Local notes from U P Home News and Iowa events
Miss Marian Farquhar of the Sudan and Ethiopia mission and her sister Mrs. Virginia Burch of Vinton dine with the Home family. Mrs. Ann Pratt visits Audubon and a family member in a coma. No Bingo night due to staff convention in Des Moines. Brinton Butler visits grandmother Mrs. Mabel Rankin. Golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kratter noted at Iowa City church with Home members present. Edna Sherriff attends sister Beulah Sherriff funeral in Indianola. Eighteen Home members enroll for Bible study at United Presbyterian Church led by Dr. W. H. Kettlitz. Guests include Joance Raymond, Edna L. McKee, Cathryne Caldwell, Ethel L. Swift. Various visits and trips described among Home residents and friends. The quiz night and Evensong theme focus on The Grace of God with multiple speakers and reports from associations and congregations. Fort Dodge visitors and a 25th wedding anniversary at the Koehler home are noted. Steve Martin’s grandson’s wedding noted. Cottrells visit en route to Bellevue, Washington. concrete patio project completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Farquhar
Sudan
Ethiopia
Virginia Burch
Vinton
Laura McIntire
Miss Farquhar
Howard Kratter
First United Methodist Church
Iowa City
Richard Colby
Elizabeth McClung
Dorothy Currie
Dorothy Arnold
Charles Willming
Mitchell
Kratter
Merle Rugg Undergoes Tonsillectomy at Mercy Hospital
Merle Rugg underwent a tonsillectomy Tuesday at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City and returned home Wednesday. The column also notes visits and social events including Marilyn Graber's Berkeley visit, a large cooperative dinner in Olds honoring Mrs. Sam Hulme, birthday and anniversary celebrations, Alaska trip group from local families, and land transfers in Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waunita Magdefray
Sam Hulme
Vernon Seberg
Douglas Seberg
Fawn Burty
Oskaloosa
Leonard Schantz
Burlington
Richard Hulme
Mt Pleasant
Steve Hulme
Cedar Rapids
Dean Meyer
Rex Linn
Jack Stafford
David Allen Graber
Edwin Swartzendruber
Lloyd Wonderlich
Allen Woline
Pennsylvania
Sims and Staffords
Jim Lacey
Salem
Oregon
Hillary Thomas
New Bloomfield
Elmer Meyer
Mae Hudson
Parkview
Ogden Brown
Sunrise Terrace
Winfield
Social Calendar Features Numerous Meetings and Reunions
A packed social calendar lists Rainbow Girls open installation at 7 p.m. on Saturday with all relatives and friends invited, multiple reunions including Bert Dunbar and Jarrard, and various clubs and societies meeting through Wednesday. Notable events include the Drift Riders Snowmobile Club cancelation, several IOOF and UMW group sessions, a Lions and Legion presence, and a senior citizen Italian dinner with reservations at the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Girls
Y Bert Dunbar
Jarrard
Farm Bureau
Drift Riders
Izaak Walton
UMW
Ed Augustine
Corrine Connelly
YMCA
DAR Constitution
Sunset Park
Weekend visitors and a lakeside cabin picnic noted
Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hopping and Jeff of Adel and Steve Hopping, a University of Iowa sophomore. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hoyle and Stacey of Orange California visited the Simmering and Hoyle families. A picnic dinner was held Sunday at the Clara Sheetz cabin at Lake Odessa before the Hoyle family returned to California Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Marston
Robert Hopping
Jeff
Adel
Steve Hopping
University of Iowa
Steve Hoyle
Stacey
Orange
Calif
Simmering
Hoyle
Clara Sheetz
Lake Odessa
California
Washington Chapter DAR Receives Third Place in Contests
The National Society of Washington DC notified the DAR Washington Chapter that it placed third in both the feature story and the series contests run by the public relations committee. The open competition included all DAR chapters nationwide. Regent Blair Haymes notes Edna Fenn's 16 historic Washington homes series on the DAR Log Cabin in The Iowan was entered in the feature category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAR
Fashions of Yesteryear Dress Exhibit at Conger House
Women of the community are invited to view Fashions of Yesteryear at Historic Conger House on Friday September 24 from 2 to 5 p.m. The exhibit features dresses from Kay Statler Keota Al Baldridge Washington M L Tweeton and period dresses from DAR members arranged by Louisa Young. A style revue led by Mrs Ralph Kleese will depict famous Washington and Iowa women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yesteryear
Conger House
Kay Statler
Keota
al Baldridge
M. L. Tweeton
Washington
Louisa Young
American Heritage
DAR
Conger
Wayne Knupp
Robert Patterson
Ralph Kleese
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.P. Home News
Ann Pratt
Audubon
Evelyn Parott
Des Moines
Brinton Butler
Mabel Rankin
Edna Sherriff
Beulah Sherriff
Indianola
Waverville
Tingley
The
United Presbyterian Church
W. H. Kettlitz
Glover Ferrell
Joance Raymond
Long Beach
Edna L. McKee
St. Louis
Cathryne Caldwell
Ethel L. Swift
Richard Ross
Ann Arbor
Mich
William Ross
University of Michigan
Annie Morris
Helen Walker
Washington County Hospital
Ross Copeland
Michigan
Scott Radford
Lansing
Earl Copeland
Central Lakes
Don Burns
Kalamazoo
W. C. Thompson
Shreveport, la
Bertha Guther
Edwin Yoder
Wellman
Rev. Willming
Hesston
Kan
R. W. Mauer
Alexandria, Va
Gertrude Reed
Kathryn Johnson
Mable Johnson
Alice Turner
Warner Lowers
Atlanta, Ga
Lowers
Kim
Iowa State University
Ames
Bruce Gillis
Gertrude Upton
Harold Ross
Washington County
Grace of God
Gail Colby
Storm Lake
Ruth Nolin
New Wilmington
W. H. Boekelman
Ft. Dodge
Clara Koehler
Louis Koehler
Gene
Mary Joe
Karen
Brian
Louis Koehlers
Dena Martin
Wyconda
George Martins
Steve Martin
Illinois
Fairfield
David J. Cottrell
James L. Cottrell
Bellevue
Wash
Merle Rugg
Mercy Hospital
Caroline C. Conklin
Hazel Marie Crawford
Larry Wayne Crawford
Mealey
Brighton
E. N. Foster
L. C. Miller
Alvin Kabaker
Wayne Wehrle
Helen Brikey Griffith
Martha Althaus Smith
Washington, D.C
Winnie McClelland Palmer
Arizona
Colorado
Minnesota
Kansas
Elizabeth Fleming Griggs
Eunice Bell Peabody
Cathleen Coffey Morrison
Gerald Ruegsegger
E. D. Morrison Jr
Foster
Griggs
Morrison
Wehrle
Kabaker
George van Houten
Worthy High Priestess Club
Roger Chapman
Mary Lynn Sorden
VW Room T
D.L
Linda McNeil
Charles Ashby
Lutheran Hannah Circle
Lutheran
Deborah Circle
Fran Lund
Marcia Robertson
Noble Grand
IOOF
Martha Kirfman
American Legion Auxiliary
Baptist Faith-At-Work Circle
Gene Zieglowsky
Tops Club
YWCA
Ioof Lodge
Mother’s Club
Cyrus and Chapter
Zeredatha Council
Masonic Temple
VFW
VFW Hall
UPW
Bertha Miller
Frances Batterson
Dorothy Enfield
Donald Holmes
Bank
Americaid Welfare
Jared B. Sturdevant, R. Ph
Vineg
Washington County Parkettes
Terry Greiner
Rt. 2
Knupp
Richard Bordwell
Keith Hardy
Charles Rademaker
Wayland Sale Barn
Wayland, Iowa
John Swartzendruber
Wayland
T. W. Kirchner
Donnelson
Sail Inn Cafe
Anita Swartzendruber
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