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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1966
Page
2
Pictured is Jimmy Davis as Toby and his wife Juanita in a scene from American folk humor. The Toby and Susie performers will appear at the Washington Fairgrounds through Saturday, with Journal Photo by Tom Kuncl.
Mrs. Nelle Price Knox age 83 will have funeral services Wednesday at 10 30 a m at Powell Funeral Home South English. She died early Monday at a rest home in Sigourney.
The VFW Auxiliary helped with chapel services at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City on Sunday led by Assistant Chaplain Rev. John Craig. The Auxiliary provided flowers and soloist Miss Sara Kephart, with attendees including Mrs. Sarah Weeks, Auxiliary president, and Mr. and Mrs. Dave McGaffey. Also noted are visits and greetings among local residents and relatives, including Bo Kos of Whittier California visiting family, Karl Hinkle of Palo Alto being called to assist ill sister Mrs. Bob Denny of Libertyville, and Mrs. H. L. Arnett visiting J. F. Mallory. Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Amlong plan a Kansas City trip to visit Bobby Speake.
Mid-Prairie area Junior High named for the junior high honor roll with pupils from seventh, eighth and ninth grades honored. Names include Virginia Borntrager Steven Mast Mary Swartzendruber Suzanne Yoder Rosella Marner Deanna Yoder Laura Groff Kent Stout Janelle Miller Marilyn Guangerich Rozanna Marner Elain Allensworth Greg Boyd Daniel Reschly Elsa Zinn Janet Cuddeback Fred Lampe and others. External recognitions included perfect attendance Rita Wright Loren Huber and music scholarship Priscilla Wyse.
Washington's city council approved Osborne Asphalt and Paving Inc. of Fairfield as the low bidder for a summer street resurfacing project and selected Lloyd Robertson as city clerk starting July 1, replacing Le Nora Taylor. The meeting also granted beer permits for Washington Cafe and the Diamond Inn and discussed a subdivision ordinance proposal from the Planning Commission.
Students from the Journal area earned degrees from State College of Iowa at Cedar Falls Friday evening. Rosemary Beard of Ainsworth earned lower elementary education and other graduates include Theresa Cecil of Columbus Junction in English, Loren Buser of Conesville in physical education, James Edward Lee of Keota in junior high education with high honors, Patricia McClure Brown with honors in music, Tom Edsall Brown in social science, Linda Ann Crone in business education, Cheryl Ann Rees in business education, Tanya Ann Trotman of Washington in lower elementary education, Junean Elaine Goschke of Wellman in science, and Judith Ann Huntsberger of Wellman in upper elementary education.
Charles Edward Lunning 28 of 420 East Washington Street died Tuesday June 7 1966 after six weeks in hospital. Funeral Friday 2 30 p m at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Clarence Dehne. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Born May 22 1938 son of Henry and Matilda Baer Lunning. Survived by parents two brothers Howard and Harold and sister Leanna Watson.
Contracts record: Cletus M Kern and wife transfer lot 8 block 8 in OP Richmond to Gary A Hiller and wife. Ralph C Romine transfers south half of SW of SW of NW sec 9 76 9 to Victor John Tinnes. Enos C Swartzendruber to Tobias J Miller sec 8 77 7. Irene Wood and husband to Robert Wilson and wife comm at NE corner 6 lot 1 block 5 Crawford add Crawfordsville.
Richard Yordy of 610 Thirty fourth Street NE Cedar Rapids was named Boss of the Year by the Cedar Rapids chapter of the American Business Women's Association after the Boss Night banquet at the Montrose Hotel. Yordy is sales manager of Péter Pan Bakeries. Various local families gathered for events including birthday moments, visits, and a 30‑day leave for Pfc Ronald Helfrich from Washington.
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