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Brighton students home and local notices timeline
A Brighton column lists weekend visits by Ellsworth College freshman Bruce Shelangoski and University of Northern Iowa student Rosemary Booth, plus visits by Mrs. Wm Hendriks to family. It covers family events, a baby shower in Fairfield, a Davenport wedding, hospital updates, Legion Auxiliary meetings, Pythian Sisters activities, a death notice for Ira Deal, and a short historical note on the fork's rise in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laton Schooley
Brighton
Bruce Shelangoski
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Gary Shelangoski
Rosemary Booth
University of Northern Iowa
Gene Booth
Wm. Hendriks
Bowden
Alberta
Can
Bill Lowe
Birmingham
Delbert Lowe
Earl Neal
Springville
Chuck Myers
Mark Andrew
Fairfield
Pat Hoekstra
Dennis Conrad
Keota
Joe Gowey
Wayland
Eunice Gowey
Bob
Debra Lynn Johnston
Donald F. Johnston
Davenport
Donald A. Larson Jr
St. Alphonsus Catholic Church
Viking Club
Moline
Ill
Maurice Blees
University Hospitals
Veterans Hospital
West Brighton Hillcrest Cemetery
Walter Pacha
Edgar C. Davison
American Legion Auxiliary
Wesley Mullikin
Henry Lechner
Leo Dunbar
Co. School of Instruction
Kalona
Washington
Mechanicsville
Mental Health Institute
Mt. Pleasant
Elmer Moore
Inez Smith
Gold Star
Brighton Temple of Pythian Sisters
Pythian Hall
M. E. C. Beulah Coffin
Dist
Louise Swaim
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Florence Waterhouse
Roy Page
Josephine Mullikin
Doy Paul
Clifford Leeper
Ira L. Deal
Knights of Pythias
Sunnyslope
Cecil
Brighton Temple
Memorial Lawn Cemetery
Deal
Sunnyslope Care Center