Engagements and local notices fill Washington area
The column lists engagements Gwen Baumert Thyen and Clare Malley Miller with wedding plans in December at Kalona United Christian and Baptist church. It also notes various visits, trips and family events including a 50th anniversary reception for Wilbur and a Navy service update from Sam West aboard USS Oriskany, plus birthday celebrations and social calls across Washington and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudine Miller
David Kelley
Wellman
J. Claude Miller
Kalona
Orval Kelley
Kelley
Miss Miller
Mid- Prairie High School
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mid - Prairie
Central Soey
South English
United Christian and Baptist Church
Legion Auxiliary Plans Family Picnic At Legion Rooms
The American Legion Auxiliary will meet for a family picnic supper at 6 30 p.m. Tuesday August 12 in the Legion rooms. A business meeting will follow at 7 30 p.m. Convention reports will be given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Record of callers at the U P Home and Evensong event
The U P Home in John Mitchell hosted recent visitors including Mr and Mrs Claude McCoy of Washington and Mr and Mrs Art Jorgenson of Burlington. Others came from Branson Crawfordsville and Columbus Junction. Mrs Cora Lie Briley and Mrs Cora White were greeted by Mr and Mrs Raymond Duncan from Columbus Junction. The Evensong Service and Variety Night was praised as splendid by the reporter who did not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward F. Havel
Eileen
Ray Burrus
Irwin Saarman
Burlington
H. R. Dorsey
Randy
Jill
Barry
Toulon
Ill
Mrs
Dorsey
John Mitchell
Claude McCoy
Washington
Art Jorgenson
Loyde Easter
Branson, Mo
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Crawfordsville
Glenn Cherryholmes
Coralie Briley
Cora White
Raymond Duncan
Columbus Junction
Curtis and Collins announce engagement
Nancy Jo Curtis of Washington plans to wed Richard W. Collins of Mystic on November 29. Nancy Jo is manager at Artistic Beauty Salon after graduating from Washington High School and Burlington Beauty Academy. Richard Collins passed Mystic High School, Centerville Community College and North Missouri State Teachers College and teaches at Washington Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Baumert
Washington
Donald Baumert
Burlington
Gwen Kanto
Larry Thyen
Louise Benton
John Thyen
Hobart
Ind
Miss Baumert
Washington High School
Ellsworth Junior College
Thyen
Hobart High School
Centerville Community College
Donald E. Curtis
Nancy Jo
Richard W. Collins
Edward Collins
Mystic
Miss Curtis
Burlington Beauty Academy
Collins
Mystic High School
North Missouri State Teachers College
Marines Name Lance Corporal Mencl Stationed in Albany
Albany Georgia Marine Corps Supply Center announces Lance Corporal Michael J. Mencl son of Mr and Mrs Carl J Mencl Riverside Iowa is serving at the center attached to the Repair Company The Albany facility is described as the largest Marine Corps activity of its kind in the Eastern United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany, Ga
Michael J. Mencl
Carl J. Mencl
Riverside
Marine Corps Supply Center
Marine Corps
United States
Social Calendar Notices and Time Changes
Social calendar lists all notices due by 10 a m on publication day with three day advance printing. Friday NFO 8 30 p m ISU basement room change of date and place. Military Wives 8 p m contact Red Cross for information. Saturday Vincent Reunion noon basket dinner Sunset Park. Sunday Jarrard Reunion noon School house Fairgrounds. Monday Monday Nighters Eat out reservations by August 9. Tuesday Tops Club no meeting until next week Y closed. Legion Auxiliary 6 30 p m family picnic supper Legion rooms meeting 7 30 p m convention reports. Marion Hobby Club 6 30 p m family picnic Sunset Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NFO
ISU
Red Cross Office
Vincent
Sunset Park
Jarrard
Fairgrounds
Carolyn Jones
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Marion Hobby Club
Memorial fund started for Mrs. Stout in Nebraska
A memorial fund in honor of Mrs. Taylor Stout benefits the Heart Fund. Mrs. Stout died here Wednesday. Funeral is Saturday afternoon at Jones Funeral Home. Gifts for the fund may be left there. Nonresident fishermen paid more than $100,000 in 1968 to fish Nebraska waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Carstensen
Overland Park
Kan
George Masson
Taylor Stout
Jones Funeral Home
Nebraska
Trucking rules sparks debate on penalties and permits
Lawmakers attacked penalties for overloaded trucks and proposed streamlining annual permits. Rep LeRoy Miller and Lamborn urged eliminating duplicate load permits across towns counties and state. Lamborn noted current law creates confusion requiring a permit from every town and county. Rep Edward Mezvinsky backed a state agency modeled after the federal Transportation Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Miller
Shenandoah
Lamborn
Edward Mezvinsky
Iowa City
Federal
Department of Transportation
Power shutoff tale sparks call for public defender
A man reports Commerce had electric service cut off while he was away because the company could not read meters. They demanded a key to his home, which he refused. He argues such practices justify policing or public defender involvement to prevent unwanted shutoffs.
Iowa committee weighs gender bias in utility charges
Attorney Kreamer cites a case where a utility billed more for a phone for four girls than two boys who had lived there, calling it sex discrimination and noting enforcement gaps. Rigler, subcommittee chair, plans a study on a "people's advocate" in Iowa, remarking he has ample propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kreamer
Rigler
People's Advocate
Iowa
Weekly Iowa Livestock Auctions Calendar
Tuesday Ollie Livestock Exchange Ollie hosts a weekly sale. Wednesday auctions run at Smylie's Livestock Auction in Columbus Junction Iowa with hogs, veal, sheep and cattle on one day. Kalona Sales Barn Kalona Iowa offers a Thursday sale. Monday sales at Wayland Iowa start at noon. Friday sales at Washington Livestock Sales Co. complete the weekly pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Smylie’s
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona
Wayland
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Auction Schedule for Household Goods and Real Estate
Sale notices list multiple auctions across Iowa towns. Items include a three bedroom home on 3rd Street in Columbus Junction starting at 1 p.m. on August 9, estate auction near Keswick at 340 acres starting 1:30 p.m. on August 15, household goods in Washington starting 6:30 p.m. on August 15, furniture and antiques near Wayland at 1 p.m. on August 16, and a Copock sale of goods and antiques on August 23. Regular weekly auctions at Kalona and Wapello are also noted with start times.
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3Rd Street
Columbus Junction
Verlee Lantz
Mary Shebena Riverside
Seanad
Keswick
Iowa
Walter M. Reasoner
South Third Avenue
Washington
V. Clarahan
Wayland State Bank
Wayland
Olive Boller
Coppock
Fred Cold
Kalona
Wapello Livestock Sales Inc
Wapello
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