Keota Attorney and Wife Visit Children
Keota residents Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Byrne traveled to Davenport to visit their children Mr. and Mrs. Paul Byrne and Mr. and Mrs. John Laux and families. Mrs. Byrne’s sister Mrs. Herman Johnson of Platteville joined the trip returning Monday. Patrick Joseph Byrne, son of the Byrnes, was baptized at Our Lady of Victory with sponsors from Iowa City and Oxford. Numerous relatives attended the ceremony and visited at local homes over the weekend including gatherings at the home of Fred Bower and James Coffman. A Linen shower honored Jean Groff, daughter of Milford Groff, with 22 attendees and green and white decorations. Jerry Manthei and family visited Cedar Rapids for Mothers Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R. Wolfe
Larry Kenny
Iowa City
B.J. Byrne
Perry Burns
Oxford
Charles Wolfe
C. R
Herman Johnson
Fred Bower
Jerry Manthei
Cedar Rapids
C. O. Baughman
Bob Baughman
Cleo Baughman
Mary Coble
Peg Harriman
Delaine
Larry Baumert
Bess Burich
Dale Burich
John Burich
Dennis Jennings
Todd
Robert Burich
Cleo Burich
Bernard Schnoebelen
Riverside
Clara Rath
Penny
Vincent Schnoebelen
Charles Cebuhar
John Veggy
Frannie Meeks
Mary Younkin
Dorothy Harrison
Becky
Ivan Meeks
Beverly Kay
Des Moines
Anna Soukup
John Soukup
Bob Soukup
Windom
Tillie Vondrasek
Washington
Sophia Kueneman
George Hora
Arthur Hora
Ray Miller
Donald Simmering
Gilbert Kueneman
Larry Wilenad
Roger Schloss
Lucy Kirchner
Fred Kron
Florence Hamilton
Joe Lear
Mercy Hospital
Albert Watson
Will Krotz
Phares Nursing Home
Krotz
Harriet Kline
Mrs. Watson
Fredonia church building sold to fund Columbus Junction church
May 14 Marion Reid of Fredonia bought the closed Fredonia Methodist church property for 2260 dollars, the highest bid from five for two lots and the church building. The bell goes to Fredonia city hall as a memorial, the pews to the Church of God in Wapello, and proceeds will fund the Columbus Junction church building fund after obligations. The site dates to 1869 70. Hollywood UPI Barry Sullivan to star as a doctor in Universal Night Gallery with Joan Crawford.
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Columbus Junction
Marion Reid
Fredonia
Fredonia Methodist Church
Reid
Louisa County
Fredonia City Hall
Church of God
Wapello
Hollywood
UPI
Barry Sullivan
Universal
Night Gallery
Joan Crawford
Mother Daughter Party at Crawfordsville Church
A May 9 event at the United Presbyterian Church in Crawfordsville drew about seventy five guests for a Mother-Daughter Party themed Fluttering Through Fashion. Mothers received carnation corsages as a program of poems, piano solos, fashion styles, and a future Miss America crown concluded with the Doxology.
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Crawfordsville
Iris Kaufman
Sharon Slater
Ann
Lynn Humphreys
Ray van Engen
James Jewell
Waco Music Department
Jackie Fulton
Virginia Sands
Susan Fulton
Rhonda Slater
Jan Hesseltine
Mary Lou Jewell
Jill Davis
Cheryl van Engen
Cindy Gipple
Jane Hesseltine
Charles Twinam
Dean Slater
Ernest Meyer
Tracy
Steve Fletchers
Meyer
Raymond McAllister
Ann Davis
Sue Jones
Terri Jewell
Tracy Fletcher
Levellen’s
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Howell
Alvin Jones
Lloyd Coon
James Young
Duane Gipple
Riverside mayor resignation and local council changes
Roger Schloss resigns as Riverside mayor effective May 9. Ralph Schnoebelen sworn in as mayor. Ed Wolfgram resigns as street commissioner. Larry Muller sworn in as councilman to fill a vacant seat. A vacant seat remains. Park expansion discussed, pump repair planned, and a new dump site to be announced after papers signed. Community notes cover Mothers Day visits and local social events.
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Riverside
Roger Schloss
Ralph Schnoebelen
Richard Waldschmidt
Ed Wolfgram
Babe Ruth
Jim Farr
Larry Muller
Dale Rath
Dear Abby column excerpts and reader questions
A collage of Dear Abby mail asks about marriage money disputes bigamy and divorce legal entanglements. Letters cover a man doubting alimony, a spouse hiding $25 000, plural forms mice versus spouses, a teen daughter contemplating marijuana, and a trapped wife after infidelity seeking guidance. Abby offers practical counsel and urges honesty and boundaries.
Curl families host Wellman dinner as drive nears six hundred
May 4 dinner at the American Legion Building in Wellman honored the Curl families of McAllen Texas and Edinburg Texas. The Cancer Fund Campaign reached near six hundred dollars with about forty relatives attending and planning to spend Mother's Day in Wellman.
Politicians' Price Tag and Public Life Oddities
A collection of pithy notes on politics and society. It cites a claim that buying a New England politician costs about $100,000, with debate on whether that buys favors or honesty. It includes quips about marriage, aging, etiquette, and a few light Q A exchanges, ending with personal birthday mentions and playful asides.
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Cosa Nostra
New England
FBI
Morey Amsterdam
Cub Scouts view film on cancer and community notices
Cub Scouts Den 4 met at the Legion Hall with Mrs. Roy Black presenting a film on cancer Sense in the Sun. Guests from Winfield joined the viewing, refreshments by Neil Kaufman, wheelbarrow race directed by Robert Richardson, and My Good Deed answered during roll call. Local community notes include hospital patient Lee Lease at Burlington, Lions Club dinner with Legion Auxiliary, and plans for a Corn and Bean Yield Contest. WWE Club gathered at Mrs. James Jewell’s home for a social evening with prizes for Mrs. Carlton White and Mrs. Harold Williams. Next events listed: May 26 cemetery work night.
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Saint Joseph's Catholic Church
Wellman
Loren Huber
Scott Pemberton
Iowa F. F. A
Des Moines
Iowa Association F.F.A
Iowa
Mid - Prairie
Howard Bohr
Jim Litwiller
Harold Bohr
Harold Murphy
Tom D. Gingerich
Terry Pemberton
Mike Welte
Calvin Guengerich
Robert Masson
Winfield
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Robert
Bob
Dennis Fabor
Gordon Fabor
Vietnam
Robert A. Yoder
Allen M. Yoder
Ft. Benning
Georgia
Oakland
California
Asbury United Methodist Church
J. E. Curl
McAllen
Texas
M. O. Smith
Washington
Glen Huntsberger
United Methodist
Harriett Ballou
New Hope Center
Sheiler
Myrtle Vincent
Dorothy Swain
Grace Durian
Mabel Griggs
Myra Davisson
Edna Durian
Crawfordsville
Th Legion Hall
Roy Black
Ed Kleese
Neil Kaufman
Robert Richardson
Lynn Conrad
Mike Wells
Evan Hughes
Grace Hughes
Wyman
Lee Lease
Burlington Hospital
Lions
Dick Dare
Jay Finke
Robert Wead
Red Cross
Washington County
WWE Club
James Jewell
Carlton White
Harold Williams
Lloyd Coon
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Keota
Fredonia Church
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Ars
The
Washington Evening Journal
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Poet
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Sandy
Was
Rette
Small Society
Brickman
Syndicate Te
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Abby
Lena
Darrly
Los Angeles
Cal
Abigail van Buren
W. W. Curl
Edinburg
American Legion
Curl
J. H. Wehrle
Cancer Fund
Duane Munson
Barry
Carla Sue
Brooklyn
Mearl Munson
W. G. Geyer
James Groff
Milford Groff
University of Iowa
Phi Beta Kappa
National Scholastic Honorary Society
Iowa Memorial Union
College of Liberal Arts
James
Wellman Rebekah Lodge 391
Ruth Page
Noble Grand
Tresa Yoder
Duane Longwell
Henry Durian
Albert Greiner
Mary Catherine
John Raymond Conway Jr
U. S. Marine Corps
L. M. Boyd
Everett
Wash
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Yesteryear
Hesiod
Theodotus
Raymond Burr
Maud C. Cook
Frank H. Greve
Fresno
Anita
Stephen A. Zipay
Lathrop Village
Mich
By Vivian Wells
Lions Club
Legion Auxiliary
Orrin Johnson
Leonard Arthur
Edward Hauenstein
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