Week in Washington notes from DP Mieie Aled Agatha
Dear Auntie recounts a Chicago weekend trip to witness a friend Daryl Schultz wed Janie Rhode while praising Iowa weather. Reports band concerts and a major fire at Bob Day's garage recreation room, near school preparations with 75 girls at Lake Darling Youth Center, and signs of the upcoming school year.
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Chicago
Daryl Schultz
Janie Rhode
Iowa
Ron Wise
Bob Day
Lake Darling
YWCA
The
Bluebirds
The Week on the Farm and Vacation Reflections
A travel piece recalls a Daytona Beach and Jacksonville Beach visit with families and amusement rides. It notes Georgia corn and soybeans replacing cotton crops, Wool market weak due to synthetic fabrics, a stop in Dalton and Lexington race farms, tax and depreciation questions, damage from a storm in Tennessee, and hopes for a strong corn harvest amid price concerns.
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Daytona Beach
Jacksonville Beach
Georgia
Dalton
Norris Dam
Washington weekly roundup July updates in 1937 notes
Local reporter summarizes a week of events in Washington including Red Cross swimming program wrap, 30th reunion of Washington High School Class of 1937, MVSC stock car races at Columbus Junction with winner Mark Mosier and Kenneth Fenn, visits to Mercy Hospital, FFA judging at Cedar Rapids, weather rainfall totals, and community notices from Rotary and Fleur de Lis Club.
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Washington High School
Washington Country Club
MVSC
Columbus Junction
Mechanics
Kenneth Fenn
Washington
Mark Mosier
Greg Wolfer
Gary Wehr
Paul Beliel
Dan Pfeffer
Washington F. F. A
Wilson & Co
Cedar Rapids
Bloomfield
Heavy hail and wind damage hit Keota area and Columbus Junction update
Heavy crop damage reported from hail Sunday evening in Keota and Harper with trees felled by wind at Harper and more hail south of Keota. Areas north and west of Keota also struck. In Columbus Junction Byron Duaine McConahay 22, missing in action aboard USS Forrestal after explosion and fire. He is a Navy aviation machinist mate airman, a 1964 Wapello High School graduate. Other local notes: Hampshire pig wins at Mercer County Fair and Henry County Fair. Ann Schilling visiting grandparents. porch reunions. Ezra Smith surgical patient in Iowa City Mercy Hospital. families visiting from Pomona Calif Branson Mo and more. a two-year-old Terry Williams back home.
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Lexington
Internal Revenue
Ceterisi
Keota
Harper
Columbus Junction
Byron Duaine McConahay
Hollis McConahay
Forrestal
United States Navy
Wapello High School
Nancy Larson
Iowa City
L. H. Clark
Otto McConahay
Cairo, Iowa
Rain and community notes mix in midweek update
Brief rain showers measured .52 inch early today as warm humid conditions return. Local teachers and residents appear in social items from a university summer institute to birthday parties and family travel. Notables include Peter J Weller and Josephine Janecek engagements and health updates amid obituaries none.
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Washington
Certificates honor Mr Day and ASC district winner
Mr Day receives a certificate of merit for 1967 from the Washington County ASC committee. West Chester Savings Bank elects Howard McCall to its board to fill a vacancy from the late Harry Dusenberg. Matthew Todd Myers born in Henry County Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant. Airman Edward J Mattes promoted to airman second class August 1 at Spangdheim Air Base Germany. Mrs Vera Foriash returns from three weeks in Canada including Expo 67.
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William Day
Washington County
West Chester
Howard McCall
West Chester Savings Bank
Harry A. Dusenbery
Mr. McCall
Louis M. Smith
Alvin R. Wolf
Calvin C. Wolf
John Butler
Don Myers
Washington
Matthew Todd
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Edward J. Mattes
Spandheim Air Base
Germany
John J. Mattes
Vera Foriash
Canada
Local births listed in Stork Gazette feature
Donna Jean Dickinson Steven Duane Miller Anthony Lynn Krabill Deidre Ann Hayes David Leroy Mast Lyn Rochelle Altenhofen Rebecca Fannie Ropp Lynnette Lea Norton are named as newborns with parental details and rural addresses in the Stork Gazette brief from Brighton Wellman Kalona Washington Muscatine and Ainsworth areas.
Short cuts to summer housekeeping routines
Family Circle Magazine offers summer time management tips to fit work and fun into warm months. It covers ironing less by buying no iron fabrics, batch cleaning of bathrooms kitchen and halls, folding laundry efficiently, fridge storage ideas, ironing minimization, Saturday cleaning, weekly shopping, batch cooking for the week, and saving small chores for rainy days.
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Saturday Journal Readers Note on Edition Service
The Saturday Edition informs out of state readers about this week’s local news and offers annual mail subscriptions for former Washington residents at three dollars fifty cents.
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Day's Garage Fire Damages Home and Auto
A Friday fire damaged the Day family's two story garage and much of its contents, including a new car. The cause is undetermined. the structure had been remodeled after a previous blaze blamed on lightning. Beverly Dee Whitter and George Allan Johnson announce their upcoming marriage, as do Linda Carol Jaspering and Michael C Gardner. Nearby, the Hutchins, Lemmons, and Binghams took trips, andMrs. John D. Jones celebrated her 83rd birthday after recovering from rib injuries.
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Robert Day
Howard Whitter
Panora
Beverly Dee
George Allan Johnson
Walter Johnson
Washington
John D. Jones
Jones
Hospital notices list births, admissions, and dismissals
Yesterday and today update hospital records with names and places. Entries include births in Brighton and Washington, medical and surgical cases, and multiple discharges such as Carol Knutson and Dan Norton. Additional notes mention new admissions like Gene Smith in Postville and diversions between Kalona Washington and Muscatine areas.
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Martha Nicola
Washington
Elva Givans
Alice Brown
Surgical
Donald Dickinson
Brighton
Carol Knutson
Lewis Hohenshell
Wellman
Allen Palmer
Keota
Sam Patterson
Crawfordsville
Jack Fosdyck
Lyle Manning Jr
Wayland
Gene Smith
Postville
Eldon Ropp
Karona
Ira Amlong
Eldon Roop
Kalona
Birthday party marks 99th birthday in Oelwein
Mr and Mrs William Jensen visited Oelwein Wednesday to see Mrs Oline Christensen and attend a birthday party honoring her 99th birthday on August 2. Mr and Mrs Duane Simpson Linda and Lisa of Cedar Falls also spent time with Mrs Iva Simpson and grandchildren Missy Morrison and David Morrison. Missy visited Lake Darling camp where aunt Jean Morrison is lifeguard.
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Lloyd Neiswanger
Colorado
Orchard Lake
Mich
William Jensen
Oelwein
Mr. Jensen
Oline Christensen
Christensen
Duane Simpson
Linda
Lisa
Cedar Falls
Mr. Simpson
Iva Simpson
Missy Morrison
David
Ed Morrison
Woodbridge
E. D. Morrison Jr
Missy
Lake Darling
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Marriages Reported in multiple Iowa churches
Marriages include Richland ceremony for Karen Steinbeck and Victor Woolums at Richland Methodist Church on July 29. Karol Kurtz and George Hart Moore wed at St Marys Fairfield. Elaine Tyler and Felix Vondracek married July 30 in Marion Christian Church. Jackie Schulty and Jerry Dempsey exchange vows July 29 in Wellman. Obituary notices list John W. Butterbaugh dead at Mercy Hospital Iowa City and Martha Ellen Nicola dies in Washington at 75. former Columbus City resident.
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Karen Lee Steinbeck
Kenneth L. Steinbeck
Victor V. Woolums II
Victor V. Woolums
Packwood
Richland Methodist Church
Karol Marie Kurtz
Milwaukee
Ralph Kurtz
Fairfield
George Hart Moore
Davenport
Jesse Moore
Washington
Mr. Moore
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Kalona
Elaine H. Tyler
Marion
Felix J. Vondracek
Cedar Rapids
Peter M. Morgan
Marion Christian Church
Virgil D. Hochstetler
Katona
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Marion Blum
Wellman
Jackie Schulty
Jerry Dempsey
Lewis Dempsey
Woodward
Columbus Junction
Martha Ellen Nicola
the Pines Rest Home
Washington County Hospital
Columbus City
Deaths noted in Iowa and nearby states in late July 1967
Obituaries list Joseph Zak age 64 of Omaha Neb dieing after a stroke July 30 at Washington County Hospital. John Holmes 85 of Crawfordsville Iowa dies July 29 at Washington County Hospital. Funeral services for Wynn C Gretter 74 of Harper Keota County held July 31 at St Elizabeth Church Keota. Elva J Givans 87 of 219 West Jefferson Street Washington dies July 31 at Washington County Hospital after ten day illness. Elizabeth Pearl dies near Farmer City Illinois, funeral set in Washington. Mr and Mrs Don Pearl called to Farmer City by mother Elizabeth Pearl's death.
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South 86Th Street
Omaha
Nebr
Washington County Hospital
John Holmes
Crawfordsville
Keota
Wynn C. Gretter
Harper
Keokuk County
Sigourney
St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth’s Cemetery
Ron Eldred
Rosary
Powell Funeral Home
Elva Givans
West
Jefferson Street
Pearl
Farmer City
Jones
Elva J. Givans
Don Pearl
Washington
Mr. Pearl
Elizabeth Pearl
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