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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1962

Page

3

Washington News Highlights From 10 Years Ago

Local notices recall visits guest lists and events in Washington Iowa including Johnsons and McCreedys in California and Iowa City. Athletics and school staff changes figure with Paetz coaching prep, 4 H teams prep for Cedar Rapids, and new hires at banks and law offices.

Washington Hospital News Highlights Families and Community Events

Long list of social visits, birthdays, and travel in Washington including guests from Texarkana and Silver Springs. Notable milestones include Rose Peck's 80th with 70 relatives, a 91st birthday tribute to Josephine Cherry, and multiple family reunions and trips to fairs, weddings, and universities across Iowa and neighboring states.

Josephine Cherry John Cherry

Weekend visitors and travel notes in Keokuk County

Local column lists residents and guests traveling to and from Iowa and Illinois for visits and events. Beans includes several families from Washington Wellman Kalona and Davenport visiting in Iowa City, Minneapolis, Chicago and Lincoln. It notes graduations births and deaths among area residents with schedules and hospital notices.

Marriages This Week In Area Churches

Miss Lois Boettcher wed Louis L. Pronga at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. Dennis A. Stutrud officiating. Their families are from Ainsworth and Chillicothe. The couple plans to reside in Wayland. Marcia Frey enberger married Urban J. Roth at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church. Their families are from Wayland and Roth. They will live in Noble Kalona. Phyllis Yoder and Francis D. Litwiller joined at East Union Mennonite Church and will reside in Washington RR3.

Journal Don Radda Trinity Lutheran T.C. Melbohm St. James School Bruce Coffman Michels Law Office Phil Weldin Karl Libe AME C. H. Copeland Walter Williams Smith Brookhart, Jr Fritz Fields Washington Minnesota Paul McEacheron Grinnell China C.A. Escher Stubaker Tink Shenefelt Shenefelt and Tucker Claude Tucker Ralph Thompson Dorothea Bob Yellowstone Park St. Paul Idaho Preston L. Etter American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Arthaud Wilson-Karel Company Washington Elevator Company North Iowa Ave Washington County Hospital Jessie Rice Lois Griffith Marcella Zdarsky Leona Allen Blanche Sutherland Bessie Love Marsha Bailey Frank Sage Dr Masson Don Sherman J. M. Bratton Iowa City Cedar Rapids Ymca Building Committee Lloyd Samson Pittsburgh Rotary Club Farmers Union Richmond Lois Boettcher Louis L. Pronga Immanuel Lutheran Church Dennis A. Stutrud Paul Boettcher Lester Pronga Ainsworth Chillicothe Wayland Marcia Freyenberger Urban J. Roth Sugar Creek Kalona Phyllis Yoder Lyle E. Yoder Francis D. Litwiller Chancey Litwiller East Union Mennonite RR 3

Circus Fantasy Poem Of The Week

Grandmother visits a fanciful circus imagined by children. Tigers become kittens and elephants act as smart cows while a pig plays the aquatic hippo. A quartet of lowlier performers manage the tight wire as a stock pasture hippodrome hosts makeshift props. Mrs. Blanche Harvey watches alone.

Area Deaths This Week Tragic Accident Claims Two Children

Robert Lewis McFadden age 8 died Monday afternoon in a tragic accident that also killed his 11 year old sister Dianne McFadden. Dianne died Wednesday evening in University Hospital at Iowa City.

Ralph McCreedy Kay Ralph Verna McCreedy Gordon Grand Chula Vista Calif Grand Geraldine McCreedy Inglewood Eva B. Diller Frank V. Stipp Cecil Long Birch Lake Minn Milo Steele Jim Easter Richard Tweeten Jesse Don Radda Columbus Junction Louisa County Carl Paetz Washington Paetz Zeke Hogeland Bob McLaughlin American Wrecking Co Iowa Southern Utilities Co North Second East Third Street Washington County Cedar Rapids Bob Cave Howard Harold. Bohr Richard Ross Orval Farrier Joe Goodlander University Hospital Iowa City Connie Sue Elizabeth Shannon Wellman Iowa Southern Utilities Baptist Church of Washington Iowa Baptist Ottumwa Shirley Bradshaw Ruth Jugenheimer Richard Palmer Franklin Smith Stephen John P. Boehler Vernard H. Boekelman Lambert Boekelman Buffalo Center Robert Lewis McFadden Dianne McFadden Dianne

Funeral services for Amanda M. Brinning

Funeral services for Amanda M. Brinning, 81, of Keota will be held at the Methodist Church in Keota Saturday afternoon at 3 30.

George Masson Kent Lester Luckenbill Mary Ellen Robert Brinning Beth Eula Cherry Massons JoAnn Whitted Lowell Marx First Presbyterian Church Clinton Mildred Masson Vernon Witting Mary Jo Kellogg Keota Amanda M. Brinning Route Three Washington County Columbus Junction Frank L. Jamison Stacy Methodist

Wolf Hounds unit to relieve in Thailand action

The Defense Department said a 1st Battle Group 35th Infantry of the 25th Division will fly to Thailand next week to replace the 1st Battle Group 27th Infantry. The 27th Infantry, known as the Wolf Hounds, was in Thailand last May for training when fighting along Laos border escalated.

Washington UPI Defense Department Thailand 27Th Infantry Laos

Inner voice and the call to listen amid tranquilizer culture

A reflective essay questions reliance on sleeping pills and tranquilizers as modern cures. It laments fear of fatigue and stress, critiques medical quick fixes, and argues for inner calm, slower pace, and listening as remedies beyond prescription. It recalls thalidomide worries and ends with a plea to help the Actress by listening.

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