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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1962
Page
2
Local society notes list numerous Christmas and pre Christmas dinners hosted by families in the region. Guests include relatives and friends from Ames Wellman Iowa City Muscatine Washington Keota Keota and other nearby towns with extended family gatherings and baptism announcement for Michelle Ann McCarthy. Descriptions emphasize hospitality and intergenerational attendance.
All notices due by 10 a.m. on day of first publication. Each notice printed three days in advance. Thursday LBC Club 1 30 p.m. Mrs John Kurtz note change of place. Saturday Word Weavers 1 30 p.m. Mrs Dwight Bode
Bev Tucker of Purdue University Lafayette left today after visiting here with her parents Mr and Mrs Daryl Tucker. Mrs Lulu Randolph of Keota is a Mercy Hospital patient in Iowa City after Christmas Day ambulance transfer. The Edmondson family held a Christmas dinner for three sons and families including Leighton Edmondson Jimmy Pamela Bill Edmondson Arthur Edmondson Judy Marshall and Drew in Kokomo and Washington connections.
News briefs note a choir rehearsal at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church is canceled. A marriage license was issued Friday to Merle Robert Andrews and Roberta Ann Wiley. Three persons received one year suspended prison terms: Bert Parsons Rutharsons and David Earl Tripses pleaded guilty to embezzlement and false pretenses respectively before Judge L R Carson.
Long Beach California visitors Mr. and Mrs. Judson Grove arrived for Christmas with the Richard Stewart family. The Stewarts and hosting families celebrated Christmas Eve dinner with Roger Stout and Shelley. The Groves will visit Mt. Carroll Tennessee before returning west. Other gatherings included Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Curl hosting Mary Curl and the Howards, and the Dill Christmas dinner with multiple Dill and Crull families. The Moriartys enjoyed all their children under one roof for Christmas, hosting a large family dinner with relatives from Davenport Freeport Harper Henderson Chan dler Moline Chicago and Omaha present.
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