Petia Koch Marries Gordon Watson in Wayland Mennonite Church
Petia Koch and Gordon Watson wed in Wayland October 11 with Rev. Vernon E. Roth officiating. The ceremony drew family and guests from Wayland Richland and beyond, followed by a reception for 250. The couple will reside in Washington, where the groom works at Tindal Farm Supply and the bride teaches at the University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Roth
Elmer Roth
Wayland
Gordon Watson
Washington
Carlos Watson
Richland
Wayland Mennonite
Vernon E. Roth
Eureka Mennonite Church
Royce Roth
Mt. Pleasant
Roth
Gary Graber
Mr. Pleasant
Colorado
East Main
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Mary Roth
Mabel Fry
Fairfield
New Mexico
Nebraska
Kansas
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kirk Schmidt Honored on Newspaperboy Day
Kirk Schmidt son of Mr and Mrs Jim Schmidt was among 14 carriers honored by the Des Moines Register and Tribune Saturday. He represented 13 000 carriers in southeast Iowa in Des Moines on National Newspaperboy Day. Highlights included a Friday luncheon with Governor Robert Ray and serving as acting manager of the eastern region in the circulation building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk Schmidt
Jim Schmidt
Des Moines Register
Tribune
Kirk
Iowa
Des Moines
Capital City
Robert Ray
Bill Mickles
Register and Tribune
Stewarts Return From Ozarks Vacation
Mr and Mrs Richard Stewart return from a vacation in the Ozarks visiting Osage Beach Branson and Silver Dollar City where they attended the Arts and Crafts Festival.
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Richard Stewart
Ozarks
Osage Beach
Branson, Mo
Silver Dollar City
County Farm Bureau Women hold annual workshop
Mrs. Orville Griggs presided at the county Farm Bureau Women workshop with 70 in attendance at the Farm Bureau building. Mrs. Ralph Liebernecht spoke on District 7 program and county taxes. A salad luncheon, devotions, a skit The Market Basket, and a talk on group insurance were featured. A plan to place The First Fifty Years of Farm Bureau in libraries was announced. Christmas crafts were displayed and coffee served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Griggs
Farm Bureau
Dare
Glenn Gordon
Gail Niffenegger
Dale Caldwell
Chet Stewart
Codfish Cakes and Homemaking Notes From Kitchen Window
A kitchen window scene describes making old fashioned codfish cakes with salted cod, potatoes, eggs, and pepper. The writeup includes washing the fish, soaking, boiling, flaking, and frying, plus serving with pickle relish, and mentions a noisy ventilator from the salt fish effort. It also reviews two magazines Natural History and Consumers Reports, then offers dessert ideas Heavenly Rice and washboard cookies with a coconut cookie recipe.
Nineteenth Century Club Luncheon Covers Summer Plans
Mrs. Roger Sherman hosted eleven members for a one o'clock luncheon on Tuesday. Guest Mrs. Fannie Shinnabarger attended. After the business meeting, members shared updates on their summer activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Sherman
Nineteenth Century Club
Fannie Shinnabarger
Local GOP delegate returns from Des Moines convention
Mrs. Robert Stephens of West Chester, leader of the Washington County Council of Republican Women, has returned from the State GOP convention at the Hotel Kirkwood in Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. John McClintic of Brighton came back Sunday from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Denny Black in Moline Illinois. Mrs. McClintic joined to meet her newborn grandson Jeffrey Dennis Black born Oct. 3 and to help with his sister Laurie aged two. The McClintics left Saturday and returned Sunday. Mrs. Tom Harrison formerly Alanna Elmore, daughter of the Clifford Elmores of Brighton, left Oct. 3 to join her husband in Rota Spain. Mail addressed to her husband in care of Charles T. Harrison RM 3 B 637025 Box 24 NCS Spain P.O. New York 09540. The Elmores drove to Topeka to see their daughter off Friday. Harrison has worked in Topeka since February. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Johnston of Tulsa Oklahoma, Evaline Colelazier of Pawnee Oklahoma, and Grace Strupp of Sigourney visited Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Art Duensing.
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Robert Stephens
West Chester
Washington County Council of Republican Women
Kirkwood
Des Moines
John McClintic
Brighton
Denny Black
Moline
Ill
Tom Harrison
Alanna Elmore
Clifford Elmores
Rota
Spain
Kansas City
Charles T. Harrison
NCS
New York
Topeka
Kan
Harrison
Marion Johnston
Tulsa
Okla
Evaline Colelazier
Pawnee
Grace Strupp
Sigourney
Art Duensing
Mountaineers travel film Sunday in Iowa City
The Iowa Mountaineers present a travel film by Stan Midgley titled California and Nevada at The University of Iowa on Sunday October 19. The 2:30 p.m. lecture in Macbride Auditorium follows a humorous route from Seventeen Mile Drive to 49-Mile Drive and the Redwood Empire with hikes through Sierra and Trinity Alps. Admission is 1.25 for adults and 60 cents for children or season tickets Passports.
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Iowa City
Stan Midgley
California
Nevada
University of Iowa
Iowa Mountaineer
Macbride Auditorium
Carmel
San Francisco
Redwood Empire
Midgley
High Sierra
Sequoia
Kings Canyon
Trinity Alps
Point Reyes
Reno
Mother Lode
Lae Tahoe
Virginia City
Mt. Shasta
Monterey
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Petia Koch
Janice Roth
Joanne Wenger
Sharon Zuercher
Denver
Joni Schweitzer
Paul Watson
Jerry Roth
Darrell Watson
Altoona
Charles Watson
Keith Watson
Larry Roth
Dallas Leichty
Don Yoder
Mrs
F. B
George Dare
Vince Horst
Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
Ing
Consumers Reports
Essex
Nardis
Dallas
America
Woervice
Chaze 1
Mountaineers
Evening Journal
Anneys
Towncraft
Brass
Penney’s
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