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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1968
Page
2
Police Chief Clarence Lee urged motorists to stay at least 500 feet from active fire apparatus and not park within the block of a fire to aid firefighters on South Iowa Avenue. He warned fines for violators and urged burning trash only in covered containers, noting no general ban but strict limits in the immediate fire zone around the square.
The Etude Club of Columbus Junction sponsors a Muscatine Elks Chanters concert at Columbus Junction Junior High auditorium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday April 23. The 45 member group, directed by Max Collins, will perform for student scholarship support. adult tickets are 1 and students 50 cents.
The Washington County Community Action Program board of directors will meet Monday April 22 at 8 p.m. in the Robert Day home to discuss possible planned parenthood programs in the county. Citizens interested in the program are invited. Guests from Lee and Des Moines counties and the Mental Health Institute Mt. Pleasant described programs and the CAP board will review details. A progress report on job clinics and a household survey in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Employment Service is on the agenda.
On the record admission notes list Vicki Penick of Washington medical and Sue Jones Crawfordsville medical along with Mrs Ray mond Chapin Muscatine medical. Births announce Mr and Mrs Joseph Wenger Wayland a daughter. Dismissals include Mrs Sophia Bolon Winfield and Miss Emily Bayliss Keota.
Washington High senior Pat McCandless earns top DECA ranking and will be interviewed in Houston for a leadership post at the National Leadership Conference to be held April 29 to May 5 in Houston Texas. She aims to become secretary treasurer if elected.
Two persons were injured in a two car accident about a mile south of Crawfordsville Friday evening around 11 30. Involved were Mr and Mrs Raymond Chapin of Muscatine Sue Jones of Crawfordsville and Lester Schlatter of Wayland. Mrs Chapin and Miss Jones were injured but not seriously and admitted to Washington County Hospital. Jones released this morning. Blame for the crash lay with driving rain and poor visibility. Mrs Chapin was driving and her husband slept. Schlatter drove the other vehicle. Both cars were a total loss as Washington County Sheriff officers investigated.
Three local women, Mrs. Ruth Nolin, Mrs. Ralph Kleese, and Mrs. George Kerr, will attend the ninth annual weekend house party in Le Mars held in the home of Iowa’s 1969 State Mother of the Year. Mrs. Kerr serves as prayer secretary for the Iowa Mothers’ Association and will present a Biblical pageant during the devotional period.
Social calendar items list club meetings and public events from Saturday to Wednesday. Highlights include White Shrine at Masonic Temple, YWCA sessions, Citizen Band Radio Club, Senior Citizens meals and crafts, art exhibits at City Library, and various club gatherings with hostesses and times. Regrets and confirmations noted for Wells events.
Mr and Mrs Palmer Schilling returned Friday from spending winter in McAllen Texas. Mrs Kenneth White of Coshoc ton Ohio visits her mother Mrs Coralie Briley and daughter Mrs James Lloyd to see the musical Show Boat in which Mrs Lloyd appeared. Mr and Mrs William C Gilbert and Fred Jerry Gilbert and fiance Cherie Yates of Ottumwa attended the Show Boat here Friday night. The Gilberts are parents of Journal photographer Helen Gilbert who designed painted the sets for the play. Mrs L F Harding plans to fly from Cedar Rapids to Germany to visit her son MSgt Robert L Riley and wife. Mrs Harding will be met in New York by daughter Mrs Harold Benedict of San Antonio Texas who will accompany her to Germany. Mrs Helen Underwood visits Mrs Bessie Fesler and Mrs Josephine Gerot for a few days. Easter dinner guests of Mrs Rose Havel Riverside include Mr and Mrs Dean Havel and family of Cedar Rapids Mr and Mrs Dennis Havel of Iowa City Mr and Mrs Louis Havel of Ainsworth and Mrs Helen Underwood. A decorated Easter cake from Mrs Louis Havel centers the table and marks Louis Havel's birthday. Mrs J L Young of Burlington visits here to attend a performance of Show Boat in which granddaughter Mrs James Lloyd appeared. Sp 4 Larry G Fox son of Mr and Mrs Donald Fox Rural Route 1 arrives home Friday after a tour in Vietnam. He will spend a 45 day leave here before reporting for duty at Ft Hood Texas.
Local Fortnightly Club members joined about 600 Iowa women at the Diamond Jubilee state convention of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs in Davenport at the Black Hawk Hotel. A banquet and installation capped the two day session. Local officers named include Mrs Herb Osincup, Mrs Phil Weldin, Mrs Harry Ramsey, Mrs Roy Hodges, Mrs Enos D. Miller, Mrs Gilbert Mills, and Mrs Layton Schooley, with Ed Blattner and William Putman as delegate voting members.
Community news from Halcyon House covers Easter activities and visitors including Rev Warren McFate Mrs Scott Wilcox and many guests from Davenport Des Moines and Washington. Engagement announced for Virginia Ann Ellis to Richard Stewart Bordwell with plan to marry August 10 at Morningside Presbyterian Church in Sioux City. Virginia is a senior at Iowa State University majoring in English and Education and Associate Editor of Sketch Magazine. Richard Bordwell is also a senior at Iowa State University majoring in Agricultural Business and a Sigma Chi member.
PEO Chapter 1 met with Mrs. Everett Meeker presiding and Mrs. Robert Moss as president, featuring an antiques program by Cal Wolf and a butter-making treat. Co hostesses were C. R. Shanks Miles Krieger and Larry Shalla. next meeting a 1 PM luncheon at Captain's Table. HJ Club gathered with Mrs Myron Krotz hosting, 21 members answered roll call and heard deco apage by Miss Smith. $3 to Cancer fund, lap robes delivered to Red Cross in Washington and a Kalona rest home. plan open class division for Washington County Fair. door prize to Mrs Dean Luers. next meeting May 9 with flower bulb exchange at Mrs Lorence Marek.
Jane Ellen Dunbar three month old infant died Friday April 19 1968 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after an illness of one day. She was born January 17 1968 in Washington. Survived by parents Roland and Katheryn Simmering Dunbar of 411 East Van Buren Washington two sisters Lori and Lisa grandparents Mr and Mrs Jerry Simmering Washington and Mr and Mrs Cloyce Dunbar West Chester. Funeral Sunday at 3 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Clarence Dehne officiating burial in Ainsworth Cemetery.
Mrs. B. B. Bordwell came back Friday after a several day visit in Nebraska. She traveled with her sister Mrs. Ruth West of Omaha and then visited two more sisters in Seward, Mrs. Carl Seidel and Mrs. Kurt Meyer. Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jarrard finished an Easter weekend with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson James Brewer Jr., in New Orleans.
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