Cuban banker Rigoberto Areces to speak at Rotary Ladies Night
Rotary Club will host Ladies Night on Thursday May 12 at the Country Club with Rigoberto Areces of Cuba as principal speaker. Areces, born in Colon, led Banco Areces from 1936 to 1960 and presided during its confiscation by Castro in 1960. He has since worked with U.S. banks and currently serves Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids. The event includes a banquet at 6:30 p.m. with about 100 Rotarians and guests, the naming of The Man of the Year, attendance and service awards, and music by a high school group directed by Vernon Feuerhelm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rigoberto Areces
Rotary Club
Mr. Areces
Colon
Cuba
Banco Areces
U.S.A
Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Areces
Washington
Vernon Feuerhelm
Local birthdays and greetings mark quiet Mother's Day week
Friends and relatives share visits and news across several towns. Mrs Mills J Taylor of Philadelphia broke a hip and stayed at Delaware County Hospital. Dennis Schoonover entertained four fellow students at his parents home for Mothers Day weekend. Father Frank Leon Gelskey traveled from Rome to Mexico and visited relatives in the area before continuing. Verne Landess returned home after visiting Richard Stalder’s family and others in Iowa, Minnesota, and Missouri. Chris Lemmon spent time with parents after college. Mrs Soto called from Cambria California to wish Mother Emma Barnett a happy Mothers Day. Cecilia Gilpin hosted Mothers Day guests as the Gilpins welcomed a new baby, Robert Joseph, baptized. George C Stewart returned from California visits and stopped to see daughters in Mt Vernon and Granada Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills J. Taylor
Philadelphia
Delaware County Hospital
Drexel Hill
Dennis Schoonover
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Ralph Schoonover
Dennis Collins
Trenton
Jim Ward
Louisiana
Dave Ward
Fairfield
Sablah Serilli
Baghdad
Iraq
Frank Leon Gelskey
Leo Fritz
Father Gelskey
Matthew Fritz
al Fritz
Lester Worley
Paul Ryan
East Pleasant Plain
Brookfield
Rome
Italy
Mexico
Leon Gelskey
Weiser
Idaho
Verne Landess
Washington
Richard
Clarion
Albert Lea
Minn
Mt. Vernon
George C. Stewart
Granada Hills
Calif
Robert McKenzies
Wilton Webbs
Mid-Prairie junior high to stage Clementine play
Mid-Prairie junior high presents Clementine directed by Mrs. Anderson on May 12 for students at Kalona and May 13 for the public at 7 30 p m Tickets at the door or from the cast 50 cents for adults 25 cents for children The cast features Patty Gingerich George Yoder Elaine Kleinschmidt Tom Brown Eric Shaver and others in a humorous tale of a tomboy plotting payback after a party invite mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Prairie
Clementine
Anderson
Kalona
Hank
Patty Gingerich
George Yoder
Abe
Elaine Kleinschmidt
Mary Kelly
Tom Brown
Gerald Kelly
Eric Shaver
Debbi Roth
Cathy
Orpha
Funeral Tuesday for Mrs Hila Anderson
Mrs W H Hila Anderson 96 died Sunday May 8 1966 at Lutheran Home Muscatine after five weeks illness. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Jones Funeral Home with Rev M O Smith. Burial Keota Cemetery. Survived by two sons Roscoe and Theodore. three daughters Grace Goshart Geraldine Houseal and Wilma Hoyle. eight grandchildren eighteen great grandchildren. sister Maude Flemming Wellman and brother Con I Davis Keota. Two daughters preceded her in death.
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W. H
Hila) Anderson
Muscatine
Jones Funeral
Rev. M. O. Smith
Keota
Hila Edna Davis
Washington County
Israel
Sarah Rumble Davis
William Harvey Anderson
Washington
Anderson
Methodist Church
Golden Age Club
Roscoe D. Anderson
Theodore R. Anderson
Birmingham
Grace Bosha
X-ray unit to visit Washington County May 12 13
A mobile X-ray unit will tour Washington County on Thursday and Friday May 12 and 13 as part of the Mantoux skin-testing follow up. Tuberculin reactors are urged to report for chest X rays. the program is funded by Christmas Seal contributions and public health funds. Schedule lists County Home Washington High School Kalona Wellman nursing homes with times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Washington County Tuberculosis Association
County Medical Society
County Home
Washington High School
Kalona Nursing Home
Wellman Nursing Ag Home
Third Annual Iowa Mothers of Twins Convention Set
The Iowa Mothers of Twins Club will hold its third annual convention on Saturday May 21 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Waterloo from 10 a.m. to 2 45 p.m. Registration starts at 9 30 a.m. Fees are 75 cents and luncheon is 2 25. Contacts for reservations are Mrs Roger Elbert Cedar Falls and Mrs Tom Zimmerman West Des Moines. Speakers include Dr Harold Bernhard of State College of Iowa and Miss Glenda Mabrey of Waterloo School Administration. The event welcomes guardians of multiples in Iowa. six clubs in the state are affiliated with the National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs Inc headquartered in Toledo Ohio. The national group has just under 6 000 members in 36 states with plans for the 1966 national convention in Sioux Falls SD July 28 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Mothers of Twins Club
Knights of Columbus
Waterloo
Roger Elbert
Loma St
Cedar Falls
Harold Bernhard
State College of Iowa
Glenda Mabrey
Tom Zimmerman
Rt. 1
West Des Moines
Mothers of Twins Clubs
National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc
Toledo
Ohio
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Barbershoppers to Sing Here Thursday in Washington
Local event invites all men in the Washington area to join or listen to a two hour barbershop program at Washington Junior High School. The Old Capitol Chorus from Iowa City will sing along with guests from Mt. Pleasant and Fairfield. The Federated Music Men's Club of Washington sponsors the 8 p.m. event.
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Washington Area
Federated Music Men’s Club of
Washington
Old Capitol Chorus
Iowa City
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Washington Junior High School
Weekend Guests and Family News Report
Social notes recount visits and celebrations across multiple households. Mr and Mrs Richard Brinning host relatives from Des Moines while Mrs Harold Johnson fetes Mrs Carl Ward for her May birthday. Family welcomes and hospital news appear alongside a Marine on leave and a surprise party for Mrs Clara Davies.
Ordination of Rev. W. E. Kruger at Iowa Assembly District Council
Rev. W. E. Kruger pastor of First Assembly of God Church in Washington was ordained at the 52nd district council of the Iowa District Assemblies of God in Des Moines on May 4. A Rockford Illinois native, he studied at Bob Jones University and Central Bible College Springfield Missouri and worked as a rehabilitation supervisor for Teen Challenge in New York City before evangelistic work in the Midwest and Washington. The family of four resides at 1212 East Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Kruger
First Assembly of God Church
Washington
Iowa
Assemblies of God
Des Moines
Rockford
Ill
Kruger
Bob Jones University
Central Bible College
Springfield
New York City
Midwest
Japanese choir to appear in Muscatine
A 45-voice Japanese choir from the Seventh Day Adventists College near Tokyo will perform at West Junior High School in Muscatine on Tuesday May 10 at 7 30 p m. The public may attend free of charge. The group sings in six languages and is on a three month U S tour arriving April 13 and departing July 17. They will also appear on Faith for Today television and Voice of Prophecy radio during their stay.
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Japanese Mission College
West Junior High School
Kindler
Muscatine
Seventh Day Adventists College
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Faith
Voice of Prophecy
Marriage License Issued in Washington County
A marriage license was issued at the Washington county courthouse for George R. Sondag of Keota and Barbara Ellen Laux of 738 East Second Street Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
George R. Sondag
Keota
Barbara Ellen Laux
Washington
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Rotary
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West Side Square
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Connie
Mark
Mrs. Stalder
Helen Watkins
Bessie Tucker
Tucker
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A. J. Gilpin
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Bill
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Frank Sanders
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Wolf's Flower Shop
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Angela
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Harold Johnson
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Victor Klopfenstein
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Pleasant Valley
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Celina, OQ
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