Thanksgiving Dinner Guests Across Iowa Visit Kin
A long list of families shared Thanksgiving in Centerville and nearby towns. Residents hosted relatives from Des Moines Kalama zo Michigan Iowa City Cedar Rapids Clear Lake and more with dinners and calls at homes including Captain's Table Sunny Haven Rest Home and Godwin residence. Several deaths noted with visitors traveling from Burlington Davenport and Washington for the holiday observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Little
Douglas
Centerville
Mr. Little
Della Little
Hannah Pratt
Sunny Haven
al Cantoni
California
Irene Heck
Eugene Lukavsky
Des Moines
R. W. Spera
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Paul Maske
Iowa City
Janice Heck
Angel
Dear Abby advice column readers letters and replies
A collection of Dear Abby Qs and As covering dating pasts morning routines mother in law names and a color hearted genetics note. Topics include a 24 year old writer seeking dating respect after a past, a wife struggling with a husband who can’t wake up, a mother in law upset by being called Grandmaw, and a reader correction about brown and blue eye genetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Bowling League High Scores and Standouts Report
In the women’s bowling meet Squire Shoppe posted a team series of 2549 while Ainsworth Bank totaled 2540. Squire Shoppe led team games with 904 and 900. Individual leaders were D. Walby with 562 and 195 game and D. Patterson with 550 and 208.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Shoppe
Ainsworth Bank
D. Walby
D. Patterson
Lane
Ainsworth Bank Ee
Roe’s Heating
McCleery-Cumming Carson’s
Jack and Jiller
Minick’s
Bryn Mawr
Community Christmas Calendar of Local Groups
Social calendar lists events at the YMCA and local venues including a Christmas party at the YMCA Adult Center with gift exchange and cookies, Tops Club gathering with salad supper, a Christmas Tea with Mrs Scott Wilcox, square dance lessons, a nurse association potluck, Y Wives luncheon with a Wig style show, senior citizen discussion, Shiloh Sunshine Sisters gift exchange, Democratic Women board meeting, and a Christmas dinner for the Past Worthy High Priestess Club with secret sister reveal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Scott Wilcox
Tops Club
Fairgrounds
Washington County Registered Nurses Association
James Quinn
Worthy High Priestess Club
Group completes first aid course in Riverside chapter
Roger Schloss, a Red Cross volunteer first aid instructor in Washington County, reports the following have completed the course in advance first aid training in the chapter office Rex Allensworth Virginia Allensworth Helen Brotherton Beverly Crandall Gary Franzen Charles Lucas Evelyn Lukovsky Frances Miller Ellen Wilson Anyone interested in instruction may call the chapter office for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Schloss
Red Cross
Washington County
Riverside
Rex Allensworth
Virginia Allensworth
Helen Brotherton
Beverly Crandall
Gary Franzen
Charles Lucas
Evelyn Lukovsky
Frances Miller
Eileen Wilson
Local obituaries and military note from Rock Island area
Mrs Leona Little receives word of brother Earl Campbell of Rock Island Illinois dying at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City Funeral services set for Monday in Rock Island Mrs Paul Bair Jr of Oskaloosa undergoes major surgery in Mahaska County Hospital room 117 A She is daughter of Mrs Norbert Una Te Bockhorst of Washington Mrs Clara Mondia of Washington says her son Michael is ill in an army hospital near Mainz Germany The illness linked to Michael Mondia tour in Vietnam Michael C Mondia RA 16921155 Co A 1st Bn 509th Airborne Infantry APC New York 09185 More info unavailable At funeral of Mrs Gingerich attending relatives include Mrs E W Hale of San Diego and Mrs James Taylor of Kansas City Nieces of Mrs Gingerich Mr and Mrs Uriah Bontrager of Goshen Indiana Mr Bontrager a Gingerich niece Mr and Mrs A A Martin Sr of Kirksville Missouri also attended
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Leona Little
Earl Campbell
Rock Island
Illinois
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Paul Bair Jr
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Bair
Norbert
Una) Te Bockhorst
Washington
Clara Mondia
Michael
Mainz
Germany
Frank Gingerich
E. W. Hale
San Diego
Calif
James Taylor
Kansas City
Gingerich
Uriah Bontrager
Goshen
Ind
Bontrager
A. A. Martin Sr
Kirksville
Y Wives hold Christmas crafts and sports meeting
Twenty eight Y Wives members met Tuesday for crafts and sports with guest Mrs Gary Olson. December dessert luncheon is planned for next Tuesday in the Y community room featuring a wig style show and Charmenaires music. Plans announced for the annual cookie and candy swap on December 10 with recipes requested. Hostesses were Mrs Terry Wolfe and Mrs Clarence Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Wives
Gary Olson
Y Community
Charmenaires
Terry Wolfe
Clarence Brown
Plugged Nickel Jazz Club Faces Survival in Chicago
The Plugged Nickel in Old Town Chicago remains a rare jazz beacon amid urban turmoil. Owner Mike Pierpaoli notes a 21 age policy to balance liquor laws while crowds—mixed race and fashionably dressed—pack a narrow 25 by 150 foot venue as top acts like Miles Davis headline.
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Chicago
UPI
Windy City
Near North Side
Old Town
Miles Davis
Nickel
Old Old Town
Wells Street
Mike Pierpaoli
Pierpaoli
New York
Marie Unternahrer dies in Mt. Pleasant area crash
Mrs. Marie Unternahrer 65 of Wayland was killed Thursday two miles west of Mt. Pleasant in an automobile accident. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with Rev. Vernon Gerig and Rev. Bob Hartzler officiating. Burial will follow at Sugar Creek Cemetery. Zehr Funeral Home handling arrangements. She was born April 2, 1903 in Henry County, married to Mr. Unternahrer on August 17, 1947, and survived by three sisters and two brothers. She worked at the Mental Health Institute in Mt. Pleasant and was a Sugar Creek Mennonite Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Joe
Marie) Unternahrer
Mt. Pleasant
Sugar Creek
Earl Berkshire Dies in Iowa City
Earl Berkshire of Wayland died Thursday at the Extended Care Center in Iowa City. A retired livestock dealer, he lived in Wayland 34 years after previously residing in Crawfordsville. Born April 24, 1892 in Winfield, he was married to Hazel Loeffler, who died in 1955. He leaves three children, five grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral services were held at Wayland United Methodist Church with burial in Columbus City Cemetery.
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Wayland
Earl Berkshire
Iowa City
Crawfordsville
Wayland United Methodist Church
Delbert Terry Jr
Columbus City
Zehr Funeral Home
Mr. Berkshire
Winfield
George and
Jane Turner Berkshire
Hazel Loeffler
Eldred
Burlington
Wayne
Mt. Pleasant
George Haberman
Tama
Aura Morse
Farm Bureau Christmas party postponed to later date
A brief from the Farm Bureau reports the Christmas party scheduled for December 7 at the Farm Bureau office has been postponed to a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Offic
Scout Troop 242 Breakfast Planned at St James
Boy Scout Troop 242 schedules a donation breakfast at the St James lunch room on Sunday morning. Breakfast with homemade rolls begins at 7 30 a m and runs until noon. A free will offering will be accepted and the public is invited.
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Boy Scout
St. James
Pris cilla Club Luncheon Names New Leader for Spring
Mrs Glenn Holden hosted a one o clock luncheon at the Captain s Table on Wednesday for 10 Pris cilla Club members. Holden led the meeting with a program by all members sharing Christmas or Thanksgiving memories poems or articles. No winter meetings planned. March resumes will elect Mrs Percy Holder as the new leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Holden
Priscilla Club
Holden
Percy Holder
Marriage License Issued to Four Couples in Kalona and Ainsworth
A license to wed was issued to John Daniel Miller of Kalona and Barbara Ann Yoder of Kalona, and to Walter William Krantz of Ainsworth and Mary Ellen Spenser of 302 South Marion Avenue, city records show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daniel Miller
Kalona
Barbara Ann Yoder Also
Walter William Krantz
Ainsworth
Mary Ellen Spenser
S. Marion Ave
Washington
Heinz marks couple’s 57th anniversary with gift
Mr and Mrs John Kurtz of 602 East Second Street received a congratulatory letter and a gift package of Heinz 57 Varieties from the H J Heinz Company. A company official said the 57th anniversary is fit to mark by the makers of Heinz 57 Varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kurtz
East Second Street
H. J. Heinz Company
Heinz
Admitted Today Irval Meeks Washington Surgical
Admitted today Irval Meeks of Washington for surgery. Dismissed today Mrs Ira Leffler and her son from Washington after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irval Meeks
Washington
Surgical
Mrs
Ira Leffler and Son
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Roy Hodges
Irma Hodges
Louise
Lydia Goeser
Harry Wagner
Gary Wagner
Wayne Wagner
James Hodges
Wapello
Greg Vash
Robert Robinson
Overland Park
Kansas
Homer Godwin
Godwin
Robinsons
Robert Godwin
C. P. Berkhoff
Jack Babcocks
Cedar Rapids
Kathy Berkhoff
Dan DeBord
Berkhoffs
John McKay
Mrs. McKay
Berkhoff
Jake Roth
Jim Stewart
Carroll Warford
Newton
John Gilpin
Jan
Clear Lake
Leo Mangold Sr
Maxine Moore
Leo Mangold Jr
Marion
Bob Moore
Mangold Sr
Mildred Nelson
Bill Nelson
Billy
Ruth Ann
David Hebbeller
Lou
Lecia
Davenport
Carla Nelson
Daryl Richardson
Ft. Madison
Don E. Creech
Lyle Schulty
W. R. Murphy
Everette Coon
West Chester
William Lewis
Tim
Parnell
John Frame
Bob
Jim
Margaret Brumfield
Western Springs
Ill
Marvin Crile
Pearl
Eula Mae Coon
Bob Litton
Les Snow
Dan and
Anne
Milledgeville, Ill
Louis Albright
Mr. Albright
Eldon
John Winga
Baltimore
Yonkers, N.Y
Los Angeles
Cal
Wag
East
Washington St
Zager Pioneer Store
Washington Stamps
S. W. Corner Sq
Evening Journal
Iowa
Saint With
Howers
FTD
Wolf's Flower Shop
Santa
Journal
Helen Gilbert
GAR
Washington, Iowa
Marie Unternahrer
The
Mental Health Institute
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Carson
Scout
Faith Baptist Church
Washington Fairgrounds
Rev. Oliver Parish
World Baptist General Conference
State Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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