Anniversary Open House for Lee and Dora Chambers
The children of Mr and Mrs Lee Chambers of Fairfield announce their parents 50th wedding anniversary open house on Sunday December 31 from 2 to 4 pm at the Odd Fellow Hall on the square in Fairfield. They request no gifts. The couple married January 1 1918 at the Methodist parsonage in Washington. They have five children and sixteen grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Chambers
Fairfield
Odd Fellow
Mr. Chambers
Dora Koehler
Methodist Parsonage
Washington
Clendenning
Dallas
Maxine) Kitzman
Sigourney
Raymond
Russell
Packwood
Donald
Richland
Max Dorothy Bates
Atlantic
Cookies Donated for VA Hospital by Washington Area
Washington area residents contributed 122 dozen cookies for veterans at the Iowa City VA Hospital this season. The gifts came through the Washington County Red Cross chapter with thanks from chapter chairman Clarence Logan and VA hospital representative Mrs. Walter Sheetz. Donors included Farmerettes 4-H Club, Headliners 4-H Club, HM. 2 and numerous individuals such as Mrs. Charles Franzen Mrs. G. M. Wylie and Miss Lois Turnipseed, among others, with additional cookies left at the local radio station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Area
Iowa City
Washington County
Red Cross
Clarence Logan
Walter Sheetz
Medical Admits and Dissolutions Listed for Several Names
Yesterday Ambrose Lutz of East Pleasant Plain was admitted for medical care. Today Lawrence Zelinski of Brighton and John P. Jef fries of Washington were admitted for medical treatment. Dismissed today are Mrs. Edward Nardy of Washington Mrs. Lester Led ger and her son of Keota and Mrs. Dessie Libe of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Lutz
East Pleasant Plain
Lawrence Zelinski
Brighton
John P. Jeffries
Washington
Edward Nardy
Lester Ledger
Keota
Dessie Libe
YMCA Holiday Schedule Plans Christmas Break
The Washington YMCA announces a special holiday schedule starting today through after New Year’s Day. The center closes on December 25 26 31 and January 1. It offers gym and pool access plus holiday tournaments for all ages including checkers chess smash slot cars ping pong bumper pool and eight ball. A junior high Art Club and jukebox dancing are listed with a Teen Center dance on December 30 and a children of Darkness performance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. A swim contest begins December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
YMCA
Y Lobby
Children of Darkness
Wittrigs celebrate 55th wedding anniversary in Winfield
Mr and Mrs Charles Cannon of Winfield visited Mrs Cannon's parents Mr and Mrs Howard Wittrig Friday to help celebrate the Wittrigs 55th anniversary. Friends and relatives called at the Wittrig home plus greetings from cousin Harold Haning Donna Lynn Cannon Rew and Max A Cannon. Mr Wittrig and Elizabeth A Swift wed December 22 1912 near Washington by Rev S M Musselman of the Eicher Mennonite Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cannon
Winfield
Local social notes from Iowa City and surrounding towns
Mrs Ferne Leeper dismissed from University Hospitals Iowa City on leave with plan to recuperate at son Gary Leeper's Cedar Rapids home. Pvt Robert L Nelson visiting from Fort Knox with wife Joyce and parents Roy and Mrs. Nelson, to resume duty January 1. Sixth grade Lincoln School girls caroled then visited Peggy Llewellyn for punch and cookies. Halcyon House and the Pines caroling group included Jean Soucek and others. Jean's father Henry Soucek drove them. Mrs Leonard Llewellyn and Walter Llewellyn of Ottumwa attended University Hospital for emergency retina surgery. Walter to stay home during hospitalization. Lloyd Conger a Mercy Hospital patient seeks visits and mail. Pvt James W Gillum Jr home from Ft Sam Houston after medic training. to Korea January 6 for 12 months. address RA 1692440 APO SF CA 96335. Mrs Olive Watson spending Christmas weekend in Des Moines with daughter and family John Armentrout et al and son George. Mr and Mrs Robert Hopping and family from Emmetsburg visiting in Columbus Junction and Washington area with Clark Hopping and Wayne Marston families. Wednesday evening visitors at Havel home included Don Troyer family Kalona, James Hess, Inez Lomen, Brian and Brenda, and Shirley Steele and others from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Peggy Llewellyn
Halcyon House
the Pines
Jean Soucek
Julie Sojka
Wendy Laing
Jona Beenblossom
Karen Collett
Ella Jean Albright
Peggy
Jean
Henry Soucek
James W. Gillum Jr
Ft. Sam Houston
Texas
Korea
Apo
San Francisco
Calif
Olive Watson
Des Moines
John Armentrout
Sherri
Gary
George Watson
Robert Hopping
Jeff
Steve
Emmettsburg
Clark Hopping
Columbus Junction
Wayne Marston
Washington
Edward F. Havel
Eileen
Don Troyer
Kalona
James Hess
Inez Lomen
Brian
Brenda
Shirley Steele
David
Dennis
Opal Putman
Havel
Social calendar notices ahead of first publication
Notices in this column must be in by 10 a.m. on publication day. Each item appears three days early. Monday Merry Christmas to all. Tuesday Wives no meeting until Jan 9. Senior Citizens Council no meeting. Wednesday Bethel Missionary Society 1 30 pm Mrs Towyn Davies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior Citizens Council
Bethel Missionary Society
Towyn Davies
Kalona widow Anna Gingerich dies at 81
Mrs. Anna Stutzman Gingerich, 81, died this morning at Pleasantview Home in Kalona after a long illness. Funeral Tuesday at 10am in East Union Mennonite Church, burial in Gingerich Cemetery. Born June 24, 1885, she lived in Kalona her whole life, married Julius Gingerich in 1911. he predeceased her. Surviving: son Melvin of Tucson, two grandsons, two brothers Ervin and William Stutzman, three sisters Mrs. Henry Miller Wellman, Mrs. Thomas Kauffman Clarksville Mich., Mrs. Lydia Eckdahl Manitou Springs Colo. One brother and three sisters preceded her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Anna Stutzman Gingerich
Pleasantview
East Union Mennonite Church
Gingerich Cemetery
Peterseim
Gingerich
John
Ellen Stutzman
Julius Gingerich
Melvin
Tucson
Ariz
Ervin Stutzman
William Stutzman
Henry Miller
Wellman
Thomas Kauffman
Clarksville
Mich
Lydia Eckdah
Manitou Springs
Colo
Smith Whitney Vows Thursday In Cedar Rapids Home
Shirley Jean ne Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs Gene Smith of Maquoketa formerly of Washington and Robert Donald Whitney son of Mr and Mrs Fred Whitney of Cedar Rapids were married Thursday Dec 21 at 7 30 p m in the groom s parents home The couple will reside at 605 Fourth Street S W Cedar Rapids The bride is a granddaughter of Mrs Lester Snow of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Jeanne Smith
Gene Smith
Maquoketa
Washington
Robert Donald Whitney
Fred Whitney
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Street
S. W
Lester Snow
Washington Evening Journal Journalistic Masthead and contact line
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th with post office entry under March 8 1879 and affiliations with Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn and Audit Bureau of Circulations. Subscription rates shown: months 6 months year 3 months 6 months. Per week by carrier in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Ost
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Blackout hits in northwest states
United Press International reports a blackout caused by two 230000 volt lines snapping near the Idaho Oregon border. The failure darkened Utah, southern Idaho, eastern Oregon, western Wyoming and southwestern Montana as the Oxbow Brownlee intertie tripped and cascaded southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho-Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Oregon
Wyoming
Montana
Boise
Brownlee
Fail in holdup try on Davenport police
Davenport Iowa two would be holdup men failed in an attempt to rob Patrolman Edward Hillebrand as he was leaving Eagle supermarket with the day’s receipts. The pair wearing ski masks approached. one held a silver revolver and ordered him not to move. Hillebrand threw a tire iron and took cover as the men fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Edward Hillebrand
Eagle
Hillbrand
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Chambers
Farimerettes 4 - H Club
Charles Franzen
G. M. Wylie
M. E. de- Lashmutt
Islea Schulty
Ray Redlinger
Robert Lowe
Lois Turnipseed
Minnie Schroeder
Betty Jarvis
Harold Cortum
Hazel Moore
FE. C. Hinkle
Howard Bailey
Eugene Engel
Max Waterhouse
Paul Hazelett
Leonard Brinning
Irene Conner
John Goodlander
Jack Wagner
Claude Woods
Spurgeons
Howard Wittrigs
Merry Christmas
Wolf's Flower Shop
By Wendell Eden
Wajon
Sherman
Eden
Dial
Evening Journal
Ferne Leeper
University Hospitals
Gary Leeper
S. W. Cedar Rapids
Pvt
Robert L. Nelson
Joyce
Roy Nelson
Fort Knox, Ky
Leonard Llewellyn
Leonard
Walter Llewellyn
Ottumwa
University Hospital
Walter
Llewellyn
Lloyd Conger
Mercy Hospital
Mrs. Gingerich
The
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Northwest States
United Press International
Idaho Power Co. Boise
Oxbow
McCall
Alexander Smith
Washington Co
Armstrong
Narin
Goodyear
Mannington
Powell Furniture
Wellman, Iowa
J. W. Helscher
CLA
P.O. Box
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
Peignoir
Kayser
Berkshire
Aaa
Paula Dean Bresses
Coats
P.j’s
Warner
Fashi
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