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Chapter NU celebrates May Day

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO P.E.O. Chapter NU met on May 1 at the Iowa Veteran’s Home, Whitehill Auditorium. Commandant Todd Jacobus spoke about the importance and honor of service in the U.S. Military, his military experience, his excitement to serve as Commandant and gave Veteran’s Home ...

KidSight program at Evening Lions

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Debi Estabrook, Iowa KidSight chairperson for the Marshalltown Evening Lions, gave a presentation on how to use one of the cameras to take pictures of children, 6-months-old up to six years, last Wednesday at the club’s May meeting. Estabrook, with her helpers last fall, ...

Garden plant sales are on May 13

The Marshall County Master Gardeners, Marshalltown Garden Club and the Central Iowa Daylily Society will each have a public plant sale on May 13. These plant sales give local gardeners an opportunity to purchase a wide variety of locally grown perennials, wildflowers, iris, daylilies, ...

Spring Luncheon meeting at 20th Century Club

The 20th Century Club April Spring Luncheon was held at 12:30 p.m. on April 24 at the Elmwood Country Club. The Social Committee was Mary Giese, chairman, Jane Fritz, Jade McCoy and Coordinator, Joy Bryant. Christy Hibbs, who with her husband own and operate The Market Off Main in Albion ...

TTT chapter identifies campers

Two local 10-year-old girls who will be sponsored by Iowa ET, the National TTT Society, at the Des Moines YMCA Camp this summer, were identified by Sue Cope, ET camp chairman, when that chapter met recently. The group will outfit the girls completely for camp, provide shopping trips and transportation to and from camp and also sponsor several pre-and post-camp activities for them. Providing camp experiences for local girls is the primary focus of all TTT chapters across the nation, and many of them, like ET, follow the campers through middle and high school and also assist financially ...

Program on Italy at St. Patricks Study Club

The St. Patrick Study Club of St. Francis of Assisi Parish met on April 25 at the home of Dee Dunham with six members present. President Karen Giarratano presided over the business meeting which opened with the prayer of St. Patrick. Connie Stansberry provided an excellent program on her pilgrimage to Italy. She told of visiting Assisi, Siena, Tuscany, Orvieto and other areas related to St. Francis, St. Catherine, St. Dominic and others. Her trip ended in Rome and Vatican City with highlights being St. Peter’s Square and the Sistine Chapel. The group then enjoyed social time, with ...