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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1975
Page
3
Mid-Prairie announces driver education begins June 9 with pickup at Kalona New Junior High 8:00 a.m. Cheese Factory 8:05 a.m. Washington Township West Chester Wellman Elementary routes. First week class time 8:20 to 10:30 a.m. June 9-13, then meetings shrink to about one day weekly.
Livingston Day Meeker Bates and associates at 112 South B offer abstract dept and phones 6532147. Morrison and Lloyd with Edmund D Morison at 1 West Washington St, phone 6535431. Griffiths Anderson Buffer with partners Lawrence Griffiths Tracy Anderson and Pete Buffer at 211 W Main Washington IA and 201 Fifth Kalona IA, phones 6592226 and 6562227.
Mr and Mrs Palmer Schilling visited their son Ralph in Des Moines and attended granddaughter Ann Schilling’s high school graduation. They highlight the Spurgens’ three week Europe vacation with Gary and family, touring France, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain and notable sites including Lourdes, Murten, Zugspitze, Obersalzberg, and a Roto Naval base visit with a bullfight.
Social Calendar lists Rainbow Girls 6 45 p m meet at Masonic Temple then Wayland OES meeting wear white formals. PEO Chapter 1 6 30 p m Caroll Flickinger Picnic M Z AFS 6 30 p m annual Burnett Smith farm meat drink table service dish to mpebekah Lodge 8 p m 100 Hall Lodge No 26 8 p m Masonic Temple all Masons welcome OES Past Matrons Potluck Luncheon 12 30 p m June Dodder coffee meat rolls furnished bring dish to pass and own table service Swinging Squares Dance Club 8 p m Foss Memorial Building Salem Cliff Haley caller DeMolay 7 30 p m Masonic Temple DeMolay Advisory Council 8 30 p m Masonic Temple
Forty scouts and scouters from troop 242 at Stewart School sponsored by the Army Reserve completed a two day 35 mile voyage from Elgin to Garber with an overnight stop at Elkader. They encountered rapid, limestone bluff scenery and wildlife while passing the Volga River mouth and the Devils Elbow. Fifteen canoes carried the group. patches will be awarded to all involved.
Area news notes Kathy Nordyke engagement to Joe Wallace both employed at McCleery Cumming Co July 3 wedding planned in Washington. Kalona couple Jane Ann Yoder and van Lee Borntrager wed May 25 1975 at Kalona Mennonite Church in Goshen Indiana with bridal party and home to Goshen after June 8 after their honeymoon in the western states.
The Sunset Park 4 H Club the Domestic Engineers held their June meeting and planned a tour of Amana’s on June 14. Cheri Wheeler leads projects baking cookies for 4H Junior Camp on June 10 and attending a poster workshop on July 1, with an achievement show on July 17. Robyn Wheeler spoke on ground beef types and eggs storage while Cheri Wheeler discussed darts, tucks, and pleats. Demonstrations included yeast experiments and making a foreign country dish. A thought for the day quoted President Franklin D Roosevelt: there is no indispensable man.
Fort Dodge announces the engagement of Marilyn Hanson daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Hanson to James Yoder son of Mr and Mrs Monroe Yoder of Kalona. Marilyn is a Fort Dodge High and Iowa State University graduate teaching in Cumberland Massena School System. James is a senior at Iowa State University preparing to graduate from the School of Journalism. The wedding is set for August 2 at First United Methodist Church in Fort Dodge.
St James Church plans an outdoor Mass Friday to mark the 300th Anniversary of the Sacred Heart Feast at 7 20 p m with liturgy and music by Mike Redlinger and Jean Crone. Duane Redlinger serves as commentator and a Blessed Sacrament procession follows.
Social notices announce an open house for Mr. and Mrs. Axel Liess involving Inge Flagmann of Munich. It runs Sunday June 8 from 2 to 5 p.m. at 221 South Avenue C hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Ron Allison for class of 1961 classmates spouses and teachers. West Chester Alumni Banquet set for June 14 at Captain's Table with reservations by June 11 to Keota contacts. Local alumni will not receive written invitations.
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