Memorial Day weekend at Washington Home events and visits
Memorial Day activities centered on residents and visitors at the Washington Home. Rev. John led Evensong themed the Secret of a Strong Nation, with family attendance at cemeteries in Keokuk and Ainsworth. Many relatives from Illinois, Iowa, and Oregon visited, attended funerals, and joined in tours, picnics, and a park opening delay due to snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Leader
Myrle
Helen Harvey
John Baird
Allen Acheson
Becky
Jenny
Myrle Baird
Kansas City
Bill Tuttle
Yellowstone Park
David Scott
John
Omaha
Scott
Margaret Tuttle
John Scott
Yellowstone
Matthew Kaufman Visits Grandparents This Weekend
Ruth Gideon reports on Matthew Kaufman visiting his grandparents, while his parents and siblings went camping. Memorial weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bradbury of Marshalltown, Bethel worship, and local social calls. Rain totals varied by area, farmers welcomed sun and rain, Bible School may be held elsewhere due to low Bethel enrollment, and two Bethel graduates Geoffery Hardy and Charles Zwicki completed high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Gideon Bethel
Matthew Kaufman
Joe Kaufman
Junior Knottnerus
Cheryl
Jeff
Henry Bradbury
Marshalltown
Mark Campbell
Bethel
Mac Wallace
Ruth Gideon
Robert Shepherd
Ralph Witthoft
Paul Rotenburgers
Mark Campbells
Ainsworth
Ray Niffeneggers
Washington
Geoffery Hardy
Charles Zwicki
Jetersons County Hospital
Conard Hanze
Bud Miller
Fairfield
Jefferson County Hospital
Gilbert Widmer
Knoxville
Linda Weise
Des Moines
Wilbert
Rose
Kathryn Williams
Keith Reighard
Robbin
Randy
Don Mullikins
Brighton
Bill Riley
KRNT
Debra Farr Weds Paul Scherrer In Riverside Catholic Rite
Debra Farr and Paul Scherrer exchanged vows Saturday at St Marys Church Riverside officiated by Rev W F Boeckman and Rev Martin B Manning. The couple, both Highland High School graduates, plan to live in Riverside with she employed at Edwards Publishing and he a Riverside town employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Debra Ana Rarrana Rawara
Scherrer
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Riverside
W.F Boeckman
Martin B. Manning
Marengo
Jim Farr
Paul Scherrer
Dorothy Prehoda Scherrer
Maureen Scherrer
Pat Farr
Brenda Farr
Mike Dautremont
McPherson, Kan
Russell Bone
Ne Oridegroom
Town City
Ron Skubal
Chuck Kron
Church Hall
Highland High School
Edwards Publishing Company
Lone Tree
University of Iowa
Bell Tower Dedication and Community Events Near Brighton
The St. Joseph's Catholic Church Bell Tower in East Pleasant Plain is dedicated Sunday at 4 p.m. A benefit concert and Fireman's Dance follow at Brighton School gym on June 3 with Washington Jazz Band and Continental Brass. Proceeds aid the band’s Switzerland trip. other local notices include class at Young's Beauty School and local family happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Meuth
Brighton
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Brighton School
Washington Jazz
Continental Brass
Volunteer Fire Dept
Switzerland
Wanda Derby
Young's Beauty School
Cedar Rapids
Allen Rebling
Harold Rebling Jr
Kitchen window by Marge Luckey Marengo
May brought a busy month with birthdays graduations and local events. Washington County Senior Citizens hosted a YMCA festival while Lone Tree hosted a Centennial preview at Riverside. Parades drew entries from bands to boats and even an old time medicine wagon. A local farmer reportedly planted 100 acres of beans in one day amid odd spring weather notes. The casserole recipe rounds out the column with a layered beef dish and flavors from hamburger bacon onions potatoes peppers celery cabbage tomatoes and a soy beef bouillon gravy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marge Luckey
Marengo
Washington County
YMCA
Lone Tree
Riverside
Centennial Belles of
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Across Keota Area
Keota residents hosted numerous weekend visitors including Joyce Bayliss Vernon Cherne and others from Guttenberg Coralville Dexter LaDora and Fairfield. Several families attended weddings hospital stays were noted for several locals and extended visits surfaced with relatives from Des Moines Burlington Cedar Rapids and Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Siewert Keota
Joyce Bayliss
Vernon Cherne
Guttenberg
Rosemary Bayliss
Coralville
Ann Hochstetler
Dexter
Donald Bayliss
LaDora
Leonard Bayliss
James Shannon
Lincoln
Neb
Ed Shannon
Barrington
Ill
Bill Shannon
Don Shannon
Houghton
Frank Peiffer
Shari Dumont
Pat Osweiler
St Josephs Catholic Church
North English
Bill Werning
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Larry Werning
Clinton
Mary Werning
Cedar Rapids
Debby Krebill
Donelson
Iowa
Joan Stout
Lori
Warren Carris
Robert Carris
Clark Johnston
Fairfield
Lyle Swartz
Gary Halverson
Chad
Slater
Keith Wells
Benford Thompson
Dee Potsander
Shawn
Angela
Davenport
Dee
Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
New York
Hubert Bruty
Brett
Washington
Bill Malley
Alicia
Maude Sanders
Keota
Robby Malley
Dena Mollenhaur
Robert Malley
Cliff Stoutner
Concordia
Kan
Boyd Stoutner
Mike Mitchell among 80 at Iowa High School Honors Institute
Iowa City students highlights include Mike Mitchell of Crawfordsville Route 1 as one of 80 juniors at the High School Honors Institute in Engineering May 30 and 31 at the University of Iowa. The two day program funds industry sponsors like John Deere, TRW, and Procter and Gamble to expose attendees to engineering careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Washington
Honors
University of Iowa
Mike Mitchell
Route 1
Crawfordsville
John Deere and Co
Moline
TRW Inc
Cleveland
Iowa Power and Light Co
Des Moines
Transportation Technology Inc
Denver
Stanley Consultants Inc
Muscatine
Amana Refrigeration Inc
Amana
Owens Brush Co
Hale Coffeen Associates
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Iowa
Pekin High School holds graduation ceremony
Graduation exercises at Pekin High School featured Dr. Alfred Schwartz speaking on The Self-Made Person Myth. Special music included a piano solo by Sally Miksch and chamber choir selections. Dale Ingle and William Anderson presented diplomas to students and the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linder Conger
Mary Connelly
Scott Connelly
David Cowquill
Cheryl Curtis
Terry Curtis
Deborah Dickey
Nancy Diedregson
Diana Eckley
Dennis Eddeds
Phil Elmore
Dicke Framkhauser
Craig Foster
Rebecca Greiner
Dixie Hadley
Nancy Hadley
Ronald Heald
Joy Hessletine
Dixie Hinshaw
Cynthia Harras
Jack Ingle
Donald Keiser
Brenda Kessel
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Karl Megdelsen
Robert
Keokuk
Francis McConnell
Brenda
Mr. Megcelsen
Ainsworth Cemetery
Florence Rush
Rock Island
Florence Baird
Alma Walker
Erma Kilpatrick
Ben Rummel
Paula
Hanover
Don Robeson
Monmouth
Edna Robeson
Mrs. Ne
Miss Glass
Clara Rankin
Fred Allison
Santa Barbara
Calif
Harold Morris
Portland
Ore
M.L. McCreedy
Ella Gordon
Mary Conger
West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Presidential Library
Don Wylie
Helen Wylie
Albert Simpson
Home
Myrla Henderson
Washington County Hospital
Louis Mohr
Elsinger
Denmark
Rotary Club
Richard Colby
Lytle Cottage
Ross Kilpatrick
Galesburg, Ill
Loren Sefton
Greensburg
Ind
James Lytle
Monmouth College
Ames
Baird
Ronald Sterrett
Arlington Heights, Ill
Mr. Sterrett
Gary Zeck
Neil Neuwirth
Dan Genheimer
Tom Meeker
Kurt Johnson
Vera Buchanan
T.L. Brookhart
Presbyterian Church In
West Liberty
Dorothy Currie
Lois Swain
Lowa
Tarkio
Crull
Agency
Debra Farr
Edwin Novotny
Clint Hensel
Bud DeLa
Bud
Mom
Cali
Wolf's Flower Shop
Tores Hove Mora Co
Amer Mort
Snes
Mem
Mmm
Jessi Orp
Hynes & Howes Securities Co
American
Larry A Duncan
Iss
Kitchen
Bayliss
J. C. Stoutner
Dudley Gretter
Phil Stinemates
Eric
Broomfield, Colo
A. K. Stoutner
Clyde Stoutner Jr
Clem Striegel
Frank Greiner
Bill Redlinger
John Harras
Roger Greiner
Clarence Thomas
Gladys Vincent
Dale Dunbar
Pekin School
Osinoup’s
Washington Federal Savings
North Marion
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!