Weekend visits and graduation notices in local area
Paul Thomassen hosted Mr and Mrs C D Lundberg his daughter and son in law and their two grandsons over the weekend. Lundbergs returned to Kiester Minnesota Monday. Doug Cox a high school graduate this May began summer work with the Iowa State Highway Commission in the survey department after his parents drove him to Ft Madison Tuesday. Relatives attended Cecilia Catherine Eschers St Marys Academy graduation in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin including Mrs Tony Redeker Mr and Mrs Ross Secrest Angela Kay Secrest Vera Escher Martha Rotenburger. The noon high mass at St Johns Catholic Church conferred diplomas and a reception followed on the Academy grounds.
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Paul Thomassen
C. D. Lundberg
Lundbergs
Kiester
Minn
Doug Cox
Dean Cox
Iowa State Highway Commission
Survey Department
Ft. Madison
Cecilia Catherine Escher
Richard Escher
Lone Tree
St. Mary’s Academy
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Ross Secrest
Angela Kay Secrest
Vera Escher
Tony Redeker
Kalona
Martha Rotenburger
St. John's Catholic Church
Academy
Mrs Badham Dies in California Monday
Mrs Maureen Swift Badham died Monday night in California of a heart attack She was a former Washington resident The funeral will be in Glendale Surviving are a daughter Damaris Chamberlin four grandchildren four sisters and three brothers The deceased was a daughter of the late A D and Elizabeth Swift One daughter and other immediate relatives preceded her in death
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Maureen Swift Badham
California
Washington
Glendale
Calif
Damaris Chamberlin
Mary St. Magdalen
Illinois
Mary Evangelice
Memphis
Everette
A. D
Elizabeth Swift
Washington Evening Journal masthead and details
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists editorial and advertising leadership including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th and includes postal and association affiliations and subscription rate notes.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Betts
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Community Pre-School Planned For Next Fall
Preliminary plans for a community pre school in Washington were discussed at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church. The church will host the project while remaining non church affiliated. Board members named include Mrs Mary Stewart Roger Stout Mrs Lawrence Whisler Mrs Richard Wiley James Lloyd and others. Rev Vernon Elgin outlined structures and committees. The program is slated to open next Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Marion Avenue
Mary Stewart
Roger Stout
Lawrence Whisler
Richard Wiley
James Lloyd
George Krogmeier
Wayne Ganon
Vernon Elgin
Washington Y's Men hear exchange student Charlotte Stanley
Washington High School student Charlotte Stanley spoke at the Washington Y's Men meeting about her Finnish family host visit during last summer as part of an American Field Service exchange. She showed colored slides from Finland and a trip aboard a ship with other exchange students. A ladies night program was announced for later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Stanley
Washington High School
Finland
Washington Y’s Men
Charlotte
Spraying Against Millipedes with Levin In Iowa Homes
An ISU extension entomologist notes millipedes in southern Iowa homes. Harold Gunderson describes them as dark brown with many legs resembling worms. They thrive in damp decaying vegetation and enter homes through cracks. Spraying Sev in on fountain walls and lawns can control them, but children and pets should stay off for at least an hour.
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Iowa State University Extension
Iowa
Harold Gunderson
Everett Meeker Joins Livingston Day and Bates Firm
Everett Meeker joins the Washington law firm as of June 1, with the firm expanding to Livingston Day Meeker and Bates. A State University of Iowa College of Law graduate, Meeker has prior experience from 1955 to 1960 with local firms and in Iowa City. He is married with three children and will reside in Washington.
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Washington
Livingston Day and Bates
Everett Meeker
Livingston, Day, Meeker
Community notices include weddings, milestones, and deaths
Local items report several family events and milestones: Clair Beaty funeral in town with California and Oklahoma relatives. Vernon Witting mourns Milner cousin Della Pine. Chris McCleery wins a Colorado college scholarship with June high school graduation for Kay McCleery. Carla Grimes hosts a going away party and plans to study liberal arts at Marshalltown Junior College. Linda Johnson Jr. graduates from Muscatine Community College. Mr and Mrs Daering and Mr and Mrs Harvey host Mary Harvey. Chris Woods undergoes eye surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City and returns home.
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Chris McCleery
Colorado State College
Ft. Collins
Chris
Sam McCleery
Washington
Littleton,Colo
Littleton
Kay
Arapahoe High School
Carla Grimes
Carla
Max Lees
California
Marshalltown Junior College
Hesperia Ave
Reseda
Calif
Chris Woods
Ted Woods
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Associate Presbyterian Bible School Sets June Sessions
All children are invited to the Associate Presbyterian Bible School from June 6 to 10, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., for ages three through eight. Mrs. Ralph Howell will supervise. Rev. S. Ray Blair will lead opening exercises. Teachers coordinate each department with several assistants and volunteers from the church.
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Associate Presbyterian Bible School
Ralph Howell
S. Ray Blair
Ray Blair
Gerald Vandenurg
Earl Hiller
Cheryl Howell
Gerald Bender
Raymond Wilson
Gaylen Jarrard
Lois McBee
Don Wilson
Eddie Kleese
Ralph Wilson
Mary McBee
John Skubal
Gary Todd
Conservation camp to open on June 5 Iowa Teachers Camp Returns This Year
The Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp enters its seventeenth year at Springbrook State Park. Three-week sessions begin June 5 with tuition of 54 dollars for undergraduates and 57 dollars for graduates per session. Room and board plus expenses run 69.50 per session. Scholarships exist in most counties. Contacts include local Soil Conservation District garden clubs service clubs and Izaak Walton League with sponsorship by the State Conservation Commission State Department of Public Instruction and State College of Iowa.
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Iowa
Springbrook State Park
Soil Conservation District
Garden Club
Sportsmen's Clubs
Federated Women’s Clubs
Service Clubs
Izaak Walton League
The
State Conservation Commission
State Department of Public Instruction
State College of Iowa
Edgar A. Ralston Dies at 71 in Waterloo
Edgar A. Ralston, 71, former Waterloo school administrator and business manager for Waterloo schools, died Sunday in Waterloo. Funeral held at 10:30 a.m. today at Westminster Presbyterian Church Waterloo with burial in Thornburg, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Ralston
Waterloo
Fromer
Washington
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Thornburg
Iowa
Light UFO sighting over Washington reported by two men
Two Washington men, Kline and Walker, reported seeing two bright lights moving rapidly in the night sky over St Marion Avenue around midnight Tuesday. They described the objects as brighter than planets, traveling from north to south and northwest to southeast, with no sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reunidenti
Kline
St. Marion Avenue
N.w
S.e. Walker
The
Journal
VFW Members Attend District Meeting and Memorial Services
Washington County VFW members joined the first district meeting of posts and auxiliaries in Muscatine. Attendees from the Washington post included Meryl Steele and several couples, naming Steele as senior vice commander and Carr Earll and Gray for district offices. The group also traveled to Keokuk for Memorial services at National Cemetery, carrying flags in the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
VFW
Muscatine
Washington Post
Meryl Steele
Glenn Widmer
Merle Allison
Walter Carr
Delbert Earll
Max Arbogast
Willard Gray
Keokuk
National Cemetery
Charles Lucas
Ann Marie
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Evening Journal
Spurgeons
Spurgeon
Lady Pepperell
Lady Pepperell Bridal Bouquet
Lady Pepperell Rose Romance
Blitz Brothers
By Sakren
Georgia Cummings
Sacramento
Harold Beaty
Mt. Pleasant
Clair Beaty
L. W. Carpenter
H. W. Ramsdell
Muskogee
Okla
Brooklyn
Tama, Towa
Spencer Thompson
Vernon Witting
Vancouver
Wash
George L. Johnson Jr
Muscatine Community College
Linda
Duane Daering
Hills
Richard Harvey
Mary Harvey
Assoc. Presbyterian Bible School
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Ralston
Madagascar
Africa
Melanesia
Indonesia
VFW Group
Catherine Young Young School OF Beauty
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Lowa
Eastman
KODAK
Chiclets Dentyne
Aquanet
Polaroid
BEXEL
Walgreens
Tenn
Clairol
Benjamin Moore
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