Moscow slows marriages with cooling-off period
In Moscow a mandatory waiting period of six to eight weeks before a legal wedding has reduced elopements and post-card style divorces. Officials claim the delay curbs ill considered unions while keeping, flowers, champagne, and speeches as part of a solemn ceremony. The divorce rate has fallen from high levels to 1.5 per thousand, versus 2.2 in the United States.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Vacation school plans for Junction Methodist and cotter church
Grace Butler reports May 18 that Junction Methodist will run a vacation church school from May 31 to June 4. Preschool and kindergarten will meet at Columbus City Methodist. grades one through seven at Columbus Junction Methodist. Hours 8 30 to 11. Directors are Mrs Heindel and Mrs Sellers. A Girl Scout day camp follows June 13 to 17 at Chautauqua Park directed by Mrs Lowe with Mrs Lowe as business manager. Cotter United Presbyterian Church also holds vacation school May 30 to June 3 from 8 30 to 11 30 for ages three to sixth grade under Mrs Podaris and Mrs Arthur.
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Columbus Junction
Methodist Cooperative Vacation Church
Columbus City
Columbus Junction Methodist’ Church
Paul Heindel
Columbus City Church
Max Sellers
Columbus Junction Group
Chautauqua Park
Harry Lowe
Paul Lowe
Cotter United Presbyterian Church
Bill Podaris
Kenneth Arthur
Chester WSCS Meeting and Local Happenings Report
May events include the Chester WSCS Evening Circle meeting with hostess Beverly Griggs and a June session planned with Vera Foriash. Phyllis McDowell to start KU Medical Center summer work June 1 in biochemistry researching enzymes in olfactory tissue using RNA. Report covers a 25th wedding anniversary at Richland, Dr. Arthur Peters’ convention trip challenges, and Den 3 jungle themed scouting activities with Mark Renoux’s magic show.
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West Chester
W.S.C.S
Beverly Griggs
Vera Foriash
Phyllis McDowell
University of Kansas Medical Center
Murdock
Ernest Johnson
Ralph
John Johnson
Mary Kay Deere
Ernest
Nancy
Jerry
Jimmy
Joe
James Harter
Richland
Redd
Bobby Jean
Timmy
Shari Lynn
Ft. Madison
Dirk Weerman
Kathy
Susie
Winfield
Wilber Harter
Washington
Walter Hill
Karen
Fairfield
Betty
Charles
Harold
Weerman
Kansas City
Missouri
American Baptist Convention
Kirksville
Dr. Peters
T. V
Ben Gray
Smith Center
Kansas
Den 3
Den
Doris Stout
den Mother
Mowgli
Rudyard Kipling
Mark Renoux
Busy St. Louis woman juggles many roles
Nancy Huskey, 34, a housewife and mother of three, pursues a master’s degree at St. Louis University while studying biology at a Belleville junior college. She works as a nurse’s aide and cares for her family across six days, hoping to lead a medical records department after graduation. Sundays leave her exhausted but she cherishes time with her children.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Nancy Huskey
Belleville
Sugar storage and tips from Family Circle June issue
A compact guide on storing sugars and syrups including granulated, brown, syrups, maple and honey. It covers moisture control, hardening remedies, refrigeration needs, and practical tricks like bread in brown sugar and warming honey to regain syrup, with emphasis on keeping products dry and properly sealed.
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Family Circle Magazine
St Marys Circle Meeting Hosts Reading Circle
St Marys Reading Circle met at Keota on May 17 with Mrs Bill Shannon hosting. Seventeen members attended with Rita Miller and Irene Grisham giving readings. Next meeting slated with Clara Hammen on June 9.
Ainsworth Beavers and Women's Society meet May highlights
The Ainsworth Beavers 4-H Club met with Joe White. eight members one guest and one leader attended. Demonstrations covered Overloaded Circuits and Electrical Injuries. Next meeting set for June 20 with Bob Davis. Separate note covers the Women's Society of Christian Service at the Methodist church with new officers sworn in and reports on Korea bandages and Migrant Workers needs. The Pepper Ettes 4-H Club hosted a Mother's Tea on May 14 with twenty two members and activities including a County Fair judge selection for July 9 and a State 4-H Conference Camp attendee.
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Ainsworth
Ainsworth Beavers
Joe White
Jimmy Roberts
Bruce Davis
Bob Frame
Bob Davis
Herman Wagenknecht
Norris
Tenn
Tom Wagenknecht
Micheal Lloyd
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Olive Miksch
C. A. Thompson
Richard Stephens
Burke McCreedy
Willard McCracken
Sheenie Buck
Preston Edmondson
Gene Stephens
Kenneth Ornduff
Raymond Lasek
Glen Lord
Clarke Pfeifer
James McCreedy
Bill Roberts
Orie O’connor
Sam Stephens
Circle l
George Stout Jr
Korea
Betty Crocker
Fred Pfeifer
Muscatine
Robert Greene
Joe Wood
Pepper Ettes 4-H Club
United Presbyterian Church
Janice Johnston
Dee Kaufman
Sally Smith
Duane White
Linda Orris
Dan Allen
Washington
Richland boy falls to cement floor on farm work
Jeff Hendrickson, a Richland teen, fell from a ladder onto cement while working on his father’s farm south of town. He suffered facial injuries, a fractured left wrist, a torn lower lip requiring twelve stitches, and had a cast set by a local doctor. He returned to school Monday.
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Otto Pfeifer Richland
Jeff Hendrickson
Jeff
Brian, Brice
Bruce Olin
Fairfield
Eugene Morgan
Rubio
Lisle Luithly
Columbus Junction
W. E. Luithly
Earl Balderson
Amy Schmetter
Mary Morgan
Roses from seed spring letters from Kalona
May notes recount seed growing baby rose plants two to three inches high with buds in Kalona. Other items cover McDonalds youth interest, Waco school trips, Amish cooking ads, new homes on Kalona hills, Indian lore on WHO, rural mail carriers near Mt Pleasant, Crooked Creek Indian mounds, a dog fostering a chick, May 13 date, Mother's Day gatherings, and rainy travel to Iowa City hospital with flooded fields and a rising river.
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McDonalds
Danny
Kalonia
Kalona
Paul
Marlene
Henry
Jack
Joe Reschlus
Escher
Crooked Creek
Arthur Boshart
Noble
Mr. McCabe
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Clark
Dixon Mounds
Illinois
Mahlon Leichty
Jonas Gnagey
Will Leichty
Iowa City
Blitz Brothers Weather Delays Garden Planting
The writer notes heavy rain and cold prevent growth after planting ten days ago. Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Leichty and their family attended Mennonite church in Kalona on Sunday and dined with sister Gladys Gnagey. The week brings scarce news if no visitor calls.
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Mahlon Leichty
Kalona
Gladys Gnagey
Riverside group tours Illinois and local notices
Riverside community news notes Junior Senior M Y F members visit Zion Passion Play in Waukegan Illinois. Attending are Debbie Gerot Rick Powell Linda and Margaret Lund and parents Mr and Mrs Ted Gerot Mr and Mrs Richard Swailes Mr and Mrs Ernest Lund. on return trip they stop at Ohare airport Chicago. Y Social Club met with Mrs Paul Simon Bingo lunch served. June 9 meeting with Mrs Roy Hardy. Pella Tulip Festival visit noted. John Moss released from Mercy Hospital William Krotz admitted to Mercy Hospital Lt J G William Walsh visits Cedar Rapids before teaching in Denver Naval Intelligence School. Roberta Walsh visits parents then returns to Omaha. William Walsh and Roberta drive to Omaha. William to Elmsdale Kansas. St Marys Church plans chicken and ham supper June 12 tickets on sale.
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Riverside
M.Y.F
Trinity Methodist Church
Zion
Waukegan
Illinois
Debbie Gerot
Rick Powell
Linda
Mar
Steve Lund
Ted Gerot
Richard Swailes
Ernest Lund
O’hare
Chicago
Y Social Club
Paul Simon
Roy Hardy
Francis Wald
Schmidt
Pella
William Krotz
Mercy Hospital
J. G. William Walsh
John Walsh
Cedar Rapids
Denver
Naval Air Intelligence School
South China Sea
Roberta Walsh
Wallace wedding attendance in Iowa City and community notes
Mr and Mrs Mac Wallace attended the Spenner and Hochstedler wedding May 14 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City. Local residents shared visits, power outage details, farm chores, and gratitude for community help during Ernest Gideon’s illness, with various neighbors helping on farms and at sales.
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Bethel
Mac Wallace
Spenner and Hochstedler
Gloria Dei
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