Old Fashioned Christmas at Conger House Set This Weekend
Conger House hosts a festive display with five ten foot trees and handmade ornaments. Open Saturday and Sunday 1 to 5 pm December 8 9 and December 15 16 admissions 1 for adults 50 cents for children under 12. Local groups coordinate room themes and handcraft sales support the event.
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Conger House
Conger
Washington Jaycees
Jane Conger
Helen Wilson
Virginia Pottet
Social Calendar Mix of Meetings and Potlucks This Week
A week of local club events includes DAR and Mrs. Edgar Stewart gathering at 7:30 Tuesday with cookies and stamps, Tops Club at 7 p.m in YWCA room, VFW Auxiliary potluck at 6:30, American Legion and more. Wednesday features Delta Kappa Gamma dinner and senior activities. Thursday offers Living and Craft sessions, PEO, and charity gifts. Friday lists lodge fish fry, Christmas parties, and numerous circle meetings across United Methodist Women, Rebekah, and related groups.
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Edgar Stewart
Tops Club
YWCA
VFW Post
VFW Hall
American Legion — Legion Hall
Alpha Chi Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
Dean Batterson
Senior Citizens
United Methodist Women
Martha Washington
DAC
H.W. Statler
Washington Mennonite Church
Rosemary Club
Creative Living
Richard Wiley
Family Living I
American Association University Women
HBO Club
Frontier Cafe
Senior Citizens Craft
YMCA
Friendly Circle Club
Cletus Reed
Masonic Lodge
Temple
Jackson Two
Farm Bureau
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
United Methodist Women Circle IV
Darrell Ross
Glen Thompson
AAUW Chapter to Hear Dr McLaughlin on Children’s Literature
The Washington Branch of the American Association of University Women will meet Thursday December 6 at 8 p.m. in the YWCA room to hear Dr. Mary Ann McLaughlin discuss trends in children's and adolescent literature. She is an assistant professor in education at the University of Iowa with a background in elementary teaching and reading programs. Carpenters Local Union 1398 holds a regular meeting Wednesday December 5 at 8 p.m. in Odd Fellows Hall.
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Washington
American Association of University Women
YWCA
Mary Ann McLaughlin
McLaughlin
College of Education
University of Iowa
Milwaukee, Wis
Eaton Rapids
Wis
Marquette
Michigan State University
Carpenters Union
Carpenters Local Union
Odd Fellows Hall
Howell Reeses Celebrate 40th Wedding Anniversary Open House
Mr and Mrs Howell Rees marked their 40th anniversary with an open house at the State Bank of Columbus Junction. Hosts were their sons families from Washington Ainsworth Iowa City Crawfordsville Wapello Winfield Kalona and Columbus Junction with attendees including Mr and Mrs K Eugene Rees and Mr and Mrs Harold C Rees. The couple wed December 20 1933 at the Ainsworth Methodist parsonage.
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Howell Rees
State Bank of
Columbus Junction
K. Eugene Rees
Harold C. Rees
Washington
Ainsworth
Iowa City
Crawfordsville
Wapello
Winfield and
Kalona
John A. Winga Sr
Reed couple observes Golden Anniversary with Mass in Keota
Special Mass of Thanksgiving was offered at St. Mary's Church Keota at 10 30 a m on Thanksgiving Day for Mr and Mrs Walter Reed celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary Father Snell presided Attendants from 50 years ago included Mrs Richard Harras and Walter Greiner An open house followed with 300 plus attendees at St Marys Parish Hall and a day of visiting and reminiscence
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Keota
St. Mary’s
Walter Reed
Father Snell
Richard Harras
Richland
Walter Greiner
Brandon
Manitoba
Canada
Steven
Stanley
Scott Reed
Edmund Reed
Mary Ellen Reed
Eugene P. Reed
Washington
Harold Luttenegger
Fairfield
Snell
St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Clark Willis
Viola Conklin
Harper
Cedar Clippers 4H Club Hosts Christmas Party
The Cedar Clippers 4H Club held a Christmas party at Linda Jones home with 18 members, their mothers and three visitors. Gifts were exchanged and refreshments served. a coffee for leaders and mothers at Nadine Hammen’s home is set for Jan 9 at 9 a.m. The next meeting will be Jan 14 at Lori Patterson’s home.
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Cedar Clippers 4H Club
Linda Jones
Nadine Hammen
Lori Patterson
Sister Reunion After 40 Years Sparks Tears at Birkenhead Bingo
Peggy Buckley and Violet Roach met at a Birkenhead bingo club and realized they are sisters they had not seen each other for more than four decades. They recalled their father’s World War I gas poisoning and an adoption that separated them.
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Birkenhead
England
UPI
Peggy Buckley
Violet Roach
Mrs. Roach
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Developmental Center
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Blair Haymes
Eleanor Wolf
The
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Robert Patterson
Paul Fern
Cal Wolf
Lloyd Griggs
Virginia Pettet
AAUW
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
North Marion Ave
Iowa
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Robert Luther
Leonard Llewellyn
Fourth Ward
Cornelia Day
Perdock
Dennis
Ruth A. Graber
Plymouth
Gerald W. Cherryholmes
Chevrolet
Randall Dean Tadlock
Joelle D
Larry L. Allen
Dodge
Marvin R. Miller
Pontiac
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Viola F. Yoder
Fiat
Warren L. Miller
David Kevin Stannard
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Gremlin
Alan M
Karen Olson
Raymond Melvin Havel
Olds
Geraldine Whittier Perdock
James Michael Leary
Mercury
Edwin Or Marjorie Macrander
Sieg-Ottumwa Co
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Pearl A. Weeks
Ford
Reeds
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
Christmas
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Jim
Doctor
Kentucky
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Blue Cross Association
National Association of Blue Shield Plans
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