Washington notes and society items from local paper
Washington history round up with visits sales and notices. Nurses student Nancy Conner and Coe College ROTC band member Carol Dean Griggs connected to national events. Local injuries orders eye surgery and open house plans. Community events include anniversaries, prizes for carriers, and canning drives at the county farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Conner
Ed Conner
Nancy
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Iowa City
Carol Dean Griggs
West Chester
Coe College Air Force Reserve Officers Reserve Training Corps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington, D. C
Norman Schoonover
Burlington
Norman
Mildred Westermark
McAvoy
Washington
Ira Gastman
New York City
O. L. Dayton
D. K. Pence
Family left homeless by farm fire in Louisa County
A Louisa County family of eight lost their five room farmhouse and most possessions when a blaze destroyed their home. Nearby residents reported the fire as neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neuenkirk and their six children also impacted by the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Jack Neuenkirk
Washington County Events Highlight Farm Institute and Local Activity
The Washington County Farm Institute opened at the YMCA with a focus on cattle feeding farm management and livestock production. Community groups including the YWCA Whizzers and Washington Y’s Men announced officers and plans for events such as the May 1 2 3 You Can t Take It With You at the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Farm Institute
YMCA
Washington Y’s
Washington
Trojans
High School
Fairfield
Washington Area News Roundup Tennessee Firemen Feed 1000
Washington area volunteers served pancakes and sausage to about 1000 people at the January events. Attendance at a coin club auction drew nearly 60, with auctions led by Maurice Conrad and Tim Greiner of Keota. Local elected and civic figures were referenced, including new officers of groups and awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Coin Club
Fairgrounds
Maurice Conrad
Tim Greiner
Keota
Poem Of The Week Stewardship Fatherhood Poem
Poem describes fatherhood as a sacred trust and noble mission. It portrays fatherhood as guidance, prayer, pride, and unselfish giving. Elizabeth Lathrop Powers is acknowledged at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
Two Local Marriages Set Through December and January
Elizabeth Crile wed Wesley Widmer on Friday December 28 at Faith Lutheran Church Mt. Pleasant. Ellen Kathleen Leyden married Gary G. Letts January 5 in Papillion Nebraska with both couples at home in Little Rock Arkansas where the groom serves at the Titan II Missile Base with Strategic Air Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Crile
Delmer Crile
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Crile
Wesley Widmer
Dan G. Widmer
Wayland
Faith Lutheran Church
North Marion
Earnest J. Leyden
Ellen Kathleen
Gary G. Letts
Grove R. Letts
Ainsworth
Papillion
Neb
Little Rock
Ark
Strategic Air Command
Titan II Missile Base
Local girl elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Colorado College
Carol Louise Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean C Anderson 1120 South Iowa Washington elected to Phi Beta Kappa Colorado College Colorado Springs among 21 students to be initiated February 14 at Cheyenne Mountain Country Club. Anderson senior political science major. Washington business sales tax receipts rise in 1962 quarter to 372293.99 from 70377.93 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Louise Anderson
Dean C. Anderson
Iowa Avenue
Washington
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Miss Anderson
Cheyenne Mountain Country Club
Iowa
Hospital Admits and Dismissals Reported Across Several Cities
The notice lists hospital admissions and dismissals from Washington and nearby towns including Ainsworth Muscatine Kalona Columbus Junction Keota West Chester Brighton and Huntington. Names include Mrs Gertrude Tipton Mr James Wood Miss Grace Stone Mrs Glenn Wilson and many more with several births and medical or surgical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Tipton
Washington
James Wood
Ainsworth
Glenn Wilson
Charles Thomas Hathaway
Muscatine
Joe Lewis
Columbus Junction
Ogden Sherman
Robert Marie
Howard Arbogast
Winfield
Grace Stone
Vina Manassier
Richard Stewart
West Chester
Wesley Burrows
Kalona
Homer Jarrard
Bertha Williams
Sherry Roberts
Multiple 1963 Deaths Reported in Iowa Communities
Edgar Payne Wayland 80 died of a heart attack Sunday evening at Beauchamp Rest Home Winfield where he had lived two months Bertha Strickler 90 died at home Kalona after ten years of ill health Barbara Peiffer 79 died at 12 30 Monday afternoon following a year of failing health Margaret Lloyd 95 died January 15 1963 at Washington County Hospital after moving in 1954 to United Presbyterian Home Augusta Lester 81 died January 16 1963 at 515 West Madison Street after two years of illness Ann Elizabeth Fickling 86 died January today at Washington County Hospital after a year of illness Carolyn Joan Hole 21 died Wednesday at University Hospital Iowa City after five days as a patient Sam D Cozad 70 died at home in Denver Colorado Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Judge Bechly
United Presbyterian Choir
Dave Masson
sMr
Paul Thomassen
FE. J. Hurley
South
Iowa Avenue
Jefferson Street
Art Prall
Excelsior Springs
Union
Burlington
Wayland
Edgar Payne
Beauchamp Rest Home
Winfield
Kalona
Bertha Strickler
Keota
Barbara Peiffer
Margaret Lloyd
Washington County Hospital
United Presbyterian Home
Augusta M. Lester
West Madison Street
Ann Elizabeth Fickling
Mrs Baker Hosts Card Party in Keota Home
Keota scene features a Saturday night card party with four 500 tables. Guests include Alvin Bohrofen Lucille Joyce Clarence Aller Elmer Aller Charles Grisham Mary Aller Elizabeth Aller Raymond Trier Bernard Redlinger Elsie Greiner Cecil Greiner Albert Olinger and Mrs Baker. Local visitors Elizabeth Clark Margaret Juby Glen MalmbergWashington attend. A belated birthday dinner honors Louie Hermanstorfer and Leonard Sondag with extended family.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Agricultural Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Buck
Chuck Hotle
Buck
Waukee
Washinon County
Hotle
Agricultural Bureau
Washington History
Harold Putnam
John Coulter
Harriet Coulter
Honolulu
Coulter
United States Army
Federal Savings and Loan
Ralph W. Thompson
George J. Breitenbach
C. R. McCutchen
W. L. Alcorn
Carlton C. Wilson
Coppock
Journal
Clowd Willits
Stewart Bell
Stanley White
Gene Crossett
Maurice Putnam
Vincent Krabill
Max Lee
Gene Thomas
Ralston Meek
Lyle Godfrey
Milburn Krabill
Art Donovan
Clarence Logan
Journal Office
Robin
C. G. Raguet
Davenport
Harry McCall
Orville
Alex Miller
J. W. Enslin
Hoddy
Rice
Enslin
Bob Noonan
W. B. Crooks
T. L. Brookhart
Maud Ballington Booth
Frank Sage
Farmers Cooperative
Mac DeLong
Glenn Mace
Ford
Bob McClure
Jerry Hawkins
Wellman — Cardinal
Mid - Prairie Girls
Wellman
Ottumwa
Washington Y
Dennis Gwin
Kim Steele
Mike Klopfenstein
Glenn Banks
Oxford
Ainsworth Gymnasium
Donald Stock
Beaver
Pamela Ann
John H. Schnicker
Melvin Schnicker
Roy Steele
Sp. James Steele
Ft. Belvoir
Sigourney
Steele
Brent
Kent Kelly
Leighton Kelly
James Steele
Ft. Belvoir, Va
Dale Carstensen
West Burlington
T. L. Holland
Willowby
C. W. Holland
Cleveland Heights
Josephine Holland
W. L. Holland
Atlanta, Ga
Lee Holland
Mark Brent
Stephen Rothman
North Eighth Avenue
Des Plaines
Ill
Horak
P. Richard Horak
Life, Accident and Health
Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford
Conn
Fred Kolesick
University Hospital
Patricia
Charles
Robert
Linda Klett
Linda
Mike Klaugh
Jeanine Anderson
Susan Minick
Spen Reed
Mary Minick
Stalder
Alfred Stalder
Mace Motor Co
Lincoln- Mercury
Gary Swift
Robert Swift
University Hospitals
County Farm Institute
Josephine Janacek
Ywca Whizzers
Robert Day
Bill Hazelett
Betty Petratz
Gwyneth Jones
Washington County
Ireland
International Farm
NFC
Elmer Schneider
Washington County N&o
Lamont Dann
John Jeffries
Ralph Klein
Ames
Hammer
Bill Hammer
New York Life Insurance Co
George Rudiger
Hot Springs
Roe Tharp
Bloomfield
Erma Zelinsky
Richard Weeks
McCormick Place
Chicago
M. J. Redlinger Jr
General Dynamics, Astronautics
San Diego
Calif
Omaha
Harold Haifley
VFW
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Maynard Gotf Jr
The
Legion
Leslie Gates of
Hopkinton
Kenneth Burns
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Howard Curl Sr
Melody Lanes Rowing Alley
Karen O'Brian
Cosgrove
John Davis
Earl Davis
Near Washington
Flora Spivey
Glenn Widmer
Fred R. Andersen
Seifert
Chicagua
Izaak Walton
Chalupa
Roslyn Rae Chalupa
St. Joseph
Frank Richards
Elsie Donaldson
Ronald Shull
Conesville
Sears - Roebuck Foundation
Iowa State University
Shull
Gail Shull
Ronald
Columbus Community High School
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Institute
Harold Cunningham
West Jefferson
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
LeRoy McGraw
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gertrude McFarland
Moline, Ill
Washington Area
Civil Defense
Brighton
Mid-Prairie
Lloyd Andersen
California
Oregon
Colorado
Rocking Bar M Ranch
Burson
Hayward
Musils
Ocean
North Bend
Ore
Charles A. Anderson
Alvin Gibson
Rangely
Colo
Clarence Messenger
Denver
Richard Dawson
Andersons
E.D. Miller
Mabel Foster
Amy Hesselschwerdt
Des Moines
Debby Cunningham
Berwyn
Conestoga High School
Bessie Wead
Clarence Goff
Cathryne Caldwell
Finley Methodist Church
Richard Pratt
Forest
Dale
Walter
Roger Lance
Merle Warner
Elsie Meeker
Don Bealer
Bill Waggoner
Dale York
Richard Neff
Walter Longer
Glen Klopfenstein
Milford McCreedy
Farnest
Ruth Gideon
Henry Lunning
Howard Lunning
West Coast
Los Angeles
Harold Lunning
Pasadena
Lunnings
Nonterey
Daniel Taylor
Daryl Hoyle
Garden Grove
Old Mexico
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Lloyd Duensing
Mercyr Hospital
John Summy
Columbus City
Muscatine West
Demons
Muscatine Central
Judy Slemmons
Slemmons
Gregory
D. W
D.V.M
Price Roberts
Gary
Amarillo
Texas
Serviceman
Ethel Palmer
Leo Palmers
Willard Palmers
Mt. Vernon
Palmer
David Nardy
Ed Nardy
Mercy Hospital
Lester Ledger
David Levy
Gary MecKune
Paul Klotz
Donald Jackson
Charles Zieglowsky
Claude Dickerson
Florence Hill
Sam D. Cozad
Mrs. Baker
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Louie Hermanstorfer
Leonard Sondag
Iso
Earl Chambers
Daisy Chambers
Amy Williams
Patty Sondag
Elizabeth Clark
Margaret Juby
Glen Malmberg
Francis Wright
Kenny Holmes
Bruce Stoutner
Harold Hagis
Harold Hagist
Shafer
Jim Coffman
Derek
Jayne Cotfman
Cedar Rapids
James Cot
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