Reunions Highlight Washington Area Class of 1940 Alumni
The J A Koehler reunion was held in Sunset Park with attendees from Washington Columbus Junction Riverside Mt. Pleasant Omaha and Muscatine. The 1976 reunion is set for the first Sunday in August at Sunset Park. Eighty seven classmates attended the 35th reunion with notes on families and occupations and a display tracing members across seventeen states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Koehler
Sunset Park
Meint Koehler
Charles Gault
Logan Ahrens
Shirley
Dean Conry
Tom Moore
Vickie
Kimmie
Dick Schenk
Bobby
Terry Moore
Penni
Washington
Clark Hopping
Columbus Junction
Oscar Gerot
Ted Gerot
Lori
Duane
Muscatine
Karen J. Macdonald
Ames
Raymond Swailes
Larry
Keith
Conesville
Rodney Swailes
Gary Wagner
Aaron
Mike
Muskogee
Okla
James J. Green
Philip
Tommy
Godfrey, Il
Washington High School
Washington Country Club
Everett K. Burham
Bill Brown
Milo Steele, Jr
James Birney
Helen Wilson
Illinois
California
Texas
Missouri
Colorado
Iowa
Elsie Amlong Crandall
Richard Baker
Don Batterson
Paul Benson
Paul Boyd
Don
Joan Brown Shepherd
Billy
Marjorie Walker Brown
Jean Davis Wallace
Kay Dunbar Weidner
Marjorie Faulkner
Kneen
Robert Flynn
Julia Harvey Daering
Esther Hayes Birney
Robert Houseal
Mildred Hughes Bell
Dorothy Humston Miller
Dorothy Johnson Kahler
Betty Keifer Huot
Eleanor Kimmel Stalder
Richard Knupp
Sara Lemley Green
Robert
Gayle Robertson Lewis
Richard Long
Robert McLaughlin
Robert Macon
Henry
Norene McFarland Miller
George Miller
Donald Morrison
Lucille Murphy Frame
Ed Nardy
Betty Redlinger Porter
Fred
Mary Gidley Reid
Marjorie Sheetz Davison
Dorthea Snyder Trotman
Ruth Sorrell Dunbar
Iane Steele Burham
Milo Steele Jr
William Steele
Marjorie Thompson Pease
Anna Waggoner Hysell
Nelle Wallace Brown
Richard Wanerus
Ray Whisler
Leonard Witthoft
Harold Wolf
Milo
Steele Family Picnic Draws Descendants in Sunset Park
Descendants of Elmira and Horace Steele gathered for a cooperative picnic dinner at Sunset Park on Sunday with attendees spanning multiple towns including Iowa City Letts Moline Riverside Washington Chico Kalona Monmouth Wayland and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
Horace Steele
Sunset Park
Roberta Parks
Iowa City
James Steele
Letts
George Steele
Elmer Steele
Eugene Steele and Sons
Dora Navy
Riverside
Blanche Harvey
Ernest Salladay
Arthur Nicholson
Roy Steele
Meryl Steele
Milo Steele
Earl Steele
Washington
Davison family holds 41st reunion in Sunset Park
The Davison reunion drew 73 attendees for a cooperative dinner and brief business meeting led by president Don Gardner. Officers elected for the coming year include John Erlenbush as president Bill Wagner as vice president and Mrs Don Gardner as secretary treasurer. Numerous Davison relatives from Wayland Washington Rock Island Moline East Moline Iowa City Ainsworth Cedar Rapids and other areas attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davison
Sunset Park
Don Gardner
John Erlenbush
Bill Wagner
Wayland Area
Russell Davison
Everett Davison
Donnie Hertig
Dale Bain
Dorothy
Washington
Dora Wagner
Rodney Letts
Leona Gardner
Wayne Wagner
Gay
Carl
Penny
Donna
Sadie Davison
Frances Davison
Thelma Wagner
Jack Kiesey
Jim
Floyd Wagner
Paul Wagner
Skip
Cara
Mandy
Rock Island
Roland Armstrong
Rick
Moline
Ill
John Brayton
Stephen
Roberta
William Herbert
Michelle
East Moline
Ainsworth
Roy Watson
Bert
Don
Terri
Rollin Davison
Stephanie
Iowa City
Eva Davison
Sherman B. Watson
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School Class of 1955 20th Reunion Highlights
The Washington High School Class of 1955 held its 20 year reunion on Saturday August 2 1975 at Jack Hamiltons Clubhouse. Mrs Wm Sitler wrote the welcome poem and Mrs Wm Guenther introduced George Moore class president master of ceremonies. A deceased member Sister Mary Francita Redeker noted with obituary and mementoes. Special guest Miss Virginia Pettet retired WHS teacher received a flower. William Kleese announced class prizes for Claude Havel who came the farthest and for himself for first reservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Jack Hamilton
Wm. Sitler
Wm. Guenther
George Moore
Mary Francita
Madeline) Redeker
Virginia Pettet
WHS
William Kleese
Claude Havel
Wm. Kleese
Dodson Wins County Fair Bean Guess Contest
Darwin Dodson of 316 South Ave Washington won a five pound tam in the county fair booth bean guessing contest. His 17 201 bean guess was within 165 of the actual 17 366 beans in the jar amid 800 entries ranging from 200 to 10 000 000. Contestants aged twelve and older participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin Dodson
South Ave
Washington
Debbie Crawford to wed Steve Wright in United Presbyterian
Debbie Crawford was honored with a grocery shower at Mrs. Elwood Kleese home in Franklin Township. Guests included relatives and neighbors and the couple’s grandmothers. Debbie received gifts and a scrapbook, and the event featured gifts of clothes pins and a laundry basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Kleese
Franklin
Debbie Crawford
Charles Crone
Corbin Crawford
David Kleese
Debbie
Panera
Dwaine Crawford
Wilbur Wright
John Kleese
Jim Campbell
Miss Crawford
Steve Wright
United Presbyterian
Washington
Joe Kauffman Named as Wayland Carrier
Joe Kauffman appointed substitute rural carrier for Wayland post office with first day on July 28. He runs Joe's Body Shop and is married to Laurie Rodgers with a son Ryan. Community notices include visitors from Leon Town and Cedar Rapids and a birthday coffee for Ada Wyse. A birth announces Jason Ryan Miller on July 25 1975 with siblings Jessica and relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Ivan Yoder
Tammy
Troy Kunze
Tives
Vance Coleman
Cedar Rapids
Glen R. McCoy
Eda Boshart
Ada Wyse
Wyse
Miriam Gowey
Ben Haberman
Lula Roth
Martha Roth
Kalona
Katie Roth
Marcia Roth
Bettenfort
Eva Boese
Boese
Mabel Conrad
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Emma Roth
Edith Roth
Margaret Reschly
Malcolm Miller
Gilbert
Iowa
Jason Ryan
Jason
Jessica
Duane Ins
Earlham
Kenneth Miller
Wayland
Imogeneid
Ira Miller
Fairfield
Edith Yount
Parkview
Minerva Ripley
West Des Moines
Social Calendar Busy Week For Local Groups
Tuesday events include Y-Women Coffee at 9 30 am hosted by Sue English with co-hostesses Fran Vanderlinden Marsha Nelling and Karen Arbuckle. Tope Club meets at 7 pm in YWCA room with 7 30 pm gathering and 9 pm topship. Two ball event at Lodge Hall canceled. Wednesday Rainbow Girls off. Senior Citizens meet 1 30 pm at Senior Center with flower slides. Driftriders gather 7 30 pm at Sunset Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue English
Fran Vanderlinden
Marsha Nelling
Karen Arbuckle
Ywca Room
Hall Country Club
Sunset Park
Fifth Season to perform worship program at Sugar Creek Church
A group of 50 Goshen youths will present The Fifth Season at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church near Wayland on Friday August 8 at 7 30 p m. The program divides services into five seasons built around sayings of Jesus and ends with releasing helium balloons. Dennis Rumfelt directs with Rev Bruce East assisting and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxland
Goshen
Ind
Sugar Creek Mennonite
Wayland
Jesus
Dennis Rumfelt
Bruce East
First Presbyterian Church
Iowa Southern joins in gas search fund plan
Iowa Southern Utilities Co along with Natural Gas Pipeline Co and seven other midwest utilities will provide over 50 million dollars in equity financing to Chevron Oil Co for offshore Gulf of Mexico gas development near Louisiana and Texas. Each utility gains option to net gas profits from 31 tracts with funding prorated by peak gas under contracts. Towns served by Iowa Southern include Osceola New Virginia Truro Sigourney Keota Harper West Chester Washington Ainsworth Columbus Junction Columbus City Grandview Letts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Natural Gas Pipeline Co
Midwest
Chevron Oil Co
Chevron
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Town Southern
Osceola
New Virginia
Truro
Sigourney
Keota
Harper
West Chester
Washington
Ainsworth
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Grandview
Letts
Phrase from Key’s anthem echoed in daily thought
A brief reflection cites Francis Scott Key’s Star Spangled Banner line celebrating the land of the free and the home of the brave. The quoted verse is noted for its enduring patriotic resonance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Scott Key
Carnival for Muscular Dystrophy in Crawfordsville
A neighborhood carnival to aid Muscular Dystrophy will be held Tuesday August 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the Larry Fletcher lawn in Crawfordsville Mir Fletcher acts as ringmaster. Jim Jewell leads children in games rides clowns and magic sticks. Refreshments sold tickets at the gate 25 cents for ages 6-11 and 50 cents for 12 and up. Cooperative event with McDonald’s and WMT TV. Jerry Lewis heads the national campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Fletcher
Crawfordsville
Mir
Fletcher
Jim Jewell
McDonald's
Wmt-Tv
Jerry Lewis
Washington Squirts Plan Sunday Water Fight
The Washington Squirts meet Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the Fire Hall community room to finalize plans for a waterfight in Washington on Sunday August 10 at 1 30 p.m. in front of the Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Squirts
Washington
Country club golf event cancelled due to lack of interest
A local golf two rail meeting scheduled for Tuesday August 5 has been cancelled because of low participation. No alternate date was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ountry Club
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Koehler
Charles Phelps
Dave Williams
Ted Crone
Eugene Zehr
Roger Stout
Don Vogel
Phil Leyden
Larry Robison
Don L. Gardner
Frank Chmelar
Bob Libe
Wayne Reighard
Geo
Anna Marie Anderson
Scarf
Ottumwa
David Ballou
Mt. Pleasant
Bob
Maggie Dickerson) Elliott
Max Embree
Ted Fritz
Beardstown
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Brighton
Joe Waggoner
Branson
Dean Willey
Springfield, Ill
Gale
Bev Wilson) Walker
Springdale
Ark
David Bell
Phil
Sally Bruty
Leyden
Jeanette Choate
Barbara Redlinger
Williams
Roger
Pat Stewart
Stout
Alberta Zieglowsky
Guenther
Wolf's Flower Shop
Osincup’s
Boar Power Sales
Highway 82
Boar Power
Joe Kauffman
Sugar Creek
Iowa Southern
Kennedy Insurance Agency
Kennedy Insurance
Steve Reif
Dale Carnegie
Aaa Family Center
Cenk
Pune
Handy Drug Store
Clairol
Frost & Ve
Jeu
Sale
Aif
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