Local social notes record travels and visits across states
Ira White visits relatives in Ohio Virginia Michigan and the Dakotas returning after a month. Miss Dorothy Babb and Alta White join Esther White in Davenport then travel to Denver for sight seeing. J N Phillips visits Harold Otto and family for a class of 1922 reunion with Ottos in Winnetka. Mrs Edith Otto Zelinski travels from Davenport for the reunion. Baldridges return from San Francisco with daughter and sons. Geneva Switzerland trip planned. Marston improving at Iowa City veterans hospital. Melville and Carris dine with Waller in Keota. Phillips, Alta Guenther dine at Colony Inn Ama na. Nordyke family visits Emma Nordyke and Wilma Nordyke. depart for home. Vernon Elgin family return from Kansas trip. Mrs. Al Ledger home after knee surgery. Crone 93rd birthday in Quincy with Vic Crone. Lowry family weekend in Chicago to visit son Marvin. Rickey and Applegate visit Cedar Rapids. Murdy serves as Newton pharmacist at Schoonover Drugs. Richard George returns from Des Moines after representing Washington Hairdressers Unit 129. attends Iowa Hair Fashion Committee workshop on Dancing Waves for fall/winter. Mary Ellen Stout home from Ithaca. Evelyn Stout joins for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard George
Des Moines
Washington
Iowa Hair Fashion Committee
Social Calendar of Upcoming Community Gatherings
Notices invite WCTU meeting at 12 noon Thursday, picnics at Sunset Park with drinks provided, and family gatherings at 6 p m. Friday includes Loyal Women’s Class event at 2 p m. and Rebekah Lodge at IOOF Hall 7 30 p m. Saturday features Shirts and Skirts at Central Park 8 30 p m. Sunday lists Hesseltine Kos Fishburn Moothart reunions at Sunset and Olds Parks with basket dinners and bring your own service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Sunset Park
Clarence Shaffer
Loyal Women’s Class of the Baptist Church
Bertha Hartman
Rebekah Lodge
Ioof Hall
Central Park
Paul Tinsley
Fishburn
Olds Park
Annual Florida Picnic Held in Sunset Park
The Florida Picnic took place Tuesday in Sunset Park with 54 attendees. Visitors traveled from Tampa and St. Petersburg while nearby towns including Brighton Fairfield Olds Oxford North English South English Keola West Chester and Washington were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Sunset Park
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Brighton
Fairfield
Olds
Oxford
North English
South English
Keola
West Chester
Washington
Thompson completes helicopter training at Camp Wolters
Army Warrant Officer Candidate Grover F Thompson, 23, son of Louise C Thompson of Washington Iowa, completed two weeks of rotary wing training and 16 weeks of flight instruction in the H 23d Raven at The Primary Helicopter School Camp Wolters Texas He entered the Army in June 1956 and was last stationed at Fort Benning Georgia He is a 1956 graduate of Ainsworth High School Magnolia details show his wife Margaret resides at 315 South Avenue C Washington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Wolters
Tex
AHTNC
Army
Grover F. Thompson
Margaret
S. Avenue C
Washington
Iowa
Thompson
Louise C. Thompson
Route 2
Fort Benning, Ga
Ainsworth High School
Births and dismissals listed for local records
On The Record reports a new birth for Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Goemaat in Washington a son. Dismissals yesterday include Mr. Murray Moore Jr of Washington and today adds Miss Jalaine Hulme Mr. Pleasant James Beaty Keota Mrs. Richard Simmering Washington and Mrs. Robert Brinton Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Steele
Washington
Grinnell
Mr. Pleasant
Milo
Marion McAvoy
Jim Richart
Maxine Steele
Clarence Goemaat
Murray Moore, Jr
Jalaine Hulme
Pleasant
James Beaty
Keota
Richard Simmering
Robert Brinton
Brighton
Engagement and upcoming wedding plans for Miss Dillemuth
Miss Dillemuth, from the State University of Iowa in Iowa City, is engaged to a senior fiancé. The couple will marry on September 9 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Dillemuth
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Pocahontas
Community club activities and lodge notes
Y mixers held a hamburger fry at Josephine Jane cek s home. Karen Statler showed slides of New York City. American Legion Auxiliary organized a Sunset Park picnic with a $16.50 clothing donation and set November 12 for a Veteran's Day dinner. VFW Breakfast Club met in Sunset Park. next gathering August 29 at Mrs Delbert Earls. Ning Gerocchi Circle met at Ruth Luers home with 13 members and 3 guests. several members led programs and a new committee will meet next month. Rebekah Past Noble Grand Circle welcomed Ar cher Augustine as a new member. Bingo judged the evening. planning for September 11 social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Janecek
Karen Statler
New York City
Corrine Phelps
Betty Protratz
Lois Humston
LaVonne Fitzgerald
Kathleen Seaton
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Legion
Sunset Park
Golia Miller
Neal Burton
M. L. Brown
VFW
William Little
Delbert Earls
Ning Gerochi
First Baptist Church
Ruth Luers
Beulah Hesselg
E.H. Messer
Delsa Boileau
Linda Oswalt
Davenport
Lucile Forgey
Minnie van Meter
Clara Faulkner
Ina Bales
Carol Forgey
Hazel McCarty
van Meter
Miss Forgey
Hesselgesser
Mary Banks
Rebekah
Madelon Anderson
Joof Hall
G. A. Reinert
Archer Augustine
Bingo
Wes Lavely
Helen Hesseltine
Fred Bourgeois
Notable Family Visits and Local Moves Recap
Local notes record Don Lawless visiting his shot knee patient twin in Des Moines Veterans Hospital. E Paul Peiffer spent weekends in Washington with family before returning to Clarksville Iowa. Mr and Mrs M L Brown drove to Evanston Illinois for a weekend with Kathy Dare. Nancy Barclay returned home from Michigan and Chicago visits. Cathy Crone’s graduation attendees came from Washington and Winfield. Bert White visited Florida relatives before returning home. Boyd Pickens visited sister Mina Brann in Oak Park Illinois with Maude Herring and family. Robert Darbyshire underwent surgery at St Ann's in Algona. Clyde Pratt hosts Neils Petersen en route to Arizona. Jolene and Lester Jones visit from Cedar Rapids. Coffey attends World’s Fair in Seattle. Roy Mallory, former Washington resident, dies in Culver City California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Paul Peiffer
Washington
Elmer Peiffers
Harry Simpson
Boyd Pickens
Oak Park
Ill
Mina Brann
Maude Herring
Juanita
Charles Anderson
Pickens
Immanuel Lutheran Women Circles Meet for Bible Study
The afternoon circle met with Mrs. W. C. Nystuen for meditation by Mrs. John Simmering and Bible Study by Eva Bower. The evening circle, with Mrs. James Jorgensen, enjoyed Bible Study led by Mrs. E. Simmering, while Mrs. Don Hayes gave the meditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran Church
W. C. Nystuen
John Simmering, Jr
Eva Bower
E. Simmering
James Jorgensen
Don Hayes
Homemaking Teachers Attend Iowa Conference at ISU
About 300 Iowa homemaking teachers including Marlene Buhman of Washington and Martha Potts of Keota attend a conference at Iowa State University in Ames from August 13 to 16. Robert F. Davis, son of Earl R. Davis, joins Camp Sunnyside activities for physically handicapped children and adults. Camp Sunnyside, north of Des Moines near Margo Frankel Woods State Park, has a staff of 50 counselors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Buhman
Washington
Martha Potts
Keota
Iowa
Iowa State University
Ames
Three-Quarter Century Club dinner reservations grow
The Evening Journal reports 118 members plan to attend the annual Three-Quarter Century Club dinner on August 25 at the Washington Methodist Church. Kalona’s Chris Hershberger will speak. the county club is open to residents 75 and older with no membership fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Journal
Washington Methodist Church
Chris Hershberger
Kalona
Hershberger
Washington County
Iowa Interstate Highways Most Safe, Secondary Roads Most Dangerous
Iowa study shows interstates carry high speed traffic more safely, recording far fewer fatal crashes than secondary roads in 1961. The Highway Commission notes divided interstates perform best while secondary routes show greatest risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa highway study cites varied fatality rates by road type
A commission and state safety department study details fatality and fatal accident rates per 100 million vehicle miles across rural, urban, and city roads in Iowa. Rural roads show higher rates. urban and urban primary highways show lower figures, with speed identified as a major factor in roughly half of fatal crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
State Safety Department
Iowa
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Ira White
Ohio
Virginia
Michigan
Dakotas
Dorothy Babb
Altha White
Esther White
Denver
Colo
J. N. Phillips
Harold Otto
Winnetka, Ill
Otto
Roy Schiebel
Myrtle Neiswanger
Edith Otto Zelinski
A. E. Baldridge
San Francisco
Calif
John Blakeney
John
Jim
Lewis Marston
Veteran's Hospital
Ralph Melville
Tom Carris
Elmer Waller
Carl Phillips
Alta Guenther
Colony Inn
Amana
Wallace Nordyke
Gordon
Emma Nordyke
Wilma Nordyke
Vernon Elgin
Mark
Paul
Kansas
Mrs Elgin
Ralph Currey
al Ledger
Mercy Hospital
Lana Crone
Quincy
Vic Crone
Werner Lowry
Sharon
Chicago
Marvin
Robert Lockwood
Linda
Arlington Heights
Mary Rickey
Cedar Rapids
R. J. Dawson
Margaret Applegate
Miss Rickey
Paul Murdy
Newton
Schoon
Mary Ellen Stout
Ithaca
New York
Evelyn Stout
Ralph Stout
Tom English
Wolf's Flower Shop
Schoonover Drug
Milo Steele, Jr
Piarre LaMnent
Pratt & Lambert
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Olympia
Roy Dillemuth
Karen Ann
Kent E. Klopfenstein
K. Kermit Klopfenstein
National Bank of Washington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Don Lawless
Dave
Veterans Hospital
Kathy Dare
Kathy
Evanston
Brown's
Mrs
Warren Dare
Nancy Barclay
Alan Barclay
Detroit
Charles
Vicksburg
Eileen Barclay
Cathy Crone
Mercy Hospital of Nursing
Raymond Crone
Herbert Jones
Carla
Nellie
Ella Link
Warren Stewart
R.J. Sorden
Winfield
Howard Williams
Bert White
Robert Darbyshire
St. Ann's Hospital
Algona
Clyde Pratt
Neils Petersen
Petersens
Arizona
Lester Jones
Jolene
Beth Clow Sjostedt
Wayland
Mass
A.W. Clow
Irvin E. Coffey
Seattle
Roy Mallory
Culver City
Immanuel Lutheran
DEVOE
TV OE
Connelly Hardware
South Side Square
Printing Contractors
and Carpet & Rug Cleaners
Ifun
al Merachiills
Warren Covington
Bis
FFAIR
War Farm
Feast of Love Armers
Senling Inter
Eserve
Pectal
Hereeshoe
State Fair Board
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