Washington high coach attends Kodak clinic in St Louis
Roger Harrington Washington High School head football coach spent the weekend at the sixth annual Coach of the Year Clinic sponsored by Eastman Kodak Co in St Louis Jani Bump daughter of Carlton and Mrs Bump named 1967 Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow at Washington High School A new cattle shed destroyed by a brief windstorm at Howard Greiner farm near Washington Seven hundred Washington County residents joined the walking blood bank at Washington County Hospital and other local notes from county events across 1947
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Harrington
Washington High School
St. Louis
Eastman Kodak Co
Jani Bump
Carlton Bump
Betty Crocker
Howard Greiner
Washington
Tuesday Admitted Yesterday and Births Today Summary
Hospital brief lists admissions and discharges with names and towns. Admitted yesterday include Kermit Payne and Mrs. Bob Hansen and Lester Fry, all in Washington, with James Bixby in Ainsworth. Births noted for Mr and Mrs Eldon Nisley of Karona a daughter. Discharges include Kenneth Chance Richard Brown Henry Brenneman of Keota and Glen Widmer of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Payne
Washington
Bob Hansen
Lester Fry
James Bixby
Ainsworth
Eldon Nisley
Karona
Kenneth Chance
Richard Brown
Henry Brenneman
Keota
Glen Widmer
Local winter woes and community updates
The county endures subzero night temperatures with wind and drifting snow. Ambulance service gains a defibrillator funded by donations. Cotter school students host songwriters Larry Grace and Berke McKelvey. YMCA plans annual enrollment drive to boost adult and youth access. Local clergy changes include Rev Edward Shepherd on leave and ordination of Rev Harry Stultz with Velman Luse’s installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington City
Washington County Ambulance Service
Cotter School
Larry Grace
Berke McKelvey
Grace
YMCA
Edward Shepherd
St. James Church
Harry Stultz
Faith Baptist Church
Velman Luse
First Christian Church
Washington School Board
Washington County Developmental Center
County Community Action Program
CAP
Washington Evening Journal 1977 Washington Iowa ads rates
A brief notice lists publication details for the Washington Evening Journal including staff names and prices. Subscription costs are shown for carrier and mail delivery in Washington, the surrounding area, and broader regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Washington Evening Journal
Hospital Notes Saturday and Today
Hospital notes list patients by location and care type across Washington Muscatine Kalona and West Chester. Names include Joe Williams Floyd Olds Shelly Orris Mrs Baker Mrs Lavely and others with transfers and long term care admissions for Andy Kaufman Rex Widmer and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Williams
Washington
Ernest Hiller
Muscatine
Surgical
Wesley Lavely
Floyd Olds
Shelly Orris
Robert Baker
Andy Kaufman
Wayland
Elsie Meeker
Hazel Boyd
Jean Klein
Ephriam Miller
Kalona
Rex Widmer
West Chester
Louie Jones
Mrs Knepp and Carter Family News Summary
Wednesday yesterday reports Mrs Lizzie Knepp of Washington and James Bixby of Ainsworth in medical matters. Today notes Carl Coffman of Richland and Mr and Mrs Stephen Carter of Washington with a son. Also listed are Mrs Eldon Nisley and her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Knepp
Washington
James Bixby
Ainsworth
Carl Coffman
Richland
Stephen Carter
Son
Eldon Nisley
Kalona
Washington figures named in Thursday Yesterday column
A list of Washington residents and others appears with names including Leroy Krotz George Norman Mrs Larry Reschly Floyd Olds Miss Shelly Orris Mrs Vicki Graber and Mrs Alda Enke along with Rev Edward Shepherd. The item reads as a community notice noting residents and a few associated titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Reschly and Son
Washington
Floyd Olds
Shelly Orris
Vicki Graber
Winfield
Alda Enke
Edward Shepherd
Friday Yesterday Surgical Transfers Reach Washington
Dean Pence and Mrs M John Owen in Washington underwent medical procedures yesterday. Mrs Evelyn Mayer transferred to Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Today Carl Coffman in Richland is noted. Larry Applegate associated with Ainsworth in surgical matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Pence
Washington
Larry Applegate
Ainsworth
Surgical
M. John Owen
Evelyn Mayer
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Carl Coffman
Richland
John Blakeney
Derby
University Hospitals
North Tower
Paine Quote On Free Will And Means In Pursuit Of Freedom
A thought for the day cites early American freedom fighter Thomas Paine, noting that he warned a bad cause attracts bad means and bad men. The line underscores moral limits in revolutionary action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Paine
Pay raises approved for county workers and clerks
The Washington County Board of Supervisors approved about 6 percent annual raises for 24 road workers and two treasurer clerks. County Engineer Bob Huber will earn 25,700 with a 1,200 raise. Patsy Wilson Day proclaimed for Sunday in Washington. Multiple local notices follow including hospitalizations, births, church appointments, and community events amid severe arctic cold with wind chills to minus 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Bob Huber
Patsy Wilson
Washington
Harold L. Johnson
Helen
Patsy) Wilson
Washington Public Library Board
Conger House
Inauguration Guests Attend Carter Event Highlights
The piece notes Robert Dean Bailey and other average Washington visitors at Carters inauguration. It also covers local events such as a Dixieland band concert, YMCA enrollment drive led by Jim Laing and Brad Kiesey, and various community notices from Washington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
Jim Laing
Brad Kiesey
Solicitors
Marriages of the week in jail setting
The brief ceremony took place in the Washington County Jail basement as Mark Earl Gearin, 20, of Washington, wed Charlotte Arlene Thompson, 18, of Keota. Gearin is jailed on a parole violation, and officials say the ceremony may be the first wedding performed in the local jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Earl Gearin
Washington
Washington County
Charlotte Arlene Thompson
Keota
Gearin
Miss Thompson
Timothy Raymond Reschly and Pollyanna Nisley Listed
Stork Gazette notes Timothy Raymond Reschly, son of Mr and Mrs Larry LeRoy Reschly of 533 South Avenue B Washington, and Pollyanna Nisley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Eldon Nisley of Box 295 route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Raymond Reschly
Larry LeRoy Reschly
South Avenue B
Washington
Pollyanna Nisley
Eldon Nisley
Box 295
Route 2
Kalona
Deaths of the Week From Keota to Maryland
The list notes several local and nearby deaths with dates in January 1977 including KEOTA Homer Kurtz 82 of rural South English died Jan 22 Maplewood Manor. Robert L. Brock 45 formerly of Washington died Jan 23 Mercy Hospital Des Moines. Annetta G. MacGugin 86 of Washington died Jan 23 Maplewood Manor. Marjorie Goff Shockley Faidley 63 of Mesa killed in Mesa auto accident Jan 22. A J Doc Smith 78 Emmetsburg died Jan 25 Palo Alto County Hospital after extended illness. Ruth Isabelle Blick 78 Washington died Jan 27. Leanna Jones death reported in Maryland Dec 24, 1976.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota — Homer Kurtz
Maplewood Manor
Robert L. Brock
Washington
Hamilton Funeral Home
Des Moines
Highland Memory Garden
Mr. Brock
Mercy Hospital
Annetta G. MacGugin
W. Jefferson
Keota
Marjorie Goff Shockley Faidley
Mesa, Ariz
A.J
Doc) Smith
Emmetsburg
Harper
Palo Alto County Hospital
Ruth Isabelle Blick
South Avenue
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Martin Westen
Oscar Gardner
Walking Board Blood Bank
M.J. Cruise
Air Force Reserves
Montgomery
Ala
Joe Falk
Florida
Knights of Pythias
KP Hall
Wayne Kendrick
Washington County Hospital
American College of Surgeons
Rock Island Railroad
Brighton
D.F. Barnes
J.C. Penney Company
H.B. Lund
Peoria
Ill
Joe Nayadley
Richmond
Harry Sowden
Red Cross
Paul Lytle
Lytle
A and P
Donald Maxwell
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Harry Maxwell
H.A. Jack
Vinton
Jack
Aunt Agatha
Washington, Iowa
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of
The
United States
Larry Reschly
Leroy Krotz
George Norman
the Week In Review
Journal
Gayle Hixon
Dean Hixons
Akron
Ohio
Ruth Hixon
University of Akron
College of Engineering
Dennis Thomas
Myra Hixon Thomas
Ruth Hixson
Air Force
Electronics College
VFW
Wapello
Walt Carr
Merle Steele
Washington Post
Carl
Georgia) Kelly
Mary M. Hayes
Helen Hesseltine
Louis Havel
Dean Havel
John
Jackie Greener
Jonathan Lloyd
J. Roland Crandall
Washington United Methodist Church
Harlingen
Texas
George Crandall
Edward J. Shepherd
St. James Catholic Church
Gerald O'Keefe
Davenport
Father Shepherd
O'Keefe
Jonathan Simmons
St. James
Louis Leonhardt
East Pleasant Plain
Lake Darling
Izaak Walton League
A. C. Petersen
Stan Kiesey
Norman
Eddie) Edwards
Herbert Huber
Main Street
North
Second Avenue
Washington and
Dan Scalf
Salem, Ill
Linda McKinstry
Elliott McKinstry
Paige
Mike Jackson
National Ffa
Mid-Prairie Ffa
Larry Groce
West Virginia
Columbus
Groce
Columbus Junction
Conesville
Cotter
Iowa Council For the Arts
Jimmy Carter
Robert Dean Baileys
Washington, D.C
West Des Moines
Walter Sheets
Leon Lease
David
Sumner
Mike Davidson
Nashua
Merle Statler
Grace and
Dale
Wilmer Lauderman
Ireta Janecek
Alberta Miller
Allen Darbyshire
Karla
Larry Lauderman
Cindy
Brian
Pleasant Plain
Sheets
Richard Choate
Robert Choate
Des Moines Community Playhouse
Bill Whittenberg
Joe Mineart
WHS
Council Bluffs
UPI
Iowa Jaycees
John Adams
Robert Condon
Clare
Gerald Yoder
Jim Markham
Holy Cross
Thomas S. Romine
Wyoming, Minn
Eric Steven
Hubert S. Romine
Eugene Lang
Treynor
Tom Cady
Barb Siegle
Bryan Thomas
St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids
Marion Cady
Don Siegle
Douglas Bringer
Oceanside
Calif
Connie Crawford
Apt. A
Alderwood Road
Wire Mountain 2
Stork Gazette
Leanna Jones
Maryland
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