Crawfordsville Social Gathering and Legion Auxiliary Meeting
In Crawfordsville on September 22 Miss Elizabeth Davis hosted Saturday dinner guests Mrs. Ann Davis Mildred Washington and Miriam Davis Rock Island. The American Legion Auxiliary met at the Legion Hall with 14 members present. President Alberta Rhea urged all members to learn the last stanza of the National Anthem before the next meeting. Poppies for the coming year were ordered. Mrs. Vernon Fletcher announced cards had been sent for Gold Star Mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Elizabeth Davis
Ann Davis
Mildred
Washington
Miriam Davis
Rock Island
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Alberta Rhea
Vernon Fletcher
Rebekahs Meet in Kalona Lodge Meeting Friday
Kalona Rebekah Lodge met Friday evening in the Odd Fellow hall with Mrs. C. J. McKenzie presiding. Fifteen members took part and an appeal from Lodge Homes in Mason City requested sheets towels and related items for mailing to Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Kalona Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellow
C. J. McKenzie
Mason City
Owen Miller
Chas. Miller
Phillip Preston
Weekend visits and news from the Mayer home
Weekend guests in the McClelland household include Nancy Peters Kathy Klepfer and Joyce McClelland. Labor Day weekend diners and visitors are listed across several households as relatives friends and neighbors. Also noted is John Mayer returning from six weeks in the Mendocino Forest and a brief New York aviation update on TWA's 1965 first quarter prospects and prior loss.
Seed technology course notes and Wayne bean talk
Frank reports attending a Seed Technology short course at ISA Ames with over 100 seedsmen and processors. He praises handling soybeans to avoid mechanical damage, notes fields for seed look good, and promotes Wayne beans with high past yields. He lists 1966 planting plans, reservations, and supply intentions for rye and grasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Whitehead's 1901 Flight Spotlighted in Connecticut Tribute
Gustave Whitehead, a German immigrant, reportedly flew a wheeled craft over Fairfield in 1901, predating the Wrights. Authorities doubted him in 1899 and he died a pauper in 1927. Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association later secured a headstone and monument to honor his alleged aviation feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehead
Long Island Sound
Wheelhead
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Brothers
Stella Randolph
Garrett Park
Bridgeport
Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association
Richland graduates enroll at various colleges
Richland youths who graduated Pekin Community High School last spring mostly enrolled in colleges and higher learning. Notable students include Fred George at Iowa State University and Jean Rogers at the University of Iowa with others at Mangus, Barbara Cox, Judy McCracken, and more. 1962 and 1964 graduates Richard Stenman and Gary Wallerich attend State College of Iowa and Iowa State University respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Pekin Community High School
Iowa State University
Fred George
University of Iowa
Jean Rogers
Rosemary McClure Mangus
Kirksville
Harry Thomas
Bill Allen
Lanny Hradek
Raymond Hoskins
Janice Lough
Iowa
Barbara Cox
Judy McCracken
Larry Bethards
John Gould
Richard Krier
Karen Steinbeck
Richard Stenman
State College of Iowa
Gary Wallerich
First meeting for Methodist Men opens new year drive
Crawfordsville Sept 23 the Methodist Men held their first meeting of the new year Monday evening planning a special October drive for new members Refreshments were served by Bill Conrad and Chet Spangler Claire Holmes was admitted to the Osceopathic Hospital in Kirksville Mo for diagnosis and treatment Carlton White and Becky visited Fairfield for their grandson Larry Ronald s baptism at the Free Methodist Church following the service they were guests at Clyde Dav is home for dinner Edna Witting from Park View Home Wayland is visiting Jennie Spangler Square Circle members and husbands took a trip to the Amanas visiting Ox Yoke Inn Woolen Mill Winery Museum Gift Shop and more attendees included many named couples and individuals arrangements were by Mrs Don Wood and Mrs Si Finke Jr Florence Henss Mrs John Hamil Mrs George Dare and Mrs Geo Canott attended the WSCS Fall Seminar at Morning Sun Methodist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Methodist Men’s Club
Bill Conrad
Chet Spangler
Claire Holmes
Oscteopathic Hospital
Kirksville
Carlton White
Becky
Fairfield
Larry Ronald
Free Methodist Church
Larry
Ronald Whites
Clyde Davis
Edna Witting
Park View
Wayland
Jennie Spangler
Square Circle
Amanas
Ox Yoke Inn
Chester Piper
Dick Gipple
John Hamil
Howell Davis
Marshal Rose
Gerald Howell
Jim Edgar
Si Finke, Jr
Kenneth Lorach
Shari Jo
Dick Kaufman
Neil
Earl Walker
Wayne Williams
Don Wood
Florence Henss
George Dare
Geo. Canott
WSCS
Morning Sun Methodist Church
Kracaws host at Wyman dinner in Iowa town
Wyman Iowa September events include visits by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hill Emmetsburg with Neil Kracaw and Donald Kracaw family. Donald Kracaw hosted a cooperative supper with Hill Duttweilers and many relatives and friends from Burlington West Burlington Winfield and Monona. Mrs Martha Wiley Charter Club meeting noted and Ellen Davis elected chair. Dewey and Sarah Davis attended funeral of Tom Jones at Monona. Edna Luckey hosted dinner for attendees from Cedar Rapids Iowa City Libertyville Monrovia and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Neil Kracaw
Jerry
Hilip
Linda Kracaw
Ed Schultz
Hill
Masonic Grand Lodge
Burlington
Iowa
Martha Wiley
Charter Club
Russell Dunsmore
Ellen Davis
Dewey
Sarah Davis
Tom Jones
Monona
Edna Luckey
David Steflet
Cedar Rapids
Ada Steflet
Iowa City
Helen Day
Libertyville
Dlinois
Claudia’ Yates
Monrovia
California
James Dunn
Kalona social roundup hosts weekend visitors
Griffiths hosted at Kalona as weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Hubert Wilkinson and their children from Winterset. Other gatherings featured the Guengerich and McKenzie families from Up land California, Mrs George Fry and Mrs Albert Klein with O K Ihrig at Rolfe, and visits by the Ives and Ihrig families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Lawrence Griffiths
Shelley
Hubert Wilkinson
Michelle
Michael
Winterset
L. Glen Guengerich
Erlis Guengerich
Upland
California
Lloyd Rensberger
Jack Guengerich
C.K. McKenzie
George V. Fry
Albert Klein
Hills
O. K. Ihrig
Rolfe
Earl Ives
Ihrig
Ives
Steve Walker
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Floyd Walker
Sherman Miller
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Edwin Knepp
John W. Miller
Chancey Kauffman
Kuceras aid Len z moving to Fargo N Dakota
Riverside mentions Fred Kucera and family assisting Ronald Lenz and family in packing for a move to Fargo North Dakota. Lenz takes a new senior assistant manager post at J C Penney in Fargo. Nearby gatherings include supper at Fred Kucera home and Hobby Club meeting with jewelry making. Families visiting include Flanagan Cress Stumpf Muller Parker and others. Grandparents are named Mrs. Harry Stumpf and Mrs. Hdna Muller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Fred Kucera
Ronald Lenz
Jeffery
Ottumwa
Lenx
Fargo
Hobby Club
Ralph Schnoedelen
Ainsworth
Larry Flanagan
Mike
Patty
Marengo
Marge Luckey
Doris Blieu
William Cress
Iowa City
Gerald Cress
Harold Cress
Richard Stumpf
George Paul
Harry Stumpf
Kalona
Hdna Muller
Muller
Stumpf
Dora Parker
William
Deadly beauty behind purple loosestrife warning
The Massachusetts Audubon Society warns that purple loosestrife, though stunning in fall wetlands, harms waterfowl by offering no food and crowding out native plants. Wetlands owners should remove it by the roots to protect bird life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
New England
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Multiple Public Auctions Across Iowa and Missouri This September
Public auctions listed for September and October include antiques and household goods near Wellman on Highway 22 and Kalona, a complete Holstein dispersal near Columbus Junction, a combination sale at Washington County Fairgrounds, a Poland China hog sale in Wellman, a 254 acre farm sale near Washington, a 200 acre farm sale near Sigourney, and a special cattle sale at Hinds Sale Company in Memphis Missouri. Additional weekly livestock auctions occur at Kalona, Wapello, Smylie’s Columbus Junction, Washington, Ollie, Wayland, and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Carrie Eitermiller
Kalona
Anna Marek
Columbus Junction
Cotter
Bobby Martz
Wasington County Fairgrounds
Earl White
Poland
Iowa
Penningroth Brothers
Hinds Sale Company
Memphis
Missouri
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Wanellin
Smylie’s
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Wayland
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By Vivian Wells
Rebekahs
Mrs. Eugene Way
Ora Keiser
Arthur Schumacher
Pandora, Ohio
John Keiser and Sons
W. D. Brenneman
Alma
Chris E. Hershberger
Beldon Pewitt
Salem
Roy Pewitt
Hubbs - Roth
Pewitt
Ivan Burkley
Wayne Gardner
Jim Yoder
Mike Brenneman
Richard Adams
Duane Tyler
James
Marion
Lois Fourt
E.P. Anderson
Cherokee
Tracy Anderson
Carey
Earl Fry
Gold Star
Esther Proctor
Bill Burke
Mt. Pleasant
Ernest Whiting
Richard Lease
Richard Kaufman
Harry Suter
Everette Sommer
Lee McCall
Robert Miller
Larry Curtis
Viet Nam
Kenneth Rhea
Opal Glynn
Natl
Des Moines
Governor’s Mansion
Stan Miller
Keosauqua
Lions
Arvid Anderson
Robi. Miller
Clint Rhea
Mabel Monson
Charles Wells
Roy Pewitts
John Hubbs
Kay
Paul Roth
Paris
New York
Riviera
Vitry-sur-Seine
Notre Dame Cathedral
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Washington Concrete CO
Dennis the Menace
Hank Ketcham
McClelland Home
G. H. Mayer Wellston
Nancy Peters
Kathy Klepfer
Joyce McClelland
McClelland
Brinning
Ivan Niffenegger
Joe Schantz
Carl Daering
Doyle Smith
Jacksonville Beach
Florida
Roy Page
Edna Schantz
Walter Wilson
Glen Schantz
Leon Sherman
Larry Sheets
Keota
Ron Mundy
Orville Coakley
Jack Hotle
Hotles
Ethel Hotle
Keith McClelland
Oscar Wilson
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Dale Robertson
Lottie Robertson
Fred Pine
North English
Homer
Richard Mayer
John Mayer
Mendocino Forest
Susan Knox
Eric
Brian Knox
Mayer
Illeah Farrier
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Paul Kendal
Everette Kendal
Dale Smith
Clarence Shull
Dave Brinning
Lavern Shelman
Miles Edward Sherman
Olds
R. R Robertson
Omer Crawford
Kermit Ward
Connie
Harold Allen
Newton
Roy Hafferty
Carl Barr
Halferty
Mrs. Crawford
Arnold Smothers
Jenda
TWA
Trans World Airlines
Washington Society of Investment Analysts
James J. Kerley
Frank
Lester Chorpening
Ford
Clark
Wayne
Midwest
Patterson Seed
Gustave
Flys
Wrights
Fairfield, Conn
Kitty Hawk
Pittsburgh
Gustave Whitehead
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Kracaws
Wyman
Donald Kracaw
Southeastern
Packers and Stock Yard Act
Gor
Wapello
Mediapolis
Bex, Manlt
Mer
Saheeli Barton
Bence
Griffiths
Walter Gerber
la Grange
Indiana
Mary Ann Miller
Loran Hershberger
Eugene Way
Karen
Kuceras
Lenz
Mrs. Marge Luckey
Journal
Bloom
St. Oskaloosa
Ken Ruegsegger
North Clay West Liberty
O'Loughlin
Harley L. O’loughlin
Clara O’loughlin
St. P.M
Cedar
Washington County
Sakene
Mingtham Tow
Pines Morrison
Morrison Lloyd
Glenn McCall
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