Washington history notes span many local items
Weekend visits, medical appointments, and social events populate a Washington column. Notables include Nancy Conner staying with her parents, Carol Dean Griggs in the Coe College ROTC band, and anniversary observations. Local weather, accidents, yolk of civic life, and business updates round out the period’s community snapshot.
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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
Sheriff's Office
Ira Gastman
New York City
O. L. Dayton
D. K. Pence
Teerakee Jone At Evening Journal
A note from the Evening Journal in Washington Iowa dated Saturday January 19 1963 references Teerakee Jone in connection with a local item. The brief mentions the paper and date without further context.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Family Left Homeless by Fire in Iowa Farm Home
A Louisa County family of eight was left homeless when fire destroyed their five room farm house and most of the furnishings. The Neuenkirk family, including Mr. and Mrs. Jack Neuenkirk and their six children, lost their home and possessions in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County
Jack Neuenkirk
Ethel Palmer
Leo Palmers
San Diego
Calif
Willard Palmers
Mt. Vernon
Palmer
Washington County Farm Institute Opens at YMCA
The Washington County Farm Institute opened at the YMCA with a large crowd. The theme Challenges of the 60's covered cattle feeding farm management and livestock production.
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Washington County Farm Institute
YMCA
Washington Coin Club auction draws sixty attendees in cold clash
Nearly 60 people attended the Washington Coin Club open meeting held Monday at the fair grounds to bid in an auction conducted by Maurice Conrad and Tim Greiner of Keota who donated their services.
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Washington Coin Club
Fairgrounds
Maurice Conrad
Tim Greiner
Keota
Stewardship and Fatherhood Poem by Elizabeth Powers
Poem of the Week extols fatherhood as a sacred duty and guiding force. It portrays fatherhood as service, sacrifice, and patient effort, rewarded by a child's admiration. Elizabeth Lathrop Powers is credited as author.
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Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
Marriages Joined Elizabeth Crile and Wesley Widmer in Mt. Pleasant
Elizabeth Crile daughter of Mrs Delmer Crile and the late Mr Crile wed Wesley Widmer son of Mr and Mrs Dan G Widmer on Friday December 28 at Faith Lutheran Church Mt Pleasant The couple will reside at 609 North Marion. Ellen Kathleen Leyden and Gary G Letts wed January 5 in Papillion Nebraska with the bride at home in Little Rock Ark where the groom serves at the Titan II Missile Base in the Strategic Air Command.
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Karen O'Brian
Cosgrove
John Davis
Earl Davis
Near Washington
Flora Spivey
Glenn Widmer Cohnstess
Elizabeth Crile
Delmer Crile
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Crile
Wesley Widmer
Dan G. Widmer
Wayland
Faith Lutheran Church
North Marion
Ernest J. Leyden
Ellen Kathleen
Gary G. Letts
Grove R. Letts
Ainsworth
Papillion
Neb
Little Rock
Ark
Strategic Air Command
Titan IL Missile Base
Washington area notes and social updates in January
Washington residents hear about bank deposits totaling 12.96 million dollars in 1962 across three institutions. Community events include volunteer pancake feed for 1,000 firemen, Civil Defense class, and farm institute. Travelers report visits to California, Oregon, and Colorado with varied weather seen in California and Colorado.
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Washington
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Local girl elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Colorado College
Carol Louise Anderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean C Anderson 1120 South Iowa Avenue Washington elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Colorado College Colorado Springs. She is a senior political science major and one of 21 College students to be initiated February 14 at Cheyenne Mountain Country Club.
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Carol Louise Anderson
Dean C. Anderson
Iowa Avenue
Washington
Colorado College
Colorado Springs
Miss Anderson
Cheyenne Mountain Country Club
Area Obituaries From Iowa Towns
Edgar Payne Wayland 80 died of a heart attack Sunday at Beauchamp Rest Home in Winfield where he had lived two months Bertha Strickler 90 Kalona died at home after long illness Barbara Peiffer 79 Keota died at 12 50 Monday afternoon after stroke last year Margaret Lloyd 95 died January 15 1963 at Washington County Hospital moved here 1954 Augusta Lester 81 died January 16 1963 at 515 West Madison Street Ann Elizabeth Fickling 86 died January Today at Washington County Hospital Carolyn Joan Hole 21 died January Wednesday at University Hospital Iowa City Sam D Cozad 70 died at home in Denver Colorado Thursday afternoon.
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Wayland
Edgar Payne
Beauchamp Rest Home
Winfield
Keota
Barbara Peiffer
Margaret Lloyd
Washington County Hospital
United Presbyterian Home
Augusta M. Lester
West Madison Street
Ann Elizabeth Fickling
Hospital admission and birth notices compiled
The list records admissions births and discharges across multiple families and towns. Notable items include Mrs. Gertrude Tipton admitted in Washington, a birth to Mr. and Mrs. James Wood in Ainsworth, and several discharges in Washington Muscatine Columbus Junction and nearby areas.
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Gertrude Tipton
Washington
James Wood
Ainsworth
Glenn Wilson
Charles Thomas Hathaway
Muscatine
Joe Lewis
Columbus Junction
Ogden Sherman
Robert Marie
Howard Arbogast
Winfield
Wesley
Burrows
Kalona
Homer Jarrard
Grace Stone
Bertha Williams
Sherry Roberts
Paul Klotz
Medical
Donald Jackson
Charles Zieglowsky
Claude Dickerson
Mrs Baker Hosts Card Party In Keota Home
Mrs Earl Baker entertained relatives with a Saturday night card party at her Keota home. Four 500 tables were in play followed by refreshments. Guests included Alvin Bohrofen Lucille Royce Clarence Aller Elmer Aller Charles Grisham Mary Aller Elizabeth Aller Raymond Tri er Bernard Redlinger Elsie Greiner Cecil Greiner Albert Olinger and Baker.
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Harriet Coulter
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Journal Office
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Orville
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J. W. Enslin
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Ford
Review of the
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Wellman — Cardinal
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Beaver
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Patricia
Charles
Robert
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Roy Steele
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Ft. Belvoir
Sigourney
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Brent
Kent Kelly
Leighton Kelly
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Ft. Belvoir, Va
Dale Carstensen
West Burlington
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Willowby
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Cleveland Heights
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Atlanta, Ga
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Richard Weeks
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Moline, Ill
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Clarence Messenger
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Richard Dawson
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E.D. Miller
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Columbus City
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Mrs. Boyd Sanders
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Leonard Sondag
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Margaret Ruby
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