Washington History Notes From Bloomington To Topeka
Washington area notes report Bloomington visitors Mr Beaty and Mrs Reid Orris with family ties to 35 years past at West Chester and Marion. social events include a dinner for Capt and Mrs Hyde and guests from Wayland Des Moines Mt Pleasant Winfield. air force leaves for Paul and Donald Beenblossom and trips by John Martin and Daryl Burham. Durroc breeders Knotek sell gilt at national event in Topeka. local paving repair at court house corner. women’s city golf pairings lead with veteran champs Breese and Patterson. Westphal jewelry store sold to Mrs Owen Grecian. Christian Tabernacle to mark eleventh church anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Beaty
Bloomington
Ind
Herman Schultz
Mr. Beaty
Mr. Schultz
West Chester
Reid Orris
Cathy
Marion
Dewey
Fred Orris
Ainsworth
Orris
Walter Jaspering
LeRoy Hyde
Sandra
Continental Divide
N. Mex
Roll Hyde
Dwight Messenger
Wayland
George Hexson
Des Moines
Guy Messer
Findlay
Ohio
Knotek Bros
Riverside
Topeka
Kan
C.M. Mines
Cedar Bluff
Court House
Helen Breese
Robert Patterson
Washington
Westphal
Owen Grecian
Christian Tabernacle
Church In
W. J. Stevens
Lamb Carcasses Fair Winners Named at Louisa Fair
Grace Butler reports at Columbus Junction Aug 4 Lamb carcasses show first place Cliff Idie Columbus Junction and second Christy Stapp. Max Schomberg Letts won light weight in barrow and carcass, with Gary Settles Winfield second. grand champion Schomberg, reserve Settles. Accident near Winfield injures three youths. Jerry Wheeler in fair condition. August 13 1933 flower show at Ray Sojka home and local updates on sheriff appointment, airplane club, and state fair entrants noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Butler
Columbus Junction
Cliff Idie
Louisa County Fair
Christy Stapp
Louisa County
Max Schomberg
Letts
Garry Stettles
Winfield
Settles
Nancy Schomberg
Gary Settles
Bath Packing Company
Jerry Sheeler
Larry Tisor
Columbus City
Judy Cain
Jerry Wheeler
Iowa City
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Jerry
Leland Wheeler
Larry
Lawrence Tisor
Marriages Across Several Iowa Towns on August 1 2
Multiple couples were married in early August across Keota Boone Cedar Rapids and Orange City. The ceremonies featured double ring vows with ministers including Clyde Erwin Allan S Van Cleve and Robert Ralma as officiants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLDS
Frances Erwin
Sam Erwin
Mt. Pleasant
Leland V. Pleak
Charles Pleak
Red Oak
Olds Congregational Church
Clyde Erwin
Keota
Gwynne Jean Klingaman
Glen Klingaman
Cedar Rapids
John Raymond Herr
Raymond Herr
Central Park Presbyterian Church
Allan S. van Cleve
County fair opens with 4 H and FFA exhibits and visitors
Washington County Fair launches with 4 H and FFA exhibitors and displays. Local residents and visitors mingle as family guests arrive from Appleton Wisconsin and Richmond Hill New York. Notes include church leaders, hospital transfers, a 1960s IFYE conference, and a campus degree for Edwin Reschly.
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Washington County Fairground
4-H
FFA
Four-way tie leads junior livestock judging win at county fair
In Washington County 4-H and FFA Fair junior livestock judging, 172 participants formed 15 teams. A four-way tie for first produced 198-point totals for Gary Kos and Charles Sojka of Riverside Ramblers, Dick Holden of Washington Hustlers, and Steve Whisler of Cedar Chips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
FFA
Gary Kos
Charles Sojka
Riverside Ramblers
Dick Holden
Washington Hustlers
Steve Whisler
The
Cedar Chips
Evening Journal headlines for Washington Iowa Aug 8 1964
Local newspaper page from Evening Journal Washington Iowa dated August 8 1964. Contains brief notices, community news, and ad snippets. Focuses on regional events, civic notes, and small items typical of a midcentury issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Zecks Visit in Washington Cedar Rapids and Des Moines
Mr and Mrs Wayne Zeck of Burbank California arrived Sunday to visit Ralph Zeck's home and other relatives in Washington Cedar Rapids and Des Moines They also attended the wedding of Andrea Zeck and Bruce Bailey on August 7 at the Zeck family home region and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Zeck
Burbank
Calif
Ralph Zeck
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Andrea Zeck
Bruce Bailey
Lynch Couple Moves to Lodi California High School Counselor
Mr. and Mrs. David Lynch and Jennifer left Saturday for their new home in Lodi California. Mr. Lynch, guidance counselor at Washington Junior High for three years, will take up duties as guidance counselor at the high school in Lodi. Jan Fane, formerly of Washington and now of Newton, spent the weekend here as a guest of Helen Breese. Jan is working at the hospital in Newton this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Kleinhesselink
Peter Pals
First
Christian Reformed
Orange City
Robert Ralma
Henry W. Kleinhesselink
Washington
Pals
William Pals
Sibley
Gwyn Jones
International Farm Youth Exchange
Monticello
Ill
Miss Jones
IFYE
Ireland
Norman Graenber
University of Illinois
Gwyn
David Lynch
Jennifer
Lodi
Calif
Lynch
Washington Junior High
Jan Fane
Newton
Helen Breese
Jan
Family trip highlights from Colorado to Kansas
Mr and Mrs John Young Jr and daughter Julie returned from a week long trip to Colorado. They traveled through Rocky Mountain National Park and stayed three days in Denver with Mr Youngs uncle and aunt Charles Moore Jr and his wife. The Samuelsons Clarence and Dwayne visited Belville Illinois last week and also went to Ottawa Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Swift
Joni
St. Louis
Forest Park
Mark Twain
Hannibal, Mo
John Young Jr
Julie
Colorado
Rocky Mountain National Park
Denver
Mr. Young
Charles Moore Jr
Clarence Samuelson
Dwayne Samuelson
Belville
Ill
Clarence Samuelsons
Ottawa
Kans
Horak Undergoes Surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City
Leonard Horak had surgery today at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City and is in room 211. Mr and Mrs James Lloyd are vacationing near Brainerd in northern Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Horak
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mrs. James Lloyd
Brainerd
Minnesota
Darbys Return From Lake Odessa Vacation
Mr and Mrs Lyle Darby Shire Larilee and Terry returned Sunday night from a ten day vacation at Lake Odessa. Carmen Bell, daughter of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Bell
Gretta Wells
Curt Wells
Kathy Jungbluth
Walter H. Jungbluth
Bur
Lyle Darbyshire
Larilee
Terry
Lake Odessa
Carmen Bell
Bob Ross
Tony
Billy
Kris
Miss Washington County crowned at fair grounds
Large crowd filled stands as Pam Loeffler of Brighton earned Miss Washington County of 1964. Vaughn Rinner led the Washington County 4-H and FFA baby beef show with two entries named grand champion and reserve. The column lists numerous social visits, vacations, and family news from Washington county, Iowa, including births, visits, and health updates.
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Washington County Fair Grounds
Pam Loeffler
Brighton
Washington County
Vaughn Rinner
Washington Saddle Club show opens crowd fills arena
A large crowd attended the Fifteenth Annual Washington Saddle Club Horse Show sponsored by the Washington County Fair. Intense attendance accompanied by social updates as locals host visitors from Bartlesville Iowa City and Des Moines plus reunions planned in Macomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Saddle Club
Washington County Fair
Record price for top beef at county fair sale
Miss Vaughn Rinner of Washington earned a record price for Grand Champion Baby Beef at the Washington County Fair Sale. The 1005 pound Angus sold to HyVee Store of Washington for 753.75 dollars at 75 cents per hundredweight, amid a busy fair with multiple tractor pull winners and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaughn Rinner
Washington
Washington County Fair
HyVee
Hazen Family Visiting Robison Relatives in Washington and Brighton
Mr and Mrs Keith Hazen Nancy Lori and Bill of Dearborn Michigan are visiting Robison relatives in Washington and Brighton Mrs Hazen is the former Doris Robison Colleen Lynch of Park Ridge Illinois visits her grandmother Mrs Wayne Robison and at the Charles Rob isorr trome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Hazen
Nancy
Lori
Bill
Dearborn, Mich
Robison
Washington
Brighton
Hazen
Doris Robison
Colleen Lynch
Park Ridge, Ill
Wayne Robison
Charles Robisorr Trome
Flickinger family wraps business and vacation trip
Dr. M R Flickinger and wife with Mark Jana and Scott returned from a journey. From July 19 to 23 they were in Chicago for a national veterinarian convention. They then vacationed last week at the Holiday Inn in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Flickinger
Mark
Jana
Scott
Chicago
Chicago golfers at Western Open and local reunion
John Lloyd and Bill Casey attend the Western Open at Tam O Shanter in Chicago. Martha Crone, a Lafayette Indiana teacher, visits her sisters Mrs. Arthur Edmondson and Mrs. Harry Drake and joins the 1927 high school class reunion Saturday evening at the country club.
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John Lloyd
Bill Casey
Chicago
Tam O' Shanter Course
Martha Crone
Lafayette
Ind
Arthur Edmondson
Harry Drake
Country Club
Visitors from many states share Grand Forks family ties
Lt. and Mrs. Sidney T. Hanna Jr and their children Elizabeth Christine and Scott of Grand Forks North Carolina arrive today to visit at the parental Frank Kos home. They come from a visit with his father in South Carolina. Mrs. H W Ramsdell of Muskogee Oklahoma visits sisters Mrs L W Carpenter and Mrs Glenn Holden and Mr Holden and also at the Harvey Holden home. Numerous relatives from Pella Ruizbio Oskaloosa Cedar Rapids Mexico City Olney Des Moines and Keota enjoyed gatherings with the Berger Richards Sanders and Nuckolls households and spent time visiting in homes and sightseeing before departing this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Steele
Angela
Lori
Kelly
West Des Moines
C. Wayne Tait
Sidney T. Hanna Jr
Elizabeth
Christine
Scott
Grand Forks
N. C
Frank Kos
South Carolina
H. W. Ramsdell
Muskogee, Okla
L. W. Carpenter
Glenn Holden
Mr. Holden
Harvey Holden
A. C. Peterson
Jane
Robert Fritz
Cedar Rapids
Mexico City
Mexico
Peterson
Fritz
Senor Hernandez
Jane Peterson
Pam Nuckolls
Oskaloosa
Hernandez
Universidad Iberoamericana
Alicia Hernandez
Deward Franklin
Fred Travers
Olney
Ill
Will Berger
Willis Richards
Boyd Sanders
Keota
Berger
Mr. Franklin
Des Moines
Marshall Gannon
Gannon
Hospital and birth notices from Columbus Junction area
Hospital reports list multiple residents treated and discharged across Washington Keota Brighton Ainsworth and Wellman including Mrs Mabel Hanft Mrs Della Moore Rosa Langenberg Harry Wentworth Earl White and others. Births record a daughter for Oren Miller and wife at Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Hanft
Columbus Junction
Rosa Langenberg
Washington
Harry Wentworth
Brighton
Louis Pruess
Ainsworth
Edward W. Metz Andson
Keota
Andy Lillie
Carl Phillips
Kevin Loeffler
Carl Holmes
Conesville
Tony Statler
Surgical
Lillie Ann Loring
Earl White
Oren Miller
Karona
Guy Koch
Death of Wilbur R Richardson at 67 in local hospital
Wilbur R Richardson aged 67 of 220 North Marion Avenue died at 12 25 AM in Washington County Hospital after long illness dating to 1957 and reduced work activity in past three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Mathers
Haskins
Sheriff McCarty
Wilbur R. Richardson
North
Marion Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Obituaries for Goody Pine and Luithly Across Iowa
Riverside Ray C Goody 83 died Tuesday at Bellevue Mich family home. Columbus Junction Ernest Alexander Pine 74 died Tuesday evening at Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Funeral Friday 2 pm Stacy Funeral Home Columbus Junction burial Columbus City cemetery. Richland William Hoyt Luithly 47 longtime Estherville Daily News managing editor died Tuesday in Estherville hospital after Hodgkins disease, heart attack two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Ray C. Goody
Bellevue, Mich
Columbus Junction
Ernest Alexander Pine
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Stacy Funeral Home
Columbus City Cemetery
Richland
William Hoyt Luithly
Estherville
Mrs. Sherman Crone Dies in Quincy Hospital
A former Washington resident now living in Quincy Newfoundland died at a hospital there today. The death occurred on August 6, 1964. In Riverside Mrs. Andrew Knebel, 42, of route two Riverside died Wednesday in Mercy Hospital at Iowa City after an 18 month illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Owen
Near
West Chester
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Sherman Crone
Washington
Quincy
Riverside
Andrew Knebel
Route Two
Mrs Earl L Walker 63 Dies at Home Crawfordsville
Mrs. Earl L Walker aged 63 died Thursday at 7 35 p m in her Crawfordsville home after a period of serious illness dating back to September Mrs J C McKay 88 of 108 East Second Street died Thursday August 6 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after eight days illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl L. Walker
Crawfordsville
J. C. McKay
East Second Street
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
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St. Lawrence Construction Company
Ernest Lemmon
Mary Juliet
New Brunswick
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Quebec
J. A. Work
J. M. Taylor Insurance Agency
F. and M. Bank
Ellis
Christy Lee Glider
Francis Glider
Charles Paul Bruty
Francis Bruty
Edwin Macrander
Carlyle Smith
Christian Church
Patricia Ann O'Connor
Melvin O'Connor
Webster City
Meredith H. Mills
Albert H. Mills
Paul Heath
Beverly Irene Stutzman
Howard Stutzman
South Marshall Street
Boone
Darrell Jay Grimes
Darrell Grimes
First Presbyterian Church
J. Stanley Schmidt
Irene Hole
Willard Hole
Robert L. Bodkins
Hubert Bodkins
Federated Church
Arthur Peters
Joe Crumley
Bruce Andrews
Douglas, Gerald and
Laura
Appleton, Wis
W. R. Yard
Forest Lake
Ottumwa
Clyde B. Brown
Marietta Workman
Herman Rice
Kalona
Yard
Jimmy Rice
Bobby
Jimmy
Richmond Hill
N. Y
Dorothy Gray
Walt Farrell Jr
S. Jay Curry
Elgin
Brian
Lyle Zear
Stan Wallace
Sam Weeks
Robert Nicola
Don Ellingsworth
Werner Lowry
Payne Marshall
Corning
Charles Lamboley
Hoskinson
Leah Kauffman
B.C. Briley
Chokio, Minn
John Weeding
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Justus Peterson
Pines Rest Home
Julie Lou McKenzie
Indianola
P.J. Hoover
David McKenzie
Carol
Paul Horak
Springfield
McLain Club
Horaks
United States
Edwin Reschly
University of Indiana
Mr. Reschly
Glen Reschly
R. A. Melvilles
Ferne Leeper
Terry Leeper
Missoula
Mont
Leeper
Montana State University
Oskaloosa High School
George Masson Jr
Kent
George Masson Sr
Kansas City
Dale Carstensen
Carstensen
Esther Masson
Montgomery Ward
June Ward
Worth and
Lemon Grove
Rodney Arnold
Joyce Widmer
Alameda Calif
Dale Garrett
John L. Wilson
Ft. Riley
Iowa State University
Chuck Holmes
Schoonover’s
Tomahawk, Wis
Larry Westen
Evert Westen
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Eagle Grove
Northwest Third
Lington Hospital School of Nursing
Vernon Witting
R.J Dawson
Marshalltown
Mrs Dawson
Ellis Keller
Ron Zager
Ike Okoboji
Bill Boileau
Spencer
Gordon Jones
Cynthia
Mrs Jones
Dewey Weeks
Jones
Carol Weeks
Rodney Davisson
Beverly
Steven
Donna
Russell
Bill Perdock
Homemakers’ Club
Harold Ahrens
Ahrens
Harry Turner
Bob Brant
Steve
Roger
la Canada
Warner Lewers
Mary
Rex
Kim
Pittsburgh
Turners
Hubert Turner
Carla
Lloyd
Burlington
William Walker
David
Tom
Joe
Vera Crawford
Dana
Washington, D.C
Gettysburg
Kennedy
Arlington Cemetery
Ike and Mamie
Canton
Louisville
Akron
Cadiz
Louitsville
Harrison County
Wallace Fagen
Bay View Lodge
Walker
Minn
Robert Robertson
Sara Jane
Dickinson County Memorial Hospital
Spirit Lake
Lloyd Anderson
Howard Lins
Ed Hyncik
Ed Lins
Elmhurst, al
W.J. Bruty
Franklin Park
Swift
Robert M. Langstaff
Shelby, O
John Walker
Circle Drive
Cleon Noffsinger
Ellen Faulkner
Tim Noffsinger
Chittanongo, N. Y
Raymond Hasty Home
South English
Muscatine
Rushville
Rodney Kephart
University Hospital
Carl Rothlisberger
Linda Morgan
Bartlesville, Okla
Mrs. Rothlisberger
Jim Brooks
Don Knaack
Pam
the Flamingo
Las Vegas
New
Zieglowsky
Glenwood Park
Macomb
Sharon Lowry
Forest Lake Baptist Camp
Ben Hammer
Tom Smith
Dondi Maria
University Hospitals
Marine Reserves
Camp Pendleton
California
Mildred Woodford
Pella
William Lewis
Linda
Charles Schmoeller
Woodford
Schmoeller
Marie Cunningham
Susie Stewart
Charles Berdo
England
Mr. Berdo
John
Boyd Berdo
Alex Lytle
Robert Hopping
Emmetsburg
West Liberty
Sara Rae Reid
Davenport
Rose Reid
Sara
Fred Reid
Robert Rinaldo
L. Jane Sojka
Varna
George Sojka
S. Ray Sojka Jr
Lynn Melville
Newport News
R. A. Melville
JoAnn Hill
Packwood
Melvilles
O. N. Schultz
Latimer
Daryl Schultz
State University of Iowa
Daryl
Anton Soucek
Omaha
Dave Bartel
Curtis Fox
Lincoln,ll
Mildred Nelson
Carla Dave
Nelsons
John Dodd
Max Hudson
Hurley, N. M
Hudson
Mary Trenerry
Alfred Trenerry
Trenerry
Hudsons
Francis Hayser
Donald Long
Ronnie
Rubio
Dr. Nuckolls
Dr. Peterson
Carl Zieglowsky
Pat Greiner
Claudia Drummond
Eva Nelson
Wesley E. Jones Jr
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