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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1964
Page
2
Young people from the First Assembly of God attended the sectional youth rally in Keokuk to hear the Revival Time Choir. The Springfield Missouri group, consisting of Central Bible Institute students, is on a 30 day tour after college, performing gospel songs and broadcasting weekly to a worldwide audience.
Marvin Lambert Furnas of rural Letts was charged with reckless driving and fined 100 dollars by Justice Les Eicher. Harry John Miller of 810 East Madison Washington was charged with speeding and fined 10 dollars by Justice Glenn Holden.
Two men owe a friend a dollar each, totaling two hundred pennies placed in a bucket and buried under sand. The friend seeks the sandbox start and is said to be in business. Flowers in a sick room are praised as good medicine and hospital deliveries are made regularly.
Judith Lee Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley C Jones of Aurora Illinois is engaged to Charles Joseph Nugaris son of Kazimers Nugaris of Kearny New Jersey and the late Mrs Nugaris The couple plans to wed June 20 at Grace Lutheran Church in Aurora Illinois and both have ties to local and regional universities and employers.
Admitted yesterday Beverly Davisson Washington surgical Theodore Simons Washington medical. Yesterday Mr and Mrs Charles Gibson Washington a son Mr and Mrs George Fulton Crawfordsville a son. Today Mrs Clifford Snyder Washington Wesley Showman Courtland Ill Mrs Carrie Radenold Ainsworth.
24 Hour Ambulance Service offered by Sherman Eden Funeral Home with phone contact Olympia 3 2164.
Margarette Pratt of Washington was hosted Sunday afternoon by Mrs Terry Wright of Winfield assisted by her mother Mrs Ernest Jones at a Tupperware bridal shower. Pink and white decor featured peonies and a pink heart centerpiece. Aunt Mrs Alvin Jones and Sue made satin ring pillows revealing the wedding date. Mrs Ernest Jones and Mrs Alvin Jones poured. Cindy and Sue Jones served. Pratt will wed Steve Johnson on June 13.
Notices list various meetings and events across groups such as DAR U Go Club Women’s Society Methodist Church Good Will Club Des sert Lions and Rotary in Washington with times from 1:30 p.m. to 9 a.m. and venues including churches clubs and Masonic Temple.
The Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Women Association hosts a Friday morning meeting with a coffee hour. Circle V runs the program and Circle III hosts the coffee with Mrs. Ted Meyers in charge. A nursery for preschool children will be provided.
The Walter A. Smith Memorial piano was dedicated during Morning Worship on Sunday May 31 at First Methodist Church. Dr Schwartz led the service Mrs Walter Smith presented the gift and Ralph Martin accepted for the trustees. Mrs Lyle Grove performed a two instrument solo and is the Smiths daughter. Mrs Smith thanks everyone for contributions to the memorial fund.
Local figures attended events and welcomed guests over the weekend. Pat Reher and Annette Ick joined friends in celebrations while the Ward and Peterson families attended college graduations. Married couples hosted visitors from Abingdon Wellman Des Moines and Ames with extended family events noted. Larry Stransky earned a degree in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Slemmons of near West Chester announce the engagement of their daughter Lois Kay Slemmons to William A. Sangster son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sangster of Kirksville Missouri. Lois Kay attends Northeast Missouri State Teachers College at Kirksville Missouri while William A. Sangster serves in the United States Navy stationed in Pensacola Florida. No wedding date has been set.
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