Community club activities and milestones highlighted at YWCA events
February gatherings feature the 39ers with 38 members and guest Mrs. Blair Hames, the YWives planning antiquing and sports, Chapter J PEO hosting a budget session, HJ Club at a quilting party, and a 40th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. George Sojka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Hames
YWCA
Claude Tucker
Lester Orr
Joe Falk
Edna Caldwell
Esther White
Ruth Nolin
Robert Huber
Steve Plummer
William Russell
HJ Club
Dwane Shalla
Dale Marek
Larry Shalla
Hubert Malichky
Valentine
Clarabelle Schlabaugh
Karen Escher
Lorence Marek
Iowa Park Grants Total $62,300 For 3 Areas
Gov. Robert D. Ray announced three Iowa park grants totaling $62,300 from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. The funds include $18,500 to acquire about 100 acres to expand F.W. Kent Park near Tiffin Johnson County, $8,000 to buy about 40 acres to enlarge Mariposa Recreation Area near Newton Jasper County, and $31,842 to develop 74 acres of Rock Creek Park southwest of Clinton on the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Robert D. Ray
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Iowa
Ray
F.W. Kent
Tiffin
Johnson County
Mariposa
Newton
Jasper County
Rock Creek Park
Clinton
Mississippi River
Funeral services for Robert E. Lowe Sr.
Funeral services for Robert E. Lowe Sr were held Thursday afternoon at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Leland Grove in charge. Casketbearers were M L Whittaker John Custer William Sitler Floyd Murphy Robert Roe and Robert Lytle. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Washington woman returns from Moline visit. nursing caps awarded
Mrs. Zelma Hughes of Washington returned Wednesday night from a visit at the Stanley Leach home. Nurses from the area are among 121 sophomores in the University of Iowa College of Nursing who will receive caps in a ceremony Sunday at 1 30 p m at the Iowa Memorial Union. Deborah Levy and Christine Statler, daughters of local residents, are among those receiving caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelma Hughes
Washington
Moline
Stanley Leach
Leach
Hughes
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Iowa Memorial Union
Deborah Levy
Harry Levy
Christine Statler
S.S. Statler
West Chester
Marine Sgt Mickel Re-enlists Four Years at Camp Lejeune
Marine Sgt Joel E. Mickel, husband of Donna L. Samuels of Washington, re-enlisted for four years at Camp Lejeune. A Chrisney High School graduate, he first joined the Marines in January 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Joel E. Mickel
Donna L. Samuels
Mockingbird Lane
Washington
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Base
Chrisney High School
Chrisney
Ind
Marines
Social Calendar Week Events and Date Changes
Social calendar lists events from Rebekah Lodge at IOOF Hall and Temple potluck, Double Deck Club with date change, Y-Wives antiquing and sports, White Shrine memorial night, Applied Arts I, Cedar Township Farm Bureau Women meeting with necktie making demo, and note of date changes across items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Temple
Applied Arts
Dale Batterson
Cedar Township Farm Bureau
David Norman
James Rossen
Senior Center Plans February Birthday Party and Events
The Tuesday birthday party honors three February birthdays. Next Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. a travel program slides England as We Saw Her by Ralph Kleese in the third floor Community Room. Tuesday evening volunteer callers will meet at 7:30 to report and recruit. A February 28 Potluck dinner is planned with a patriotic program led by Mayme Squire, Edna Smith, and Reverend Richard Peterson. Fortnightly music will accompany the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ralph Kleese
Mayme Squire
Edna Smith
Richard Peterson
Birthdays and church life at United Presbyterian Home
February at the United Presbyterian Home features many residents with birthdays including nonagenarians. Members celebrate with visits, small parties, valentines, and church services, while reflections on a trip to Iona and a Duluth excursion appear alongside bereavement.
Upper Iowa honors students with Dean's List awards
Barbara Koskamp of Washington named to the academic Dean's List at Upper Iowa College in Fayette and awarded a $100 summer session scholarship. Also on the Dean's List are Marsha Brock and Thomas Witthoft of Washington, with Linda Kron of Riverside on the honor list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Koskamp
Ray Rathmell
Washington
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Marsha Brock
Delbert Brock
Thomas Witthoft
Wayne Witthoft
Linda Kron
Elmo Kron
Riverside
Priest uses church pews to heat parish during power strike
In Liverpool England Rev Colin Bedford helps elderly parishioners by cutting church pews for firewood. He notes 500 seats remain and a new church is planned this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
England
UPI
Colin Bedford
Britain
Bedford
Donors Contribute Ham at 15th Winter Hog Show
Lloyd Coon Kenneth Rhea of Crawfordsville and Richard Hotle of Washington donated the ham served by the Parkettes at the 15th annual Winter Hog Show held Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Coon
Crawfordsville
Kenneth Rhea
Richard Hotle
Washington
Schlapkohl to chair North Central group
Supt. E. K. Schlapkohl of the Washington Community School system will serve as chairman of the discussion on Realistic Education About Drug Abuse at the 77th annual meeting of the North Second Association in Chicago March 19 to 22. Joseph L. Carroll of the Chicago Public Schools will present the topic with panelist Charles W. Armstrong and Perry Mason assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supt
E.K. Schlapkohl
Washington Community School System
North Second Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Chicago
Palmer House
Schlapkohl
Joseph L. Carroll
Bureau of Instructional Materials
Chicago Public Schools
Charles W. Armstrong
Heath High School
Heath
Ohio
Perry Mason
Harding Academy
Searcy
Ark
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Sojkas
George Sojka
Agnes Kiene
Olpe
Kansas
Jerry Sojka
PEO
Robert Moss
Barbara Kessel
Phil Busley
M.I. Whitham
John Walker
Steve Roth
West Main
State Farm
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Mickel
Don Norton
The
United Presbyterian Home
Amy McLaughlin
James Beveridge
Heyworth
Ill
Coralie Briley
Sunny Haven
Kathy Lloyd
Martha Glass
Lena Nesbitt
Social Life Fellowship
U.P. Church
Cora
First Baptist Church
Davenport
Karl Megdelsen, Jr
Montrose
Don Tyler
Lennox, In
Bertha Williamson
Minnie Knapp
Roger Arnold
Brighton
Mr. Arnold
Joe! Arnold
Philip Mitchell
Deerfield
J.D. Buchanan
Mitchells
Buchanans
U.P
Nolin
Mary Holmes
W.S. Trower
Bellflower
Iona
Scotland
Richard Tinklenburg
Iowa City Veterans Hospital
Mr. Colby
Duluth
Lake Superior
Upper Iowa
Free
U.S. Homes, Inc
2Nd Ave
Des Moines
Skinner
Mechanicsville
Marian Beale Bank
Ashington
Benjamin Moore
Osincup's
West End Grocery
Hamm’s
Hiland
Cedar Rapids
Assembly of God Church
South
North Central Group
Washington Skelgas
S. Marion
Entury
Cidar
Chrysler Motors Corporation
Automotive Industries
Chrysler
Town & Country
Plymouth
Washington, Iowa
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