Meet Mrs. Mary Holmes At United Presbyterian Home
Social and club news reports the United Presbyterian Home honoring Mrs. Mary Holmes as nurse in charge of the Health Center since July 1965. It highlights her varied nursing career, recent grandchild Julia Victoria Holmes, and notes on visitors, programs, and community events at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Holmes
St. Louis University
Tennessee
Julia Victoria Holmes
Clinton, Tenn
Joe
Mid-Prairie offers computer programming course
Mid-Prairie high school launches an experimental no credit class teaching FORTRAN IV to students, meeting twice weekly after hours with about 25 participants. University of Iowa provides free computing time, and teachers Marjorie O'Meara and Robert Hall mentor the course, which may lead to integrating computer programming into the math curriculum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid - Prairie
University of Iowa
Joint County
Mid - Prairie High School
Marjorie O'Meara
Robert Hall
Bowling high scores and top series set
Wagner Shell team totals 2420 with 144, Harold Sinclair 2563 in individual series. Laverne Geyer 595 and Curt Gunnarson 593 lead. Team game Wagner Shell 863 plus 48, Kent Feed 866. Individual game Curt Gunnarson 232 and Laverne Geyer 222.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner Shell
Harold’s
Laverne Geyer
Curt Gunnarson
Kent Feed
Curt Gunnarscen
Bowling event results with individual and team scores
Jean Leeper posted 207 and Lee Siefkas 188 in individual game. Lee Siefkas led with 531 in the series while Sue Kaesbauer had 475. Fourettes won the team game 723 and posted 2018 in team series, while Alley Cats had 1965 and Merry Mixers 677 in team totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Leeper
Lee Siefkas
Sue Kaesbauer
Fourettes
Merry Mixers
Alley Cats
Rollers
Ll Merry Mixers
Republican Women luncheon at City Hall hears officer slate
A large group of Republican Women met at City Hall on Thursday. Mrs. Everett Meeker opened the program and introduced the speaker, Mrs. Ed Humpleby of Iowa City, topic Send Off for the Seven ties. Ford Skola and Marie Jackson led songs. business session named new officers and committees. The June primary and precinct caucus timelines were noted with Washington County quota at 348.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Everett Meeker
Ed Humpleby
Iowa City
Ford Skola
Earth
Marie Jackson
Kalona
Herb Osincup
William Helscher
Joe Jones
Republican
Club activities at Mary Wesleyan Service Guild meeting
Mrs Cathern Griffeth hosted the Methodist Church Mary Wesleyan Service Guild gathering on Wednesday evening with Mrs Dodder presiding. Devotions and a program on Brazil were led by Mrs Hysell, and Mrs Dodder read an article The Builders Outstrip the Destroyers. Refreshments were served by Mrs Wead and Leona Kos. Fifteen members and two guests, Mrs Pace and Mrs Crone, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathern Griffeth
Mary Wesleyan Service Guild
The
Methodist Church
Daryl Dodder
Truman Hysell
Brazil
Dodder
Robert Wead
Leona Kos
Thomas Pace
Charles Crone
Rotary hears about CAP progress
Mrs. Robert Day chairing the CAP Advisory Committee outlined progress in the Community Action Program to Rotary, noting initial public apathy and ongoing support from volunteers and organizations. She highlighted Head Start Mothers Club growth, a youth employment program, day care in Immanuel Lutheran’s Sunday school building, planned Parenthood in Washington County, and repeated local financing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Robert Day
CAP
Jud Mallory
Day
John Owen
Mary Stewart
Planned Parenthood
Washington County
Washington County Medical Society
CAP Group
Plan square dance at Olds Saturday
The Promenaders Square Dance Club will hold a dance at the Legion Hall at Olds Saturday January 24 at 8 pm. Shorty Williams of Muscatine will be the caller. Everyone is welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Promenaders Square Dance Club
Legion Hall
Olds
Shorty Williams
Muscatine
Area cost $630000 for ISU construction plans in 1970
Iowa Southern Utilities outlines 1970 Northeast District construction budget totaling 5,127,500 with Washington area projects valued at 630,000. Planned work includes rebuilding and converting multiple electric lines, relaying bus systems, installing gas mains, and urban rural line reconstructions from Washington to Wayland Olds Cotter Keota and West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Southern Utilities
Washington Area
Ted Johnson
Washington
City of Washington
Wayland
Olds
Cotter
Keota
West Chester
Johnson
Northeast
van Buren Street
Fairfield
Columbus Junction
Sigourney
Brighton
What Cheer
Winfield
Wellman
Richland
Jaycees Plan Vaccination Clinic During National Jaycee Week
The Jaycees display projects at Squire Shoppe as they announce a county vaccination clinic for February 12 against German measles. The program costs total 6000 dollars with 700 dollars from the State. after 50 cent donations from children, 3000 dollars remain to be raised through donations from churches civic groups banks and existing supporters including the County Medical Association and the Association for Retarded Children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire
Jaycees
County Medical Association
The
Association For Retarded Children
Creative Living club bakes for Washington’s birthday sale
Fifteen members of Creative Living met with Mrs. William Westphal as Mrs. Bruce Campbell demonstrated cherry pie baking. They plan a Feb 21 sale in downtown Washington to raise funds for a worthy cause, with cohosts Mrs. James Rossen and Mrs. John Butler assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creative Living
William Westphal
Bruce Campbell
Washington
James Rossen
John Butler
4 H Starliners Discuss Service Projects and Wardrobe Talks
The Starliners 4 H Cub met at Ann Widmer home to plan service projects and review goals. Ann Widmer spoke on Clothing Inventory, Roberta Shaffer on Wardrobe Planning, and Teri Yerington with Kaylene Darbyshire demonstrated Finding Your Fit. Ann and her mother served refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Widmer
Roberta Shaffer
Teri Yerington
Kaylene Darbyshire
Ann
Thursday Night Bowling Results From Coast to Coast League
Coast to Coast tops the team standings with 2368 in series and 855 in the game. Pepsi Cola and McCleery Cummings follow with 2324 and 2317 in team series and 815 803 in games. Individual leaders include Frank Miller with 553 in series and 199 in games, Terry Swafford 532, Tom Kerr 522, Dale Sheetz 192, James Davis 190, Bob Ryner 190.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast To Coast
Pepsi Cola
McCleery Cummings
Frank Miller
Terry Swafford
Tom Kerr
Dale Sheetz
James Davis
Bob Ryner
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United Presbyterian Home
William Ross
Sajid Baset Asghar
Picken
Ross
Daugh
Ter
Margaret van Horn
Princeton, N. J
Martha Glass
Mary Masson
Frances Ridley Havergal
Goodwill Industries
Emory Rhodes
Mark Douglas
Home Board of Trustees
Home
Clair Holmes
Mt. Pleasant
John Mitchell
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Crawfordsville
Lulu Randolph
C. D. Kirkpatrick
John Martin
Dena
Florence Baird
Cedar Drive
Mid-Prairie
Five Towner’s League Home Lumber Co
Ee Eee
Harold's Sinclair Wagners Shell
State Bank
Washington, Iowa
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Humpleby
Carl P. Jungbluth
Nate Young
James Harris
Robert Stephens
M. J. Cruise
George Dare
M. R. Flickinger
Robert Huber
Elsie Glassburner
Walter Bauer
John Miller
Ray Hendrickson
Census Bureau
Congress
Advertising Council
International Newspaper
ISU
Pilotsburg
Rubio
Mary Schlatter
Iowa
Iowa Southern
Southbeermn Utilities Company
Starliners
Family Cafe
Fairfield, Iowa
Forfiet
Evening Journal
Watson Cleaners
C & J Feed
Derby
Niner’s League
Faith Baptist Church
Oliver
Christ
Baptist General Conference
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