Dear Aunt Agatha The Week in Washington Column Snows Hit Traditional Holiday Prep
Dear Aunt Agatha recounts a heavy weekend snowstorm up to 7 inches and continuing precipitation, with damage to a hemlock at the library and sheds fire at the Presbyterian Home. It notes a new mayor, political figures Schwengel and Schiapkohl, campaign manager news, Journal party winners, and a Guatemala student teaching in Washington, ending with Christmas shopping plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Logan
Presbyterian Home
Cloud Willits
Wayne Davis
Ralph Martin
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
Kelly Schiapkohl
Schwengel
Schlapkohl
Fred
Dave Stanley
Muscatine
Dave
Dave Livingston
Stanley
Livingston
Journal Boys
the Y
John Wolf
Cal Wolf
Mike Reighard
Gailen Reighard
Journal
Thelma Cobar
Guatemala
Washington
Stork Gazelle List of Local Births Names and Addresses
The Stork Gazelle lists births for Lisa Ann Blumhagen Karen Kay Ehrman Thomas Dean Evans Robin Renee Redlinger Jeffrey Anthony Perdock Charles Shane Anderson Jason Lynn Unternahrer. Dads and moms are named with street addresses in Keota Wapello Wellman Washington Ainsworth Wayland and rural routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Unternahrer
Wayland
Eugene Anderson
Ainsworth
Rebecca Jane Levy
Washington
Richard Evans
Wellman
Week on the Farm Snow Changes and Shelter Choices
The snow has settled and not frozen ground much, aiding field tile work. Cattle seek windbreaks, horses find grass, and farm families focus on business records for tax reasons. A stray Thanksgiving dog named Goldie joins the household and will need a rabies shot license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Red
Goldie
Thaddeus
Washington Weekly Roundup Keeps Local Happenings Front
A week in Washington reports awards for Journal carrier boys at the YMCA dinner where Mike Reighard and John Wolf received gold watches amid a tie. Snow measured 7.4 inches, closing schools and straining driveways, while a Sunday fire at UP Home caused several thousand dollars in damages. Local sports note Keota 71 Belle Plaine 58. Crawfordsville holds double wedding vows ceremony. and community updates include medical, military, and funeral notices with multiple residents and relatives referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Reighard
John Wolf
Evening Journal Carrier Boys
YMCA
Journal Watch
Mike
Gailen Reighard
West Monroe
John
Calvin Wolf
South
Marvin Crim
Dayton Crim
South Fourth
Tom Palmer
Thomas Palmer, Jr
East 7Th
Douglas Bean
Richard Bean
Ainsworth
Washington
Richard Schmitt
Bernard Schmitt
North Marion
Richard Colby
Ralph Martin named mayor in Washington union session
In a Monday special meeting Washington city council named Ralph Martin to finish the late L Cloud Willits term as mayor. Martin would assume January 1 for the rest of the term, following election to the new term starting then. Also reported are swim team records, hospital notices, and local sports results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Martin
L. Cloud Willits
Martin
Washington YW - Ymca
Burlington
Retirement Surprise for Washington County Supervisor
Washington County marks the retirement of Supervisor Howard Anderson after seven years with a farewell gathering at Bryn Mawr Steak House. His term ends January 1, 1970, as Willis Richards joins the board. The event drew more than 100 county employees and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Anderson
Washington
Bryn Mawr
Anderson
Willis Richards
Board of Supervisors
Local counselors hear panel on communications with legislators
Southeast Iowa guidance counselors met at The Willows Monday night to hear a panel on group and legislator communications. Panelists included Jim Gorman Kelly Schlapkohl Senator Richard Stephens and S Ray Blair. About 40 attended the program arranged by Ernest Beemsblossom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Iowa Association of Guidance Counselors
the Willows
Jim Gorham
Columbus Community High School
Kelly Schlapkohl
Washington
Richard Stephens
Ainsworth
S. Ray Blair
Ernest Beemblossom
Washington County WWI veterans install officers and feast
Friday dec 12 report notes the Washington County Barracks of World War I veterans and Auxiliary held a turkey dinner and installation night in the Legion hall. Everett Burham became Commander with George Baker as first vice commander and Albert Wehr as second. Other officers named include S. W. Easter as judge advocate Howard Altenbernd as chaplain Neal Burton as quartermaster Ben Hammer as adjutant Charles Mayer and Walter Anderson as trustees. Clyde Sutherland installing officer from Iowa City. Also reports sports notes from Iowa City area with Washington Junior High cagers defeating Muscatine Central 61 to 48 and Highland wrestlers beating University High 28 to 18 with forfeit points. Plan May wedding for Diana Faye Johnson to Alvin L. Cox. Luziers Cosmetics awards gold clock to Mrs. Harold Kline for top southeast district sales at Ottumwa Hotel Christmas party. County Home party for retarded children attended despite bad weather. Charmenaires performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Legion Hall
Everett Burham
George Baker
Albert Wehr
S. W. Easter
Howard Altenbernd
Neal Burton
Ben Hammer
Charles Mayer
Walter Anderson
Clyde Sutherland
Iowa City
Multiple Obituaries Reported From Iowa Towns
Death notices from Columbus Junction Crawfordsville Riverside Wellman and surrounding areas report the passing of Bernice Sheetz, Joe David Newell, Mrs. W. A. Orris, Jess Mitchell, Jessie M. Ayers, Mrs. Joseph B. Clyde, Orba M. Little, Mrs. R. F. Johnston, Daniel Scott Kelly, and Regina Kay Howlett. Burials and services held in Iowa City Davenport Moline and local memorials mark the sequence of December 1969 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Jess Mitchell
The
Methodist Church
Ellis Powell
Memory Gardens
Iowa City
Richland
Daniel Scott Kelly
Dennis M. Kelly
Davenport
A. Joe Kelly
Daniel
Mercy Hospital
Dana Sue
Regina Kay Howlett
Reginald and
Linda Goodwin Howlett
Washington
Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles
California
Nader warns pollution will be 1972 campaign issue
Ralph Nader told a Dubuque Chamber dinner pollution will dominate the 1972 campaign. He criticized the Nixon administration for lip service to pollution control and called current efforts pork barrel, misdirected, and useless. Nader plans to speak at Upper Iowa College and the University of Iowa. Mississippi was the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment in January 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque, Iowa
UPI
Ralph Nader
Dubuque Chamber of Commerce
Nader
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Brighton Carrol Goodell Weds Robert Shelangoski in Double Ring Ceremony
Corinne Anderson and Gene Reed also united in morning ceremony at St Joseph Catholic Church East Pleasant Plain with Rev Francis E Bass officiating. The marriages connect families from Fairfield Rural Route 1 and Richland as both brides were given in marriage by their fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Rosemary Charlene Curtis
Charles R. Curtis
Alan Dean Graber
Jacob Graber
Donnellson
Crawfordsville United Presbyterian Church
van Engen
Brighton
Carrol Goodell
Earl Cline
Washington
Cline
Robert Shelangoski
Richard Shelangoski
Mr. Shelangoski
Richard Peterson
Corinne Anderson
George Anderson
Route 1
Fairfield
Gene Reed
Charles Reed
Richland
St. Joseph Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Francis E. Bass
Hospital News Roundup From Washington Iowa 1969
Yesterday lists admissions births and dismissals at County Hospital across Washington and neighboring towns including Edith Zook Cora McWilliams and Rebecca Levy. Today notes further admissions and discharges with names such as Earl Finke Helen Shenefelt and Roberta Anderson amid a steady stream of medical and surgical cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Zook
Washington
Cora McWilliams
Columbus Junction
Robert Truax
Claude Woods
Max Arbogast
Frank Smith
Brighton
Earl Finke
Helen Shenefelt
Harold Lister
George Pennington
Ainsworth
Ronald Perdock
Donald Fox
Ronald Redlinger
Wellman
Levi Blanchard
Surgical
G. C. Bailey
Howard Schulty
Wendell Warner
Eva Boughley
Kalona
Jean Baumert
Eugene Anderson
Ralph Unternahrer
Wayland
Margaret White
Joseph Snider
Jacob Conrad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carol Singer
Central Park
Stork Gazelle
Lisa Ann Blumhagen
Mrs
Dennis Blumhagen
North Fulton, Keota
Karen Kay Ehrman
Ronald Ehrman
South Water Street
Wapello
Thomas Dean Evans
Robin Renee Redlinger
9Th Avenue
Jeffrey Anthony Perdock
North Second, Washington
Charles Shane Anderson
Lewis Anderson
Jason Lynn Unternahrer
Iowa Bar Association
Tax School
Des Moines
Ted Bailey
E. D. Morrison
James Lloyd
Robert Day
Harold Boyd
Duane E. Crawford
Omer Crawford
Marine Corps
Naval Air Station
Marine Corps Barracks
Lakehurst
N. J
Keota
Eagles
Belle Plaine
Ruth Courtney
South Avenue C
Courtney
Maxine Schafer
East Second
Burlington Memorial Hospital
Samuel West
States
Midway Island
Tripler Army Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
Carl Bergquist
Joe West
U. S. S. Oriskany
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Ted Brown
Cedar Rapids
Prescott
Ariz
Lloyd Ewart
South Summit
Fred Bey
Lisa Westphal
William Westphal
Christine
United Methodist Church
Earl DuPey
Ft. Dodge
W. L. Westphal
Vinton
Maurice Meyer
Veterans Hospital
Burlington Y
B. Carter
M. Reschly
M. Young
M. Gebhardt
Milo Steele
Charles G. Rehling
Ronnie Fields
Stephen Morrison
Dale Connelly
Connelly Hardware Store
Thomas L. Morrison
James C. Morrison
Pauline Hite
Hampton
Carlyn Schwieger
Pam Hite
Schwieger
Leonard L. Morrison
da Nang
Kansas
Sgt. Morrison
Meryl Steele
Alvin Rommel
Milwaukee Lutheran Hospital
West Kilbourn
Milwaukee
Wis
Waco
Tri - County
Duane Hagensick
Demons
Oskaloosa JV
Ralph Hackett
Bonnie Sue
Dale Ingersoll
Waverly
Ivan Ingersoll
Loyal Banks
Shirley Jean
Larry Wayne Jenkins
Melroy Jenkins
Wilton Junction
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Washington Community School District Board
Case Field
John Beeler
Toastmasters Club
Charles Twinam
Joe Martin
David Miksch
Max Sheetz
Les Woods
Deborah Sue
Rande Lee Stauffer
Ervin Stauffer
Truman Hysell
Marcia Elaine
Donald L Jaspering
Melvin Jaspering
Clarence Samuelson
Washington High School
Guatemala City
Howard Waddell
Cobar
Grand Rapids
Minn
Thelma
United States
Amity Institute
Donald Rich
Sandra Ann Rich
Robert Wayne Wells
Charles Wells
Edward D. Miller
Kimberling City, Mo
Ray C. Miller
Don Hazen
David McDaniel
St. Ambrose College
Charley
Arthur Miller
Lewis Hall
St. Ambrose
David
Merritt McDaniel
Gideon
Sir Thomas More
Highland High School
Huskies
Mid - Prairie
Golden Hawks
University High of
Hawks
W. C
Bill) Robertson
Herb Osincup
Elyse
Mr. Osincup
Lynn Osincup
Trinity United Methodist Church
Nancy Osincup
Edwardsville
Ill
Iowa State Bar Association
Robert Bates
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
Mildred Davis
Stewart and Shearer
John E. Baldrige
Shirley Steele
Maria Guy
Baldrige and
Ted Meyer
Cathedral City
Palm Springs
Dean
Grant McKune
Ernest Huston
Bettendorf
Mercy Hopital
Grant Edward
Staci
Edward Huston
Ottumwa
Garda
Ann McKune
Bessie Royster
Marion McAvoy
Robert McAvoy
Flora Spivey
Martha McAvoy
Clare Spinner
Ralph Osborn
Ralph Osborn Jr
William L. DeHarper
Washington Junior High
Muscatine Central
Kenneth Johnson
Rubio
Diana Faye
Alvin L. Cox
Marvin Cox
St. Anthony
Harold Kline
Luziers Cosmetics
Luziers
Ottumwa Hotel
Association For Retarded Children
Charmenaires
Bernice Sheetz
E. 2Nd St
Joe David Newell
Washington County Hospital
W. A. Orris
Jessie M. Ayers
Joseph B. Clyde
North Avenue C
Orba M. Little
Moline Public Hospital
R.F. Johnston
Junction Area
Mississippi
Cloyd Garrett
William Longer
Logan Sellars
Rex B. Todd
Columbus City
Roberta Anderson
Bonnie Cassady
Lacy Lines
Floyd Banks
Lyle Manning
Evening Journal
Iowa
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