Washington county school graduation and community notes
An audience gathered at the Methodist Church to witness the graduation of 109 eighth grade students. Public notices include superintendent W. A. Erbe resigning to become principal at Fort Dodge High School, and numerous local events from Y’s Men Club discussions to National Guard duty,, aviation breakfast plans, and community improvements. Urban and rural residents travel, weddings, retirements, and farm updates fill the week with social, civic, and educational activities in Washington county.
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Washington Hospital News Review of Memorial Weekend
Washington hosts a busy Memorial Day weekend with visits from Des Moines Davenport and Keota families. Local graduations and commencements, travel to Denver and Chicago, and a new Rainbow office appointment highlight a week of community life and obituaries.
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C. G. Schmoeller
Troe
Norene Schmoeller
Local residents and visitors share a busy week of travel and events
Wednesday introductions mark visits from Robert Berdo and family in Washington D C to spend a week with Henry and Matilda Berdo. Mrs. Wasson and Miss Louise Wasson travel to Coralville Iowa for a graduation. J T Jenneke joins them. A group including Bill Wessier John Cherry tour Minnesota visiting Brainerd Ely and Milo Sorden’s cabin. Chris Dittmer has surgery at Washington County Hospital. Wayne C Brown arrives from Chicago to visit family in the area. Carl Schmidt and son John return to Washington after John’s Concordia College graduation. John to Watertown Wisconsin for a teaching post. Harold Durst travels to Fennville Michigan for a graduation. Mrs. H L Witting and niece Willis Wittmer attend a Mt. Pleasant piano recital. Donna Lynn Cannon participates. Kay McCreedy and Roger Hazen return from Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. Kay to be a sophomore Roger a senior. Kathy Mattes arrives from Marycrest College Davenport to spend weeks with parents before summer classes at State University of Iowa. The More family from Willmar Minnesota visits Fred L Moore home. Sharon and Susan Harris visit relatives in Ottumwa last week.
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Week of local visits and graduations in Washington
Thursday visitors from Seattle arrive to stay with friends and relatives. Local families plan summer trips and attend graduations at Iowa Wesleyan College and Iowa State Teachers College while hospital stays and personal appointments are reported.
Our Vanishing Elms
Poem laments elms planted by pioneers and their decline under modern threats. The speaker, Ellen Rebecca Fenn, notes trees severed from roots and immune to further ravages by man as progress demands painful change for future generations.
First Day Covers Explain Stamp Collecting
Stamp collectors seek first day covers where a stamp or set is attached and post marked in the issuing city. An envelope, possibly cachet decorated, is sent with funds and a filler to obtain the stamps. First day covers are valued higher than standard mint or used stamps due to limited cancellations.
Area Deaths This Week
A list of local deaths includes Bessie McCoy 8 of 302 South Marion died June 1 at a caregiver’s home. Ralph R. Stewart 85 of 220 East Seventh died June 1 at Sump Nursing Home. Graveside rites for Irving Greer Ottumwa held June 2 in Columbus City cemetery. Lena Palm 84 Keota died in Winn Rest Home Ollie with final rites at St Marys Keota. Deaths also include Ted Givans 57 near Washington June 3, Mrs. William Jones 77 Letts, Konrad Goettsche 57 Richland, Carrie Boileau 81 415 South Sixth Ave, Bert Dill 85 516 West Washington, Jesse Mickey 76 Columbus Junction, Carl Hensley --- found dead in Wayland, Wheeler E Moffett 81 Richland died June 5 in Enid Okla.
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Packwood
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East Seventh Street
Sump
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Ottumwa
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Winn
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South Sixth Avenue
Bert Dill
West
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Jones Funeral Home
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Walter Smith
Richland
Wheeler E. Moffett
Enid
Okla
Writing a Column Is a Tricky Public Task
A columnist muses on the blank mind and many daily troubles that block a piece. He notes generalization for readers while admitting uncertainty about what to write and hints at the ongoing struggle of crafting a cohesive column.
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