Marriage of Diana Lynn Sheetz to Harry Lee Gordon
Diana Lynn Sheetz daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale W Sheetz of Washington exchanged nuptial vows with Harry Lee Gordon son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Gordon of Keota in a 2 pm double ring ceremony Saturday January 22 at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church Rev Dr Vernon G Elgin officiated with white tapers and mums organ music by Claudia Times and songs by Mrs William Stewart The bride wore a white taffeta gown with lace appliques veil train and seed pearl crown They were attended by Connie Emerson and Janice Lines The groom's brother Robert Gordon served as best man Other groomsmen and guests filled the service and reception followed at the church The couple plans to live on Rural Route 2 Keota where the groom farms and the bride is employed by McCleery-Cumming Company
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana Lynn Sheetz
Dale W. Sheetz
Washington
Harry Lee Gordon
Raymond Gordon
Keda
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Vernon G. Elgin
Claudia Times
William Stewart
Connie Emerson
Des Moines
Janice Lines
Waterloo
Thomas Sheetz
Michael Sheetz
Robert Gordon
Stanley Rath
Washington social calendar features weekly clubs and meetings
Listings show Monday to Thursday events across Washington and nearby towns. Activities include music department 7:30 p.m. at UP Home, Rainbow Girls installations, Word Weavers, PTA meetings, garden club, YWives crafts, and various lodge and club gatherings with speakers, sewing, and community service notes. A wedding blurb mentions Mr. Eichelberger planning 1-W service in Lebanon, Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Applied Arts
Rainbow Girls
Friendship Club Potluck Dinner and Card Party
The Friendship Club held its annual potluck dinner and card party at the Fairgrounds Saturday evening. Twenty-one adults and eight children attended. Five card tables were in play with Ted Meyers and Mrs Irvin Wulf taking high score while Don Zwicki and Wilma Campbell had the low. Junior Knott nerus won the travel prize. Supper committee included Mrs Harold Kueneman Mrs Dean Sand burg and Mrs LeVerne Alvine with Mrs Ted Meyer and Mrs Gladys Wulf serving on the card party committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Club
Fairgrounds
Ted Meyers
Irvin Wulf
Low
Don Zwicki
Wilma Campbell
Junior Knottnerus
Harold Kueneman
Dean Sandburg
LeVerne Alvine
Ted Meyer
Gladys Wulf
Gibson Golden Anniversary Observed At Open House
Mr and Mrs Ralph Gibson celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with an open house at the Captain's Table Saturday. Relatives and friends from Des Moines Keosauqua Iowa City Chicago and Ainsworth attended. The couple were joined by children Jack Gibson Russell Casson and their spouses with grandchildren Diana Dale Gibson Julie Rusty Casson helping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph L. Gibson
Jack Gibson
Russell Casson
Des Moines
Diana
Dale Gibson
Julie
Rusty Casson
Lester Orr
L. A. Jones
Nina Stutsman
Inez Eicher
Susie Duncan
Diana Gibson
Bob Madden
Rex Vernon
Keosaucua
Evelyn Herbrechtmeyer
Iowa City
David Falk
Chicago
Keith Hardy
Ainsworth
Local birthday dinner honors Mrs Merle Miller
Mr and Mrs Walter Sheets hosted a birthday dinner for their daughter Mrs Merle Miller who turns a birthday Tuesday Jan 25 Attending were Mr and Mrs Miller Doug Jeryl Dwight Mr and Mrs Melo Janecek Gary Mr and Mrs Don Robertson Mrs Winnie Baker and Mr and Mrs Carl Chalupa Debbie Lisa and Lori. The Marine Corps League meets Thursday at 6 30 PM for a chili supper and meeting at City Hall. Mrs L T Fullerton is a patient at University Hospital Iowa City room C 533 Randy Allison completed basic training at Lackland AFB and is en route to Amarillo Texas where training will continue His new address appears in today’s service men’s column in the Journal. Mr and Mrs Harold Wilson and Mr and Mrs Walter Westen and Marty visited the Wilsons in Macon Missouri Sunday to meet Mr and Mrs Jim Green and their three week old son Bryan They attended the baptism of Bryan too Sunday dinner guests at Mrs Pauline Hite’s home included her sister and family Mr and Mrs Elmer Dunbar and Vicki her father Alex Gable a niece and husband Mr and Mrs Dick Hamlin of Des Moines Pam Hite of Cedar Falls and son Allen Hite of Davenport Pam spending this week at home during a break at State College of Iowa
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Walter Sheets
Merle Miller
Miller
Doug
Jeryl
Dwight
Melo Janecek
Gary
Don Robertson
Winnie Baker
Carl Chalupa
Debbie
Lisa
Lori
Randy Allison
Lackland Air Force Base
Amarillo
Texas
Harold Wilson
Walter Westen
Marty
Macon
Wilson
Jim Green
Bryan
Little Bryan
Pauline Hite
Elmer Dunbar
Vicki
Alex Gable
Nose Hill
Dick Hamlin
Des Moines
Pam Hite
Cedar Falls
Allen Hite
Davenport
Pam
State College of Iowa
West Chester Cub Scouts meet and goodwill drive
West Chester den 3 met after school with Don Mather and Doris Stout. Scouts counted commemorative stamps for conservation and plan to send nylon hose to Veterans Hospital for projects. They formed teams to build a transport model in 15 minutes and planned to shovel walks or rake lawns for goodwill.
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West Chester
Don Mather
Doris Stout
Veterans’ Hospital
Mark Renoux
Robbie Stout
Jay Crone
Sharon Niffenegger
Karen Hobbs
Esther Booth
Jeaniene Dusenbery
Bonnie Stewart
Robert Bodkins
Duwayne Pratt
Paul Butterbaugh
Robert Bodkin
Rhonda
Riverside
Mrs Hill and son honored at pink blue shower
Mrs Russell Hill and a son Timothy Duane were honored at a pink and blue shower Saturday evening hosted by Mrs Jerry Fisher. Assisting were Mrs Ted Ross, Mrs Don Rees and Mrs Dan Aggson. Seventeen guests attended including grandmother Mrs Doyle Brown and great grandmothers Mrs Howard Baker and Mrs Lee Drollinger of Washington and Mrs Clarence Brown Sr. of Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Hill
Timothy Duane
Jerry Fisher
Ted Ross
Don Rees
Dan Aggson
Doyle Brown
Howard Baker
Lee Drollinger
Washington
Clarence Brown Sr
Brighton
Record of Local Births and Medical Listings
Saturday entries list Mrs Virgil Smith, Washington medical Frankie Joe Chmelar Washington surgical Leo C Zook Washington medical. Yesterday entries include Mrs Lucy Sampson Washington medical Mrs Irma Bristwick Washington medical Hubert Sheetz Keota surgical Mrs Bryan Coakley Washington medical Mrs John L Coakley Washington surgical Miss Peggy Long Washington surgical. Today shows Mrs William Birdsell Wayland medical Mrs Noah Miller Kalona medical Miss Diane Marsh Washington surgical. Yesterday Mr and Mrs Louis Eugene Anderson Washington a son. Saturday Mrs George L Johnson Washington. Yesterday William McNurlen Keota Mrs Ray Smith and daughter Riverside Mrs Marvin Sieren and daughter Keota Mrs Duane Pratt and son West Chester Mrs Gerald Hoyle Washington. Today James Allgood Ainsworth.
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Virgil Smith
Washington
Frankie Joe Chmelar
Leo C. Zook
Lucy Sampson
Irma Bristwick
Hubert Sheetz
Keota
Bryan Coakley
John L. Coakley
Peggy Long
Washington Surgical
William Birdsell
Wayland
Noah Miller
Kalona
Diane Marsh
George L. Johnson
William McNurlen
Ray Smith
Riverside
Marvin Sieren
Duane Pratt
West Chester
Gerald Hoyle
James Allgood
Ainsworth
William E Venzke of Kalona dies
William E Venzke 77 of Kalona dies Saturday afternoon at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after being admitted earlier that day. Funeral at 10 a m Tuesday Peterseim Funeral Chapel Kalona with Rev Lowell Koch. burial St Johns Lutheran Cemetery Sharon Center. Survived by widow two sons Raymond Kalona Dale Washington a daughter Janet Washington two grandchildren two brothers Herman Wellman Albert Iowa City one sister Mrs Richard Graper Kalona. Memorial fund for Zion Lutheran Church Iowa City building fund.
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Kalona
William E Venzke
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Peterseim
Lowell Koch
St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery
Sharon Center
Mr. Venzke
Reinhardt
Bertha Boartz Venzke
Washington
W C Richards Birthday Party in Tampa Observed
W C Richards marked his birthday in Tampa Florida with eighteen Iowa friends. The group shared a noon smorgasbord at the Sweden House and an evening of cribbage and pinochle at the Richards home. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Richards and guests from Washington Winfield Moline Tampa Ainsworth and West Chester.
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New Sweden House
Richards
Don Wylie
Washington
Frank Moore
Winfield
Bobe Kurtz
Moline
Dave Miller
Tampa
Kenneth Ornduff
Roy Gerot
Lee Norris
Ainsworth
Howard McCall
West Chester
Gislain Harmon vow exchange in Florida
Paulette Marie Gislain of Orlando and David Curtis Harmon of Ft. Bliss Texas wed Tuesday January 18 at 4:30 PM in Grace Chapel Central Christian Church Orlando Guests included Mr and Mrs George F Ward Reception at Cherry Plaza Hotel The couple will reside at 527 East Michigan Apt 111B Orlando Postnuptial plans include a short trip to Tampa
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Wellman
Paulette Marie Gislain
Orlando
Fla
Iowa City
Leo C. Gislain
David Curtis Harmon
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Charles Hix
la Grande
Ore
A.C. Harmon
Grace Chapel
Central Christian Church
Cherry Plaza Hotel
Tampa
Harmon
East Michigan
Apt
Parsons College student fined for speeding and summons
Richard A. Perito of Parsons College Fairfield was fined $10 for speeding and $15 for failure to heed a summons by Justice of the Peace Glenn Holden. Washington firemen checked a South Seventh location after neighbors feared a fire but found no blaze as smoke curled from a chimney.
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Richard A. Perito
Parsons College
Fairfield
Court of Justice of the Peace
Glenn Holden
Washington
South Seventh
Dear Abby columns on charity gifts and relationships
Dear Abby fielded questions on Christmas charity cards, respectful terms for a spouse, and a love triangle. A reader criticized charitable gift giving in cards, another feared the label old lady, and a reader asked if a friend’s rules on Ron were fair. Professional photographers added wedding image woes and Abby’s guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
Whittier
California
Wikoff completes signal school at Fort Gordon
Pvt. Charles P. Wikoff 22 son of Mr and Mrs Charles Wikoff Route 2 Brighton Iowa completed a communication center specialist course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Fort Gordon Ga Jan 21 The 12 week program covered teletypewriter operation tape relay center operations and manual switching with a mix of classroom work and lab training He joined the Army last July and finished basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Mo A 1961 Brighton High School graduate he later attended Iowa Wesleyan College before enlisting He was employed by Brown Shoe Fit Co in Washington before entering the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Gordon
Charles P. Wikoff
Charles Wikoff
Brighton
Iowa
Army Southeastern Signal School
Wikoff
Fort Leonard Wood
Brighton High School
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Brown Shoe Fit Co
Washington
Washington Hustlers 4-H Club Meeting Highlights
The Washington Hustlers 4-H Club met Thursday at the Fair grounds. Members listed uses of electricity on the farm shop and home. Leader Francis McConnell presented a talk on electricity forms. Demonstrations by Kurt Jorgensen and Tim Swift. Record book inserts distributed. Refreshments served by Marion Miller and Harold Ossman.
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Washington Hustlers
Fairgrounds
Francis McConnell
Kurt Jorgensen
Tim Swift
Mr. McConnell
Marion Miller
Harold Ossman
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Don
McCleery-Cumming Company
Floyd A. Murphy
la Rue Conklin
Neill Trotman
Edwin Novotny
Harry L. Gordon
Lincoln Pta
Edward R. Rees
White Shrine
Family Living
Richard Ballard
Leon Hillman
Oral Mayo
Women of Moose
Moose
Creative Living
Knights of Columbus
KC Hall
WRC
Family Living I
William Sitler
CES
Masonic Temple
LBC Club
Charles Bartholow
Legion Hall
Fleur de Lis Club
James Birney
W. B. Dupuis
Miss Wenger
Waco High School
Mr. Eichelberger
Lebanon, Ore
Louise Wenger
Ralph Wenger
Dean Eichelberger
A. W. Eichelberger
Mt. Pleasant
Fern Pastry Shop
Bob
Bev
Pastry Shop
West Side Square
Wolf's
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Gibsons
Gibson
Madden
Herbrechtmeyer
Ruth Gibson
Willa Freshwaters
Miss Reha
Highland Community School
The
Breese Company of
Koehler
Ainsworth Consolidated School
University of Iowa
Edwin Reha
Mary Lou
George Michael Koehler
George T. Koehler
Crawfordsville
Marine Corps League
L. T. Fullerton
University Hospital, Iowa City
A. J. Wotruba
Hill
Louis Eugene Anderson
William E. Venzke
Venzke
Zion Lutheran Church of
W.C. Richards
John Kkoeuler of
Florida
George F. Ward
Voices In Harmony
Upstad
City High
MacBride
Cavaliers
Evertts Music Co
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Ron
Fair Lady
Schenectady
Pax
Los Angeles
Calif
Hustlers
Peace Corps
Mary
the Peace Corps
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