Senior Center News October Birthday Celebration and Activities
The McCleery Room hosted 58 seniors for October birthdays with sharing and reflections. Howard Altenbernd reported 105 visits by the group to rest homes and hospitals. Louis Glider won candy for 40 visits. The Kent Feed boat trip went well, with thanks to Jim Custer and volunteers. Upcoming events include a potluck on October 15 with Millie Keating Virginia Tschantz and Enid Tweeton, plus a Social Security talk by John Anderson and a film. The center celebrates growing participation across dinners trips and birthday parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleery
Howard Altenbernd
Louis Glider
Howard
Millie Keating
Virginia Tschantz
Enid Tweeton
Community club notices and social gatherings listed
TTT Chapter DL hosted by Mrs Loren Robertson with 20 members and cohosts. Pecans ordered for November sale. Rebekah Club disbands after potluck and bingo. Highland Social Club toured Kalona area visiting farms and historic sites with plans for Oct 27 gathering. Log Cabin Quester members attended Mt Pleasant regional meeting with guest speaker on Edward Boehm porcelain. Friendship Club report includes entertainment and upcoming casserole exchange. Dutch Creek Township Farm Bureau Women held Hawaiian luncheon meeting. Mooseheart Chapter Night features Christmas theme and donations for Mooseheart and Moosehaven with reminders for upcoming meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Robertson
TTT
Byron Conway
Juanita Wilson
Conway
Highland Social Club
Kalona
Marvin Crile
Louise Blum
Ardell Gerot
Hazel Yoder
Sunnyside
Charles Chalupa
Eula Mae Coon
Questers
Quester Club
Edie Simmering
Mary Colthrust
Ethel Stephens
Mona Schlatter
Ellen Fenn
Ruth ‘Owen
Helen Ralston
Iowa
Quester
Mt. Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
Ross Lane
Edward Boehm
Dutch Creek Township Farm Bureau
Chester Stewart
Robert Miksch
Stewart
John Renoux
James Miksch
Women OF Moose
Mooseheart
Women of the Moose
ISU
Ella Mae Little
Howard Curl
Moosehaven
Ray Stalder
Iowa City
Valencia Marie Chorpening born to Chorpenings in Iowa City
Marion Charlie McAvoy a patient at Mercy Hospital Iowa City in room EITC is noted in local news. Mr and Mrs Russell Chorpening Jr of Sarasota Florida announce the birth of their daughter Valencia Marie who arrived Wednesday evening Oct 10. She has a sister Bonita aged 3. Grandparents are Russell Chorpening Sr of Washington and Jacob Borntreger of Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Charlie) McAvoy
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Russell Chorpening Jr
Sarasota
Fla
Valencia Marie
Bonita
Russell Chorpening Sr
Washington
Jacob Borntreger
Kalona
Nita Henss
St Petersburg
Iowa
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings and Events
Social calendar lists multiple meetings and activities across clubs and groups. Wiener roast, pledges, potlucks, craft sessions, embroidery programs, and open houses are scheduled at homes, temples, YWCA rooms, and school facilities with host names and times.
Miss Vacha Included in The World Who's Who of Women
Kathryn Harriet Vacha formerly of Washington gains inclusion in The World Who's Who of Women. A Washington High School alumna daughter of Mrs. Mela Vacha she studied at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls earning a B A in 19. She worked at Ron Peterson Publishers and in Venezuela and Iowa teaching before serving as Assistant Director of Graduate Studies at Western Connecticut State College Danbury. She sits on the salaries committee of the Governor's Commission of the Status of Women in Connecticut. Her brothers Darwin and Richard live in Washington and Newton respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Harriet Vacha
Washington
Miss Vacha
Washington High School
Mela Vacha
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Ron - Peterson Publishers
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Rev McGann to Speak at Fern Cliff Evangelical Crusade
Rev Aubrey McGann will headline an Evangelistic Crusade at Fern Cliff Evangelical Free Church Wayland on October 21 to 22 with services Sunday at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m and nightly at 7 45 p m Pastor Herbert Cottrell invites all attendees McGann born Kingston Jamaica and noted artist singer and former athlete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey McGann
Fern Cliff Evangelical Free Church
Wayland
McGann
Kingston
Jamaica
Herbert Cottrell
Fern Cliff Church
Area Lunch Menus Across Week by School Districts
A compilation of school lunch menus from multiple districts listing daily meals for Monday through Friday. Entries show items like sandwiches, stews, meats, vegetables, fruits, desserts, and milk with occasional no school days and a Virgil quotation at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
WACO
Columbus Community
Mid-Prairie
Rotary notes and home updates from Ruth Nolin and neighbors
From Ruth Nolin in Washington Pennsylvania October 7 1973 a note about easing pain in a wheelchair and taking one day at a time. The piece also mentions a five day visit by Miss Edna Sheriff’s niece Lynn Nilssen and a Prairie Flower Missionary Society meeting with book summaries and a call to read. New nursing staff and resident moves are noted along with visitors from California and Florida and a magician visit to Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Noll
Washington, Pa
Ruth E. Nolin
Edna Sheriff
Lynn Nilssen
Paul Robbins
Prairie Flower Missionary Society
Alice Hawkins
Robert Vanderlinden
Wayne Knupp
Shepherds Home
Wisconsin
Henrietta Booth
Robert Jones
Film on Witchcraft at Mennonite Church
The Occult a film about witchcraft will be shown Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Washington Mennonite church. It aims to create sentiment against witchcraft and shows a young person drawn into such acts and lacking guilt, even to human sacrifice. The public is invited to attend.
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Washington Mennonite Church
On the Record Hospital Admits and Discharges
Admitted yesterday Earl Ferrell of Washington in medical care. Today Lester Kern also of Washington and Arley Beese of Wayland admitted for medical treatment. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Scott Hendriks of Muscatine. Dismissals today list several mothers and infants from Washington Ainsworth Kalona and Richland with names including Mrs Dwight Graber and Mrs Stephen Schultz and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ferrell
Washington
Lester Kern
Arley Beese
Wayland
Scott Hendriks
Muscatine
Dwight Graber
Stephen Schultz
Ainsworth
Kenneth Robertson
Webster Rhodes
Kalona
Daryl Richardson
Paul Harian
Richland
Begin course for parents October 15
The Extension program correspondence course What's A Parent To Do begins October 15 with the first booklet mailed then. Jane Passmore urges immediate sign up to gain full value, noting the course covers observing child behavior and parental guidance. Send name and address with your children's ages to the Washington County Extension Office Box 2% Washington or call 653-4811 to enroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Passmore
Extension Home
Washington County
Washington
Property transfers in Kalona and Perry Township shown
Charles B. Greiner conveys land to Wilfred J. Vittetoe and wife and Jerome W. Vittetoe in Section 21 75 7 Perry. Bontrager transfers Lot 1 and 2 Block 12 Original Plat of Kalona to Moss C. Mast and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Greiner
Wilfred J. Vittetoe
Jerome W. Vittetoe
Perry H. Bontrager
Moss C. Mast
Kalona
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