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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1962
Page
3
Local brief notes chronicle visits and travels of residents including L M Eicher Marion Timmins Ira Coon and John Rittenhouse. Services, school events, club meetings and community notices fill the page with social, civic and religious happenings in Washington Iowa.
The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Washington and their wives dined Tuesday evening at the Captain's Table and spent a social evening at the Phil Weldin home. Miss LeAnna Lanning finished a training course at the Personnel Training Institute in Omaha and passed Navy Department tests in Washington. She began work there this week. St Paul Women's Guild cancels trip to Iowa City due to severe weather. The VFEW Auxiliary Breakfast Club met with Mrs. John Custer. next meeting is Jan 24 with Mrs. Delbert Earll.
Admitted Saturday Ednie Koehler Ainsworth medical Yesterday Bill Salterberg Washington surgical Today J M Kelly Washington medical Mrs William M Johnson Winfield medical Births Saturday Mr and Mrs Willis Roth Wellman a son Dismissed Yesterday Mrs Jack Welk Washington Mrs Robert Clark Washington Mrs Esther Palmer Washington Mrs Jennie Eldridge Washington Today Mrs Charles Thompson and son Washington Mrs Max Blodgett and son Washington Mrs Eva Fish Washington Today Mr and Mrs Charles Arbogast Brighton a daughter Yesterday Mr and Mrs Ray Schooley Washington a daughter Today Mr and Mrs Robert Eckels Keota a son Mr and Mrs James Moeller Washington a son Today Mrs Willis Roth and son Wellman Mrs Raymond Hiller Washington Mrs Norman Schoon over Yesterday Robert N McFar lane Washington medical Yesterday Mr and Mrs Ted Fritz Washington a son Today Mrs Helen Heilman Mr Today Harold Johnson Washington medical Yesterday Mr and Mrs Richard Neff Washington a son Today Mr and Mrs James Nelson Keota a daughter Today Mrs Charles Arbogast and daughter Brighton Robert N McFarlane Washington
Richard Kay and family move from Keokuk to 308 East Second with three sons Jeffrey 5 Timothy 2 and Mark 4 months. He is a mortician for Sherman Eden Funeral Home. The Sloan family of 515 West Second have Rosie 7 Debbie 6 Dennis 5. They came from Cedar Falls. Dennis works as a carpenter on the Lutheran Church. Fred Gealy 710 East Harrison brings Michael 32 and Cindy 1 from Davenport. He sells Pittsburg Plate Glass in the territory and the family enjoys bowling.
In Brighton Harriet Dunbar 91 died Sunday evening in Brigh ton at her son's home after 18 months bedfast. Mildred Neumann 45 of Warsaw Ind. will have graveside rites Wednesday in Columbus City Cemetery. Fred Dupuis 50 died in Columbus Junction. Walter Carr 1401 Fast Third Street died here at 6 am. Homer Hunt 54 of South Marion Avenue died unexpectedly in a Washington drug store. John R Shebek longtime Riverside resident and former postmaster died today. Lloyd Davidson 55 of 20 East Ninth Street died January 12 1962 in Washington County Hospital after brief illness. Marion Rittenhouse 32 of Jennings Mo died January 11 1962 in Barnes General Hospital St Louis. Edward F Colbert 69 funeral Saturday at St Marys Iowa City with burial at Nichols. Rosary Friday in Iowa City. Charles FE Anderson 90 Fairfield private funeral Sunday at Jones Funeral Home with burial New Haven Cemetery.
Tuesday meeting at the Women of the Moose cancels formal enrollment per senior regent Mrs. James Edwards. The Carter family returned from a 10 day Tampa Florida visit to see Mrs. Carter’s parents Mr. and Mrs. C H Guther who winter there. J Morrison admitted to Veterans Hospital Iowa City for treatment possibly surgery. The Schlatter family moved to 320 West Main Wayland. Earl Stub Wolfe recovering from a broken shoulder in a sling. Joe Bennett hosted a chili supper for Pam Farrells birthday and also celebrated Mrs Bennett and Ronnie Bennetts birthdays with Walter Farrell Jr and family Roger Leyden and others present.
Thursday Mrs Etta Reeves returns from a month with son in Lodi California. Miss Irene Singer resumes work after a nine week visit in Fuerth Bay Germany with relatives. Mrs Emma Barnett to travel Sunday to Cambria California to visit daughter and family for six weeks. Robert Robbie McFarlane hospitalized for treatment of a virus infection and improving. The Lyle Schulty family enjoyed a long distance visit.
Joyce Lynn Davis daughter of Mrs Ea Connell y of Davenport and Charles R Capper son of Mr and Mrs Charles C Capper were married by his father a Justice of the Peace at Wellman The couple reside in Davenport where the bridegroom is employed at Alcoa Aluminum Company
Poem of the Week offers a reflective verse thanking the Lord for the passing year and seeking grace for the coming one. It speaks of closing old covers, sharing new pages lightly, and balancing laughter with tears as time moves forward.
A narrator describes quitting cigarettes on a birthday and saving the money in a sugar bowl. They credit lunar influence with Sagittarius guiding the habit break, then tally ongoing savings of quarters leading to dreams of extravagant purchases. The piece blends humor and self reflection on money saved by quitting.
A collector learns why the Nursing commemorative plate block carries two plate numbers due to color changes on two printing plates. The article notes this occurred before with the Statute of Liberty and early Liberty issues, and mentions upcoming stamps from Australia Cuba Indonesia Romania Panama Luxembourg with brief details on subjects and release dates.
Dr Carl W Klein reviews 20 years of giving by Evangelical and Reformed Church members totaling over 8000 million for World Service congregational expenses and capital funds. Free will gifts rose 12 percent in the past four years, Klein notes as he becomes regional field secretary for the Stewardship Council.
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