Passing Years In Washington Chronicle Highlights
Local notes from Washington recount marriages and births, travel for family vacations, and civic updates. Highlights include engagements, a nursing school closure, community projects, and progress on a new band stand in Central Park. The column records residents across Washington and nearby towns with dates and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Better Washington Club
Central Park
Local Notes and Marginal News Roundup
Jimmy Wells injured himself while helping his dog at the chute ride. John Park arrives from Polo Mo as Milwaukee depot agent. Junior high class of eighty five graduates. Frost reports and crops freeze on June 4, 1859. Wayland Drum corps Memorial Day parade draws 600 children, 100 autos, 60 American Legion members. Military funeral for Dale Reeves who died of pneumonia in France August 17, 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Wells
John Park
Polo, Mo
Milwaukee Depot
Wayland
American Legion
Dale Reeves
France
Monmouth College Scraps and Local Rail Talk
A jumble of small town notes details a light wood leg loan saga to a heavier return, college antics at Monmouth sparring over nothing, and rail service talk as Milwaukee prospects loom. Names of locals and travelers appear in a casual recap of weekend outings and an engagement rumor from Chicago.
Clothing and daily image influence on professional respect
The text argues that appearance shapes perception across professions, claiming outfits convey competence and confidence. It suggests that dressing to fit one’s role impacts others’ trust and can elevate or undermine credibility in daily interactions.
Washington Week in Review Highlights Local notices
Washington residents saw a flurry of items from weed notices on private land to veterans fundraisers. Local bands, summer music classes registration, junior fair canvassing, car wrecks, church services, and union park programs were announced along with memorial day observances and a host of community events and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YWCA
Union
Central Park
Washington Ministerial Association
Union Park
Washington
Maple Grove
John Durst
Durst
Wellman
Washington County Fair Board
Chatauquay
Ed Hotle
Keota
Hotle
Washington County
Richard Knack
Paul
Ed McCreedy
Detroit
Mich
J. R. McCreedy
West Second Street
Leslie Gates
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Corn Growing Weather Returns to Washington on Memorial Day
Washington observes Memorial Day with sincere tributes to the war dead and warm community acts. A group of Iowa City handicapped children picnicked on Earl Davis farm, riding a pony and meeting animals, while neighbors helped John Durst plant 70 acres of corn. Over 200 residents urged Congress to act on price controls.
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Washington
Des Moines
Keith Barnes
Brighton
Iowa
High Schol
L. J. Kehoe
Ken Thatcher
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Mary Justine George
Washington Rotary Club
England
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
America
Union Vacacion Bible School
Lincoln School
Wilma O'Riley
Joe
Mr. Davis
Albert Lay
John Durst
Mr. Durst
Win Durst
Pauline Reuss
Clyde Pratt
Roy Sauerbrunn
St. Louis
Pratts
LeRoy Pratt
Lester Jones
Merle Twine
Crawfordsville
Bennie
Stephen Wiggers
Tom Robb
Wallace
Barnes
Oral Davidson
University Hospital
Iowa City
Washington County
Office of Price Administration
Washington High School
Central Park
Edsall Brown
Brown
State Theatre
U. S. Army
Woodlawn Cemetery
Earl
From Our Neighboring Newspapers Shouts at picnic for hospital school group
Shouts of joy followed a hospital school group from Iowa City as 58 people, including 28 children and 30 staff, visited the Earl Davis farm south of Washington for a woods picnic after weeks of planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital School
Iowa City
Earl Davis
Washington
Davis
the Nazarene Church
Wendall Rider
Susan
Ann
Iowa’ City
Virginia Dare
Marshalltown
W. W. Hise
Louise White
Keota
WCTU
George Chapel
United Presbyterian Church
Hospital News and Obituaries Summary
Admissions and discharges listed for Keota Packwood Washington and Kalona towns. Notables include mothers Nola Faulkner and Mable Dunston. Birth notices cite Kalona and Richland with several newborns and infant names.
Notable Washington Surgical Updates
Tuesday report lists Janet August ine and Margaret Ann Pratt in Washington for medical procedures including tonsillectomies. Leon Hash of Wellman and Julia Carolyn Kallous, Washington, along with Nancy Conley also in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Augustine
Washington
Surgical
Margaret Ann Pratt
Leon Hash
Wellman
Julia Carolyn Kallous
Nancy Conley
Medical notes scattered across Washington and surrounding areas
Wednesday entries list Roslyn Mayer and Mildred Kupka among surgical patients in Washington along with Mrs Alton Clark and Martha Stannard in Brighton. Today includes Janice Rotzinger and Joe H Jones with Leonard Schantz in Crawfordsville. Also noted are Mrs Lulu Miller and Mrs Leonard Fritz with a baby in Brighton and the Eschers with a newborn son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roslyn Mayer
Mildred Kupka
Washington
Alton Clark
Martha Stannard
Brighton
Janice Rotzinger
Joe H. Jones
Ainsworth
Leonard Schantz
Crawfordsville
Lulu Miller
Leonard Fritz
Baby Son
Richard Escher
Thursday appendectomy notes and today’s case
Allan Thompson underwent an appendectomy at Isadore Houseal with surgical procedure. Betty Kunik also had an appendectomy today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Thompson
Isadore Houseal
Betty Kunik
Funeral services for Mrs W W Durst in Wellman Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs W W Durst who died in an Iowa City hospital after a 10 day stay were held at 2 pm in the Wellman Methodist church with Rev Bissinger in charge and burial in Wellman cemetery. Mrs L E Blick, 71, died at 5 am Monday at her home 608 South Avenue B after years of illness but recent severe illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Brindley
R. B. DeLa
YMCA
Dave Elder
Joe Falk
Elder
Ottumwa Courier
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Ottumwa
W. W. Durst
Iowa City
Wellman
Bissinger
L. E. Blick
South Avenue
Peter Hanson Neis dies after 20 days in Iowa City hospital
Peter Hanson Neis, 72, died Tuesday at University Hospital in Iowa City after a 20 day illness and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Peter Hanson Neis
University Hospital
Iowa City
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John Sherman
Kahoka, Mo
A. Claire Dewey
Dewey
Lee Holland
Dan
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Denver
Colo
John A. Miller
Kalona
Della Humphreys
Griffith Humphrey
R. G. Cherry
Mary Cherry Stewart
John and
Paul Stewart
Dallas
Texas
C. A. Boice
Daghter Sevilla
Chicago
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Boice
Cleveland
American Medical Association
Mary Virginia Steck
Fred Steck
Owosso
James William Brammer
Lillian Bell
the Fox
State Theater
James Selfmoeller
Darrell Burham
Miss Bell
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Helen Foster
Corning
John Foster
Ruth
O. J. Brown
Camp Jowie
Capt. Brown
Dale M. Bower
Mary Mi
Gene Tucker
Gerald Carris
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Randolph Field
San Antonio
Robert Stutsman
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Dr. J. KE. Stutsman
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Orville Elder
H. H. McCleery
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F. W. [Eastwood
Edna
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Muscatine
Myra Jane Knapp
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John Bryson
State Department
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Women’s General Missionary Society
H. R. Crayton
Wilbur Miller
Hell
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Fred Anderson
Anderson
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Donald
Fred Matthese
Grand Jury
Nash
Effie van Sickle
Bessie Bovee
Evelyn Eldridge
Miss Conner
George Stewart Jr
Walter Conner
Will Walton
Rose Avery
C. H. Wilson
Monmouth College
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Democrat
Harry Mount
Paris
Trousseau
Coppock
Chicagua
Alice Fluke
Kate Bell
Josephine Babcock
Etha Williamson
Keokuk
Morton Keeley
Dr. H. C. Hull
John Babcock
Stanley Miller
News Review of the
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Fred Downing
American Legion Auxiliary
Marie #itsele
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City of
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W. B. Dupuis
Vernon Witting
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Jimmie Meyer
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W. J. Grossheim
I. A. Hahn
C. R. Reed
Milo Phillips
Basil McBee
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
K. E. Frederick
Ronnie
Lance
Tulsa
Okla
C. J. Phillips
Frederick
Phillips
Marine Corps
Camp LeJeune
North Carolina
Albert Wehr
Ralph Wehr
Olds
Robert Day
Atlantic
H. T Shranger
B. H. van Meter
St. James Church
Father and Sons Izaak Walton League
St. James
Fred Hixson
Meyer
Fanny Keisele
Douglas
William Eisele
Wayne Chown
Ankeny
Katherine Marbourg
Waterloo
Dawson Sisters
Anna
Elizabeth
Etna
Franklin Center
W. C. Durst Wednesesday
Homer
Richard Brinning
Ed Peiffer
John Kiene
Harold Fulton
H. J. Brenneman
Frank
Robert Kleese
Harold Boh
John Hough
Leo Graf
Merle
Ronnie Sheetz
John Sheetz
Howard Greiner
Willard Hole
Jean Slemmer
Hubert Redlinger
Ethel Slemmer
Lester Olsen
School For Handicapped Children
Duke
N. H. Dennison
Deanna
Carthage
R. Noonan
Clerk of District Court
Palmer Schilling
Ward Hixson
Donald Meyer
Wellman Advance
R. W. Wirtz
Wellman Community Club
Wirtz
United States
Batavia
New York
Winfield Beacon
MT. Pleasant
Henry County
Boy Scout Organization
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hospital News
Nola Faulkner
Roy Musgrove
Charles Johnson
John Richards
Jim Jenkins
Mable Dunston
Packwood
David Masson
Sylvanius Miller Jr
Robert Brinton
Cloyce Dill
Marita Mullen
Ronald Horn
Stephen Talbot
Allen Hunsaker
Dixie Edmondson
Wilfred McDonald
Olin Harris
George R. Norman
Tommy Treiffer
Luella Pfeifer
Richland
Wayne Vogel
W. G. Stewart
Paul Shettler
Lee Lavalleur
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Ed Nardy
Charles Snedigar
Milton Thomas
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