Passing Years In Washington Retells Holiday Happenings
Local readers note Christmas events and visits in Washington with reports on guests like Helen Foster and Kath arjorne Walker. Community updates include school games, church services, charity drives, 4 H awards, and planned reunions of veterans from Company K of the Fifty fourth Infantry.
Washington area notes mark 102nd birthday and holidays
A former Washington resident celebrates her 102nd birthday. Local veterans and families share Christmas news, hospital visits, weddings, license issuances, and holiday travel as residents mark the season with community notices, personal milestones, and public records.
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Washington
Village notes on farm pictures and city speed limit change
From our neighboring newspapers a Farm feature in Country Gentleman highlights Karl Wneen and son Jon's farrowing rooms photographed by A M Wet... Mount Pleasant and Charles Pease. Sigourney officials repeal old town ordinance and set speed limits in city districts 20 mph business and school, 25 mph residential, 16 mph suburban. Local items include Rose family Christmas visit to Denver and Keokuk county hospital bids. Santa greeted 450 children at Keota V F W free show with 320 last year.
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Cupid
U.P. Shurch
J. Martin White
Santa Claus
Santa
Savilla Boice
Mildred Pierce
Mildred Paul
Martha McCreedy
Ruby Macon
Carolyn McCleery
Lorene Jones
Richard McCleery
William Boice
Wiebbie Brewer
Mildred McLaughlin
Marion George
Mabel Moore
Kenneth Ross
Keith Molesworth
Charles McLaughlin
Henry Parkinson
Burley
Charles
Clara
Winfield Beacon
Country Gentleman
National Farm Magazine
Karl Wneen
Jon
A. M. Wettaeh
Mount Pleasant
Charles Pease
Curtis Publishing Co
Philadelphia
Kueens
Sigourney
Avon
V.F.W
U S Corn Hybrids Prove Successful in Turkey
U S corn hybrids chosen for use in a corn improvement program in Turkey have proven successful. The effort supports farming advancement and agricultural development in the region.
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U. S
Turkey
Fairview Residents Share Numerous Christmas Dinner Gatherings
Fairview community members and relatives from Wayland Crawfordsville Swedesburg Ainsworth Olds Ames and Chicago joined in festive dinners and gift exchanges. Family groups including the Williams Resehly Evans Monson Blankenhorn and Huston households celebrated Christmas with relatives across Iowa and neighboring states.
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Fairview
Russell Williams
Harry McGuire
Glen McGuire
Delbert McGuire
Wayland
George McGuire
Washington
Williams
Russell
John R. Williams
Crawfordsville
J. C. Rhea
Kenneth
Gerald
Moline
Lyle Darbyshire
Lyle
Dale Darbyshire
Allen
Arvid Andersen
Kay
Arvid
Enelia Anderson
Swedesburg
Anderson
C. M. Laurel
Olds
Robert Henderson
Bob
Frank Henderson
Ainsworth
Reschly
Floyd Reschly
Floyd
Will Resehly
Carl O'Beirn
B. M O'Beirn
Carl
T. N. Barnes
Decatur
Eldred Olson
Mrs. Barnes
Kermit Jenkins
Roger
Charles Jenkins
Mrs. Jenkins
W. H. Edgar
Iowa State
W. J. Evans
Helen Dodds
Burlington
Evans
John Evans
Chicago
Ed Rees
Rees
Russ Monson
Coe
J. H. Crooks
Monson
Donald Blankenhorn
Donna
Jackie
J. C. Huston
Deaths Of The Week Listed For Mae Beveridge Carl Peterson And Fred Van Winkle
Mae Beveridge 76 of United Presbyterian Home died Saturday afternoon after months of illness. Carl O Peterson 58 died at his farm near West Chester Saturday following a heart attack. Fred Van Winkle 59 of Brigh ton died Sunday morning in Washington county hospital from injuries after being run over by a car on Brigh ton main street Saturday night.
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Phillips
Hebner
Evening Journal
Eseho
Journal
MieXine Baxter
Marcurer Marshall
Moody Pdible Institute
Maxine
Everyvbery
Washington High School
Demons
Fort Madison
Stroli
Washington Court
Wellman
Speclock
Rodney Redlinger
Jake Snyder
I. W. Eastwood
Bill
Carol Brewer
Sterling
Kansas
Jay Brewer
Muscatine Journal
U.S Naval Hospital
Yokosuka
Japan
P’fe
Russel BE. Cline
United States Marine Corps
G. KE. Stahr
Medical Corps
USN
Pte. Cline
Walter EF. Cline
Route One
Washington
Billie J. Cline
Route Two
Columbus Junction
Mae Beveridge
United Presbyterian Home
Carl O. Peterson
West Chester
Fred van Winkle
Brighton
Washington County Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs Ross Crawford
Funeral services for 71 year old Mrs Ross Crawford will be held at 1 30 p m Friday at Jones funeral home with Dr Evert Haney in charge Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery
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Ross Crawford
Jones Funeral Home
Evert Haney
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mrs. Minton Allen Dies at Res-Topia Nursing Home
Mrs. Minton Allen, age 83, died at 1:00 a m today at Res toppia Nursing Home where she had lived for five years.
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Columbus Junction
Minton Allen
Restopia
Son of Paleface rises with Hope and Russell comedy
Bob Hope Jane Russell star in Son of Paleface a Paramount Technicolor Western comedy opening next Sunday at the State Theatre Roy Rogers and Trigger figure prominently with a frontier setting and a riotous plot involving debts outlaws and a chase finale The supporting cast includes Lloyd Corrigan Bill Williams Harry Von Zell and Douglas Dumbrille with direction by Frank Tashlin and screenplay by Welch Tashlin and Quillan
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Bob Hope
Jane Russell
State Theatre
Roy Rogers
Trigger
Pappy
Jay Livingston
Ray Evans
Jack Brooks
Bob
Jane
Roy
Russell
Sawbuck Pass
Desperado
Lloyd Corrigan
Bill Williams
Harry von Zell
Douglas Dumbrille
Chester Conklin
Hank Mann
Robert L. Welch
Frank Tashlin
Welch
Tashlin
Joseph Quillan
Hospital News Briefs and Birth Announcements
Yesterday dismissal notes Everett Jones Richland Mrs Pete Richard Wayland Mrs Ernest Kiene and baby Crawfordsville Births show Mr and Mrs Raymond Cortum Wellman a son This morning Max Blodgett route two a daughter Admitted yesterday Mrs Ellen Clark Brighton fractured hip transferred to Iowa City today Today Mrs Anna Kemp Kalona Ernest Whiting Crawfordsville Mrs Ted Zieglowsky and daughter Friday Yesterday Mrs M L Smith Washington Mrs Raymond Cortum and Bo ht Yesterday Edward Richards Wayland
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Everette Jones
Richland
Pete Richard
Wayland
Ernest Kiene
Baby
Crawfordsville
Max Blodgett
Route Two
Ellen Clark
Brighton
Iowa City
Anna Kemp
Kalona
Ernest Whiting
Ted Zieglowsky
M. L. Smith
Washington
Raymond Cortum
Edward Richards
Local Birth Announcements Span Several Families
Yesterday entries note Arnold Tucker of Washington Mrs. Robert Krebs and baby Kinross Henry Hinkle of Brighton. Today notices include Mrs Henry Hoekstra and son Richland and Mr and Mrs William J Edwards of Crawfordsville reporting a son.
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Arnold Tucker
Washington
Robert Krebs
Kinross
Henry Hinkle
Brighton
Henry Hoekstra
Richland
William J. Edwards
Crawfordsville
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John Jackson
85Rd Infantry
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Geraldine
Ruth
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Shartow
Iowa Ordnance Plant
Helen Cunningham
Waukegan
Dene Thomas
Tucker Chevrolet
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Erly
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Leon Re Wood
Duane
Garrien Coffey
Helen Jungbluth
E.P. Morrison
County Tax Payers League
Children of
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YWCA
Clayton Nichol
F. W. Eastwood
H.C. Hull
Josephine
Cedar Rapids
Catherine Jane
Henrietta
University of Minnesota At
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Betty Babcock
Marianna Ball
Pittsburgh
Orville Elder
Glendale
Ret Voos Harrison
Washington Junior College
Yeachers
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Charles W. Davis
Washington County
Teak
Fred Downing
Fifty-fourth Infantry
Donald Rinner
Ames
W. S. LaGrange
George Freshwaters
Cardinal
Stan Kiesey
YMCA
Clu
Moon Davis
Bill Shannon
Sanitary Dairy
Snyder and Hayes
Ira Bowman
W. H. Keeley
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Patricia Keeley
Frances Darbyshire
Jack Horner
State Laboratory
Dorothea Thompson
Josephine Bailey
Barbara Miller
Ophelia Miller
Ben Wallace
Amherst College
Amherst, Mass
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Sout Avenue
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Te Lytle Grocery
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Paul Wheeler
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Donald Kracaw
Linda
Wyman
Clair Mulien
Lynn
Frank Beatty
George Paul
J. S. Bell
Canada
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Blanche Stewart
G. W. England
John Cunningham
Heights
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Miller
Tom McClean
Mt. Pleasant
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Methusalah
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Max Cross
Leon
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Mason City
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Taylorstown
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Morrill, Neb
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Daytona Beach
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Mary Briley
Menominee, Mich
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Fordyce
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Lloyd
Buck) Evans
University Hospital
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Shelbyville
Indiana
Cyrus Lemmon
C. S
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John Perdock
Cleve Stickrod
Calif
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Van
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New York
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Fionan Tome
Eddie Gray
Craig Air Force Base
Selma, Ark
C. L. Gray
Mr. Gray
Williamf. Jones
408Th Aaa AW Een
Robert LeRoy Stewart
Betty Lou Wood
Bart Fo Leneley
Cletus Mecedes Bell
Evelyn A. Kile
Washington County Public Health Surse
Bruce Lipscomb
Ross Galloway
Rachel Galloway
Robert Galloway
Waterloo
Gresna Doty
Oelwein
H. J. McCreedy
Gatlo- Ways
Miss Doty
Charles Morris
Gordon
Robert Wartinbee
la Crosse
Wisc
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W. P. Morton
Mr. Wartinbee
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Boone
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Monte
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Dianne
Delores
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Francis
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Edwards Air Force Base
R. L. Chegwidden
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Tih
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Kalamazoo
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WAV 4S
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Wanella
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Don Gardner
Lewis Anderson
Anna Marie Weeks
San Andreas
Dewey
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Donald
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Willis
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Geiger Air Case
Spokane
Wash
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Coe College
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Wilford Vittetoe
Fort Monmouth
Marcella Vittetoe
Pat. Vittetoe
Phillip Kaeen
Mollie Jane
Warka Wey
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Winfield
Miro
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K. Union
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Pred M. Blick
Homewood United Presbyterian Church
U. P Church
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Phil Kneen
Washington Court House
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Mary Joann Blick
Sigourney Review
Colorado
Columbus Gazette
Wilbert Rose
Stanley Breckeisen
RK. H. Reeder
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Richland Clarion
Keokuk County Hospital
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