Social and club news from Washington area events
Local social items note family milestones and travels including Sohn Cruise earning an MBA from the University of Iowa and Guy Montgomery Jr receiving an MD from Iowa City. Others report visits, birthdays, a Jacksonville funeral, a wedding in Ainsworth, and a Des Moines trip by Gloria Wolf and Edward R. Wing a family visit from Ft. Sam Houston Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Wolf
AIB
Des Moines
Edward R. Winga
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
John Winga
Dr and Mrs Schwartz to be Honored at Regional Reception
Dr and Mrs Ted Schwartz will be honored Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 at an informal reception hosted by Mr and Mrs Ralph Martin at 23 South Third Avenue. Friends in the church and community are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Schwartz
Ralph Martin
South Third Avenue
Hospital records show admissions and births yesterday
Admitted yesterday is Herbert Conrad of Keota for a surgical case. Births yesterday to Mr and Mrs Wayne Gamon of Washington a son. Dismissed today include Mrs Charles Freise of Washington Mrs Madge Borman of Washington William Reinert of Keota and Clarence Johnson of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Conrad
Keota
Wayne Gamon
Washington
Charles Freise
Madge Borman
William Reinert
Clarence Johnson
Bridge Benefit at Country Club Next Wednesday
A bridge benefit is planned at the Country Club next Wednesday June 9 at 7 30 p m for members and guests. Committee chairmen are Mrs Kermit Jones and Mrs John Baldrige. The usual Ladies Day at the club will be dispensed with next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Kermit Jones
John Baldrige
UPW General Meeting Highlights and Sept Joint Host
The UPW held a general meeting on Clarion Avenue with a pot luck luncheon hosted by Circle NT. Mrs Kerr reported a good response to the World Service migrant clothing drive. Devotions by Augusta Livingston and a flute solo by Kay Ellen Kerr were noted. A medical offering was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarion Avenue U. P. W
Circle NT
Mrs Nell F Kelly Dies in Restopia at 78
Nell F Parsons Kelly, 78, died Friday at 9 15 p m in Restopia at Columbus Junction where she had lived recently Funeral is Sunday at 2 30 p m at Stacy Funeral Home with Rev Walter Wulff presiding Burial is in Columbus City Cemetery She was born August 29 1886 at Columbus Junction daughter of Abraham and Sarah Parsons She married Amor Kelly July 4 1923 He died August 29 1946 Surviving are a brother B Frank Parsons of Kansas City and a sister Mrs Grace Morford of Taylor Texas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Frank Parsons
Kansas Cito
Grace Morford
Taylor
Texas
Professional Directory names and offices listed in Livingston area
A local professional directory lists several attorneys and a chiropractor with office addresses on West Main and West Washington streets. It includes Louis J. Kehoe, Day & Bates Abstract Dept, Morrison Morrison Lloyd, John C. Owen, Stewart & Shearer, M L Tweeton, Dr P L Etter, and John W. Lemmon with contact phones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry Bidg
Livingston, Day & BA
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
Social calendar notices from Kalona gathering schedule
All notices for this volume are due by 10 p.m. on first publication day. Items print three days in advance. Sunday reunion for Crone descendants at noon in Kalona Repayment Savings Bank community room. Monday Rainbow Girls meet 7 30 p.m. Masonic Temple Rainbow Board 7 p.m. Ma-YWCA rooms. Saddle Club 7 30 p.m. Fa grounds dessert and meeting. Wash-away Tops 8 p.m. YW rooms. Tuesday Y-Wives Coffee 9 30 a.m. host Mrs. Dahl. cohosts by Monday noon. Supper at home Dave Livingston bring food. YWCA Mixers 6 30 p.m. meet at YW to Marrs Pond wiener roast bring dish. Rhoda Neilson Circle 7 20 p.m. Baptist Church. Wednesday Crawfordsville CES 8 p.m. Masonic Temple. Bridge Benefit 7 30 p.m. Country Club for members and guests. Linger Longer Club 1 30 p.m. Mrs John Combs bring unwrapped item for auction.
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Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Board
Ma- Ywca
Robert Dahl
West Second
Boyd Siefkas
Dave Crockett
Ciliary
Dave Livingston
YWCA
Marr's Pond
Rhoda Neilson
Baptist Church
Wednes Crawfordsville
Masonic Temple Bridge
Country Club
Linger Longer Club
John Combs
Kalona
Nellie Dorrance
Wellman
Ed Martin
Laurie
Frytown
John Votruba
Richard
Kiffany
Lee Ann
Tony Shiller
Omaha
A. J. Votruba
Lee Drollinger
Washington
Harry Dale Dusenberg
Mercy Hospital
Bible School
Ethel Hotle
Ida Lindenmeyer
Kinzler
John Duvall
Muscatine
Robert Pearson
Billy Don
Jack
Earl Pearson
Columbus farm tour scheduled Monday
The Columbus Community Club will hold its annual farm tour on Monday June 7 beginning at 4 p.m. from Columbus Community High School. The route includes Mrs James Dunn's cattle feeding, Rees Davis farm soil conservation, and River Products quarry. Supper and a club meeting follow at Salem United Presbyterian Church at 6:45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Columbus Community Club
Columbus Community High School
James Dunn
Rees Davis
Salem United Presbyterian Church
Columbus
PEO Club Hosts Doll Collection Program
The PEO meeting was held Thursday at 2 p m with Mrs. Raymond Whisler as hostess assisted by Miss Clarice Meek and Mrs. Charles Goodell. Forty-two members and one guest, Mrs. T. A. Michaels of Iowa City, attended. Mrs. Eleanor Christy, president of Chapter DY at Tipton, gave an interesting program built around her doll collection from foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Whisler
Clarice Meek
Charles Goodell
T. J. Berdo
T. A. Michaels
Iowa City
Eleanor Christy
Chapter DY
Tipton
Halcyon Notes visitors at Halcyon House and area
Community gossip item lists residents and guests visiting Halcyon House and nearby homes. Names include Walter Jarrard and Homer Jarrard. visitors from Cincinnati St Paul Madison Davenport Bettendorf Emmons Arlington Des Moines Aurora Victor Madison Wisconsin and Arlington. Social calls span Saturday through Sunday with several dinners and visits noted.
White Cloud Club hosts breakfast and community notes
White Cloud Club gathered at Mrs Raymond Howsare's for a 9 o'clock breakfast with seven members present and seven children. Plans discussed for the Wyman Alumni Banquet on Saturday June 12 while other locals hosted visits and family gatherings at Lake Darling and in Burlington, Omaha, Anniston and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Cleo McCoy
de Eisele
Washington
Lyle Lowe
Larry
Jackie
Susan Fulton
Lake Darling
United Church of Christ
Debbie —Zieglowsky
Cleo Fletchers
Fletcher
Kim
Past Matrons Club hosts picnic and social night
The Past Matron's Club met at the Masonic Temple Friday for a picnic supper with thirteen members and nine guests. Visiting and pinochle followed the business meeting. no more meetings until September. BPW directors met Friday at the library to appoint committees for the coming year. Highlights include Civic Participation, Personal Development, Legislation, World Affairs, Membership, Finance, Public Relations, and Notification. The June BPW meeting is set for June 22 at the Captain's Table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Harold Strum
BPW
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Dorothea McDole
Amelia McGannon
Mary Crossett
Kathryn Robison
Jo Janecek
Melba Wertz
Dorothy Marston
Ruth Schulty
Marines Hit Guerrillas in Viet Nam Battle Toll Reported
In multi-branch operations around Da Nang and Phu Bai, five Marine companies killed 79 Viet Cong and wounded many others. The U S Marines suffered 2 dead and 19 wounded as Phantom jets conducted 18 air sorties, destroying enemy structures and ground forces. An informant turned on his former unit to guide air strikes. A separate helicopter search near Saigon pursued an estimated 800 to 1,000 Viet Cong forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
UPI
Viet Nam
da Nang
Phu Bai
U. S
Marine Phantom
Leatherneck
Army secrecy on planes Jeeps and scooters shocks readers
A House subcommittee transcript shows the Army plans for 517 aircraft purchases next year and $48.2 million for scooter delivery gear while censoring jeep counts and other quantities. The Army says the motor scooter program supports warehouse and depot operations where pickups fail, a justification critics call edifying.
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Air Force
House
Army
Ware i
Leg Restored by Surgery After Train Accident
Monty Holmes, a six year old boy from Oakland, had one leg reattached after a freight train severed both legs. Surgeons at Herrick Memorial Hospital performed a six hour operation, fusing bones and reconnecting vessels and nerves. The left leg was deemed unrecoverable and the boy remains in critical but improving condition days after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Calif
UPI
Herrick Memorial Hospital
Monty Holmes
Monty
Oakland
J. Gordon Holmes
Homes
Holmes
al J. Severino
Ray attacks Iowa legislature over taxes and tax reform
DES MOINES UPI Ray criticized the adjourned Iowa Legislature stating the session overburdened citizens with new taxes at every level. He blamed the Democratic majority for lip service to tax reform while Gov. Hughes faced a record high budget and warned Iowans would pay two years of state income taxes in 1956 amid higher local property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
61St General Assembly
Harold E. Hughes
Sesmn
Hughes
Washington Evening Journal advertising and staff listing
Fragmented OCR shows staff roles and contact lines for the Washington Evening Journal including editors and advertising personnel and notes about publication timing and subscription formats. Names such as David Elder William Shannon Charley Morris Bob Shatter Bruce Cowden Howard Hazen are visible alongside department titles and wire service mentions.
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Towa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charley Morris
Bob Shatter
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
Iowa
United Press
Tnland
Daly” Press
Iowa Daily Press
Owa
Audit Bureaus
Memorial Day Services at Grace Hill Church West Chester
Memorial Day observances in West Chester included a color bearer from the VFW unit at Keota and the West Chester WRC leading services at Grace Hill Moravian Church with Rev. Wallace Kinzler giving invocation and benediction. Dr. Arthur Peters delivered the address, and General Logan’s address was read by Mrs. Blanche Harvey. Graves were decorated by thirteen corps members and Debbie Hobbs. roll calls were led by Frank Kleese, Eugene Engle, and Orville Griggs. Music by 16-member Mid-Prairie HS Band directed by Mr. Gaston accompanied the ceremony, followed by a luncheon at the Grace Hill Community Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Clifford Porter
V.F.W
Keota
Earl Hobbs
New Haven
Grace Hill
Frank Kleese
Eugene Engle
Orville Griggs
Mid - Prairie H. S. Band
Gaston
Everett Green
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Amber
Thelma Rohere
Helen Goodin
Hazel McCarty
Earl Pearson
White Way Club
Edwin Peiffer
Floyd Crayne
Washington
Edgar Stewart
Margaret Smith
Kathy
Vicki
Sharom Niffenegger
Keith Stewart
Wallace Kinzer
Brookfield
Ellis Bell
Dennis
Mission
Texas
Charles Votruba
Ed Fiebig
Moline
Sylvia Geyer
Wellman
Bells
Edward Fiebig
Diane
Charles Wotruba
Lillian Lewis
Gary
Ames
Conrad Bell
Davenport holdup nets two seven thousand dollars
In Davenport Iowa two masked bandits robbed the Twilight Tavern owner Leroy Jones. They halted him during cash collections and locked him in his car trunk before fleeing with more than seven thousand dollars in cash. Jones operates three taverns in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Leroy Jones
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Sohn Cruise
M. J. Cruise
The
University of Iowa At
G. P. Montgomery
Guy Montgomery, Jr
Paul Horak
Jerry Horak
Elmdale
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
J. Armstrong
Mark
Tim
Bellevue
Neb
Henry Witthoft
Francis Miller
Robert Glandon
Connie Jo
Clarence Glandon
Sigourney
Cecil Mast
Terry
Marvin Glandon
Craig
Karen
Walter Conner
William Hoppe
Jacksonville
Fla
Dean Schmitt
Sherri
Preston Harvey
Mrs. Schwartz
Carson Plumbing & Heating
UPW
Nell F. Kelly
Restopia
Professional Directory
M. L. Tweeton
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
D. D
South Iowa
Christian Tabernacle
D. M. Crone Descendants
Columbus Farm
Evening Journal
Peo
William D. Siegrist
South Ninth Special Agent
Banker
Life Company
Des Moines, Iowa
Halcyon Notes
Halcyon House
Mrs
Walter Jarrard
Homer Jarrard
William Wulf
Ainsworth
Air
Stanley A. Smith
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry J. Braley
Grace Connor
St. Paul
Minnesota
Wylie
Anderson
Friends
Lester Duke
Grinnell
Arthur Griffith
Glenn Mace
W. M. Shepherd
Max J. Hays
Madison, Wiscnsin
Edna
May Long
Bettendorf
Sadie Emmons
Emmons, Minn
G. Harvey Emmons
Marshalltown
Joseph Miller
Susan
Barbara
Aurora, Ill
W.S. Kyle
Kyle
Louis Maschmann
Victor
Rehfeldt
Carolyn Kling
Arlington, Va
Helen Stewart
Hazel Alberson
Madison
Wisconsin
Gladys Dicks
Ed Conner
Frank Adrian
Sherman Wolfe
George Zeck
Joe Wolfe
White Cloud Club
By Vivian Wells
Craig Gipple
Douglas and
Danny
Kansas City
Glenn Anderson
Clarence Moorhead
Vey Uuh Powers
Iowa Legislature
Wolf's Flower Shop
Clarence Brown
Walton Eeene
Chester
Federal Savings & Loan
North Marion
Horak Insurance
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