Social Calendar Highlights Parish and Club Meetings
Notices for social events list dances meetings and gatherings through Sunday including PEO Martha Group CWF and RS activities. Postponements due to death and regular gatherings at Masonic Temple churches and YWCA events mark the week with potlucks lunches and a senior citizens marathon card party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEO
Don Orr
Christian Cwf
Martha Group
Keith Wiliams Jr
Harry Drake
Double Deck
Thelma Rohrer
Methodist
Wscs Lineheon
Bethlehem Commandery
Masonic Temple
H. J. Club
Larry Marek
Rebekah ‘Lodge
Vernon Witting
Ainsworth
Roger Rice
White Shrine
Masonic ‘Temple
Rainbow Girls
Man Methodist Church
Bible
Delbert
Garden
Harvey Thomas
Golden Age Club
YWCA
Bennie Schantz
Hospital Admits and Discharges Highlight Local Posts
On the record hospital notes show admissions yesterday Clem Adam Washington medical and Mrs Gly Keifer Washington. today Mrs Blanche Foster Washington. Births report a daughter to Mr and Mrs Eldon Miller Karona. Dismissals include Mrs Leona Hauenstein Columbus Junction Mrs Gerald Chance Washington Rex McCreight Mr Pleasant Donald Bishop Rubio Mrs Daniel Nisly and son Kalona Mrs Marvin Hardy and daughter Wapello Mrs Allen Fuhr and son Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Foster
Washington
Eldon Miller
Karona
Leona Hauenstein
Columbus Junction
Gerald Chance
Rex McCreight
Pleasant
Donald Bishop
Rubio
Daniel Nisly
Freyenbergers observe silver anniversary at open house
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freyenberger celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house at their countryside home near Crawfordsville. About 10 guests registered, with two nieces from Indiana in attendance. Their children Ronald, Kathy, June and Steven helped greet guests as family members served cake, coffee, and punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Robert Freyenberger
Harvey Nix
Kouts
Ind
Ralph Rugey
Stockport
Ronald Freyenberger
Evanston, Ill
Kathy
Bethel College
North Newton
Kan
June
Steven
Warren Schlatter
Harry Gardner Jr
Toledo
Freyenberger
Raymond Kephart
Edward Freyenberger
Marriage License Issued to Dayton and Nisly
A marriage license was issued today to David James Dayton of 603 W. Jefferson and Mary Elizabeth Nisly of Katona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David James Dayton
W. Jefferson
Mary Elizabeth Nisly
Katona
To buy or not to buy Encyclopedias
A consumer education piece warns encyclopedias are costly despite free appearing deals. It cites deceptive sales, hidden charges, and lengthy payment plans. Read tips encourage library references, comparing prices, and delaying purchases to avoid binding contracts.
Wellston Residents Busy for Holiday
Wellston notes detail Easter social visits and gatherings across families in Wellston and nearby towns. Agnes Miksch attended a club at Margaret Farrier’s, and multiple households including Booth, Bockhorst, and Miksch families hosted or visited relatives in Washington Keokuk Clio Magna and Mediapolis during Easter weekend.
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Wellston
Agnes Miksch
Margaret Farrier
Howard Custer
Merle
Mary
Paul T. Bockhorst
Washington
Mary Booth
Gene Booth
Keokuk
Richard Booth
Patty Booth
Rose Mary
Cindy Booth
Clio
Iowa
Don Argo
Jim Robertson
Lester Mayer
Debra Lynn
Fairfield
Carl Daering
Ethel Gray
Wellman
Alice Edgar
Martery Edgar
Crawfordsville
Pat Jenkins
Ainsworth
Lynda Swift
Denver
Cole
Jim Barnes
John Smith
Magna Ahmling
Magnus Ahmling
Robert Miksch
Edith Richardson
Pella
Julia Miksch
Carlton
North Field
Minn
Lawrence
Miksch
George
Edward
James
Martin, I
Keith Barnes
Brighton
Lavern Shelman
Charles Ashby
Leon Shelman
Mediapolis
Towa
Larry Sheets
Keota
Lavern
Wayne King
Lockridge
Stewart PTA Meeting Set For April 20 At School Gym
Stewart School Parent Teachers Association will meet Tuesday April 20 at 7 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Dr. Ardona from University Hospitals Iowa City will speak. Mrs Fish and Mr Coon will provide entertainment. Officers to be elected with candidates listed for president and other posts. Third grade mothers to hostesses.
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Stewart School Parent Teachers Association
Ardona
Child Psychology Department
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Fish
Coon
Paul Gebharut
Wayne Gamon
Karel Farrier
Robert Vanderlinden
Merlin Zwicki
Doug Moothart
Gerald King
John’ Eliott
Spring Dance Planned at Washington Golf Club
The Washington Golf and Country Club announces the annual Spring Dance will be held Saturday evening May 1. Music by the Tappan Trio. New members joined this year are invited as guests of the club. Information available from dance committee members Gene Curtis Clarence Brown Clem Dold Don Fendo Ralph Marshall Milburn McKay Dick Myren Rex Lee George Van Houten and Keith Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Golf and Country Club
Tappan Trio
Gene Curtis
Clarence Brown
Clem Dold
Don Fendo
Ralph Marshall
Milburn McKay
Dick Myren
Rex Lee
George van Houten
Keith Williams
4-H Photo Students Set Meeting Saturday Morning
The advanced members of the 4 H Photography project will meet Saturday morning April 17 at 10 a.m. in the Washington Public Library. Miss Nancy Bakehouse of Washington is the county wide project leader for this advanced group. Those 4 H members interested in night time picture shooting are to make arrangements with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Public Library
Nancy Bakehouse
Washington
Austine Li Nar fashion printed pattern offer
The Washington Evening Journal advertises a first printed Austine pattern for daytime wear with high neck and yoke details, back zipper, and button trim. Sizes 10 12 14 priced at $1.00 with 18 cents postage. size 14 requires 2 3/8 yards of 44 inch fabric. Order via Pattern Book 5 Austine La Mar, Box 1615 GPO New York NY 10001.
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Washington Evening Journal
G.P.O
New York
N. Y
Miss Kutn to Demonstrate at Sewing Carnival Near Iowa City
Vogue and Butterick fashion representative Miss Kutn trooks will be one of six demonstrators at the Sewing Carnival at Carousel Inn Convention Center Monday April 19. Her program From the Skin Out highlights spring 1971 fashions and couture sewing techniques. She has merchandising experience with a major Texas department store before joining Vogue Butterick in New York. She will be in the Empire Room with demonstrations on Invisible tipping.
Sidney Coons Back From Eastern Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Coon of Ainsworth returned Saturday night from College Park Maryland where they visited their son and daughter in law Sidney A Coon and sightseeing in the Washington area They celebrated Sidney A Coons birthday and toured Harpers Ferry the National Art Gallery the Archives Building Octagon House Cherry Blossom Festival the National Arboretum and the Potomac River Great Falls visit On the way home they stopped at Ft Necessity Washingtons loss at age 22 Weather was warm and beautiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Sidney Coon
College Park
Sidney A. Coon
Washington, D.C
Coon
Marvin Fritsch
East Detroit
Mich
Potomac River
Great Falls
Potomac
Ft. Necessity
Cumberland
George’ Washington
Final 4 H clothing session on Saturday
The final 4 H girls cloning project meeting will be held Saturday afternoon April 17 at 1 30 p m at the D and W Fabric Shop in Washington. Girls enrolled in the project will be giving talks and educational presentations on threads for different materials lingerie making and proper pressing. Mrs M L Crawford of Wellman is the 4H Committeewoman in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. L. Crawford
Wellman
BPW Members Plan to Attend Spring District Meeting
Five Washington women plan to attend the Business and Professional Women's Club Spring District meeting in Toledo Iowa on Sunday April 18. Margi Marek club president urges others to contact her to arrange transportation. District posters will show civic work completed through June 1 and a Des Moines May 21 28 meeting will elect officers and hear committee reports. Local members attending include Mrs Marek Helen Peiff er Geraldine Schully Sister Gabrielle Hagerty and Fran Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Toledo
Iowa
Margi Marek
Heard
Marek
Helen Peifffer
Geraldine Schully
Gabrielle Hagerty
Fran Miller
Washington bill push to expand Farmers Home loans
Lawmakers introduce two bills to raise operating loan limits from 35000 to 50000 and to shift funding from the Federal budget to private markets. The move aims to expand funds for farmers and reduce program costs while noting changes in Nixon rural revenue sharing and Extension Service roles in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
Department of Agriculture
America
Nixon
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