Springtime hometown notes and election chatter
The letter highlights warm weather boosting farmers golfers and gardeners while politics heats up with Keith Dunton Democrat and Magnus Ahmling Republican considering runs for the 88th House district and veteran Richard Stephens eyeing the Senate. Local developments include a new chamber secretary a dog catcher and plant leadership changes plus community events and ongoing town projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Dunton
Thornburg
Magnus Ahmling
House
Senate
Richard Stephens
Crawfordsville
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Whittenberg
Crane
Bill Wunder
Week on the Farm Weather slows spring work on soil and tile plans
Weather concerns slow field work with low soil temperatures and sticky ground delaying tillage while tile terraces proceed. Plastic pipe chosen for outlets as contractors fit animal guards. fall dirt work expected. Migratory birds feed among corn and ponds. river timber suffers elm disease blamed on imports. Thaddeus.
Dedicatory Events Mark Iowa State University Law Building Ceremony
The Baldrige family and other Washington residents attended the State University of Iowa dedication of its new law building with an address by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Local students and civic groups participated in related activities, including recitations, prizes, concerts, and a track win at Case Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Baldrige
John Baldrige
Ray Krone
Richmond
Calif
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Earl Warren
John Baird
New York City
Charlotte
Union Seminary
Paul Shearer
Robert Bates
Robert Day
E.D. Morrison Jr
John Winga
Washington
Mayme Squire
Halcyon House
Mercy Hospital
Iowa Commission For Children and Youth
Des Moines
Stork Gazette Names Four Local Daughters
NIKI THERESA WHISLER, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stephen Dean Whisler of 505 North Second Washington. ALICIA LYNN MALLEY, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Lee Malley of 207 South Green Keota. MINDI KAE LUERS, daughter of Mr and Mrs Myron Carl Luers Rural Route 1 Keota. BETTY JANE CHUPP, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ervin J Chupp Rural Route 2 Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niki Theresa Whisler
Stephen Dean Whisler
North Second
Washington
Alicia Lynn Malley
William Lee Malley
South Green
Keota
Mindi Kae Luers
Myron Carl Luers
Betty Jane Chupp
Ervin J. Chupp
Kalona
Health official joins Region 6 as Environmental Specialist
Bob Sayre, a Des Moines native with degrees from Kansas State University and Tulane, begins work in the Region 6 Iowa State Department of Health as Environmental Specialist in Air Pollution Control. He previously worked with Omaha and Lincoln Lancaster health departments and will relocate with his wife and child before summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Sayre
Des Moines
Iowa State Department of Health
Earl C. Voelker
Journal
Mr. Sayre
Kansas State University
Tulane University
New Orleans
Omaha
Local Masons Attend 116th Des Moines Convocation
Tuesday notes detail Washington residents Mr. and Mrs. Dwane J. Shalla and others at the 116th Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons convocation in Des Moines April 6 to 8. Shalla named District Deputy Grand High Priest. George Dare received Knights of the Royal Arch award. Also mentions patients and weekend visitors in local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwane J. Shalla
George Dare
Bennie Schantz
Russell Goodin
Washington
Haydn Thomas
Crawfordsville
Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Des Moines
Shalla
Knights of the Royal Arch
State of
Iowa
Noted pianist Leslie Wright performs to throng in junior high gym
A large audience in Washington enjoyed world renowned pianist Leslie Wright Tuesday night. The concert closed the season as 260 guests greeted Mr and Mrs Clayton Bear at an April 6 wedding anniversary open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Andy Blattner
Yaro Soika
Charles Ashby
Jim Murphy
Bob Young
Robert Risk
Honolulu
Waikuku
Maui Island
Hawaiian Islands
California
Seattle
Fred Mauthe
Ora J. Gingerich
South Fourth
Case Field
Shields
North
Marion Avenue
van DeHerman
Henry Shields
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Betty Jean Barth
Richard Knupp
Evan Fishburn
Long Beach
Calif
Leslie Wright
Washington
Clayton Bear
Dorothy Wieneke
Iowa City
Ruth Bridges
Bears
Janet
Rita Norris
Patrick Wieneke
Richard Wieneke
David Baburek
Cedar Rapids
Davey
Dawn
Ginger Baburek
Gary Norris
Navy
Philippines
Charles Wieneke
Air Force
Wichita, Kan
Washington Community Board Accepts Nine Resignations
Board meeting covered resignations of nine district staff, summer school program, and activities. Henry Soucek named school board secretary effective May 1. Cranes employee changes include Bill Wunder and Bob Naggs. Other items note Republican Women conference, new twins at Mercy Hospital, and a funeral attendance list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community School Board
Switzerland
Mary Booth
Barbara Fleenor
Suzanne Toussaint
Pauline McClintic
Christine Boos
Dennis Coon
Jerry Mason
Carolyn Bollman
Flossie Janecek
Henry Soucek
First District
Iowa Federation of Republican Women
Holiday Inn
Davenport
Joe Jones
Crane Company appoints Lund as Washington foreman
Friday April 14 announces Robert Lund 45 hired as general foreman at Crane Company's Washington plant. He has begun duties and his family will relocate soon to the area. Other notes include Hall's Feed Service managers attending a Hubbard Milling Co seminar in Cedar Rapids and local hospital patients at Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lund
Leslie Wright
Wellman
Kalona
Riverside
West Chester
Bill Wunder
Crane Company
Washington
Bob Naggs
Carol Stream
Ill
Wunder
Fort Dodge
Coats Company
Louise
Bill Jr
South Ave. C
John Helscher
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Wendy Lea
Heather Lea
Jennifer
Lund
Crane
C. Marion Hall
Hall's Feed Service Inc
Hubbard Milling Co
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Patterson
Mercy
Deaths of the week across Iowa towns and counties
A week of obituaries records the deaths of Mrs. Laura G. Longwell 97 at Washington County Hospital in Wayland and Charles L. Goodell 58 Montgomery Ward manager in Washington. Others include John Hyde 70 retired farmer Brighton, Leslie R. Waggoner 66 Washington, Dewey Lincoln Smith 73 Muscatine hospital, O S Palmer former Marian Rownd Pasadena, Harry Phillips 79 Grandview, Harvey J. Miller 87 Kalona, Mrs Bess Noble 87 Winfield, Harvey E. Bower 76 Fairfield, and Mrs Madison Klotz 76 Gibsonville North Carolina. Funeral notices note burial details and family references in Burlington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura G. Longwell
Washington County Hospital
Parkview
Wayland
Charles L. Goodell
Montgomery Ward
Washington
Mr. Goodell
Harvey E. Bower
North
Iowa Avenue
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Columbus Junction
Madison Klotz
Gibsonville
North Carolina
Burlington, N.C
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals and Births Report
Yesterday two admissions include Mrs. Marietta Hyde of Brighton and Mrs. Anna Blake of Washington. A birth is recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Myron Luers of Keota a daughter. Discharges yesterday include Kevin Dowell of Wayland and Mrs. Vernon Roth and Mrs. Blanche Foster of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Luers
Keota
Kevin Dowell
Wayland
Vernon Roth
Washington
Blanche Foster
Local births and family notices from Washington area
Yesterday Hubert Walker of Washington underwent surgery. Today Lawrence Wilson of Ainsworth is noted. Yesterday Mr and Mrs Ervin Chapp of Kalona welcomed a daughter. Today George Weber of Columbus Junction and Barbara Geyer of Washington are listed. Mrs William Malley and daughter of Keota. Mrs Stephen Whisler and daughter of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Walker
Washington
Lawrence Wilson
Ainsworth
Medical
Ervin Chapp
Kalona
George Weber
Columbus Junction
Barbara Geyer
William Malley
Keota
Stephen Whisler
Washington Residents Noted for Medical Appointments
Yesterday and today lists show Mrs. George Westen, Mrs. Orpha Garrett, Mrs. Frederick Martens, Mrs. John Downs from Washington and Keota with medical appointments or care involving Carl Kelley and Gary Black in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Westen
Washington
Carl Kelley
Gary Black
Orpha Garrett
Frederick Martens
Keota
John Downs
Medical notices and familiar names listed by towns
Yesterday and today notices show Keith Westfall and Robert Wells in medical updates from Columbus Junction and Crawfordsville, plus Richard Buck in Washington. Additional entries include Mrs Anna Blake in Washington and William Longer in Wayland with families Mrs Ervin Chapp and daughter from Kalona and Mrs Myron Luers and daughter from Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Westfall
Columbus Junction
Robert Wells
Crawfordsville
Richard Buck
Washington
Anna Blake
William Longer
Wayland
Ervin Chapp
Friday Yesterday and Today Obituaries Note Local Names
Obituary notices list Nellie Hyde of Wayland and Mrs John Downs of Washington with medical mentions. Other names include Otis Love of Columbus Junction Gary Black of Washington Keith Westfall of Columbus Junction and Mrs Frederick Martens of Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Hyde
Wayland
Medical
Otis Love
Columbus Junction
John Downs
Washington
Gary Black
Keith Westfall
Frederick Martens
Keota
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Aunt Agatha
Thaddeus
Bus Westermark
Charles Brown
Brown Finance Company
Beulah Heck Pacha
New York
Europe
Paul J. Pacha
Frankfurt
Germany
Cpl
Ronald Baker
George Baker
Langley Field
F.E. Bartow
Esther Hayes
Glen Hayes
Iowa State College
WCI
Knights of Columbus
St. James Church
Maurice Mayo
Washington High School
Muscatine
Melba McAvoy
Richard McCleery
Y’s Men
DAR
Sunset Park
Garden Club
Park Commissioners
Stork Gazette
Ington
Ournarda
Edwin Lukovsky
Dickey
Prairie Home
Washington Young Women’s Christian Association
YMCA
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Floyd
Maxine) Woods
Robert
Donna) Koehler
Blair Haymes
Walter
Clyde Knight
Children’s Hospital
Children’s Orthopedic Hospital
Dan Scalf
Mt. Pleasant General Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Linda McKinstry
William J. Mouser
Stanley J. Mouser
Rural Wellman
George P. Hoech
Elsberry
Matthew William
Angie Rose
Masons
Blanche Harvey
G.H. Mayer
Lucille Fulton
William Edgar
Howard Baker
Gerald Graf
R.R. Robertson
Ethel Carson
Mankato
Minn
Roy Moore
Mrs. Palmer Schilling
McAllen
Texas
Leonard Goeke
Ronald Armaman
Becky
Grinnell
Charles Arnaman
Montezuma
Gloria Capps
Hedrick
Karel Farrier
George Brock
Jerry Hanshaw
Walter Carr
Dave McGaffey
Jack Hotle
Robert Erlenbush
Don Pilcher
Ray Hough
Connie McCall
Lee McCall
Cedar Falls
American Legion Auxiliary
Connie
Waco High School
American Legion Junior Auxiliary
David Vittetoe
Jeffrey Francis
Paul Adam
Gertrude Vittetoe
Richard Clarahan
Bertha Adam
Harper
Jake Herman
Sigourney
Maurice Libe
Clifford
Verda) Braun
Wilton
University Hospitals
William Arnold
Hawaii
Rodney Arnold
Jeanette E. Boone
Massey Junior College
Atlanta
Jeanette
L. V. Clarahan
Bill Gravier
Clarahan
Hale Moore
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Moore
Mae Lamb
Harold Brooks
Albia
Pearl Thompson
Henry Brooks
Laura Longwell
Charles Longwell
Eddie Roth
Evanston, Ill
Dennis Longwell
James Bruswitz
Doug
Bloomington
Max Coffey
Blair, Neb
E. D. Morrison Jr
John Harras
St. Joseph's Hospital At
Gary Hahn
West Liberty
Keith McClellands
E. E. Ward
Washington, D.C
National Assembly of Daughters of the American Colonists
Ward
William Palmer
Congressional Library
D.A.C
Henry B. Wallace
Iowa D.A.C
Kermit
Evelyn) Klopfenstein
South
John Young Jr
Farm Bureau
Drew Steele
Bill Steele
Phi Eta Sigma
University of Iowa
Drew
Earl Steele
Diane Walby
James van Allen
John Hyde
Brighton
Leslie R. Waggoner
North Fifth Avenue
Dewey
Lincoln Smith
Muscatine General Hospital
Harry Phillips
Grandview
Harvey J. Miller
Winfield
Bess Noble
Morning Sun Manor
Kathryn Stucker
Marietta Hyde