Community driving conference planned in Washington High
A special meeting in the Washington YMCA announced a community conference on better driving to be held Oct. 12 at 8 p.m. in Washington High School auditorium. The Iowa Department of Public Safety safety education division will present films and speakers.
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Washington Ymca
Washington High School
Safety Education Division
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Central Park
Kiwanis Club
Washington
Washington County Farm Bureau
R. Dean Luers
Charles E. Cowell Jr
First Christian Church
Cowell
West Second Street
Dear Aunt Agatha Weekly Washington Update Gun death and rains lift spirits
A young man was fatally shot after a disturbance at a local store, investigators work the case as the community reacts. Week brings welcome rainfall easing drought, farmers hopeful for bean fields and late corn. Schools prep for the new term while football players train in high heat. Des Moines State Fair honors 4 H and FFA exhibitors from Washington County. Swine competition winners include Dale McCreedy and Jim Ledger. Lawns revive with rain, dandelions thrive, and local chatter returns to yard work. Affectionately your nephew.
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JoAnn Wilson
Glenn Wilson
Washington
Donald Harland Mead
Des Moines
DeWitt
Washington County
Dale McCreedy
Ainsworth
Jim Ledger
Hospital Notes Monday Admitted and Dismissed Details
Hospital notes list admissions on Friday and Saturday for patients in Washington Columbus Junction Keota and nearby towns, with names and medical or surgical diagnoses. It also records yesterday and today entries including births and family relations, transfers to Mercy Hospital Iowa City, and several dismissals across Washington Winfield Richland and Crawfordsville.
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John Stanfle
Wapello
Tracy Janacek
Washington
Cassie Bealington
Michael Titus
Vera Buchanan
Albert O'Donnell
Columbus City
Joan Long
Columbus Junction
Carl Zieglowsky
Dessie Earls
Robert Wilson
Crawfordsville
Violet Hoskins
Richland
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Archie Gingerich
Blanche Keck
Robert Metzger
Winfield
Medical notices from Washington and Keota segments
Wednesday Yesterday names Raymond Coffin and Mrs Lovell Bitting from Washington plus Mrs James Waterhouse and her son of Keota. Mercy Iowa City lists Mrs Archie Horak undergoing surgery and William Kendrick in room 3110 after cataract surgery Tuesday. University Hospitals Iowa City mentions Omer Crawford from West Chester in room 407 South on 4th floor.
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Raymond Coffin
Washington
Lovell Bitting
James Waterhouse
Keota
Mercy
Iowa City
Archie Horak
William Kendrick
University Hospitals
Omer Crawford
West Chester
Admitted Yesterday and Births Today in Washington Area
Thursday admissions include Clarence Goodwin in medical care and Mrs Ralph Curl Mrs Richard McKune Mr Pleasant Mrs William Graf and Eugene Black all listed as Washington medical cases. Births today report Gary Webb and wife of Washington welcoming a daughter. Mercy Iowa City lists Herman Behrend in room 4117 intensive care with no visitors.
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Clarence Goodwin
Washington
Ralph Curl
Richard McKune
Pleasant
William Graf
Eugene Black
Gary Webb
Hazel Griggs
Robert Herr
Conesville
Arthur Davison
Wayland
Mercy
Iowa City
Herman Behrend
Obituary Notices and Local Notices Feature Washington Residents
Friday Yesterday lists Mrs Elva Allbaugh and Mrs Iva Simpson in medical contexts. Today records Mr and Mrs Ron Madison Wilbur Knupp Harold Shranger Mrs Lovell Bitting Mrs Mike Mohr and son and Mr Pleasant as local notices regarding residents.
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Elva Allbaugh
Washington
Iva Simpson
Wilbur Knupp
Harold Shranger
Lovell Bitting
Mike ‘Mohr
Pleasant
Iowa State graduates listed from summer convocation
Iowa State University in Ames awarded degrees to Wayne E. Jones Crawfordsville PhD Electrical Engineering James M Yoder Kalona Journalism and Mass Communication and Laird F Neuhart Washington Architecture Debra A Roth Washington received a Cum Laude Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Coe College Cedar Rapids. Also noted were local weather rainfall and community notices including a fatal police shooting and various visits and travels among residents.
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Iowa State
Iowa State University
Ames
Wayne E. Jones
Crawfordsville
James M. Yoder
Kalona
Laird F. Neuhart
Washington
Edwin
Debra Keeney
Hinz
Maquoketa
Leila
Carla Kelly
Michael F
Mary Snider) Bell
Riverside
Craig
Delrene Young) Harris
Craig Allan
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Engagement and civic notices in Washington area
Wayland families announce the engagement of Sherri Morrow to Merle Rugg both from Wayland. A Washington County Fair pig show yields top honor to a 200 pound entry by Dale McCreedy with 30.5 inch carcass length and 5.3 square inch loin eye. Washington City Council enacts mandatory solid waste service and awards a 120 day refuse collection contract to Dale Fritz. A Washington man, Leslie E. Smithburg, is shot and killed by a city officer near 312 E. Washington St. Grandparents and parents greet newborns including Sarah Ann Gray born August 7 in Mason City. Community notices cover travels, health updates, and local happenings with regional names and places.
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Harold Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Rodney Strabala
Leslie E. Smithburg
Washington County Fair
Dale McCreedy
Ainsworth
Mark Janecek
Crawfordsville
Dale Fritz
Richland
Jack & Jill Food
Washington St
Smithburg
Jefferson St
E.M. Ahart
Thomas Gray
Mason City
Sarah Ann
Norbert Flanders
Keota
Willard E. Gray
Adel
Willard G. Gray
Marriages of the Week Feature Local Nuptials
Multiple couples married in August 1975 in churches across California and Minnesota. Miss Deppie Crawford wed Stephen Wright at United Presbyterian Church in Washington with Dr. William Kettlitz officiating. Penelope Sue Frank married Keith B. Sweeting at St. Marys Riverside with Father Boeckmann presiding. Mary Louise Selby and David Louis Johnson wed in Denver at Valverde United Presbyterian Church officiated by the bride’s father. Deann Bernelle Ferrell and Patrick William Carrick tied the knot at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis with Dr. Jerald Jackson performing the 3 PM ceremony.
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Deppie Crawford
Dwaine Crawford
Washington
Stephen Wright
Wilbur Wright
Keota
United Presbyterian Church
William Kettlitz
Penelope Sue Frank
Russell Frank Jr
Riverside
Keith B. Sweeting
Byron Sweeting
St. Mary's Catholic Church
W. F. Boeckmann
Mary Louise Selby
Santa Ana
Calif
Deann Bernelle Ferrell
Patrick William Carrick
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Jerald Jackson
Robert B. Ferrell
Deaths of the week span several Iowa towns
A sequence of obituaries from August 1975 notes abrupt passings in Washington, Ainsworth, Wayland, Muscatine and Sigourney. Scheduled services include Rov Eugene Wood of Ainsworth with burial at Ainsworth Cemetery and arrangements by Jones Funeral Home. Other notices list ages and locations for Wagenknecht, Boshart, Gookin, Gookin, Lee, Murphy, Warren, Robertson, Zager, and Roy Wood.
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Henry Wagenknecht
Ainsworth
Wayland
Alvin Edward Boshart
Route 1
Columbus Junction
John Shannon Gookin
Iowa City
Hershey
Muscatine
John W. Lee
Washington
University Hospital
Sandra Lee Warren
Richard D. Warren
Route One
Zelotas
Pickie) Robertson
Keokuk County
Sigourney
William L
Carrie Bell) Zager
E. van Buren
Roy E. Wood
Jones Funeral Home
Rov
Eugene Wood
J. Roland Crandall
Ainsworth Cemetery
Birth order links in marriages notes by Dr Charles Ward
Stork Gazette lists multiple birth notices for Washington and surrounding areas with full names and addresses. The piece also includes a psychology note by Dr Charles Ward of the University of Maryland on how birth order may influence marriage timing and partner traits.
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Charles Ward
University of Maryland
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