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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1961

Page

3

Washington News Roundup of Holidays and Local Events

A the-long list of visits and engagements highlights Washington area holiday activity. Families including the Wests and Morrises host or attend gatherings. Cpl Dodder and family visit. Sam Simmering wins a Coast to Coast prize coat. education notes mention staff changes and college moves. local clubs install officers and plan open houses. and county residents prepare licenses and attend tax meetings at the courthouse.

Christmas Dinner Guests Across Washington Area

A week of Christmas gatherings centers on Washington families hosting relatives and friends from Iowa City, Wellman, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Oakland and beyond. Notable entries include households of Quinn, Lowe, Young, Morris, Friese, Hensel, Funk and many others sharing dinners and exchanges amid travel disruptions from winter storms. Some out-of-town guests include Olive Miksch of Ainsworth and Ruth Dupuis of Mason City.

Ernest Thieleker Chicago James L. Quinn Jr Iowa City John Quinn State University of Iowa James L. Quinn Thielekers Olive Miksch Ainsworth Quinns Bob ‘Lowe Sr Bob Lowe Jr Dan Tom Sue Clarence Lee Marlin Peiffer Joe Richards Kim Merion Edwards Kathy Ruth Lowe West Branch Larry Lee Carol Foley Sterling, Ill Ruth Dupuis Mason City W. B. Dupuis Des Moines Leo Stone Gene Stone Peggy Audrey Cedar Rapids James Stone Julie Oakley Payne Kermit Payne Washington Harry Payne Muscatine Lloyd Turnipseed Jr St. Louis Lloyd Gray Brighton Robert Burham

Hospital News Admitted and Births and Dismissals

Hospital notices list multiple admissions births dismissals and patient updates across Washington Kalona Wapello Riverside Brighton Karona Richland and Ainsworth. Entries include names such as Ernie Downs Sharlene Homkamp George Miller Bennie Buffington Debra Batterson and Gene Booth with medical or surgical statuses and multiple newborn announcements.

Ernie Downs Washington Sharlene Homkamp Surgical Robert Stewart Riverside Arthur Long Brighton Debra Kay Batterson Russell L Hal Figgins Richland Richard Bean Ainsworth

Marriages This Week in Christian Church

Miss Karen Foster daughter of the Stanley Fosters wed Rolla Copley son of Mr and Mrs Rolla Copley of Davenport in the Christian Church here. She teaches in Reinbeck and he is a senior at the State College of Iowa. Ainsworth ceremony for Carol Ornduff and Robert Waters in Ainsworth Methodist Church followed by details of families and careers.

Eddie Morrison E. D. Morrison Jr W. H. Spera Washington Charles Morris Decatur Robert Spera Spera Kalamazoo Sam Wendell Booth Wendy W. D. Booth Major Booth Hawaii Booth California William Gamon Wellman Majorie Robert E. Jones Hugh Jones Crawfordsville Gene Crossett Danny Beverly Baker Davenport Gene Crossett Jr State University of Iowa Gene van Allen Cape Canaveral Karen Jennings Glasgow Larry Morrow Iowa James Cook Millard Cook Cook James Mr Cook Inlaw Homer Morrow Martha Cook Douds Milford Cook Ted Griffith Everett Burham Everett K. Burham Randy Drew Grand Junction Robert L. Burham Lynn Des Moines Lloyd Gray Brighton Herb Henry Oakridge Ore Henry Nancy Burham Karen Foster Stanley Fosters John Rolla Copley Rolla Copley Christian Church Reinbeck State College of Ainsworth Carol Ornduff Robert Waters Ainsworth Methodist Church Kenneth Ornduff Ross Waters Mt. Pleasant Mediapolis Iowa Wesleyan College

Snowbound Nature Chronicle of a Hungry Wildlife World

In a triangle near Crooked Creek an abandoned road and new gravelled path host chapters of wildlife survival. Rabbits mink fox and birds leave tracks and prints as hunger drives behavior. humans observe and note how nature and man differ in population control.

Nature Crooked Creek

Poem Of The Week Poem Of The no INSPIRATIONAL BOOKKEEPING

The poem laments evening fatigue slowing the poet’s stride as Vivian Baumgartner notes the end of day leaves her with no words. She describes the struggle between a productive pen and time reclaimed by a quiet night.

Vivian Baumgartner

Area Deaths This Week

Kalona funeral services for Walter Eugene Hershberger 33 were at 10 a.m. at Kalona Methodist Church with Re Edward Philgreen and ev Howard Marty in charge Yoder Funeral Home arranged the services Richland Stella Swartewalder died at 3 a.m. Christmas morning at her Richland home after years of illness Wayland funeral services for George Haberman were held at 1 30 p.m. today at Wayland Methodist Church with Rev Fred Martin and Rev Willard Leichty in charge

Kalona Walter Eugene Hershberger Kalona Methodist Church Re. Edward Philgreen Ev. Howard Marty Yoder Richland Stella Swartewalder Wayland George Haberman Wayland Methodist Church Fred Martin Willard Leichty

Death of Edna Bailey Webb Reported in Santa Ana

Word arrives of the death of Edna Bailey Webb of Santa Ana California who died on December 25.

Edna Bailey Webb Santa Ana Calif

Death notices in Richland area report two fatalities

Leon McConnell 57 a farmer living four miles northwest of Richland was found dead in bed Wednesday afternoon by his brother Harold who farms nearby Frank Miles died Wednesday in Mt Pleasant A funeral at 1 50 p m Saturday at Cookes and Weir Funeral Home in Mt Pleasant for Miles

Richland Leon McConnell Mr. McConnell Frank Miles Mt. Pleasant Cookes and Weir Funeral Home

Death notices for Howard McBride and Olive Munro in Florida and Pennsylvania

Howard McBride aged 70 died in Tampa Florida. Olive Munro aged 80 died December 28 1961 at her farm home 32 miles northwest of West Chester. She had resided there all her life and had been ill for six months.

Rose Langenberg Ackley F Dixon KR H. Willits White Way Dixon Washington County Washington Washington County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association Washington Fire Department Farmers Union William Sutherland Howard McBride Tampa Fla East Main Street Olive Munro West Chester

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