The Rocking Chair Brigade Notes From Washington County
Weekly column recounts local events in Washington County including obituaries for N D Anderson, civic notes on defense planning led by Ivan Norton, garden club flower show, and upcoming wedding Carl Koehler and Mary Westphal. Also mentions family histories, birds and bats anecdotes, and community figures like Walter Conner and Gen H H Arnold events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carl Koehler
Mary Westphal
Carl
Journal
Ensign Koehler
California
Hospital Admissions and Births Reported in Local Notices
At the hospital Saturday Amos Weaver of East Main was admitted as a medical patient. Mrs Mary S w ickard of West Madison was admitted last night as a medical patient. Mrs Stanly Zaver and daughter Delores Ann were dismissed yesterday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Q O N Levien of Harper are parents of a son born at 3 46 this morning weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces. Hubert Turner of East Seventh Street underwent a major operation this morning. Victor and Duane Thompson of Washington D C had their tails removed this morning. Mrs J A Mulhern of Columbus Junction was admitted as a medical patient this morning. Mrs E Pickering and son Jerry Lee of West Jefferson were dismissed this morning. Tuesday Roy Bennett of Keota was dismissed yesterday afternoon. Sherman Sorrell of West
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Weaver
East Main
Mary Swickard
West Madison
Stanly Zaver
Delores Ann
QO. N. Levien
Harper
Hubert Turner
East Seventh Street
Victor
Duane Thompson
Washington, D
J. A. Mulhern
Columbus Junction
E. Pickering
Jerry Lee
West Jefferson
Francis McConnell
R.I
Leroy van Auken
West Second Street
Walter Westen
Crawfordsville
Patricia
Ronald Sheetz
Washington
Leroy Doran
University Hospital
Iowa City
Robert BE
Arthur
South Fourth Avenue
William Eugene
Marie Mitchell
Beatrice Kessel
Alice
Iowa
Daniel Kiesey
East Seventh
Passing Years Recap and Local Updates in Washington
The notice soup includes summer return of Dorothea Thompson a local teacher from Dallas Center, the Brundage Shows carnival at Berdo grounds under American Legion auspices, and multiple civic items. Departures births marriages deaths and community changes follow including weddings births tonsillectomies and hospital transfers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brundage
Berdo
The
American Legion
Legion abandons Fourth of July plans for the year
The American Legion chose not to stage the Fourth of July celebration this year. Local social notes mention Mrs. A Keith Droz and Mrs. T M Mast visiting husbands on active duty at the Great Lakes naval training station. Other items note Ned Brookhart’s possible release by the Japs, local defense speaker Ivan Norton, a Christian tabernacle Bible school with 101 enrollees, and several community notices including births, visits, furloughs, and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Keith Droz
T. M. Mast
Chicago
Navy Hospital
Great Lakes Training Station
Review of the Week’s News in Kalona and Surroundings
Staff sergeant James Casey Jr. stays a week with his parents in Kalona Texas natives and local families are cited for graduations and memorials. The piece notes 125 enroll in summer music school starting June 8 at the high school, bond sales rise to 5685.70, and various town visits, weddings, and anniversaries plus a memorial service and church talks. It also covers local sports, trips, and community events with numerous names, dates, and places including Des Moines West Point and Eureka church.
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East
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
N. D. Anderson
South Marion Avenue
Anderson Hotel
Washington County
Humbies
Watkins Station
Mr. Humble
B. F. Bostwick, Jr
Kay Bostwick
Kay
Ned Brookhart
Shanghai
Construction Co
Lloyd McCall
Henrietta Hull
Bloomington
Ind
Dr. Henry
Kalamazoo
Mich
van Ripers
Dr. Hull
Susan
C. J
Coppock
Hulls
the Ouse
Der
Ivan Norton
Citizens Defense Corps
Mr. Norton
Ames
Mid-West
Daughters of the American Revolution
Norton
Sunset Park
Roger Jones
Wallace
Charley Langenberg
Charley Parkinsons
Walter Ayres
Don Sherman
Sherman
Fannie Elizabeth Harwood Shannon
Dora Jones
Sadie
Walter Conner
Minnie
Etta Conner
Ollie
Dan Pedtke
Helen Melinski
St. James Church
Melinski
Helen
Brigade
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Gen
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Air Forces
Gen. Arnold
Jimmy Doolittle
Louis Masson
Boston
Mass
Roy Bennett
Keota
Sherman Sorrell
West
Dorothea Thompson
Dallas Center
Susan B. Hopping
Howard A. Hopping
Mary Hunter
A. 8. Smith
Fairfield
Francis Haney
Welch-Moore Shoe Store
W. R. Jeffrey
Miss Myrta
Florence Peterson
Roger Sherman
Kyle
Joanna Kyle
Cedar Falls
Iowa State College
Joe Lohberger
Marjorie Pratt
Clyde Pratt
Petie
Duane
Victor Thompson
Ronald Gringer
Hills
Isaac Kleece
Ralph Melville
Crawfordsile
Jack Fields
West Harrison
Raymond Pine
Vera Ayers
Kalona
H. S
Cora Mae Hotle
Alex R. Miller
Chautauquas
Redpath-Vawter Company
Arthaud
Dr. D. Arthaud
State
Johnson
South
Iowa Ave
West Main Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
G. B. McClellan
Burlington
Rodney Arnold
Gilbert Goff
Anderson
Absolom Anderson
Fannie Elizabeth Harwood
Ralph Shannon
J. A. Harwood
Alex Miller
Anne Houdek
Cecil Rogers
Fannie Winter
Dorothea Wickham
Elizabeth Bell
Lucille Montgomery
Margaret Rowe
Emma Mason
Will Harwood
James M. Wilson
Eugene Anderson
J. D. Glasgow
J. B. Crail
Howard McCleery
Vic van Sickle
Phil Crail
Manton Hebner
Mable Morton
J. W. Morton
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Schuyler Livingston
Lafe Young
Harry Ward
East Side
Snouffer, Hughes and Co
U.S
United States
School For Defense Workers
Christian Tabernacle Bible School
Justice of the Peace
W. S. Eldridge
Ben Coppock
J. E. Bovee
Jane Page
Waterloo
Mrs
Howard Ross
Wisconsin
Charles Hadley
Charles
Susan Lou
Sioux City
Brown
Frederick Reid
Camp Bowie
Freda Reid
Veterinary Hospital
Mary Ellen Huber
Mercy Hospital
D. A. Huber
Tom Nicholson
LeMars
Western Union
William T. Clapp
Logan
Ohio
Gladys Clapp
W. L. Clapp
Clyde L. Boice
Betty Stephens
Sally
Indianapolis
Navy
Frank Rathmel
Paul Campbell
Ainsworth
James Casey, Jr
Texas
James Casey
T. L. Brookhart
St. James School
Robert Redlinger
Billy Joe Casey
James Redlinger
Gale Walker
Mary Louise Redlinger
Carol Walker
Father Corcoran
Journe Carrier Boys
Sadie Busse
Philippine Islands
Prairie Flower Church
Phil Antonoff
Fred Blick
New Kensington
Penn
Pierce and Blick
Jerry Carris
Oshkosh, Wis
E. C. Carris
Jack Donahue
Patrick Michael
San Francisco
Calif
Raymond Dayton
Eagle Grove
Alex Randolph
Columbus
Tion
W. H. Anderson
Haney-McGaffey
Lacey Keosauqua State Park
George Kerr
Patriotic Societies
Helen Alcorn
Philadelphia
Eleanor Keagy
R. C. Keagy
Methodist Church
Lester Miller
Wellman
Donald R. Mast
Glendale
Mr. Mast
Ottumwa
Pythian Sisters
B. C. Hebensberger
Ruth Hedges
Colorado Springs
Carl Hedges
Beatrice Butterbaugh
Marion Cheriwinker
Des Moines
J. R. Palmer
Stella
Beatrice
Palmer
Sorden Music Studio
Sorden
Ruth Winter
Genevra McCawn
Colorado
Charles Berdo
Fort Meyers
Florida
Y's Men’s Club
Jack Westphal
H. G. Miller
Elizabeth E. Byrd
White Shrine
Francis Skipton
Galesburg
Skipton
John Westphal, Jr
Russell Ross
Harold Ross
Alma Hearne Holland
India
Washington Delights
Lillian Hartman
Muscatine
Herbert Gerdts
Porter Hartman
Wendell Marsh
Menneth
Charles Rothliseberger
M. J. Redlinger
Charles George
Hubert
Karl
Ray Redlinger
West Point
N.Y
West Point Military Academy
Esther Stewart
Major Walter Conner
Sheriff Putnam
Harvey H. Miller
Salinda Yoder
Carl D. Koehler
Washingston
Lloyd Scott
Ralph Scott
Army Air Corps
Citizens Defense Council
Eureka
Leslie Gates
Noom
County Selective Board
Court House
Marion Irwin
Pawnee City
Neb
U. P
U.P
James C. Larsen
Minden
Nebr
Helen Henrietta Holden
Leonard Fisher
Harry Whittaker
Mr. Whittaker
A. C. Whittaker
Robert More
Jean Moore
Patty
Willmar, Minn
Fred Moore
Bob