Thomas West recalls early days on Nebraska prairie
Thomas West born January 12 1879 near York Nebraska recalls life in a dugout on a north bank of a creek so he and his family endured seven years of drought. He describes sod walls hand made furniture from York great hardships and the family’s daily routines including corn bread mush and hard work breaking prairie with oxen. West mentions relatives in Brighton Columbus Junction and a stock car racer grandson Pokey West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magnus P. Ahmling
Thomas West
Washington Care Center
Nebraska
Tom
York
Fillmore
Seward
York Counties
North East West
Brighton
Illinois
Exeter
West
Crete
Big Blue
Missouri
Jean
Hansy
Widmer
Washington
Casey Jones
Columbus Junction
Wilbur West
Texas
Pokey" West
Social Calendar Highlights This Week
Sunday noon reunions at the Schoolhouse and Sunset Park feature basket dinners. Tuesday includes Tops Club weigh-in at 7:15 p.m. and meeting at 7:45 p.m. Y Wives Summer Coffee at 9:30 a.m. BPW Club gathers 5:45 p.m. to go to a Lake Odessa picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
Sunset Park
YWCA
Dennis Page
Don Fenno
Keith Vetter
Robert Vanderlinden
Iowa
Lake Odessa
Stork Gazette Birth Announcements Highlight Local Families
Bri an John Nash and Jane Ellen Peiffer among newborns noted in The Stork Gazette. Other entries include Sean Schooley, Rollin Bontrager, Stephen Bentley, Eli Bontrager, Gregory Giardino, Kimberly Allbright, Daniel Bower. Multiple Washington and Brighton addresses listed for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollin Dale Bontrager
Wallace A. Bontrager
Kalona
Stephen James Bentley
Terry Dale Bentley
Kampers Korner
Brighton
Eli V. Bontrager
Vernon E. Bontrager
Box 207
Iowa City
Gregory John Giardino
Richard Giardino
E. 7Th
Washington
Kimberly Anne Allbright
William Davis
Allbright
Daniel Gerard Bower
Howard Edmund Bower
Keota
WHS Class of 1967 Reunion At Willows Supper Club
Washington High School class of 1967 met for a reunion on Saturday August 12 at the Willows Supper Club with Denny Marek presiding. Prizes went to Steve Wolfer for longest distance from Maryland and to Bill and Pam Kane and Dick and Barbara Anderson for other acknowledgments. Plans were made for a 10 year reunion in 1977 with John Kleese as chairman. numerous classmates and guests from multiple states attended or helped with planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Willows
Denny Marek
Steve Wolfer
Maryland
Bill Kane
Dick Anderson
John Kleese
Mike McCandless
Carla Nelson McCandless
June Jensen
Marty Chebuhar
Jean Pribyl Crone
Lyle Brock
Marcia Smith Dautremont
Pam
On the Record Hospital Admits and Discharges
Hospital bulletin lists admissions for yesterday including Velma Barnett Washington medical Helen Orr Columbus Junction medical and Tony Bittner Brighton medical. Discharges today include Mrs Howard E Bower and son Keota Mrs Barbara Clark Ainsworth Mrs Leo Peiffer and daughter Washington Mrs Richard Giardino and son Washington and Kevin Boyd Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Velma Barnett
Washington
Helen Orr
Columbus Junction
Tony Bittner
Brighton
Howard E. Bower
Keota
Barbara Clark
Ainsworth
Leo Peiffer
Richard Giardino
Kevin Boyd
Kenneth Hadley and Gary visit Richland this week
Kenneth Hadley and his son Gary visited. Hadley to begin his 18th year teaching biology and drivers training at Audubon. The gathering included family and neighbors with several Hadley children noted as football players. Various relatives hosted birthdays and guests at Richland, Keota, and area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Long Richland
Kenneth Hadley
Gary
Laurence Hadley
Hadley
Audubon
Randy
Ricky
Stuart Hadley
Luella Little
Billy Thomas
Rosedania
Mel Maeder
Nancy
Mary Hoskins
Chalmers Hoskins
Bob Hoskins
Victor Parcell
Melissa
Melinda Parcell
Wendy Jo Hoskins
David
Denise Long
Alisha
Lori
Julie Erwin
Melissa Blakely
Stephen
Stephanie Oswalt
Susie
Billy Newberry
Michelle Ritchie
Scott Wattson
Curtis
Lisa
Marsha Reighard
Roy Hinson
Fairfield
Hildren Harken
Clare Nordyke
Burlington
J.R. Drake
Maplewood Manor
Keota
Washington Iowa Ad Rates Reflect Local Subscription Details
In Washington Iowa an advertisement page lists subscription rates by carrier and mail. Rates show per week carrier pricing and yearly mail options with regional and out of town zones. The document reflects local pricing structures for subscriptions and delivery routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washi
Local visitors and travels noted in Washington area
Mrs Vera Marek hosts visitors including Mr and Mrs Joe Te Bockhorst and Cindy Dann and others from California Minnesota and Illinois. Several residents visit relatives in Virginia Iowa and Missouri while Bill Day testifies in Washington DC on non point pollution and notes 63 degree downtown DC weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Marek
Joe Te Bockhorst
Cindy Dann
Dale Marek
Cindy
Francine
Gerard
Sherry Marek
Opal Putman
Vivian Booth
Bill Day
Washington
D.C
Committee On Public Works
House of Representatives
Kirkwood College summer commencement set for Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College will graduate 14 students in a summer ceremony at 9 30 a m in Veterans Memorial Coliseum Cedar Rapids Speaker will be B A Jensen chair of the Kirkwood board of directors The graduating list includes Washington County notables Kalona Riverside Washington Wellman and West Chester with degrees ranging from AA AS and AAS to diplomas and certificates, followed by a June program for two year degrees and vocational certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood Community College
Washington County
Kirkwood
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
B.A. Jensen
Kirkwood Board Oirectors
Kalona
David James Nisley
Hal Steven Yoder
Riverside
Diane Marie Moore
Dent Asst
Washington
Michael F. Augustine
Auto Cell
Nancy Rene Bakehouse
Associse
AAS
Kenton Robert Hammer
James Allen Jeffries
Auto
Merl Lee Sherman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Life In
Mount Pleasant
Tom West
CRULL
Agency
the Stork Gazette
Brian John Nash
Brian Elwood Nash
S. 8Th
Jane Ellen Peiffer
Leo Edward Peiffer
Sean Laton Schooley
Mrs
Stanley Lawrence Schooley
Box
WHS
McGuire Kane
Jim Peiffer
Becky Waters Scheele
Dan Scheeler
Duane Miller
Jerry Westermark
Kent Dallmeyer
Carl Wulf
Ronald Earli
John Erlenbush
Jim Minick
Larry Brinning
Pat Butler
Bill Lance
Cedar Falls
Doug Hayes
Mt. Pleasant
David Myers
Kearney
Neb
Ann Rademaker Stiles
Carl Hays
Des Moines
Martha Coakley
Angela Tinnis
Falls Church
Marty Marie
Judy Dodder
Duke
Art Petratz
Shenandoah
Kathy Horn
Ames
Martyn Stannard
Sue Berdo Stannard
Barbara Lane Beranek
Jami Bump Sahl
Freeport, Ill
Doug English
Sue Knupp English
Janet Wulf Little
Kirksville
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Lowe's
Tyne Rene
Richland
Washington, Iowa
Robert Shatler
Sitler’s
House OF Lights
West Third St. Leurs
Adelaide Scott
San Francisco
Tom Stewart
Scott
Mrs. Stewart
Thomas B. Marlin
Normal, Ill
Wanda Rudolph
Canada
Eugene Engel
Chris
Harmon Martin Jr
Alexandria, Va
Martin
Mary Engel
Malinda Borchardt
Florence Blanchar
Welcome
Minn
Darrell Borchardt
Tammy Borchardt
Oliver Schnell
Cherokee
Lyle Wilson
Stanley Nollen
Timothy
Chicago
Nollen
Nancy Wilson
Thornton Township
Donna Wilson
Lucerne
Unionville, Mo
Louisa Chadwell
Mary Blickham
Wilson
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirkwood College
Wellman
Keith Allan Davisson
Coyt Maynard Sexton
Brenda Joyce Goodwin
Rebecca Jo Lefever
Michael Dean Wade
West Chester
Bonnie Janene Mann
KCN - 1380
Ainsworth State Bank
Paul Banks TV
Boyds Bologna
Brayton Chemicals Inc
Brutus Carpet Corner
C&j Fertilizer Community Feeds
D&v Fashion Fabrics
Daves Sinclair Davis & Palmer Real Est
Dons Stan¢ Farm Bare Farmers Savings Bank of
Farmers Savings Bank of
Farmers Supply Sales Inc
Farrells Office Supply Feeders Supply
Freshwaters Feed & Grain
Gibson Shoe Center
Golden Touch Decorators
Grays Plumbing & Hig
Handy Pantry
Hanson Concrete Harolds Standard Oil
Hayesville Savings Bank
Hills Bank Hochstetler Feed & Grain
Lord Insurance
Mace Motor Co
Mills Motor Keith Murphy Auctioneer
the National Bank of Washing
Norman Insurance
Orschelns Farm & Home Supply
Peoples Nat
Bank of Col. Jet. Peoples Sav
Bank
Crawfordsville Peoples Trust & Sav
Riverside Production Credit Assn
Rath Packing
Bob Roe’s Heating & Howre
Rubio Savings Bank of
Brighton ‘Schnoebelen Repair
Sorrells Stagner Drug State Cafe
Steele Lumber Wilbur Swartzendruber Campers
Thermogas of Washington Town & Country Mobile Homes
TrioGas
Chuck Hotle
Jim Frier
Mike Orris
Jim Hotchkiss
Leo Beauchamp
George Colthurst
Frank Zigrang
M.L. Crawford
Julia Gamon
Jane Passmore
Jeff Dean
Mark Shearer
Larry Marek
Larry
Joe Evanovich
Stewart
Bonar
Bill Cnossen
Don Tucker
Guy Stacy
the Gang
Gen Tele
Jerry
Bills Firestone
Merle Warner Craig Paul—Tomorris
Terry Spurgeon
Kelvin Moore
Doug White
Gowa
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