Golden Age Club and Music Department Activities
Twenty one Golden Age Club members met at the YWCA for sorting, storage work, quilting, and charity deliveries to Prairie Flower School. Birthday cakes were shared, one visitor attended, and a $5 contribution was approved for the YW-Rotary Christmas party. The Music Department of the Fortnightly Club hosted 13 members with a book talk and a review of Wunnerful Wunnerful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Age Club
YWCA
Prairie Flower School
Evalena Coldazier
Pawnee
Okla
Rotary
Marvin Tweeton
Tweeton
Edna Smith
Scott Wilcox
Lawrence Welk
Yw-Rotary
Wayne Gamon
United Methodist Church
Virgil Hancher
Iowa City
Review urged of Iowa area school system spending
Ned Perrin of Mapleton urged a comprehensive review of Iowa area schools to ensure dollars are spent wisely. He warned some programs grow too fast while others lag and questioned offerings and enrollment levels at Area 11 Ankeny and Southwestern Community College Creston. Perrin urged targeted funding where demand is high to improve educational quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
UPI
State Board of Regents
Iowa
Ned Perrin
Mapleton
Perrin
Area 11
Ankeny
UNICEF Drive Volunteers Assist With Community Refreshments
Volunteers coordinated by Mrs. Leonard Pohren and Mrs. John Walker served refreshments after the UNICEF drive at St James and the Christian Church. Students from fourth to ninth grade gathered at respective churches to receive cartons and depart with drivers for a door to door campaign in Washington under the Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicef
Leonard Pohren
John Walker
St. James Church
Omer Kenagy
Charles Johnson
Eugene Zieglowsky
Gerald McGaffey
Ralph Stout
Ron Allison
The
Christian Church
William Deaton
Charles Goodell
James Harris
Neal Lampkin
Grover Rosenkild
Kathy Tuttle
Mennonite Choir from Chicago to Sing at IMS
The Lawndale Mennonite Church Choir from Chicago will perform at Iowa Mennonite High School near Kalona on Saturday October 28 at 7 30 p m. The 40 member group will present ethnic Mexican songs folk pieces and hymns with instruments like mandolin guiro conga and maracas. Arlen Hershberger a Kalona native and 1969 University of Iowa music graduate directs the ensemble which features family units and a Christian program. Admission is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gracie Torres
Seferina de Leon
Lawndale Mennonite Church Choir
Chicago
Ill
Rick Ventura
Iowa Mennonite High School
Kalona
Arlen Hershberger
Lower Deer Creek
IMS
Washington Hustlers 4-H Club October meeting notes
The Washington Hustlers 4-H club at the county fairgrounds welcomed 42 old members and eight new enrollments with two visitors. Pledges were led by Jay Roth and Grant Walker, items included Halloween plans for October 28 at Jim Hotchkiss farm and a November 16 potluck at the Farm Bureau building. The group voted to buy floor paint for the Washington County Developmental Center and completed 1973 fair enrollment forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Hustlers
Washington County Fairgrounds
Jay Roth
Grant Walker
Jim Hotchkiss
Farm Bureau
Washington County Developmental Center
Open house honors Reiners of Indiana
Mr and Mrs Marion Timmins hosted an open house Saturday for their daughter Linda Timmins and her husband Richard Reiners of Indianapolis who married September 30. Guests from Wellman Keota Washington Osceola and Wisconsin attended. Assisting hosts were Mrs Jay Hough Mrs Wayne Mangold and Mrs Harold Wehr. A German statue from the bride’s bouquet framed the moss green centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Timmins
Richard Reiners
Indianapolis
Wellman
Keota
Washington
Osceola
Wisconsin
Crossett sisters host Halloween party at home
Teresa and Sheryl Crossett entertained friends at a Saturday Halloween party. Guests played season themed games and enjoyed refreshments served by the girls and their mother. Attendees included Rhonda Statler Terry Tappen Theresa Hughes Rodney Dorsett Dean Jaspering Todd Sueppel Debbie Smithburg and Ada Crossett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa
Sheryl Crossett
Rhonda Statler
Terry Tappen
Theresa Hughes
Rodney Dorsett
Dean Jaspering
Todd Sueppel
Debbie Smithburg
Ada Crossett
University of Iowa Poll Again Favors McGovern Over Nixon
The Daily Iowan survey of registered student voters on campus shows George McGovern leading Nixon by about two to one. The poll, conducted October 12 to 16, marks a 12 point drop from an earlier March poll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
UPI
University of Iowa Daily
George McGovern
Nixon
Iowan
South Dakota
Beth Cheyney honored at Columbus Junction bridal shower
A bridal shower for Beth Cheyney was hosted by Karen Hixson and Pam Cheyney at the People's National Bank activity room in Columbus Junction. Miss Cheyney, who will wed Gary Hixson on October 27 at the First Christian Church, attended with her mother Mrs. Robert Cheyney and future mother in law Mrs. Leonard Hixson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Cheyney
Karen Hixson
Pam Cheyney
People’s National Bank
Columbus Junction
Miss Cheyney
Gary Hixson
First Christian Church
Robert Cheyney
Leonard Hixson
Ralph Hixson
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Kelly Wayne Flynn
Justice of the Peace Court
Cathy Sue Hahn
Briefs School Board
Washington School Board
Aberdeen
Scotland
UPS
North Sea
Amsterdam
Norman Schoonover and
Jary Sturdevant
S.E
Wolf's Flower Shop
Muscatine
Snow Boots
Nina
G Shoe Fit CO
East Side Square
Reiners
Indiana
Crossett Sisters
McGovern
Washington Evening Journal
Earl D. Greaser
Eureka
Edith
Grant Nebel
Gerald Nebel
Wayland
Hesston Junior College
Hesston
Kan
Greaser
Eastern Mennonite College
Harrisonburg
Nebel
Honor Beth Cheyney
Osincup’s
Hows
Marshall
Vene of
Marshalls
ATV Havi
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