Death of Pearl Redding noted in memoriam
Mrs Walter Sojka of Ainsworth reports the death of her father Pearl Redding of Memphis Missouri. Funeral set for Sunday August 24 at Payne's Funeral Home. Also noted are local social items: Robert C Nicola of Washington named one of 14 Lieutenant Governors for the Nebraska Iowa Kiwanis District representing District 2. Cedar Rapids visitors include Louis and Rose Havel and Michael Havel at Golden Buckle Buffet Keota with Mrs Helen Underwood who marked her 89th birthday on August 18. Further meals and visits involve the Havels and Hutt family. Harry Hutt celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Wednesday August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sojka
Ainsworth
Pearl Redding
Memphis
Missouri
Payne
Robert C. Nicola
Washington
Nebraska-Iowa
Louis Havel
Rose
Havel
Christopher
Michael Havel
Cedar Rapids
Helen Underwood
Keota
Dean Havels
Dennis Havel
Jill Christine
Iowa City
Michael
West enjoys six days in Hong Kong aboard USS Oriskany
Aviation electricians mate third class Samuel J. West, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph L West of 420 Harrison Street Washington Iowa, recently took six days of leave in Hong Kong while serving aboard the USS Oriskany. West is part of Attack Squadron twenty three and has served since 1968. He is a 1965 Washington High School and 1967 Burlington Community College graduate and is married to Deborah L Bergquist of Burlington Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USS Oriskany Aviation Electricians
Samuel J. West
Joseph L. West
Harrison Street
Washington
Iowa
Hong Kong
Oriskany
West
Crown Colony
The Branch to Open at Willows in New Large Room
The Willows supper club north of Washington on highways 1 and 92 announces a new large room named The Branch opening Wednesday August 27. Dick Ballard and his orchestra perform 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. The space seats up to 200, hosts Friday night entertainment, and can be split into two rooms for daytime parties. details appear in ads in this Evening Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Willows
Washington
Dick Ballard
Evening Journal
Keokuk County 4-H Youth to Attend Citizenship Short Course
Four Keokuk County 4-Hers Pam Singleton Kath y Gretter Larry Byers and Steve Greiner will travel to Washington DC August 23 31 for a 4-H Citizenship Short Course with delegates from eleven counties. They will stay at the National 4-H Foundation and study government operations while touring memorials and Capitol Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk County
Washington D. C
Pam Singleton
Kathy Gretter
Keota
Larry Byers
Keswick
Steve Greiner
Sigourney
Marion
Mahaska
Lucas
Monroe
Wapello
Jefferson
Wayne
Appanoose
Davis
van Buren
National 4-H Foundation
United States
Capital Hill
Washington
Kalona antiques dealer Fern Wahl dies after illness
Mrs Fern Wahl 68 of Kalona died Saturday morning August 24 at University Hospitals Iowa City after a three week hospitalization for a several months illness. She was a well known Kalona antique dealer. Arrangements are pending at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona. Survivors include her husband a foster son Robert Hartley both of Kalona and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Fern Wahl
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Peterseim Funeral Home
Robert Hartley
Gault Reunion Held At Sun Set Park Thursday
The annual Gault reunion was held Thursday evening at Sun Set Park. John Blick was elected president and Mrs. Earl Hobbs secretary treasurer at the post dinner meeting. A death in the family, Myrtle Gault, was noted. Andrew Scott, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hobbs, was added to the family. Guests included Carla Langford and Merridy Clark. Mrs. Darrell Bandy and children were evening callers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gault
Sunset Park
John Blick
Earl Hobbs
Myrtle Gault
Andrew Scott
Tom Hobbs
Carla Langford
Merridy Clark
Darrell Bandy
Keota School Opens August 28 Under Barnum Supervision
Keota Community School will open August 28 with the same hours as last year. High school starts at 8:20 a.m. and elementary at 8:30 a.m. Dismissal is 3:35 p.m. at the high school and 3:30 p.m. at the elementary. Lunch is 35 cents daily, with five-meal tickets at 1.75. Faculty includes Supt W H Barnum and a large list of teachers. new grade school teacher Judy Ann Wolf joins staff. teacher workshops set for August 26 and 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota Community
W. H. Barnum
Leland Roegner
Dennis Blumhagen
Tom Brown
Patricia Brown
Ednare Cowen
Lloyd Criss
Mari Beth Criss
Amy Davis
Delbert Hennings
Deanne Nash
Margaret Reynolds
Kay Smith
Karen Worley Rubey
Roger Wright
Gene Zeck
Bill Anderegg
Mary Lane
Douglas Fairchild
Venda
Kalona Bond Issue Vote Set for Tuesday
Kalona residents will vote on a bond to fund a new L shaped three level pool on Highway 22 east in Kalona Park. The issue would incur up to 60000 in debt and levy a maximum 3.75 mills for tax purposes. The pool would operate 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Kalona Park
Mrs Sherman Knox of Oakland Dies at 1834 104th Avenue
Mrs Sherman Knox, 1834 104th Avenue, Oakland, Calif., died August 9. The Knox family formerly ran a dairy near Washington and lived on a farm. Survived by three daughters and two sons, including Lucille Ahl of Portland, Ruth DeWitt, Ellen Stromberg, Pierce Knox of New York, and Kenneth Knox of New Jersey. Husband and two children preceded her in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Knox
104Th Avenue
Oakland
Calif
Knox
Washington
Kathryn Goldner
Talleyrand
Ted
Lucille) Ahl
Portland
Ore
Ruth DeWitt
Ellen Stromberg
Pierce Knox
New York
Kenneth Knox
New Jersey
May Land visits with Hal Brooks and others in Ottumwa
May Land returned from a two week visit with the Hal Brooks family of Albia and with the Henry Brooks family and Mrs. Pearl Thompson of Ottumwa. Russ Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Glen Williams of Washington, left for Luther College in Decorah to join 30 freshmen on the varsity football squad, having graduated from Washington High School in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Land
Hal Brooks
Albia
Henry Brooks
Pearl Thompson
Ottumwa
Russ Williams
Glen Williams
Washington
Luther College
Decorah
Russ
Washington High School
Speeding fine paid by Vernon Pierce in local court
Vernon Pierce of Washington paid a ten dollar fine in the justice of the peace court for speeding. Floyd Edmondson funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Methodist Church in Ainsworth with Rev. George Pennington officiating. Burial will be in Ainsworth Cemetery. Arrangements by Jones Funeral Home, Washington, with callers allowed until 10 a.m. Monday, then at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Pierce
Washington
Justice of the Peace Court
Sunday Shalla reunion and fall calendar notes
Social Calendar lists notices due by 10 a.m. on first publication day with three day advance printing. Sunday Shalla reunion at noon in Richmond Park. Monday Senior Citizens Dinner at noon potluck in Y community room. Monday Nighters at 7 30 p.m. in VW room. Tuesday Tops Club at 7 30 p.m. at YWCA with a business meeting at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Park
Y Community Room
VW Room
YWCA
Owens wins county pig derby at Washington County Fair
Daryl Owens of Crawfordsville earned first and second in the Washington County Fair Pig Derby. Pigs were judged on ham and loin percent, loin eye, and carcass weight. Open class barrow show winner was Kenneth Weber of Sigourney with a 217 pound crossbred pig. Prize money totaled $150 for derby top eight and $75 for barrow class top ten. Eighteen farmers entered 70 pigs in the derby. 51 pigs shown in the barrow carcass show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Owens
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Jim Frier
Owens
Owen
Arvid Anderson
George Horn
Washington
Duane White
Ainsworth
Keith Horn
Riverside
Ed Chabal
Kenneth Weber
Sigourney
Bob Greene
Larry Lauderman
Pleasant Plain
Mary Gipple
Columbus Junction
Charles Meeker
Ken Weber
Dean Weaver
LeRoy Kaufman
Barrow
John Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
Mr and Mrs Witte Return From California Trip
Mr and Mrs Edwin Witte flew home Thursday after a week in California. They traveled with Mr and Mrs Don Sieren of Keota and were met in San Francisco by Lt and Mrs G J Sieren of Carmel. The group toured the area and visited Los Angeles and San Diego before returning home by plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Wittetoe
California
Don Sieren
Keota
San Francisco
G. J. Sieren
Carmel
Calif
Los Angeles
San Diego
Washington births and admissions listed in brief
Admitted yesterday Rusty Shalla and Wilfred Dawson, both from Washington and in the medical division. Births today announce a son to Mr and Mrs Donald Allender of Washington. Also listed today and also in Washington are Mrs Jonas Borntrger and daughter and Mrs Anna Amlong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusty Shalla
Washington
Wilfred Dawson
Donald Allender
Jonas Borntreger
Anna Amlong
Dr Winga Joins Gundersen Clinic Staff in La Crosse
Dr Edward R Winga of Dallas Texas has joined the internal medicine department of Gundersen Clinic and La Crosse Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse Wisconsin He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Winga Sr and was raised in Washington He holds a BA from the University of Iowa 1958 MD 1962 and completed internships and residencies at Salt Lake County General Hospital Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas and related institutions He is married to Sharon Reynolds of Elkader Iowa with two children Daniel and Julie The family resides at 944 Kendhammer Road La Crosse
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward R. Winga
Dallas
Texas
Department of Internal Medicine
Gundersen Clinic, Ltd
la Crosse
Korea
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Parkland
Southwestern Texas Medical School
Dr. Winga
Sharon Reynolds
Elkader
Iowa
Daniel
Julie
Kendhammer Road
Preschool enrollment day at Marion Avenue Church
Parents of children entering this year's pre school session are reminded to attend at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church on Monday August 25 from 9 to 10 30 a m. Bring completed enrollment forms to the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Vietnam Battles Near Hue and Tam Ky
U S troops endured heat and carried multiple water canteens around encircled positions while fighting near Hue and Tam Ky. A U S base at Million Dollar Hill was lightly damaged by 82 mm mortar fire. Reports say heavy fighting along the DMZ left 15 Americans dead and 75 wounded, with over 400 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in five days near Tam Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Hue
Saigon
Tam Ky
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Vietnams
Marriages noted in area churches this August weekend
A series of wedding ceremonies across Washington, Clinton, Oskaloosa, Saginaw, Keota and Wellman featured brides Pamela Hite, Barbara Fritsch, Diane Hughes, Linda Cholcher, Diana Rhoads, Millicent Guengerich, and Shirley Ann Henry. Grooms included Carlyn Schwieger, Carroll Young, Paul Fedderson, William Dea, Robert Fish, Richard Peck, L Eugene Hershey, Sidney Coon, and Larry Weber. Churches included United Methodist, First Methodist, Assembly of God, Holy Cross Lutheran, St Marys Catholic, Wellman Mennonite, and Ss Peter and Paul. Clergy included Rev. M.O. Smith and Father John Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamela Kay Hite
Hampton
Arthur Hite
Washington
Mr. Hite
Carlyn Bryce Schwieger
Howard Schwieger
Dows
United Methodist Church
M.O. Smith
Alan Hite
Davenport
Carrol Young
Paul Fedderson
Clinton
First Methodist
Leonard Young
W. P. Fedderson
Diane Hughes
John Hughes
Oskaloosa
William Patrick Dea
Frank Dea
Ainsworth
Assembly of God
Max Johnson
Linda K. Cholcher
Daugher
Donald M. Cholcher
Avon
Saginaw, Mich
Robert H. Fish
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Saginaw
Clyde Lambert
Matilda Wasson
Diana Rhoads
Lloyd Rhoads
Keystone
Richard L. Peck
Maynard Peck
Brighton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Vinton
John M. Peters
Lee Roy Collins
Wellman
Millicent Guengerich
Glenn W. Guengerich
L. Eugene Hershey
Lester T. Hershey
Aibonito
Puerto Rico
Wellman Mennonite Church
Keota
Shirley Ann Henry
Kenny Henry
Larry Weber
Clarence Weber
Ss. Peter and Paul
Clear Creek
Francis E. Lollich
Roger Sieren
Richard Baker
Frigidaire Washer Dryer Promises Time Saving Start
School season begins as fall rains approach. A new Frigidaire automatic washer and dryer offers convenience with a durable press cycle on both machines, aiming to save hours each week for busy households.
Morrison and Lloyd Firms Share Local Address
Edmund D. Morrison Jr and James E. Lloyd operate at 211 West Washington Street with phones 653-5431 and 108 North Marion, listing Dr M L Tweeton at 108 North Marion. office hours show Wednesday closed and Saturday afternoons closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
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Jay Sellers
Bob Koehler
Wolf's Flower Shop
J. W. Helscher
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Cincinnati
Robert Ray
Stephen G. Bales
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Neil Armstrong
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Des Moines
Lyle Bales
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LaCrosse
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Marge
Professional Directory
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Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Louis J. Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
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Attorneys At Law
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Abstract Dept
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Production Credit Association
North Iowa
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