Washington memories of holiday visits and local notices
Washington area residents shared Christmas visits with family and friends from Glenview Illinois to Ottumwa and Fairfield. Social events included open houses from Washington Manufacturing Company, cooperative suppers, and a duck dinner at the Elmer Mason home. Obituaries noted Mrs. N. L. Black and Mrs. Crone with local civic and school updates and a shift in ownership for the Washington Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Simerman
Bill Simerman
Glenview Naval Air Base
Glenview
Ill
Keith Williams
American Pearl Button Company
Oscar Burham
Dean S. Hasty
State University of Iown
Phi Alpha Delta
Washington
Lavon G. Klein
Keota
SUI
Clarence Statler
Linda
Martha
Patricia
Seattle
Wash
Frank Karuen
Nancy
Ottumwa
William Barden
Etta Glassburner
Elsie Glassburner
William Glassburner
Royal Robertson
Gayle
Wilma
John Robertson
Wilcox
Pfe
Wendell Shaffer
Ralph Robertson
Cloyce Crone
George Evans
and Mirs
W.B. Edwards
Gladys
Josephine Bailey
Washington, D. C
Red Cross Training School
Mary Berry
Carl Roberts
M.W. Bailey
Henry
Theodore Bailey
William Moll
Elmer Masons
Elmer
Mar. Baret
Arthur Ingham
Evert L. Haney
la Plata
Dr. Vernon Elgin
Keota Girl Scouts plan for caroling
Keota patrols of Girl Scouts met after school to finalize Mothers Christmas gifts and arrange Christmas Caroling on December 19 at 6 45 p m They will then gather at their leaders homes for a Christmas party plus reports on a Bridge Marathon and Christmas giving.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Mary June Adams
Nadine Osweiller
Boyd Stoutner
TTT
Dick Norenberg
Edna Singmaster
Davenport
Alphonse Peiffer
Elmer Peiffer
Darlene
LeRoy Peiffer
Champaign
Illinois
Laly the Peiffers
Kenneth Orrs
George Richardson
Long Beach
California
United States Navy Training Center
Glen Richardson
Geo
Larry Palmers
Cedar Rapids
Evening Journal Item Briefing From Washington Iowa 1963
Local newspaper brief from Washington Iowa dated December 21 1963 summarizes daily happenings and notices across town. It lists community events, small ads, and short notices reflecting civic updates and social items of the weekend.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Washington Week Sees Potluck Cheer And Local Sports
The week in Washington reports a large Eastern Star potluck at the Masonic Temple with children and Santa delivering gifts. Local sports note Washington High wrestlers placed sixth at Fort Madison, Ron Gregory claiming the 95 pound title. Additional items cover girls bask etball standouts, community awards, school officers, births, anniversaries, and local travel and alumni news.
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Masonic Temple
Santa Claus
Washington High School
Fort Madison
Don Lawless
Ron Gregory
Ron
Paul heads retail merchants bureau chair and more
Paul heads the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Washington Chamber of Commerce with Robert Logan as vice chairman Thelma Anderson is treasurer An executive committee includes Harold Griffeth Leon Hillman Harold Jarvis Sud Lechner Charles Goodell ay Vinson and E Kelly Schlapkohl joins the accrediation committee of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in Chicago next April Washington ninth grade basketball beats Mid Prairie 65 48 Poor readability due to fragmented notes but core items include community leaders and social updates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Paul
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Robert Logan
Thelma Anderson
Harold Griffeth
Leon Hillman
Harold Jarvis
Sud Lechner
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Washington High School
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Schlapkohl
Association
Chicago
Washington News Highlights Holiday Activities and Games
Read of a YWCA Christmas party with 155 children from 33 families, Rotary event, and local truck accident near Wayland road. Washington Demons win 65 51 over Prairie Cedar Rapids, plus Washington sophomores beat Prairie 47 26 at Prairie court. Columbus High splits doubleheader with Danville. Several families plan Christmas travels and reunions in Davenport El Paso and Richmond. Connie Faye Goodwin to wed Lynn Jones. Eddie Weeks to return home for holidays.
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YWCA
Rotary
Washington
Prairie of
Cedar Rapids
Gary Hurst
Ben H. Goodwin
el Paso
Connie Faye
Lynn Jones
John Jones
el Paso High School
Country Life Insurance Company
Bloomington
Mid-Prairie district sees resignations and student honors
Mid-Prairie Board accepts the resignation of Helen D. Berendt district secretary effective December 31 as she joins the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. Lola Marner will complete the term through June 30, 1964. Dan Coon of Washington earns a place on Parsons College varsity wrestling team in the 130 pound class. Bernard Singleton and 21 other Iowa students make fall quarter honor roll at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. Local social and employee events include gatherings at Blue Note, Connelly Hardware, Ballou Oil, and a Christmas party for Distributive Education students at Washington High School. Future visits include Tom C. Davis’s Iowa City trip, and Lt. Mark Hensel’s Christmas with family. Wick Horak wins a Travelers Insurance vacation prize to Point Clear, Alabama for high sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Mid-Prairie
Helen D. Berendt
Berendts
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Lola Marner
Dan Coon
Washington
Parsons College
Parsons
Dubuque University
Singleton
Bernard Singleton
Iowa
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Washington Evening Journal masthead and credits
The fragment shows the Washington Evening Journal masthead with editor and staff roles, city and newspaper details, and publication notes. It references the Inland Daily Press Association, Audit Bureau of Circulations, and standard mailing classifications. The readable text indicates a rural subscription note and carrier distribution in Washington Iowa.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Town
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Hazen
Sun
Washington
Iowa
Inland
Daily Press Assn
Towa
Daily Press
Assatoma Presagen
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Pmonths
Vocal concert draws crowd at Washington High
The Washington Community High School vocal music department directed by Vernon Feuerhelm presented its annual Christmas concert titled Our Favorite Christmas in the high school gym. The proscenium style show impressed audiences with a polished program featuring the chorus, small groups, and soloists under challenging conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community High School Vocal Music Department
Vernon F. Feuerhelm
Feuerhelm
Perpetual Christmas Poem Week by Alice Harrison
Poem of the week celebrates a timeless Christmas joy not bound to one day. It speaks of enduring love and the Star, with the wise men as distant witnesses, and proclaims that Christ's joy and tide continue beyond calendar limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Whittaker
Mrs Brown at Mercy Hospital Visit in Keota
Mr and Mrs J E Gretter visited Mrs Marie Brown at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City on Sunday and found her suffering from a severe bronchitis attack. Mrs Arletta Barnum hosted a Christmas coffee gathering Monday afternoon with friends enjoying the social time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
J. E. Gretter
Iowa City
Marie Brown
Mercy Hospital
Arletta Barnum
Birth notices and admissions in Washington area
A stream of baby births and hospital admissions is logged across Washington Wellman Conesville Ainsworth and nearby towns. Names include Becker Gent Westaway Yoder and Schooley Witt ing Panzer Koehler Williams Meier and others with multiple newborn daughters and sons and several medical admissions across today yesterday and Thursday entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norbert Becker
Ainsworth
Terry Gent
Wellman
Raymond Yoder
Rodney Groff
Sue Ann Lowe
Washington
Anna Witting
Rodney Gross
George Westaway
Conesville
Raymond H. Yoder
William Koehler
David Williams
Ray Meier
Deaths and funeral notices from various Iowa towns
Obituaries note Elvin Gerber age 48 dying at Washington County Hospital after a sudden illness. Matilda McCall, former Washington resident, died in Fairfield. Mrs. Ernest E. Smith, 81, died at home on East Third Street after months of ill health. Mrs. Henry J. Oak, 74, of Columbus Junction, died unexpectedly at home. services pending. Clara Tansey's final rites held in Pawnee Oklahoma. burial in Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Tom Clark of Wilkes-Barre, sister Mabel Gray, reported. another sister Lulu Long in Washington. Mrs. Harry Bagby, 64, died in Washington County Hospital after long illness. Florence Bell Wasson, 65, died in University Hospital Iowa City. funeral in Wellman. Pamela Lee Schooley, 2, died December 20 in Washington County Hospital. services at Jones Funeral Home. Allen Fickling, Keota, died suddenly of heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Smith
East Third Street
Columbus Junction
Henry J. Oak
Stacy Funeral Home
Clara Tansey
Pawnee
Okla
Highland Cemetery
Tansey
Stillwater
Mabel Gray
Tom
Esta) Clark
Wilkes Barre
Lulu Long
Washington
Wellman
Florence Bell Wasson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Wellman Baptist Church
Arthur Ulrich
Powell Funeral Home
Wellman Cemetery
Pamela Lee Schooley
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Notable Iowa City surgery patient returns home
Mrs Ilo Gretter and Mrs Na dine Osweilero along with Lori and others accompany Mrs Darlyne Fagen and Mrs Audrey Smith. Mrs Arnold Yoder of Oskaloosa, formerly of Keota, has returned home after surgery at University hospital in Iowa City.
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Ilo Gretter
Nadine Osweilero
Lori
Darlyne Fagen
Audrey Smith
Arnold Yoder
Oskaloosa
Keota
University Hospital
Iowa
Cit
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T. T. Keeley
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William S. Hemmings
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Pangburn
Schoonover Drug
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Richard A. Stewart
Monmouth College
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Des Moines
Robert Brin
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Timothy Robert
Lester Luckenbill
Homer Brinning
Scotland
Ireland
Wead
Ethyle Sinotte
Oregon
Baltimore
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Nancy Osincup
Drake University
Herb Osincup
Donna
Drake
Paul
Mid- Prairie High School
Keating
Cheryl Keating
Simpson College
Indianola
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Oasis
Webster
Bureau
Ralph Osborne
Bill Millhouser
Maynard McClain
Brooklyn
L. W. Carpenter
W. J. Stevens
Jesse Busby
Una Bryant
A. Lester Fry
Arvada
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Charles Moore
Hollywood Trailer Park
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Sue Lowe
Rick
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Cornell College
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Lloyd Latta
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520 West
Lena Stewart
Dorothy Ruggles
Ray Hanson
Danforth Chapel
University Athletic Club
Mrs. Hanson
Bessie Wead
Continent
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England
Stanley Harvey Johnson
St. Paul
Minnesota
Lyle Irvan Hesseltine
Wayland Road
Washington County
Irene Conner
Patty Hopping
Jacksonville
Patty
W.F. Hopings
Columbus High
Danville
Columbus Girls
Robert H. Rice
Atlanta, Ga
Milo Sorden
Eddie Weeks
Oklahoma University
Norman, Okla
Sam Weeks
Paul Grossheim
Julia Ann
Susan
Texas
Glenn Wilson
John
Jim
W. J. Grossheim
Korea
E.D. Morrison
Jean
Jim Morrison
Ft. Leonard Wood
Richmond
Jolly Nine Club
Blue Note
Dwight Murray
Dale Connelly
Connelly Hardware Store
Clifford Connelly
Lauren Chalupa
Wayne Wagner
Marcella Wittetoe
Donna Horton
James Wagner
Karl and
Kenny
Burlington
Emma Wagner
Howard Ballou
Kathy
Ballou Oil Company
Ballou
Robert Erlenbush
Merritt Wellington
Jim Lyle
Sherri
Sally
Susie
Tipton
Ga) Jacobson
Wapelo
Mir
James Houstman
Tom C. Davis
Cedar Falls
University of Iowa
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Alison
Ft. Lewis
Clint Hensel
Fred
Fred Hensel
Burlington Community College
Clint Hensels
Sharon Lowry
State University of Iowa
Werner Lowry
Wick Horak
Point Clear
Ala
Travelers Insurance Company
Carrier
Clifford Leeper
Riverside
State Highway Commission
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Karl Blatter
Anchorage
Alaska
E. J. Blatter
Robert Eckerson
Blatters
Jack Moore
Charlotte Earll
Akron, D
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Jane Peterson
Jane
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Lester H. Luckenbill
Cherry
Robert Brinning
Beth
Tim
J. H. Sellars
Fairfield
Logan Sellars
Lois Wade
Dacin Pugh
Richland
Robert J. Fritz
John Lowash
Denver
Ronald Sowash
Mrs
A. Duncan
Alice Morgan Harrison
Mrs. Brown
Frank M. Bain and Son
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Annette Mi Gugin
Pamela Schooley
Edna Miksch
John Patterson
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