Memorial Day and graduation time events in Washington Iowa
Recap of local happenings from Memorial Day weekend including eighth grade graduation at Pleasant Plain, family visits to the Bell farm near Pekin, and travel plans of John Bell to attend YMCA events in Geneva and tours through Europe. Also notes marriages, surgeries, births, moves, and community visits across Washington and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Beenblossom
Harry Lauderman
Washington
Chester Spangler
Ronnie
Crawfordsville
Pleasant Plain
Shirley Lauderman
Fairfield High School
Social Calendar highlights church and club events
Notices list upcoming meetings and gatherings for Friday Saturday and Monday. Included are First Presbyterian UPW guest speaker Mrs W W Nolin at Marion Ave church breakfast, Rebekah Lodge IOOF Hall VFW events, picnic in Sunset Park, square dance at Legion Hall with Ernie Felsted, reception for guests from Indonesia and Sudan, White Shrine Bridge dessert, Rainbow Girls and other YWCA activities, DUV Farm Bureau building gathering, and Golden Age Club sack lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Upw
W. W. Nolin
Marion Ave
UPW
Sunset Park
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
VFW
Legion Hall
Ernie Felsted
First Presbyterian Church
Abednego
Indonesia
Mussaad
Sudan
White Shrine Bridge
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Girls
Rainbow Board
Ywca Council
YWCA
Mrs Floyd Avers Undergoes Surgery at University Hospitals Iowa City
Mrs Floyd Avers who has been a patient at University Hospitals Iowa City for a week underwent surgery on Wednesday. Her room number is C 53 on the fifth floor. Mrs J H Folwell and Mrs K O Shea of Davenport returned home after a Memorial Day visit with their sister in law Mrs J W Bidwell. Lynn Messer left for California with Mr and Mrs Louis Wickhart of Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Stone
Chicago
Glasgow
Scotland
Nancy
University of Edinburgh
England
Germany
France
Switzerland
Bell
World Council of Ymca
Geneva
Bremen
Ima Dawson
Brighton
George Blick
Billy
Bonnie
Iowa City
Owen Blick
Kathy
Atalissa
Emanuel Blick
West Liberty
Vern Dawson
Washington
Della Crandall
Paul Nebel
Ricky
Noble
Larry Hanshaw
Pleasant Plain
Clyde Little
Tonya Jo
Terry Knight
M. E. DeLashmutt
Millard
Lansdowne, Pa
John Pauls
Debbie
Cathy
Douglas
Dowz Shalla
A. L. Shalla
Denver
Colo
Beverly
Karen
Gary Knight
Yukon
Okla
Ill
Gary
Navy
Clara Gilbert
University Hospitals
Foster Bagge
Leon Brandt
Betty
Brawley
Calif
Brandts
Midwest
Stephens College
Columbia
Brandt
Bagge
Joe Shalla
Mercy Hospital
L. S. Reller
Clara Faulkner
Alfred Faulkner
Muscatine
Keith Faulkner
Maquoketa
Ken Humpleby
Jimmy
Burlington
Faulkner
Spurgeons Store
Harold Johnson
Spurgeons
Floyd Avers
J. H. Folwell
K. O'Shea
Davenport
J. W. Bidwell
Lynn Messer
California
Louis Wickhart
Pasadena
Mrs Wulf Hosts Bethel Missionary Society Meeting
Mrs William Wulf entertained the Bethel Presbyterian Missionary Society on Wednesday afternoon. The opening prayer was given by president Mrs Tom Walker. Mrs Nellie Juzeler reported the Year Book of Prayer and the study The Good Shepherd was reviewed by Mrs Maurice Altv ine. Refreshments followed hosted by Mrs Dean Sandburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wulf
Bethel Presbyterian Missionary Society
Tom Walker
Nellie Juzeler
Maurice Alvine
Dean Sandburg
OES Pinochle Group Holds Potluck Luncheon
Five tables of pinochle were in play at the Masonic Temple after a 12 30 p.m. pot luck luncheon. Mrs J F Larson won high score and Mrs E E Ward took the low score prize. The group will reconvene in two weeks for a 1 30 p.m. dessert prior to card games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OES
Masonic Temple
J. F. Larson
E. E. Ward
Cub Scouts Close Season With Den VII Ceremony
Cub Scouts of Den VII held their last meeting led by den mother Mrs. Ray Van Zile. Marcus McCarthy opened, Paul Fitzgerald handed out treats, and Jack Marston, denner, presented wolf and bear heads to Mike Whittaker and Kevin Krogmeier and Tom Cady along with a lion head for Scott Walker. The group did crafts and admired soft shelled turtles shown by Tom Cady. Whittaker led the closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub Scouts
den VII
Ray van Zile
Marcus McCarthy
Paul Fitzgerald
Jack Marston
Denner
Mike Whittaker
Kevin Krogmeier
Tom Cady
Scott Walker
Deaner
Mrs White Hosts Just Us Club Meeting
Mrs. G. A. White entertained 18 members of the Just Us Club on Wednesday afternoon. The program included poems read by officers, current events clippings, and several contests with bingo. Mrs. Murray Smylie read a poem about George Washington Carver and refreshments were served by Mrs. D. O Butler and Mrs. Floyd Murdock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. White
Just Us Club
EF. Harding
Murray Smylie
Floyd Murdock
D. O Butler
Murdock
Twin Oaks
Cone Lake
Women of the Moose Plan Tonight Meeting
The Academy of Friendship of the Women of the Moose hosts the chapter night program at 8 o'clock at Moose Home. The event will be formal for all officers and escorts, with Mrs. Robert Grubb announcing officers at the first June meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Friendship of the Women of the Moose
Moose
Robert Grubb
Lesson On Nutrition Shown by Astronaut
The article notes NASA nutritionists advised Commander Shepard to eat a balanced breakfast before his spaceflight. It argues his morning meal supported cell energy, brain, muscles, and nerves, enabling peak performance under stress. It urges all readers to start the day with an adequate breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Shepard
Alan Shepard
Commander Shepard
Space
Savage fighting in Angola pits rebels and Portuguese forces
In Angola turmoil pits 17 000 Portuguese and loyal native troops against rebels described as violent and brutal. Up to 1 000 natives killed by rebels and higher toll on Portuguese side. Portugal plans to add 25 000 troops as it clings to Angola amid rising anti colonial pressure and calls for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Algeria
Kenya
Dribs
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Portugal
Freeman Will Answer Questions of Farmers
A panel of nine farmers and ranchers will question Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman about the omnibus farm bill at a Midwest farm conference in Des Moines. The public meeting is at 2 p.m. in Kant Theater, with eight panelists named and a ninth from Minnesota yet to be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Agriculture
Orvile Freeman
Freeman
Kant Theater
Fred Ludwig
Laurens
Unemployment Likely To Rise In June
Washington reports that June unemployment may reach 5.5 million as graduates from the class of 1961 seek permanent full time work. Labor officials note the annual wave of graduates and temporary summer job seekers raises jobless totals despite May unemployment dropping to 4.768 million and payrolls rising to 66.778 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Seymour L. Wolfbein
Eleven Killed In Two Auto Crashes
In Texas a northbound freight collision near Angleton claimed six members of the Rose family including William J. Rose and wife Gyp sie and three children plus Manuel Oliver Sr. five teenagers died in Michigan after a car hit a stone bridge on a party return two migrant workers died in New Mexico when they leaped from a bus fire incident.
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Texas
Michigan
William J. Rose
Georgia
Angleton
Tex
Rose
Gypsie
William J. Rose Jr
Eunice Rose
Ellen Rose
Manuel Oliver Sr
Mrs. Rose
Freeport
Avoca
Mich
James R. McLean
Croswell
Barbara Baerwolf
Yale
Nancy E. Balck
Sandusky
Launce M. Hill
Alvin H. Meddaugh
Peck
Antonio RK. Romero
Anastacio C. Soterlo
Tularosa
N.M
Hospital On The Record Admits and Births Reported
Admitted yesterday Bradley Kiesey Keo ta surgical. Births today Mr and Mrs Alvin L Miller Kalona a daughter. Dismissed yesterday William Hutchinson Washington. Today Mrs Robert Wagen knecht and son Washington Mrs B H Shearer Columbus Junction Mrs Robert E Boileau Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Kiesey
Keota
Surgical
Alvin L Miller
Kalona
William Hutchinson
Washington
Robert Wagenknecht and Son
B. H. Shearer
Columbus Junction
Robert E. Boileau
Two Monmouth seniors to receive degrees at June graduation
Linda Mae Stewart of Washington and Louis Lester Pronga of Ainsworth are among 154 Monmouth College seniors to earn degrees at the annual commencement on June g a. Dr. Ralph Waldo Lloyd president of Maryville College will deliver the baccalaureate address on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Mae Stewart
Richard A. Stewart
Washington
Louis Lester Pronga
Lester Pronga
Ainsworth
Monmouth College
Ralph Waldo Lloyd
Maryville College
Stock Market Pauses After Mixed News From Vienna to Domi nican Republic
Stock prices eased with lighter activity as investors stayed cautious amid new international developments. The Dow fell slightly on weak Kodak, while Du Pont and other major industrials posted small moves. News of a Kennedy Krush meeting in Vienna and the Dominican Republic’s political climate weighed on sentiment. Rosalind Russell rules out TV coming back, saying the medium is too fast and fleeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Kennedy-Krushchev
Vienna
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Eastman Kodak
du Pont
IBM
Union Carbide
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Livestock Market Reports From Chicago and Des Moines
Chicago and Des Moines markets show hogs and cattle in mixed to steady ranges. Chicago hogs mostly 50 lower with varied weights. cattle and calves mixed, steers and heifers steady to higher, light gains in prime lots. Des Moines hogs steady to 25 cents lower with receipts around 60,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Minnesota
Marriage License Issued to Griggs and Herdlicka
Larry Orville Griggs of Columbus Junction and Wilma Lee Herdlicka of Washington received a marriage license at the courthouse on Wednesday May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Orville Griggs
Columbus Junction
Wilma Lee Herdlicka
Washington
Court House
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Wolf's Flower Shop
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