Mobile classrooms aid Title I remedial reading program
The Washington County Title I program uses two mobile units at Lincoln and Stewart to teach remedial reading with two teachers and a aide. About 110 students are enrolled with potential for many more, while Brighton also receives two Title I teaching days weekly. Mrs Marguerite Pefferman leads the program assisted by Miss Sylvia Teets who handles the paperwork.
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Johnny
Washington County
Lincoln
Stewart
Dick Textor
Washington
Marguerite Pefferman
Sylvia Teets
Brighton
Marquerite Pefferman
Local Residents Recovering After Iowa Accident
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Griffith of the West Chester area are recovering satisfactorily from a recent auto crash near Humeston. They will stay with Paul Griffith at Rural Route 1, Lamont, Iowa, for several weeks. William F. Henry is a patient at Mercy Hospital in Town City for observation and X rays, in room 34. The Brinning family attended a Muscatine versus Moline game, where Lindy Brinning plays for Muscatine. The Muscatine Indians face William Penn in Oskaloosa tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Griffith
West Chester
Humeston
Lamont
Paul Griffith
William F. Henry
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Leonard Brinning
Muscatine
Muscatine Community College
Moline
Lindy Brinning
Brinnings
Oskaloosa
Muscatine Indians
William Penn
Men in service H M S 15 Group Supply
The group supply unit at H MS 15 in San Francisco California lists personnel in service at the FPO postal facility with a 96602 code, indicating assigned duty and location details for Navy or Marine reserve operations.
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H&ms - 15
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Community social calendar list of clubs and events
Numerous meetings and festive gatherings are scheduled across clubs and organizations. Activities include dinners, potlucks, Christmas exchanges, officer installations, luncheons, literature programs, and dance lessons at venues such as Masonic Temple, VW rooms, Captain's Table, and City Legion Hall with volunteers coordinating bring goods and reservations as noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willows
White Shrine Bridge
Masonic Temple
Mabel Rehfeldt
Charles Morris
James Butler
Tonyn Davis
Shearer
City Legion Hall
Len Buch
Ella Gordon
Zeredatha Council and Wives
Temple
Paul Snakenberg
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Noble Grand Circle
Leona Gardner
First Presbyterian Upw Circle V
Old Manse
Theft Reported at Harold's Sinclair Crawfordsville
Washington sheriff's officers investigated a break in at Harold's Sinclair Crawfordsville. Burglars broke a window in the wash room, unlocked it, and entered. Missing were four tires eight to ten cartons of cigarettes five boxes of spark plugs and ten five pack cartons of cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wapello school bond issue is defeated
Voters in the Wapello Community School district rejected a $575,000 bond for a new high school. The measure failed to reach the required 60 percent, receiving only 39 percent in a 587 to 379 defeat, as reported in Columbus Junction.
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Columbus Junction
Wapello
Viet War Strikes Hit Viet Cong Targets Near Saigon and Hanoi
U S B52 bombers struck three times today. They hit a suspected Viet Cong troop concentration 32 miles northeast of Saigon for the second straight day. They also hit an enemy fortification 210 miles north of Saigon near Cambodia and a Communist base area 365 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Matusick named assistant manager at Thorp Credit in Ottumwa
Thomas R. Matusick was appointed assistant manager of Thorp Credit Inc. in Ottumwa. Glenn D. Hammitt announced the move from Thorp’s Washington Iowa office. prior to joining he studied at William Penn College in Oskaloosa. The piece also notes a Viet Nam serviceman stat and a Betty Lou Butt tied to the 199th Light Infantry Brigade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Thomas R. Matusick
Thorp Credit Inc
Ottumwa
Glenn D. Hammitt
Thorp
Washington, Iowa
William Penn College
Oskaloosa
Servicemen
Viet Nam
Wilbur Matusick
Betty Lou Butt
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Tommy Butt
Vung Tau
Roy Miller 77 Wellman dies after brief illness
Roy Miller aged 77 of Wellman died Friday night after a brief illness at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 pm at the Wellman Mennonite Church with Rev. Gideon Yoder. Burial will be in the West Liberty Mennonite Cemetery in Kansas. He was born April 13, 1889 in McPherson County Kansas and married twice, to Margaret Kauffman in 1917 and Anna May Litwiller Stutzman in 1958. He lived in Kansas, Walker Missouri, and Wellman, and was a mail carrier and teacher. Surviving are his wives, five children, two step-daughters, 27 grandchildren, 17 step-grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, a sister and a brother, with several relatives listed.
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Wellman
Roy Miller
Mersey Hospital
Iowa
Wellman Mennonite Church
Gideon Yoder
West Liberty Mennonite Church
Windom
Kansas
West Liberty Mennonite
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. Miller
McPherson County
Daniel
Elizabeth Yoder Miller
Hesston Academy
Hesston
Margaret Kauffman
Anna May Litwiller Stutzman
Walker
National Association of
Ralph
Verna) Detwiller
Waldo Miller
Belleville
Wilmer
Yoder
Harlan
Elizabeth) Hershberger
Milford
Nebr
Wallace
Pauline) Swartzendruber
Fred
Eldora) Wood
Mishawaka
Ind
Carl
Gladys) Rogers
Roy Troyer
Sam Miller
Nampa
Ida
Kra bill and Lena Rich observe 50th wedding anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Lester B Kra bill celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their home 210 South 9th Washington on Sunday December 18 from 2 to 6 p.m. Hosts include their sons and daughters and spouses Dr Vincent J Krabill Hesston Kan Milburn R Krabill Harlington Texas Jeanette Christner John Robert Pratt Goshen Ind Gordon McCreedy Denver Colo. Married January 18 1917 in Wayland by Bishop Sebastian Gerig. They have 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. No gifts requested.
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South 9Th
Washington
Vincent J. Krabill
Hesston
Kan
Milburn R. Krabill
Harlington
Texas
Jeanette) Christner
John Robert
Evelyn) Pratt
Goshen
Ind
Gordon
Joanna) McCreedy
Denver
Colo
Krabill
Lena Rich
Sebastian Gerig
Wayland
Washington and
Henry County
Washington County
Methodist circles observe Christmas in service and tea
The Woman's Society of Christian Service circles met Friday with each circle staging a Christmas program. The general meeting is planned for Friday Dec 16 at 2 pm with a Christmas Tea at Halcyon House. A New Life Mission led by Rev George Morris is planned for the Methodist Church lan 8-1b. Hostesses include Mrs J K Latta Mrs Mable Rehfeldt Mrs Walter Duvall Mrs R E Thomas Mrs J W Helscher Mrs Merle Turnipseed Mrs Ralph Robertson Mrs Paul Shearer and Mrs Keith Vetter.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Halcyon House
New Life
George Morris
Lan
J. K. Latta
Mable Rehfeldt
Walter Duvall
R. E. Thomas
J. W. Helscher
Merle Turnipseed
Ralph Robertson
Paul Shearer
Keith Vetter
Ethel Schweitzer, longtime Muscatine native, dies at Restopia
Mrs. Ethel Schweitzer formerly of Muscatine and recently of Columbus Junction died Wednesday at the Restopia Home in Columbus Junction. Services were at the Ralph J. Wettrich Funeral Home in Muscatine and burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. She leaves sons including Bart Schweitzer of Columbus Junction, four daughters, 27 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren and one sister.
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Columbus Junction
Ethel Schweitzer
Muscatine
Restopia
Ralph J. Wettrich
Greenwood Cemetery
Bart Schweitzer
Hospital Admits and Discharges Report
Yesterday Gerald Edwards of Washington was admitted for medical care. Today Mrs Henry P Deal of Keota and William Tomley of Washington were admitted for medical treatment. Linda Koepfenstein of Ainsworth and Ainsworth patient Keota discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Edwards
Washington
Henry P. Deal Keota
William — Tomley Washington
Linda
K1opfenstein
Ainsworth
Lincoln School December Events Calendar
Calendar lists events for Lincoln School from Monday December 12 to Saturday December 17. Includes Christmas program eight p.m. on Monday, eighth grade basketball at Muscatine West Tuesday four p.m., Cedar Rapids Prairie games here six thirty and eight p.m., school board meeting seven thirty p.m. Wednesday details, ninth grade basketball Mid-Prairie here four p.m., high school band concert eight p.m. Thursday, varsity basketball at Davis County Friday, wrestling tournament at Muscatine Saturday.
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Lincoln
Muscatine West
Cedar Rapids
Mid - Prairie
Davis County
Muscatine
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Lincoln and Stewart
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Carson
Lith
Wolf's Flower Shop
Evening Journal
Boileau
HY Club
Katona Bank
WSCS
Pythian Sisters
Hall
Crawfordsville
Ces
St. James
Methodist
Max Lee
Circle
Wayne Gamon
Lyle Brinton
Srace Hill Ladies Aid
Eugene Engel
VEW
Glenn Widmer
Children’s Association
Cloyce
U Go
Winga Cafe
Maye Sorrell
Good Will Club
Otto Sheetz
Ames
Harlan Hochstetler
Ray Hochstetler
7Th St. Kalona
Louis Rich Foods, Inc
Iowa State University
West Liberty
Harold
Sinclair
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
Viet
Haiphong
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Red China
Thomas Matusick
Zoryenct
Nate Biinds
By Wendell Eden
Marilyn Monroe
God
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Dial
Washington, Town
New Zealand
Soney
Ladden
Lester B. Krabill
C. L. Jennings
New London
Hone
North Marion
Nancy
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