Methodist Women Study Asia Circle WSCS Meetings noted
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church held multiple Circle meetings and announced a general meeting on October 19 and a family mission study starting October 21. Attendees included Mrs. Marsh Atkinson and Rev. Jonah G. Chitombo who spoke on Southern Rhodesia’s women and mission funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Riverside Bidwell House
Des Moines
Marsh Atkinson
WSCS
Jonah G. Chitombo
Harold Kerr
Frank Dittmer
Maynard Brown
Clayde Knapp
St. John
Atkinson
Chitombo
Southern Rhodesia
Women's Society
Charles Crone
Brown
Halcyon House Sunday Visits and Missionary Talk
Halcyon House hosted Sunday visitors including Mike Heisdorffer Walburga Heisdorffer and families from Keota Washington Iowa City Riverside Ankeny West Des Moines Ankeny and St Petersburg Fla A notable visit featured Rev Walter Smith and Rev Jonah Chitombo of Africa who spoke on missionary efforts and aid The long list of guests concluded with a birthday celebration for Mrs Ross with a cake ice cream and party in the dining room
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Pimme
Mike Heisdorffer
Walburga
Keota
Edward Heisdorffer
Washington
Walter Smith
Jonah Chitombo
Africa
Chitombo
Ed Milders to Note 25th Year on Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Milder of Conesville celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday October 14 with open house 2 to 4 p.m. in St. Mary's parish hall Nichols. They wed October 14 1937 at St. Joseph's Church Hills. The family includes five sons two daughters and one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Ed Milder
Conesville
St. Mary's Parish Hall
Nichols
Mary Frantz
Hills
Milder
St. Joseph's Church
Miss Patton Tells Of Indian Missions
Miss Frances Patton a retired Egypt missionary spoke at the October meeting of the First Presbyterian United Presbyterian Women. She shared slides from her summer trip to Indian missions in the United States. By-laws revision was noted with a December vote planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Wolf
First Presbyterian United Presbyterian Women
Frances Patton
J. M. Lloyd
Miss Patton
Egypt
United States
Harry Turner
Walter Anderson
Robert Moss
Tom Gerdes
Frank Crone
Chesley Funeral Rites Held in West Chester
Funeral services for James A. Chesley were held at 1 30 p.m. Friday at the West Chester Federated Church with the Rev Arthur Peters officiating. Pallbearers were Louis Smith Fred Coakley Roy Bauer and Milo DeLong. Burial followed at West Chester Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home arranged the services.
Local News Highlights From Keota and Surrounding Areas
Jo Ellen Dodder daughter of Daryl Dodders entertains classmates at a wiener and marshmallow roast this evening. Mr and Mrs Ernest Lambert of Wichita Kansas attend Floyd Green funeral in Keota and visit Arthur Lambert recently returned from Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Mr and Mrs Claire Gwinn of Pierce Nebraska visit Merle and family this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ellen Dodder
Daryl Dodders
Ernest Lambert
Wichita
Kan
Floyd Green
Keota
Arthur Lambert
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Claire Gwinn
Pierce, Neb
Merle Smiths
Franklin Cubs 4 H Club Holds Meeting
The Franklin Cubs 4 H Club met at the Frank Kleese home with John Combs presiding. Members received their previous record books, five purple awards given, and dues paid. Announced were a hobo party at Ainsworth gym Oct 13 and County Achievement Night at Washington High Nov 3.
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Franklin Cubs
Frank Kleese
John Combs
Ainsworth Gymnasium
Washington High School
Jane Combs
Marion Timmins
Kleese
Navy
Franklin Center
Social Calendar Highlights Weekly Community Notices
Notices list upcoming events for groups and venues including Saturday Shirts and Skirts at Legion Hall and the Rainbow Girls meeting at Ma sonic Temple. Also notes weekly club meetings at YWCA, Baptist class potluck, PTA program, VFW Auxiliary, WRC potlucks, and a Halloween party with St Rita and St Joseph circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Baptist Friendly Bible
Keith Williams
Linda Campbell
Delbert Soper
Garden I
Harry Turner
Ywca Room
Richard McCleery
Farm Bureau Building
St. Rita Circle
Lawrence Libe
St. Joseph Circle
Charles Friese
Ministry Through National Council of Churches Study
CWF circles met in members homes Thursday and Friday to study Ministry Through the National Council of Churches. Skit Welcome Back Mrs Jones and a missionary offering were part of each group as Rev Jonah G Chitmbo spoke at the Methodist Church. Fall Festival proceeds fund the new kitchen. Ramsey Memorial Home trip set for Oct 26 replaces October meeting. Martha Priscilla Dorcas Esther Ruth groups report meetings, guests, and plans for November activities and volunteer duties.
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National Council of Churches
Christian Women’s Fellowship
CWF
Ramsey Memorial Home
Des Moines
Bob Millers Show European Pictures at Legion Dinner
Mr and Mrs Bob Miller presented photographs from their European trip at the American Legion Past Commanders and wives dinner at Iris Court Mt Pleasant. The event noted Mrs Miller as secretary and Latimer Davis as president with a long list of local attendees and guests.
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Crawfordsville
Bob Miller
American Legion
Iris Court
Mt. Pleasant
Miller
Latimer Davis
Claude McCoy
Nina Hughes
Washington
J. C. Atkinson
Brighton
Duane McArtor
Charles Marlatt
Cheryl
Patty
Maron
Ora Marlatt
Rita
Onny Marratt
Iowa City
Solon
Sonny
George Hammond
Mt. Union
Joe Conrad
Vernon Fletcher
Family Weekend Visits and Birthdays Noted in Iowa Sightings
Mr and Mrs Daryl Dedder and family plan Sunday time in Davenport with friends. Harley Mayhew a patient at University Hospital Iowa City room C 54. Mrs Joe Cochran to travel by bus from Des Moines to Rapids City South Dakota to visit son Jerry Cochran and family with two October birthdays Jerry October 16 and Kirk October 18 and Susan born May. Mr and Mrs Robert Brinning and Beth of Clinton came Friday for weekend visit with Homer Brinning Lester Luckenbill and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Dedder
Davenport
Harley Mayhew
University Hospital
Iowa City
Joe Cochran
Des Moines
Rapids City
S. D
Jerry Cochran
Kirk
Susan
Jerry
Robert Brinning
Beth of
Clinton
Homer Brinning
Lester H. Luckenbill
Accident Victims Improve In Noble Community
Mrs. Oscar Miller and Mrs. Marvin Rinner, badly hurt in a Monday auto wreck en route to Iowa City, are improving. Mrs. Miller faces a long recovery. Mrs. Rinner’s head injuries and skin loss are being treated as she awaits stitch removal. Ed Springer, injured September 22, has returned home from Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
Heitzman Returns Home After Norfolk Visit
Riverside residents report Elizabeth Heitzman returning from a two month stay with her son Dwayne Heitzman in Norfolk Virginia. Her new grandson Keith Dwayne arrived September 27 weighing seven pounds thirteen ounces. Mild weather and family visits noted as kin gather at Hawker Nursing Home and local homes.
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Riverside
Elizabeth Heitzman
C.P.O
Dwayne Heitzman
Norfolk
Heitzman
Keith Dwayne
Clayton Wingler
Ed Wingler
Don Dutler
Hawker Nursing
West Liberty
Wingler
Marvin Hamilton
Columbus Junction
Cleo Gerot
Hamilton
Gerot
Gene Sedivec
Tiffin
Michelle Renee
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Orville Meeks
Wm. Sedivee
Marilyn Droll
Dorcas Society In Wellman Meeting Highlighted by Hawaii Talk
The Wellman Dorcas Society met Sept. 27 at the church with Mrs. Wilbur Geyer leading devotions. Mrs. Marie Van Dorn spoke on Hawaii including customs and life. Guests from Kalona shared Hawaii photos. Forty guests attended and a Hawaiian themed refreshments table was used. Carrie Marner celebrated a birthday at Shenk Rest Home Oct. 1. Donald Long and Paulette Gislain were noted travelers. Cattle Congress attendance noted.
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Wellman
The
Baptist Dorcas Society
Wilbur Geyer
Marie van Dorn
Hawaii
Logan Keif
Kalona
Ruth Bringman
Carrie Marner
Shenk
E. D. Miller
Carrie
Donald Long
Coral Gables
Florida
Hurley Long
Nella Spear
Hospital On The Record Admits And Births Reported
Admitted yesterday Mrs Helen Dawson Washington medical and Mrs Paul Klotz Columbus Junction medical Births yesterday Mr and Mrs Joseph Beachy Kalona a son Today Mr and Mrs Charles Smith Kalona a son Mr and Mrs Ray Arbogast Wayland a son Dismissed yesterday Oscar Collett Washington Today Eddie Smith Columbus Junction Mrs Rose Miller Washington Asbury Singleton Washington James Porterfield Washington Jeanette Woodburn Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Dawson
Washington
Paul Klotz
Columbus Junction
Joseph Beachy
Kalona
Charles Smith
Ray Arbogast
Wayland
Oscar Collett
Eddie Smith
Vatican council adjourns amid calls for open candidate list
Francis Achile Cardinal Lienart led protests against a Vatican drawn list of candidates. A 10 cardinal supervisory panel sought mediation as voting paused. Pope John met 807 journalists in the Sistine Chapel urging loyal cooperation and truthful reporting to foster world peace.
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Francis Achile
Lienart
Lille
Joseph Cardinal Frings
Cologne
Council
Liewart and Frings
Eugene Tisserant
College
Fracis Spellman
New York
Bernard Jan Alfrink
Holland
Norman Thomas Gilroy
Australia
Enrique Play Denier
Spain
Ignace Gabriel Tappouni
Syria
Antonio Cagiano
Argentina
Ernesto Ruffini
Italy
Achile Cardinal
France
Vatican
Ltewart
Francis Cardinal
Spellman
St. Peter's
Pope John
Sistine Chapel
Tass
Moscow
Izvestia
Pravda
Vladyimir Kotliarov
Vitali Borovoi
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Asia
Allen Griggs
Circle II
Ernest Strum
Howard McAtlin
Floyd Blankenhorn
Frank Patterson
Raymond Crone
Will Richards
Don Taylor
Keith Vetter
Rim of
Phil Kneen
Edgar Porter
Circle IV
Glenn Knapp
T. J. Berdo
Jay Sellers
Herb Campbell
Sam Turkington
Don Buirlingmair
Will E. Jones
Ralph
Shannon
Sellers
Clarence Jackson
Stanley Knapp
Circle V
John Walker
Robert Hyde
P. L. Etter
Laura Longwell
Etter
Hyde
Spiritual Life
Margaret Turkington
Clyde Dawson
Carl Guther
Circle VI
Joe Knotek
Elmer Steele
Edgar Stout
Blanche Harvey
Dawson
Harvey
Henry Berdo
Ira Miksch
W. T. Hobbs
Lloyd Latta
Lyle Wilcox
Miksch
T. M. Nelson
Wiley Anderson
Circle VIII
E. E. Stutsman
J. W. Helscher
Harold Mangold
Robert Foster
Neal Burton
W.A. Bealer
E. E. Ward
Gilbert Mills
Sylvia Wilson
Halcyon Notes
Halcyon House
John Sexton
Alma Rummelhart
Max Fickle
Carl Kennedy
West Des Moines
E. W. Neveln
Ankeny
Gammon
R. A. Ross
Martin Weston
John Jones
Richard Pratt
Will Hobbs
Guy Stuckman
Vernon Feuerhelm
Rosecrans
St. Petersburg, Fla
Esther MacGugin
Vera Bailey
Ivan Norton
Riverside, Calif
W.S. Kyle
Claud Lemmon
Mrs
Charlie
John Zieglowsky
Mrs. Ross
W. B. Dupuis
Helen Levis
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E. H. Beck
Greeley, Colo
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Keith Adams
Earl Simpson
Clara Foreman
Fred L. Stewart
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the Christian Science Monitor
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Husky
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Wolf's Flower Shop
Evening Journal
Iowa
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Legion Hall
Deane Hartzell
Rosemary Club
Dell Walker
VFW
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Manton Hebner
Tom Stewart
Martha
Martha Group
Helen Watkins
Carl Dallmeyer
Oren Jarvis
Mae Stokes
Clarence Brown Jr
Ed Chabal
Bert Britain
Bessie Tucker
Priscilla
Lloyd
David Schantz
Dean Clingman
Leonard Llewellyn
Gary Crossett
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Dorcas
Leslie Beenblossom
R. W. Ramsdell
Texas
Beenblossom
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Roy Randall
Glenn Holden
Wilmer Lauderman
Esther
Esther Group
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Putman
Ralph Hesseltine
Frank Gingerich
C. G. Picken
Dora Wagner
Etieine Spenser
Wagner
Spenser
Ruth
Loren Chalupa
Ruth Group
Tyer
William Loeffler
Robert Glandon
Richard Goodwin
P. J. Hoover
Don Foss
Glandon
Raymond Leon
Glendon
Clarence Locke
Bob Millers
Marian Waters
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Mrs. Henry Yoder
Arthur Boshart
Royden Boshart
Lisa Anette
Marilyn Bohn
Richard Oberhelman
Manson Mennonite Church
Edna Widmer
Rex Roths
Maurice Griesers
Harlan Hochstettlers
Arthur
Stella
Manson
Bethel Mennonite
Jane Reschly
Clayton Nebel
Janie
Don Diller
Hesston
Kans
Goshen
Ind
Nebel
Berdene Gerig
Lee Ann Boshart
Donna Roth
Roth
Mrs. Heitzman
Virginia
Dorcas Society
Wellman Meeting
Seattle
Donald
Paulette Gislain
Adolph Gislain
Waterloo
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Olympia
Evelyn's Hobby Shop
Wayland, Sc
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
Livingston, Day & Bates Attorneys
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
Ira Morrison
South
Marion Ave
Morrison & Morrison
Edmund Dpd. Morrison Jr
James E. Lloyd
West
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Dale E. Garrell
Journal Building
Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
Es- Ly
Lemmon Enerry
Journal Bldg
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