Name: Southeast Iowa Union
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1950

The benefit card party held on Thursday evening at the school gymnasium cleared a total of $55 ($738 today). Mrs. Dova Thompkins won the door prize which was a card table. Almost 100 people were in attendance.
A surprise dinner was held in honor of Mrs. Henry Taeger at the New London hall.
A wiener roast will be held Tuesday evening at the Presbyterian fire place by the Fellowship Bible class Mrs. Frank Tyner is the teacher.
The first sewing machines arrived from the Singer factory at Minneapolis, Minn. for the Northwest Glove factory here. There were 10 new machines in the shipment.
Happy birthday to Ruth Marshall on Sept. 22.
In the school news: Darlene Baker celebrated her 6th birthday last week.
This week at the Alamo: “The Reformer and the Red Head” starring June Allyson and Dick Powell and “The Kid from Texas” starring Audie Murphy.

1975

The Iowa Basketball Coaches Annual Fall clinic will be held in Oct. Jack Wilson will attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ritchey and girls spent the weekend with Mrs. Ritchey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Morningstar, in Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Vera Leedham, who has been at St. Francis hospital for four years, remains about the same . She enjoys having visitors.
Mrs. Maxine DeSpain has a meditation in the Upper Room devotional.

2000

Jerry and Sylvia Fulk of 2686 Wilkinson Dr. are this week’s winners of the Chamber of Commerce Hometown Pride award.
Obituaries this week: Rev. Donald Wooge, LuAnn Clark, David Gehringer, and Paul DeJaynes.
Senior Spotlights this week: Corbin Wayne Brumwell and Deanna Marie Boecker.
VB Coach Maureen Heath gets 300th win.
The Tigers win SEISC title…again!

2015

The four remaining veterans from the 2000 Southeast Iowa WWII Honor Tour got together for a picture. They are Bill McCabe, Mervin Raines, Arnold DeJaynes, and Keith Long.
The class of 1954 had their class reunion.
Tiger football beats Danville, 24-18.
Mason Porter from New London and Gage Jarrett from Danville played football with their great-grandmother in attendance.

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