Kalona Community Center to open Sunday October 28
Kalona will celebrate the official opening of the Community Center and Public Library on Sunday October 28 from 2 to 4 PM. The building, restored with Federal Revenue Sharing Funds, houses the library and former school rooms, now used for a Cub Scout room, theater activities, and public events with free entry for public groups and a 20 dollar charge for large private functions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Way Kalona
Kalona
City of
Mid-Prairie
Kalona High School
Town Players
J. S. Michum
H.E. Beachy
SC. Ware
E.J. Hesselschwerdt
CE Hershberger
H.V. Snodgrass
Harvey
Xenians
Columbus Party
Unicef
Idris Club
Jaycees
Bill Clark
W.H. Barnum
E. J Hesselschwerdt
Alpha Club
United Christian and Baptist Church
West Branch
Herbert Hoover Museum
Hoover House
James Wheeler
Calvin Hickman
Charles Smith
Clyde Griffins
Kalona Rebekahs
Kay Kaalberg
Boy in Latrobe Told to Include License in Report
Oran Eberhart a six year old in Latrobe Pennsylvania was told by the state Transportation Department to include his correct operator license number when filing a required bicycle accident report. He borrowed a bicycle from his girlfriend Michelle Taylor five and bumped into her bruising her knee. His father Paul said the hospital required the report before treating Michelle and the department wants a complete account.
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Latrobe, Pa
UPI
Pennsylvania Transportation Department
Oran Eberhart
Oran
Michelle Taylor
Paul
Latrobe Police
Michelle
Transportation Department
Bureau of Accident Analysis
Columbus women at Music Club meet
Colum bus Junction Oct 21. District 1 Music Clubs meeting at Davenport Art Museum with Etude Federated Club president Mrs. J McElhinney reporting on activities. Upcoming events include Etude’s November 6 meeting, “Our Starts in Music” by Mrs. John Skubal, and Ramada Inn Iowa County Attorney’s Association gathering. Community notices cover fire hall Halloween dance, Priscilla Club, Chautauqua Park closure, city election reminders, sorority pledges, float prizes, student government winners, and local honors.
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Helene B. Dillon
Columbus Junction
Mort Cockshoot
Nevada
J. Kelly McKee
Harold Piercey
Iowa City
C. E. Pierce
Wm. Dunn
Everett Henson
J. McKee
Martin McElhinney
District 1
State Federation of Music Clubs
Davenport Art Museum
McElhinney
Etude Federated Club
Etude
Marion McGinnis
John Skubal
John L. Dillon
Ramada Inn
Iowa County Attorney's Association
James N. Pierce
Stillwater
Minn
D.j.’S
Priscilla Club
Nellie Dawson
Inez Smith
Chautauqua Park
Earl Martin
Harry Adams
Ruth Reaney
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Robert Reaney
Alpha Omicron Pi
Wes Smith
Viola Clark
Eva Swailes
Myrtle Buster
Edna Sands
Luella Coon
Columbus Community High
Bulldogs
Jean Meredith
Geraldine Leonhard
American Legion Auxiliary
Jeff Austin
Ron Greene
Mike Bloomquist
Rosanne Hammons
Patty Wagenknecht
Cindy Allison
Angie Tomkins
Pam Skipton
Teresa Harbison Henson
Columbus
Vernon Frey guest in Krabill home
Vernon W Frey visits his aunt Mrs Carl Frey at the Danville Community House then spends the evening at the Emerson Krabill home. Nearby families from Shawnee Mission and Storm Lake join in weekend visits with the Kauffman and Nebel households. Jeffrey Jon Kauffman, born Oct 3, is honored at church services.
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Waunita Magdefray Wayland
Vernon W. Frey
Carl Frey
Danville
Emerson Krabill
Duane Truman
Gregory
Shawnee Mission
Kansas
Clayton Nebel
Don Cook
Storm Lake
Tom Kauffman
Jeffrey Jon Kauffman
Freida Reininger
Roy Rubey
Jim Meeks
Dale Diers
Mabel Roth
Donald Kauffman
Debbie
Fairfield
Max Roth
Boyd Garrett
Jeffrey Jon
Kauffman
Wayland Mennonite Church
Ann Neff
Glen Nihart
Pleasant
Milton Sutterberg
San Diego
Calif
Mary Neff
Helen Kauffman
Washington
Jacob Christner
Weekend Visits and House Moves Across Iowa and Illinois
Mrs Margaret Kesenly and Miss Doris Boshart spent the weekend with the Dillon Boshart family and returned to Des Moines where she teaches at the American Institute of Business. Several families from Illinois and Indiana visited relatives in Mason City and Mt. Pleasant. Donald Davison moved into a new home Monday. Dr J W Hileman hosted Chicago visitors, and extended families gathered in East Dubuque and Louisiana MO for weekend reunions and dinners.
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HJ. Bigelow
Eugene Ways
Donald Hartzler
Kalona
University Hospitals
Towa City
Margaret Kesenly
Doris Boshart
Dillon Boshart
Des Moines
American Institute of Business
Glen Hesser
Jim Hesser
Washington
Mason City
Albert Moerke
E. Pine
Moerke
Zelipha Hesser
Donald Davison
J. W. Hileman
Miss Whittlesey
Chicago
Hileman
Edith Hileman
Jack Hertig
Elkhart
Ind
Iola Hertig
Linda
C. E. Shumaker
Wayne Shumaker
Susan
Shirley Shulting
Jennifer
Dave Fohtm
Jeff
Kenny
East Dubuque
Ill
Glen Shumaker
Mt. Pleasant
Bertha Shumaker
Richard Shumaker
Gordon Reedy
Ipava
Omer Roth
Beatrice Zihlman
Robert Zihlman
Robert Denny
Louisiana, MO
Agricultural leaders push for sharp rise in farm research
Dr W Robert Parks of Iowa State University leading a push for increased federal investment in agricultural research to lift future food production. He argues gains must come from higher per acre yields, as Agriculture Secretary Earl L Butz and undersecretary J Phil Campbell stress research as the key amid shifting surpluses.
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Bernanv
UPI
Washington
W. Robert Parks
Iowa State University
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Parks
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
J. Phil
Campbell
Wow
Butz
Rev James Lytle to speak at Bethel
Bethel Church will host worship led by Rev. James Lytle of the United Presbyterian Horn on Sunday morning Oct. 28. A Family Night is planned for Sunday Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. with the Don Millikin family providing gospel songs.
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Bethel
James Lytle
United Presbyterian Horn
Bethel Church
Thompson
First Baptist Church
Fairbury
Ill
Don Millikin
Brighton
Henry Bradbury
Marshalltown
Mark Campbell
Joe Kaufman
Chevy Jeff
Matt
RT Knottnerns
Ruth Gideon
Bill Crandall
John Miller
Crandalls
Oxford Junction
Halcyon House
May
Ruth
May Gideon
Nita Henss
St Petersburg
Fla
Hebron Hall
U.P
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Jack Guengerich
L.J. Strickler
Raymah Dawson
Larry Plank
Zimri Rebekah Lodge
Kalona Lodge
Plank
Alva Kepler
Curtis Figgins
Mamie Maxwell
Ethel Cox
Joseph Te Bockhorst
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Clarence Hostetler
A.J. Haberman
Amos
Columbus Community Club
Don Kelley
Columbus Community School
David Faye
Edith Newton
Margaret Schlichting
Marie Spaethe
Iren Myers
Hortense Tisor
Flo Johnson
Adeline Crawford
Helen Orr
Hazel Pine
Eloise Reese
Frances Hawkins
Edna Coffin
Conesville
Vernon Frey
Krabill
Hostetler
Ave
Amos L. Hostetler
Gary Mullet
nRain Steet
Hagie's Gulf
W. Madison
Washington County Fairgrounds
General Electric
Robert Christner
C. Harry Anderson
Hucard Weeks
Keith Murphy
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