Christmas memories span decades in local notes
A retrospective column lists Christmas gatherings from 10 to 70 years ago. Families including Battersons, Dockendorfs, Conners, Stouts, Kepharts, Earnests, Robertson, Piscetto, and Nordyke are recorded with hosts and gift exchanges. Earlier items mention VFW and club events, Red Cross statistics, and Shriners parties, outlining community life across decades.
Dear Aunt Agatha Dear Auntie Christmas Letter
A nostalgic holiday update from a writer in Iowa reflecting on a white Christmas, family gatherings, and local news. They note sketches for a new medical clinic, a Community Chest short by 2077 dollars, light snow no travel disruption, and visiting locals including Nuangwong Boonyanate, a foreign exchange student. They wish a bright new year with economic and community progress.
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Auntie
Iowa
Nuangwong Boonyanate
Ong
States
Hospital Notes Monday Admits and Births List
Admitted Saturday: Charles Miller Washington medical Ralph Boston Nevada Iowa medical George Schultz Ainsworth medical Today: Raymond Fritz Washington medical Births Saturday: Mr and Mrs Joe White Ainsworth a son missed Saturday: Mrs Arnold Tucker and daughter Washington Mrs Vernon Miller and son Kalona Miss Colleen Venzke Ainsworth Mrs Alan Olson Today: Mrs Edith Hemmings Washington Mrs Melvin James Rich and son Washington
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Charles Miller
Washington
Ralph Boston
Nevada
Iowa
George Schultz
Ainsworth
Raymond Fritz
Joe White
Arnold Tucker
Vernon Miller
Kalona
Colleen Venzke
Alan Olson
Edith Hemmings
Melvin James Rich
Donald Leon Hanson
Howard McCall
West Chester
Edward Wolfe
Pete Wessells
Omaha
Neb
Tuesday Dismissed Today Derald Edwards and John W Cox
The report notes the dismissal of Derald Edwards and John W Cox in Washington on a Tuesday.
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Derald Edwards
Washington
John W. Cox
Almanac of Names and Hospitals Across Seven Cities
A sequence of medical mentions lists individuals by name and city including Mrs. Margaret Crone Washington and George Schultz Ainsworth. Entries show yesterday or today markers with multiple patients and relatives in Washington Crawfordsville Omaha and Nevada locales.
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Aamimrea
Margaret Crone
Washington
John Hindahl
Alia Rose
Brighton
Andrew Meader
Ralph Curl
Marion Martin
Crawfordsville
Alvin Hahn
Friday Admitted and Transfers at Mercy Hospital
Friday admitted Mrs. Golda Bartlett of Brighton for medical care and Bambi Musgrove of Washington. Yesterday Raymond Fritz was transferred to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City for further treatment.
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Jackson Township
Ray Sojka
Ray
Claud Sojka
Golda Bartlett
Brighton
Bambi Musgrove
Washington
Raymond Fritz
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Rick Lampkin
Coralville
Brandon Lynn
Mary Lee Moore
Neal R. Lampkin
Local Births in Stork Gazette Highlight Five Newborns
Tracy Ann Maxwell Michele Lyn Wood Penny Marie Tucker James G Rich and Michael Duane White are listed as newborns. Parents named with addresses Route 1 Washington Columbus Junction Route 1 JAMES G. RICH son of Melvin Rich 1120 East Main and Michael Duane White son of Joe White Route 1 Ainsworth appear in the notice.
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Stork Gazette
Tracy Ann Maxwell
Robert Sidney Maxwell
Washington
Michele Lyn Wood
Denis Carlton Wood
Columbus Junction
Penny Marie Tucker
Arnold Tucker
James G. Rich
Melvin James Rich
East Main
Michael Duane White
Joe Allen White
Ainsworth
Marriages Across Iowa and Nearby States Across Three Notices
Marriages include Jane Deaton and Jim Pearl in Washington at United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Crandall officiating. Rachel Reschly of West Chester wed Dennis Potsander of Wellman in Wellman Mennonite Church with Rev. Ron Kennel. Rita Mae Grout and John D. Wenger married December 16 in Galesburg Illinois in the Chapel of the First Methodist Church with Rev. Joseph Hoffman officiating.
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Jane Deaton
Bill Deaton
Jim Pearl
Don Pearl
Washington
United Methodist Church
J. Roland Crandall
Westchester
Rachel Reschly
West Chester
Dennis Potsander
Wellman
Wellman Mennonite Church
Ron Kennel
Orlin Reschly
Daryl Potsander
Kalona
Galesburg
Ill
Rita Mae Grout
John D. Wenger
Des Moines
Joseph Hoffman
First Methodist Church
Earl Grout
Harry Wenger
Christmas Week in Sac City Families and College News
Rev Gary Wagner appointed director of religious life at Bacone College Muskogee Oklahoma effective January 1. Numerous Washington area families host Christmas gatherings with relatives in Cedar Rapids Davenport Iowa City and Des Moines plus visitors from Akron Corvallis and Muscatine. List includes Milan Roth honored on WMT Honor Football Team and several extended family dinners across the state as Christmas festivities continue.
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Gary Wagner
First Baptist Church
Sac City
Iowa
Bacone College
Bacone
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Louis Larsens
Margaret
Larned
Kan
Beth
College of the Ozarks
Clarksville
Ark
Willard
Comanche
Barbara
Harry Turner
Deaths of week in several towns report list
The week’s deaths include Christine Smithmall 74 near Letts Elmer Schantz 62 south of Washington Mildred Benson 71 Arlington Heights Ill Lee E Norris 83 Ainsworth H Arthur Lee 4 near Washington Hildred J Morrow Parkview Care Center Fairfield Jacob Herman Yutzy 52 Cedar Rapids died Kalona Brighton Cecil Snider 74 Washington County Hospital Mrs Ward V Heaton 62 Washington Street Brighton Lena Hank 90 Parkview Home Wayland Ernest H Gearhart 86 Ankeny VA Hospital Des Moines.
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Elmer M. Schantz
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Mildred Benson
Arlington Heights
Ill
Encyclopedia Britannica
Brighton
Cecil Snider
Lena Hank
Parkview
Wayland
Wellman
Ernest H. Gearhart
Ankeny
Des Moines
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J. A. Work Insurance Office
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H. F. Darbyshire
Shriners
Ralph Shannon
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Homer Stephen
Bill Manussier
Pollock Wallace
Hal Resiter
Mort Keeley
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Gridiron Club
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S. W. Brookhart
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