The Washington Coffee Club a quirky lifelong toast to coffee
An editorial retrospective recalls the Washington Coffee Club founded in 1937 by John Winga and its quirky culture. It notes growing membership across states and nations, the no-committee, no-dues ethos, and the ritual of coffee, wafer snacks, and birthday treats, with one member joking about washing cups and another about initiation investments.
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The
Washington Coffee Club
Harold Johnson
Harold
Mason City
Good Old Grade School Days Reminisces of Youth
The narrator recalls Miss Carol Forgey Miss Helen Wylie and Mrs Mae Jones who taught at Wallace Grace school and shaped many lives. He remembers a dog named Gyp who lived partly with another family, a white kitten discovery, a husky friend Buck and their backyard shack project, ending with trouble from a neighbor over reclaimed lumber and furnishings.
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Carol Forgey
Helen Wylie
Mae Jones
Wallace Grace School
Gyp
Fannie
Buck
Washingtons Fourth of July Parade Remembered
A nostalgic account of Washington Iowa Fourth of July celebrations, recalling flags bunting and bicycles, the Concert Band, a Lincoln Pageant, and local figures like Capt. McCutcheon, Alex Miller, and Col. Palmer. Descriptions cover parades, floats, vendors, fireworks, lemonade stands, veterans in the procession, and town pride afterward.
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Lincoln
Harold
Dad
Washington
Alex Miller
The
Democrat
Col
D. J. Palmer
Washington County
Honest Abe
Washington notes reach a decade back in history
Local column recounts residents traveling to California and Chicago, visits to Iowa City and Rock Island, moves to Cleveland, a family wedding in Wesley Massachusetts, and community events. It mentions the Home Association board expansion, the Municipal Band welcome, a drum corps, road work, and local school girl reserves at Lake Okoboji. A Hollywood note adds David Hemmings finishing Camelot and returning to England.
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Donald Pencil
Charles Neff
Yucaipa
Calif
Charles Robison
Bob Lowe
Chicago
Zoo
Riverview Park
Washington
Nancy Loveless
Iowa City
Earl Loveless
Mercy Hospital
Judy Salladay
Rock Island
John Suess
Mike
Earl Schnoebelen
William Kolovich
David
Debra
Monaca
Cedar Rapids
P. A. McLamore
S. T. Donahey
A. E. Baldrige
Sigourney
Anna Marie Anderson
Winifred Allen
Alice Fishburn
Elsie Wagner
Lake Okoboji
Vernon Witting
Oskaloosa
Christian Endeavor
William Livingston
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Schuyler Livingston
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Jammer
John Winga
Beickman
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Central Park
Charlie Hebner
Hr. S. Ward
Henry Green
Ward
American Pearl Button Company
Company D
France
Wm. McCutcheon
High Point
Sunset Park
Avenue B
West Madison
McCutcheon Yard
Glen Conard
Ernie Dean
Graham Theatre
Ernie
Oscar Brock
Jron
Jugenheimer
Sanford
Helmick
Casey Brothers
J. C. Boice
A. J. Dawson
Lewis Walker
John Shields
A. H. Wallace
Iowa
Edna Jones
Silas Ross AS
Abraham Lincoln
Journal
C. H. Woods
Davenport
Silas Ross
President Lincoln
Woodlawn Avenue
Apt
Cleveland
Ohio
Leola McKnighten
Carl Hays
A. E. Moberly
Highland
Danny Lambert
Tulsa
Okla
Moberly
Vincent Marek
Lloyd Marek
Boston
Donald Marek
Barbara Crooks
Wesley
Harriet Kunik
Roberta Arthur
J. A
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Jerry Denison
Bob Redlinger
Bill Putman
Home Association of Washington
John Owen
Roger G. Jones
Orville Elder
Earl Munson
Crawfordsville
J.J. Kehoe
We11man
Emil Hesselschwerdt
Kalona
Ivan Cummings
Riverside
E. L. Edmondson
Brighton
Alva Sands
Ainsworth
Fred Bauer
West Chester
Washington Municipal Band
John Youssing
Sorden Music Store
Iowa State Teachers College
G. W. Manussier
Detroit
Mary Welch
Marie Landau
Corrine Martin
Waterloo
Los Angeles
Miss Landau
Harold Jarvis
State Theater
Ralston Meek
American Legion
Charles Jackson
Jack Beam
Court House
Elmer McKinley
W. S. Patterson
Hollywood
UPI
David Hemmings
Camelot
England
East of
Light Brigade
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
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