Bride of Lewis G. Meeks in Riverside ceremony
Catherine Margaret Reha and Lewis Glen Meeks were married Thursday Sept 11 at St Marys Catholic Church Riverside in a double ring nuptial mass. The bride wore her sister’s gown of chromespun with pearl crown and red roses. A reception followed and the couple left for a wedding trip. The bride, a 1969 Highland High School graduate, will live with her parents while the groom, a Highland High School 1966 graduate, serves in the navy with reporting for duty Sept 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Koehler
Crawfordsville
Dick Meeks
Ainsworth
Max Meeks
Mike Koehler
Bernadine Veggy
Highland High School
Richard
Local notes highlight weddings and engagements in town
Local items report Mr and Mrs Bud Tomson visiting friends in Clear Lake and a Flora Spivey birthday surprise for Martha McAvoy with Emma Hardy Kay Logan and Besse Royster among guests. The Kerrs report their son Tom Kerr wedding in Argentia Newfoundland on Sept 6 and naval assignment for Tom. Betty McBee named Assistant Director at Philadelphia College of Art. Waddell engages Margaret Jo to Philip R Poorman. health certificates rule for marriage licenses in Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Spivey
Martha McAvoy
Emma Hardy
Kay Logan
Berkeley
Calif
Besse Royster
Cedar Rapids
Dale Kerr
W. T. Carson
Argentia
Newfoundland
Kerr
Tom Kerr
Virginia Gentry
Tom
Carson
Navy
Betty McBee
North
Providence Road
Media
Philadelphia College of Art
Robert D. Weitzel, Jr
University of Iowa
Temple University
Nellie McBee
Harrison
Washington
Iowa
Washington High School
Howard B. Waddell
Margaret Jo
Philip R. Poorman
Robert Poorman
Oskaloosa
Social Calendar: Brighton and Area Notices
Social calendar notices list events from Friday to Tuesday including Brighton Eagle Lodge and Ma sonic Temple functions, County Legion picnic at Lake Darling Youth Center, Rainbow Girls, Daughters of Nile circles, YWCA lectures, PTA meetings, VFW Auxiliary, tennis at First Presbyterian, and World War I Barracks with note of date changes. Schedule notes emphasize 10 a.m. submission and three day advance printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday County Legion and
Auxiary
Lake Darling
Brighton Post
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Bible II
John Sproule
Garden I
B. M. O’beirn
Daughters of Nile Sewing Circle
Sunset Park
Ywoocéa Public Affairs
Willa Ramsey
Daughters of Nile Bucharest Temple
Ezra Smith
YWCA
Stewart
Sherman Watson
Cedar Rapids
VFW
First Presbyterian
VPW
Tom Berdo
William Koehler
Legion
West Chester Post Chiefs
Keith Statler
Catholic Daughters Meet at St James Church Baseme nt
The Catholic Daughters of America held a Wednesday 8 p.m. meeting at St James Church basement led by grand regent Agnes Beliel. They planned the Mother Daughter Banquet for Oct 8 and heard a report on a Marycrest College religious education workshop by Mrs Marcella Witettoe. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Daughters of America
St. James Church
Agnes Beliel
Marcella Wittetoe
Marycrest College
Davenport
Fortnightly Club joins 15th anniversary improvement program
The Fortnightly Club and other county women’s clubs join the Community Improvement Program celebrating its 15th anniversary in 1970. Departments report flower and shrubbery work from 1968 to 1970 with reports due March 1970. Five state winners announced spring 1970. national winners honored at the GFWC convention in San Antonio in June 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Sears - Roebuck Foundation
GFWC
San Antonio
Texas
Camp Fire seeks more leaders for youth groups
The Camp Fire board pleaded for new leaders and assistant leaders for Camp Fire and Blue Bird Girls groups at Thursday’s board meeting. President Mrs. Ed Augustine led the session highlighting older women without children at home as possible leaders, with training set for September 29 in Camp Fire rooms and contact Mrs. Joe Evanovich to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Board
Camp Fire
Blue Bird Girls
Camp Fire Rooms
Ed Augustine
Joe Evanovich
Saddle Club hosts ribbon and fun show at Kl eese home
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Warner and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Murphy hosted a Wednesday Saddle Club event featuring a ribbon and fun show, a business meeting, and dessert. Plans were announced for a trail ride on September 28 at 2 p.m. at the Frank Kleese home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Warner
Sam Murphy
Saddle Club
Frank Kleese
Private Larry D Brinning Enlists At Ft Polk
Pvt Larry D Brinning 485-60-6046 Co A 5th Bn 1st BCT BDE Ft Polk La 71459 enters service August 26 He is the son of Mr and Mrs David Brinning of Rural Route 1 Brighton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry D. Brinning
Ft. Polk
Brinning
David Brinning
Brighton
Busheks' 50th Anniversary Open House Cancelled
The open house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bushek of Riverside to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, scheduled for Sunday September 14, is cancelled due to Mrs. Bushek's illness. She suffered a heart attack and is hospitalized at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. A card shower is suggested as a substitute. Mail may be sent to Riverside or Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bushek
Riverside
Bushek
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mat Riverside
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Bride of Lewis G. Meeks ———_ ST Lewis G. Meeks
Edwin Novotny
Lewis Glen Meeks
Bud Tomson
Clear Lake
Price Roberts
Tomsons
Miss Waddell
France
Mr. Poorman
Louisiana
Brighton OE
Red Cross Office
Washington Lodge No
A.F
A.M
HJ Club
H. J. Club
Harlan House
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan Union
Ross‘Lane
Verne Escher
Faith Baptist Church
Church of the
Iowa Baptist Conference
Baptist General Conference
Rev. O. J
Gunder
Humboldt, Iowa
U.S.A
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Earl R. Wood & Sons
General
Bob Miller
BOB Roe Heating & Hardware
the Heating
Golden Touch Decorators
Iowa Southern Utilities CO
Pratt & Lambert Paint & Varnish
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