Local Notes Highlight Community Visits and Gatherings
Local residents report visits and events across towns including Prank Fleagle family trip to Spearfish and a stop to see Reverend Nancy Nichols in Irvin. Several gatherings honor hosts and anniversaries, with many relatives from Washington, Davenport, Ottumwa, Keota, and Burlington attending dinners, golf, and open houses. A Bethlehem Commandery plans a Friday meeting for fall planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Fleagle
Tim
Spearfish
Dakotas
Nancy Nichols
Brighton
Irvin
Social Calendar notices due by 10 a.m. first publication
Notices for Tuesday through Thursday events list Melody Strikers Monday Night League at 1:30 p.m. Mrs Charles Crull. Ning Gerochi Baptist Circle 7:30 p.m.. Rhoda Nielson Circle 7:30 p.m.. American Legion Auxiliary 6 p.m. at Pavilion Sunset Park with a family picnic. Bring food and own drinks. 1st Noble Grand Circle of Rebekah Lodge 7:30 p.m.. Goodwill 2 p.m. Ladies Day 12:30 p.m. at Country Club with luncheon and golf. VEW Auxiliary Breakfast Club 7:30 p.m.. Sunshine Community Club 6:30 p.m. Picnic at Sunset Park with sweetened lemonade. All former members invited. Thursday Women of Moose 6:30 p.m. Sunset Park birthday party with meat dish and potluck. Iowa-Florida Picnic 12 noon Sunset Park with table service and drink. WCTU Picnic 12 noon Sunset Park potluck Rev. Charles Tipton speaker. Public invited. West Chester Federated Church Circle 2 p.m. Church program on Iowa historical sites Double Deck 7:30 p.m. Dora Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melody Strikers
Charles Crull
Ning Gerochi Baptist Circle
Rhoda Nielson Circle
Donald Smith
White Cross
American Legion Auxiliary
Sunset Park
Noble Grand Circle of
Rebekah Lodge
Wesley Lovely
Goodwill
Iva Simpson
Iowa - Florida
WCTU
Charles Tipton
West Chester
Farm Bureau To Sponsor RAVE Contest Here
The Washington County Farm Bureau sponsors the RAVE Contest on August 22 at 1 30 at the fair grounds. Open to all ages and marital status, acts are judged for entertainment value not talent. Categories include vocal solos duets trios quartets and groups with instrumental or other acts. Seventy five percent of each group must be Farm Bureau families. County winner advances to the district event on November 9. Entrants should mail name address and act type to the Farm Bureau by August 21.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Fair Grounds
Farm Bureau
Professional Directory listing local lawyers and services
A dense directory of professionals in Swedesburg Iowa listing farm sales and household goods plus numerous attorneys. It includes names such as Robert Frisk Louis J Kehoe George Morrison Morrison Morrison and Lloyd John Owen Stewart Shearer Dale Garrell a dentist John Lemmon and Dr Eastland with various office addresses and phone numbers. It notes hours for Dale Garrell and notes contact for lenses and visual training.
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Robert Frisk
Swedesburg
Wellman
Don Bliven
Muscatine
Lester Messer
Fern Reiner
Wapello
Mark Campbell
Wilma Thompson
Ralph Witthoft
Ainsworth
Raymond Glasgow
Rosella Sheetz
Marion
Leighton Kelly
Maxine Steele
Sigourney
Truman Johnson
Wanda Durst
Oxford
George Means
Rosella Brinning
Mt Pleasant
Harold Strum
Kalona
George Green
Burlington
John Killian
Brighton
Carl "Jungbluth
New Hampton
Carroll Heacock
Naomi Johnson
Alhambra
Calif
Robert Thompson
Mildred Davidson
Champaign
Ill
Donald Beenblossom
Shoals
Ind
Herb Peschal
Virginia Statsman
Hicksville
N.Y
Richard Birney
Omaha
WHS Class of 1938 Holds 25th Anniversary
Washington High School alumni from the class of 1938 gathered for their 25th reunion at the Country Club on a Saturday. Attendees included 86 guests with 45 of the original 106 members, plus two teachers, Foster Biekel and Helen Wilson. A social hour and buffet dinner followed, with decorations, name tags, and a memorial for deceased classmates. An election of officers and a vote to hold another reunion in five years were recorded. Named attendees hailed from multiple towns and states, with striking representation from Washington and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Country Club
Marion Timmins
Naomi Kyle
Times
Wilma Richards Atkinson
John Killian
Roy Moriarity
Martha Mace Fleshart
Bill Walker
Duane Griggs
Richard Weeks
Stewart Bell
Dick Holle
Don Bealer
Omer Wagner
Marjorie Cha
Maye Belle Brown Foss
Foster Biekel
Helen Wilson
Geraldine Crone
Richard. Hotle
John Wagner
Thelma Benson
Cloyee Tinnes
Marsh Atkinson
Wilma Richards
Wil J. Marie Jr
Richard
Koenig
Gladys Stalder
Schoonovers Take Two Week Vacation Trip
Mr and Mrs Norman Schoonover and family left yesterday for a two week vacation. They start with a visit to Mrs Schoonover s sister Mary Martin in Bloomington Indiana, then tour parts of the midwest and northern United States. Ralph Bitner of Bloomfield will run the store in their absence as Mr and Mrs Lindon Burris of Naukaegan Illinois visit Mrs Harold Cumming for a few days.
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Harold Griffeths
Ella Griffeth
la Harpe
Ill
Clifford Connelly
Dale Connelly
Victor
Roger Pepper
Karen
John
Jim
Wasau
Wisc
N. E. Renauds
W. C. Richison
Renaud
George B. McClave
McClave
Colorado
P. F. Whisler
Winniecota Whisler
Norman Schoover
Mrs. Lindon Burris
Naukegan, Il
Harold Cumming
John Owen
Owen
A. M. deVitalis
Richardson, Tex
Charles Owen
Rochester
N.Y
R.V. Owen
Naperville
C. A. Owen
United Presbyterian Home
On The Record Hospital Parths and Birth Notices
Sunday notes report Mr and Mrs Robert Schneider of Columbus Junction welcomed a son. Yesterday includes Mr and Mrs Robert Bates of Washington with a daughter and Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stouwinkel of Wapello with a son. Wismissen and additional notices list Deborah Vden of Washington and Mrs Robert Ehrman with daughter, Columbus Junction, and Mrs Fennie Harris of Washington with Sanderlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tork Gazette
Washington County Hospital
Julie Ann
Dale Rotzinger
Keota
Kathlenn Kay
Parths
Robert Schneider
Columbus Junction
Robert Bates
Washington
Kenneth Stouwinkel
Wapello
Wismissen
Deborah Vden
Robert Ehrman
Fennie Harris
Families Return After Weekend Visit Across States
Mr and Mrs Allan Barth and daughter Ann depart for Lansing Michigan after a weekend with Mrs Barth s parents Mrs Floyd Blakenhorn. Lyle Wilcox hosts a 630 dinner with extended family including Rathmel Kleineberg Reim Wilcox Steele Harvey Owen and deVitalis Owen and others. The Owen family held a Sunday reunion as well. Ottumwa Spurgeo store staff helped open Spurgeons new Ottumwa location Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Barth
Ann
Lansing, Mich
Ben George
Lyle Embree
Spurgeo
Ottumwa
Spurgeons
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Giles Escher
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Professional Directory
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West Main St
George F. Morrison
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Ira Morrison
Marion Ave
John C. Owen
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Crawfordsville
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