Society
Aunt Susan was the pen name of Edna Vance Adams Mueller. Mrs. Mueller was the food editor for The Daily Oklahoman for many years and wrote a recipe/hint column for that newspaper. Over the years copies of her column were passed down from woman to woman until they finally found a home together...
On Monday afternoon the UMW of Bolan Trinity met with Jacie Erdmann to put together the 2020 UMW Booklet. One of the events coming up is on Friday, March 6, the Trinity UMW will host World Day of Prayer. Also in 2020 the church will celebrate 125 years.
On Friday Scott and Lori Willert and Joe...
Back in 1999, the Eastern Iowa Tourism Association had an ingenious idea. They published a large-sized booklet titled “Recipes for Fun 1999; Eastern Iowa Visitors’ Guide & Calendar of Events.” In one place, tourists had a list of attractions, events and historical sites for Northeast Iowa,...
During City budget talks it was mentioned that our sewer plant incurs very large increases in input volumes during and after rainfalls. It is believed that these increases may be caused either because of a leak in our sewer collection system or input from sump pumps or a combination of the two. The...
A new month, a new year, and a new beginning—even for a tree.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has been milled into lumber used in the construction of a Habitat for Humanity house every year since 2007. Once the tree comes down after the holidays, the trunk becomes two-by-four and two-by-...
When most of us think about tomatoes, we think of those vine-ripened, juicy and flavorful beauties fresh from the garden or farmers’ markets. Or, the little dense Romas that are available all year long and make the best tomato sauce since they have less watery liquid inside. There is, however, a...
Lori Willert, Linda Nydegger and Cheryl (Rosenberg) Gruis attended the Worth County Community Foundation meeting that was held at the Fertile Community Center on Thursday evening. One of the grants that was given out was given to the project in Bolan to move and restore Grandma Sina White’s house...
By Rebecca Houg
Every Tuesday in December, staff members played Christmas carols with hand chimes in the chapel. While most employees donned Santa hats, Administrator Scott Halbach went above and beyond with a festive holiday suit and necklace of glowing Christmas lights.
In addition to our...
The Ideals Publishing Co. of Milwaukee published many thin, soft-cover cookbooks back in the day. I came upon a first printing copy of “The Ideals American Cookbook” at a thrift store for a dollar and it followed me home. The book is divided into seven areas of the U.S. Iowa is in the North Central...
On Monday, December 30, the Bolan Trinity UMW met at the home of Dorothy Urbatsch for their annual Christmas potluck. There was also a short business meeting.
Late Friday afternoon Lori Willert and Linda Nydegger drove to Columbia, Missouri. On Saturday morning they visited Marjorie Kenison...