Washington county news roundup spans retirements to weather
Twenty five Rock Island lines employees honored Ed Sullivan on retirement after fifty one years. Old school building fire totals. County auditor and supervisor marry. two siblings die in minutes. Carriers party and awards tallied. Snow storms, naturalizations, new businesses, and road paving debates fill community diary in Washington county.
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Rock Island Lines
Eldon
Iowa
Rock Island
Ill
North Side Cafe
Ed Sullivan
Washington
Washington Gossip and Local Moves Across Many States
The week’s notes show Rev. Paul H. White resigning from Calvary Baptist and moving to Monmouth Illinois. Elizabeth and Gerald Wolfe obtain a Cedar Rapids marriage license. Numerous residents visit, travel, or relocate including Weavers in California, Hinke in West Liberty, and Smiths in California. Regulars attend concerts, funerals, or family gatherings across Iowa, Chicago, Dallas, and Texas with several tied to students, teachers, and veterans.
Washington district officers meet to discuss education association business
Thursday district officers and county association presidents of the southeast district of the Iowa State Education Association will meet in Washington to discuss proposed legislation and other association matters. The event is the first of seven district meetings statewide.
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Iowa State Education Association
Washington
Miss Besse Conger Named Bill Clerk for House
Fifty years ago Miss Besse Conger of Washington was named bill clerk for the House. The Twentieth Century club met at Mrs. R. T. McCall’s home with Mrs. R. P. Lewis as president and others elected. A declamation by Mrs. Titus marked the good meeting as the club began its two month-old project.
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Olds
Nate Young
Washington County Nurses Alumnae Association
Young
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Leonard Brinning
Max Waterhouse
Besse Conger
Washington
House of Representatives
Twentieth Century Club
R. T. McCall
R. P. Lewis
Anderson
Frank Mce-Elhinney
Sec’y
Treas
Titus
Local Notes Touching Visits Weddings and Proposals
Mrs Paul Kern spent the weekend in Chicago with her husband who attended Wiltons Cake Decorating school and saw Sonja Heinies Ice show. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Evans of Martinsburg visited the Fred Evans home. Mr and Mrs Chris Wallace of Monmouth Illinois came to see their daughter Mrs M K Glass and the newborn granddaughter at Washington county hospital. Mrs Clyde Putman returns from a four month CA and southwest tour. Maud Coffsman and Charles Stuart wed January 11 1900 at the bride's parents home. A campaign for a new state normal school in Washington will be discussed soon. Win Smouse and Des Moines talks relate to the proposal. Miss Anna Dawson resigns as deputy auditor to Auditor John Ingham. Ten bales of polecat hides cause odor as C R I and P expressmen move them from a branch train.
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Paul Kern
Chicago
Wilton
Sonja Heinie
Chris Wallace
Monmouth
Illinois
M. K. Glass
Washington County Hospital
State Normal School
Washington
Win Smouse
Des Moines
Washington county updates butts in for school expansion and local anecdotes
Readers hear about a proposed four-room expansion for all Washington elementary schools costing 160000 with a 1950 drive toward more seats. The column notes an Alma Dawson missing after a Davenport hospital fire, a shop sale, a 101st birthday, international travel by Dick McCleery, and Farm Bureau growth.
Hospital News and Obituaries Summary
Hospital news lists patients in Ainsworth Washington Winfield Keota and Mt. Union with surgical emergency and routine cases. Obituaries report the deaths of Theresa Gentzler 92 from a porch fall fracture and Sam Miller 67 after recent surgery release.
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Theresa Gentzler
Ainsworth
Surgical
John Gault
Washington
Phillip Crawford
Winfield
Nick Heisdorffer
Richland
Medical
Local Births and Signatures in Iowa Communities
Yesterday and today notices list residents including Mrs. Clara Warren in Washington and Mrs. Ezra Christner in Brighton, along with families Lona, Ralph Peifer and son, Neal Roth and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Mack Glass of Keota with a daughter born at 7 23 p m. This brief item records names and locations with a newborn event in the region.
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Kenneth Carter
Columbus Junction
Alvin Miller
Wellman
Rueben Miller
Kalona
Alva Mullens
Letts
Clara Warren
Washington
Medical
Donald Hall
Surgical
Ezra Christner
Brighton
Ralph Peifer
Neal Roth
Wayland
Mack Glass
Keota
Surgical patients listed in Keota and R38
Yesterday two Keota residents JoEllen Ollinger and Everette Green underwent surgical procedures and Mrs Donald Tucker of R1 plus Mrs Frank Patterson of R38 also had surgeries. Today Mrs George Foster is noted as another patient.
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JoEllen Ollinger
Keota
Everette Green
Donald Tucker
Frank Patterson
George Foster
Washington
Family welcomes newborn in Iowa City
Yesterday at 11 40 p m a son was born to Mr and Mrs Har o ld Kueneman in Iowa City with Mrs Andy Kauffman listed as a relative.
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Harold Kueneman
Iowa City
Deaths This Week MONDAY Mrs. Margaret Moberly
Mrs. Margaret Moberly aged over eighty died at her home at 315 West Madison Street after several weeks of illness. She passed away at 10 30 this morning.
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Hugh Hall
Stella Latchem
St. Petersburg
Florida
Keys
Key West
Miami
Nassau
Will A
Theresa) Gentzler
Ainsworth
Margaret Moberly
Mrs Jones Dies At Home Near Crawfordsville
Mrs John D. Jones aged six died suddenly at her home four miles northwest of Crawfordsville on Wednesday afternoon at 5 15 oclock after five years of failing health.
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John D. Jones
Crawfordsville
Death of Robert J. Mannhardt at Owakdale Sanitarium
Robert Joseph Mannhardt aged 21 died at 4:45 this morning at Owakdale Sanitarium after a prolonged illness. He had been a patient there since September 1949.
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Brighton
Robert Joseph Mannhardt
Owakdale
Death of Mrs Teresa Reynolds 88 Iowa City
Word comes of the death of Mrs Teresa Reynolds 88 of Iowa City a former Washington resident. Mrs Reynolds died Wednesday evening at Mercy hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresa Reynolds
Iowa City
Washington
Reynolds
Mercy Hospital
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State of
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Alma) Dawson
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