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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1962
Page
7
June 30 entry details Virginia’s one year internship at Detroit Receiving Hospital, a two month vacation with her husband, and a likely M D position in Chicago. The note reflects family tales, old friendships, and memories from visits with grandchildren from Texas while sharing kitchen window scenes and daily life.
Crawfordsville June 37 Lions Club maps July 20 pony show with general chairmen Lyle Lowe and Charles Wells. Other committee heads named for entries, advertising, food, parking, tickets, grounds, and electricity. Last regular meeting before September. Ladie's Night dinner date uncertain due to Bob Miller at Lions International Convention in Nice. Local visits from Atkinson family and friends noted.
Crawfordsville June 27 Mr and Mrs Silas Finke host their grandson Michael Isley of Dallas Center visiting and celebrate the birth of Kenneth Dean Isley an 8 lb 5 oz baby born in a car en route to Mercy Hospital Des Moines Madonna Finke is the mother. The Finkes have ten grandchildren. Also visiting are Bill Henss and son from Coralville and Mrs Rex Enke of Fairfield. Dave Walker of Ft Ord spends summer with Latimer Davis and relatives.
This week long visits unfold as Maurice Maxwell of Davenport stays with his mother and aunt while attending a funeral in Davenport for Cloyce Dusenbery, husband of Pearl Hamil. Multiple families from Des Moines, Grinnell, Fairfax, and Mediapolis gathered for picnics, birthdays, and a class reunion event. Eddy Herrmann enjoyed a helicopter ride, and Lake Darling provided an outing for Kim and Stan Fletcher along with birthday celebrations.
Graveside rites for John Curtis Spaethe 82, of Columbus City were held at Columbus City cemetery June 22 after services in East Moline. He died June 20 in East Moline hospital. Born August 1879 in Louisa County he lived on a farm near Columbus City. Survivors: three sons four brothers and one sister.
Local notes from Haskins recount busy garden days with green beans and corn to come. Community chatter is hampered by phone line troubles across Ainsworth while notable events include Jesse Meeks auctioning his store contents and Emery Erwin planning a grocery line. Families gather for dinners and anniversaries amid visits from Davenport, Washington, Dubuque and Mt. Pleasant residents. Condolences are offered for Fred Skubal who died June 18.
Local items from Wellman detail residents spending summers in Wilberforce Ohio and elsewhere, with families traveling to Canada Florida and Michigan. Activities include enrollments at Central College under the National Institute, visits to relatives, and community events such as a Poppy Day fund drive, VFW picnics, and a horse show profit.
West Chester men Bowser Stewart and Korinash won top three places in the Morning Sun tractor pull with about 25 tractors in two classes. Bowser took first, Stewart second, Korinash third and they planned to compete again at Kinross celebration on July Fourth.
A Des Moines state convention report touched on sending sympathy cards to Sharon Meeks daughter of Leon Meeks of Oids community. It notes a TTT summer camp at Eden Valley and a July swimming party for members' children with date not fixed.
A Sunday family picnic honored Mr. and Mrs. Robert Suter and sons James and John of Monson and Mrs. Eliza Zehr and son Earl of Humboldt. Attendees included the Wengers, Wyse, the Roths, and Mrs. Mary Haberman’s guests. Earl Zehr teaches special needs children and is summering in Iowa City. Shelda Wyse had a tonsillectomy.
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