Wellman community notes and football insurance reminder
Local district officials remind parents that high school football insurance only covers field practice and games. Students needing school coverage must buy regular insurance. Friday dinner guests included the Kirkpatricks and others from Rochester, Iowa City, and Wellman. Social and club meetings followed with future plans and visits mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida Rowe Wellman
Mid-Prairie
Ralph Snavely
W.A. Kirkpatrick
Rochester
Minn
L.croff
Iowa City
Ora Gingerich
Neil Augustine
Cedar Rapids
W.C.T.U
Fern Brown
Grace Heiserman
Naomi Chapter Eastern Star observes diamond anniversary
Naomi Chapter Order of Eastern Star marked its diamond anniversary at the September meeting in Kalona with 125 guests. Honorary guests included Mrs. Lurene Walters and George Clapsaddle, with numerous grand officers and representatives from chapters statewide attending the event and program highlighting chapter history and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Way
Diane Maurer
Wilton Junction
Violet, Stamos
Davenport
Pauline Lapham
Marion
Virginia Hansen
Bettendorf
Louis Clapsaddle
Whitten
Adeline Christian
Colorado
Ernest Kirchner
Nichols
Ruth Sywassink
Muscatine
Jean Wunch
Altoona
Dorothy Kadera
Iowa City
Margaret Batschelet
Guthrie Center
Grand Esther
Delores Wood
Ainsworth
Grand Champlain
Wilming Henry
Veterans Auditorium
Cedar Rapids
Duane H. Gingerich
Hazel Smith
Walters
Clapsaddle
Peterseim
Marie Jackson
Ollie Manat
J.P
Mary Jackson
H.V
Ethel Beck
George
Minnie Beck
Willis
Anna Snair
Harriet Skola
Ford
Velma Skola
Ruth
R.L. Hendrickson
Kalona
C.W. Beckman
Dr Beckman
Tweeton
Clark
Vernon Stagner
Tony Mangan
Tom McKenzie
Ws.c.s
Waco Student Named National Merit Semifinalist
Counselor William Bean announces Steve Reschly of Waco Community School as a National Merit Scholarship Program Semifinalist for 1971-72. About 15,000 semifinalists nationwide compete for 3,000 scholarships to be awarded in 1972, from a pool of over 655,000 test takers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bean
Waco Community School
Steve Reschly
United States
Edward C. Smith
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
NMSC
Social notes and visits from Keota area residents
Keota and nearby families are referenced in a flurry of visits and hospitality. Omer Flander, Ed Rebal and local couples attend breakfasts, dinners, and weekend gatherings while relatives travel to Des Moines, Williamsburg and Cedar Rapids. Church fundraisers and nursing home visits are noted, with multiple birthdays celebrated and neighbors staying at the Galen Weaver home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert Keota
Omer Flander
Edward Rebal
Robert Gretter
Harper
Flanders
Des Moines
Cheryl
Sacramento
Calif
LaVernon Weaver
Spirit Lake
Galen Weaver
Lowell Weaver
Robert Chalupa
Michelle
Washington
Ed Rebal
St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society
Keota
Rolling Meadows
Christian Church
Farmers Savings Bank
Presbyterians
Chase
Jack and Jill
LaRue Conklin
Freda Miller
Grace Parke
Sigourney
Emery Smith
LaRue Freda
Stella Smith
Jean Anderson
C.C. Baughman
Conklin
Miller
Bertha Dunbar
Saners
Juliana Waechter
Omar Flander
Town City
Clarence Plapp
Pontiac
Davenport
Bob Murphy
Plap
Chris
Richard Durian
David Flading
Robert Greiter
Shamrock Inn
Ainsworth
Alvin Greiner
John Deitweiler
Cedar Rapids
Sam Greiner
Marion
Ed Gr
Keota Social Roundup Includes Visits and Gatherings
Keota and area residents share visits at homes and church events from September weekend through mid autumn. Notable occurrences include Bailey and Cady visits, VFW and auxiliary meetings, Poppy Day plans, a fire at a Milo storage bin, and various family gatherings and reunions across Keota, Sigourney, What Cheer, and Cedar Rapids areas, with attendees from local clubs, churches, and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raedeane McCants
Fourth District
Murphy
Auxiliary
V.F.W
McCants
Oskaloosa
Keota
Wilbur Adam
Mats Sonday
Keokuk County Farm
Wesley United Methodist
Sigourney Bethel
Bethel Church
Ottumwa
Iowa
United Methodism
J. Roland Crandall
Genevieve White
Tressie Schreckengast
Hazel Hicks
Joye DeLong
Helen H. Stoutner
Rev Thompson marks 25 years at Bethel parish
Ruth Gideon notes Bethel celebration of World Wide Communion on Oct 3 with 11 o'clock worship. The Rev Milan Thompson completed twenty five years as Bethel minister on Sept 26. Community updates include visits, a wedding shower, and farm notes about beans corn walnuts and squirrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Milan Thompson
Kenneth Wulf
William Wulf
Ruth Gideon
Jr. Knottnerus
Ruth
May Gideon
Charolotte Sojka
Riverside
Jeanie Stout
Also Mentioned on This Page
OWA
Susan R. Jensen
University of Iowa
Northwestern University
Snavelys
Wellman
Lucille Smith
Knoxville
Frances Sojka
Chicago
Harold Thomas
University Hospital
Iona Swartzendruber
Mary Fisher
Zoe Butterbaugh
Marie van Dorn
Ida Powell
Flossie Swartzendruber
Polly Collins
J. Grout
Mable Wagamon
A.S.C
Harriet Yoder
Becky Swartzendruber
Pauline Swartzendruber
Ox York Inn
Warren Shade
Mothers Club
Statement OF
Sumtay
Marion Aves
Tow
Gerekac
THC
Washington, Town
Les Morcis, Wasmangton, Lota
Sharisa, Bot
Nevense
Detovar
Suawon
Bavid
Shannan Charles
Hn Toy
David Ry Elder
Verner. Stagner
Duane Gingerich
Lawrence Griffiths
Ernest Lund
MB. Ehrenfelt Jr
John D. Wood
Griffiths
Bill Clark
Skolar
D.G Sattler
Wendell Guy
Postville
What Cheer
Ainsworth Washington
Nichols Oxford
Fairfax
Sharon Center
Hedrick Ollie
West Branch
Lowa City
LeClaire
Brighton Davenport
Altoona Guthrie Center
Collins
Newton
Colo
Marshalltown
Gretter
John Henry
Baileys
Andy Sheetz
Mrs
Paul Sievert
Warren Carris
Sunda
Franc Ruplinger
Jennie Redlinger
Madeline Fulton
Keith Fenders
Mary Pat
Marjorie Cathey
Mike
Hedrick
Don Redlinger
Columbus City
Gene Redlinger
Bob Carris
Lyle Swartz
Sandra Swartz
Roger Dusil
Carris
Bell
Kenneth Bell
Sam Erwin
Olds
Corrine Hill
Pleasant Dorothy Swain
Mabel Def
Ellen Krause
Myrtle Bell
John Powell
Kenneth Bells
Kenneth Earl
Rev. Thompson
Washington County
Katona
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