Obituary: Mrs May Fleming 95 Dies in Washington County
Mrs May Fleming 95 a native of the community died today January 4 1968 at Washington County Hospital after six weeks of poor health and two weeks of serious illness Funeral services will be Saturday at 3 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery She was born May 30 1872 on a farm north of Washington daughter of George F and Lucetta Potter Kleese She attended Washington Academy and married Alfred Hayes Fleming February 27 1900 he died November 28 1904 She worked as a dressmaker and helped families with children She was a member of Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church and the Three Quarter Century Club Preceded in death by her husband and two sons George Hayes Fleming and Jason Kleese A memorial fund is set for the children s department at the Marion Avenue U P church.
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May Fleming
United Presbyterian Home
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral
Elm Grove
Carrie May Kleese
Washington
George F. and
Cetta Potter Kleese
Washington Academy
Alfred Hayes Fleming
Fleming
Marion Avenue U. P
Firemen Pancake Feed Plans Announced
Washington firemen sell tickets for the annual Pancake Feed on January 10. Served in City Hall 11 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 7 pm. Adults $1.25, children 75 cents. Menu includes pancakes, whole hog sausage and eggs. Patrons enter through the east door of the fire hall. trucks moved and lines inside City Hall to be served.
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Washington
Leo Beauchamp
City Hall
Mrs. Gertrude Eagle 84 dies in Washington County
Mrs. Gertrude B. Eagle aged 84 of 414 W. 2nd Street died this morning at Washington County Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church with Rev. Edward F. Collins officiating. rosary Friday at 8 p.m. at Sherman Eden Funeral Chapel. Burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Richmond. Surviving are two sons, Herman of Ainsworth and Clem of Washington. four daughters, Viola Ryan of Solon, La Vina Bouronill of El Cajon California, Loretta Donohue of Iowa City, Mary Lahr of Iowa City. 36 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. three sisters, Laura Casper, Helena Seuppel, and Mrs. Jay Wilkinson. She was preceded in death by her husband Frank, one daughter, and one brother.
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Gertrude B. Eagle
W. 2Nd
Washington County
Eagle
St. James Catholic Church
Edward F. Collins
Sherman Eden
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Richmond
Albert
Catherine Stumpf Lintz
Frank L. Eagle
Washington
Altar and Rosary Society
Little Flower Circle
M. L
Viola) Ryan
Solon
Ray (la Vina
Bouronill
el Cajon
Calif
Joe
Loretta) Donohue
Iowa City
R. A
Mary) Lahr
Laura Casper
Leo
Helena) Seuppel
Jay Wilkinson
Phoenix
Fred C. Kallaus Dies in Colorado Springs at 76
Fred C. Kallaus, 76, longtime Riverside area resident, died this morning in Colorado Springs after residing there for over 30 years. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9 a.m. in Hall Mortuary. Survived by wife and two step-children and brothers and sisters Joe of Clinton Frank of Riverside Mrs Ed F Havel of Ainsworth Mrs Elmer Durst of Washington and Dr William Kallaus of California. He was a 46-year member of the Riverside Masonic lodge.
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Fred C. Kallaus
Riverside
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hall Mortuary
Kallaus
Joe
Clinton
Frank
Ed F. Havel
Ainsworth
Elmer Durst
Washington
William Kallaus
California
Masonic Lodge
Jaycees Collect Christmas Trees In Washington
Washington Jaycees urge residents to place trees on terraces at nearest intersections for Friday pickup. Trucks from Freshwater's Halls Feeds Wade Farm Store and Jarrard Feed will haul and Jaycee volunteers will load and burn the trees. An annual Jaycees project.
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Washington Jaycees
The
Journal
Freshwater’s
Halls
Wade Farm
Jarrard Feed
Jacyee
Jaycees
Barn Fire Destroys Farm Structure Near Letts Iowa
Fire destroyed a 35 by 55 foot barn on the Letts Turkington farm four miles southwest of Letts in Louisa County early Tuesday. Ten market hogs a pickup and trailer and 250 bales of hay were also lost. Origin of the blaze remains unknown. The farm is managed by John Carpenter.
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Columbus Junction
Letts - Turkington
Letts
Louisa County
John Carpenter
Gibson Shoe Repair Rebrands and Moves to East Side
Chuck Gibson owner of Gibson Shoe Repair announced the shop will close Saturday and Monday to move to a new east side location in the former Witting Shoe Store building. The business will be renamed Gibson Shoe Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Gibson
Gibson Shoe Repair
Witting Shoe Store
Gibson
Gibson Shoe Center
Mary Chabal Dies Here This Morning
Mary Chabal of Washington died this morning born in 1886 funeral arrangements are pending at the Jones Funeral Home.
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Mary Chabal
Washington
Jones Funeral Home
Social calendar notices for community groups and events
All notices for this column must reach by 10 a.m. on the day of first publication. Three days ahead printing lists Thursday FOE Auxiliary at 7 30 p m At hall Friday Past Matrons Club 6 30 p m Cooperative dinner at Ma sonic Temple Saturday Shirts and Skirts 8 p m Legion Hall Skip Shippers caller Monday Chapter V TTT 8 p m Bring Betty Crocker coupons Dues payable Bring Christmas stocking for TTT camp Note change of place Chapter EI TTT 1 p m with Mrs Paul Shearer Note Wash Away Tops 7 30 p m YWCA Literature 7 45 p m Mrs A S Smith Washington County Association for Retarded Children 8 p m At Nurses Home Golden Age Club 1 30 p m YWCA Social afternoon 19th Century Club meeting January 8 postponed
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FOE
Hall
Masonic Temple
Legion Hall
Skip Shippers
John Owen
Betty Crocker
Paul Shearer
YWCA
A. S. Smith
Washington County Association For
Nurses Home
Golden Age Club
Michael Leary Named to Army Intern Program
Michael Leary of Keota is chosen as a principal participant in the United States Army Intern Program after graduation from the University of Iowa Dental School. He will be assigned to a U S Army Hospital among 55 selected from all dental schools. He is the son of Dr and Mrs James M Leary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Dental College
University of Iowa
Michael Leary
United States Army
United States
Michael
University of Iowa Dental School
Ile
James M. Leary
World dancing tour jettison to Milan for Vicki Thomas
Vicki Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert E Thomas leaves by plane Wednesday for New York to board a jet to Milan Italy and rejoin the Winnie Hoveler American Ballet on a world dancing tour. Barbara Schumacher is among ten South Dakota State University students to join Kappa Delta Pi education honor society based on education department acceptance junior standing and a 3.0 GPA. Sgt. Richard L Crone visited his parents before returning to his radar site in Omaha. Square Dance Class graduates Jan 15 with all members invited. Ed Reese home in Washington hosts New Year weekend visitors Bob michelsen Urbana Illinois and John Evans Arlington Heights NL with family. Mrs Otto Walton recovering from surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City room 341 welcomes cards. Dewey Weeks learns of brother Joe Weeks death at his home, formerly of Jackson Township. funeral plans pending. Earl Powley of Pender Nebraska dies. father of Ronald Powley of Washington. funeral Saturday in Pender Nebraska.
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Vicki Thomas
Robert E. Thomas
New York
Milan
Italy
Winnie Hoveler American Ballet
Barbara Schumacher
Florence Schumacher
South Dakota State University
Kappa Delta Pi
Department of Education
Bob Michaelsen
Urbana, Ill
John Evans
Bob
Karen
Arlington Heights, NL
Ed Reese
Washington
Dewey Weeks
Joe Weeks
Jackson Township
Josephine Mendoza
Columbus
Notable Births and Dismissals in Washington Area
Admitted yesterday include Mrs Pearl Kyle and Mrs Merle Blieu both in Washington with medical and surgical cases. Births today report a daughter for Mr and Mrs William Plank of Wellman. Dismissed yesterday and today list Mrs Laura Longwell in Washington and Mrs Marvin Hoskins with daughter in Pleasant Plain.
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Pearl Kyle
Washington
Joe Cochran
Merle Blieu
William Plank, Wellman
Laura Longwell
Marvin Hoskins
Pleasant Plain
YWCA Announces Winter Activity Classes For Girls
The YWCA opens registration for a year of activities starting January 8 with $7.50 activity tickets required for all programs including swimming dips. Programs run for 8 through high school ages with supervised games, gym, and instructional classes on Mondays through Fridays, plus swim times on Tuesdays and Fridays. For details call the YWCA.
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YWCA
Jr. High
Special services set by churches for unity week
Plans for two Week of Prayer for Church Unity services were drafted by a Washington Ministerial Association committee. The events on January 21 at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church and January 28 at St James Catholic Church feature Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy, lay panels, ecumenical worship, and living room dialogue participants sharing views and future dialogue plans.
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Washington Ministerial Association
Our Common Cause
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
St. James Catholic Church
Charles Cowell
Richard Peterson
Vernon Elgin
Relative of residents killed in accident
Clark G. Picken 50 of Forest City Illinois died when a grain truck overturned midweek. Survived by wife Viola De Frates mother Mella Mae Parks a sister Janet Miksch all of Washington six sons and a stepson three sisters and predeceased by two sons. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at Community Church Forest City. Clark born November 23 1917 in Brighton was son of Clark G. Picken and Mella Mae Parks. He belonged to St. John's Lutheran Church in Topeka Illinois. Surprisingly listed survivors include Mannie Roberts and six other relatives.
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Clark G. Picken
Forest City
Ill
Mella Mae Parks
Janet Miksch
Washington
Mr. Picken
Brighton
Viola DeFrates
Illinois
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Topeka
Edward
Clark
Rickie
Tom
Max
Bob
Mannie Roberts
Ruth Trier
Keota
May Flanders
Anti zoning meeting set for Ainsworth Legion Hall
Ainsworth residents are invited to an anti zoning meeting at the Legion Hall on Monday January 8 at 7 30 p m. The public is welcome. Washington Volunteer Firemen answered a call to an apartment above the State Cafe Wednesday around 6 30 p m. A broiler pan fire was out when firefighters arrived. Mrs Jeanne Chapman local H R Block manager has returned from Kansas City after a three day managerial training session on new tax return methods for the firm this year.
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Legion Hall
Ainsworth
Washington
State Cafe
Jeanne Chapman
Kansas City
District nurses meeting scheduled in Fairfield Iowa
District II of the Iowa Nurses Association will meet at St Marys School hall 404 North 3rd Street Fairfield on Wednesday January 10. Board 11 a.m. luncheon noon and program 1 p.m. A lecture on mental retardation by an Iowa Association for Retarded Children member. Reservations for luncheon to Mrs Harry Riggs Rural Route 1 Fairfield IA 52556 by January 8. All registered nurses welcome.
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The
Iowa Nurses Association
St. Mary's School Hall
Fairfield
North 3Rd Street
Iowa Association For Retarded Children
Harry Riggs
Iowa
Mercy Hospital patient Mort Carr observed for treatment
Mort Carr remains at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City for observation and treatment with room 314 listed. The Shirts and Skirts Square Dance Club plans a dance Saturday January 6 at 8 p.m. at the Legion Hall with Skip Shippers as caller. Mr and Mrs Herb Osincup escorted their daughter Janet to Quad Cities airport in Moline for return to college in Richmond Virginia where she studies pharmacy.
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Mort Carr
Mercy Hospial
Iowa City
the Legion Hall
Skip Shippers
Herb Osincup
Janet
Quad Cities
Moline
Richmond
Virginia
College of Pharmacy
Medical College of Virginia
Nominations for Mother of the Year Due Soon
Fortnightly Departments remind that nominations for Mother of the Year must be received by February 5. A nominee need not be Fortnightly member but must be a successful mother and homemaker, embodying courage cheerfulness affection patience understanding and homemaking ability. She should be active in a religious body and public service, with youngest child over 15. Send nominations to Mrs George Kerr before February 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kerr
Engagement of Sara Jane Kephart to John Michael Patterson
Mr and Mrs William H Jones of Washington announce the engagement of Sara Jane Kephart to John Michael Patterson both of Washington. Kephart is a Sioux Falls College sophomore majoring in music. Patterson is a University of Iowa senior in accounting. A late summer wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Jones
Washington
Sara Jane Kephart
John Michael Patterson
Kenneth Patterson
Miss Kephart
Sioux Falls College
Sioux Falls
S. D
University of Iowa
Cynthia Suzanne Chamberlain Engaged to Stephen Welter
Miss Cynthia Suzanne Chamberlain of Oska loosa and Washington announces her engagement to Stephen Eugene Welter of Iowa City. The bride-elect attends the University of Iowa as a senior in elementary education and psychology, while the groom-to-be studies electrical engineering at Iowa and seeks graduation this spring. A June wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Chamberlain
Oskaloosa
Virginia Chamberlin
Washington
Cynthia Suzanne
Stephen Eugene Welter
Iowa City
N. E. Welter
Mt. Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa
Longer Longer Club Plans School Supper at Fairgrounds
Four members met with Mrs. John Dawson and Mrs. John Kiene presiding. They planned the club supper for February 7 at the Fairgrounds schoolhouse. Contests provided entertainment and refreshments were served. SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK Calif. Researchers estimate about 18000 Sequoia trees in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dawson
John Kiene
Fairgrounds
Sequoia National Park, Calif
UPI
Sequoia National Park
Dear Abby reader letters on hunting trip and Mother's Day
Dear Abby columns cover a husband who deserts for a four day hunting trip and a daughter who cuts off contact with aging mother after five years. Readers also offer perspective on the term mother and how to address mothers in public and private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Greenville
N.C
L-W Farm Meeting Set For January 8 Across Two Towns
The L W Service Company sponsors a farm meeting on January 8 in Columbus Junction at the Peoples National Bank and in Washington at the Captain's Table to share the latest fertilizer insect and weed control practices and to discuss the FS dial a yield program. Earl Kingman and Mike Leahy of FS Services Inc. will speak. Lunch will be served and a drawing held. All area farmers are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L - W Service Company
Washington
Louisa County
Peoples National Bank
Columbus Junction
Earl Kingman
Mike Leahy
FS Services Inc
Service Men Recruit Training Center San Diego Note
Crone Sgt Richard L Crone 789 Radar Squad Florence Station Omaha AFS Neb 68112 Walling John E Walling U S N B 61 67 16 Company 024 Recruit Training Command U S Naval Training Center San Diego Calif 92133
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crone
Richard L. Crone
Florence
Omaha Afs
Neb
Washington Kiwanis elects new president at first 1968 meeting
Robert Koehler presided as Washington Kiwanis club president at the opening 1968 meeting. Paul Gebhardt invited Mayor, city attorney, city clerk, and councilmen as guests. John Owen, Wayne Davis Carlton Mangold and Mayor Cloud Willits led committees. Discussions covered city legal work, budget and taxes, and plans to improve parks and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Koehler
Washington Kiwanis Club
Paul Gebhardt
Washington
Gebhardt
John Owen
Wayne Davis Carlton Mangold
Cloud Willits
Five Below Zero Returns to Washington Area
Washington area residents shivered as subzero readings persisted last night with an official low of 5 degrees below zero. Clear skies this morning offered no warming trend due to a brisk wind.
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Washington Area
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Mrs. Eagle
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day, Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Colorado
Saxit
Howers
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Evening Journal
Charles Crone
Omaha
Otto Walton
Mercy Hospital
Earl Powley
Pender
Nebr
Ronald Powley
Nebraska
Armstrong
Osincup’s
Kephart-Patterson
Miss Chamberlain
Brown Finance Co
Brown Finance
N. B. Westermark
M. L. Westermark
South
Iowa Ave
Dean Axbby
Alabama
Los Angeles
Cal
Abigail van Buren
L-W
Witting’s
East Side Square
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