United Presbyterian Home News and Social Roundup
A Tuesday vanity program featured Miss Dorothy Cummer receiving a basket of well wishes from United Presbyterian Home members before her Saturday wedding to Rutherford B. Arnold. The couple will relocate to Vero Beach, Florida. Dr. Robert French spoke on Mission activities in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Iran with slides from his six month winter trip. Mrs. French wore Ethiopian dress and discussed women there. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shepherd from Pontiac en route to Laramie for a visit with their daughter. Charles and Henry Willming attended church in Springville and met friends including Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnston, recent 70th wedding anniversary celebrants. Mrs. Grace Wade hosted relatives, with Fred Wade and others from Marion staying over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Holder
Dorothy Cummer
Miss Cummer
Rutherford B. Arnold
Vero Beach
Florida
Robert French
Des Moines
Kenya
Ethiopia
Iran
French
Earl Shepherd
Eleanor Cresswell
Pontiac
Mich
Laramie
Wyo
Charles
Henry Willming
Springville
Sam Johnston
Billy Skubal Birthday Celebrations In Ainsworth
Billy Skubal marks his fifth birthday with family and friends in Ainsworth on Sept. 23. Relatives David Skubal Mike Skubal Alesia and Nicole joined in cake ice cream and gifts as movies captured the celebration. Grandparents Percy Skubal and Chris S Earnest helped host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARS. C.A. Thompson Ainsworth
Billy Skubal
David
Mike Skubal
Alesia
Nicole
Billy
Percy Skubal
Chris S Earnest
Ed Skubal
University Hospital
Iowa City
David Rarick
Sean
Bill McGinnis
Gene McCracken
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Ainsworth United Methodist Church
Burlington
W.D. Roberts
Duane White
Vincent James
James McCreedy
Clarence Richards
Preston Edmondson
Shennie Buck
Clark Pfeifer
Ed Miller
Ray Collier
Mike Miller
University of Iowa
Friendly Circle dessert meeting with baby pics guessing game
The Friendly Circle Club met at Captain's Table with Mrs. Don Shelangoski hosting and Mrs. Richard Schiebel leading entertainment. Winners were Mrs. Marion Augustine, Mrs. Wilbur Wright, and Mrs. Ed Augustine. ten members answered roll call about a refund project. Birthday gifts were given to three members. Carolyn Soliman gave Alpha Chi Delta Kappa Gamma a program on the Changing Role of Women at the Captain's Table. 20 members attended chaired by Irene Trotter. plans made for Nov. 6 anniversary luncheon and invitations sent to neighboring chapters. Reservations for Alpha Nu's Oct. 9 luncheon at the Golden Buckle in Keota and State Convention in Des Moines were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Circle Club
Don Shelangoski
Richard Schiebel
Marion Augustine
Wilbur Wright
Ed Augustine
Harold Klopfenstein
Shelagoski
James Moeller
Shelangoski
Carolyn Soliman
Alpha Chi
Delta Kappa Gamma
Irene Trotter
Alpha Nu
Golden Buckle
Keota
Des Moines
Denison Queen Effort by Denison University King Hall Group
In Granville Ohio 32 coed residents of Denison University King Hall dubbed the King Sisters ran for homecoming queen and won Their celebration peaked as 28 of the coeds arrived at the homecoming football game on a flat bed truck with the title Queen among their group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville
Ohio
UPI
Denison University
King Hall
Keota notices and hometown events span trips weddings and birthdays
Ruth Norris returns from California after three weeks visiting relatives. Connie Baker and Lloyd Hayes wed in Washington Methodist Church. Tressie Schreckengast honored at birthday luncheon with gifts. Paul Sievert couple travel through Cedar Rapids to Caledonia Wisconsin, detouring for Case plant sightseeing. Birthday dinners honor Shawna and Mrs Herr. Isaac Norenberg and Marie Greiner return from western states and attend Peg Yoder wedding. Tom Hahn, Hawkeye band member, performs at Purdue and Penn State events. Keota Fire Department battles truck gasoline fire injuring Randy Hammes, treated at Sigourney hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievery Keota
Ruth Norris
California
Terry Greiner
Connie Baker
Wayland
Lloyd Hayes
Washington
Mabel Morris
Tressie Schreckengast
Don Davis
Clayton Funston
Gordon Weber
Angela
Bernice Mattison
Clara Kent
Hazel Hicks
Tressie
Paul Sievert
Cedar Rapids
Joan Stout
Caledonia
Wis
Richard Sievert
Case
Richard
Raymond United Church of Christ
Paul Siewert
Richard Stewart
Keith Stewart
Earl Herr
Ralph Herr
Forrest Green
Shawna
Debra
Nichelle
Collin Stewart
Sigourney
Josephs Cafe
Kenny Pfaff
Walburga White
Marie Greiner
Leonard Heisdorffer
Peg Yoder
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Harold Grove
Kevin Luers
Myron Luers
Edward Rebal
David Flading
Terry
Pete Hahn
Everette Greiner
Tom Hahn
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Hawkeye
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Indiana
Vana
Ilinois University Union
Urbandale
Crawfordsville
Ind
Hawkeyes
Chicago
Sherman House
Tom
University
Iowa
Penn State
Field House
Iowa City Press Citizen
Bernard Hahn
Keota
Paul Hammes
Randy
Keokuk County
Kalona hostesses share meals and visits
Mrs Kinsinger of Kalona hosted guests for supper including Elam Christner Lewis Swartzendruber Sarah Swartzendruber Jason Yoder and Sam Sehlabaugh Also Darrel Studer and daughters of Iowa City visited Ivan Barkley Monday Shalla and Hendrickson joined for supper John Allen celebrated a fourteenth birthday at a Joe Allen home Monroe Yoder family weekend outing at Backbone State Park with Kalona Ames Coralville Minneapolis Anamosa and other relatives Attendees included Jim Yoder Charles Miller Boni Yoder and others at the Southeast District Convention of the Iowa Christian Churches in Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Way Kalona
Katie Kinsinger
Monda
Elam Christner
Lewis Swartzendruber
Sarah Swartzendruber
Jason Yoder
Sam Sehlabaugh
Darrel Studer
Iowa City
Ivan Barkley
Tom Shalla
Scott Hendrickson
Joe Allen
John Allen
Monroe Yoder
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Cherie
Kalona
Jim Yoder
Ames
Charles Miller
Coralville
Bill Bauer
Minneapolis
Minn
Boni Yoder
Anamosa
John D. Woodin
Eugene Way
Bloomfield
Iowa Christian Churches
Preston
Plank
Lowa
Cedar Rapids
Robert Hartley
Dickel
Tom Russell
Joye Reece
Jess Ruggles
Hazel Coffey
Ladies Bridge Club
August. Dieckmann
J. R. Swartzendruber
Jack Guengerich
H. Lady
W. D. Hochstetler
C. C. Shim
Christian Nurses Association
Farmers Savings Bank
Ramona Homes
Homes
Mercy Hospital
John Eberly
Nina Gingerich
Edna Litwiller
Theon Lewis
Alpha and
Idris Clubs
Muscatine
Myron Jones
Larry Kern
D. G. Sattler
C. Beckman
Fay W. Boone
Ford Skola
Communion and Birthday Cheer at Halcyon House
Rev Tom Pace led Tuesday communion at Halcyon House bringing Methodist members for a time of friendship with residents as scrapbooks and stocking sniping were shared. Marie Greenlee enjoyed a birthday surprise with sister Mrs Gerald Fisher and Enid arriving for dinner. Visitors included Bob and family from Columbus Junction and others from Wellman Oak Park Ill Ainsworth and Sigourney. Elsie Meeker returned home from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Marie Greenlee
Gerald Fisher
Enid
Marie
Bob Stirlings
Columbus Junction
C.H. Johnson
Wellman
Herman Pick
Oak Park
Ill
C.A. Thompson
Ainsworth
Tobias Jaeger
Sigourney
Funeral for Lt. Col. Kelley in Rochester and Kalona notices
Funeral services were held for Lt. Col Don W. Kelley 50 in Rochester New Hampshire after a brief illness. He served in WWII Korea and Vietnam and retired from the Air Force in 1970. Survived by widow Frances Walker and three children. Funeral attendees from Kalona and Texas, with Oddfellow Rebekah and church group notices following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Rochester
Nhs
Don W. Kelley
Kelley
Nova Scotia
Percy T. Kelley
Lena Crowell Kelley
Frances E. Walker
Donald W. Kelley
Charles Thomas
Jean Ellen
Boston
Mass
Louis Furlong
Cocoa Beach
Robert
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
Oddfellow Hall
Donald Dickel
Phillip
Local notes and social updates from Keota area
Keota through Oct 4 notes list hospital visits at Mercy in Iowa City for Frank Vogel and Edward Rebal observation, plus transport to Cedar Rapids for a wedding. Attendees include Mrs Walburga White, Mrs Donald Long, Mrs Maude Sanders, Mrs Ferne Wimmer, Mrs Lavernon Helscher, and Mary Rae Mollenhauer. Also retirement plans announced for Rev Robert Burns to Sigourney after 44 years, and ASC Fred Zehr returns from Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Vogel
Paul Sievert Keota
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Kenny Pfaff
Walburga White
George Riordan
Donald Long
Maude Sanders
Ferne Wimmer
LaVernon Helscher
Cedar Rapids
Mary Rae Mollenhauer
William Lee Malley
Carl Vogel
Marjorie Schumann
Moberly, Mo
Judy Herr
Keith Herr
Golfer Joins Swinging Golf Lesson Ends in Injury
Christine Melton under coach fiancé Noel Crane swung a club for the first time on Tuesday in Dereham England. The club struck Crane a four inch cut. Melton later said she would stick to tennis while Crane took fault saying she stood too near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dereham
England
UPI
Christine Melton
Noel Crane
Miss Melton
Crane
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United Presbyterian Home
Mrs
Fred Wade
Marion
Grace Wade
Edna Sherriff
Mrs. Earl Minor
New Virginia
Gertrude Hofsteater
Spokane
Wash
Nora Ebner
Vernon Elgin
Tacoma
Marjorie Doran
Barbara Gosling
Alda Warnock
Doris and
Morris Welch
Seattle
Gerri Biles
Fairfield
Mr. Welch
New England
Karl Megdelsen
William Barber
Ainsworth United
Margaret Work
Knoxville
W.C.T.A
Edna Robeson
Don Robeson
Monmouth
Shirley Moore
Bob
Judy
Cheyenne
Patty Ackerman
Memphis
Tenn
Shirley
Patty
Margaret Lyon
Tressa Warner
Della Dool
Long
Crull
Lee
Agency
DIAL
Alpha Chi Chapter
Saustoth
Wolf's Flower Shop
Stockholm
Sweden
Robert Perrot
Mrs. Norris
West
Mrs. Kinsinger Kalona
Halcyon House
Elsie Meeker
Lt. Col
Fred Sheetz
George Bond
Murry Flander
James Flander
Ft. Polk
Larry Henry
Jr. Henry
Ft Polk
ASC
Fred Zehr
Grand Forks
N.D
Evelyn Wade
Thelma Widdefield
Harold McConnell
Gene Heisdorffer
James Leary
Prairie Home
Washington Community Theatre
Iti
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