Christmas Club Meeting and School Social Held
Mrs. Howard Zihlman hosted the Loyal Neighbors Club Christmas meeting with 13 members present. Guests included Gerry Kurtz and Mary Rubey as the season’s program unfolded with secret sisters named for the coming year. The Grant rural school district held a Christmas social at the school house with Leona Kos teaching students who performed songs speeches and plays before gifts were exchanged by a lighted tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Zihlman
Loyal Neighbors Club
Gerry Kurtz
Mary Rubey
Raymond Kurtz
Myron Kurtz
Freda Reinnger
Edna Crile
Grant Rural
Leona Kos
Linda Donaldson
Kenneth Kiene
Karen Westen
Robert Coleman
William Donaldson
Mary Lance
Dennis Donaldson
Connie Lance
Judith Westen
Alice Lance
Carol Donaldson
Loretta Coleman
Raymond Coleman
Lena Stewart
Westminster Group Holds Annual Dinner in Westminster
The Westminster group held its annual Christmas dinner at the L. P. Statler home with most families present except the Kieseys and E. L. Slemmon. Weather was fine and the event proceeded with holiday decor. Ronald Eckels caused a moment of displeasure. Various neighbors and families visited each other in lead up to Christmas with noted pre Christmas dinners at the Kiesey home and visits among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. FE. Eckels
Westminster
L. P. Statler
Ted Kieseys
E. L. Slemmons
Ronald Eckels
Rebecca Shebeck Weds Denny Butler in Washington
Rebecca Shebeck and Denny Butler, both of Washington, united in marriage at 10 am Saturday, December 24, in the Christian Church parsonage. Rev. Halsey Waklin performed the double ring ceremony. They will reside at 119 West Harrison Street after a trip to Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Shebeck
Denny Butler
Washington
The
Christian Church
Halsey Waklin
Florida
West
Harrison Street
Christmas Dinner Ties Murdock Slemmons in Iowa City
Mr and Mrs Charles Murdock and Mr and Mrs FE L Slemmons attended a pre Christmas dinner at the Meredith Miller home in Iowa City. Two youths each received five gifts at Westminster as Joyce Statler and Dick Stewart welcomed German Shepherd puppies. Doctors report illness as Westminster families suffer flu like threats, and residents hope the new year clears troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Murdock
Washington
FE. L. Slemmons
Iowa City
Westminster
Joyce Statler
Dick Stewart
Social Calendar Notices for Community Groups
Notices list December events with start times for Damascus Shrine Masonic Temple West Chester Pythian Sisters Moose meetings Bethel Missionary U Go I Go Club Navajo Club Grace Hill Ladies Aid and secret sister gathering with locations including Community building and Mrs Lloyd Foster Mrs Claud Tucker and Mrs Louise Reaney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus Shrine
Masonic Temple
West Chester Pythian Sisters
Hall
Moose Home
Bethel Missionary
Lloyd Foster
Louise Reaney
Navajo Club
Claud Tucker
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Social Security Rep to Visit Washington and Wellman Post Offices
A Social Security Administration representative from Burlington will be in Washington on Wednesday December 28 from 9 to 10 a.m. at the post office and in Wellman Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. at the post office there. A marriage license was issued to Denny Otto Butler and Rebecca Shebeck of Washington, and another to Earl Albert Zieglowsky of Columbus Junction and Jane Bean of Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Social Security Administration
Burlington
Washington
Post Office
Wellman
Denny Otto Butler
Rebecca Shebeck
Earl Albert Zieglowsky
Columbus Junction
Jane Bean
Ainsworth
Pope Pius XI Calls for Ban on Nuclear Weapons
Pope Pius XI urged an international agreement to ban tests and use of nuclear weapons in his Christmas message. He pressed for a system of inspection and control and warned of the dangers of nuclear experiments, urging a general pact to prevent war and preserve peace. The speech aired in 29 languages via seven networks from the Vatican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XI
Apostolic Palace
The
Vatican
Vatican Radio
Births and dismissals listed for area residents
On the record hospital births include a son to Mr and Mrs Charles Plecker of Columbus Junction and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Duane Alliman of Washington. Dismissals today include Marva Lou Rinner of Mt Pleasant and Mrs Calla Stickrod and Charles Brown, both of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Plecker
Columbus Junction
Duane Alliman
Washington
Marva Lou Rinner
Mt Pleasant
Calla Stickrod
Charles Brown
Christmas Eve Birthday and Anniversary Greetings
Birthdays honored on Christmas Eve include Leslie Eicher Mrs M D Atkinson Mrs Max Marble Mrs Joe Vodicka Herbert Campbell Don Anderson Orville Coakley Gladys Knupp and Carol Marie Farnest. Couples Mr and Mrs John Goodwin and others mark fifty years of marriage and Christmas Day anniversaries across families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Eicher
M. D. Atkinson
Max Marble
Joe Vodicka
Herbert Campbell
Don Anderson
Orville Coakley
West Chester
Gladys Knupp
Carol Marie Farnest
John Goodwin
Clarence Shull
Tt. J. Simons
Merle Warner
Earl Berkshire
Roy Havel
Karen Marie Zook
R. J Tanner
Betty Ann Erwin
Walter Longer
Fred Garrett
Carol Jean McKone
Kay Rita McCreedy
Michael McCarthy
Ellen Elizabeth Jennings
George Stumpf
Richmond
Grace McDowell
Virgil Fugene Hagist
Chester Eatinger
Dan Boone
Clair Mullan
Eli Knepp
Charles Randall
Diphtheria Shots Need Renewed For Lifelong Immunity
Health officials warn booster shots are essential as four diphtheria cases in one week show only one vaccination series may not confer lasting protection. Experts urge starting in infancy and repeating boosters every three to four years until age 15, noting many adults lack complete immunization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Ralph Heeren
Division of
Heeren
Madelene Donnelly
Division of Maternal and Child Health
Nothing New About Those Baths, Junior
Open letter notes bath history from 7000 years ago to today. It cites ancient Babylonia baths, 1300 B C pipe systems, and myths about Adam Thompson as a joke. Ends with a Christmas wish and adds Illinois motor vehicle registrations for 1955 through October at 3,900,000, up 160,000 from 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
Mamas
Junior
Shaddup
Assn
Babylonia
Arnimar
Ashunnak
Adam Thompson
Illinois
Christmas social notes mix travel plans and family visits
Local readers report a barrage of holiday plans and visits. Norma Tilden and Delores Wag ner travel between Washington Des Moines and St Paul while families host gatherings in Noble Olds and Washington. Friends share Christmas exchanges and attendance at church programs as Warford family losses are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Tilden
Washington
Des Moines
Bertie Wagner
Clark Wagner
St. Paul
Minn
Mary Anne Wagner
Dike
Harlan Widmer
Lawrence Barquist
Larry
Rachelle
Olds
Chestnut Tree Planted On Roof Sparks Longfellow Nod
Albert A. Doiron of Portland plants a four foot tall chestnut tree atop his blacksmith shop roof and admits admiration for Longfellow, who once wrote of under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Albert A. Doiron
Longfellow
Ferris Institute Receives Pig From Elks for Football Season
Big Rapids Michigan Elks lodge presented Victor F Spathelf Ferris Institute president with a pig at a banquet honoring the Ferris football team's successful pigskin season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Rapids, Mich
Big Rapids Elks Lodge
Victor F. Spathelf
Ferris Institute
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Bob Carter
Iowa State College
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M. H. Cartor
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J. W. Stewart
Newton
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Washington County Hospital
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