Couples wed as church ceremonies dot Iowa town
Wanda Atkins of Grinnell and William Kiesey wed at Montezuma church while Maxine Reeves and Stanley Jarrard married at Prairie Flower church with 165 guests. Other notices include births, visits, travel plans, and a Des Moines radio appearance by Richard Stephens of Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Atkins
Grinnell
William Allen Kiesey
Addie Thompson
Maxine Reeves
C. C. Reeves
Stanley Jarrard
Car
E. Jarrard
Prairie Flower Church
Sterling College
Kun
Laws State College
Ames
Y W C A Summer Program Expanded And Local Notices
The Y W C A summer program merges with the Y recreation program under Mrs Raburn Pavis and Lois Bare leading activities for girls with Joan Michels in charge of swimming. Washington council widens business district parking stalls. Rev Wendland of Janesville Wis speaks at Immanuel Lutheran church anniversary. Several Iowa State College graduates listed including Joan Michels in dietetics and Robert McLaughlin in agricultural economics. Weather unusually cold with 48 low and 51 high. half inch rainfall. Various local visits and travel noted among residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Michels
Y. W
Raburn Pavis
Lois Bare
Iowa State College
Ames
Robert McLaughlin
John Ryan
Riverside
Sune
Low Point
High Point
Local gas system converted. plant to close for week
Natural gas was introduced into the distribution system of I. A. this morning and the present manufacturing plant will shut down. A conversion crew will spend the week changing residents’ gas appliances for use of the natural gas. John Winga, longtime president of the YMCA, received a watch at the June board meeting as a token of appreciation. Rev W H Parker and his wife of Carroll Iowa mark their 15th wedding anniversary June 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Monroe Street
Darrell Neff
John Winga
Winga
Y. M
W. H. Parker
Carroll, Iowa
Parker
Cotter
Bethel Presbyterian
Local visitors and 4-H trip notes across regions
Mrs Anna Springer takes a brief vacation visiting sister Mrs Cecille Martin in Aurora Illinois. Hubert Turner a Huron College teacher will attend summer school at Iowa University. Walter Turner of Minneapolis and Ruth Foster with seventeen 4-H girls visit near Nauvoo Street for a three day recreation period. Mrs Fred Stecxr visits Des Moines to see her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Bramer. Rev F J Oetjen and family return to Jefferson City Missouri after weekend at Walter Oetjen’s home. Additional visitors are noted returning to the Oetjen home with weekend guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecile Martin
Bobby
Aurora
Ill
Dorothy Cusie
Bristol
Anna Springer
Carroll Warford
Leanne
Newton
Jim Stewart
Rachel Benedict
Casey
Iowa
Ezra Smith
Paul
Neéw
Cecille Martin
Hubert Turner
Huron
Dekola
Harry Turner
Hubert
Huron Cvilege
Iowa University
Walter Turner
Minneapolis
Larry Turner
Ruth Foster
Cain Eastman
Nauvoo St
Distret
Fred Stecxr
Des Moines
William Bramer
F. J. Oetjen
Jefferson City
Walter
Oetjen
Fr iday Visitors From Indianola Cedar Falls and More
Friday visitors in Washington included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Eldridge of Indianola who stayed overnight. Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Grayson of Cedar Falls spent the night with Dora and Frances Minick while en route home from Davenport where Grayson attended Grand Lodge of Majors and was re elected grand Tyler. Mrs. A FE Atchison and daughter Jean left for a vacation to California and will visit Sterling Kansas this weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam White
Sioux Falls
Cal
Washington
Mrs. White
Emma
Edna Purvis
Mrs. Earl Eldridge
Indianola
Elliot Grayson
Cedar Falls
Dora
Frances Minick
Graysons
Davenport
Grayson
Grand Lodge of Majors
Grand Tyler
Local Families Share Travel Plans and Visits
Mr and Mrs E P Cunningham travel to Los Angeles to stay with Mrs Atchison’s relatives and visit Santa Monica with Mr and Mrs Clinton Adams. Dick and Jerry Tucker of Routt Colorado return home after a three week visit with the John and Floyd Tucker families. Mrs John Tucker joins them for visits in the Har old Tucker and Dr D E Newland homes. Donald McLaughlin and daughters Virginia and Mary Rita go to Ames for Iowa State College commencement. Robert McLaghlin graduates. Vida Casper departs Iowa City for San Francisco after visiting her parents. she transfers as United Airlines stewardess to flights to Portland Denver and Cheyenne. Mr and Mrs W H Folkemer of Corpus Christi Texas plan a visit to the Oscar Rhythm home and relatives. Mrs Folkemer is Capitola Brindley, sister of Mrs Burham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Cunningham
Los Angeles
Atchison
Santa Monica
Clinton Adams
Dick and
Jerry Tucker
Routt
Colo
John
Floyd Tucker
John Tucker
Harold Tucker
Rourt
D. E. Newland
Denver
Donald McLaughlin
Virginia
Mary Rita
Ames
Iowa State College
Robert McLaghlin
Vida Casper
Iowa City
San Francisco
Calif
Charles Casper
Miss Casper
United Airlines
Portland
Ore
Cheyene
Wye
W. H. Folkemer
Corpus, Christi
Texas
Wee
Oscar Rhytham
Deaths of the Week: Paul Yansky
Funeral services were held Monday at Riverside Trinity Methodist for Paul Yansky 39. He had been a Des Moines hospital patient a week prior and took his own life by cutting his wrists and throat with his broken eyeglasses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U Riverside Trinity Methodist Church
Paul Yansky
Des Moines
Mrs Muller 77 Dies After Illness at Daughter's Home
Mrs Muller aged 77 died Monday afternoon at the Riverside home of her daughter Mrs Ralph Kloopfer where she had received care. Funeral services were held at Riverside St Marys church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muller
Ralph Kloopfer
Riverside
Riverside St. Mary's Church
Watt Helwick Dies. Former Washington Resident
Watt Helwick 68 of Muscatine died Tuesday in a Muscatine hospital. A former Washington resident, he had lived in Muscatine since 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Watt Helwick
Muscatine
Muscatine Hospital
Knopp Announces Death of Bertha Knopp in Illinois
John Knopp of Washington received word his mother Mrs. Bertha Knopp died Wednesday morning in Moline Illinois. She formerly lived at Hast Pleasant Plain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knopp
Washington
Bertha Knopp
Moline, Il
Hast Pleasant Plain
Fairfield man passes after long illness
Alvin F. Woods of Fairfield aged 77 died Thursday after a long illness. He was father of Mrs Ed Custer Mrs Joe Simmering and Les Woods of Washington. Funeral services are planned for Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lvin F. Woods
Fairfield
Ed Custer
Joe Simmering
Les Woods
Washington
Frey Farll Johr Frey Dies at 57 in Packwood Home
Frey 57, former owner of a general store in Haskins, died Thursday afternoon at his Packwood residence after a visit to Bieher Mennonite church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farl Johr Frey
Feneral
Haskins
Packwood
Bieher Mennonite Church
Hospital admissions and dismissals listed by day
Admitted Saturday Earl W. Mikseh Ainsworth surgical Mrs Stanley Plank Kalona medical Sunday Don Bealer 616 So Second Avenue medical Chester McChurch route one Mrs Joseph A Vogel Har per surgical Daisy Huber Crawfordsville medical Dismissed Yesterday Mrs Charles Welsh 803 N Seventh Avenue Mrs Floyd Smith and daughter Judith Ann route four Eldon Yeggy and son Donald Dean Riverside Today Mrs Omer Crawford and daughter Betty Ruth Keota Charles Garrett and daughter Carla Jean Columbus Junction Everet Coffman South English
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl W. Mikseh
Ainsworth
Surgical
Stanley Plank
Kalona
Medical
Don Bealer
Second Avenue
Chester McChurch
Route One
Joseph A. Vogel
Harper, Surgical
Daisy Huber
Crawfordsville
Charles Welsh
Seventh Avenue
Floyd Smith
Judith Ann
Route Four
Eldon Yeggy
Donald Dean
Riverside
Omer Crawford
Betty Ruth
Keota
Charles Garrett
Carla Jean
Columbus Junction
Everet Coffman
South English
Medical Facility Transfers And Procedures Noted
Yesterday entries list Darrell Neff at 8264 W Monroe in medical notes. Mentioned procedures include tonsillectomies for Carol Anderson and references to Donna Lynn Max Arthur Cannon Wanda Blattner and Teddy Drish. Transfers include Jimmy Murphy to University Hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell Neff
W. Mon-roe Street
Medical
Carol Anderson
E. Jefferson Street
Donna Lynn
Max Arthur Cannon
Ainsworth
Wanda Blattner
Teddy Drish
Brighton
Sherrill Malloy
Keola
Passing Years Noted In Keokuk County News Items
A Keokuk County roundup mentions Congressman H J Vorhis family visiting en route to San Dimas for commencement, horse Star Light sold to Ben Summerwell for show use, and the old press building converted to a bingo hall by the American Legion. Local church reorganizations and celebratory events at North Side cafe are noted along with graduation trips to Evanston and Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Snyder
Ben Summerwell
Johnson County Savings Bank
Iowa City
Henry Bailey
Mary Scranton
North Side
Henry
Local Church Calls Rev Arthur A Vinz
Rev Arthur A Vinz has accepted a call to the local Baptist Church replacing Rev John Kern who resigned. Washington county voters approved improved roads 4 to 1 preferring gravel to mud amid excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Vinz
Baptist Cchurch
John Kern
Washington County
Births and family notices listed with addresses and names
A list of birth announcements and family notes includes Mr. and Mrs. Keith Glider with a daughter, Lyle Darbyshire in Crawfordsville, and multiple surgical patients referenced by name and residence such as Mrs. Merrill A. Harkness of Dubuque, Mrs. Milford Groff and daughter Mary Jean of Pleasant Plain, and Mrs. Lloyd Brown with son Micheal Lee of Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Darbyshire
Crawfordsville
Merrill A. Harkness
Dubuque
Darrell Neff
Monroe Street
Milford Groff
Mary Jean
Pleasant Plain
Lloyd Brown
Micheal Lee
Mt Pleasant
Duane Yoder
Karen Ann
Kalona
Local hospital discharges and listings of residents
Discharged patients include Mrs. Stanley Plank of Kalona Mrs. Leo Ruegsegger and son Marlo Ray of Wellman Mrs. J. C. Morrison and son Stephen Arnold. Also noted are names Roger Lee Schuerman Ainsworth Bobby Long and addresses 608 North Avenue D 601 South Marion Avenue and 902 West Monroe Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Lee Schuerman
Ainsworth
Bobby Long
N. Avenue D
Lois Ann
Richard Boettcher
S. Marion Avenue
Stanley Plank
Kalona
Leo Ruegsegger
Marlo Ray
Wellman
J. C. Morrison
Stephen Arnold
W. Monroe Street
Friday Admissions Briefs and Birth Announcements
Yesterday and today admissions list include Mrs. Roy Legore of Des Moines and Mrs. Francis Crone with surgical and medical cases, plus Mrs. Myers Coffman and Mrs. M. A. Harkness noted for medical and other procedures. Births announce a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Hanchett, and two newborns for the Walker and Peiffer families in Kalona Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Legore
Des Moines
Robert Anderson
Francis Crone
W. Mainstreet
Myers Coffman
South Enezlish
M. A. Harkness
Nubuque
Ivan Hanchett
Route One
Floyd Walker
Kalona
Edwin Peiffer
Wellman
Fifty Years Ago Academy Graduates and Local Happenings
The article lists 19 Academy graduates including Pearl Elder and Olive Dixson with others named. It notes the 1897 class had 13 graduates led by Charles Dean and Stella Hont. The Cherry sisters plan a Graham theater appearance on June 17 and were praised for touring the East. Local officials discuss a park fountain, sending the issue to a finance committee, while the sewer question is postponed again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dean
Stella Hont
Ethel Laughead
Verne Lytle
Maude Thompson
Ora Reilly
Harry Hale
Eva Hunt
Emma Lodders
Wilson Nichols
Ellie Turner
Emma Vinton
Lillian Wertz
Boomerang Opens at State Theater with Dana Andrews
A new motion picture technique named Boomerang opens Sunday at the State Theater. Dana Andrews stars in a crime story framed as a vengeance tale. Producer Louis de Rochemont relies on the unique formula across his third film using Boomerang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theatre
Dana Andrews
Louis de Rochemont
Father’s Day Verses From Seven To Seventy Seven
A family album page traces a father's life from childhood at seven through youth and adulthood to old age. The poem describes changing looks, dignity, dreams, responsibility, aging and nearing life's end, ending with the author Elizabeth Lathrop Powers noting seventy years of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
Father’s Life Reflected in His Spiritual House
A tribute describing a father who built a spacious home on pleasant avenue with exacting care. He followed a moral code, labored with patience, and created not only for his family but for posterity. The poem contrasts the earthly house with a enduring spirit house built above the clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Avenue
Father
Boomerang Stars Dana Andrews In Realistic Connecticut Drama
The film Boomerang presents a factual courtroom story from the 1920s about a state attorney who values another life over politics. Dana Andrews plays the state’s attorney with Jane Wyatt as his wife and Lee J. Cobb as police chief in a production directed by Elia Kazan. Filmed entirely in Stamford to ensure authenticity, the cast and locals contributed to a natural, documentary feel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
2Nd Street
F Bl
Rue Madeleine
Connecticut
Dana Andrews
Jane Wyatt
Lee J. Cobo
Elia Kazan
Brooklyn
Twentieth Century-Fox
Stamford
de Rochemont
Kazan
Birthday notices from Wellman area celebrate many anniversaries
Readable notices list anniversaries for Rev. and Mrs. John H. Beiderwieden five years and Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith 41st. Many local youths and adults have birthdays today and tomorrow including Danny Lee Bean and Harriet Jane Johnson. Wedding anniversaries note Carl Hedges 43rd and Gerald Dettwiler 17th upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Beiderwieden
E. L. Smith
Richard Arnold Nicholson
Arnold Nicholson
Ainsworth
Barbara Mae Dunkin
Glen Dunkin
James Hilton Coon
Danny Lee Bean
Norman Bean
Patty Kay Bruty
F. P. Bruty
Russell John Wieland
Clarence Wieland
Harold Luers
Clarence Niffenegger
West Chester
Ruth Dupuis
Gertrude Payne
Oakley Payne
Richard LeRoy Jugenheimer
Elsie Wagner
Frances Mast
Jake Beese
J. T. Friedel
Robert Anderson
Walter Anderson
Harriet Jane Johnson
Toppan Johnson
Wellman
Frank L. Wilson
William James Mouser
Stanley Mouser
Ronald Dean Krantz
Ernest Krantz
Ruth Marie Godwin
Cloyce Godwin
Leila Brown
C. L. Brown
Brighton
Lorene Booth
Earl Booth
Carl Hedges
Gerald Dettwiler
District Officers Attend Luncheon and Meeting
W S C S of the Methodist church held an all day meeting in Crawfordsville on Tuesday. District officers Edna Kden of Washington and Mrs Williamson of Wapello attended with 32 members and children at a picnic lunch. The alumni banquet raised 117.50 for Blank Memorial hospital in Des Moines. A 10 donation was approved for the Christian Service Fund. Willing Workers of the Federated Presbyterian Church met with 30 members and planned a flood relief comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Methodist Church
Edna Kden
Washington
Williamson
Wapello
Wilbur Rose
Katheryn Williams
Dorothy Smith
Blank Memorial Hospital
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
Chrisian
Federated Presbyterian Church
Earl Monson
Georgia Williams
Lee Lease
Ottumwa
Chester Piper
Fred Aumwyl
Elizabeth Davis
Milton White
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capi Flynn
W. F. Flynn
Robert A. Frink
Russell A. Frink
Wellman Methodist Church
Shenandoah
Frink
Central Survey
Lucille Kathryn Votrubs
A. J. Votruba
Donald EK. Smith
Clarence Smith
Atterton
Charles Davis
Diana Lynn
Don Davis
Knoxville
Tennesse
Charley
Merrill Harkness
Loa Lu
Susan
W. G. Stewart
C. O. Davis
Charles Grayson
Helen Falk
Jane Pauls
Balsam Lake
Wis
Dixie Lodge
Roy Whitman
Little York
Floyd Hamil
United Presbyterian Church
Frances Whisler
Jacksonville
P. F. Whisler
Miss Whisler
MacMurray College
Cornell College
Barbara Etter
Mary Voorhees
Sara Lu Miller
Millard DeLashmutt
Geraldine Bartow
Shirley Dunlap
Betty Stewart
Gwendolyn Ramseyer
Scientific Nice
Governmental
Beltsville
Julia McCullough Smith
L. P. Ristine
Hospital For Insane
Mt. Pleasant
Rotary Club
Iown
Lila
Rirchard Holden
Richmond
Harvey
Edgar
Charles
H. C. Harmon
Joy Harmon
Addie Harmon
Howard McCleery
William Kyle
Gary
Ronald
Richard
Altadena
Kyle
William Darbyshire
Mr. Kyle
W. S. Kyle
Clara Faulkner
Haddon James
Silver City, N. Mex
E. B. Hammer
Elsie Glassburner
Richard Stephens
National Broadcasting Company
Chicago
America United
BE. H. Wendland
Janesville
Wisc
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Wendlane
Virginie Eckels
Town State College
Richard G. McCleery
Colorado Springs
Colorado Collegze
R. H. McCleery
Edith Jacques
Jerry
N. Y
Jacques
A. W. Crow
Crow
Doing Clow
Canal Zone
Panama
Harold Putnam
Judy
Willoughby
Ohio
Cleveland
Tom Holland
Marjorie Rodman
Thelma Luther
Washington County Health Unit
Betty
Ruth Michels
Joan
T. A. Michels
College of Home Economics
Charles Wiley
Margaret Cowden
Tran
Gertrude Alice Bruegge
Ben Bruegee
Lawrence A. Swift
Bryan Swift
Christian Parsonage
Myra van Nostrand
Ross van Nostrand
Charles Bellroeder
Mary Ellen Duensing
Mrs. A. L. Duensing
Lola Ruth Faris
Rosalie Rubison
Elaine Swick
Patty and
Jean Smith
Betty Farrier
Good Luck 4H Club
Donald Robison
Dora Smith
Ottumwy
Jack Lytle
Chamber of Commerce
Oskaloosa
Legion Hall
Charles Ragan
Rodney Arnold
Bill Arnold
Leech Lake
Walker
Minn
Frank Barnes
LaPorte City
Mrs
Lewis Chambers
Chambers
Frances Keesey
Parsons College
C. W. Stewart
Miss Keesey
Drexel Hills
Penna
Oscar Burham
Charles Murdock
Emma Muller
Wyatt Helwick
FE. F. Woods
Farl Frey
S. Second Avenue
Jimmy Murphy
University Hospital
Towa City
Clarence Berk
H. J
Horace Jeremiah) Vorhis
Alice
S. W. Livingston
San Dimas
Vorhis
The
American Legion
Scotland Presbyterian Church
Keokuk County
Harper
Fk. W. Eastwood
Cloid Willits
Iretta and
Cloid, Jr
Evanston, Ill
St. Francis Hospital
Maxine Willits
Nic
Sioux City
Roy Tripp
Amos Alberson
Pshaw
S. E. Greer
Convenant Church
Denver Corp
Dottie
Bobbie Thompson
Barbara Miller
Ernest Whiting
Hollis Whiting
Garden Club
City Hall
Harland Mead
Roma Clemons
Hawkeye Bros. Cirus Co
Corbin Garage
Wright Corbin
John Applegate, Jr
Helen Klepfer
Stutsman’s Yard
Dave Elder
Duluth
Frank Brinton
Wellman Opera House
Carris Novelty Company
Carris
Nettie Hunter
Charles Hays
Emma Hays
Walter O. Halston
Walter Hays
South Ave. B
Martha Brindley
Helen Wilson
Pasadena
Nellie Wilson
State University of Iowa
Academy
Pearl Elder
Olive Dixson
Georgia Folger
Maizie Stewart
Cora Smeltzer
Cade Shearer
Sappho Beamer
Stanley Miller
Mediapolis News
Alex
Wilbur Miller
Cherry Sisters
Graham Theater
Marshalltown
Charles Hebner
Harry Shrader
W. A. Wiley
Ella Savage
J. C. Smith
C. N. Stewart
Titus Myrtle Morton
Earth
Paradise
Heaven
Elizabeth Lathrop
Hes
W.S.C.S
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