Washington High Students Shine At Class AA State Contest
Washington High School music students earned numerous Division I to III ratings at the Class AA solo and small ensemble state contest held at Bloomfield. Directors Alan Bergstrom and Vernon Feuerhelm note strong performances across treble, baritone, brass, woodwind and percussion entries with multiple solo, duet, quartet and ensemble accolades.
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Washington High School
Bloomfield
Alan Bergstrom
Vernon Feuerhelm
Washington
Marion Avenue church plans Holy Week services
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church schedules Maundy Thursday worship at 7 30 p m with a dramatic monologue The Passion of Jesus from Peter's Prospective and full choir participation Cherub Angel Carol and Chancel choirs perform under various directors and accompanists A reception for new members follows. Good Friday ecumenical services are hosted by the church Easter Sunday features Lord's Supper and a new handbell choir directed by Warren Erickson.
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Marion Avenue
Angel Choir
Arthur Witthoff
Margaret Larsen
Carol
Warren Erickson
Mary Ellen McNeil
David Williams
T. R. Phillips
Robert Riley
Council of Churches
Local Advertising and News Staff Listings in Washington Journal
Washington Evening Journal lists staff including David Elder editor, William Shannon VP advertising director, Charles Morris news editor, Bob Shaffer, local advertising, and Howard Hazen production supervisor. Published afternoons except Sundays, Christmas, and July 4. Page notes second class matter under Act of March 3, 1879. United Press Leased Wire. memberships in Inland Daily Press and Iowa Press associations. Audit Bureau of Circulations.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Ass'n
Iowa Daily Press
Ass’n
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Sunrise Easter Service Sponsored by Y's Men
The Washington Y's Men's Club invites the public to a 7:00 a.m. Easter Sunrise Service at Washington Methodist Church with Rev. Roger B. Simpson as guest speaker. Simpson, director of the Westminster Foundation at Iowa City, will speak on Paths to the Empty Tomb. He holds degrees from Hanover College Pittsburgh Seminary and Northwestern University, and has a background as a missionary in Japan and an organizer and instructor in Omaha.
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Roger B. Simpson
Westminster Foundation
Iowa City
Washington Y’s Men's Club
Washington Methodist Church
Simpson
Hanover College
Hanover
Indiana
Pittsburgh Seminary
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Northwestern University
Japan
Mr. Simpson
Funeral Wednesday for Mrs Mangold
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Mangold will be held Wednesday at 10 30 a m in St Mary's Catholic Church Marshalltown The Rosary will be at 8 o clock this evening at the Avey Funeral Home Rev A J Worwald will be in charge Graveside rites will be held in Elm Grove Cemetery Wednesday at 3 p m with Rev T J Lew in charge Mrs Mangold died in Mercy Hospital Marshalltown Monday April 4 1966 Helen D Henke was born in Kansas May 11 1883 daughter of George and Rosa Greiner Henke She was married in 1901 to John S Mangold Sr who died July 22 1951 She was a member of St James Catholic Church in Washington Surviving are two sons Leo C Mangold of Washington and Francis E Mangold of Sioux City two daughters Mrs Don McClure of Washington and Sister Mary Janet R S M Mercy Hospital Marshalltown two sisters Mrs Anna Witting of Davenport and Mrs Beth Marsh of Escondido Calif 19 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren
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Helen Mangold
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Marshalltown
Avey Funeral Home
A.J. Worwald
Elm Grove
T.J. Lew
Kansas
George
Rosa Greiner Henke
John S. Mangold Sr
St. James Catholic Church
Washington
Leo C. Mangold
Francis E. Mangold
Sioux City
Don McClure
Mary Janet
R.S.M
Mercy Hospital
Anna Witting
Davenport
Beth Marsh
Escondido
Calif
Holy Week services at Lutheran church
The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd of Washington and Wellman announces Maundy Thursday service at 7 30 p m in Washington and Good Friday service at 7 30 p m in Wellman. Easter Sunday services are at 10 45 a m in Washington with an Easter Sunrise Service at 6 30 a m in Wellman followed by an Easter Breakfast in the church basement.
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Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Washington
Wellman
William J. Yunk
Wellman Church
Easter Fund Appeal Aids Crippled Iowa Children
More than 30 Washington Cub Scouts and ten Y-Teen members raised 215.79 Saturday in the community Easter Fund Appeal. They sold over 1300 plastic flowers to donors to support wheel chairs braces and other equipment for Iowa’s crippled children and adults.
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Washington
Iowa
Washington man fined for failure to stop
Richard Allen Humston of Washington was fined $10 and costs in Justice of the Peace Holden's court on Monday for failure to stop. Humston was cited by Washington police on Monday.
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Washington
Richard Allen Humston
Justice of the Peace
Holden
Humston
Union Services LaMore to Speak at Good Friday Observance
The Rev. George LaMore Th D head of religion at Iowa Wesleyan College will be the speaker at the Washington Council of Churches Good Friday observance with identical services at 2 pm and 7 30 pm in the Marion Church Dr Elgin host pastor will preside assisted by lay leaders and clergy LaMore a North Adams Massachusetts native and former Trinity Methodist pastor has been at Iowa Wesleyan since 1959 He served at Oxford University world conference in 1962 and was named one of 100 Men in Methodism in 1963 He and Mrs LaMore have two sons and live in Mt Pleasant.
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George —LaMore
Iowa Wesleyan College
Washington Council of Churches
Marion Avenue
LaMore
North Adams
Massachussetts
New England
Trinity Methodist Church
Adams, Massachussetts
Williams College
Boston University School of Theology
Iowa Wesleyan
Amer
Ican Methodist Church
Oxford University
The
Board of Lay Acivities of the Church
Local family notices and travel updates from over Easter
The community shares news of funerals, visits, and Easter travel. Relatives invite calls at the Don McClure home after Mrs. Helen Mangold’s graveside service. Coralie Briley and Beulah Weeding return from Tucson. Various locals plan Easter vacations, weddings, and family gatherings across town and nearby states.
Death of West Chester resident C Furgason at 74
C Furgason 74 died April 5 1966 at son's home West Chester after illness since a March 31 fire near town He was born November 27 1891 in Putnam County Missouri Survived by daughter Mrs Ross Yates Columbus Junction two sons J W Furguson West Chester Walter A Denver 18 grandchildren and two sisters Funeral arrangements in Lavonia Missouri with burial there Jones Funeral Home serving Star Spangled Banner named national anthem by Congress March 3 1931
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Wid C. Furgason
West Chester
Mr. Furgason
Putman County
Missouri
William P. Furgason
Minnie Belle Hinerman
Ross Yates
Columbus Junction
J. W. Furguson
Walter A
Denver
Colo
Hattie McClellan
Ottumwa
Mabel Hinerman
Oskaloosa
Congress
Kalona Woman Mrs Roscoe Kolosiek Dies in Kalona
Mrs Roscoe Kolosiek 71 of Kalona died Monday evening at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after months of illness. Funeral Thursday at 9 a.m. Holy Trinity Catholic Church Richmond with Rev William Snell. Holy Trinity Cemetery. Prayer service Wednesday 7 p.m. Peterseim Funeral Home. Anna Horak born near Kalona June 27 1894 to James and Lena Prohaska Horak. She married Nov 5 1924. Surviving husband, one daughter Mrs Walter Kron Kalona, one grandson, one sister Mrs Mary Kron Kalona.
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Kalona
Roscoe Kolosiek
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Richmond
William Snell
Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Anna Horak
James and
Lena Prohaska Horak
Walter Kron
Mary Kron
Fritzs Mark 45th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Leo J Fritz celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with a cooperative dinner on Sunday. Their family gathered including Alfred J Fritz Jr and Michael, Lester Worley and Diane Laton, Lester Jr and Debra, Herbert C Pauly and Bonnie Sue, Clifford Fritz and Linda Dennis Edwin Leo Thomas Patricia, Ambrose Lutz and Matthew Fritz from Washington and East Pleasant Plain. The anniversary date is April 6.
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Leo J. Fritz
Alfred J. Fritz
Alfred Jr
Michael
Lester L. Worley
Diane
Laton
Lester Jr
Debra
Washington
Herbert C. Pauly
Herbert Jr
Bonnie Sue
Ft. Madison
Clifford J. Fritz
Linda
Dennis
Edwin
Leo
Thomas
Patricia
Brighton
Fritz
Ambrose Lutz
East Pleasant Plain
Matthew B. Fritz
Rees families honor couple on wedding trip return
Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Rees of Washington were honored Saturday evening at the People's National Bank social rooms in Columbus Junction after returning from a Florida wedding trip. Mrs. Rees is Ruth Luers. Guests included Mrs. Rees's children and their families. A buffet supper featured a white lace cloth table decor and a daisy centerpiece. Flowers were given to the couple and a gift was presented by Mrs. Robert Roberts on behalf of the Rees families.
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Henry L. Rees
Washington
Florida
Rees
People’s National Bank
Columbus Junction
Ruth Luers
Robert Roberts
Service Pfc Steven Arnold in Vietnam War theater
Pfe Steven P Arnold son of Mrs Christine Arnold of 534 South Marion Ave has served in Vietnam since 1965. He trained in San Diego Camp Pendleton and North Carolina before ship to Da Nang and Chu Lai Hill 69. He patrolled rice paddies and jungles at Catfish Hill facing venomous snakes and mosquitos. He saw the Bob Hope Christmas show and met Finley Mondia since arriving in country.
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Pfe
Steven P. Arnold
Christine Arnold
South
Marion Avenue
Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Camp Pendleton
North Carolina
United States
da Nang
Chu Lai
Hill 69
Catfish Hill
Pfc
Arnolds
Bob Hope
Finley Mondia
Mrs Warnstaff dies in Muscatine at 81
Mrs Frank Warnstaff, 81, a native of Conesville, died Monday evening in Muscatine. Funeral will be Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. in Walnut Street Baptist Church. George M Wittich Funeral Home handling arrangements. Blanche McCullough was born December 13 1884 and married Frank Warnstaff in 1921. He died in 1932. She leaves a step daughter, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren, two brothers and one sister.
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Columbus Junction
Frank Warnstaff
Conesville
Muscatine
Walnut Street Baptist Church
George M. Wittich
Blanche McCullough
Frank Warn Staff
Washington social calendar full of club notices and meetings
A dense listing of society notices spans Tuesday to Friday with dozens of groups including DAR Nurses Home CBS U Go I Go Club Harmony Club Marion Hobby Club and more. Speakers gardeners potlucks and dessert events are noted alongside locations such as Masonic Temple and Winga Cafe and details on transportation and post Easter postponements.
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DAR
E.E. Ward
Washington County
E. M. Ahart
White Shrine
Masonic Temple
Ainsworth Cbs
P.E. Holder
U Go
Mella Picken
Linger Longer Club
H.J. Brenneman
Dale Connelly
Harmony Club
Eugene Reed
Marion Hobby Club
William Petratz
WRC
W.P. Moriarty
Merry Makes Club
Winga Cafe
Rosemary Club
John Cherry
Methodist Wscs
Arthur Krauses honored Sunday in Mt. Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Arthur Krause were honored at a family dinner at the Harlan House in Mt Pleasant on Sunday April 3 for their 40th wedding anniversary. They were married April 3 1926 in Washington with three sons Robert John and Tom and six grandchildren.
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Arthur Krause
Harlan House
Mt. Pleasant
Sam Erwin
Olds
Krause
Ainsworth
Ellen Green
Washington
Methodist Parsonage
W.W. Bower
Robert
Highlandettes Form New 4-H Club In Highland Township
The Highlandettes held their first meeting with Linda Chalupa and Janice Chalupa as organizers. Officers elected include Peggy Fox as president Kathy Knottner us as vice president Linda Chalupa secretary treasurer Lila Carson historian Janice Chalupa reporter and Christine Wier mont music chairman. Club leader Mrs Larry Sexton led a talk on Four Basic Food Groups. A bake sale was planned for April 20 at Riverside from 2 to 4 p.m. The next meeting will be the first Saturday in May with Lila Carson hosting.
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Highlandettes
Highland Township
Linda
Janice Chalupa
Peggy Fox
Kathy Knottnerus
Linda Chalupa
Lila Carson
Christine Wiermont
Larry Sexton
Riverside
Vigilant Sunday School Class Party At Church
A large Vigilant Class gathering was held Monday evening at the church with Rev Clarence Dehne as guest. Mrs Tom Gerdes led the program reading excerpts from letters by missionaries Dave and Esther Livingston in Korea who are now visiting Israel. Slides from a California trip were shown. Elizabeth Clark led devotions and R J Dawson ran the business meeting. Serving committee included Ed Blattner Eugene Schneider and Earl Thomas.
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Clarence Dehne
Tom Gerdes
Dave
Esther Livingston
Korea
Israel
California
Ed Blattner
Eugene Schneider
Earl Thomas
Medical admissions and dismissals listed for several towns
On the record Admitted Yesterday Mrs Hollis Or ris Columbus Junction medical Mrs Frank Barnhart Conesville surgical John W Meyer Washington medical Today Paul Lee Columbus Junction medical Joseph Wenger Ainsworth medical Dismissed Today Mrs Anna Lenninger Washington
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Hollis Orris
Columbus Junction
Frank Barnhart
Conesville
Surgical
John W. Meyer
Washington
Paul Lee
Joseph Wenger
Ainsworth
Anna Lenninger
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Tim Trotman
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Sally Quinn
Jenta Chorpening
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Wolf's Flower Shop
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Plan Sunrise
Christian Fellowship of Omaha
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St. Louis
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Lily Day
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Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design
Daryl Dodder
Clyde Lambert
Louise Wasson
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Louie Becker
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Ken Jensen
Drake University
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Russell Smith
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C.W. Shaffer
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State College of Iowa
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HBO Club
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W. Chester
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Jones Funeral Home
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Marion
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Nicola & Harmon
Leo Fritz
Arnold
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St. Paul Women’s Guild
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T.J. Pease
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Jackson Two
Farm Bureau
UPW
L.F. Harding
Harold Gilmore
Carl Jarrard
T.L. Brookhart
Harold Klopfenstein
Milburn McKay
Don Holmes
Wesleyan Service Guild
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Melville Donaldson
Otto Walton
Ann Pratt
Jack Wagner
Arthur Krauses
Elizabeth Clark
R.J. Dawson
Davis Paint Store
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