Retreat center rises on Kalona hill by Living Word group
Workers, many from California, labor in heat to build Shiloh retreat camp near Kalona Church of the Living Word. The 80,000 sq ft three story complex will house about 1000 for camps and retreats, funded by church members and a West Coast Living Word network.
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Jimuwen
Church of the Living Word
Kalona
Richmond
Riverside
Washington
Iowa City
Living Word
Word of God
Fred Bickhart
Living Word Church
W. J. Stevens
Bickhart
Lake Darling
Rev. Bickhart
Robbins
Robert Nicola
Living Word, Inc
Iowa
California
Bob Adams
Los Angeles
Nicola
Adams
Shiloh
Farmers warned of timber fraud in Winneshiek County
Winneshiek County Sheriff Gene Simonson and State Forester Gene Hertel warned farmers and landowners to watch for fraudulent wood dealers exploiting hardwood timber values. Victims may realize losses weeks later after cash payments. cases include underpayment and outright theft of trees, with stolen logs hard to recover. Contact local foresters or law enforcement for information and reporting remote timber-cutting activity.
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Decorah
Simenson
Hertel
Iowa
Yellow River Forest
Allamakee
Simonson
Hadleys host at Richland for Sunday dinner
May 22 Sunday guests at the Hadley home in Richland included Dale and Keith Sassen and families from Keota, Don Allen Helen Hadley Rachel Long and others. Clyde Gardner joined for supper. Nearby Lake Darling hosted a family dinner hosted by Mike White Wendy Jim Roseen Washington. Florida trip update for Harold Greeson and C M Armstrong. Graduation trip to Kirksville for Mary Jo Sobaski. Numerous Parsons Fritz Lock Thomas Cotter families attended various gatherings.
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Don Love Richland
Raymond Hadley
Dale Sassen
Keith Sassen
Keota
Don Allen
Helen Hadley
Rachel Long
Jon Hudson
Howard Long
Washington
Hadley
Clyde Gardner
Mike White
Wendy
Jim Roseen
Lake Darling
Ron Greeson
Harold Greeson
Florida
C. M. ‘Armstrong
Danvile
Iowa
Bob Sobaski
Larry Sobaski
Linda Dumont
Wellman
Steve Dickey
Kirksville
Mary Jo Sobaski
Clem Chalupa
Gary Fritz
Don Tucker
Jim Davis
Jodi
Mt. Pleasant
Steve Tucker
Donald Tucker
Ron Tucker
Tennessee
Don Pierson
Davenport
Wayne Parsons
Mary
Russell Parsons
Frank Lock
Dennis Lock
Elmer Thomas
Dorothy Thomas
Cotter
Tim Parsons
Janice Pretz
Kalona Alumni Banquet Honors Golden Anniversary Guests
Kalona High School alumni and guests gathered May 17 at Mid-Prairie Junior High for the annual banquet. Eighty attendees included Class of 1925 honorees Barbara Hershberger Eunice Kessler Letts Marie Greaser Escher and Marie Miller Herner, each receiving corsages. President Al Grady welcomed everyone. notable seniors 89 year old Eva Fry and silver anniversary class of 1950 were recognized. Messages from distant members were read and plans set for the 1976 event.
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Eugene Way
Kalona
Kalona High School
Mid-Prairie Junior High School
Belle Davis
Willis Gingerich
Don Miller
al Grady
Iowa City
Quinton Miller
Wallace Gascho
Terry Spitzer
Barbara Hershberger
Porterville
Calif
Eunice Kessler Letts
Washington
Marie Greaser Escher
Marie Miller Herner
R. K
Ellis
Mt. Pleasant
Eva Fry
Ada Yoder Hicks
California
Paul Yoder
Houston
Texas
Gernie Yoder Bright
Fort Meyers
Fla
Jean Miller Thomas
Pennsylvania
Minnie Kennard Ackerman
Vista
Helen Bontrager Miller
Hesston
Kansas
Ford Skola
Richard Adams
Grady
Thomas Miller
Board of Control
Fay W. Boone
Clifford Small
Ivan L. Yoder
Mrs Jake Miller dies in Maxwell funeral held May 20
Mrs Jake Florence Miller 98 died in Maxwell. Funeral services were held Tuesday May 20 in Maxwell. She was a Kalona native survived by sister Kate Spry 103 of Oak Park Manor Nevada Iowa. Local relatives attended including Meredith Maas Sr Cecil Bontrager Lloyd Bontrager Sam Hershberger Wallace Gascho Clark Brenneman Chris Troyer. Naomi Chapter Order of Eastern Star met May 20 at Mason Hall with officers honored for long service.
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Euvene Way
Sam Hershberger
Wallace Gascho
Clark Brenneman
Chris Troyer
Naomi
Order of
Eastern Star
Mason Hall
Eunice Stagner
Raymond Yetty
Dorothy Grout
Bette Moore
Ethel Beck
Edith Small
Velma Skola
Martha Beckman
Vernon Stagner
Stanley Mouser
Gladys Mouser
Clifford
Virginia Sattler
Harold Peterseim
Stagner
Grout
Clair Bailey
Berna Johnson
Bertha Malichky
Guy Feldman
H. V. Becks
Assembly of Rainbow Girls
Washington
Pleasantview
Frances Lund
Marvin
Enid Tweeton
Hle. Peterseims
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Ken Robbins
Ralph
U.S.C.A
Brighton Locker
Brighton
Hadleys
Richland
Prairie Flower Corner
Kenneth Patterson
Jake Miller
Maxwell
Waco Drive-in
The
Washington United Methodist Church
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