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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1965

Page

2

Club notes highlight breakfasts and meetings

Priscilla Club hosts Miss Mae Davis at a nine o'clock breakfast for 13 members while welcoming Mrs. Glenn Holden back from illness and naming Mrs. Holden as next hostess. Golden Age Club members sew and play at the YWCA with birthday cake for Mrs. Gobble. Merry Mixer Club breakfast includes guests and new officers plan a family picnic for August 16 and September 1 meeting set with Mrs. Statler.

Priscilla Club Mae Davis Lafe Stout Glenn Holden Holden Golden Age Club YWCA Frank Gobble Ira Morrison Merry Mixer Club Oren Romine Bob Blumenstein Littleton Colo Marguerite Hering Tommy Dusenberg Mindi Mangold Nancy Coffman L.P. Statler Ted Kiesey Statler Edgar Slemmons Kiesey Karl Parcell Lloyd Phillips Clement Grif Cloyce Crone Ferne Carr Secret Sisters Sunset Park Garda

Reception Honors Royce Leichty in Wayland Hall

A Sunday reception at Sugar Creek Fellowship Hall Wayland honored newlyweds Mr and Mrs Royce Leichty The former Carla Zieglowsky daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Zieglowsky of Washington was bride The couple wed July 13 at the Little Brown Church Nashua IA They will reside in Wayland after August 4 Host couple Warren Schlatter and Rev Orie Miller spoke A guest book was signed by about 150 relatives and friends.

Wayland Sugar Creek Royce Leichty Carla Zieglowsky Carl Zieglowsky Washington Henry Leichty Doris Leichty Warren Schlatter Orie Miller Peoria Ill Edwin Leichty Ellis Leichty Cal Leichty Mahlon Leichty Raymond Schlatter Ida Stover Iowa City Jesse Stout Evert Weston Rosemary Baird Tom West Mrs. Leichty Little Brown Nashua State College of Iowa Cedar Falls Winfield

Bumper Iowa Potato Crop Indicated by Garden Specimens

Three large potatoes from Everette Pencil's South Eighth Avenue garden were shown at the Journal office. Two weighed nearly a pound and a half each, suggesting a strong crop for Iowa this year.

Iowa Journal Office Everette Pencil

Kay Berkhoff Honored At Rubio Shower For Upcoming Wedding

Miss Kay Berkhoff was honored at a prenuptial shower in the Rubio Community Building organized by the Rubio Ladies Club and Rubio Friends Church. Guests from multiple states attended as gifts were displayed on three pink and white tables amid a heart shaped backdrop and music staff. The event included readings, a guest book, and punch served by the bride’s mothers. Miss Berkhoff and Larry Bishop plan to wed August 18.

Kay Berkhoff Rubio Kathleen Morgan Kathy Berkhoff Vera Steinbeck Steinbeck Barbara Cox Helen Parcell Vaneta Derby Joan Long Winnie Maurer Ida McClurg Marjorie Watson Evelyn Steinbeck Clarence Berkhoff Don Bishop Sr Walter Leet Elkton Texas Nebraska Virginia Ohio Minnesota Iowa Miss Berkhoff Larry Bishop

Births and admissions listed for Washington area

Admitted yesterday Kenneth Kauff man Washington medical. Births yesterday Mr and Mrs Paul Hammes Keota a son. Today Mr and Mrs Walter Horning Jr Washington a son. Today Mrs Veda Latta Washington John Beranek Riverside.

Kenneth Kauffman Washington Medical Paul Hammes Keota Walter Horning Jr Veda Latta John Beranek Riverside

Social Calendar Notices for Local Club Events

Notices detail deadline by 10 am, three day advance print. Friday Twilight League and Men's Stag at 8 pm at the Country Club with Thursday reservations. Sunday Morning Reunion at noon and Swift Reunion at 1 pm in Sunset Park. Monday Wash-away Tops at 7 pm in YWCA rooms. Includes salad supper weigh-in deadline and a short County Fair related meeting.

Twilight League Men’s Stag Country Club Saunders Park Mt. Pleasant Swift Reunion Sunset Park YWCA

Days celebrate 25th wedding anniversary Barnyard Frolic

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Day marked their twenty fifth anniversary with a Barnyard Frolic at their home in Iowa City area. More than a hundred friends enjoyed swimming, dancing, and visiting on the lawn with a buffet by Emma Barnett. An Iowa City band provided music for dancing. Out of town guests included multiple relatives from At lantic Illinois Libertyville Cedar Rapids Des Plaines and other nearby cities.

Robert Day South Iowa Emma Barnett Iowa City

Swedish quintuplets born after hormone treatment lead to two deaths

Quintuplets born to a Swedish woman after fertility hormones, two premature babies died soon after birth. In Auckland another set of quintuplets also born to a hormone-treated mother is thriving. The local quintuplets were born 11 weeks early, each weighing about two pounds. two boys died within six hours, a boy and two girls remain in incubators. Prof. Carl Gemzell confirmed hormone use. hospital notes indicate limited success of the treatment across cases.

Falun Sweden UPI Shirley Ann Lawson Auckland N.Z Carl Gemzell Upsala University Hospital Gemzell Lawson

Draft calls and mobilization shift amid Vietnam tensions

Johnson doubles draft calls as Army braces for manpower pinch. Plans include at least one 15 000 man division and several independent brigades for home defense while 50 000 experienced troops head to Vietnam. Training centers expand at Fort Dix Fort Ord Fort Jackson Fort Polk and other posts to handle influx. Military leaders weigh political impact of a massive mobilization.

Congress Johnson Army Viet Nam Ft. Dix N.J Ft. Ord Calif Ft. Jackson S.C Ft. Polk Ft. Leonard Wood Ft. Knox

Elmore-McFarland vows exchanged at Ainsworth

Rebecca Jean Elmore daughter of Mrs Eugene Elmore and David McFarland son of Mr Mrs Lloyd McFarland were married Saturday morning at 10 at the Methodist Church in Ainsworth Rev Stephen Root officiated the double ring ceremony Mrs Dale Roberts played the organ The bride wore a royal blue street length dress and Rebecca was honored earlier at a coffee for twenty two friends and relatives

Ainsworth Duane Hazen Rebecca Elmore Rebecca Jean Elmore Eugene Elmore David McFarland Lloyd McFarland Stephen Root Dale Roberts

Local social notes from Washington area gatherings

Mr and Mrs Stanley Man gold hosted relatives for Mrs McCartney birthday and great grandson Scott Mangold. Guests included William McCartney of Millersburg Miss Cissy Barr Belfast Ireland, Bill Mangold Kalona Paul Johnson Kay White families. Visits by Howard Mangold and Adolph Havel. Barbara Brinton of Iowa City, a Washington native, graduates with special honors August 4. Orville Flory family trip to Colorado includes Estes Park Englewood and Wichita visits.

Stanley Mangold William McCartney Millersburg Cissy Barr Belfast Ireland Bill Mangold Kalona Paul Johnson Kay White Barbara Brinton Iowa City Washington University of Iowa Miss Brinton Lyle Brinton Wanda Brinton Orville Flory Colorado Jerry Flory Adair Estes Park Bernard Jackson Englewood Colo H.P. Flory S.M. Flory Wichita Kan

Gene McCracken at state camp

Gene McCracken left Monday to attend the Youth Leadership Camp at Madrid for the week. Mary Beth Evans and Susan Evans traveled from Hayes, Kansas to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs S A Stephens and plan a move to Danville Illinois. The article also notes deaths and visits among local families in Ainsworth on July 26.

Ainsworth Paul Acton Eldon Lee Conry Conry David Kuntz Ronnie Harry Kuntz Washington Dick Blanchard Gene McCracken Madrid Mary Beth Susan Evans Hayes Kansas S. A. Stephens Danville Ill Cleveland Ohio Jim McCreedy Brenda

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