Obituaries

RUSS board members will discuss/consider arbitration proceedings with Mt. Union during their regular monthly meeting Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Henry County Emergency Management building.Other tentative agenda items include discuss/consider arbitration proceedings with Wapello County and discussion of Lee County projects.The board?s annual meeting, which includes election of officers, precedes the regular ...

Chapter NZ of PEO members met at 10 a.m. on June 25, at the home of Kris Emerson with co-hostesses Betty Lowe and Carolyn Reid.After refreshments, President Karen Brimhall conducted the regular business meeting. ?The Sisterhood? Membership Committee thanked the membership for their help with the June 14 social ?Sharing Vintage Threads from Yesteryear? and shared photos.Thank-you notes were read from Chapter OX ...

The Mt. Pleasant High School class of 1940 held its 72nd class reunion at Jerry?s Restaurant in Mt. Pleasant on June 2. Pictured are, from left, front, Dorence Hemming, Jane (Snider) Beck, Betty (Messer) Brewster, Blondie (Gholson) Nau, Florence (Burkey) Kinney; back, James McCabe, Delbert ?Bud? Jordan, Edward Ericson, Raymond Hunter, Virginia (Sommerfield) Lane and Richard Woline.

The Henry County Republican Women met on June 11, at Sunrise Terrace in Winfield.Devotions were given by Carol Messer. President Sandra Kongable conducted the meeting. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Reports were given and approved. Discussion included election results and the July 14 tea at Terrace Hill.The program was by Rosemary Harris portraying the flight instructor and friend to young American ...

A severed natural gas line gave employees of the Mt. Pleasant News an unexpected morning break today. Crews replacing the sanitary sewer line in the alley struck a gas line at approximately 9:15 a.m. Not only was the News building evacuated but adjacent buildings and apartments as well. The evacuation lasted about 45 minutes.

Henry County?s Relay for Life will be tomorrow (June 23) on the campus of Iowa Wesleyan Collge from noon until midnight.Survivor lunch will be at 11 a.m. and the luminaria ceremony at 8 p.m.Bands will be performing and there will be other entertainment during the event. There also will be a silent auction, pie auction and lots of food and fun.The public is invited and all proceeds go to the American Cancer ...

DEAR ABBY: Over the years you have published letters about the hard work done by wives who stayed at home and advised that husbands should share some of the load.I am a male. When I was married I got up with the kids, made breakfast, packed their lunches, cleaned the kitchen and left for work. I did 90 percent of the grocery shopping and prepared dinner four or five nights a week. On weekends, I cut the grass, ...

During a recent Wednesday morning, a ?Senior Walk, Stretch and Learn? was held on the Iowa Wesleyan College campus to promote overall senior health. Put on by Healthy Henry County Communities, Henry County Public Health and The Rec Center, eleven organizations had informational booths inside the Howe Activity Center. Outside, seniors had the opportunity to take a half-mile walk around campus. Although the event ...

By STEPH TAHTINENMt. Pleasant NewsAlthough it was described as a ?close call,? the discussion held between the Henry County Board of Supervisors and Planning and Zoning Administrator Joe Buffington on Feb. 14, was not illegal, according to a letter the supervisors received Monday from the State of Iowa Citizens? Aide/Ombudsman office.?I?m pleased to receive acknowledgement that the Iowa State Ombudsman Office ...

Several locations will be without water service Thursday, June 21, due to the Washington Street project, according to Mt. Pleasant Municipal Utilities.Water service to the following locations will be interrupted from 6 a.m. to approximately 12 noon:? The 100, 200, 300 and 400 blocks of South Main Street from Monroe to Green streets;? The 200, 300 and 400 blocks of South Jackson Street from Washington to Green ...