Conservation panel eyes four or five key 1969 bills
Des Moines Iowa Governor's Committee on Conservation of Outdoor Resources warned the state conservation commission of a tooth and nail fight for legislative funds at the 1969 General Assembly. The panel outlined potential measures including wildlife cover on county roads motor boat fuel tax allocation and land acquisitions near Lansing and rivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
IDPA
State Conservation Commission
Larry Ladin
Governor's Committee On
Ladin
Conservation Commission
Governor’s Committee
Kenneth Benda
Hartwick
Lee Gaudineer
Des Moines Democrat
Lansing
George Catlin
Latlin
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Big Creek Lake
Natarama
Upper
Iowa River
Little Lake of the Woods
Howard County
Indian Bluffs
Jones County
Rathbun
Red Rock
William E. Noble
Oelwein
Noble
Green Bay Area
Mississippi
Missouri
Commission
James R. Hamilton
Storm Lake
Atty
Richard Turner
Hamilton
Earl E. Jarvis
Muscatine
Keith A. MacNarlen
Ames
Laurence N. Nelson
Bellevue
Scott Anderegg birthday honoree in Keota
Keota observes Scott Anderegg birthday on October 4 with family and friends visiting from Edgewood Des Moines Iowa City and nearby towns. Numerous relatives attend events including a 56th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. John B Weber and a Connie Sue Weber and Michael Strabala wedding at Cedar Rapids St Pius X. Omer Sterens move to Johnny Flander farm. Greiner family to Bill Henderson farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Myrtle Stites
Harold Holmes
Richard Hagist
Squaw Creek
Cedar Rapids
Vaughn Holmes
Alburnett
Nelle Littlefield
Laura Lucille Vinton
Rochester
Minnesota
Mabel Morris
Keota
Zada Leighty
Glenview
George Mayer
Mayer
Iowa City
Gene Sanders
Stan Donels
Boyd Sanders
Donald Long
Rubio
Sue Hauschild
Kate
Carol
Michael
Zeno Kiefer
Rose Buch
Anton Buch
Joe Weber
Connie Sue Weber
Michael Strabala
St. Pius X Catholic Church
Convention Hall
Town House
Elmer Waller
Don Heisdorfer
Washington
Waller
Harold Rhodebeck
Omer Sterens
Johnny Flander
Norbert Greiner
Bill Henderson
Powell family attends Indiana funeral and visits
Mr and Mrs Lewis Powell and relatives traveled to Goshen Indiana for a friend's funeral. They visited Mrs T L Byler in Elkheart and other relatives. The Keota and Wellman Powells hosted dinner in Wellman. Nearby news includes ambulance transport for Walter Stoutner and visits by Ed Rebal and Doris Tadlock to Kalona Washington Oskaloosa and a shower for Miss Joleen Argo. Brenda Palmer and two friends stayed with her parents and attended a wedding with Connie Lynch joining later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Lewis Powell
Indiana
Goshen
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Ed Rebal
Lexington Circle
Washington
Doris Tadlock
Edwin Knepp
Kalona
Oskaloosa
Joleen Argo
Harold Pepper
Craig Conklin
Kena Pepper
Washingon
Gladys Savage
Brighton
Florence Crawford
Cleo McCoys Honored at Washington Dinner
Mr and Mrs Cleo McCoy were guests of honor at the Captain's Table in Washington observing their 25th wedding anniversary. Attending were numerous Iowa City and Washington couples plus family members, with cake and coffee served at the McCoy home later. Also noted were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Hattie Nebel and a Wheaton Illinois speaker Pastor La Beau Thorwall. Legionnaires held a successful Saturday chicken barbecue with many suppers served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Cleo McCoy
Washington
Don Miller
Olds
Terry Miller
Waterloo
Don Fabian
Mick Garris
Shelley
Lester Kempf
Iowa City
Claude McCoy
Lee Eisele
Lyle Lowe
Larry
Cleo Fletcher
Kim
Larry Fletcher
Earl Lowe
Allen
Sam Canott
Martha
Hattie Nebel
Wayland
la Beau Thorwall
Wheaton
Ill
Axel Gummeson
Joe and
Joy
Art Davison
Wendell
Legionnaires
Fried chicken memories and small town notes at Nobel
In a Nostalgic Nobel column the Griesers drive to Marvin Valleys for fried chicken and reminisce about dinners in Albany Oregon and Iowa. The piece records visits from relatives, moves of neighbors, local road work after rain, and a plan for an evening charivari amid family chatter. It notes broom corn chores and parakeet feed experiments alongside everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble
Griesers
Marvin Valeys
Albany
Oregon
Lake Goode
Janice
Marvin
Oscar Millers
Jim
Belvue
Illinois
Jim Coirnes
Clayton Nobel
Will Leeper
Mt. Pleasant
Marvin Widmer
Donna
Larry Black
Becky
Bloomington
Ill
Tom W. Stewart
San Diego
Calif
Coffmans host visitors in Keota region gatherings
Keota residents hosted visitors from California Iowa and Tennessee over the weekend including Louise Holdahl Palo Alto and Lillie Savage Cedar Rapids Their stay included a visit with Holdahl's mother Ella Grove at Maplewood Manor Returning home Monday several local families shared visits with relatives and attended the Bloomfield Rebekah lodge centennial events. Charles Luers and family traveled to Wilmore Kentucky for Asbury College freshman duties and visited Cookeville Tennessee before returning home. A death notice touched Keota circles with Bob Robinson Sigourney passing away and relatives in Hampton and Kinross involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Lyle
Pete Becker
Veronica Vogel
Dick Feehan
Ainsworth
Bloomfield Rebekah Lodge
A. I. FitzSimmons
Daisy Chambers
Flora Lee
LaRue Conklin
Anna Valenta
Keota
Earl Leitsinger
South English
Elvin Shafer
Deb
Kinross
Carl Luers
Charles
Wilmore
Kentucky
Asbury College
Victor Vogel
Bob Robinson
Sigourney
Craig Conklin Honored Guest in Keota on Leave
Craig Conklin honored during a cooperative supper at his parents home in Keota after a ten day leave. Attendees included Conklin relatives and friends from Webster Ottumwa and Iowa City. He traveled from Moline to McGuire AFB New Jersey then to Germany where he is stationed at Hahn AFB, near two years of service in Germany by November. Several local residents visited, and Mrs. Hurst returned home from Mercy Hospital after treatment for severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Craig Conklin
Clifford Conklin
Carol
Charles Conklin
Walter Sheetz
Rex Stout
Bob Wide
Kenneth Pepper
Carla
Ron Shafer
Shirley
Lee Gordon
Glenn Cobb
Webster
Craig
Pat Bell
Conklin
Conklins
Moline
McGuire A. F. B
New Jersey
Germany
Hahn
Ronnie Ward
Rhonda
Sigourney
Myron Luers
Daren
Richard Mayer
Berniece Hurst
North English
Hurst
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Norma F. Myers
Dakota
Bill Ross
Corena Morris
Milwaukee
Donna Reighard
Diane Frey
Area X Community College
al Reighard
Austin Zehr
Harold Pepper
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Northeast Iowa
University of Iowa
Fred Wright
Barbara Adam
Fred
Keota School
Barbara
Keota High School
Walter Bower
Howard Bower
Bud Trier
Chuck
Molly
Vincent and
Jilly
Ames
Gary Vincent
Robbie
Phillip Martens Hosts Birthday Celebration and Local Visits
Phillip Martens of Wayland stayed overnight with David Edgar in Crawfordsville to celebrate a birthday with a canoe ride and a family picnic at Soccum Ridge Park. Local guests included Cleo Cherryholmes family, Merle Twinam and Bertha Gault visiting in Burlington, Frank and Willard Sands hosting at Columbus City, and Virginia and Frank Sands birthdays observed. Jackie Fulton won the Washington County Farm Bureau RAVE Contest with an organ solo advancing to the district contest in Mt. Pleasant. Hadyn Thomas visited Edwin Richards in Columbus City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Phillip, Martens
Wayland
David Edgar
David
Soccum Ridge Park
Cleo Dean Cherryholmes
Jim Edgar
Merle Twinam
Bertha Gault
W. L. Gehring
Burlington
Frank Sands
Willard Sands
David R. Jones
Columbus City
Virginia Sands
Jackie Fulton
Washington County Farm Bureau
St. Alphonsus Hall
Mt. Pleasant
Hadyn Thomas
Edwin Richards
Surprise birthday party honors Mrs Wheeling in Keota
In Keota on a Saturday afternoon the 80th birthday of Mrs. C. S. Wheeling was celebrated at the homes of Mrs. Pearl Richardson and Mrs. Helen Wolfe. Guests sang, shared cake and ice cream, and exchanged cards and gifts as Terri Custer performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
C. S. Wheeling
West Chester
Pearl Richardson
Helen Wolfe
Lee Sanders
Leland Sanders
Camille
Cameron
Pat Custer
Tedi
Terri
Traci
Cleo Trier
Gilbert Brown
Luella Little
Richland
Velma Houghton
Packwood
Helen Robertson
LeRoy Richardson
Carol Richardson
Robin
Larry Thrapp
Tammy
Leann
Gary
Bill Robertson
Clifford Ross
Sturgis
South
Reunion in honor of L. B. Donaldson
A reunion at Washington Fairgrounds in Crawfordsville honored L. B. Donaldson for his 95th birthday on October 1. About sixty attended as a cake with 95 candles was presented by his daughter Mrs. Robert Henderson. Attendees included Donaldson children Mrs. Robert Henderson, Harry, Melville, Warren, and Mrs. Gail Tilton, plus Paul Henderson visiting Mason City.
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Crawfordsville
Washington
L. B. Donaldson
Robert Henderson
Donaldson
Harry Donaldson
Winfield
Melville Donaldson
Warren Donaldson
Ainsworth
Gail Tilton
Fairfax
Paul Henderson
Mason City
Robert
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Cleo McCoys
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Coffmans
Jones Bros. Texaco
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Everett
Ruff
Jesse Page
Howard Wombacher
Terry Palmer
Wellman
Jim Palmer
Golden Buckle
Phillip Martens
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Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Louis J Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Mrs. Wheeling
Washington Auto Body
Highland High School
Second Road
Haskins
C & J Feed Store
First Road
Farmall
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Cleo Orris
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