Yesterday in Wayland

2005

Amanda Jepson of Wayland earned a varsity letter in women’s cross-country at Cornell College.

Orien Huffer, age 80, died Dec. 23 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.

1995

Julie Ann Roth and Darren Paul Miller were married June 24, 1995 at Sugar Creek.

Steve and Marti (Roth) Walker are the parents of Ezekiel Steven born Dec. 14.

Lori Pickering and Tom Paxton are the parents of a daughter, Larissa Lee Ann, born Dec. 23.

1990

Mr. and Mrs. Paul VanSan are the parents of Amanda Marie, born Dec. 23.

1985

Carla Hildebrand was the grand prize winner in the Wayland Merchants Christmas promotion.

1980

Floyd Stover, age 80, retired after 26 years of service with the Wayland Livestock Market and was presented with a plaque by John Swartzendruber at the Christmas dinner party.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wenger celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 27 with family and friends in Kalona.

Mr. and Mrs. Stan Richenberger are the parents of a daughter, Amy Jo was born Dec. 18.

1975

Cars driven by Arlene Wenger and Jean Walters collided on a county road.

Kevin Roth has been hospitalized at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics with multiple fractures received in a truck-auto accident 10 miles west of Muscatine. He is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Orie Roth.

Rex Sinn, age 41, received minor injuries when the semi he was driving went off a gravel road southwest of Wayland.

1970

First Lt. and Mrs. Laurence Henss, Rick and Matt were involved in an accident in Illinois due to icy roads en route to their home in Indiana after spending the holidays in the parental Laurence Henss and E.V. Kreiger homes.

1965

Seven customers are now hooked up to natural gas in Wayland.

Mr. and Mrs. David Graber were married Dec. 21.

Linda Jean Lowe and Gene Maurice Alvine were married Dec. 18.

1960

A case of mistaken car identity resulted in a ‘stolen car.’ Ed Wagler, thinking he was borrowing his father-in-law’s new white Ford car to attend a funeral, took Bob Meyers’ new white Ford sitting across the street. It ended well with Wagler’s wife returning to the scene of the ‘crime’ driving Meyers’ new car.