Christmas visits span families in several towns
Local families exchange holiday plans and visits across Wendell Idaho Traer Sheppard AFB Iowa City Grand River Hood River and surrounding areas. Names include Harold Ramsey Harley Brock Steve Brock Phil Busley Leroy Whannel Gene Whannel Janean Busley and many relatives. Several weddings births and hospital recoveries noted alongside Christmas gatherings and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Ramsey
Wendell
Idaho
Ramsey
Harley Brock
Steve Brock
Phil Busley
Eric
Janean
Leroy Whannel
Gene
Traer
Stewart Whannel
Sheppard Afb
Texas
Jay Whannel
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Busleys
Paradise Drive
Mrs Bert Oepping dies at 69 in Iowa City
Mrs. Bert Oepping, 69, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services Friday at Stacy Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. burial in Indian Creek Cemetery. Born Mary J. Hunter September 28, 1900 in Illinois. Married Bert Oepping October 14, 1919. Survived by husband, one daughter Mrs Raymond Bonnichsen, two grandchildren, three brothers, and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Bert Oepping
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Stacy Lewis
Indian Creek
Mary J. Hunter
Illinois
Curtis
Mary Mills Hunter
Oepping
Conesville
Royal Neighbors of America
Raymond Bonnichsen
Robert
Princeton
Tony
Muscatine
Clarence Schmidt
Atalissa
Gerald Mentink
Letts
Christmas Eve Service at Washington Methodist Church
A Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. at the Washington United Methodist church features a variety of Christmas music. Charles Goodell is song leader and Mrs. Peter Bell is the organist, with the Dean Knight and Charles Goodell families performing family selections. Steve and Penny Stout participate in the manger scene and the Goodell boys sing O Holy Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington United Methodist Church
Charles Goodell
Peter Bell
Dean Knight
Steve
Penny Stout
Goodell Boys
Waco area CROP drive shows strong 1969 support
Approximately 115 canvassers completed the 1969 CROP drive in Crawford and Marion Townships in Washington County and Jefferson and Wayne Townships in Henry County plus Wayland Olds and Crawfordsville. Total gifts include 2752.84 bushels of corn valued at 2973.07, cash 5651.50, for a combined 8624.57, up from 1968 and 1967. The drive supports Church World Service relief programs in India Vietnam the Mid East and Biagra.
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Crawford
Marion Township
Washington Co
Jefferson
Wayne Township
Henry County
Wayland
Olds
Crawfordsville
CROP
Church World Service
India
Vietnam
Mid - East
Biagra
Cookies for hospital Christmas appeal praised by Red Cross
Mrs. Walter C. Sheetz of the Washington County American Red Cross praised women who helped meet the hospital Christmas cookie quota. Donors included numerous named ladies and nine dozen cookies from an anonymous donor, with cookies to be used for patients at the VA Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Sheetz
Washington County
American Red Cross
Bob Hammer
Ray Redfinger
Wes Ramsey
P. L. Etter
Thelma Rohrer
Willard Gray
Harold Cortum
Rex Lee
Hazel Moore
John Wagner
Howard Bailey
Keith Murphy
Robert Lowe Sr
Ruth Gibson
Islea Schulty
Carl Zieglowsky
Minnie Schroeder
Richard Hayes
Charles Franzen
Claude Woods
Ralph Martin
Edward Roberts
Nondas Richardson
The
United Church of Christ
December meeting of Cinderellas 4-H Club at Statler home
The December gathering of the Cinderellas 4-H Club met at Cindy Statler’s home with eight members and two leaders present. They presented a program at the County Home, carried out a gift exchange among members and leaders, and were hosted for refreshments by the hostess and her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinderellas
Cindy Statler
Rites Friday for Hjalmar Johnson
Hjalmar Hugo Johnson 72 of Mt. Pleasant died Tuesday. He worked 37 years for the C B Q Railroad. Funeral Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Weir Cookes Funeral Home with Rev Delmar Carstens officiating. Burial in New Sweden Cemetery. Born June 14, 1897 in Svanhals Sweden. Survived by widow Eda Louise Molander four daughters two sons a brother and a sister. Fifty grandchildren and one great grandchild. Preceded in death by a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hjalmar Hugo Johnson
Mt. Pleasant
Don Myers
Washington
C. B. & Q. Railroad
Weir- Cookes
Delmar Carstens
Swedesburg Lutheran Church
New Sweden
Lockridge
Mr. Johnson
Svanhals
Ostergotland
Sweden
August Johansson
Johanna Augusta Eld
Eda Louise Molander
Harold Krehbiel
Myers
John Swailes
New London
Don Rodibaugh
St. Charles
Russell Johnson
Davenport
Thresa Hammen dies at Harper
Mrs Thresa C Hammen 61 of rural Harper died at home Tuesday morning December 23 after months of illness She was born June 19 1908 near Richland married Albert Hammen at Clear Creek on January 31 1932 and was a St Elizabeths Church parishioner Survivors include children Jeanette Besser Keith Hammen Eileen Hammen Virginia Chamberlin five grandchildren one great grandchild and siblings Raymond Edward Albert Sigourney Leonard Weber and Everett Heisdorffer Interment in Ss Peter and Paul Cemetery at Clear Creek Rosary at 730 pm Thursday Powell Funeral Home Keota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Thresa C. Hammen
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Father Schmitz
Ss. Peter and Paul
Clear Creek
Powell Funeral Home
Keota
Hammen
Richland
Matt
Margaret Britten Weber
Albert Hammen
Altar and Rosary Society
William
Jeanette) Besser Jr
Keith Hammen
Muscatine
Eileen Hammen
Virginia Chamberlin
Washington
Raymond
Edward Weber
Albert
Sigourney
Leonard Weber
Everett Heisdorffer
Hedrick
Norbert
West Liberty couple wed at Cotter United Presbyterian
Donna Jean Stapp daughter of Donald and Mrs Stapp of Columbus Junction married Richard Wayne Holskey of West Liberty son of James Holskey and Mrs Charles Hunter of Coshocton Ohio The ceremony occurred December twentieth at three o clock in Cotter United Presbyterian Church Columbus Junction native Donna wore Chantilly lace gown with Sabina neckline and elbow veil She carried red roses The couple plan to reside in West Liberty with Holskey working for Gene Mitchells Trucking Company The wedding drew 75 at a church reception with attendants DiAnne McCullough and Donna Belle Hughes among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus Community High School
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Three Rivers High School
Coshocton
Navy
Gene Mitchell
West Liberty
Demolished car crash on Highway 218 injures deer collision
Harold Richard Nelson of Conesville drove off Highway 218 three miles south of Ainsworth after two deer appeared on the road. His car overturned in an east ditch or was demolished while a highway patrol investigation noted the deer caused the crash. A separate collision at the Highway 1 Richmond Road junction near Kalona involved Harold Jacobs of New London and Mary Mellinger of Kalona with injuries and multiple vehicles damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Richard Nelson
Conesville
Highway 218
Ainsworth
Highway Patrol
Nelson
Richmond Road
Kalona
Harold Jacobs
New London
Mary Mellinger
Jacobs
Iowa City
Cal Dorsett
Phillip Mellinger
Mellinger
Raymond David Schlatter
Mt. Pleasant
Bailey family hosts wide Christmas weekend gathering
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Bailey entertain their children Richard Holmes Sharon and Mike Ames Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs. Edwin Bailey Jeff and Timmy Bowie Md and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bailey Jr. Minneapolis for Christmas and weekend. Mrs. Haddon James Silver City N M visits mother Mrs. E B Hammer and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Bailey
Richard Holmes
Sharon
Mike
Ames
Edwin Bailey
Jeff
Timmy
Bowie
Ted Bailey Jr
Minneapolis
Haddon James
Silver City, N. M
E. B. Hammer
White Shrine meeting honors birthdays at Masonic Temple
Mrs. Charles Greenlee presided as Wor thy High Priestess pro tem with Cloyd Garrett Watchman of Shepherds. October November December birthday honorees received prizes for women and men. Social hour followed with a refreshment committee and Christmas carols by Mrs. Martha Klein. Post Officers Night planned for January along with Obligation Night and a memorial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Greenlee
Cloyd Garrett
Shepherds
Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Kenneth Peters
Dwane Shalla
Roy Carter
Wendell Guy
Delbert Zager
Snowmobilers Require Equipment Permits in State Parks
Conservation Commission officials remind snowmobile users that special equipment permits are required to operate on inland waters and designated routes. In Lake Darling, Washington County, snowmobiles are limited to the lake and camp road. Park entry requires contacting the park officer and knowing the designated route. Applications are available from the Iowa Conservation Commission License Section in Des Moines or from local conservation and park officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Conservation Commission
Washington County
Lake Darling
Commission
Lake
Camp Road
Iowa Conservation Commission
4Th Street
Des Moines
Iowa
State agencies eye reforms to food and agriculture oversight
A committee recommends continuing state support for the agencies while proposing new measures. It suggests raising license and inspection fees, retraining current food and restaurant inspectors, and reorganizing the agriculture department into three divisions as part of a broader overhaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Friday Social Calendar Notice for WCTU Meeting
Notices due by 10 a m for first publication and printed three days prior. Friday at 1 30 p m WCTU hosts a UP Home event in the social calendar column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCTU
Federal offices to close Friday holiday order issued
President Nixon issues a federal holiday closure for Friday December 26. Post offices and all federal offices will be closed, no mail delivery on routes, but holiday lock box service and city limits special delivery operate. Regular Saturday post office and route services on December 27 observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Washington
ASC
SCS
Harry Levy
Admitted Monday and Yesterday in Local Medical Records
On the record Admitted Monday Paul DeLong Washington medical Mrs Hal Williams Washington medical Yesterday Mrs Mary Mc Beth Richland medical Monday Mrs Rose Times Keota Yesterday Mrs William Robbins and daughter Washington Mrs James Watts Keota Kimberly Gilstrap Washington Today Mrs Allen Boone and son Wellman Mrs Edwin Wittetoe Washington Mrs Cloyd Garrett Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul DeLong
Washington
Hal Williams
Mary Mc.Beth
Richland
Rose Times
Keota
William Robbins
James Watts
Kimberly Gilstrap
Allen Boone
Wellman
Edwin Wittetoe
Cloyd Garrett
Hanoi ease mail policy for U S pilots in prison
Mrs Weiss details Hanoi allowing one letter a month and a small package every other month to prisoners held in North Vietnam. She cites a Paris peace talks official saying families will be notified directly about captives as US withholds names. Christmas dinner planned for all prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
Drv
Moscow
North Vietnam
Paris
United States
Washington Evening Journal staff and affiliations
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists staff positions including editor David Elder and business manager, William Shannon as vice president advertising director, Charles Morris as news editor, Bob Shiffer as local advertising manager, and Howard Hazen as production superintendent. The paper prints afternoons except Sundays and certain holidays and is a member of several press associations and the Inland Daily Press group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shiffer
Howard Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass’n
Iowa Daily Press
Asa’n
Iowa Press
Ase'n
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Clara Gilbert
Ernest Adkisson
Grand River
Fritz
Janet) Peiffer
Lori
Danny
Denise
Hood River
Ore
Wilbur Hysells
Dale Garrett
Hawaii
Joyce Widmer
Oakland
Calif
Honolulu
Islands
Lloyd Turnipseed
Scott
Toni
Starr
K. A. Payne
Harry Payne
Becky
Carla
Don
Jack Dempsey
Ed Wiley
Glenn Murphy
Lloyd Schoonover
John McGill
Ken Rich
Lorie and
Loren
Dave Murphy
Virgil Starr
Coppock
Bill Starr
Larry Diettrich
Dion
Rebecca Day
William Day
Brighton
S. E. Blattner
Richard Dare
Blattner
Shirley Phelps
Dallas
Eugene Williams
Warrensburg
Earl Baumert
Ann McKeown
Becky Butler
Willis Bash
Lyle Romine
Howard Altenbernd
Lewis Glider
Elsie Fox
Burton Fox
Riverside
Fox
Essie Wilson
Greensboro
N. C
Lyle Fox
Vernon Fox
Donald Fox
Larry Fox
S. A
Jerry Fox
Virginia Beach
Duane Fox
Ft. Polk
Donald Fox Jr
Denver
Colo
Peggy Fox
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Leoa Colton
McAllen
Keith Williams Sr
Keith Williams
Gene Williams
Dave Williams
Brad Goff
Newton
Donald J. Davis
Sidney James
Lawrence, Kan
Laverne Graber
Trenton
John Davis
Peter Graber Sr
Espy Schroll
Larry Shalla
Beth
Laurie
Pam
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe, Meeker
BATES
Robert Day
Louis J Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
John C.owen
West Washington
Sea Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
Maplewood Manor
North Iowa
Melvin
Methodist
Wolf's Flower Shop
Osincup
Evening ‘Journal
Washington, Iowa
Waco Area
Hjalmar Johnson
Thresa Hammen
K. G. Shaffer
East Washington St. Washington
Larry Fletcher
Sitler's
House OF Lights
Stapp U5
Dianne McCullough of
Tom Knott
Larry Lee
Bill Douglas
Lois Lee
Connie Stapp
Linda Lord
Martha Klein
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
State Department
Derby Station
Jim Risdon
Schoonover Drug
Calvin Dorsett
Calvin
Cal
Dorsett
Schocttover Drug
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