Washington History Notes and Local Happenings
The Washington history column reviews recent local events and people. Julie Keith, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Willits, displays notable artistic talent in Phoenix high school and designed an eighth grade graduation dress. A birthday observance for Dr. C. W. McLaughlin’s 86th year, evangelistic meetings planned in February, and multiple community moves and projects are summarized. The Thorpe Well Company bid and Carris Manufacturing transfers, large clothing shipments for overseas relief, weather notes, a county centennial planning, business changes, and a poetry operetta are noted along with community clubs and education efforts. The week also includes debates, store reopens, and a new automobile care course by the YWCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.C. Willits
Julie Keith
Phoenix, Ariz
Julie
Thorpe Well Company
Des Moines
Carris Manufacturing Company
West Second Avenue
North Fourth Avenue
Washington
Wellman
Crawfordsville
Riverside
Kalona
Haskins
Archie Buwer
David McGaffey
Week in Local Sports Highlights Regional Teams
Washington’s winter sports wrap notes end of schedule for high school basketball and wrestling. Demon basketball rises to 15th in state with road trips ahead. two standout wrestlers Leon Lintz and Larry Green won Southeast Six titles. Melody Lanes bowling remains busy as snow lingers. Junior high eighth graders close in on season after a win over Mt. Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Demon
Don Lawless
Leon Lintz
Larry Green
Army of
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Washington Junior High School
Washington High School
Grapplers
Winfield Mt. Union
al Kinzler
The Week on the Farm Updates and Market News
The family reports a return to health and a day of chores including cattle shed work and a funeral. They vaccinated December pigs for cholera, weighed about 20 head at 40 pounds each, and plan to rebreed and sell mothers as breeding stock. Soybean price reached 2.75 per bushel with a sale of the big bin. They stored CCC shelled corn in a tall steel bin with aeration tubes to equalize temperature and reduce moisture migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Washington Hopes and Happenings Week in Review
The past week in Washington highlights local sports and education news. Demon wrestlers win the Southeast Six team title with Leon Lintz 127 pounds and Larry Green 180 pounds earning conference honors. Iowa educators prepare to convene the ISEA delegate assembly in Des Moines February 3 to 5, with speakers including Governor Hughes and Dr. C Edwin Gilmour. Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow honors go to Sarah M Quinn and Karen Sue Russell. The Washington community mourns the death of Mrs. Roy Gibson and notes visits, birthdays, and moves including the Kaberle family to Hampton Iowa. Robert V Lintz earns an academic electronics honor at a Mississippi base. Ensign Dennis Schumacher returns from Newport and will serve on Stone County in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis County
Fort Madison
Washington Demons
Leon Lintz
Larry Green
Bill Gevock
Fairfield
Kelly Schlapkohl
William Brice
Washington Community Schools
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Des Moines
National and State Education Association
Harold E. Hughes
C. Edwin Gilmour
Ens
Dennis Schumacher
Florence Schumacher
Washington
Newport
R. I
Ames
San Diego
Calif
Stone County
South Pacific
Women bowling tourney ends at Columbus Junction
The Washington Woman's Bowling Association wrapup at Columbus Bowl Lanes after two weekends of play. 37 teams 48 doubles and 96 singles entered. Four Highland School students won in the Iowa City Veterans Hospital contest. Junior High winners are freshmen Marilyn Kron Sherrie Droll and Brooksie Brush. Carl Schmidt placed second in the high school division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Woman’s Bowling Association
Columbus Bowl
Columbus Junction
Highland School Studets
Iowa City Veterans Hospital
Highland
Marilyn Kron
Sherrie Droll
Brooksie Brush
Carl Schmidt
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
YMCA enrollment sets $5,000 goal in Washington
The Washington YMCA kickoff Luncheon announced a $5,000 fund goal for 900 member enrollment led by Herbert Campbell with Richard McCleery as speaker. Bruce C Cowden will's bequest naming YMCA as principal beneficiary filed in district court. May 14 wedding plans for Barbara Laux and George Sondag announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
Bruce C. Cowden
Cowden
Washington Evening Journal
YMCA
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Herbert Campbell
Richard McCleery
Barbara Laux
George Sondag
Ralph Sondag
Keota
Howard Laux
Washington
St. James Catholic Church
Community Chest goal reached and local engagements listed
Reach Community Chest goal announced by Joe Evanovich Jr. Newly elected church officers include Fred Andersen president and John Baldrige vice president. Engagements quoted cover Georgia McQuaid’s May wedding and Claudia Jarvis’s April wedding plan. Local visitors, anniversaries, and club activities fill the Columbus Junction page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joe Evanovich Jr
Fred Andersen
the Immanuel Lutheran Church
John Baldrige
Paul Boettcher
Keith Lord
Floyd Gonterman
Ronald Anderson
Groundhog Day Notes From A Quiet Iowa Town
Dear Auntie reports a sunny calm week with a light snow, no major events, and local updates. Sharm Scheuer man to speak at church youth groups. two local graduates from University with BS degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering. Bruce Coaden dies leaving YMCA bequest. YMCA building work continues. Community Chest meets goal. teachers seek action at Iowa State Education Assn. meeting. Sally Quinn chosen Homemaker of Tomorrow. six burglaries in Keota. Rathhog packing plant to reopen. town labeled Cleanest City in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharm Scheuerman
Iowa
Richard Leavitt
William Zager
Kelly Schlapkohl
William Brice
Des Moines
Iowa State Education Assn
Former resident Ward reports death of Kenneth Marsh in Missouri
Friday February 4 reports Kenneth Marsh, former resident, died in an auto accident in Missouri. Marsh, recently living in Dallas Center, Iowa, was employed here and supervised construction of the Nixon Feed Mill. He was active in local bowling circles and well known in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Kenneth Marsh
Missouri
Hospital and Birth Notices Mixed Across Several Iowa Towns
Yesterday and today hospital admissions births and dismissals list names from Brighton Washington Columbus Junction Ainsworth Kalona and West Chester. Notable items include Mr and Mrs Ralph Tusing Washington with a son and Mrs Alvin Miller Kalona with a son plus multiple medical admissions and a Friday birth for Roger Leyden Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myr Lemley
Brighton
E. Howard Milam
West Chester
Anna Lenninger
Washington
Raymond Fritz
Ralph Tusing
James Butler
Virgil Norton
Ronald Anderson
Neal Whisler
Donald Schantz
Ainsworth
Thomas Pierson
Alvin T. Miller
Kalona
Myrl Lemley
Lacy Lines
Donald D. Hendrickson
Columbus Juncetion
Earl Chorpening
Vincent Paul Griffin
Columbus Junction
Ralph Tusing and Son
Ross van Nostrand
Kathleen McGuire
Ralph Chorpening
Erwin Koenig
Medical
Pauli Lambert
Winfield
Lincoln Roy Marr
Alvin P. Miller
Minnie Crile
Buster Sistern
Roger Leyden
Joshua Isaiah Tusing
Ralph Samuel Tusing
East Adams
Deaths Tuesday Earnest L McRoberts 75
Obituary notices from Muscatine area list Earnest L McRoberts age 75 who died Monday January 31 at Muscatine General Hospital. Also Fannie Trail Cox 84 died February 2 at Rest Haven Nursing Home Mt Pleasant, previously of Richland and Fairfield. Wilbur Chester Wasson 71 died in Wellman on Wednesday after years of declining health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Earnest L. McRoberts
Muscatine General Hospital
Richland
Fannie Z. Trail Cox
Rest Haven
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Wellman
Wilbur Chester Wasson
Kalona Woman Katie Wertz Dies After Illness at 84
Mrs. Katie Ann Wertz of Kalona, aged 84, died this morning at her Kalona home after a lingering illness, according to obituary notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Katie Ann Wertz
Poem of the Week The Heart Recalls
Poem notes that nature carries on after loss while the human heart retains grief and void. Elizabeth Lathrop Powers reflects on sorrow, death, and the memory that endures beyond life as life rushes on. From Writers Notes Quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
Stork Announces Births From Washington to Kalona
Gazelle Brian Alan Norton Chad Wesley Schantz Joshua Isaiah Tusing Stephen Michael Pierson Anthony Max Griffin Elson A Miller and Russell Robert Mowry are listed as born to families in Washington Ainsworth Columbus Junction Kalona Mt. Pleasant and Rural Route addresses. The notice cites parental names and home locations in a community birth roundup.
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Washington History
Charles McLaughlin
Terry
Omaha
Neb
C. W. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Lawrence Lacour
West Chester Methodist Church
Mark Sullivan
Bohumil Kos
Nellie
Patty
Whittier
Kos
Kentucky
Bernice Nash
A.C. Peterson
Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Minick
Roberta Beauty Salon
Bernadine Neville
David Elder
Marion Stransky
Dean Bevins
Ottumwa
Smith’s Emporium
B. F. Bostwick
Ralph Livingston
Monmouth, Ill
Helen
Kenosha
Wis
Jerry Vorhees
Washington Ywca
Yours
Demon Wrestling Champions
Harry Hamilton
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Sarah M. Quinn
James L. Quinn
Route Two
Betty Crocker
Karen Sue Russell
Mid- Prairie
Roy Gisbon
Charles Gibson
Hanover
Ill
Gibsons
Ilinois
Jim Stoesz
Laura Lynne
Bloomington, Mann
Walter Sojka
Michael Genkinger
Jack Genkinger
Michael
Mark
David Bush
Susan
Elmer Stalder
Bill Jeffries
Myrtle Genkinger
T. C. Kaberle
Hampton, Iowa
Mr. Kaberle
Northrup King and Company
Second Avenue
S.E
Lynn Kirkness
Matamata
New Zealand
Robert A. Thompson
Lincoln
Thompson
Edward Squire
Squire
Miss Kirkness
New York City
England
London
Sue Ellen
Kirkness
Pam Romine
Jerry Blundy
Galesburg
Tampa
Fla
The
Women of the Moose
Muscatine
Washinton
Burlington
Ft. Madison
College of Regents
Ray Staider
Red
Howard Curl
Iva Bales
Minneapolis
Minn
Steve Radjenovich
Jordan
Max Bales
Bales
Minnesota
Robert Lee
Max See
Leela Huston
Glenn Dunbar
Goldie Groendycke
George Baker
Shirl Augustine
Werner Lowry
Virgil Lintz
Keesler Air
Cedar Rapids
Douglas Miller
Mercy Hospital
Women’s Missionary Council of the
Assembly of God Church
Jim Carey
Max Schrader
Schrader
Hubert Horn
Lela Carolyn White
Davenport
Robert E. Ragsdale
Carl S. Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Leland C. White
Douds, Ta
Wellman — Harmony
Mid-Prairie Hawkettes
Farmington
Mid-Prairie
Pearl Farcell
Eva Robertson
Ruston
J. L. Dodds
Robertson
Florida
Orlie E. McConnaughay
Dixon, Ill
Georgia
James E. McQuaid Jr
James E. McQuaid
John H. Koehler
W. B. Boring
Alameda
Claudia Maxine
Taylor Stout Jarvis
Carl W. Jarvis
Edward G. Redmond
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Louise Marie
James C. Schweitzer
Bart Schweitzer
Todd Nemmers
G. J. Nemmers
Bob Knight
Fareway Food Store
Vocational Technical School
Faye Knight
Albert Miller
Glenn Todd
Janice
Gary Knottnerus
R. T. Knottnerus
Franklin Center
John Combs
John Jeffries
Clifford Freel
Merry Makers Club
Wesley Freel
Kathy
Sis Eal Agatha
Bruce Cowden
Sally Quinn
Jim Quinn
Keokuk County
William Perdock
Perdock
Olds-Cadillac
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
Washington County
Norman Dunlap
William D. Dunn
Planning and Zoning Commission
Thomas Huston
Warren May
Robert Hedeman
D.N. Cecil
Russell R. Newell
Harry Lowe
Lloyd Fredmund
Pocono
Lloyd Turnipseed
Fredmunds
Pennsylvania Turnpike
E. Dale Kellogg
Betty Jo
David Eugene Lintz
Clayton Lintz
James Wilson
Glenn Wilson
Cambridge School of Business
Boston
Joe Schantz
Arnet Mathers
David Solomon
Hollywood
Rochester
Mathers
Mrs. Solomon
California
Gazelle
Washington County Hospital
Brian Alan Norton
Virgil Dean Norton
West Madison
Chad Wesley Schantz
Mrs
Donald Dwight Schantz
Stephen Michael Pierson
Anthony Max Griffin
Elson A. Miller
Russell Robert Mowry
Stephen Wesley Mowry
North
van Buren
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