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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1972
Page
3
Article describes college and high school workers dispersing for the school year at UP Home. Families arrive, visitors return from distances, and social events fill the weekend. Notes funeral attendance, Synod School, pond outings, and local club activities as residents reconnect after summer.
A fragment mentions Dene Carney and Kim in an unclear context, yielding a partial item. No dates or locations are readable, but the note indicates personal names connected in a brief social or notice context.
Mrs. Paul Hazelett hosted ten members of the J W Baker Women's Relief Corps at her home. A message from Marie Harris of Ottumwa seeks Oct 19 for inspection. plans set for a noon luncheon at the Golden Buckle in Keota. Florance Waterhouse names aides and a historian. refreshments by the hostess and assistants. September meeting to be with Mrs. Bowen.
Yearbooks for Fortnightly Club are printed and available at the City Library for members with early September meetings. Mrs. Ken Hanson, yearbook committee chairman, says printing was delayed but now underway and will be finished soon. Books may be checked out with the yearbook custodian at the City Library desk.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Alier of Keota celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a Saturday open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Golden Buckle dining room in Keota. Hosts are their children and grandchildren, including Francis Krieger and Virginia in Blairsburg, and Dan Reed and family of Kansas City. The couple wed Sept. 6 at St Mary’s Church in Keota. They have lived in the Keota community since marriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Livya Duensing returned from a 24 day tour of Europe visiting their son Tom on the USS Springfield in Gaeta Italy near Rome. They toured Italy Austria Switzerland Germany Belgium France and England. Glen Sam Schantz remains hospitalized in Mercy Hospital Iowa City awaiting back surgery Monday in room 310 and welcomes notes from friends. Roy Rogers of Brighton underwent knee surgery in Minnesota and is in St Marys Rochester hospital room 4264 for several weeks.
Hospital admires Mrs. Lela Rosen of Ainsworth and medical staff note Mario James Salazar in Cotter. Births yesterday include Mr and Mrs Larry Manning of Washington with a son. Dismissed today include Mrs Larry Humston and her son, and Mrs Nola Holmes of Crawfordsville with Lawrence Burk Brighton.
Grace Kerr reports a 100 plus turnout for the August senior dinner with a large potluck and active kitchen crew led by Emma Barnett before illness. Attorney Paul Shearer spoke on the Constitution, and a farewell song for president George Dare preceded plans for an England visit and a Nauvoo bus trip. The piece notes fall programs, a possible senior choir, and a federal push via Project FIND to aid non-recipients with food and senior services funding.
The local American Field Service chapter invites friends to a picnic at Sunset Park on Sunday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. Attendees should bring a dish to pass their own table service and drink. Those planning to attend should call Russell Bannister at 653-2443.
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