Month: September 2022

Mayflower residents enjoy GHS Homecoming Parade

Parade Viewing Time for Mayflower

On Thursday, September 29, residents and staff from The Mayflower Community attended Grinnell High School’s downtown Homecoming Parade. Pictured from left front row: Pat Groth, Terry the Tiger, Nadine Brouwer, and Helen Lippincott. Standing from left are Tracy Woolfolk, Mayflower Community Life and Wellness Coordinator, and Leslie Jaworski, Community Life and Wellness Director. — Leslie

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Dale Lippincott with American Legion plaque

Dale Lippincott Honored by American Legion

Dale Lippincott, a resident of The Mayflower Community Health Center, was honored on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 with the presentation of a plaque from the Brooklyn (Iowa) American Legion Post #294. He was honored for his 75 years for membership in the Legion as of his service in the U.S. Navy. Dale and Helen Lippincott’s

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Jack Morrison retirement party

Jack Morrison Honored at Mayflower

After 38 years of building, remodeling, repairing, and “looking after the place,” Jack Morrison retired from The Mayflower Community last Friday, September 2nd. He served all that time in the Facilities department and for most of his tenure as Director of Facility Management. Jack’s crowning achievement was likely the construction of the state-of-the-art Watertower Square

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Ag Day parade in front of Watertower Square

Mayflower Folks Enjoy the Ag Day Tractor Parade

Recently, the Grinnell Lions Club hosted their annual “Ag Appreciation Day,” in and around Central Park. The culminating event was the Tractor Ride, which normally circles Central Park and a couple of blocks of downtown. This year, they veered a couple of blocks south to treat Mayflower residents to the spectacle. Coming south on Broad

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