Daughters of the American Revolution Discuss Fifty Years
Washington County chapter met with 21 members and a guest to review annual reports and plan the fiftieth anniversary in November 1956. Officers installed included secretary, treasurer, registrar, historian, and librarian. next meeting set for Flag Day at 4 30 pm with cooperative supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fred Reid
Carol Forgey
Paul Snakenber
Stella Latchem
J. W. Cherry
Mytle Speer
Charles Grayson
Davenport
Continental Congress
Washington, D.C
Linger Longer Club meets at Brenne man home
Twelve members of the Linger Longer Club were entertained in the home of Mrs. H. J. Brenneman Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Mrs. Roy Nelson Mrs Frank Kleese and Mrs Ray Nebel. Mrs Dwain Johnson was cohostess. Hoyle won the door prize. The next meeting will be with Mrs. George Bartholomew and Mrs. Donald Bartholomew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LBC Club
Herman Schultz
Leslie Blick
John Green
Colorado
Clair Griffin
Robert Lloyd
Charles Bartholow
Fred D. Stewart
Carl Jarrard
Homer Jarrard
Griffin
Hal Richards
Four Corners Club
Floyd Edwards
Mae Crason
Roy Geret
Pearl Bitting
Clarence Kauffman
Bob Darbyshire
Merry Makers Club
Don Darbyshire
Betty Freel
Don Shaw
Martha Shaver
Clifford Freel
Just Us Club
al Crone
Pearl Parcell
Floyd Murdock
Hazel Harding
Val Fuhr
L.L. Loveless
D. O. Butler
Linger Longer Club
H. J. Brenneman
Roy Nelson
Frank Kleese
Ray Nebel
Dwain Johnson
Howard Hoyle
John Combs
Will Shalla
George Bartholomew
Donald Bartholomew
Bridal Shower Held for Miss Jo Ann Peiffer
A bridal shower for Miss Jo Ann Peiffer was hosted at Jane Taylor's home on Wednesday afternoon with pink and blue decorations and refreshments. She received many gifts including corsages and items from Mrs. J. E Letts, Claudine Letts, Darlene Hindahl, Kathy Wheatley, Nancy Loveless, and others while Kathy Wheatley and Darlene Hindahl helped prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Ann Peiffer
Jane Taylor
Miss Peiffer
J. E Letts
Claudine Letts
Darlene Hindahl
Kathy Wheatley
Nancy Loveless
Julie Carson
Martha Kennedy
Joann Shebeck
Donna Blatter
Becky Norman
Judy Campbell
Edna Taylor
Jane
Darlene Hindah
Lavina Schantz Weds Rex Barton in Washington
Lavina Ann Schantz of Washington and Rex William Barton were married Sunday afternoon June 3 at the Christian Church in Washington. The candlelight ceremony was performed by the Rev Halsey E Wakelin with Rev Frank Sutton assisting. Guests came from multiple Iowa towns and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina Ann Schantz
Washington
Rex William Barton
Christian Church
David R. Schantz
Roy H. Barton
Mt. Pleasant
Halsey E. Wakelin
Frank Sutton
Lee Hesseltine
Joyce Charbonneaux
Betty Schantz
Ellen Crossett
Colleen Crossett
Mona Hilderbrand
David Hehkel
Blaine Eustice
San Mates
Calif
Willis Hilderbrand
Melvin Rich
Donald Schantz
Gary Crossett
Service Men Assigned and Overseas Details
Captain Robert E. Porter has been assigned to the U S Armored Training Center at Fort Knox. His wife Betty lives in Washington Iowa. Porter entered the Army in 1941 and previously served in Europe and the Far East. Charles G Stumpf 21, Kalona Iowa, is a member of the 4th Infantry Division in Germany within the Ivy division. Stumpf arrived overseas in April last year after enlisting in November 1954 and completing basic training at Fort Chaffee Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Porter
Betty
Second St
Washington
Iowa
U.S. Armored Training Center
Fort Knox
Porter
Edgar M. Porter
Seventh St
Army
Europe
Far East
Charles G. Stumpf
Paul Stumpf
Kalona
4Th Infantry
Germany
Ivy” Division
U.S. Seventh Army
Stumpf
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Ray Tweeten
Iowa State College
Fort Sill
Okla
Barbra Gayle Brady Weds Robert Eugene Nun in Omaha
Former Omaha residents Mrs. Clifford Brady and Mr. Brady announce the marriage of their daughter Bar bra Gayle Brady to Robert Eugene Nun. The wedding occurred at St Pauls Methodist Church in northwest Omaha with a church lounge reception. Both graduates from Omaha schools. Mr Nun served in Korea. They will live in Omaha where both are employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Brady
North 37Th Street
Omah
Nebraska
Washington
Barbara Gayle
Robert Eugene Nun
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Omaha
Honor Maurice Greene's With Wedding Dinner Monday at Epicurean
Mr and Mrs Maurice Greene were honored guests at a wedding dinner Monday June 4 at the Epicurean. Hosts Mr and Mrs Joe Tobin of Ainsworth, the bride’s parents, entertained eighty relatives and friends after a morning wedding at St James Catholic Church in Washington. The bride Mary Jo Tobin became Mrs Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Greene
Epicurean
Joe Tobin
Ainsworth
Mrs. Greene
St. James Catholic Church
Washington
Greene
Mary Jo Tobin
Social Calendar Notices Postponed Meetings and Club Gatherings
Notices list numerous church circles and social groups with times and locations. Postponements include Friendly Circle meeting at Ralph Erlenbush's home and a busy slate of Circle, WSCS, and mission events at churches, Sunset Park, city hall, and Masonic Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Circle Club
Ralph Erlenbush
Delta Alpha Class of
Methodist Church
EE Stutsman
Fern Rold
Marion Snodgrass
Jennie Adams
Ray Sojka
Friendship Club
Ona Cady
CWF
Stanley Foster
Cabin
William Zager
Ettine Spenser
WSCS
C.p.weldin
Fred Palmer
Sunset Park
Don Applegate
Paul Mayer
Cecil Long
Hugh Hall
E. B. Hammer
Carl Jarrard
Wesleyan Service Guild
Ruth Nichol
Nina Bowers
Baptist Church
Ed Nelson
Robert Steele
City Hall
August Bride-Elect Margery Cherryholmes to Marry James Edgar
Margery Cherryholmes daughter of E H Cherryholmes of Crawfordsville and the late Mrs Cherryholmes will wed August 5 at Crawfordsville Methodist Church to James Allen Edgar son of Mr and Mrs W H Edgar of Crawfordsville Miss Cherryholmes teaches in Mediapolis Public Schools and her fiancé studies at Iowa Wesleyan College Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake of the Ozarks
Mt. Pleasant
Barton
Washington High School
Muscatine Junior College
Conesville
Mt. Pleasant High School
Margery Cherryholmes
E.H. Cherryholmes
Crawfordsville
Cherryholmes
Crawfordsville Methodist Church
James Allen Edgar
W.H. Edgar
Mediapolis
Iowa Wesleyan College
Hospital Admits and Discharges List Washington Patients
On The Record Hospital reports admissions on Wednesday Betty Bell Washington surgical Will H Singleton Keota medical and Barbara Wilson Washington medical. Dismissals include Mrs Marvin McClure and daughter of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Bell Washington
Surgical
Will H. Singleton
Keota
Barbara Wilson
Washington
Marvin McClure
Birthday and anniversary notices for local residents
Birthday wishes go to Mrs Sam Marsh Mrs Darrell Goodwin Richard Lewis Embree Lydia Juzeler Mrs C J Reighard LuEia Sojka Mrs Clifford Beaty and Mrs Dale Goff as they celebrate birthdays today. Mr and Mrs Dale Sojka Mr and Mrs Robert Kloepper mark wedding anniversaries. Rev R W Thompson D D and Mrs Thompson observe their 56th wedding anniversary today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Marsh
Darrell Goodwin
Richard Lewis Embree
Lydia Juzeler
C. J. Reighard
LuEia Sojka
Clifford Beaty
Dale Goff
Dale Sojka
Robert Kloepper
R. W. Thompson D.D
Thompson
New Cars Licensed in Washington County Treasurer Office
New cars and trucks licensed list includes Homer F. Godwin Chevrolet Charles S. Rose Plymouth Earl N. Duvall Ford Arthur G. Wiley Mercury Charles R and Ruth Decker Ford Eugene Nugent Oldsmobile Ralph W or Helen Stout Plymouth Kiple and DePrenger Co Plymouth Eldon Christiner GMC truck Tom and Tin's Produce Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Homer F. Godwin
Chevrolet
Charles S. Rose
Plymouth
Earl N. Duvall
Ford
Arthur G. Wiley
Mercury
Charles R
Ruth Decker
Eugene Nugent
Oldsmobile
Ralph W. Or Helen Stout
Kiple and DePrenger Co
Eldon Christiner
GMC Truck
Tom and Tin’s Produce
Property transfers listed in Livingston and Day abstracts
Deeds recorded from public records show transfers: Carroll Ramer to Henry Vonrabland in section 22 township 77 range 6. S C Love to Marvin Matthes in auditor's subdivision lot 2 section 3 77 9. Chester L Eatinger to R B Haight et al in J H Young's addition Washington. Bertha Harvey to R B Haight and wife lot 4 in block 6 O P Washington. R B Haight to Bertha Harvey lot 1 in block 1 J H Young's addition Washington. Joseph A Gingerich to Linus M Gingerich land in section 14 77 7. Julia M Snider to W Harry Rader in land in section 18 74 7. Also note: spring planting favors young tree survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston and Day
Court House
Carroll Ramer
Henry Vonrab
S. C. Love
Marvin Matthes
Chester L. Eatinger
R. B. Haight
J. H. Young
Washington
Bertha Harvey
O.P
Joseph A. Gingerich
Linus M. Gingerich
Sec
Julia M. Snider
W. Harry Rader
Local News Highlights From Washington County Iowa
Local items note Mrs. Clayton Clapper’s return to Waseca Minnesota after a week away and Miss Dorothy Clapper’s weekend visit. Iowa State College students, ROTC cadets, and a tour of agricultural sites are also mentioned along with hospital updates and a memorial notice for Elizabeth Wright of Arkansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Clapper
Waseca
Minn
I. W. Shene
Dorothy Clapper
University of Louisiana
Lake Superior
Local drivers in wreck on highway 92 near Ainsworth
Harold Michael Holbart of Muscatine and Helen Slaney of Corydon were in a collision on highway 92 one mile west of Ainsworth. Slaney attempted to pass a cement truck turning at a road widening project, striking the truck and causing about 150 dollars damage to her car and 75 dollars to the truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Michael Holbart
Muscatine
Helen Slaney
Corydon
Ainsworth
Slaney
Adenauer Rages Over Khrushchev German Unification Claim
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer denounces Nikita Khrushchev’s claim that Russia does not want Germany unified. Adenauer calls the remark impudent and boorish and plans to press the issue with President Eisenhower, Secretary Dulles, and the Soviet ambassador in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. McCann
United Press
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Germany
Khrushchev
Christian Pineau
Pineau
Guy Mollet
Moscow
Mollet
Adenauer
Luxembourg
Bonn
Fisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Washington
Meadowlarks Redefined as Black Birds Not Larks
Meadowlarks, once hunted as game birds, are actually members of the black bird family rather than true larks, correcting a long held classification.
Also Mentioned on This Page
DAR
Harmony Club
Cloyce Stewart
Jay Brewer
Richard Bordwell
Clyde Lambert
Aunt Hattie
Frankie Sutherland
Faye Mackey
Grace Nell Crowell
Manford Wilcox
Sally Peck Guild
Sally Peck
the Baptist Church
Kay Beard
Eleanor Bailey
Donald Smith
Charles Dawson
Kay Garrett
Mrs. Whisler
Rosemary Club
P.F. Whisler
Don Brown
Dell Walker
Clive Gray
Rex Crandall
Edwards Home
Mrs. Drone
JUST
Brenneman
Joann Peiffer
Tom Gray
Grinnell
R. D
Norton
Keith Norton
Lavina Schantz
Rex Barton
J. B. Eustice
Ed Lampe
Karl Messer
James Humphrey
Burlington
Columbus Junction
Mt Pleasant
Cedar Rapids
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Wilton Junction
Fairfield
Wayland
Salem
California
Mrs
Rex W. Barton
Ken
Rene Baudio
John Blick
Harold Swailes
East Second St
Masonic Temple
West Side Square
Pastry Shop
Hiano
Mary Shields
Grace Hill
Bruce Campbell
Herbert L. Campbell
Iowa State College Agricultural
Ames
Southwest
United States
Gilbert Mills
Washington County Hospital
O. E. Schmitt
Elizabeth Wright
Arkansas City
Kan
Ethel and Maude McCreedy
Ida Cavender
Fern Murray
Ernest Atchison
Ross Atchison
Oklahoma City
Ray Atchison
Overbrook
Ross
Ray
Ernest
Wahneetah Ingalls
Tampa
Fla
Mabel Gray
Keith Molesworth
Baltimore
Maryland
John Mattes
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Judith L. Quinn
B.S. Ch
Levi Miller
James W. Hofer
BSP
Robert R. Bostwick
Donald C. Goetz
Darold L. Powers
Roger A Waggoner
B.S.C
Robert H. Be
Pearce
Tally-Ho Kitchens
Cedar Fall
Dan's Wholesale Foods
Towa City
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