Local News Roundup Highlights Civic Events And Appointments
The Chamber of Commerce plans rewards for top scrap rubber canvassers. Officials report Get Acquainted Week draws strong crowds. Detasselers sought. pay 45 cents per hour with overtime. Rev. Ernest Woodland installed at Immanuel Lutheran. Sixteen Municipal Band members join U S armed forces. Navy pilot candidates baseball game set at Blattner field. Camp Dodge training trip for State Guard members planned. Selective service to assign order numbers by age June 30 with no lottery. Survivors from Lexington ship news. West Point appointment for Roger Miller. Fall festival canceled for funding. summer pageant set July 27-28 at Case Field. Various local clubs, scouts, and school staff updates fill the community page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Woodland
Immanual Lutheran Church
Main St
Armed Forces
United States
W. F. Bickel
Navy
George A. Wilson
Defense
Mary KE. Duensing
Washington County
Iowa State Farm
Iowa State College
Ames
Esther Stewart
Erma Thompson
Davenport
Anderson House
Droz
Charles Gorton
Earl May
Camp Fire
Sara Lu
Frances Miller
Patty
Nancy Patterson
Mary Rerdo
Carla Guther
Ruth Bartow
Mary Lou Barth
Patricia Longwell
Phyllis Orcutt
Jean Rudiger
Patricia Weldin
Camp
Hantesa
Boone
George Dowell
Camp Fire Guardian
United States Navy
Iowa City
Washington Indies
Blattner Field
Washington Fire Department
Farmers’ Mutual
Camp Dodge
State Guard
Washington
Rodney Kephart
West Chester
Art L. Rigenhagen
Chester
Gene Tucker
Randolph Field
Texas
Vultee
Washington County Selective Service Board
Lester S. Hole
Lexington
Southwest Pacific
San Francisco
Roger Eugene Miller
E. D. Hiller
Wellman
United States Military Academy
West Point
George Washington
Y's Men's Club
YWCA
L. B. Lupton
Case Field
Christian Endeavor
Cedar Falls
C. S. Williams
Riverview Park
Seattle
Martin Eicher
Henry Graber
Noble
Lee Graber
Barbara
Denver
Vera Stutsman
Wilma Patterson
Elizabeth Thorne
Epworth League Institute
Mt. Pleasant
E. E. Stutsman
Ray Cox
George Morrison
Laurence Wilson
Homer Stephen
Henry Shield
Ednad McCarty
Kalamazoo
Mich
W. O. McCarty
Raymond Sinn
Gilbert
Iowa
Haskins Bank
Little Stucco
South
Iowa Avenue
Journal
Mary Louise Harwood
Des Moines
Delta Gamma
Victoria
B.C
West Chester native recounts 1856 arrival and early life
T. P. Harbaugh of West Chester visited town Saturday with his parents in 1856. They arrived with three horses one cow and one dollar fifty cents. His father started a business while T P P worked on a farm and later found success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Harbaugh
West Chester
T. PP
Double Ring Wedding for Christner Jemison in Washington
Donna Jean Christner of Washington and Carl Dean Jemison of Oskaloosa were married at 2 p.m. Sunday June 1 in the Christian church with Rev. T. C. Polk officiating. The altar featured yellow gladioli and fern as guests and relatives attended an open house celebrating other local anniversaries and civic notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Jean Christner
Washington
Carl Dean Jemison
Oskaloosa
Christian Church
T. C. Polk
Miss Christner
Virgil Aldrich
Wayland
Morris Jemison
Court House
Robert L. Burham
Carla Benell
Winfield Beaco
Winfield Methodist Ely
Naomi Mae Maxwell
Guy Ma
Bob K. Lindell
Lioyd Lindell
Gary Gorham
Washingt
Freshwaters blank ICOF. Cubs edge Fairfield in league pair
Freshwaters defeat ICOF 25 4 in five innings as Jim Sherman dominates on the mound. In the nightcap the Cubs rally to beat Fairfield 4 2 in the bottom of the sixth. Local scenes include residents visiting relatives and upcoming civic and community events across Washington county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freshwaters
Jim Sherman
Greenfield
ICOF
Cubs
Fairfield
Rev McCleery to wed Brighton girl before Africa return
The planned Brighton wedding will proceed on return from Africa after parental objections halted the first attempt. A storm toppled a Methodist church steeple delaying services, with insurance paying 150 but ruling no lightning cause. Other notes report teaching moves, house storm escape, Milwaukee depot construction, new moving picture machine, and local staffing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCleery
Brighton
Africa
Margaret Doolittle
Grand Island
Nebr
Joe Roth
Alex Darwns
Milwaukee
Charley Mercer
Rankin and Mauck
W. FF. Brinton
U.S
Washington Steam Laundry
R. W. Moulton
Messrs
Washington
Normal Institute
Municipal concerts brighten Central park as summer arrives
In the old hometown a week of heat gives way to summer events. The Municipal band began its Central park concert series using the new Ralph Smith Memorial band stand soon, while a library addition advances. Local crime includes a $400 safe theft at White and Whistler Brighton, two Washington taverns entered, and a clothing store burglary. 4 H clubs drive a scrap metal fundraiser for the junior fair. The Chamber plans Ridiculous Day on June 20 with costumes and bargains. Al Hopper joins the city council after Ed Sorrell resigns. street improvements continue. Koreas bound pigs from Washington county support rehabilitation programs. The Christian church adds a new organ and outdoor-tower chimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Ralph Smith
White and Whisler
Brighton
Washington
Joe Falk
Judge rules farm partners dispute in favor of Rittenhouse
Judge J G Patterson awarded possession of the farm to J F Rittenhouse in the case over a farm partnership agreement and granted $1 915 15 in damages. In Columbus Junction Clifford Curtis faces an OWI charge after a Wednesday night collision and was bound over to the next Louisa County term with a $500 bond. The 14 year campaign against polio by the March of Dimes is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Simmons
Columbus Junction
Washington County Hospital
Simmons
Washington
Burlington
J. G. Patterson
J F. Rittenhouse
Oral D. Florence Norman
Clifford Curtis
Louisa County District Court
Deaths Of The Week Items In Small-Town Obits
Samuel T Wheeler 77 of A worth died Thursday June 6 at Washington county hospital after illness of two months and four weeks of serious sickness. Mrs Dan B Swart endruber 77 died Thursday evening at Mercy hospital after a fall at her Kalona home. Henrietta Salmon life resident of Columbus Junction died Thursday at Restopia Nursing home at 6 pm. Funeral set for Sunday at Stacy funeral home with Rev E C Lear presiding. Mrs B O Roundy organist. Court house note lists Joh Riley Collins Rubio and Dogs Pencil Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University of Iowa
Archie Nelson Buwer
Washington
Merrie
Holbert
John Meredith Lloyd
Daniel J. Masson
Valdis Lapsins
Irvin F. Boekelheide
Riverside
Phi
Jay G. Hanson
Kalona
June M. Kiefer
Samuel T. Wheeler
Aworth
Washington County
Dan B. Swartendruber
Mercy Hospital
Columbus Junction
Mes
Henrietta Salmon
Restopia
Stacy Funeral Home
E. C. Lear
B. O. Roundy
Joh Riley Collins
Rubio
Dogs Pencil
Brighton
Hospital News Admitted and Births Reported in Washington Area
Multiple admissions including Patricia Stewart and Albert Cherry in Washington and surgical cases across nearby towns. Birth announcements include Gale Brinning of Keota and a daughter for Dr. J. Nemmers and wife. transfers and dismissals list Olive Moore to University hospital Iowa City and several patients undergoing tonsillectomies and other procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Vorhies
Lockridge
Surgical
Jean Darby
Richland
Patricia
Terry Schafer
Columbus Junction
Eldon Gordon
Keota
Albert Cherry
Washington
Medical
Olive Moore
University Hospital
Iowa City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chamber of Commerce
Russell Goodin
Templar Park
Spirit Lake
Mr. Goodin
Guy Cole
Sac City
Thomas KE. Martin
Louise Masson
London
Nate Fields
Mary Holmes
Lena Rivers
the Fox
Cora Bell Wilson
Rock Island
North Second
North Fourth
A. E. Baldrige
Law School
M. W. Bailey
Bailey and Baldrige
Washington Improvement League
Paul Palmer
Kern Palmer
Northwestern University
T. A. Michels
W. KB. Dupuis
C. BK. Merce
Evergreen Farm
Carl House of
Perry
Elwin Lewis
House
Mre. Lewis
Andrew J. Hayter
United States Air Force
Mareery Morrow
McKee
Colfax
Wash
FL Beitel
Grace Hill
Eva Livingston
Christ
Orville Elder
Melo Kos
Muscatine
Hauter
Emmly Taster
Air Force Human Resources Research Center
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Brighton E. S. Rudolph
Edna McClure
West End
O’colck
Dan Brindley Jr
Hawkeye Boys State
American Legion
W. Kuster
Dan
Charles Lueckenbill
Charles
Drew
Mrs Sauldiver
Chicago
Mrs
Charles Casper
BE. BE. Ward
Calif
Robert Kenneth Ward
Dorothy Mae Genung
Mero
Mrs. Ward
al Hopper
State
Fox
Hopper
Joe Jones
Ainsworth
Washington County Farm Bureau
John Gamon
Iowa Farm Bureau
Walter Gardner
Tom Robb
Howard Benn
Charles Ashby
H. L. Walker
Board of Supervisors
Fred E. Bourgeois
R. R. Noonan
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mabel Lohrer
MayBelle
Deauty Salon
Kate Annas
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Annas
Kate Overfelt
John Phleger
National Foundation For
Phleger
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Jacob Denoning
St. Lukes Hospital
Keith Vetter
Cullh Kan Soft Water Service
Mer. Vetter
Robert Day
Sheriff's Office
Mr. Cherry
Chester Eatinger
Cleve Stickrod
Esther Exsley
West Main Street
Charles M. Barclay
Washington State Bank
Barclay
C. O. Davis
Charles Grayson
B. H. van Meter
California
Coto
Basil McRee
Mineola
Kansas
McBee
Harold Gobble
van Nuys
Frank Gobble
Claude ‘Lucker
Emerson Witting
Set
Harold Parsons
Okinawa
Korea
Parsons
Austin
Floyd Parsons
Orville
Lester Hesseltine
Kenneth
Leonard
Everett Parsons
Kansas City
Harry McCall
Wahneetah Ingalls
Myrtle Pole
Stephen Cooksley
Broken Bow
McCleery-Crimming
Preshwaters
R. Brown
Sioux City
Tama
Alfred C. Brown
G. Hadley
Permelia R. Lay
Iowa State Employment Service
Reta ‘Vrade Committee
Chamber of Commercce Today
Carl House
Vo EE Pardun
Pardun
Mrs. House
Brighton Enterprise
Marilyn Jane Kurtz
Norbert Kurta
Ottumwa Heights
Wittrig
Wellman Advance
Ray Wittrig
Vocat Rehabilitation
Ints
Father Clarence
Kemp
St. Mary's Cat Church
Kempker
Joe
Ed Sorrell
Deanne Rinner
Wartorn Korea
The
Polia
March of Dimes
Hospital News
Patricia Stewart
Surgical Today
Richard Leet
Duane Redlinger
Alvin Hershberger
wWtwalona
Raymond Kauffman
Nan Richty
Crawfordsville
Herbert Freel
James Lyle
Gale Brinning
Arnold Pringle
Andrew Wolf
Pleasant Plain
Columbus
Herman Bruegge
Kathryn Leppert
J. Nemmers
Howard Spreacker
Dene Carney
Max Hill
Daryl Dunbar
H. G. Haselett
Hollis Whiting
Graville
Robert Whifordaville
Mra. Ford
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