Washington History Notes and Local Updates
A pass to local history details and July events in Washington Iowa. Highlights include VFA meeting after a 7 to 8 p.m. softball game, a barn fire at Everette Roth farm from spontaneous combustion, and construction on a Lake Darling Youth Center dining room addition due Wednesday.
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Washington
Iowa
George Horn
Washington County
Highway 92
Columbus Junction
Iowa Highway Commission
Journal Today
W. D. Dillon
Louisa County
Des Moines
Leo Hoegh
113Th Aaa
34Th Division
National Guard
Camp Haven
Wis
Washington week in review notes reunions and arrivals
The Washington column recaps a July 12 high school class of 1935 reunion in Sunset Park and a string of local visits. Entries mention Mercy Hospital patients Phil Kneen and Alfred Fritz, relatives from Davenport California Davenport and Iowa City travel, plus Tony Carriker enlisting in the Army. The notes record family visits from Inglewood Adel and Iowa Falls and announce the West family moving to Iowa Falls. Funeral notices include Vera Knupp Bartholomew of Long Beach and H P Livesay of Bluford Illinois.
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Sunset Park
Robert West
Bill of Adel
Fannie Shannon
Wests
Iowa Falls
Public hearing on Highland Community school district plan
A public hearing on the Highland Community school district reorganization drew 175 attendees at the Washington County courthouse. The Washington and Johnson County joint boards adjourned with no decision after hearing proponents and opponents, leaving the matter deadlocked. Nearby notices list local visits and travel by residents and relatives across several states and cities.
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Washington County
Dwight Bode
Highland Community
Washington County Court House
Washington and
Johnson County
Aunt Agatha Gathers Local Week In Washington News
Dear Auntie shares a warm week in Washington with farming crops, a paved county alley turned parking lot, YMCA summer plans, youth trips, and a photography talk by Dallas Kinney. local exchanges include a bird death by a softball hit, a crime wave basement tile theft, and upcoming swap of students with Berne Switzerland and Alajuela Costa Rica, plus sunlit Sunset Park picnics and regional events.
Memorial to Four Staunch Friends
Poem recalls four tall trees as beloved guardians on a forest path. The speaker mourns their passing and imagines divine purpose, with autumn tears and a celestial hillside where God gathers four friendly trees to guide travelers.
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Pth
Heaven
Twyla Shipman
Gilkey
Elementary science workshop participants in Cedar Falls Iowa
Roxie Longer of Washington is among Iowa elementary teachers attending a three week State College of Iowa workshop in elementary science at Cedar Falls. They study units from Science A Process Approach and earn three semester hours of college credit. Other items note visits by Tonopah and Califor nia relatives and various local family activities and travels.
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Roxie Longer
Washington
Iowa
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Commission On Science Education
Bordwell plans year abroad and nearby births and visits
John Bordwell, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Bordwell of Washington, will spend the coming school year with a family in Switzerland. A daughter Laura Lee was born to Mr and Mrs Ralph Prizler of Lone Tree Tuesday evening. Mrs Clarence Logan had surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City and is in room 322. Ruth Lytle and Carrie Berdo host visitors Fannie Winter Shinabarger of Lancaster PA Bruce Shinabarger and daughters Julie and Nancy from Summit NJ. The Graf family of Tahlequah OK and their daughter Janet visit Washington area. they formerly lived here when Mr Graf worked at the post office.
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John Bordwell
Richard Bordwell
Washington
Switzerland
Ler
Lone Tree
Laura Lee
Fred Kleinschmidt
Iowa City
Ernest Prizler
Clarence Logan
Mercy Hospital
Fannie Winter Shinabarger
Lancaster, Pa
Bruce Shinabarger
Julie and
Nancy
Summit, N. J
Ruth Lytle
Carrie Berdo
William Graf
Tahlequah
Okla
Janet
Ed Harrington
McAlester
Grafs
Graf
Deaths and funeral notices from Washington and nearby areas
Deaths include H. Tom Carris 80 of Halcyon House Washington who died July 11 after three days of illness. Mrs Hattie A Kessel 76 of Brighton died July 13 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after poor health. Mrs Stella Maude Galgher 89 of Pines Rest Home Washington died after a week long illness. services July 15 at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev M O Smith officiating. Roy L Mayhew 73 died at home Baton Rouge after an extended vacation. Nellie V Marsden 84 died July 13 on a farm near Columbus Junction at Muscatine General Hospital.
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Sherman - Eden
H. Tom Carris
Halcyon House
Washington
Carris
Hattie A. Kessel
Brighton
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Stella Maude Galgher
Pines Rest Home
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
M. O. Smith
Elm Grove Cemetery
Roy L. Mayhew
Baton Rouge
Columbus Junction
Nellie V. Marsden
Here
Muscatine General Hospital
Washington County Queens Compete In Davenport Pageant
Friday notes two county girls Pamela Loeffler Miss Washington County of Brighton and Robin Bueghly Miss Iowa Falls also of Brighton take part in the Miss Iowa Pageant at Davenport. John Bordwell, Washington High School student, will live in Thun Switzerland for a school year. Thun, a city of 33 000 near Berne, hosts him. Karl E Blat ter of Sault Ste Marie Michigan visits here. he is stationed at Kinchlow Air Force Base. Mrs J E Lets in University Hospitals Iowa City for a broken arm. Dorothea M Peterson of Glenwood Colorado mourns mother Elizabeth Turner of Muscatine. funeral was in West Liberty. Mr and Mrs Fred Reta Jr and family plan to attend high school. Mildred Weedford and daughter Judy of Pella visit here with Mrs Schmoeller and Susie Stewart.
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Washington
T. H. Peters
Peters Hardware
Peters
George Stewart
Thomas Polk
Jane Marie
Des Moines
Institute of Christian Churches
Drake University
Polk
Don Shepard
Mary Jo
Santa Rosa
Calif
Lemmon
Shepard
George Baker
Camp Dodge
Iowa State Guard
West Second Street
Albert Orcutt
Ralph Dougherty
John Bordwell
Switzerland
Berne
Xinia Maria Solano Carvajal
Alajuela
Costa Rica
Washington County
Queens
Pamela Loeffler
Brighton
Robin Bueghly
Iowa Falls
Davenport
Washington High School
Thun
Karl E. Blatter
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
E. J. Blatter
Karl Blatter
Kinchlow Air Force Base
Wilfrid Smith 89 Dies in Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Wilfrid Smith aged 89, a former Washington resident, died today July 15 1965 at Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant. He had been living at Beau champ Nursing Home Winfield.
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Wilfrid Smith
Washington
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Beauchamp
Winfield
Brighton man William Jennings dies after brief hospital stay
William Kenneth Jennings, 66, died today at Washington County Hospital where he had been a patient for one day. Funeral arrangements are pending as the family notes his long residence in the Brighton area and ties to local churches.
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Brighton
William Kenneth Jennings
Washington County Hospital
Saturday Journal notes for out-of-state readers edition
The Saturday Edition explains a weekly mail option for former Washington residents, offering a quick summary of local news and an annual subscription price of $3.50 for out-of-state subscribers.
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Journal
Washington
Hospital and birth notices from Washington and nearby towns
Hospital activity lists admissions discharges births and patient notes across Washington Fairfield Crawfordsville Columbus Junction Keota Riverside East Pleasant Plain and Ainsworth. Entries include newborns and new patient admissions and family notices for Gertrude Anderson Albert Hessel tine Richard Johnson Riley Slater Dill Meyer and others.
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Gertrude Anderson
Fairfield
Gregory Reif
West Chester
Mical
Albert Hesseltine
Crawfordsville
Medical
Richard Johnson
Washington
Robert Riley
Eugene Slater
Columbus Junction
Gary Dill
Keota
William Meyer
Riverside
Harlan Keltner
Grace Churchill
Ollie
Baby Boy Howell
Henry Taylor
Frank Miller
Karona
Local Births and Medical Notices Across Iowa Towns
Yesterday and today notices list births and medical events in Fairfield Columbus Junction Kalona Washington Coppock Wellman Riverside Keota Brighton and surrounding areas. Individuals with spouses and children appear alongside medical and surgical references in a compact community record.
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Justin North
Fairfield
Robert Crawford
Columbus Junction
William Sitler
Washington
Surgical
Howard Bomber
Sigourney
Veda Latta
Tom Crossett
Kenneth Sabin
Jonas Hochstedler
Kalona
Friday Yesterday and Today Notices in Iowa Births and Marriages
Local notices list births and names from Friday yesterday in Columbus Junction and today in Washington. Individuals include Mrs Ray Glover, a baby boy Huston in Ainsworth, Mrs Roger Schuer man and son in Arnsworth, and Mrs Eugene Slater with daughter.
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Frances Miller
Washington
Surgical
Ray Glover
Ruth Robbins
Ira Amlong
Roger Schuerman
Ainsworth
Clifford Fritz
East Pleasant Plain
Robert Crawford
Columbus Junction
Huston
Arnsworth
Eugene Slater
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State Service For Crippled Children
University of Iowa
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Court House
Washington Community Players
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David Fulton
Mary Mickey
United Presbyterian Choir
Carolyn Hamilton
R. E. Shannon
E. E. Stutsman
C. W. Stewart
Washington County Public Health Service
State Board of Health
D. J. Palmer
Rotary Club
Elwood W. Detrick
Springfield
Ohio
Washington Ymca
Dutch Creek
S. Brookhart
Washington Band
Valley Evangelical Brotherhood
Washington County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Phil Kneen
Foster Bickel
Jeffrey Clinton
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Stanley F. Clinton
Sharon
Jeffrey
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Decorah
Haefner
Mike Strong
Jeanette
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Inglewood
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Ronald
Ann
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St. Paul
Minn
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Willard Stowell
Paula
Bethesda Hospital
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Gregory
David Jr
Portland
Don Trojovsky
Renton
Wash
James Edwards
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Edwards
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Dwight Murray
Trojovsky
Clayde
Glenn Knupp
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Vera Knupp) Bartholomew
Long Beach
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Daryl
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Columbus Co
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Bluford, Ill
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Ken
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Littleton, Colo
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Ind
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Harry Drake
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Stratford, Conn
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James Shald
Oak Park
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Morris
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Daylene
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Colo
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Olds
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Mike
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Louis Havel
Walter Bell
Thomas
Mary Hansen
Martha Olsen
Moline
Dean Havel
Chris
Michael
Dennis Havel
Susan Goodfellow
John Littell
Muscatine
Kate Shalla
Fred Chalupa
Mrs
Dean Havel and Sons
Pam Romine
Jerry Blundy
Galesburg
Illinois
Dale Lance
Bertha Statler
L.P. Statler
Carl Parcell
Nancy Coffman
Don Statler
George
Leo Stone
Burlington
Baldwin Piano and
Michael Moreland
Ames
J. M. Lloyd
John Lloyd
Dearborn
Mich
Bordwell
Ralph Priz
J. E. Letts
University Hospitals
Iown City
Dorothea M. Peterson
Glenwood
Elizabeth Turner
West Liberty
West Chester Cemetery
Fred Reta Jr
Bill, Sarah, Mary
Reids
Mildred Weedford
Shirley Olcott
Judy
Pella
Schmoeller
Susie Stewart
Sch
Stewart
Dora Parker
Ronald Miller
Wilford Greiner
Richard Johnson and Son
Ruth Robins
Frank Janecek
Orba Little
Selana Ricks
Coppock
Robert. Jones
Clifford Snyder
Robert Shelangoski