Washington History notes and county updates from 1952
Local Washington items cover highways treacherous after a light snowfall, personnel changes in the Washington County Breeders Cooperative and the county health unit. News includes civic events, Y's Men reorganization, fund drives, war bond sales, hospital board appointments, and a wolf kill in Haskins with various relocations and honors around town.
Cleaning and stain tips from a vintage recipe card
Cold water should first dampen milk stains before any detergent. Rubbing alcohol removes shoe polish stains from clothing. Keep lemons fresh by wrapping in dark paper and storing in a cool place. Cotton fabrics cut easiest when starched before sewing. Clean dusty window shades with a flour dipped flannel cloth.
John Hedberg Sells G and H Dairy to Wh House Dairies
John Hedberg of the Griffith Hedberg Dairy announces the sale of the firm to the Wh House Dairies of Burlington Iowa. The new owners take over January 1 ending 17 years of G and H Dairy activity introducing cheese making to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hedberg
Griffith Hedberg Dairy
Wh House Dairies
Burlington
Iowa
G and H
Contribute to Children’s Fund In Washington County
Contributions to the Washington County Retarded Children's Association reached $1,225.54 as of December 31, per chairman Mike Orvis. Funds will support ongoing work of the local association organized last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Retarded Children’s Association
Mike Orvis
Washington County Association
Glenn Yoder Certifies as Grade II Water Works Operator
Glenn C. Yoder, superintendent of the Washington Water and Light Plant, has satisfactorily completed an examination for certification as a grade II Water Works Operator, per a commendation letter from the Iowa Section of the American Water Works Association. Keota basketball rebounds from a 1-16 season to an undefeated start under Coach Jim Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn C. Yoder
Washington
KEOTA
Jim Moore
Eagles
Petitions for school reorganization expected next week
Washington County petitions seeking approval for a proposed school reorganization involving the Ainsworth and Riverside areas will be filed in the courthouse next week. The Washington County Beef Producer's Association will hold its 1963 annual banquet on January 24 with Don Keetz as chairman and featuring Dave Livingston as the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Riverside
Court House
Washington County Beef Producer's Association
Don Keetz
Dave Livingston
Washington
Hospital and birth notices from Washington area readers
Hospital admissions and discharges list multiple residents by name and town with several births noted. Names include Donald Jackson, Leo Adam, Waldo Fisher, and many others in Washington Kalona Wellman and nearby towns, with dates indicating today yesterday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slunwar
Donald Jackson
Washington
Irs
Leo Adam
Wellman
Waldo’ Fisher
Kalona
Solace Poem Reflects Tempest and Survival
A poem by Ellen Rebecca Fenn expresses a whipping wind and an approaching winter storm that bend trees and mock human will. It contrasts nature’s power with a lone fire’s modest shelter, ending on survival themes.
Deaths in Iowa and Ohio Collected Notices
Death notices from Columbus Junction Keota Wellman and surrounding towns report Reu ben A Oates 67 died in Fort Lauderdale Florida at Holy Cross Hospital Graveside services for Mary Alice Scranton 8 daughter of Sgt and Mrs Stanley Scranton Dover Delaware set for January 2 1963 Elm Grove Cemetery Reverend Lloyd Latta to preside Sherman Eden Funeral Home handling arrangements Paul Rollin Royce two and a half months died in Janesville Wisconsin Albert P Hammen 65 died at his farm home near Harper Wellman services for John Henry Staubaugh 83 at West Union Mennonite Church burial in West Union Cemetery Dr Burton G Fern 37 syndicated columnist Inside You and Yours died in Stratford Connecticut Jacon Sheets 78 Pleasant Plain died at Nelson Nursing Home Fairfield after stroke Delbert Earl Campbell 13 Columbus Junction died at Washington County Hospital.
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Milan Shields
R. L. Grimes
Bruce Good
Alice
Mary Hunter
Helen Coffey
George
Stewart
Monmouth
Ill
Pittsburgh
Betty Babcock
Chicago
Wayland
Sugar Creek
Winfield Smouse
Washington National Bank
R. E. Dougherty
W. L. Grave
Walter Conner
Ed F. Mack
Lawrence Wilson
Washington
Eclipse Lumber Company
Paul Lumber Company
Mary Alice Scranton
Stanley Scranton
Dover
Delaware
Elm Grov
Lloyd Latta
Sherman Eden Funeral Home
Wellman
John Henry Staubaugh
West Union Mennonite Church
Herman Ropp
Paul EM. Yoder
Ezra Shenk
West Union Cemetery
Powell
Marriages of Emily Hoech and William Mouser
Emily Hoech daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hoech of Winfield Missouri and William Mouser son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Mouser of Wellman tie the knot at First Baptist Church Winfield on Saturday December 29 with the bride’s father officiating. They reside at 5319 Pershing Avenue St Louis. Martha Gunter daughter of Mr and Mrs George Gunter of Des Moines and Gary Schnicker son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Schnicker of Rural Washington wed Friday December 28 in Des Moines with residence listed at 2415 Beaver Avenue Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Hoech
George Hoech
Winfield
William Mouser
Stanley Mouser
Wellman
First Baptist Church
Pershing Avenue
St. Louis
Martha Gunter
George Gunter
Des Moines
Gary Schnicker
Melvin Schnicker
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Larry Dean Harris
Karl Harris
Washington County
Hear
Larry Dean
Washington History
Minneapolis
Gerald Neimann
Steve Wiggers
Washington County Breeders Cooperative Association
Wayne E. Davis
San Diego
Calif
Naval Base
W.E. Wasson
Buck Cheadle
Burlington Grayhounds
Keokuk Chiefs
Muriel Collier
Washington’s
Y's Men’s Club
Cedar Rapids
Y's Men's Club
John Griffith
Richard Weeks
Roy Fields
Artemas Brown
Harold Webb
Charles Berdo
Robert McFarlane
Clint Stewart
Walter Fern
National Foundation For
Castle Air Force Base
California
Turlock
Stella Jorpeland
Washington County Health Unit
Ottumwa
Sunnyslope Sanitarium
Donaldson
Dave Masson
Birch Holden
Edward Barker
Als. Griffith
George Morrison
John Owen
U.S
Morrson
Charles Lemley
George Green
Helen Ginkens
Center Rural
Lime Creek Township
WAC
Fred Ginkens
Brighton
C. P. Dede
Doll Buckley
Bachelor Maids
Baltimore
the National Bank
W. A. Cook
Col J. Wilson
C. Cunningham
W. P. Wells
R. L. Lytle
Frank L Nilson
FE. T. Wickham
H. Young
Marsh W. Bailey
Kendall
Bramer
West
Washington Street
Charley Thompson
Fairfield
Fred L. Stewart
Edgar Porter
Ben Briley
Haskins
Ray H. Dean
Florida
Evening Journal
Washington, Town
United Press International
G & H Dairy
Insworth
Alvin Wehr
Marilynn Latta
Tom Morrison
E. D. Morrison Jr
J. W. Helscher
Yaro Chmelar
Miss Latta
Marilynn
John Wheelan
Jack Wagner
Kenneth
Kristine
Karen
Raymond Wheelan
Mickey
Dan
Tom and
Holly
Harold Wylie
Susan
Charles Jeffries
Paul Fern
Jean
Fern
Art Johnsons
Chardon, C
Mrs. Johnson
Judy Fern
John Adam
West Island
Tom Adam
Georgia
John Linnenkamp
Robert Mac
Ugin
Rose Reid
Esther MacGugin
Joe Knotek
Ward Kamper
Claudia
River Forest
Kamper
Vera Kamper
Joe Konefus
John
Jim
Libertyville
Ray Kamper
Wisconsin
Tom Tucker
Denver
Harold Tucker
Steamboat Springs
Colo
John Tucker
Leo C. Stone
Don
Winona
Minn
Gene
Jim Stone
Julie
Jackie
Russell Moreland
Michael Bruce
Phil
Ames
Gene Stone
Peggy
Audrey
Norman Hale
Jerry
Beth
Camden, Tenn
Billie Young
BC. Briley
Leo Fritz
Herbert Pauly
Bonnie Sue
Ft. Madison
Clifford Frit
Linda
Dennis
Edwin
Leo
Fommy
Alfred Fritz
Alfred Jr
Michael
Lester Worley
Diane
LaVonne
Lester Jr
Debra Kay
Fritz
Leo Vittetoe
Sister Mary Bernard
St Joseph Hospital
Karla Kneen
Karl Kneen M Winfield
Warren Dare
Evanston
M. L. Brown
George Dare
Crawfordsville
Bill Brown
Veterans Hospital
West Maines
Bill
Harvey
Richard Harvey
Duane Daering
Hills
Aylen Kron
E. S. Rudolph
Mary Harvey
Beulah West
Blanche Harvey
Hannah Provance
Truman Ad
Phil Kneen
John Bender
Gerald Bender
Olin Jennings
Marilyn
Betty Jo
Allen
Columbus ‘Junction
Jim Shull
Brenda
Bob ‘Smith
Kevin
Mr. Pleasant
Arthur Campbell
Ronnie
Johnnie
Walter
Stevie
Doris
Joyce
Carol Campbell
MU. Pleasant
Olin Earl Harris
East
Madison Street
Tod
Iowa Southern Utilities
Ted Johnson
Johnson
Clarence Anderson
YMCA
Larry Mabb
Mabb
Janet Slagle
Ralph Speas
Henry Slagle
Mr Speas
Walter Speas
Editiy Gar van Haaften
Sacramento
Dale Connelly
Mr. Connelly
Henry Pearson
West Branch
Orris Connelly
Solon
Ervin Connelly
Kenneth W. Koldt
Town City
Phil Zimmerman
Alan Smith
Gerald Garrels
Wilton Junction
Kay Connelly
Allison
Clifford Connelly
Jane
Ruth Ann
Martha
Kirby, Ark
C. C. Reeves
Eldon Navy Home
Don Cave
Navy
Nancy
Ily
Jarrard
Mrs. Reeves Lanley Jarrard
Tom Horak
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Paul Horak
James Baker
Sioux City
Winnie Baker
Carl Chalupa
Bernard Me. Carthy
Pfe
Justin McCarthy
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Manila
Justin
Santa
Anna Godwin
Robyn Babcock
Jack Babcocks
Mrs
CP. Berkhoff
Sarah Page
Ruth Dupuis
Ruth
W.B. Dupuis
Harry Dickerson
Mason City
C. W
Bill) Rawn
Children’s Fund
Daisy Maxson
Honolulu
Hawaii
L.W. Carpenter
Dean Garrett
Ollie Maxwell Springer
Salem
Ore
John B. Springer
Pacific Palisades
Max
Ralph Kleese
Chester Holcomb
Harold DP. Cunninghams
West Jefferson
McCleery - Cumming Company
J.Y. Canfield
RL. Bywater
Iowa City
Mr. Canfield
Acme Greeting Card Company
Mr. Bywater
Economy Advertising Company
Claude McCoy
R. J.thornton
McHenry
LH. Thornton
Mike Thornton
Mrs. Foster Bagle
Thorntons
Wayne
Ellen Sue
Carolyn
Tuscon
Ariz
Pearl Bitting
Glenn Yoder
Iva Bales
Karen Eagle
Elmer McFadden
Ninnekah
Okla
Martha Ann
Max Holder
Rita
George Waldron
Major A.W. Nicola
Phi Beta Kappa
University of Pittsburgh
United States Air Lo Se
Nicola
Herb Ferrell
Marlene
Wayne Tait
Angela
Lori Steele
Farl Ferrell
Milton Schnicker
Clifford Tait
Mike
Robert Steele
West Des Moines
William Matson
HR. de France
Detroit Lakes, Minn
Matson
M.J. Redlinger
Rochalell
William Berg
Sheryl
Mark
Matt
Janice Ann
Milton Smith
Lana
George Goetz
Faye
Tom Cannon
Nebraska
Robert Roberts
Evan M. Rees
Columbus Junction
Hugh Jones
Edward R. Rees
South Avenue B
West Washington Street
Retail Trade Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
Bob McClure
Brian Owen
Kiwanis
Washington Kiwanis Club
James Ensign
Division
L.A. Holland
Edward Vosika
Eldon Brake
Bill Smart
Keith Norton
Royal McNeese
Britt
Isaac Kleese
Mr. Kleese
Melvin Morrow
Vicki
Kathy Sue
Wapello
Kleese
Dick Morrow
West Chester
Vivian E. Ayers
Children's Hospital
Ward C
University Hospitals
Bertha Statler
Adams Rest Home
West Main
Esther Belle MacGugi
Grand Avenue
Edward Armstrong
L.W Carpenter
Isaac Hershberger
Ronald Stalder
Gilbert Cavin
George Jaenecek
Gary Long
Alvin Mast
Leo Adam, Welleman
Margaret Lloyd
Katie Hammen
Homer Jarrard Washington
Charles Zie~glowsky
Mayme Livingston
Delbert Campbell
Urban Berg
Waldo Fisher
Joseph H. Lewis
Larry Krantz
Ewegene Wehr
Don Reschly
Wilfred Wittetoe
Ellen Rebecca Fenn
Columbus City
Reuben A. Oates
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Holy Cross Hospital
Paul Rollin Royce
Rollin Royce
Janesville
Wis
Albert P. Hammen
Harper
Burton G. Fern
The
Stratford, Conn
Jacon Sheetz
Pleasant Plain
Nelson
Delbert Earl Campbell
Norman Earl Campbell
Washington County Hospital