Keota plans vacation church school start May 27
Keota plans Vacation Church School events over May 27 28 and June 12 13 with sessions from 830 to 1130 a.m. Rev Don ald Manwarren is supt Mrs Virginia Henderson leads Primary Dept at Federated Church and crafts director is Mrs Ceann Martin. Teachers include multiple local families and a central nursery is set at Federated Church. Activities support Migrant Ministry of Iowa Council of Churches in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Oyrite Vacation Church
Donald Manwarren
Iowa Council of Churches
Muscatine
Virginia Henderson
Marvin Miller
Grace Parke
Kay Statler
Jesus
Harmony Club activities and community notes in Brighton
Mrs. Beatrice Tracy hosts Harmony Club at her daughter’s home with Mabel Dunbar presiding. Mother’s Day events include Barbara Brinton’s visits, Phi Gamma Nu and Kappa Phi activities, and many local families gathering for weekends and celebrations. Also, lake fishing contests planned at Lake Darling and a Mother’s Day coffee by Washington County Democratic Women. A brief bridal spending poll notes brides spend on gowns and attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Harmony Club
Beatrice Tracy
Keith Willis
Mabel Dunbar
Edna Crile
Barbara Brinton
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Wanda Brinton
Howard Shaffer
Kappa Phi Club
Wesley House
Brinton
Shaffer
Phi Gamma Nu _ Sorority
Edith Ennis
Clive Statler
Bettendorf
Don Dickinson
Vera Statler
Glenn Pringle
Ken
Fairfield
Ada Wilson
Loy
Leroy Mineart
Mercy Hospital
Floyd Berg
Jefferson County Hospital
Annetta Reighard
Kenneth Reighard
Kingston
Eugene Reighard
W. Burlington
Don Moel
Brighton Area
Washington County Democratic Womens Club
John Elliott
T. C. Jones
Washington
Jones
Elliott
Surrending
Ainsworth
Georgia
Marion McGinnis
Donna
Sandra Lay
Larry Dean Knight
Delbert Daniel
Ima Dawson
LeRoy Selby
West Pakistan
Robert Boughly
Kamper’s
Lake Darling
Kampers Korner
Sunshine Corner
Norman White
San Angelo
Texas
Lawrence White
Earl Neal
J.F. Eicher
Wayland
Chiefs Club
K.P Hall
Nellie Hogans
Vera Everettes
Stella Lauderdale
Tony Meath
Rex Widmer
Larry
Fern Stephen
Nelle Long
Carrol Morgan
Richland
Pythian Sisters honor Mothers in Brighton
In Brighton on May 12 the Pythian Sisters held their annual Mother s Day tea with 70 guests. Frances Leeper led a Mother s Day prayer. Nellie Hagans received a corsage and gift. Fran Boyd won queen for a day by the lucky number. The program featured musical numbers, readings, and cups and prizes for mothers. A wind storm caused minor damage across Iowa that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Pythian Sisters
Frances Leeper
Laton Schooley
Howard Shaffer
Beth Leeper
Edna Crile
Anneta Reighard
Priscilla Porter
Margaret Miller
Old Black Joe
Ira Saunders
Black Joe
Phil Wikopff
Boyd
Cal Cooper
Mother's Day Guests Fill Homes Across Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on Mother's Day families gathered at varias homes. Duane McArtor and family visited his parents Elmer and extended relatives including Mike Redlinger in Harper. The Chalupa and Dare families marked the day with multiple attendees and greetings while others, like Mrs. Frank Gault, returned home after hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane McArtor
Elmer McArtor
Duane
George Chalupa
Vicki
Darrell Chalupa
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Elliott McKinstry
George Koehler
Jim Marsh
Carl Chalupa
Douglas Chalupa
Carroll Farrier
Keota Eastern Star honors Mothers Day with program
Keota Chapter of Eastern Star met 41 members at Keota on Tuesday. The Worthy Matron welcomed all, honored past Elec tas, and a Mother’s Day program featured poems, solos by Jeri Mayer and Verla Walter, and gifts for the oldest and youngest mothers. Refreshments followed. next meeting June 9 will honor Flag Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Eastern Star
Electa
Jeri Mayer
Judy
Ruth Walker
Verla Walter
Matilda Kirkpatrick
Virginia Henderson
Genevieve White
Bonnie Stewart
Opal Herr
International Peace Garden
Gnagey sisters visit Nevada and attend area events
Doris and Mary Gnagey visited Nevada to spend the weekend with brother Cleo and attended the Tulip Festival in Pella and the Home and Garden Show in Des Moines. Various local families hosted Mother’s Day gatherings and birthday celebrations at homes and local restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Doris
Mary Gnagey
Nevada
Cleo
Pella
Des Moines
Hubert Malichky
Harry Malichky Sr
Mary TeBockhorst
Bob
Joe Allen
JoAnn
Judy
John
Wilbur Pribyl
Jean
Richard TeBockhorst
Jerry
David
Michael
Emma Bopp
Washington
ABC Club
Victor Ritz
Iowa City
Vernon Hartzler
Lark
Tiffin
Elam Christner
Herman Yoder
Andrew Yoder
Dave G. Yoder
Aaron Spicher
Eugene Garber
Edwin Knepp
Ray Reschley
Seed Certification deadline near for oats and grains
May 15 is the cutoff to file for certification of oats and other small grains as well as grasses and forage legumes. County Extension Director Jim Frier notes eligible oat varieties and that blue tagged certified seed is required for entry. The crop will be inspected for isolation purity and weed freeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Frier
Bonham
Bonkee
Burnett
Cherokee
Garland
Goodfield
Minhafer
Neal
Nemaha
Newton
Nodaway
Putnam 61
Tonka
Also Mentioned on This Page
Plan Vacation Church School
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Ed Jesus
Federated Church
Olive McCrabb
Doug Shook
Bob Leveriz
Cornell College
Bill Ross
Mt. Vernon
Marion Stoutner
Sara
Ross
Charles Stoutner
Sigourney
Anita Lynn Stoutner
Stoutner
Baby
Oren Romine
Randy
Ronnie
Blanch Romine
Bill Sheetz
Black Romine
Mrs. Tracy
Mrs
Tony Meuth
Ler
Davenport
Carlisle Hitchcock
Blue Grass
Jack Popjoy
Pleasant Plain
Bob Fields
Burlington Hospital
Norman Schooley
Oskaloosa
Robert Fillmore
Burlington
Virginia Schooley
West Liberty
Lee Schooley
Stan Schooley
Carmen
Modern Bride Magazine
Federal Land Bank
Goff
Federal Land Bank Assn
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
V. M. Boshart
Gerald Lehman
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Bfgoodrich
Washington Oil Company
Cne Ameu
Wagner Brakes
Washington Concrete CO
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Crawfordsville
Chester Cherryholmes
Dan Cherryholmes
Kent and
Gail
Lucille Sipe
Clarence Peters
George Canott
Don Bell
David Griffith
Sam Canott
Keota Ces
Gnagey Sisters
Mrs. Eugene Way
Ivan Burkley
Ox Yoke Inn
Amana
Delmar Schlabaugh
Geneva Hooley
Judy Enfield
Jane Hooley
Judy Schlabaugh
John Christner
Henry Muller
Joel H. Yoder
Eugene Way
Velma Way
J. H. Bigelow
O. L. Rogers
Nixon
New Washington Mill
North 12Th
Nixon & Company
Sioux City
Omaha
Funny
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Real Estate & Farm Loans
Washington, Iowa
Dora Jones
Public
Brussels
Seth Thomas Mantle
Hamilton
Carlton C. Wilson
Keith Murphy
Chester Miller
Richard Weeks
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