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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1967
Page
3
Adult Education classes begin at Washington High School with typing. painting starts next Monday. Registration for both continues this week, along with commodities, parents and college, and reading improvement courses. Several courses were dropped for low enrollment.
Tickets are on sale for the annual father and son banquet at West Chester Methodist Church. The event opens on Wednesday February 1 with a 6 30 p.m. meal and features entertainment by Jay Stoutner of Keota with a puppet show.
Jack Wilkinson, associate professor of mathematics at State College of Iowa in Cedar Falls, is in Washington today as a consultant. He will attend classes, check with teachers, and study courses at the local high school and junior high school, making recommendations where improvements might be made.
On the record Admitted Yesterday Ralph Zeck Washington medical Dismissed Yesterday Miss Margaret Dacy Columbus Junction Har old Messenger Washington Today Mrs Russell Leichty and son Washington Mrs Michael Koehler and daughter Crawfordsville Mrs Henry Deal Keota Mrs Leo Hammes and daughter Sigourney Louis Pruess Ainsworth
Funeral services for Mrs Ross Beson were at 10 30 a m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev M C Smith in charge. Burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Final rites for Mrs L A Meredith were held Tuesday at 2 p m in Jones Funeral Home with Rev M O in charge. Burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. Seven pitchers won the National League Most Valuable Player award. Washington Evening Journal Washington Iowa. United Press Leased Wire Members: Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn. Audit Bureau of Circulations.
The Mt Pleasant Production Credit Association plans its annual stockholders meeting January 31 in Mt Pleasant with 300+ farmers expected. Registration starts 11 a.m. at the Methodist Church. Gerard Megdel sen of Ainsworth will chair the session. Don Hovendick of Omaha will speak. Ted W. Leonard will report on progress. A noon meal is provided by church ladies. Two directors will be elected for 3-year terms.
Jim Jorgensen of the YMCA announces a Thursday evening instruction course on .22 rifles for boys aged 12 to 18 at the YMCA. Participants will receive booklets and access to rifles, ammunition, and targets after completing 12 hours of training. This will be the last such YMCA course until September.
Riverside announces the engagement of Mary Catherine Kinney daughter of E J Kinney Iowa City to Richard L Craig son of Carl Craig Jr Riverside. They plan a May 6 wedding at St Patrick s Church Iowa City. Bride attended Regina High School and Iowa City Commercial College and works at the University Computer Center. Fiancee is a Highland High School graduate and a salesman at Kacena Company Inc.
Washington BPW members heard county extension director Jim Frier discuss the United States as the world’s major food supplier at the Captain's Table dinner. Mrs. Frier, Jenny Parriott, and Audrey Nash attended. twenty members present. Plans for a BPW style show on February 9 at 8 p.m. at the high school auditorium were announced with tickets at Essex Store Brown's Shoe Store or from BPW members. Next meeting February 28 will be Boss Night.
The Washington column lists upcoming meetings and events for West Chester Pythian Sisters Moose Women and other groups through Friday. It notes schedule changes including note changes for Women of Moose and Washington County Council of Republican Women. The January Cub Scout Pack 243 meeting at VFW Hall includes a rocket race track and Bobcat ceremony inviting new Cubs aged 8 to 10 with parents.
Mrs. Kenneth Peters, worthy high priestess, and Mr. Peters, watchman of shepherds, presided at the regular White Shrine session. A special program honored past officers and priestesses. Mrs. Peters spoke, Mrs. Edgar Stewart sang. February meeting will honor the district deputy. a memorial service is planned. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Greenlee served refreshments.
Announcement states Miss Lula Belle Wiley daughter of Mr and Mrs Florence Wiley of Morning Sun becomes engaged to Cpl Claude W Stigers son of the couple announced the forthcoming wedding date to be set.
Miss Wiley, on Morning Sun Manor staff, and Cpl. Stigers, on leave from the Marine Corps in Vietnam, are planning a wedding though no date is set. They are both residents connected to Wayland, with Stigers due to return to Vietnam as an engineer on January 23.
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