Local service and family notes from local area
Cpl Ronald Earll son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Earll left Cedar Rapids for Ft Benning Ga for noncommissioned officers training after an 18 day leave. Mrs Kathryn Godfrey is in Ottumwa Hospital Room 315. Mr and Mrs James Murphy celebrated their first wedding anniversary near Muscatine August 10 with family. Don Pear and wife spent the weekend in Farmers City Ill visiting her parents and Lewis who cracked a pelvis in a ladder fall is recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Ronald Earll
Delbert Earll
Cedar Rapids
Ft. Benning
Floyd Olds
Luella Pearson
J. H. Olds
DeWitt
Kathryn Godfrey
Ottumwa Hospital
Ottumwa
Godfrey
Olds
Pearson
Washington
James Murphy
Muscatine
Murphy
Dixie Horak
Mela Horak
Archie Horak
George Brock
Perry Murphy
Don Pear
Farmers City, Ill
Bob Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Hesseltine union holds 49th annual gathering at Sunset Park
The Hesseltine family group met Sunday August 17 at Sunset Park for a noon ticket dinner. Fifty relatives attended as Raymond Moriarty led a business meeting electing Ole Hesseltine as president W F Atkinson as vice president Marlene Simmering as secretary. Four births were reported Darren Cassens Sigourney Danna Lynn Henderson Crawfordsville Jody Lynn Arbogast Washington Rebecca Van Waterhouse Washington. Two weddings were celebrated Mark Allen Chulsman Judith Anne Atkinson May 31 1969 and Dana Ervin Simmering Brenda Diana Ritz June 28 1969. Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the family reigns with plans to expand the family tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesseltine Union
Sunset Park
Raymond Moriarty
Ole Hesseltine
W.F. Tkinson
Marlene Simmering
Daron Cassens
Sigourney
Denna Lynn Henderson
Crawidsville
Jody Lynn Arbogast
Washington
Rebecca van
Pre school visit and storm aftermath report
Admitted Saturday James Crafton Wayland medical yesterday Terry Helfrich alona surgical Miss Rita Yawson Washington surgical births yesterday Mr and Mrs Ken dall Neil Washington a daughter dismissed today Mrs Eugene Wehr and daughter Keota Mrs Robert Lewis and daughter Washington parents and preschoolers invited to Marion Avenue church August 25 9 to 10 30 a m class starts September 2 9 a m Red Cross shelters forming after Hurricane Debbie winds exceed 190 mph at Bay St Louis 170 mph at Bates Filed 159 mph gusts at Gulfport roof collapse injuring 50 casualties and arrests as storm advances scientists seed hurricane to blunt its fury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crafton
Wayland
Medical
Terry Helfrich
Alona
Surgical
Rita Yawson
Washington
Kendall Neil
Daugher
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Bay St. Louis
H. Bates
Gulfport
Gulfport Naval Base
Debbie
Atlantic
Camille
Bon voyage tea honors two British-born visitors
Mrs. Gerald McGaffey hosted a Sunday morning bon voyage tea for two local women from the British Isles who will soon travel to their homelands. Honorees were Mrs. Robert Clark bound for Oxford England after eleven years away and Mrs Alfred Lemke visiting Edinburgh Scotland for the first time since 1947. Attending were Mr Clark Mr Lemke and couples Mr and Mrs Roy Moriarty and Mr and Mrs John Killian of Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald McGaffey
British Isles
Robert Clark
Oxford
England
Alfred Lemke
Edinburgh
Scotland
Mr. Clark
Lemke
Roy Moriarty
John Killian
Brighton
Marriage license issued to four couples in local court
Marriage licenses have been issued at the courthouse here to Carlyn Bryce Schweiger of Dows and Pamela Kay Hite of Washington, and to Lester Eugene Hershey of Puerto Rico and Millicent Ann Guengerich of Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Carlyn Bryce Schweiger
Dows
Pamela Kay Hite
Washington
Lester Eugene Hershey
Puerto Rico
Millicent Ann Guengerich
Wellman
Washington social calendar notices preview season events
Washington notices list weekly events with details for Lane Leaders League YW wives and clubs. Meetings cover dates, times, locations and contact hosts for reservations. Tryouts for Washington High School marching band are announced by Ron Wise with a Tuesday 7 p.m. gym session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Ron Wise
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Eugene Wehr
Keota
Robert Lewis
Red Cross
The
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Ass’n
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Evening Journal
Dorothy Patterson
Y - Wives
Marlin Peiffer
James Wood
Richard Horak
William Westphal
Tops Club
YWCA
Vvfw
VFW
Washington County Citizens Band Radio Club
Firemen’s
Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
VFW Auxiliary
Willard Gray
Dora Wagner
Osincup’s
Calif. Red
Calif
ZAGER
S. W. Corner SQ
Norelco
KODAK
Sooic
Johnson’s
Johnsons
Johnson
Outfit Reg
Outfit
Gillette
Amy
Ellie Latex
Sylvania
Kodak Black
White
Shasta
Jeno
Dristan
Ayds
Nestles
Quik
Nester
Tore
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