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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1972
Page
8
Ainsworth women from both churches will gather Thursday June 15 at 9:30 a.m. for a mother daughter coffee at the United Methodist Church with a program planned after.
Mrs Emma Wyse 83 of Wayland died early Sunday at Parkview Home Wayland Funeral Tuesday 10 30 a m Sugar Creek Mennonite Church Rev Orie Roth and Rev Vernon Gerig officiating Burial Sugar Creek Cemetery Friends 7 to 9 p m Beatty Jennings Funeral Chapel Wayland Memorials to chapel Born December 12 1888 Bridley Hill daughter of John H and Anna Saltzman Saltzman Married August 31 1916 to Samuel Wyse Wayland He died November 1957 70 year Sugar Creek Church member Survived by daughter Lorene Fisher Brighton two sons Marlin Wayland Eldon Mt Pleasant two brothers Edwin Winfield Ed Rock Island Ill 11 grandchildren one great grandchild Preceded in death by two brothers one sister and a great grandson.
Lawrence J. De Wess 42 of 1730 West 2nd Ottumwa died unexpectedly at home Saturday. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Sherman Eden Funeral Home. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Survived by mother Mrs Earl Stewart Ottumwa four sisters and several step-siblings. preceded by father and two brothers.
Harry C Wade 75 longtime farmer and community figure died Sunday in Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm Champion Hill United Methodist Church with burial in Champion Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Ruth Popham Wade daughter Betty Claus grandson and brother George. WWII veteran and 50 year American Legion member.
Farmers in Marchewka welcomed freight trains stopping for faster services as they raided opened freight cars for light bulbs liquor and Turkish beans per Express Wieczorny. Local hospital news notes Mrs. Weller of Washington and Mrs. Striegel of Harper undergoing surgeries in Iowa City and Washington County hospitals respectively.
Mrs Martha Adrian aged 90 of Halcyon House died there Sunday June 11 1972 after six weeks illness She was a St James Catholic Church member a housewife and nurse in her husband Frank Adrian MDs office Survived by nieces and nephews Preceded by husband one brother and two sisters Funeral at 9 30 a m Wednesday Rev Edward Collins officiating Burial in Sigourney Rosary 8 p m Tuesday at Sherman Eden Funeral Home Born July 2 1881 Cedar Rapids daughter of W J and Mary Shaw McWilliams Educated Cedar Rapids High School and University of Iowa School of Nursing Married November 22 1904 Sigourney to Frank Adrian MD Lived in Washington 22 years.
Livestock market in Joliet Illinois shows 3150 cattle with steer prices steady to 25 higher and heifers up to 50 higher. High choice and prime steers reach 38.75 to 39.25, choice 37.25 to 38.75, good to choice 36.25 to 37.25, and lower grades 24.50 to 26.00. One load high choice and prime heifers at 38.50, other heifer ranges 36.50 to 38.00 for choice and 35.25 to 36.50 for good. Cutter bids around 22.50.
Mrs. Bertha Alice Ward, 91, died at Shenks Rest Home in Wellman. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Powell Funeral Home with Rev. Ezra Shenk officiating. Burial in Wellman. Born Sept. 2, 1880 in Wellman to Rufus and Elizabeth Bolding Whetstine, she married Joseph J. Ward June 1 1900 at Princeton, Illinois. She was a member of the United Methodist Church. Surviving: daughter Mrs. Mortis Straw of Aurora, Colorado, and one granddaughter.
Contracts record multiple property deeds. Helen Virginia Gingerich and others convey Lots 1 and 4 Block 2 in Wellman’s 1st Addition to Warren E Shade and wife. Harold Sobaski and wife sell land to Edwin M Horn and wife. Jay S Brewer and wife transfer land to Cloyce C Zieglowsky and wife. Lowell D Yoder and wife sell all of Lots 9 and 10 excluding East 6 ft in Grady’s 1st Addition to Kalona. Jay S Brewer and wife convey land to Glen E Williams in Section 13 75 8.
UPI reports interior hog markets in southern Minnesota trading moderately with steady to uneven demand. Butchers mostly steady with some 25 cent declines, sows steady to firm, and receipts estimated at 80,000 today versus 101,000 last week and 89,000 a year ago.
Multiple estate auctions and livestock sales listed across Iowa venues including Kalona Ainsworth Wapello Ollie Middletown and Kalona Community Auction. Starts range from 6:30 p.m. to 12:00 p.m. with dates June 17 through monthly recurring sales at various county fairgrounds and livestock markets. Local sales include furniture antiques real estate and farm items with weekly Tuesday Friday and monthly schedules.
Ten years ago May was very wet in Washington with total rainfall reaching 6.26 inches, about double the normal amount, per the official weather observer.
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