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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1971
Page
2
Rev and Mrs Jenara Peterson and family visited Mr and Mrs Tom Peterson at their Blanche Lake cabin in Minnesota before heading to Council Bluffs to see relatives. Also notes hospital stays and local education outreach from Kirkwood Community College in August.
Lain Messer was named president of the Washington Community Chest board at a meeting on Wednesday. John Scheldrup was elected vice-president. New directors include Mrs. Martha Boshart Ed Bean John Scheldrup Tom Pace and P E Holder. Clem Dold chairs the budget and admissions committee. Plans were set for an October campaign.
Club activities include Miss Barbara Warner and Barbara Warner leading Rainbow Girls in Mt Pleasant for the Grand Worthy Advisor visit by Miss Jacque Moss Ankeny Shew Moss Sherry Bash and others A skit Wizard of Rainbow was presented and a slumber party with wiener roast planned for August 7 at Barbara Warner s home Guests may ride from the Masonic Temple at 7 30 p m Initiation set for early September Sunshine Community Club hosted by Mrs George Colthurst with contests and Roll call Women in the News Guests Julia and Kathryn Richards Merry Mixers meet at Kolonial Town House with traveling bingo and a cookout planned for Sept 2
Mrs Keith Horn Miss Melanie Miksch and Miss Bernice Reed will compete in the Milk Made Magic state contest at the Iowa State Fair August 20 21 in the Communication Building Homemaker Theater Washington County Farm Bureau Women submitted eight recipes for the event six contestants per category forty eight total three entries per contestant with one tested on stage and another prepared for dairy exhibit judges will test the completed dish while an interviewer asks questions during the 8 to 10 minute presentation
Summer reading and math classes closed Friday after six weeks under the ESEA Title I program. Ninety three pupils were enrolled in reading and thirty eight in math for grades one through four. Ten sixth and seventh graders volunteered to provide individualized instruction, with field trips arranged to local facilities.
Hospital report lists Mrs. Blanche Foster Washington medical Mrs. Vera Hoskins Fairfield medical James Thompson Ainsworth medical Mrs. Marion Farrier Brighton medical Births Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hoyle Washington a son today Mr and Mrs Michael Cole Davenport a daughter Mr and Mrs Gary Bausch Columbus Junction a Dismissed Today Mrs Andrew Mast and son Kalona
Calendar notices for the column close at 10 am on the day of first publication and appear three days early. Thursday UP Church hosts an 8 p.m. ice cream social at Sunset Park with BYO table service and cake or pie. drinks provided. Residents Mrs. Robert Wiley and Mrs. Dean Batterson may bring ice cream.
Cees Endlich, a Duten student and American Field Service exchange participant, arrives home from a year in the United States living at the Max Lee residence. He recalls the journey home from New York to Copenhagen and Amsterdam, and details the bus trip, stops in Jeffersonville Saxonburg and Maryland, plus visits to New York landmarks and the DC capitol. He notes the language barrier and plans for next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Long of 913 East Main will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, August 1, at the K C Hall. They were married August 3, 1946, at Little Bit Of Heaven in Davenport. They have three children and five grandchildren. gifts respectfully declined.
A service note lists Lance Cpl Edward C Wulf 2659689 of H&S Company Command Section 1st Battalion 4th Marine Regiment 3rd Marine Division New status and unit location FPO San Francisco California 96602.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Blick of Deersville Avenue Ext Uhrichsville plan a 50th wedding anniversary open house Sunday from 2 to 4 pm at the Uhrichsville Eagle Lodge basement. They wed August 2 1921 in Ainsworth. The couple are longtime residents with sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Their children Ernest Blick Ruth Hobart Dorathy Larson Mary Ackerman and son Eugene deceased host. In service Marine Pvt William R Eckhardt son of Mr and Mrs Charles E Eckhardt Route 2 Wellman Iowa graduated recruit training at San Diego Depot.
Descendants of Philip Fishburn gathered for the 55th annual reunion in the schoolhouse at the Fairgrounds. John Fishburn presided as president, with Opal Putnam as social chair. Attendees included members from Muscatine, Cedarville, Denver, and beyond, while historical notes traced the German-born ancestor to 1722 and Revolutionary War service. The 1972 meeting was slated for the fourth Sunday in July at the same location.
Ken Light, local radio station manager, addressed the Washington Business and Professional Women's Club on women’s influence in wealth and trends. He compared 1920 radio stations to today’s 1,600 and noted 130 stations in town versus 70 in Los Angeles. A roll call referenced Fairs. guests included Lillian McFarland Wendy Marek Rita Maggert and others.
Lowell Alan Swarthar of Kingston was fined ten dollars by the justice of the peace for speeding.
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