Local residents share visits and moves across states
Mrs. Robert West left for Urbandale after a mother daughter visit. Tom and Betsy Dodder arrive for a weekend with family after a trip to Lima and Cincinnati. Elmer Keith and Edith Brown relocate to Kellogg Idaho for YMCA duties, with son Phil leading YMCA work in Kewanee Illinois. Nancy Vittetoe injured in a tasseling scene near Washington and hospitalized for back injury. A church reception featured games, music, and a piano duet by the pastor and wife. Washington civic events included a United Presbyterian Guild breakfast with speaker Mrs. William Dunn recalling Peace Corps days. Grace Williams moves from Mercy Hospital to United Presbyterian Home in Washington infirmary.
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Art
Edith) Brown
Spokane
Wash
Kellogg
Idaho
Brown
YMCA
Sunshine Star Route
Elizabeth Park
Phil
The
Kewanee, Ill
Colorado Springs
Nancy Vittetoe
Edwin Vittetoe
Washington
D. Bell
William Dunn
Columbus Junction
United Presbyterian Women’s Guild
J. W. Evans
Dunn
Columbia
South America
Diane
Peace Corps
William Bernau
Daseal Hamilton
Willard Sands
Judging workout offered to 4 H ers
4 H members are reminded of a judging workout on Tuesday evening July 20 at 7 p m at the Interstate Producers Livestock Association yards on the northwest edge of Washington The session focuses on conforma tion balance and hog quality criteria It is the third of three summer workouts led by Wayne McCracken of Ainsworth who urges all members who missed earlier sessions to attend this final event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Producers Livestock Association
Washington
Wayne McCracken
Ainsworth
Marriage License Issued to Chorpening and Babb in Washington
A marriage license has been issued to Ralph M. Chorpening and Dorothy Viola Babb, both residents of Washington. The filing indicates a formal union between the two as recorded locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph M. Chorpening
Dorothy Viola Babb
Washington
Chicano visitor joins Mennonite host families in Illinois
Magdalena Flores a six year old Mexican American girl from Chicago visits Dwight Graber home for a two week stay with Mennonite hosts in Kalona Wellman and Wayland areas. Other local Crusaders families attended Camp Mena Haven near Tiskilwa and relatives travel by plane to visit Ivan Arthur in Connecticut where his Navy service is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdalena Flores
Chicago
Dwight Graber
Kalona
Wellman
Wayland
Joanne Graber
Magdalena
Annette Graber
Camp Mena Haven
Tiskilwa
Ill
Crusaders Sunday School
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Jessie Rees
Wyman
Kenneth Arthur
Jean
Columbus Junction
Cedar Rapids
Gales Ferry
Conn
Ivan Arthur
Jessica
Jimmy
Ivan
Robert Wilcox
Laura
United Methodist Church , UN
Baumert reunion draws 66 at Keota church basement
Sunday July 11 66 Baumert family members enjoyed a noon basket dinner at the Christian Church basement in Keota. Lt. Col. Harold W Lee Ret of Montgomery Ala visited his mother Flora Lee from July 4 to 8. Several Baumert relatives and friends attended, with gatherings continuing in the afternoon with extended family traveling from Washington Cedar Rapids Sigourney Riverside Calif Lancaster Wellman and Mt. Pleasant for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert Keota
Harold W. Lee
Montgomery
Ala
Flora Lee
Baumert
Christian Church
Floyd Baumert
Glen
Norma
Gene
Earl Baumert
Teri
Lauri
Mark
Michael
Dennis Baumert
Roger
Joseph
Matthew
Paul Baumert
Paul Jr
Jeffrey
Zachary Burk
Art Streigle
Sue
Kathy
Arthur
Alison
Harry Baumert
Colleen
Patricia
Sandra
Richard
Raymond Baumert
Denny
Angie
Shawn
Marlin Peiffer
Jackie
Jeff
Jean
Washington
Donald Peiffer
Mike
Peggy
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Schmid
Sigourney
George Coffman
Riverside
Calif
L. M. Hamil
Lancaster
Industerious Club
Will i
Yesterday Record Notes Medical and Family Entries
Miss Nancy Witte toe of Washington is listed for medical care along with Mrs Jobin Pacha of Brighton. Also noted is Mr and Mrs James Witthoft of Washington welcoming a daughter yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Wittetoe
Washington
Jobin Pacha
Brighton
James Witthoft
Washington man fined for following distance violation
Kevin Dale Dunbar of Washington paid a $10 fine in the justice of the peace court for failure to stop in the assured clear distance ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kevin Dale Dunbar
Washington
Justice of the Peace Court
Dismissed from hospital Jim Widmer returns home WAYLAND
July 13 Jim Widmer surgical patient at Mercy Hospital Tow a City returned to the parental Dr J G Widmer home Monday Mr and Mrs John Swartzen druber Jeff and Amy returned home July 11 from a 10 day vacation in Colorado. They enjoyed sightseeing and also as with Mrs ter Alice the Paul Ma La Junta and with the Orlin Big sits at Frontier Boys Camp.
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Wayland
Jim Widmer
Mercy
John Swartzendruber
Jeff
Amy
Colorado
Ster
Alice
Paul Ma LaJunta
Orlin Big
Frontier Boys Camp
Afr
Royce Brunk
Rene
Jodi
Hesston
Kan
Ezra Freyenberger
Canada
Yale
British Columbia
Brunk
Freyenberger
Roth
Brunks
Vincent Krabill
Martha
Larry Hauder
Zuni
Minnie Sutter
Marshall Thomas dies in motorcycle accident near New Jersey
Marshall Thomas 24 former Columbus Junction resident was killed Wednesday July 14 in a car collision while riding as a passenger during a hiking trip in New Jersey. He served with Green Berets, completed college, and is survived by his mother Wanda Marshall Thomas Ames and sister Ann. Father Leo Thomas preceded him in death. Body arrives at Stacy Lewis Funeral Home Columbus Junction with visitation 5 to 9 p.m. Funeral Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the funeral home, burial in Columbus City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus — Junction
Marshall Thomas
Columbus
Columbus Junction
Stacy Lewis
Vitation
Fueral
Columbus City Cemetery
WSCS Hosts New Pastor and July Gatherings
WSCS members meet new pastor Rev Earl Stephens at Trinity United Church with a reception planned for July 18. Community notices list July 7 meeting on retire ment topic, rag tearing day set for July 16 at Hall Park, and local visits by families including Parizek, Rath, Stout, and Bruegge amid a week of rain and river rise in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Hall
Stephens
Hall Park
WSCS
Trinity United Church
Social Calendar Schedule for First Publication Day
Notices for the social calendar advise all items due by 10 on publication day. Events include Fairfield street dance at the Chamber of Commerce pilot, Methodist Church basement reunion at Keota, White Shrine Club picnic at Izaak Walton Leave Club House, and annual reunions at Sunset Park and other venues with bring your own dish and rides arranged. Meetings span Sunday through Tuesday with locations at Ragwell Community, Masonic Temple, Wellman park, Sunset Park, and YWCA rooms.
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Advanc
Methodist Church
Keota
Robertson
Sunset Fork
WCTU
Wellman
Richard Stephens
Auxiliary
Sunset Park
Legion Hall
Tops Club
Ywca Room
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Bill Fisher
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Annie Taylor
Diagonal
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Washington County
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Carlysle
Journal
Robert West
Urbandale
Ralph Shannon
S.set
Tom
Betsy Dodder
Daryl Dodder
Ohio
Lima
Cincinnati
Kansas City
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Okla
Elmer Keith
Phoenix, Ariz
Herb Rich
Jim Edgar
Howard Moore
Mildred Rich
Becky White
Melinda
Vicki
Julia Moore
John Hamil
Max Y Howard Anderson
Fred Stone
Kenneth Cherryholmes
George Calcott
Max Mitchell
Don Blankenhorn
Arlene Fletcher
Alma Stone
Hermann, Mo
CRULL
Lee
Agency Insurance & Real Estate
DIAL
Graber
Crawfordsville
Wolf's
Osincup’s
Evening Journal
Iowa
Nold
Keo
James Leary
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Homer Mann
John Powell
Lela Miller
Wilden Miller
Bob Hill
Macon
Corinne Hill
Mt. Pleasant
Rosella Tines
Isaac Norenberg
Muscatine
Martin Shellangoski
Todayington
Paul DeLong
Safuse Journal
Ally
Washington Evening Journal
Wayland Study Club
West Park
Helen Graber
Willis Alliman
Hos
LaVerne Farmer
Glen R. McCoy
Laurence Shaffer
James Wyse
Freda
Albert Reininger
Andy ‘Tschantz
Clarence Shumaker
Omer Roth
Sherm Umphrey
United Methodist Church Women’s Society
Noah Wyse
Wade Huffman
Ethan Brooks
Glen Richemerer
Orie Keiser
Melvin Zehr
Manson
Joe Beachy
Richard Kropp
Woodburn
Ore
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Don Rich
Delbert Terry
Joan
Warren Berge
Canadian Rockies
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Montana
Minnesota
Textor
Horneck, Ta
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Steve
Debra
Lebanon
Dre
Ira Wenger
Wener
West Wayland Park
Oregon
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Orie L. Roth
Kevin
Carl
Orie Roth
Imhoff
F . Curtiss
F Wayne, Ind
David Roth
Harold Beese
Shirley
Anne
Karen
the Hultquist
Ivan Yoder
Don Don Roth
Albany
Elmer Boshart
George Geisert
Yodar Grove
New Jersey
Dwayne Peterson
Bob Yoder
Dick Yoder
Ray Roth
Loren Beachy
Baby
Helen Beachy
Ray
Lis
Rim Fee
Wereman-Nattiy
McLellans
Washington, Iowa
Richard Weaver
Fairfield
Hall Field
Trinity — United Methodist Church
Harold Cress
Boon
George Havel
Earl Stephens
Delbert Flynn
Ted Gerot
Clark Yegg
Rel
South Carolina
Bess Navy
Aletha Andra Ashby
Pilotsburg
Chamber of Commerce Pilot
Rain Jr. Ag
Bob Yerington
B. M. O’beirn
Max Smith
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Senior Citizens Potluck
Marion Ave
Towa
Sider, Shannon & Coving
Low United
Sitler
House OF Lights
Sat
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