Weekend gatherings in Crawford area
Social notes from Crawfordsville detail Mothers Day visits in Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls and Knoxville plus church and Legion events. Residents hosted and visited include Bud and Mildred Lease Wayne Berkshire Jack Shumaker Harlan Winter Duane Gipple Bertha Hill Alberta Rhea and numerous families from Mt. Pleasant Washington Columbus Junction and Phoenix. The column notes hospital and reunion activities and a Laotian refugee family sponsorship, with travel to Milwaukee for a dental college graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Bud Lease
Jim Shumaker
Aaron
Brian
Todd
Cedar Rapids
Lease
Wayne Berkshire
Jack Shumaker
Judd
Lisa
Mt. Pleasant
Kenneth Rhea
Cedar Falls
Karen
Lyle Williams
Tammy
Tricia
Harlan Winter
Duane Gipple
Southeast
Iowa
Winnie Lauderdale
Columbus Junction
Bertha Hill
Richard Lee
Bob Lee
Olds
Tracy Moore
Ercil Lee
Alice White
Aleta Walker
Jim Jewell
Jim
Randy
Zeing
Washington
Washington United Presbyterian Church
Sharla
Trisha
Knoxville
Kaye
Leonard Deaver
Alberta Rhea
Ferne Canott
Victoria Griffith
American Legion Auxiliary
National Guard Armory
American Legion
Alberta
Girls State
Florence Long
Donnellson
Florence Wade
Wellman
Edgar Family Co-Operative
American Legion Hall
John
Leila) Elliott
Phoenix, Ariz
Stanley Edgar
Clarinda
Keith Lord
Ray Wombacher
Iowa City
Larry Waggoner
Sam Edgar
Kermit Jenkins
Harlan Edgar
Ainsworth
Bill Edgar
Jim Edgar
Stanely Edgars
Elliotts
Leila
Mary
Beaver Falls
Geneva College
Phoenix
Mercy Hospital
Jean Seibert
Jack Seibert
Albuquerque
N.M
Cherryholmes
Seibert
Jean Cherryholmes
L.A. Cherryholmes
Kenneth
Mildred Cherryholmes
Glenn Cherryholmes
Seiberts
Jean
Hazel Woepking
Memorial Hospital
Mildred
Wapello
Dick Fletcher
Jim Young
Roger
Youngs and Seiberts
Royce Bonnichsen
Jack
Chester Cherryholmes
Milwaukee
Wis
Larry
College of Dentistry
Mrs Dickenson Enters Mercy Hospital For Surgery
Mrs Wayne Dickenson was admitted to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City on Wednesday May 12 and underwent surgery the following morning. The piece notes extensive Mother's Day family visits and other local housing health updates from Keota and surrounding areas. Local families including the Stoutners Peiffers and Hubers are mentioned with visitors and dinner plans. Arthur Merz left Mercy Hospital ICU on May 5 and returned home. Ron Jenkins family welcomes daughter Gennie Anne born May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert
George Stoutner
Keota
Laurie Stoutner
Iowa City
Tim Kilburn
Sigourney
Dan Shannon
Sue Lynn
Houghton
William Shannon
Dennis Peiffer
Walford
Elmer Peiffer
Norbert Hammes
Mary Ann
Steven
Fairfield
Rosa Greiner
Loren Huber
Wellman
Larry Huber
Baby
Mabel Huber
Richard Huber
Bob Huber
North English
Tom Mills
Allice Mills
Peiffer Supper Club
Rick Miller
Washington
Bob
Arthur Merz
Mercy Hospital
Merz
Ron Jenkins
Chariton
Gennie Anne
Donald Stone
Brooklyn
Ruth Genkins
Genkins
Ron Genkins
Hold baby shower for Jami Beranek in Westchester
Mrs. Mike Foriash hosted fourteen guests at a May 2 baby shower for Jami Beranek daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Beranek of Iowa City. Grandmothers and great grandmothers attended. Vacation Church School runs May 31 to June 4 at United Methodist Church with sessions 8:30 to 11:30 AM and fees 50 cents per child or one dollar per family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Hobbs
Westchester
Mike Foriash
Jami Beranek
Jim Beranek
Iowa City
Joe Bauer
Robert Beranek
Dot Bauer
Phyllis Reif
United Methodist Church
Jesus
Funeral for Mrs. Goldie Simmons Held in Burlington
Mrs Goldie Simmons 75 died April 29 1976 in El Monte California where she wintered with her daughter Hazel Mowry. Funeral services occurred May 4 at Sunning Chapel Burlington with mourners including Mr and Mrs Ray Rich Mrs Willis Hildebrand two sons Avin Burlington Charles Trenton and eight grandchildren. Wayland OES met at Masonic Temple with readings and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynita Magdefray Wayland
Ray Rich
Willis Hildebrand
Goldie Simmons
Sunning Chapel
Burlington
Simmons
Trenton
el Monte
Calif
Hazel Mowry
Avin
Charles
Wayland
Keota social notes highlight weddings and gatherings
Keota and area residents share Mothers Day visits and dinners with families in Cedar Rapids Blairstown Washington and Marion. A Brighton wedding at the Methodist Church united Mary Sistern and Melvin Richardson. Amy Keyser baptized with many relatives and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert Keota
Albert Sieren
James St. John
Cedar Rapids
Duane Miller
Blairstown
Charles Sieren
Eve Cooley
Lillian Flander
Ola Aller
Ethel Aller
Marie Jones
Keota
Ann Hess
Helen Wolfe
Cleo Trier
Pearl Richardson
Dean Richardson
Scott
Angie
Brighton
Duane Richardson
Washington
Daryl Richardson
Melvin Richardson
Misty
Carol Richardson
Robyn
Mary Sistern
Raymond Herr
Gary Hauschild
Marion
United Methodist Church
Everett Jones
Bettendorf
Bill Yoder
Keith Altenhofen
Kellogg
Veronica Lillig
Alvie Simmons
Pearidge
Ark
Walter Smith
Simmons
Smith
Edith Yoder
Davenport
Galen Weaver
Bob Chalupa
Forrest Green
Eva Greiner
Susan Swift Named for Girls State at Hawkeye
Susan Swift daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Swift was chosen by the Crawfordsville Unit of American Legion Auxiliary to represent them at Hawkeye Girls State. The program runs June 5 to 12 on the University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls campus. Susan, a junior at Waco Community School, is active in Pleasant Hill Christian Church Sunrise Terrace worker at Winfield varsity basketball mixed chorus Letter Club and National Honor Society president. Betty Jones was selected as alternate delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Susan Swift
Marion Swift
American Legion Auxiliary
Hawkeye
A.F.S. Club
National Honor Society
Betty Jones
John H. Jones
Goff relatives hold picnic gathering
A Sunday picnic near Riverside brought together four generations of the Stoutner family and relatives from South English Keota and Washington. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. John Goff Geneva Showman Young and others from Columbus Junction Cedar Rapids Reinbeck and rural Sabula with extended visits at several homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Stapp
Shane
Washington
George Murphy
Dale Stout
Cedar Rapids
Dale
Bill Darby
Lillian Endicott
Ed Hartsock
Tom Hartsock
Bill
Laurie
Beth
Paul Harman
Reinbeck
Homer Cannon
Marie Whetstine
Dean Zachs
Eldon Keil
Sabula
Brighton Women Plan Poppy Day And Community Activities
Brighton community groups outline Poppy Day drives on May 21 22 with uptown efforts May 22. Volunteers gather May 27 to make memorial Poppy Sprays for veterans graves in local cemeteries and place a large wreath at the soldiers monument. The Brighton Hillcrest cemetery event, church programs, and youth activities are also noted with meetings and dinners planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laton Schooley
Brighton
Edgar C. Davison
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Elmer Moore
Wesley Mullikin
Larry Hunter
Brighton Area
Brighton Hillcrest
Mt. Plet
Fairfield Shrine Club
Brighton Temple of Pythian Sisters
E.P. Hall
Florance Waterhouse
Beulah Coffin
Donald Robison
Earl Neal
Mrs Burham and guests visit Gray home in Brighton
Mrs Carla Burham and Susan and Mary Lee spent the weekend at Lloyd Gray's home in Brighton. They attended Rainbow installation ceremonies in Washington where Toni Turnipseed, Gray’s great-niece, was installed as Worthy Advisor. Other meals and gatherings included Trula Benell of Lone Tree and a large Tulip Festival camping group with 50,000 on Saturday enjoying a bicentennial parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Wm. Widmer
Deep River
Ethel Hanze
Brighton
Roy Duttweiler
Pella
Prairie Home Cafe
Recognition given to municipal clerks
The week of May 10 through 14 is set aside nationally to honor municipal clerks. Mayor Harold J. Johnson signed a proclamation praising city clerks for daily citizen contact and shaping public opinion, highlighting Lloyd Robertson as Washington’s city clerk and his duties beyond recording council actions and maintaining records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Johnson
Washington
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Victor Menke
Harper
Christopher Bohr
Allen Bohr
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Don Craft Home Improvement Inc
Hastings
Grull & Lee
Washington, Ph
Ivan Hartsock
Robert
Stevenson
Blue Cross
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Poppy
Dave Higdon
Helen Koch
Helen Gray
Dorothy Schultz
Webelos
Pack 230
Nancy Anderson
Debbie Schafer
Pete Arnold
Roy McCracken
Marion Dunbar
Den 1
Tim Elmore
Larry Billman
Ronnie Skerd
Richard Higdon
Chris Laux
June Harder
Tom Arnold
Tim Zaragoza
Jeff Messinger
Perry McCracken
Chris Anderson
Kathryn Robison
T.T.T
Mrs. Burhan
Gray Home
Jimmy Carter
Lena
Wolf's
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Wendell D. Eden
West Main Street
Vars
Maria
Shubert
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