Washington area people and events in brief notes
Iowa Beta Tau Beta Pi treasurer named Donald C Goetz son of Washington residents. Local birthdays and anniversaries include Randi Jo Dunbar and Mrs Fred Jarvis. Burns at Lackey’s Coffee Shop. continued work. County superintendent to attend rural education conference in Chicago. Home sales and transfers in Washington with Mar 1 possession. Naomi Kyle marries Cloyce Tinnes. Margolin initiates at journalism fraternity. Theater bond drive success for True to Life. Mount Eicher store to relocate Feb 28. Rotary honors Carl Klein and Dr F W Eastwood. Deaths: Mrs Nora Dougherty and George Rodman. Adult education CWA project planned. school integration proposals. Des Moines airport talk and hospital superintendent appointment. Woodrow Wilson obituary noted. calendar factory completed. Farm accounts program planned. new county supervisor appointees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald C. Goetz
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Tau Beta Pi
Donald
George Goetz
Washington
B. C. Briley
Homer Smith
Ormond Beach
Fla
Briley
Harold
Leonard Lackey
Lacky
Kenneth Gatton
Marvin Gatton
Delta
Betty Jarvis
Norman Jarvis
Kenton Mangold
David
East Orange
N. J
Iowa City
E. L. Edmondson
Lester Krabill
Chicago
National Education Association
Don C. Bell
South
Marion Avenue
Fred Neuhart
Amos Rankin
Beulah Bower
TTT
Harold Putnam
Southeastern
Naomi Kyle
Walter M. Kyle
Cloyce Tinnes
Richmond
Nick Tinnes
Keota
Rock Island
Jo Ellen Margolin
Corinne Rothschild Margolin
Harry Margolin
Mags Thee Fational
State Theater
Mount Eicher
Claire Dewey
George Rodman
Washington Democrat
J. H. Peet
Cora Dunsmore
Agnes ‘Samuelson
Merman Matucha
L. J. Schlitz
Des Moines
CWA
Anna House
Princeton
Minn
Hospital Board
Elizabeth Finney
Woodrow Wilson
Rotary
Stanley Miller
Don Ross
Fred West
Hugh McCleery
E. L. Bartholow
Board of Supervisors
J. W. Parrow
Sam Donahey
Intramural music contest draws 200 in Washington event
About 200 elementary and junior high musicians from across the area competed at the Southeast Iowa school intrumental solo contest hosted by Everetts Music Co at the local high school. Judges evaluated performances while participants toured Washington's business district and local sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Everetts Music Co
Southeast
Owa
Friendly Circle Club
Fairgrounds
John Sherman
Washington Junior High eighth ninth grade boys win 65 to 55
Washington Junior High ninth grade basketball team defeated Mid-Prairie 65 to 55 on Monday afternoon at Kalona. Also notes on adult education classes starting at Washington Community High School with 50 enrolled across courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior High
Mid - Prairie
Kalona
Washington Community High School
Goshen Students and Wayland Visitors Gather in Socials
Goshen residents hosted Wayland visitors and Goshen College students at multiple weekend gatherings. Supper guests included Raymond Wenger and son James, and college mates Curtis Burrell and Bernard Muganda Musoma from Tanganyika. Sunday dinners featured Harold Neff and family, Mark, Grace Winters, Eva Burkey, and Ben Neff. Other visits noted: Edgar Jones and family from West Liberty. Keith Jones and Bobby of Winfield. Don Krehbiel of Columbia and Kay Krehbiel of Schrams in Burlington. Linda Graber visiting Noble with her father and sister. Wyse bedfast with slipped disc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Freida Freyenberger
Raymond Wenger
James
Goshen College
Curtis Burrell
St. Louis
Bernard Muganda Musoma
Tanganyika
East Africa
Ann Neff
Harold Neff
Mark
Sigourney
Grace Winters
Eva Burkey
Ben Neff
Edgar Jones
West Liberty
Harold Swailes
Vernon Wyse
Bill Mueller
Jeff
Davenport
Dale Bain
Keith Jones
Bobby
Winfield
Keith
Anna Jones
Barbara Arnold
Don Krehbiel
Columbia
Kay
Schrams
Burlington
Warren Schlatter
Linda Graber
Goshen
Ind
Noble
YMCA enrollment underway in Washington area drive
The Washington YMCA enrollment drive began with a Tuesday evening kick off dinner attended by about 90 percent of workers and featured Rev. Richard Peterson as keynote urging volunteers. The event coincided with a Washington Y's Men’s Club regular meeting as part of youth week activities and local service efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
Washington Y’s Men's Club
Richard Peterson
YMCA
Engagements and moves reflect area youth and families
Jean Marie Schumacher of Coralville plans March 30 wedding to John Kimmel Leyden in St. James. Jeanette Schumacher to Don Lamansky. Families from Brighton Sigourney and Rock Island visit. Youth Week ends with a Sunday rally by area churches. Miss Julia Raber visits Washington and eyes Vietnam trip. Paul Lynn Blanchard couple welcome Timothy. Grandparents listed for Scranton and Sheetz families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Raber
Washington, D.C
Lynn Messer
Messers
W.F. Messers
Washington
Ilinois Wesleyan
Bloomfield
Miss Raber
Viet Nam
Saigon
Mr. Raber
Paul Lynn , Blanchard
Denver, Colo
Timothy
Bob Scranton
Don Sheetz
Boss Night honors and Jaycee awards in Iowa town
Friday events highlight Bosses Night and Outstanding Young Man of the Year honors sponsored by the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce at St James School. Leon Hillman presided as master of ceremonies, presenting the 1963 DSA award to Mrs. Keith Proctor for her late husband, then Raymond Minick named 1963 Boss of the Year by an impartial judging board. Also noted are local square dance party, Columbus Junction Junior Chamber elects Woolley president, Avon meeting in Iowa City, and White Shrine Friendship Night at the Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Shalla
Shalla
Washington
The
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
St James School
Leon Hillman
D.S.A
Keith Proctor
Jaycee's
Don Lanless
Raymond Minick
Jayeeg
Minick
Skip Reno
Deaths in Washington and area mark somber week
Death notices from Washington County report Charles Fredrick Grosscup 81 of 114 North Fourth Avenue Washington died at Washington County Hospital after a two month ailment. Other obituaries include Joseph L Drish 91 of Brighton died at home after long illness, Vincent J Fritz 83 of Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield died after lingering illness, and Ruth Swisher Wilson mother of Lyle Wilson of route one Washington died in Knoxville after six months illness. Also noted are Burton Forbes 47 Conesville who died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City, and Max L Lew is American in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a three week stay. Funeral services for Fritz, and other services for the deceased are listed with locations. A separate report notes the body of James Floyd Kime 74 found beside his car after an apparent crash near Richland. A final entry mentions Van De Herman 79 of 603 West Madison Street died in Washington County Hospital. In Wellman James Podaril male resident of Shenk Rest Home died by suicide at Shenk Rest Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Boehme
Veterans Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Florence Kelly
California
Charles Jr
John
Charles Fredrick Grosscup
North Fourth Avenue
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Ruth Swisher Wilson
Lyle C. Wilson
Route One
Knoxville
Tenn
Wilson
Brighton
Vincent J. Fritz
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
St. Josephs Church
East Pleasant Plain
J. L. Bergthold
Old Funeral Home
St Joseph Cemetery
Poem of the Week Hiteslel Sees Auction Crowd
A fragmentary verse contrasts farmers buying plows with the speaker seeking neglected old things. The speaker imagines bidding low, awaiting the moment of sale, and foresees a cold auction block with a final sold to a mysterious buyer, capturing a painterly urban auction scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiteslel
Chicago
Marriages in Indiana and Washington celebrate unions
Doris Mae Lengacher wed Edward Lee Reschly in Harlan Indiana with both families listed. Pamela Elaine Thomassen and Thom Fritz were married in St James Church Washington with a reception in Washington. In addition Valeris Johnson Ada Spencer Ethyle Zickefoose Latimer Davis attended the couple. Mrs Kate Westphal of Vinton visited her sister recuperating in hospital from a nerve condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Mae Lengacher
Daugher
William Lengacher
Grabill
Ind
Edward Lee Reschly
Leo
Floyd Reschly
Wayland
Harlan
Pamela Elaine Thomassen
Old Thomassen
Thom Fritz
Ray Fritz
Washington
St. James Catholic Church
Valeris Johnson
Ada Spencer
Ethyle Zickefoose
Latimer Davis
Kate Westphal
Vinton
Ralph Zeck
Hospital Births and Discharges Across Washington Area
Hospital notes list births for Mr. and Mrs. James Young in Washington a son and Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Howell in Washington a daughter. Dismissals include Mrs Lucy Yehmel Lewis Meeks Ainsworth and others. Daily patient movements cover Washington Keota Ainsworth Morning Sun Letts Winfield Columbus Junction Wayland and Conesville with multiple medical surgical and newborn entries through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James ‘Young
Washington
Monroe Howell
Washngton
Lucy E. Yehmel
Lewis Meeks
Ainsworth
Seffler
Paul Rebling
Peasant
Clarence Walker
Stella Dodd
William J. Putman
Walter Kiesey
Surgical
Er Wolfe
Ralph Zeck
L.B. Hall
Winfield
Robert Sehuly
Columbus Junction
Raymond Sewell
Letts
Donald Sarver
Morning Sun
C. A. Walker
Harry McKune
Henry Bomber
Keota
V Lee Morrison
James A. Young
Lester R. Ledger
Medical
Joe M. Wolfe
Sharonne Wash
Ted Brown
Jane Cherryholmes
Robert Schlutz
Walter Rhodes
Stamp Corner Ey Walt Gree Civil War Stamp Design
A stamp collector Bernard Christenson of Brielle New Jersey designs a commemorative 5 cent stamp first issued in Fredericksburg on May 5 1964 featuring the Battle of the Wilderness with three cannoneers. Also noted are a burned UN sheet worth about twenty thousand dollars and a Sharjah overprinted Kennedy memorial stamp with high denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey Walt Gree
Bernard Christenson
Brielle
New Jersey
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Grant
Lee
United Nations
New York
U. S
U.N
John F. Kennedy
Sharjah
Kennedy
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Dick Ballard
English Vallon
Julie Journal
Dallas Kinney
Washington History
Carl Klein
F.W Eastwood
Rotary Club
Nora Dougherty
B. Dougherty
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Linda Lee
Miss Lee
Lewis Dallmeyer
Sandra Lougene
Delbert Lord Rees
Dan Heck
Virginia Marie
Heck
Lois Hayes
Marla Teanne Va Leu
Wendel Guy
Don Hayes
Pansy Hill Club
EJ. Pitzwilliam
Mattoon, Ill
T.M. Nelson
George EB. Koehler
Walt
Marshall Koehler
Marsha
Craig
Mirs
George T. Koehler
Mike
Rosemary
Bob Koehler
Bradley
CP. Berkhoff
Kathy
Kay Shope
Pigeon, Mich
Tim Hicke
Dwight
Larry Bishop
Vennard College
University Park
Boice Kurtz
Moline
Fred Downing
Kurtz
Mae Spessard
Sunnyhaven Rest Home
Dick Kurt
University Hospitl
Mtr
John Young
Florida
New Orleans
Milo Sorden
Kirkwood
Mr. Sorden
Gilbert Mulls
Portugal
Spain
Charles Ricketts
Lake McBride
Mr. Rickett
Harold L. Johnsons
Clarence Goff
Mrs
Were Goff
Carlsbad
Dixie Potter
Church of the Nazarene
East Jefferson Street
Youth Council of Churches
Alvin Shebeck
Will Longer
Park View Retirement Home
Ginia Stransky
Gary Smith
Trinity Methodist Church
Riverside
Allen Smith
Gaylen Jarrard
Jerry Sommers
Cedar Rapids
Bernard Singleton Jr
Doug Hayes
Women of the Moose
American Legion Hall
Ed Letts
Stanley Wallace
Charles Crossett
Amway
Crossett
Dale York
Chester Cherryholmes
Crawfordsville
Gail Cherryholmes
Gail
Denny Cherryholmes
Curtis York
Ted Zieglowsky
Texas
Vicksburg
Miss
Judy Marshall
State College of
Ralph Marshall
Jack Peiffer
Chris
Oskaloosa
Leona Peiffer
Ken Peters
M. L. McCreedy
Mathew Scott
Philip McCreedy
Fort Dix
Goshen Students
Wayland Visitors
Ezra Wittmer
First Baptist Church
Lawrence M. Simpson
Phil
Deedra
Charleston
South Carolina
Puerto Rico
Paul TeBockhorst
Judy
Laird Simson
John TeBockhorst
Air Force
Portland
Air Defense Command
Jim Redlinger
Duane Redlinger
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Pam Hite
State College of Law
Pauline Hite
Phil Weldin
T.W. Harwood
J. Weldin
Kingston
Rhode Island
Weldin
William Marie Jr
Lyle Schulty
Low
Geraldine Schulty
Eileen Hammen
Ted Johnson
Murielle Bockhorst
Bobbie Jo
Robert Bertell
Mt. Sterling
Frank Rathner
Cheryl Keating
Claire Keating
Simpson College
Adianola
Carol Sirk
Ames
Dale Connelly
Kay Connelly
Allison, Ta
Phillip Kneen
Ed Mineart
Gene Motors Training Center
Hinsdale
Ilinois
Gene Williams
Timmy
Tommy
Tony
Traci Anne
Belcourt N.D
Keith Williams
Ed Blattners
Leavenworth, Kan
William Harper and
Douglas
Max Schlatter
Joe Schlatter
Maurice H. Ellis
Nancy
Perdock Court
Youth Council of the Council of Churches
Jaycees
Susie Humston
Grant Humston Jr
Susie
Lincoln School
Legion Hall
Chamber Commerce
Stuart Woolley
Junor Chamber of Commerce
Ivan Reece
Gary Rhiverg
Kenneth Noble
Tom Wasson
G.F. Moothart
Ray Priebe
Bert Hahn
John Schenk
Everette Finke
Congress Inn
Mmrs
Marie Howsare
White Shrine
Masonic Temple
Joseph Lohberger
Comfort Haven
Milan
Burton Forbes
Conesville
Mercy
Joseph L. Drish
Wellmax
Amer L. Lewis
Mercy Hospital
van de Herman
West
Madison Street
Washington County
James Floyd Kime
Richland
James Podaril
Lone Tree
Shenk Rest Home
Wellman
Drery County
Jerry Niffenegger
Michael Birdsell
Fannie Shannon
Lynn Wellington
Sarah Christiansen
Edna Sherriff
Douglas Little
Edwin Novotny
Jean Cherryholmes
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