Editorial apology clears Jim Koehler of error
The Journal runs a formal public apology for a misreport that Jim Koehler, a University of Iowa sophomore and former Washington Community High School student, was charged with operating while intoxicated after a car incident. A blotter mix-up by a new staffer led to the false association, prompting praise for Koehler’s good record and community standing.
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Journal
Jim Koehler
Mary Koehler
Jim
Washington Community High School
Evening Journal Carrier Boys
University of Iowa
Local Lady Finds Earring After Holiday Strain
A local woman endured holiday stress and was thanked for a get well card she thought she hadn’t sent and for sending two greetings to a family. After a long search she discovered an earring she had misplaced, hanging from her ear.
Local Buddies Pay Bill and Share Lighthearted Jibes
Two local businessmen and fishing pals Phil Kneen and Aldo Moretti known as Dink banter playfully. An early December purchase Aldo made at Phil’s store was to be paid in January. A neighbor recalls a sweet moment when a granddaughter led her grandfather to the kitchen to reveal a new pop stash discovery, prompting stock-up humor.
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Phil Kneen
Aldo Moretti
Aldo
Dink
Phil
Thought For The Day On Giving And Happiness
A brief meditation cites Matthew 5 42 urging generosity to those who ask and lending to others. It notes that giving benefits recipients and brings happiness and contentment to the giver as well.
Local births and social notes in Washington history
The column records a girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Reed of route 3 on December 29 in Iowa City weighing eight pounds three and a half ounces named Melinda May. It also lists a series of New Year visits, gatherings, and travels, with residents from Grinnell Des Moines Cedar Falls and Anamosa, plus academic moves, club activities, and county government reshuffles noting Arthur Wiley as 1947 chairman and Harve P. Wilson and Richard Stewart changes, and YMCA and church notes.
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Jim
Washington
Bernard J. Reed
Route 3
Iowa City
Melinda May
Howard Hazen
Roger and
Dean
Emma Barnett
James Wagner
Karl and
Kenny
Burlington
M. H. Sartor
Major
William Sartor
Carol Ann
Billy and Clark
Port Clinton
Wendell Baker
Tommy
Julia
Fairfield
Courtright Hawley
Anamosa
Don Nickerson
Jack Salladay
Artemas Brown
Denver
Colo
Martha Kennedy
Karen Foster
Cherry Luckenbill
Iowa State Teacher's College
Cedar Falls
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Arthur Wiley
Buck
Washington Boy Scouts
McCleery
Lawrence Whisler
Boulder
University of Colorado
P. F. Whisler
R.E. Arthur
Isaak Walton League
Trinity Lutheran Church
W. M. Tweeten
W. W. Schroeder
A. G. Anderson
Axel Anderson
Joseph Waggoner
Iowa
Washington County Court House
Harve P. Wilson
M. T. Coon
Board of Supervisors
Richard Stewart
Alice McDaniel
Josephine Hull
University Hospital
C. A. Owen
Chicago
Englewood
Englewood U. P
Men’s Brotherhood
East Chicago
Ind
County Board of Supervisors
R. C. Ferguson
Washington County
Ames
Dwight Booth
Robert Hanna
Milton Ross
Elizabeth Jones
Thelma Edgar
Paul Maxwell
Gift exchange events in Riverside community
In Riverside on January 3, families of Gerot hosted a gift exchange with guests including Pete Gerot Wayne Shalla Fred Frank Grace Mottet and Blanche Gowdy of Iowa City. Other notices report New Year visits Mercy Hospital birth Todd Dale Jennings and extended family gatherings across nearby towns. Gerald Sommers plans a trip to Hokkaido Japan and Harley Knebel studies in Seattle.
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Riverside
Robert Gerot
Pete Gerot
Wayne Shalla
Fred Frank
Grace Mottet
Blanche Gowdy
Iowa City
Jennie Rath
Opal Stransky
May Snyder
Lone Tree
Emily Shalla
Royal Sommers
Cedar Rapids
Gerald Sommers
Texas
Gerald
Hokkaido
Japan
Zitta Duwa
Tony Morgan
Leroy Duwa
Dennis Jennings
Mercy Hospital
Todd Dale
Jennings
Dale Burich
Richard Jennings
Ainsworth
Bessie Burich
Wilbur Chalupa
John Krotz
Washington
Stanley Snider
St. Louis
Harley Knebel
Zeno Knebel
Seattle
University
Pete Schneider
Melvin Schneider
Unusual coup without a name in bridge play
In the Intercollegiate Bridge championship a West lead ace of clubs and a later diamond shift set up by East’s seven signals led declarers to a deliberate entry destruction. The defense exploited this with a club ruff to defeat the contract, while some South players reversed course by discarding diamonds to force a non existent heart loser, triggering the coup without a name.
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West
East
Declarer
South
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Death notices from Washington area dated January 1967
Obituaries and death notices from the Washington Iowa area list many residents and their passing dates at Mercy Hospital Iowa City and Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield. Names include John P Linnenkamp 83 Richland and Charles Widner 71. others cover Kalona Wellman Riverside Columbus Junction and Wellman communities with ages from 57 to 85. Additional items note births and dismissals and a Riverside funeral pending for Mrs Mary Helen Gringer.
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John P. Linnenkamp
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Richland
Charles Widner
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Kalona
Wino Strabala
Columbus Junction
Goldie P. Greendyke
East Madison Street
Washington County Hospital
Riverside
Mary Helen Gringer
Riverside and
Hills
Los Angeles
Calif
McGovern - Dwyer Funeral Home
Hospital Saturday and Yesterday Medical Socials Outline
Hospital Saturday lists Ronald Hawkins of Ainsworth and Kimberly Williams of Brighton among medical cases. Yesterday records Harry Lamansky of Fairfield and Mrs L A Meridith of Washington with medical entries. Also listed are Nancy Bodkins of West Chester and several others including Mrs Williams Meier Hedrick Mrs Ralph Solomon Conesville and Mrs James Curtis and son Betten dorf with medical notes.
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Ronald Hawkins
Ainsworth
Kimberly Williams
Brighton
Harry Lamansky
Fairfield
L. A. Meridith
Washington
Nancy Bodkins
West Chester
Williams Meier
Hedrick
Ralph Solomon
Conesville
James Curtis
Bettendorf
Local Births and Marriages Notice
Yesterday Mr and Mrs War ren S Cocayne Mediapolis medical Mrs Kenneth Rich Today Mr and Mrs Joshua Skipton Columbus City a daughter Mr and Mrs James Wasson Conesville a son Yesterday Harry Cham berlin Washington Mrs James Sheetz Washington Today Mrs James Hanshaw and daughter Washington Mrs James Caraccio and daughter Washington
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William Guenther
Washington
James Wasson
Conesville
Duane Bontrager
Kalona
John Skipton
Columbus City
Warren S. Cocayne
Mediapolis
Medical
Kenneth Rich
Wayland
Surgical
Joshua Skipton
Harry Chamberlin
James Sheetz
James Hanshaw
James Caraccio
Obituary and birth notices from Washington area names
Yesterday's notices list several Washington residents and events including Mrs Albie Lukav and Mrs Marian Bailey, both connected to medical entries, Mrs Alice Manassier in Washington under surgical, Earl Jobbs in Keota surgical, Mrs Janice Gordon in Washington a daughter, and Mr and Mrs Duane Bontrager of Kalona with a son. Also yesterday references to Harold J Bickford and Merle Hestel tine in Washington, with today mentioning Thomas Bayliss in Keota.
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Albie Lukavsky
Washington
James Atkinson
Brighton
Marian Bailey
Alice Manassier
Earl "Jobbs
Keota
Janice Gordon
Duane Bontrager
Kalona
Harold J. Bickford
Merle Hesseltine
Thomas Bayliss
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