Washington week in review highlights April activities
Weather records show 2.28 inches of rain easing drought fears for county farmers. Mt. Pleasant junior high relay results place Trace Washington ninth graders in a four point score finish, with eighth graders also strong. Local clubs honor Iowa Mother of the Year candidate Hilda Weingart as community events unfold, while anniversaries, birthdays, hospital visits, and family travels fill the Washington scene.
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Iowa Mothers Association
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Whisler
Iowa
Holden
Hilda Weingart
Irving A. Weingart
Washington History Yearly Summary of Local Events
Washington notes recall a 10 year ago twister near Cloye Statler farm in Prairie Flower School district with a thundershower, half inch rain, and widespread wind effects. It lists donations for cancer fund, honor roll students, travels and conventions, graduation plans, weather highs, and a fatal electrocution incident in a May storm.
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Cloyee Statler Farm
Prairie Flower
Keots
Washington
Jim Steggall
Cancer Fund
Hal Willams
Chuck Hotle
Marilyn Kern
Orin Black
Jacek Logan
Phyllis Anderson
Crawfordsville
Iowa State
Colles
George Rudiger
Ozarks
Annua Marvin Carter
Loyal Order of Moose
Parable of Spring Poem by Mildred Moon Howell
Poem proclaims spring as a parable and testament of birds and renewal. It asserts death is not final for people or trees, and spring returns to animate our mould. Editor: Muse, Mildred Moon Howell.
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Mildred Moon Howell
Lutherans plan nursing home at Lutheran Homes Muscatine
Rev Stutrud named committee chair to oversee the construction of a new nursing home at Lutheran Homes Muscatine Washington County Democrats elect 32 delegates for Des Moines state convention with 16 local votes. Cathleen Godfrey named manager of Duncan's Store for Women. Various local notices include wedding, travel, and society updates.
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Immanuel Lutheran Church
Washington
Lutheran Homes
Muscatine
Washington County
Des Moines
Walter Farrell
Cathleen Godfrey
Duncan
Evening Journal
Logging and community notices fill Rural Iowa page
A mixed local page reports a logging operation in Keota area on 46 acres owned by Ed Lukavsky as part of a timber management plan to protect seedlings. It also notes several incidents and items: Vernon Brubaker's critical injury in a Cedar Rapids ditch cave-in, emergency surgery for a gunshot wound victim in University Hospital, a car plunge into a creek near Ainsworth, and a shrine installation at the Masonic Temple. Engagement news from Crawfordsville links Susan Davies of West Des Moines with Robert Monroe of Palo Alto, California, plus ongoing travel and family updates. The page lists military visits, hospital updates, and Shrine of Jerusalem events, including a watchman of shepherds installation and regular practice sessions.
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Etta Glassburner
Ottumwa
Elsie
William
JM. Kelley
Henry T. TeBockhorst
Knights of Columbus
Cedar Rapids
C.W. Stewart
Frances Stewart
American Red Cross
New Guinea
Stewart
Eva Denny
Drexel Hill
Vincent Kesey
Helen McCleery
Des Moines
Hugh McCleery
Janet Martin
Margaret McCall
Janet
Carl
California
Winga Cafe
Harvey Young
Pandora
Ed Lukavsky
Brighton
Washington
Lukavsky
Keota
Vernon Brubaker
John van Fleet
Oscar Brubaker
South English
Brubaker
Crawfordsville
J. Trevor Davies
West Des Moines
Susan
Robert Earle Monroe
Palo Alto
Calif
Washington delegate chosen for Boys State and other local notes
Ron Gregory was selected as Washington's delegate to Boys State with Dick Holden as alternate. Robert Lenniger remains hospitalized in Iowa City after a gunshot wound. Charles Kennedy topped a pinochle marathon leaderboard, while Mamiington's Demons placed second at the Mustang Relays in Baker Field behind Centerville. Mrs. Lester Worley elected VFW Auxiliary president at a hall meeting. Washington High footballers posted 165 to 180 over Mr Plea with Mike Brake as medalist. NFC to meet at Franklin Center, and Mrs. Roy Nelson recovers from neck surgery. Joe McCarthy joined Alpha Sigma Phi at ISU. Park shuffleboard drew players as warm weather arrived. Downtown, city anniversary outfits brightened streets as dresses and bonnets appeared.
Daylight savings time adopted in Washington area
Daylight savings time will begin at 2 a.m. Sunday in Washington and most county towns. The city council approved the change in a special meeting. In other news, five Washington Hi-Y members join 200 youths statewide for the Iowa YMCA Youth in Government model legislative program.
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Hospital Patients and Birth Notices Across Washington Area
A sequence of daily hospital admissions discharges and births from Washington and nearby towns lists Hassel Jones and others in medical groups and surgeries, with newborns for Alberts and Griffiths. Entries show patients from Washington, Columbus Junction, Keota, Ainsworth, West Liberty, Iowa City, and surrounding communities. Medical, surgical, and name-dense notices reflect regional health status and family milestones.
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Hassel Jones
Belmont
Kan
Glen Whitehead
Washington
Martha Border
Harry Duncan
Columbus Junction
Nancy Mattes
Wilbur Wheeler
Crawfordsville
Rosa Langenberg
Claude Havel
Iowa City
Bertha Statler
West Chester
May Carson
Ainsworth
W. E. Glider
John Alberts
Charles McCampbell
Keota
Phillip Leyden
Ray Smith
Kalona
Frank Horn
West Liberty
John Hubbs
Alberts
Richard Griffith
Robert Tinnes
Orr and Askew Wed in Muscatine Church Ceremony
Miss Sandra Sue Orr daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Orr Columbus Junction and Dale D Askew son of Mr and Mrs T V Askew Keithsburg WL were married Saturday April 18 at the Church of Christ in Muscatine with Rev Talmadge Murphy reading the vows at 1 30 PM
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Columpus Quauurd
Sandra Sue Orr
Henry Orr
Columbus Junction
Dale D. Askew
T. V. Askew
Keithsburg
Church of Christ
Deaths and funeral notices from several Iowa towns
Deaths include Keota Blair B Wood 63 Mercy Hospital Iowa City funeral services for Frank Gooch 71 near Conesville at United Presbyterian Church burial Columbus City Cemetery. William Thies 67 Boone killed in auto crash. Peter V Fritz 82 East Pleasant Plain heart attack funeral at St Joseph Church East Pleasant Plain. William Gabriel 79 Columbus Junction died at home. Lily Zachs 1 Kalona dies at Green Acres Rest Home Iowa City.
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Frank Gooch
Conesville
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Peter V. Fritz
East Pleasant Plain
St. Joseph Church
Henry B. Geers
Burnl
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Gould
William Gabriel
Kalona
Lily Zachs
Green Acres Rest Home
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