Washington area schedules and civic notes
The Iowa Highway Commission will let contracts at 9 a.m. August 23 in Ames for two stretches in Washington county including resurfacing highway 1 between Washington and Kalona and widening highway 92 to the Louisa county line. Civil Defense backs up a state radio alert plan linking short wave operators, CAP, and agencies for a rapid governor alert. Approximately 150 attend the Three Quarter Century Club dinner at the Washington Golf and Country Club. Mary Jo Mann, 12, of Batavia, is in critical condition after being struck by a car near her home. Automatic telephone service in Washington plans total over 375000. Local businessmen plan a Sunset Park picnic with fried chicken. Don Braden resigns from the state highway patrol effective Sept. 15. A heavy storm brings 1.15 inches of rain. Rural school teachers plan two August 23 and September 3 meetings in the court house. Axon H. Seidler named to replace a retiring coach and trainer duties. Ira Gastman takes over Rothschilds ready-to-wear store management. County Sunday school convention set for Sept. 30 in Crawfordsville Presbyterian Church. I. Rothschild elected director of the Iowa Shortline association. Jane A. Chilcote library receives a generous donor in memory of Edith Chilcote. Driver license tests conducted in Washington. Veterans of Foreign Wars elect delegates to the 36th annual convention in New Orleans. YMCA camp at Cone Lake ends next Monday with 36 boys, including three from Washington. E. W. Detrick appointed YMCA physical director, moving from Springfield, Ohio. John Powell elected to county board to fill vacancy created by W. C. Harding’s move to Waterloo. Powell is father of Washington teacher Corinne Powell.
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Washington County
Iowa State Highway Commission
Ames
Washington
Kalona
Louisa County
The
Highway Commission
Iowa Civil Defense Radio Communications
C. E. “Ben” Fowler
Civil Defense
Iowa Police Radio System
Civil Air Patrol
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Iowa
Leo A. Hoegh
Washington Golf and Country Club
Mary Jo Mann
Eugene Mann
Batavia
Ottumwa
M. E. Houck
Towa Continental Telephone Company
Sunset Park
Don Braden
State Highway Patrol
Patrol
Court House
Washington Board of Education
Axon H. Seidler
Pe Galerdach
Hie
Eugen Mek
Seidler
J. Reade McCory
YMCA
Cone Lake
Springfield
Ohio
County Board of Education
John Powell
Seventysix Township
W. C. Harding
Waterloo
Harding
Powell
Corinne Powell
Washington Week in Review keeps locals informed
Washington readers learn of a busy week with social events and family news. The column lists scout activities, travel tales, military deployments, weddings, and local visits across Washington and nearby towns, mentioning specific families and places such as Waubeek, Davenport, Keota, Ottumwa, and Cedar Rapids.
Riverside mayor resignation shifts local leadership
Riverside Mayor Roger Schloss resigns effective August 31 1965 after appointment in 1964. He will relocate to Des Moines for business. Groundbreaking for a 32000 square foot Washington Manufacturing Co. plant on East 7th Street is set for tomorrow at 12 30 pm with company president Robert K Goodwin as speaker. Cast includes the full Washington Manufacturing workforce and invited guests. Washington County residents donate record funds to the Cancer Fund per a letter from state headquarters in Mason City. The Washington High School Class of 1945 held a 20 year reunion at the Washington Country Club with 73 attendees. Several local residents and visiting family members are noted in brief items.
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Riverside
Riverside Town Council
Roger Schloss
Schloss
Harry Gould
Des Moines
Washington Manufacturing Co., Inc
Advance Ross
East 7Th Street
Washington Manufacturing Company
Washington County
Arthur Peters
West Chester
Iowa Cancer Society
Mason City
Washington High School
Washington Country Club
Dale Caldwell
To a Rose Poem Reprint by Tessie Johnson
A poem praises the rose as the finest flower with dew kissed petals and velvet red beauty. It celebrates pink to yellow hues, fragrance that penetrates the heart, and calls the rose the zenith of nature s art while noting a reprint attribution to Tessie Johnson.
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Tessie
Johnson
Agatha notes on town life and upcoming factories
A visitor writes from Washington County reflecting on return to hot weather, local landmarks, and recent happenings. Janet Osincup crowned county queen. Dr. C A Boice passes away. Washington Manufacturing Co plans a large new factory near East 7th Street alongside Advance-Ross Electronics. Ammonia leak at Leonard Tindall plant. A circus at the fairgrounds and Mid-Prairie All Stars win a little league tournament. Corn root worm infestation raises yield concerns.
Deaths sweep through Washington area obituaries
Dr C A Boice pioneer Washington physician died around noon today at Washington County Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services for Mrs Lloyd Swartzendruber will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Sugar Creek Mennonite Church. Mrs Swartzendruber died Saturday night east of Swedesburg. Barbara Lillian Jones died Sunday at Shenk Rest Home after three and a half years there. Funeral services for Mrs Rosa Harsh will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Miller's Funeral Chapel Farmington. Burial in Farmington. William Carr of Charles City, sister of Ralph Gibson Ruth Gibson and Mrs Willa Freshwaters of Washington, died Saturday in Charles City. funeral held there today at 2 p.m.
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C. A. Boice
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Wayland
Lloyd Swartzendruber
Sugar Creek
Wellman
Barbara Lillian Jones
Shenk Rest Home
Rosa Harsh
Millers Funeral Chapel
Farmington
William Carr
Charles City
Ralph Gibson
Ruth Gibson
Willa Freshwaters
Car train crash kills 41 year old in Illinois
Jay Edmondson of Hersher Illinois died Tuesday August 10 after a car collided with a train five miles east of Hersher. Edmondson was a native of Ainsworth Illinois.
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Jay Edmondson
Hersher
Ill
Hersher, Ill
Mr. Edmondson
Ainsworth
Wellman Obituary Notice for John Homer Marek
John Homer Marek 76 died Thursday at 3 30 a m in Wellman Iowa. He lived in the area and his passing leaves the community of Wellman in mourning. Funeral arrangements are pending with the local funeral home in Wellman.
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Wellman
John Homer Marek
Funeral services for August J Strong in Keota district
Funeral services for August J Strong 74 who died Wednesday at Knoxville Veterans Hospital will be Saturday at 2 PM at Powell Funeral Home South English officiated by Rev David Stout of Keota Christian. Burial in Ss Peter and Paul Cemetery at Clear Creek.
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KEOTA
August J. Strong
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Powell Funeral Home
South English
David Stout
Keota Christian
Ss. Peter and Paul
Clear Creek
Marriages Across Washington and Cedar Rapids Areas
Several couples tied the knot on August 5 6 8 in churches across Washington Wayland and Mt Pleasant including Pamella Faye Farrell and John Robert Shelman and Nancy Claypool with Lavon Rutt. Other couples were Carol Horning and Lyle Hesseltine and Lucy Ann Wyse and James Broadston. Clergy included Rev Charles Hawkins Rev Fred Woolsey Rev David Schuldt and Rev C U Broadston officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamella’ Faye Farrell
Walter &. Farrell
Washington
John Robert Shelman
J. O. Shelman
Christian Church
Charles Hawkins
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Wayland
Lucy Ann Wyse
Cedar Rapids
C.C. Wyse
James E. Broadston
C. U. Broadston
Danforth Chapel
Iowa City
David Schuldt
Methodist Church
Note to Readers readers guide for Saturday Journal edition
The Saturday Edition of the Journal summarizes weekly local news for out-of-state readers and former residents of Winona. It outlines availability for subscribers, mailed weekly at the rate of 3.50 dollars per year.
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Journal
Speci
Hospital Monday Report Highlights Patient Moves and Births
The hospital activity lists recent admissions discharges and births. Friday through today show patients from Washington Crawfordsville Riverside and Keota with medical and surgical statuses. Newborn events include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Bodkins and a son to Mr and Mrs Marek.
Washington births and medical notices update
Yesterday and today several Washington residents are listed in medical notices and births. Glenn Wilson, Richard Porter, Esther White, Emma Garrett are noted for medical matters. Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Pottebaum and Mr. and Mrs Lee Schooley are recorded with a daughter and a son respectively. Additional names include Harry Liggett and Mrs Jim Bodkins in unspecified medical entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Wilson
Washington
Richard Porter
Esther White
Emma Garrett
Kenneth Pottebaum
Lee Schooley
Brighton
Harry Liggett
Richland
Jim Bodkins
Local Surgical Patients List Across Washington and Iowa
Yesterday and today records list multiple individuals undergoing surgery or listed by location. Names include Dick Mangold Keota Lyle Wilson Earl Burroughs Porter Dr. Robert W. Poison Mrs Marek and son Mrs Oscar Ene, Ted Boffith and son Ellman Olen Shrock and daughter with cities Washington Riverside Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bodkins
Washington
Robert Marek
Oscar Steele
Riverside
Ted Griffith
Welleman
Wayne Wagner
Gary van Sant
Wayland
Surgical
R. W. Thompson
Olen Schrock
Iowa City
Dick Mangold
Keota
Lyle Wilson
Earl Burroughs
Ear Porter
Robert W. Poson
R Marek
Oscar Ene
Ter
Ted Boffith
Ellman
Olen Shrock
Washington Births and Surgical Update Yesterday and Today
Yesterday James Bell of Washington underwent surgery. Today Mr and Mrs William Donaldson of Washington welcome a son. Also today Lyle Wilson and Miss Laurilee Weaver, both of Washington, marked with a notable event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dusenbery
Washington
Laurilee Weaver
Lovell Bitting
Surgical
Sevilla Bowman
Harry Suter
Crawfordsville
C. A. Boice
James Bell
William Donaldson
Lyle Wilson
Washington Evening Journal staff and publication details
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising Bruce Cowden as Contributing Editor Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. It is published afternoons excluding Sunday Christmas and July 4th.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Post Office
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ags
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Patricia Burroughs
Miss Burroughs
Ira Gastman
I. Rothschild
Rothschild
Washington County Post
Veterans For Foreign Wars
New Orleans
Jess W. Radda
M. Dale Atkinson
Waubeek
Louis Pailliotet
Neal Lampkin
Daryl Shy
Mark Schumacher
Jim Herdricks
Rick Lampkin
Larry Lampkin
Dennis Shaver
Larry Mabb
Charles H. Snow
RMSN
Lester Snow
Alaska
Oral York
Terry
Davenport
Gary
Dale York
Ray Musgrove
Warren Shafer
Bernard McCarthy
L-Cpl
Justin McCarthy
Hubert Wilson
Phoenix
Arizona
Ernest Hinkle
Keith Orris
Eddie Patterson
Wilsons
Hinkles
Bill Lloyd
Wilson
Chicago
Delta
Dennis Straube
R. J. Tanner
Tom Tanner
Jody
Sally
Jack Tanner
Erma Bostinck
Carthage
George Tanner
Mr. Tanner
Bostwick
Charles van Riper
Kalamazoo
Mich
H. C. Hull
James Pangborn
Lincoln
Neb
Diantha Pangborn
Robert Johnson
van Riper
John Lytle
Oskaloosa
Josephine Hall
Edna Dowell Slagle
Vista
Calif
Roy Whiteman
Monmouth
Charles McConnell
W. H. McConnell
Gerald McGaffey
Peggy
Dave McGaffey
Memorial Park
Co. H
349Th Infantry
Richard Hotz
John Knotek
F. W. Warner
Craig
Carl Vierow
Manchester
Louisa Herman
Frederick Herman
Dubuque
Clifford. Vierow
Oelwein
Earl Vierow
Waverly
Dora Steck
West Main
Halcyon House
E.R. Cordry
Vandalia, Mo
Robert Hopping
Steve
Jeff
Emmettsburg
Clark Hopping
Columbus Junction
Wayne Marston
Airmanist
Ray A. Beauregard
Pat
Cathy
Mather Air Force Base
Sacramento
California
Leonard Beauregard
Ralph Heerts
Merle Meyer
Grundy Center
LeRoy Gunnarson
Mrs. Gunnarson
Heerts
Leona Peiffer
Mike
West Coast
Jim Peiffer
Martha Lambert
Hillsboro
Oregon
Fritz Peiffer
Delaie
Kent Morrisons
Seattle
Jean Ann Peiffer
Seattle University
Bill Peiffer
Victoria
B.C
Princess Marguerite
Burchart Gardens
Columbia
Williamette
Tom Peiffers
Los Gatos
Newport Beach
Steve Peiffer
Creighton University
Charlotte Wulf
St. Luke’s Hospital
Elwin Gardner
Denver
Colo
L. C. Willits Jr
la Porte, Texas
L. C. Willits
William Jensen
Herb Osincup
Janet
Elyse
Lake Geneva
Wisc
George Williams College Ymca Camp
Nancy
Dale Engle
Rick
Aledo
Aledo, Ill
Larry Cochran
Dallas
Texas
Joe Cochran
Harold Wilson
Dick Gorham
Colorado Springs
Cole
Jill Kaylene
Mr. Gorham
Pikes Peak Road
Elsie Glassburner
Gary, Ind
Clyde Bowden
Alamogordo
N. M
Mr. Bowden
Penney
Donja
Sonja Rich
Mrs
Don Rich
Lillie Gibson
Havelock
Martha Fry
Laurens
Gerald E. Edwards
Mrs. Gibson
Mrs. Edwards
Carl Siemon
Carl Neil
Dinny
Johnny
Watertown
Conn
Dear Hae Agatha
Central Park
Janet Osincup
Washington Manufacturing Co
Carris Mfg. Co
North 4Th
Advance-Ross Electronics
Leonard Tindall
Mid-West
Fair Grounds
Mid-Prairie All Stars
Washington North
Washington South
North English
Nancy Claypool
Lavon Rutt
Fred Woolsey
Leroy Claypool
Floyd Butt
Carol Horning
Walter Horning Sr
Lyle Hesseltine
Irvan Hesseltine
First Presbyterian Church
Jacqueline Harding Kapp
Thomas Knowlton Essex
First Methodist
Mt. Pleasant
James Altenhofen
Dale Huegerich
Ollie Anwyl
Debra Martin
Marcus McBeth
David Gordon and Son
Carrie Dickinson
Robert Lowe Sr
Uti
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