Rippey News December 1, 2014
Please send your news item to Jean Borgeson at jeanb@iowatelecom.net
Friends of Rippey reminder: There will be a Christmas breakfast on Dec. 6 from 8 to 11 am. Egg casserole, sausage, fruit, cinnamon rolls, coffee and juice will be served for a free will offering. A quilt donated by Sharon Riley will be offered for a silent auction.
Rippey Lions Club: The Thursday, Dec. 4, meeting at 7 pm will include the Christmas potluck meal coordinated by Nancy Burrow and Nancy Hanaman. A roast will be furnished, with Lions Club members bringing a dish to share. Brenda Roberts will share musical numbers for the holiday time and she will lead group in singing Christmas carols, accompanied by Midge Vannatta.
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Rippey public library: Sarah Kilgore, librarian. Phone: 515-436-7714; Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net. Hours: Monday 1-6 pm, Tuesday 1:30-5:30 pm; Wednesday 3-8 pm; Thursday 10am-2pm; Saturday 1-3 pm.
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 5 pm – Make a popsicle stick snowman Christmas ornament.
Wednesday, Dec. 17, 5 pm – Make a Christmas bulb wreath. Sign up at the library.
Thursday, Dec. 18, 10:30 am – Coffee and bingo.
The Rippey library will be closed December 24, 25 and 31 and Jan. 1.
Rippey United Methodist Church: PO Box 286, 103 West Main St. Rippey, IA 50235. Pastors: Enna Antunez and Paul Burrow. Phone: 515-436-7731
Adult Sunday school at 9 am; worship service at 10:30 am. Every Tuesday: Quilters 9 am, coffee and fellowship 10 am – everyone welcome!
Choir practice will be at 7:00 –Cantata practice at 7:30
Sunday Dec. 7, 10:30 am – Children’s Christmas program at Rippey UMC during worship service. 2 pm – Perry Fine Arts presents Sweet Harmony at the Perry Performing Arts Center.
Sunday, Dec. 14, 4 pm – Rippey United Methodist Choir will present the Christmas cantata, “Were You There on That Christmas Night?” by Lloyd Larson
After worship services at Rippey UMC on Sunday, many stayed for a potluck and pitched in to decorate the church for the season (pictured, above). Many hands, young and not so young, helped with this activity.
Derrys surprised for their 60th wedding anniversary
LaVere and Beverly Derry were pleasantly surprised on Friday evening when, after arriving home from Ames, they found their daughter Terri (who lives in Ames) making sandwiches. She told them that Bev’s sister Marilyn and George Millard were coming for supper. She neglected to say that their son Mike and grandsons John and Luke of Chicago were there also. It wasn’t long before LaVere’s brother Chuck Derry, their niece Deb and Randy Vodenik, and good friends Dennis and Sharon Ulrich, all of Rippey, as well as Janet Fessler and Earl and Doris Benjamin of Perry, joined the group. Lots of good memories were shared and entertaining stories were told by the Derry brothers for the benefit of the younger crowd!
Beverly Todd and LaVere Derry were married Nov. 28, 1954, at the Rippey Methodist Church. They both were graduates of the Rippey Consolidated School and have spent their married life farming in the Rippey area.
Happenings in and around Rippey
Phil and Toni Roberts hosted a Thanksgiving Dinner for their friends Myron and Maralynn Rinker, Sharon Laub and Jean Borgeson. On Sunday, they met Toni’s sister Joyce Maack and her daughter Stacy Barber, both of Algona, for lunch in Fort Dodge.
Ben and Midge Vannatta spent Thanksgiving with their daughter and husband, Pat and Steve McPherson. Others who attended were Margie and Darian Braun, Barrett and Colt, Kristi McPherson and Jerod. After a big meal, everyone helped Barrett and Colt make Christmas Cards with stickers, etc. It was very cold out so everyone stayed inside and visited.
Doris Brown spent Thanksgiving Day with her son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Kathy Brown. Afternoon visitors were grandson Ben Brown, and Mandy Heenan.
Cheri Kersey enjoyed Thanksgiving Day with her parent, Eugene and Iva Jo Muir. On Friday, Eugene and Iva Jo drove to Norfolk, NE, where they joined their son and family, Curt and Kelley Muir, C. J. and Kayla, who were participating in the cattle show.
Virgene Morse hosted Thanksgiving for her daughters and their families. Attending were Kevin and Delores Blanshan and Kelsey of Waterloo, and Terry and Diane Ostendorf, Ben, Michaela, and Madelyn of Madrid. Regrets were sent from her grandson Eric.
