Republicans set caucus tone for 1969 Iowa legislature
DES MOINES IDPA Sunday caucus will map priorities for the 63rd General Assembly. Republicans seek to cut legislative size, consider a bipartisan reapportionment commission, set budgeting rules, and decide how to handle bills carried over to 1970. The session opens Monday with new leadership and oath ceremonies across both houses.
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DES Moines
IDPA
63Rd General Assembly
Robert D. Ray
Savery Hotel
House
Senate
Partisan Commission
GOP
Republican State Party
Friendly Circle pot luck and Rebekah Club notices
Club activities featured the Friendly Circle pot luck hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Greiner with a secret sisters drawing. Rebekah Club at IOOF Hall had 11 members with Mrs. Margaretta Givans joining and duties assigned by Mrs. Lee, including card and flower committee and reporter. Tina Bain was ill. February hostesses named Cleora Morrow and Carl Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilford Greiner
Friendly Circle Club
M. D. Lee
Dora Wagner
Rebekah Club
IOOF
Margaretta Givans
Lee
Iva Simpson
Edith Weidner
Tina Bain
Cleora Morrow
Carl Kelley
Dunhams mark 25th wedding anniversary in Cherokee Village
Harold and Mrs. Harold C. Dunham of Cherokee Village Arkansas celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on January 15. They were married in Chicago January 15, 1944. A planned open house was postponed due to severe winter weather.
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Harold C. Dunham
Cherokee Village
Arkansas
Dunhams
Washington
H. C. Dunham
Ark
Nellie M. DeWitt
Mr. Dunham
Chicago
Illinois
John Youngs Lead in Junior Marathon Bridge Race
John Youngs and partner hold first place in the Y's Men's Jr. Bridge Marathon after two rounds with a net 2630 points. Ray Vos pair follow second at 1690, William Perdock pair third at 1370, then Clarence Brown 1280 Bud Howell 890 and James Wood 860 in the top six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young, Jr
Ray Vos
William Perdock
Clarence Brown
Bud Howell
James Wood
Former Wellman resident Frank E Webster dies in Port Clinton
Frank E Webster, 68, a former Wellman resident, died suddenly at his Port Clinton Ohio home on January 9. Funeral services will be in Port Clinton Monday at 10 a.m. Burial will follow there. He is survived by his wife Hattie, his father Charles S Webster of Wellman, and two sisters Edna Geyer and Pearl Wagaman, both of Wellman.
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63Rd General Assembly
Lester Kluever
Atlantic
House
George O'Malley
Des Moines
Senate
Kluever
Maurice Baringer
62Nd General Assembly
Seeley G. Lodwick
Wever
O'Malley
Robert Fulton
Harold Hughes
U. S
William Harbor
Henderson
Richard Groves
Fort Dodge
D. Vincent Mayberry
Vincent Burke
Sioux City
Charles K. Sullivan
Wellman
Frank E. Webster
Port Clinton
Ohio
Hattie
Charles S. Webster
Wilbur
Edna) Geyer
James
Pearl) Wagaman
Dismissals And Medical News From Washington And Nearby
Yesterday records list Edward Thomas Cotter hospital medical care for Alma Perry in Washington and Harry Baker in Columbus Junction plus Vernon Anders in Washington and Jack Scheeler in Brighton medical status. Today’s dismissals include Sarah Robertson Washington Mrs Mac Wallace Ainsworth and Mrs Henry Berdo Washington.
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Edward Thomas
Local hospital patients and family visit extend weekend
Owen Grecian lies in Veterans Hospital Iowa City on the fourth floor east in room 25. Don Maxwell of Washington is in the intensive care unit at Phoenix General Hospital Arizona after congenital heart failure while visiting the southwest. Mr and Mrs Duane Martin and family of Moberly Missouri visit Missouri parents for their 40th wedding anniversary celebration this weekend starting Sunday January 12.
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Owen Grecian
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Don Maxwell
Washington
Phoenix General Hospital
Phoenix
Ariz
Southwest
Maxwell
Duane Martin
Moberly, Mo
Eugene Martin
Harold Klopfenstein
Automakers face government anti-pollution suit in LA
The federal government accuses the big four auto makers and a trade association of a conspiracy to delay antipollution devices. Plaintiffs claim agreements blocked installation of positive crankcase ventilation until 1963 models and delayed exhaust controls for 1966 models. Defendants argue cooperation sped up progress. Court action filed in U S District Court in Los Angeles seeks a ruling on the dispute.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Big
Automakers
California
Retail merchants to meet Tuesday morning
All Washington retail merchants are urged to attend a meeting of the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday January 14 at 9 am in the Iowa Southern Utilities Co basement. The 1969 retail calendar will be adopted at this meeting.
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Washington
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Mission Society Elects Officers At Prairie Flower Meeting
Prairie Flower Baptist Missionary Society held an all day church meeting with Mrs. Glenn Fuhr and Mrs. Don Cave cohosting. Henrietta Booth was elected president. other officers include vice president Mrs. Fuhr secretary Mrs. Hawkins treasurer Mrs. Knapp reporter and vice president Mrs. Benson. Members sewed flannelgraph figures and dresses for the Children’s Home in St Louis while sixteen guests attended.
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Glenn Fuhr
Don Cave
Prairie Flower Baptist Missionary Society
Joy Clubs
St. Louis
Mich
Henrietta Booth
Cecil Hawkins
Wayne Knapp
Rolland Benson
C. C. Reeves
Daryl Longer
Robert T. Ketchum
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
CWF Studies Winds of Change Book
The Christian Women's Fellowship hosted sessions led by Mrs Keith Williams Jr and others on Thursday and Friday. They studied Winds of Change focusing on Protestant and Catholic encounter and cooperation, ending with worship and the theme That We All May Be One.
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CWF
Keith Williams Jr
Dale Dodge
Ira Morrison
Glen Green
Claude Tucker
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Social Calendar Monday Literature and club meetings
Community groups list upcoming events for Monday and Tuesday with times and hosts. Helen Wylie TTT Chapter, Mrs Don Hanson TTT and Mrs William Sitler dessert, Rainbow Girls installation, FOE Auxiliary evening, and multiple clubs at YWCA, Masonic Temple, and local churches. Includes dues notices and dressings for gatherings.
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Helen Wylie
Don Hanson
William Sitler
Charles Hotle
FOE
Hall
Worthy High Priestess Club
Marion Snodgrass
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Bonnie Yoder
Golden Age Club
YWCA
Ralph Robertson
Baptist Hettie Lake Circle
Richard Weeks
Marion Ave
Noble Grand Circle
Dora Wagner
Nineteenth Century Club
Marguerite Crail
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Y. Cyrus
Zeredathan Council
Immanuel Lutheran
Fetterman
Circle program presented at Baptist Church meeting
Mrs Wayne Wagner presented the program Turning the World Upside Down at the John Vaughn Circle gathering Friday. Mrs Werner Lowry hosted and Mrs Robert Buffington opened with a love gift. December saw thirty nine ill calls and fifteen cards. Beth Brinning and Buffington called on shut ins and delivered Christmas boxes. Meeting closed with a prayer by Mrs Wagner and refreshments.
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Wayne Wagner
John Vaughn
the Baptist Church
Werner Lowry
Robert Buffington
Beth Brinning
Buffington
Wagner
Colorful stamp sets from Fiji to Canada causing collector buzz
Fiji issues a 22 stamp set featuring birds fish and flora valued from one cent to two dollars. St Lucia releases a colorful four stamp set showing hummingbird and parrot. Austria issues a six stamp Baroque frescoes set in pastel shades. Hungary unveils a seven value art set with Italian painter reproductions. Canada card schedule outlines 1969 issuances including Curling Massey Suzor Cote and more with potential revisions. Grandma Moses art stamp to debut in the Famous Artists Series in 1969 with six cent value to be announced.
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Fiji Islands
South Pacific
Fiji
Caribbean
St. Lucia
Austria
Hungary
Canada
Curling
Vincent Massey
Aurele Suzor - Cote
International Labor
Osler
Bird
Charlottestown
Sir Isaac Brooke
Leacock
U. S. Post Office Department
Grandma Moses
Moose Women of the Moose Child Care Night Held
The Child Care chapter met at Moose Home at 8 p m with junior regent Mrs Ronald Stal der presiding. Miss Carol Drayfahl presented her committee and read What Is a Child. The charter was draped in memory of Mrs Sylvia Dill. The Mid Season Conference program from Mooseheart was noted for Marshall town February 21 23. Members sent birthday cards to Sunshine Child Lucille St Denis. Several members listed as sick were reported much improved. The Academy of Friendship committee will meet with Mrs Ed Letts January 21. The Child Care Committee and Miss Judi Curl received a surprise gift.
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Women of the Moose
Moose Home
Ronald Stalder
Carol Drayfahl
Drayfahl
Sylvia Dill
Mooseheart
Marshalltown
Dill
Sam Simmering
Yaro Sojka
Sunshine Child
Lucille St. Denis
Greater
Chicago Hall
Illinois
Melo Horak
Tena Dill
Clara Edmondson
Academy of Friendship
Ed Letts
Judi Curl
YWCA Plans Knitting Classes for Grade School Girls
The YWCA will run eight week knitting classes for grade school girls starting Thursday January 16, from 4 to 5 pm, taught by Mrs. Loren Moore. Free for girls with YWCA Activity Tickets. otherwise $3. Registration via the YWCA office at 653-2594.
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YWCA
Riverside and area couples wed in January ceremonies
Marriages listed across Cedar Falls Riverside Columbus Junction and Keota describe the unions of Billie Lee Denton and Philip Friedman in Cedar Falls St Patrick’s Church. Linda Thomann and Gary Kron in Riverside St Mary’s. Carolyn Yates and Garry Reid at Cotter Church Columbus Junction. Sandra Taylor and Daniel Mayer at Des Moines First Presbyterian Church. Ceremony dates span January 3 to January 5 with officiants named.
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Riverside
Billie Lee Denton
Cedar Falls
Gordon Denton
Philip Friedman
Joseph Friedman
Farley
St. Patrick's Church
M. A. Mullan
Linda Mary Thomann
Bernard Louis Thomann
Pfc
Gary Elmer Kron
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Arch Horak
Washington
Elmer Kron
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Walter Boeckmann
Columbus Junction
Carolyn Yates
Ross Yates
Garry W. Reid
Muscatine
Orville T. Reid Sr
Letts
Cotter United Presbyterian Church
Hensman A. Smith
Keota
Sandra L. Taylor
Nancy A. Taylor
Des Moines
Daniel L. Mayer
George Mayer
First Presbyterian Church
Washington Evening Journal Staff Roster Notice
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists staff roles including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising and Howard Hazen production superintendent The note states publication schedule with exceptions and filing details for second class matter under the 1879 act and lists press associations and audit bureau affiliations.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
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Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium
State Capitol
Capitol
House Chamber
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Fort Des Moines
Val - Air Ballroom
Kirkwood Hotel
Harold Dunhams
John Youngs
OUR
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Evening Journal
U.S. District Court
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Wolf
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Mission Society
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David Hess
William Gamon
Joy Club
Ward Benson
Investors Mutual, Inc
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Cantain’s
Maud McCreedy
Y. Snowball
Cloyce
St. Rita’s Circle
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Arish
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el Kantara
Suez Canal
Red Cross
Journal Stamp Corner
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