Ezra Wittmer Birthday Observed In Wayland
Ezra Wittmer marks his 84th birthday with family and friends across Wayland and nearby towns. Attendees include Daryl Wittmer and Jim Haberman of Muscatine, Rochelle and Rick Brenner of Burlington, and others from Elgin, Omaha, Moline, Fairfield, Ottumwa, and La Grange. The social notes cover visits, welcomes, relocations, and travel for Labor Day weekend gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
David Wittmer
Rochelle
Rick Brenner
Burlington
Daryl Wittmer
Jim
Muscatine
Ezra Wittmer
Efar Rosborough
Elgin
Ill
Clair Roshart
Valerie
Steve Widmer
Ed Wagler
Carl Reschly
Chris Widmer
Omaha
Neb
Paul Henss
Moline
A. C. Wenger
Stella Boller
Edith Boshart
Besse Allen
Richard Hester
Edwin Leichty
Him Holub
Aaron Leichty
Ervin Reschly
Glen Reschly
Estella Thurman
Ida Conrad
J. R. Wenger
George Fort
Eva Beese
Edna Widmer
Hesters
Sam Elder
Reschlys
East Wayland
Perle
Dedication to the later New post office is ready
Riverside news notes the post office will move to the Green Street building this week with a dedication date to be announced. Local items cover scholarships, moves, visits, society meetings, births, and hospital updates in Riverside and nearby Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Florence Hamilton
Green Street
James R. Tener
John Tener
University
Himie Voxman
Jim
Gordon Denton
Billie Lee
Brad
Highway 58
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Brownstone
Ivan Moss
Kalona
John Moss
Women’s Society of Christaan Service
Lyle Gerot
Carl Craig
Hubert Malichky
Wellman
Everette
Butch Wright
Ramsey
Illinois
Jesse Mitchell
Jess Mitchell
Denver
Colorado
Jim Edmiston
Edmiston
Riverside notes home on leave and local events
A2C Melvin Liska visits family before Sept 15 Viet Nam tour. Kate Ingram joins Fairfax visitors for a Sunday picnic with Nellie Reinert in South English. Merrit Veggy celebrates Larrys tenth birthday with friends and games. Marge Luckey spends Labor Day weekend in Solon with the Miller family. John Veggy attends David Lintners funeral in Iowa City. Lintner a Riverside-Lone Tree area resident. Kron family from Nauvoo attends Kron Rich wedding in Riverside. Sp 4 Dale Simon returned to Germany after MP duty. discharged at Fort Dix. Ivan Shradel family spend Labor Day in Spoon River. Bernard Walsh discharged from Mercy Hospital. Libby Kron returns from Vermillion. Krons host Pre-Nuptial breakfast. Barbara Kron and Leland Rich wed. A3C Vance Davisson to Selfridge AFB after furlough. Robert Hartzler graduated from Keesler AFB radio repair course. assigned to Elmendorf AFB. Hartzlers’ daughter Joyce is from Riverside. Rose Havel hosts Adolph Havel from Chicago. attends Kron-Rich wedding and Josephine Janecek-Donald Gibbs wedding in Washington. Wilbur Kiene and Kiene family from Washington visit Backbone State Park with Ernest Kienes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Melvin Liska
Wilma Liska
Bess Navy
Melvin
Viet Nam
Kate Ingram
Clarence Reinert
Fairfax
South English
Nellie Reinert
Merrit Veggy
Larry
Joe Sojka
Jeff Liebs
Lynne Schnoebelen
Paul Colbert
Mike Huffman
Mike O’conner
Ron Schnoebelen
Bill Muller
Jeff Spellman
Marge Luckey
Solon
Glenn Miller
John Veggy
Jones Funeral Home
Iowa City
David Lintner
Elmgrove Cemetery
Washington
Lintner
Riverside-Lone Tree
Eldred Kron
Jim
Susan
Nauvoo
Illinois
Fred Kron
Dale Simon
U. S
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Germany
Ivan, Shradel
Patricia
Spoon River
Bernard Walsh
Mercy
Libby Kron
Alex Mehaffey
Vermillion
South Dakota
Elmer Kron
Barbara Kron
Leland’ Rich
John Kron
Larry Rich
Lockridge
Tom Kelly
Leo Linder
E. J. Kron
Ill
Don Davisson
Vance Davisson
Selfridge Afb
Michigan
Vance K. Davisson
Selfridge
Afb
Robert P. Hartzler
Keeser Afb
Miss
Cource
U. S. Force
Elmendorf Afb
Alaska
Air Force Communications Service
Crawfordsville
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Bond-McConnell family 97 af reunion at Bond Hill Park
Ninety seven persons attended the Labor Day annual picnic dinner and Bond-McConnell family reunion at Bond Hill Park in Richland. Youngest member Carla Sue, three weeks old, and oldest Frank Fleis, 86, represented local families with guests from multiple Iowa towns and neighboring states. 1968 reunion planned for Labor Day at the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Bond - McConnell
Bond Hill Park
Carla Sue
Richard Bond
Frank Fleis
White City
Kansas
Des Moines
Agency
Brighton
Carlisle
Muscatine
Keota
Washington
Douds
Fairfield
Newton
Grinnell
Packwood
Kermit Hinshaw
Alf Moe
Oslo
Norway
John Higley
Vernon
N. Y
Bill Bowermaster
Dan
Larry Mines
Libertyville
Rudy Gingerich
Kalona
Frank Fanno
Beaverton
Oregon
Roger Gillis
Seivert Place
Bond McConnell reunion draws Richlanders and visitors
Weekend visitors at Doyle Hartnell and Loren Fleig homes were Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Bond and Allen Bond of White City. They joined the Bond McConnell family reunion on Labor Day at Bond Hill Park. Mrs. Ward hospital stay in Oshkosh noted. Expo 67 trip planned for Friday. News includes travels of Mrs. Widner and Mrs. Curtis to Indianapolis for WWI convention activities. A pastor’s reception for Rev L Merle Greene set for Friday at the Friends Church with a 6:30 p.m. supper prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Doyle Hartnell
Loren Fleig
Wilbur Bond
Allen Bond
White City
Bond - McConnell
Bond Hill Park
Andy George
Grace Ward
Oshkosh
Wis
Friends Church
L. Merle Greene
Charles Vincents guests at Keota
Keota residents host Charles Vincent and Suz ann of Palantine Illinois visiting parents Dr and Mrs K L McGuire and Mr and Mrs Robert Vincent. Gary Vincent attends Iowa State at Ames as a junior. Other local mentions include Boyd Lowry surgery in Iowa City and various Bayliss relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Charles Vincent
Suzann
Palantine
Illinois
K. L. McGuire
Robert Vincent
Charles Vincents
Ames
Gary Vincent
Harold Sheets
Town State
Vic Tines
Iowa City
Boyd Lowry
Brighton
University Hospitals
George Brower
Stanley
Benford Thompson
Brower
Harold McConnell
McConnell
Bonds Hill Park
Isaac Sprague Spen
Mt. Pleasant
Richard Bayliss
Leonard Bayliss
Fort Lewis
Washington
Labor Day social ties in Wayland extend to many families
Wayland notes Labor Day weekend visits from Orrin Eichelberger of Louisville Ohio and several relatives including the Eichelbergers and Swartzendrubers. New grandchild Kevin Robert Campbell born September 3 to Max and Jean Hulme Campbell. Philathia Class met at Wayland Mennonite Church with Louise Imhoff memorial service and committee hosted by 23 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Poland
West Liberty
James Hooley
Brian of
Wellman
Victor Hesseltine
Arnold Roth
South Bend
Indiana
Jesse Roth
Philathia
Wayland Mennonite Church
Aaron Leiehty
Louise Imhoff
J. A. Schlatter
Schlatter
Joe Rich
Jesse Eicher
Lena Bontrager
Tillie Gugel
Glen Klopfenstein
Stella Kauffman
Stella Poller
Navy Man Larry A Wilson Serves Aboard USS Dubuque
Third Class Larry A Wilson ISN son of Mr and Mrs James M Wilson Route 1 Crawfordsville Iowa is in Portsmouth Virginia serving aboard the newly commissioned amphibious dock transport USS Dubuque. The ship is the eighth of its type to be built and will launch troops and equipment by helicopter or landing craft. After Portsmouth the ship will sail to its homeport San Diego California for crew training and future deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS
Dubuque
Larry A. Wilson
ISN
James M. Wilson
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Portsmouth
San Diego
Calif
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Ft. Myers
Florida
Margaret Sommer
Parkview
John Stauffer
Ronnie Roth
Harold Horr
Newman
Abingdon
Horr
Opal Conrad
C. C. Wyse
Amy
Bluffton
Ohio
Grace Hebel
Ora Swan
Mervin Eigsti
Colo
Eigsti
Wagler
Gene Meyer
Jeff
Steve
Gary Meyer
Ellen
Tim
Russell
Alma _ Mich
West Park
Dave Meyer
A. R. Meyer
Boyd Barrett
Jim Meyer
Donnie Gay Roth
Davenport
Bob Meyer
Manora
Billy Meyer
Warren Anderson
Scott
Joey Anderson
Pleasant
Orval Meyer
Jane
Lois
Mary
Mike
Ed Haberman
Diane
Tama
Jim Springborn
la Grange
M. J. Haberman
Mary Haberman
Cleo Cornice
Pendergrass
Laurence Cornice
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
Jerry Mitchell
Tammy
Clara Edmiston
Grace Ann
Kent
Keokuk
Roger Schloss
Mercy Hospital
Bradley Alan
Earl Walton
Karl Myers
Monrovia
California
Gladys Williams
West Branch
Hoover Birthplace
Ida Skubal
Charles Skubal
Maxine Skubal
Reunion
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Marvin Cox
Frank Cox
Mary Morgan
Chas. Morgan
Lawrence
Bennie Rusk
Richland Methodist Church
Larry Willey
Steve Rusk
Navy
Early Monical
Houston
Texas
Leland Rusk
Albuquerque
N. Mexico
Allen Morgan
Owen Morgan
Detroit
Wayne Morgan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Madeline Morgan
Gary Stone
Katherine
Cedar Rapids
Chas. Stone
Marshalltown
Lucile Dalton
Roberta Smith
Malcom
Wylie Gripp
Ben Clark
Chas. Bullock
Thayer
Les Rusk
Creston
True Rusk
Afton
W. R. Stoner
Shannon City
Elwood Johnson
Lylbern Johnson
Arizona
Rusk
Richland Lions Club
Philco Ford
Robert Carter
Mark
Hamwood
F. B. Shultz
Gilbert Starr
John Adam
Bond-McConnell
Bradley Young
Doug
Ruth Gerkin
Rock Island, Ill
Small David Young
C. L. Reighard
Emma Widner
Elizabeth Curtis
W. R. Kime
Indianapolis
Ind
Kime
Wid
Ner
Bill Hayes
Mrs. Curtis
Allen Hawley
Harold Benson
Milton
Merle Decker
Earl McReynolds
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
National Guard
Joyce Bayliss
Iowa State College
Joyce
Barton Hall
Rosemary Bayliss
Ottumwa
Harold Nichting
Edward Wyant Clayton Co
Yoder
Strawberry
Mrs. Eichelberger
Orrin Eichelberger
Louisville
Orrin
Katie Eichelberger
Marlin Wyse
Wm. Eichelberger
A. W. Eichelberger
Roger Eichelberger
Calvin Eichelberger
John Swartzendruber
Yoko Kakemura
John Meyers
Alvera
Alvin Stutzman
Milford, Neb
Emma Springer
Sharon Ogden
Meyers
Saltzman
Ed Springer
Anna Campbell
Kevin Robert
Max Campbell
Kevin
Kenneth
Jean Hulme
Max Hulme
Lewis Ebner
Adel
Donald Grant
John Coleman
Lynn Slagel
Lafette
Ed Bender
Chicago
Mr. Bender
H. E. Bender
Brainard
Minn
Paul Whitham
Palatine
Burdette Davison
Arthur Davison
Addie Davison
Margaret Witting
Donald Pencil
Max Graber
V. J. Hesseltine
Fountain
Wilson
Oldson
Oliver
Winpower
Vermeer
Hotchkiss
Harrow
Kewanee
Ford
J. D
Ford Tractor
Bachtold
Maytag
Westinghouse
Signature
Hollywood
Kenmore
G. FE
Stan McBeth
Ralph Pennebaker
WSCS
Prairie Gem Church
Harlan Erickson
H. H. van Svoc
J.H. Hover
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