Hold Booth reunion in Sunset Park
The 43rd annual Booth reunion met at Sunset Park on Saturday August 21 with a cooperative basket dinner and a brief business meeting led by president Mrs M L McCreedy. Read letters from Booth relatives across the country and an account of Joseph and Abigail Booth's 1888 golden wedding. McCreedy was reelected and photography was encouraged for next year.
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Booth
Sunset Park
M.L. McCreedy
Myral Smith
Ft. Myers
Fla
Larry Krueger
Hudson
Willis Booth
Cayucos
Calif
Harry Haney
Garland
Texas
Bill
Bertha
McCreedy
Harold Booth
Dale
Fortnightly Club Year Books Ready for Pickup
The Fortnightly Club announces that the year books are ready for distribution at the City Library. Mrs. Elbert Soper, year book chairman, asks all club members to pick up their books as soon as possible.
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Elbert Soper
Pre School Registration Friday at Marion Avenue Church
Parents with enrolled children are reminded of an orientation at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church on Friday August 27 from 9 to 10 am. Mrs Al Kinzler director asks parents to bring children to meet teachers fill forms and finalize details for class opening.
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Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
al Kinzler
Gilpin-Dempsey Lead In St James Pinochle Marathon
At the end of the eighth round in the St James summer pinochle marathon Frances Gilpin and Bertha Dempsey held the top score of 5690. Second were Frank Casey and Martin Whittaker with 5140, followed by Reed Sojka 5070, Gevock Eagle 4470, and Payne Dempsey 3780.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Summer
Frances Gilpin
Bertha Dempsey
Frank Casey
Martin Whittaker
Eugene Reed
George Sojka
Dora Gevock
Clem Eagle
Margaret Payne
Kathryn Dempsey
Mary Greiner Receives Practical Nurse Diploma
Miss Mary Greiner daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilford Greiner of Washington earned a practical nurse diploma at graduation exercises August 19 on the Iowa Tech Ottumwa campus. She was among thirty nurses from Indian Hills Community College and received her pin August 13. She is employed at Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Greiner
Wilford Greiner
Washington
Iowa Tech
Ottumwa
Miss Greiner
Indian Hills Community College
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Former classmates enjoy small reunion
A group of former high school classmates met for dinner at the Willows Monday evening. Several attended from the Washington area and others were visiting the Washington area after a long separation. Attendees included Judi Helscher and Gloria Zager among others from Iowa City St Louis Hadley Minnesota and Nebraska.
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the Willows
Washington Area
John
Judi Thompson
Helscher
Mike
Gloria Wolf
Zager
Brice
Pat Farrell
Woods
Tim
Sarah Eicher
Greiner
Terry
Sandy Hayes
Mary Luckenbill
Horak
Millers host dinner in Crawfordsville invites guests
Mr and Mrs Harold Miller entertained at dinner last Thursday in Crawfordsville with guests including Mr and Mrs Walter Smith and Mrs Myrtle Stites from Keota. Family updates include vacations to the Nation's capital and a YWCA swim class registration change for fall beginners.
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Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Harold Miller
Walter Smith
Myrtle Stites
Keota
Aline Hesseltine
Richard
Larry
Jane
Sandra
Rush
Dianna) Brentinger
Smithsonian Institution
Washington Monument
Mt. Vernon
Kennedy
Arlington Cemetery
Lee McCall
Connie
Tracy
Oklahoma
Debbie McCall
Enid
Mrs. McCall
Rose Green
Jet
Chuck Green
Iowa
Terri Douglas
Independence
Mrs. Green
YWCA
Washington Journal tale of a family vacation to the West
The Rich family returns from California visiting son John Rich and his wife in Long Beach and a nephew in North Hollywood. They toured Disneyland Ringling Brothers Circus and passed the Black Hills Big Horn Mountains and Yellowstone Park en route. Mildred rode back with Connie to Burlington where she teaches. John serves in the Navy at Long Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
George Douglas
Charles Davis
Herb Rich
Mildred
Maurine
Molly
California
John Rich
Long Beach
Wesley Rich
North Hollywood
Disneyland
Ringling Brothers Circus
Rich
Black Hills
Big Horn Mountains
Yellowstone Park
Connie
Burlington
John
Fire destroys barn on Chester Piper farm near Crawfordsville
Firefighters fought a blaze that leveled a barn on the Chester Piper farm four miles northeast of Crawfordsville. A sparked blaze occurred as Mr. Piper burned debris from a torn down barn. Losses included baled hay straw and several farm machines.
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Crawfordsville
Chester Piper
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Bridgeton
Elmer Thoeming
Davenport
Fairfield
Bob Meyer
Mother Booth
West Chester
Melvin Booth
Montgomery Ward
Pivenide Gasserager
Haga
Tood Burarda
Mantgomery Ward
Montgomery Wort
Feroy
F.E.T
Riverside
F.E.T. Fach
Wotterf
MO Oee
U.S
EXCH
W. Jefferson
Gilpin-Dempsey
Washington Evening Journal
Cord
Uroy
Penn-Prest
Dacron
Avril
Orion
Jcpenney
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