Community club roundups with Christmas gatherings and gifts
Christmas season socials fill Captain's Table and local meeting places as the Longer Longer Club Merry Mixer and Tops Club host events. Secret sisters draw new names for 1973, door prizes awarded, and charity drives raise funds for YWCA Rotary party, Retarded Children Fund, and Hospital gifts. Members crochet, craft, and share poems while planning January meetings and gatherings with husbands and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Dawson Jr
Bill Crandall
John Kiene
John Combs
John Dawson
Simple vision test for Iowa preschoolers offered at home
Iowa parents can request a free Home Eye Test kit to screen preschoolers age 3 to 5. The kit uses a scale Snellen E chart and includes training directions, test steps, result interpretation, and a report form to return to the Iowa Society. It supplements local screenings in more than 190 towns and aims to find children who have not had their vision checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Meredith Saunders
Iowa Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Saunders
U.S
Iowa Society
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Delta Gamma Foundation
Madison Avenue
New York
N.Y
Firemen re elect officers for 1973
The Washington Volunteer Fire Department held last night at city hall and re elected Chief Lou McFadden 1st assistant Bob Roe 2nd assistant Tom Tanner and secretary treasurer Yale Jarvis for the coming year Pancake Day plans were outlined and sausage orders called for seven hogs weighing 200 to 230 pounds each Don Whitehead resigned his fireman membership and Loren Robertson filled the vacancy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Custer
Warren Stewart
Washington Volunteer Fire Department
Lou McFadden
Bob Roe
Tom Tanner
Yale Jarvis
Leo Beauchamp
New Y
Don Whitehead
Loren Robertson
IOOF Lodge elects officers at Tuesday meeting
The IOOF Lodge elected John Reneger noble grand Roger Dalziel vice grand LeRoy Jugenheimer recording secretary Harold Brock financial secretary Howard Lins treasurer Myron Salladay trustee at the OOF Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IOOF
OOF
John Reneger
Noble
Roger Dalziel
LeRoy Jugenheimer
Harold Brock
Howard Lins
Myron Salladay
Social Calendar Note Changes and Seasonal Gatherings
Social calendar items list club and lodge meetings from Thursday through Monday, including PEO at 8 p.m. with time change, Family Living 1 at 6 30 p.m., and Christmas suppers. Events cover CW E Priscilla Group, Martha Group, VFW Auxiliary, Circle meetings, Brighton OES Temple, Masonic groups, and a Christmas party at 712 South Town with a $1 grab bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Helscher
South Town
Worthy High Priestess Club
Needleweaving A Holiday Quickie Craft Idea
Lois Warmie of Iowa State University suggests a simple needleweaving craft using a round or oval embroidery hoop and leftover yarn. Wrap the hoop, then weave colored yarn across spokes to form ornaments, trivets, mobiles, or screens for holiday gifts and decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Warmie
Extension
Iowa State University
Hospital transfers and staff listings in Washington area
The record notes multiple medical personnel including Mrs Minnie Turner and Mrs Omer Wagner in Washington. It lists William I ckefoose, Mrs Georgina Stirling, Mrs Pearl Adam Harper, Mrs Edwin Malmberg, and others as medical staff or patients. A transfer brings the subject to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramitea
Minnie Turner
Washington
William Ickefoose
Omer Wagner
Georgina Stirling Washington
Pearl Adam. Harper
Max Goodlander
Daryl Braun
Edwin Malmberg
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
VEW Post and Auxiliary Plan Christmas Supper Meeting
The VFW Post and Auxiliary will hold a Christmas joint meeting and supper on Thursday December 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the VFW Hall. Families should bring two dishes and their own table service. Meat and coffee provided. Santa will visit later. All VEW and social members invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWE
Priscilla Group
Martha Group
Helen Watkins
VFW Post
Hali
VFW
VEW
Rainy day robbery at Los Angeles finance firm ends with coat theft
A manager and two female clerks at a Los Angeles finance company were robbed by a bandit who took 260.20 dollars and forced them to strip in restrooms. He fled with the money and their clothes, but the raincoats saved them as a customer entered and the trio recovered their coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucky Rain Los Angeles
UPL
Kidney Foundation committee meeting targets statewide drive and Gift of Life month
Lawton, president of the Koney Foundation of Lowa, convened an executive committee at Veterans Hospital in Towa City. The group discussed a January 1973 membership drive, new federal kidney disease legislation, and a speaker bureau to provide films and speakers locally. They named March Gift of Life month and planned a card-signing drive for transplant donation after death. Mrs. Harry Levy, county chairman, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LL. Lawton
Koney Foundation of
Lowa
Veterans Hospital
Towa City
Harry Levy
The
Kidney Foundation
Brighton pitch winners named Lowry and Dickinson
Local news notes Tom Lowry and Gail Dickinson won the regular Brighton pitch tournament this week. Runners-up were Don Dickinson and Roy Edwards. Mrs Charles Horak was admitted to the Long Term Care unit at Washington County Hospital after two weeks at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City for a broken hip. Edmund and Mrs Reed hosted a birthday party at their home Tuesday honoring Richard Reed Tom Wide and Mike Reed. Attending were James Reed Katherine Mr and Mrs Robert Wide Jim and Dan Mr and Mrs Walter Reed Mr and Mrs Clarence Samuelson and Mery Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lowry
Gail Dickinson
Brighton
Don Dickinson
Roy Edwards
Charles Horak
Washington County Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Edmund Reed
Richard Reed
Tom Wide
Mike Reed
James Reed
Katherine
Robert Wide
Jim
Dan
Walter Reed
Clarence Samuelson
Mery Steele
Robbery Trial Turbulence Ends With Judge’s Jury Return
Robert L. Mitchell, on trial for robbery in Cincinnati, punched his lawyer in court and muttered about a new trial. The judge sent the case to the jury as the attorney was taken to a hospital for treatment after the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
UPL
Robert L. Mitchell
Mitchell
George Bunyan
Perfex Starts Construction of New Wisconsin Foundry
Perfex division of McQuay Perfex announced start of a minimal pollution foundry in Berlin Wisconsin adjacent to existing plants. The new facility will add 45 000 square feet to the present 97 700 square feet of foundry operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Perfex
McQuay - Perfex
Berlin
Wisconsin
Douglas Warner
Warner
McQuay Perfex
Minneapolis
Substitute bus drivers urged for Highland district
Highland Community School seeks adult patrons to serve as substitute bus drivers at both north and south ends of the district. Interested individuals should contact the superintendent to start the permit process. Christmas break dates and school resumption plans are outlined, with holiday programs scheduled at Highland Secondary School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Community School
Highland
Dee
Washington
Prairie Flower
Lisbon
Solon
Winfield
Washington Lodge names officers for year 1973
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and AM elected officers for 1973 at the Masonic Temple December 1 J Omer Kenagy is the worshipful master Leonard A Llewellyn senior warden Clarence P Berkhoff junior warden Marion D Snodgrass treasurer Dwight S Murray secretary Appointive officers will be Ralph A Melville chaplain Harry Whirtley senior deacon Elmer D Bruegge junior deacon Robert L Bonar senior steward Bernard V Payne junior steward toward E Miller Tyler installation of officers will be held in
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Lodge
Masonic Temple
J. Omer Kenagy
Leonard A. Llewellyn
Clarence P. Berkhoff
Marion D. Snodgrass
Dwight S. Murray
Ralph A. Melville
Harry Whirtley
Elmer D. Bruegge
Robert L. Bonar
Bernard V. Payne
E. Miller
Tyler
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Merry Mixer Club
Rex Widmer
Tony Meath
Harry Dale Dusenbery
YWCA
Rotary
University Hospital
TOPS
Tops Club
Esther Troxell
Keota Long Branch
Marion Hobby Club
Harry Rader
Virginia Arnold
Charlotte Beenblossom
Hobby Shop
Dean Pforts
Orlin Leichty
White Way Club
Keith Stewart
Gary Goldy
Milton Ross
Just US Club
Ethel Swift
Mber
Ralph Robertson
Lewis Goodlander
Ralph White
Nancy Reneger
Washington, Iowa
Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole
Zieglowsky Home Furnishings
Mangold’s
Barb
T.V
Paynes Radio
Susan
Osincup’s
Singer
D and V Fashion Fabrics
Love
Nancy
Reneger P. S
Ata
Perera Recy
Tiday Methodist
TM. Nelson
Darrell Ross
Dickey’s Prairie Home
Martha Glass DeMolay
Willows
Charles Morris
LTC
N. D. Bendickson
L. B. Eicher
Washi
V.F.W
K.o
SOC
Washington V.F.W. Hall
Mary Esther Palmer
Paula Crane
John Eugene Roberts
Harry Roberts
Pleasant Plain
Miss Palmer
Jack and Jill
Crane Company
Ainsworth
Kidney Foundation Committee
Washington Evening Journal
Sursday
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon 1 Co., Inc
United Press
Inland Daily Press Assn
Ows Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Bureau of Ciculations
David Elder
William Shannon
Robert Shaffer
Leonard Llewellyn
Wapello
Jr High
Waco
D. Gustafson
Masonic Lodge
Polaroid
Tuke Bank
Death Valley
Ernie
Peru
Bec
By Kent Dallmeyer
the National Bank of
Arsen
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Oeone
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