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Public Library
County Library
KCI
Jones
Simmering
Alvine
First community project to plant Xmas trees in Riverside
Riverside launches a soil conservation effort on April 22 weather permitting. 3500 tiny pine trees will be planted on the Ted Pratt acreage, 2000 white pines and 1200 red pines, with planters by Keota FFA boys. Trees will be 6 to 10 inches high, six feet apart in eight foot rows, with cost share from ACP and ASC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Ted Pratt
Rivide
FFA
Keota
Pratt
ACP
ASC
Mrs Rowe Heads Cancer Crusade In So Lime Creek
In Wellman on April 17, Mrs Keith Rowe will chair the Cancer Crusade for the South Lime Creek District with assistants named from the community. The report lists numerous local women aiding, plus several family visits and social notes from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Rowe
Cancer Crusade
Lime Creek
Wellman
South Lime Creek
Keith Rowe
Lester Marnasmith
James Murphy
Marion Blum
Fay Rowe
A. G. Longwell
Clarence Witthoft
Toppan Johnson
Lawrence Whetstine
Jake Litwiller
Ray Brenneman
Bernard Berg
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Friendly Families
Friendly Families Club
Duane White
Bill Koehler
CES
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Bill Hawkins
Fred Hawkins
Columbus Junction
Russell Jones
Glen Lord
Lee Conry
Gilbert Wood
Hawkins
W.M
Alvin Wear
Hugh Morris
Hayden Davis
Orie O'Connor
Don Bush
Robert Stent
Herman Wagenknecht
Tom Skubal
Bill ‘Owens
Jess Quigley
Stanley Arthur
Ainsworth School
Elaine Suter
Cox
Vince Foulbert
Charles Jenkins
Suter
Judy Kafka
Susan Kaufman
Ronnie Orris
Donald White
Pam Gosling
Billy Ort
Bobby Leslie
Janet Smith
Keith Byerly
Gregory Greiner
Paul Lambert
Four Corners
4 Corners
May Carson
Sacha Club
Wilfred McCreedy
Dale Johnston
Alice McDaniel
Iso
Crawfordsville
Federated Church
Sylvia Wilson
Dale Roberts
Securin
Roger Colthurst
Lee Norris
Wilma Hunt
Mae Spessard
Spessard
Sunny Haven
Will Richards
Clarence Richards
Methodist Men's Club
Board of Lay Activn
Bill Simbro
United Nations
Pat McDole
W.A. Lopshire
Tucson
Ariz
Soon
Pat Dea
New Frontier Club
Governor's Mansion
Des Moines
Esther Arthur
Cotter
Ralph Miller
Milo Arthur
Myrtle Long
Charles D. Thompson
Jim
Susie
McMillan Park
Virgil Long
Joe Palooka
Jerry
Dixie Dugan
Ham Fisher
Blondie
By McEvoy
Striebel
Dagwood
Eagweco
Eourw
Chick
Nancy
BY Ernie Bushmiller
UPW Executive
Mrs. Flickling Hospital
Florence
Augustine
Oklahoma
Douglass
Mmpty
Community Feed, Inc
Ainsworth High
Ainsworth High School
Larry Trotter
Irvan Rich
Vernell Gookin
Mount Pleasant
Mental Health Institute
Robert Watson
Jerry Maple
Dennis Donaldson
LeRoyer
Jim Wilson
Capitol
Madge Boyd
Alfred Fritz
Everett's
Shamrock Inn
Hank
State Conservation Commission, Forestry Division
Agricultural Conservation Program
Mr. Att
Joe Kehoe
Davenport
Hubert Romine
Brighton
L. J. Kehoe
Mescames
Arthur Ulrich
John Maxwell
Wilbur Wasson
Marie van Dorn
Oral Moore
Leon Schauf
Merle Crossett
Alvin Smith
Lewis Belcher
Sam Rodgers
Keokuk
Donald Butterbaugh
Denver Corp
Marvin Boone
Aileen Gislain
8Th Avenue
Ellen Swartzendruber
Winfield
Robert Patson
Donald Meeks
Martelle
Barbara Meeks
Town City
Grace Heiserman
Ine
Ladies Rural Club
Wilbur Geyer
John
James Wagamon
Marek
Ruth Page
Raymond Geyer
Elsie Hightshoe
Oxford
Ssnoon
Bertha Durst
Carrol Fisner
Miller Farm
Leroy Reber
Roy Durian
Hot Springs
Howard Beckler
Skidmore, Mo
Aaron Beckler
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Cnartes Shaefer
Shenk Nursing Home
Carla Anderson
Jennie Oldaker
Mrs. Mable Wagamon
Bell's Ready Mix Concrete
Haskins, Iowa
Bell
Hoskins
Ains
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