Remarkable 100th BirthdayWish for Bohemian Iowa Matriarch
Mrs Will Gerot of Ainsworth nears her centennial on November 17 born in 1868 near the present home she never left her family in the 1860s journeyed from Bohemia with parents and siblings aboard a sail boat then ox drawn wagons to the Midwest after Civil War she helped farm cooked sewed and helped hirelings her life included dances songs and a long marriage to Joseph Will Gerot with three children Roy Rosne and Bessie now living between Ainsworth and Riverside she remains active alert and grateful for visits and even proposed a birthday dance.
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Geret
Russell Yoder
Will Gerot
Rose
John Riggs
Roy
Ainsworth
Lyle
Bessie) Fessler
Fesslers
Gerot
Fessler
Riverside
Yatton School
St. Mary’s
Riverside High School
St. Louis Exposition
Minnesota
Lake Okoboji
Bessie
Josephine Gerot
Dear Abby column offers blunt dating and family advice
Abigail Van Buren counsels on modern dating, parental worry, and obesity concerns. She urges firm but respectful refusals in romance, notes mothers’ worries persist, and suggests involving counselors for a pressured child. She also clarifies Florida marriage rules for double cousins and invites letters for personal replies.
Halloween entries judged by Crawfordsville Legion post
Crawfordsville Halloween Party judged by Rev Ray Van Engen drew many costumes from preschoolers to sixth grade with 65 participants. Prizes went to Sharon Molander and Randy Jewell as overall winners. After judging, donuts milk and coffee were served.
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Vivian Wells
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville American Legion Post
Ray van Engen
Randy On
Rick Fulton
Mike Williams
Heidi Bernau
Mike Owen
Danny Widmer
Craig McCoy
Gina Swift
Jim Conrad
Julie,Moore
Irene Young
Susan Griffith
Sharon Molander
Larry Lowe
Nancy Davis
Susan Fulton
Sue Arthur
Cindy Gipple
Randy Jewell
Herbert Rich
Ray McAllister
George Fulton
Richard Kaufman
Sandra Lewis
Rita Miller
Shirley Beese
Floyd Richardson
Regina
Robert Richardson
UNICEF Drive Recovers $200 in Richland Event
In Richland on October 29 two hundred children collected $200.01 door to door for UNICEF aided by seven churches and high school students. Pastors and Rev. Naomi Lock led the drive with Marshall William Muenzenmeyer supervising, refreshments served after. Mrs. Ora Paxson, 92, was hospitalized after a kitchen fall with a fractured hip.
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Richland
Unicef
Larry Willey
William Kanns
Thomas Stratman
Naomi Lock
Marshall William Muenzenmeyer
Merle Green
Ora Paxson
Jefferson County Hospital
Wartburg College to stage Cain this Parents Day in Waverly
Ron Zieglowsky of Washington will portray Cain in a Wartburg College Theatre one act presented during parents day activities in Waverly on November 9. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
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Zieglowsky
Ron Zieglowsky
Washington
Cain
Wartburg College Theatre
Waverly
Arsenic and Old Lace at Wellman Mid-Prairie High
WELLMAN Mid-Prairie High School presents Arsenic and Old Lace as the fall play with two performances planned on Thursday November 7 and Saturday November 9. The comedy follows two elderly sisters and a body in their window seat. Tickets are on sale through students or at the door.
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Wellman — Mid - Prairie High School
Bethel Youth Af Halloween Event at Harold Wenger Home
Bethel MYF youths plan a Halloween gathering at Harold Wenger home on October 31. The note mentions community chatter about a recent burglary, hospital visits for Dave Graber and Frank Schaad, and visits by Harlan Widmer and others to Memorial and Washington County Hospitals. Also references friends and former schoolmates, as well as a trip by Mr and Mrs Leon Iwanowski to New Brunswick New Jersey to visit relatives.
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Henry Yoder Noble
Bethel
Harold Wenger
Dave Graber
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Marvin Widmer
Lizzie Widmer
Parkview
Harlan Widmers
Washington
J. J. Rich
Frank Schaad
Frank
Washington County Hospital
Simon Gingerich
Iwanowski Boys
Victor
Wesley
Leon Iwanowski
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Property Deeds Report from Local Journal
Deeds recorded include Roy O Schiebel and wife to Emma M McAllister lot 2 Rousseau s subdivision OL 9 Washington Earl F Redlinger land in sec 25 75 8 and 24 75 8 M D McCreedy and wife to Richard L McCreedy land in sec 9 76 6 John A Yoder and wife to Roger L Chapman and wife lot 1 blk 2 Perdocks subdivision Fred Kephart and wife to Michael B Leyden and wife lot 12 Crandalls subdivision OL 9 and 10 East Washington Michael B Leyden and wife to Leo Reinert lot 12 Crandalls subdivision OL 9 and 10 East Washington
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Roy O. Schiebel
Emma M. McAllister
Rousseau
Washington
Earl F. Redlinger
M. D. McCreedy
Richard L. McCreedy
John A. Yoder
Roger L. Chapman
Perdock
Fred Kephart
Michael B. Leyden
Crandall
East Washington
Leo Reinert
Crandall’s
Community Gatherings And Visits Mention Wartime Friends
The report notes Dwight Grieser and Mrs Lydia Krabill visiting via Sunday dinners at the Otto Frey home and with sister in law Mrs Nellie Wittmer in Wayland. Oscar Miller hosted Crawfordsville guests John McNeill Emer son Witting Max Owens and Paul Martin family. Willis Troyer heads to Florida for the winter. Rev Rudolph Martens holds Evangelistic meetings at Mennonite Church in Pulaski this week.
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Dwight Grieser
Lydia Krabill
Otto Frey
Nellie Wittmer
Wayland
Oscar Miller
John McNeill
Emerson Witting
Max Owens
Crawfordsville
Paul Martin
Jerri
Mt. Pleasant
Willis Troyer
Florida
Rudolph Martens
Mennonite Church
Pulaski
Mrs Black and Becky Visit Widmer Home for Two Months
Mrs Larry Black and Becky arrived at the parental Marvin Widmer home Sunday for a two months stay. She is in training at the hospital in Bloomington and a course is being given which she has already had so this gives her a nice vacation. Our neighbor, William R Schantz, who had been a patient in the Veterans Hospital the past four weeks, died Saturday. Zehr Funeral Home also has the body of Mrs Fred Dold of Coppock at this time.
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Larry Black
Becky
Marvin Widmer
Bloomington
William R. Schantz
Veterans Hospital
Zehr Funeral Home
Fred Dold
Coppock
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