PROGRAM STARTS TODAY Full YMCA summer schedule
The YMCA begins Monday June 2 with building hours 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily except Sundays. Summer swim classes start 9:00 with Beginner Minnow and Fish slots, noon adult swim 12:00-1:00, Tadpole afternoon 1:00 2:00 and 3:00, and boys open swim 4:00-5:00 on Mon Wed Thu. Evening family activities 6:30-8:00 and Jr Sr high open swim 8:00-9:00 asked. Additional camps trips announced later including Father Son Camp at Camp Arrowhead and others. Call for details.
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YYMCA
Board of
YMCA
Jack Kiesey
Burlington
Des Moines
Camp Arrowhead
Lake Darling
North Woods
Canadian
Mrs Wheeler 91 dies at Ainsworth funeral Tuesday
Mrs Carrie L Wheeler age 91 of Ainsworth died Sunday at Washington County Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 30 p m at Sherman ne Funeral Home with Rev Jerry Richards officiating. Burial in Ainsworth Cemetery. She was born November 22 1877 in Washington County to James and Alice Gift Walker and spent most of her life in the county. Surviving are daughter Mabel Cox two grandchildren Dean Cox and Helen Sexton and three great grandchildren, two brothers Lloyd and Dell Walker. Her husband Samuel Wheeler and son Burton preceded her in death.
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Carrie L. Wheeler
Ainsworth
Washington County ‘Hospital
Shermanne Funeral
Jerry Richards
Ceme
Wheeler
Washington County
James
Alice
Gift Walker
Ains Sworth
Samuel T. Wheeler
Royal Neighbors
Ray
Mabel) Cox
Washington
Dean ”Cox
Helen) Sexton
Silevas, Ill
Lloyd
Dell Walker
Burton
Lewis Dusenberry Dies in Davenport at 57
Lewis Dusenberry 57 of Davenport, a former Washington resident, died unexpectedly early Sunday. He was once employed by McDaniel Drug Store. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Range Funeral Chapel in Davenport with burial there. Survived by his wife, a sister Mrs Willard Reschly of Washington, and a brother John Dusenberry.
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Lewis Dusenberry
Davenport
Washington
Dusenberry
McDaniel Drug Store
Range
Willard Reschly
John Dusenberry
Mrs. Emery M. Yoder Dies at 74 in Kalona
Mrs. Emery M. Yoder 74 of Kalona died at home Sunday after a heart attack. Funeral at Lord Deer Creek Mennonite Church Wednesday at 10 a.m. burial in Lord Creek Cemetery. Born Vertie Grengrich January 31, 1895 she lived in Johnson County all her life and was active in community affairs. Survived by husband married 1913 two sons Glenn Albany Oregon Wayne Kalona Orval Oxford. three daughters Lloyd Zehr Albany Oregon Evan Whitesell Colorado Springs Colorado Marion Liechty Albany Oregon. three sisters Katy Kinsinger Irma Grengrich Velma Spicher all Kalona. one brother Willard Grengrich Coralville. fifteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends may call at Yoder Funeral Home Kalona.
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Kalona
Emery M. Yoder
Erron B
Susie Brennan Grengrich
Johnson County
Glenn
Albany
Oregon
Wayne
Orval
Oxford
Lloyd Zehr
Evan Whitesell
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Marion Liechty
Katy Kinsinger
Irma Grengrich
Velma Spicher
Willard Grengrich
Coralville
Yoder Funeral Home
Accident Near Long Creek Bridge Ties Up Hwy 218
Washington county sheriff deputies investigated a single truck accident just north of the Long Creek Bridge on 218 at noon May 31. A pickup pulling a horse trailer with three horses began to swerve, the trailer whipped, the hitch broke, and the trailer overturned into a ditch. The horses were uninjured. Driver was Arthur J. Dawe III of Homewood Illinois.
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Washington County Sheriff's Deputies
Long Creek Bridge
Arthur J. Dawe, III
Homewood
Illinois
Kinross Woman Lula Wagamon Dies at 79
Mrs Lula Wagamon 79 of Kinross died this morning June 2 1969 at Shenk Nursing Home Wellman where she had lived six months Funeral set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Kinross Christian Church Rev Harley Yates in charge Burial in Brethren Cemetery Friends may call at Powell Funeral Home South English after 3 pm Tuesday Survived by son Doyle South English two daughters Laurene Nicola Brighton and Geral dine Wilkins Wellman 21 grandchildren 32 great grandchildren 3 great great grandchildren Also three sisters predeceased by husband in 1963 and two sons Loren Nelbourne Lavone and one grandchild.
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Kinross
Lula Wagamon
Shenk
Wellman
William
Eliza Wagamon
Kinross Christian Church
Royal Neighbors
Doyle
South English
Jess
Laurene) Nicola
Brighton
Dean
Geraldine) Wilkins
Wagamon
Loren
Nelbourne
Lavone
Melvilles and Reschlys Vacationing Near Memorial Day
Mr and Mrs Ralph Melville Mr and Mrs Lynn Melville and Tamara spent over Memorial Day with Mr and Mrs Edwin Reschly at Glenn Ellyn Woods Illinois returning home Saturday.
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Ralph Melville
Lynn Melville
Tamara
Edwin Reschly
Glenn Ellyn Woods
Ill
Hospital Admits and Discharges Across Washington Area
Hospital records list admissions on Saturday and Sunday including Doris Dittmer Brighton medical Mary McBeth Richland medical Jerry Cline Brighton medical Floyd Blankenhorn Washington medical James Dempsey Washington medical Hadley Waltman Brighton medical Glenn Pratt Washington medical Raymond Crone Washington medical Richard Collins Washington medical Today Sara Robertson Washington medical Dismissed Sunday Mrs William Hemmings Washington Today Mrs Donald McFarland and daughter Ainsworth Mrs Ronald Nash and daughter Keota Mrs Russell Leichty and son Washington Carmi Crossett West Chester Births Today Mr and Mrs Lonnie Griggs Columbus Junction a daughter Long Term Care Dismissed today Bernice Negus Washington Admitted Sunday Joseph Hines Washington medical
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Doris Dittmer
Brighton
Mary McBeth
Richland
Jerry Cline
Floyd Blankenhorn
Washington
James Dempsey
Hadley Waltman
Glenn Pratt
Raymond Crone
Richard Collins
Sara Robertson
William Hemmings
Donald McFarland
Ainsworth
Ronald Nash
Washington County NFO Meets June Fourth at Fairgrounds
The regular monthly meeting of the Washington County NFO will be held on Wednesday June 4 at 8 p.m. at the fair grounds.
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NFO
Washington County Nfo
Fairgrounds
Everett Coffin Dies at Fairfield Convalescent Home
Everett Coffin a lifelong Jefferson County resident and retired farmer died Sunday at the Fairfield Convalescing Home after a three week illness. Services were held at Pleasant Plain Friends Church with Rev. Wade Dillavoy officiating and burial in the local cemetery. He was born May 1 1878 at Pleasant Plain to Henry and Avis Smith Coffin and married Corie Waters in 1899 and Elvira Alice Jones in 1915, both preceded him in death. Surviving are children Edith Pencil Bertha Reinecke Mabel Irving Earl Glenn Mildred Mendenhall two sisters 11 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren.
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Brighton
Everett Coffin
Fairfield
Pleasant Plain
Corie Waters
Elvira Alice Jones
Edith Pencil
Washington
Bertha Reinecke
New Mexico
Mabel Irving
Elmhurst
Ill
Earl
Glenn
Boise
Idaho
Mildred Mendenhall
Myrtle Arndt
Emporia
Kansas
Elise Elmore
Prescott, Ariz
Unusual cross of light seen on the moon
Mrs. Howard Van Ness reported two bright straight streaks forming a cross across the moon early this morning. She asks if others observed the sight. The letter to the Journal notes an omission: Fareway Food Store should have been thanked for sending the Des Moines Register to patients at Washington County Hospital.
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Moon
Howard van Ness
Journal
Duane J. Shalla
Satturday
Fareway Food Store
Daily Des Moines Register
Washington Couaty Hospital
Graveside rites for Rath infant today in Riverside
Graveside services for Jennifer Ann Rath infant daughter of Robert and Anna Buss Rath of Riverside were held at 1 30 p m in Memory Gardens at Iowa City. Jennifer Ann was born and died Sunday June 1 at University Hospital Iowa City Sorden and Adams of Riverside directed arrangements
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Riverside
Jennifer Ann Rath
Robert
Anna Buss Rath
Memory Gardens
Iowa City
Jennifer Ann
University Hospital
Sorden and Adams
Frederick Hensel Returns From Vietnam Tour
Local note reports Frederick Hensel arrived in Des Moines Saturday evening after a 13 month Vietnam duty and is now separated from the army. Other items mention E William Kaska’s ordination at Sacred Heart Cathedral Davenport and Father Kaska’s first mass at St Marys Fairfield, with visiting relatives from St Louis and Twin Lake. Reschly family moved to Glen Ellyn Woods Illinois from Westfield New Jersey, where Mr. Reschly works for H E Becker Co. Everette Simpson from Cedar Falls visits his mother Iva Simpson.
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Frederick Hensel
Des Moines
Vietnam
Hensel
Army
Clem Eagle
E. William Kaska
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Davenport
Father Kaska
St. Mary’s Church
Fairfield
Edwin Reschily
Westfield
New Jersey
Glen Ellyn Woods
Ill
Reschly
H. E. Becker Co
Chicago
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Donut Holes
Fern Pastry
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West Side Square
Dick Paul
North Side Square
Randolph Kelsey
Yan
Wolf
Wolf's Flower Shop
Pee Eee
West Side
Payne
Dial
Albert
Everette Simpson
Cedar Falls
Iva Simpson
Osincup
Polaroid
Pepsi-Cola
Nester
Pillsbury
Jar
Pleasmor Soda
Decker
Caton OE
Fuhr
Cochran
Estt Food Center
Dale Fuhr
Joe Cochran
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