Washington Echoes of Local Happenings and Obits
The itemized wrap of Washington news covers local society, YWCA district gifts, highway plans for East Washington Street, a devastating Metz farm fire, YMCA activities, vacation church programs, and regional updates. Notes include the Hereford association gift, river-area trips, and public notices from the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Wolf
Harold Wolf
Wolf Floral Company
Des Moines
F.T.D. Florists
Iowa
J. C. Holbert
Ywca Group
Iowa Hereford Association
State Highway Commission
East Washington Street
Simon Metz
Riverside
Artemas Brown
YMCA
Milo Steele Jr
VFW
Union Vacation Bible School
Washington
Walter A. Smith
E. J. Blatter
Doris
Donna
Carl
Marshalltown
Walter Kiesey
Washington County
Ottumwa
Alfred Dickmeyer
Fairfax
Minn
D. C
New York
Boston
Detroit
Irene Haupert
Keota Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Ethel Consigney
News Review of the Week in Washington Roundup
A sweep of local postings lists travel to Des Moines for Rainbow Grand Assembly and installation plans. Numerous residents announce job changes travel, family visits, graduations, and military movements across Iowa and Illinois with names and places throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News Review of the
Washington
Marital, academic, and local lives noted in Washington area notices
Washington area residents share weddings births graduations and visits. The Catalina wedding in Tucson unites Sherry Ross and Allen Rikker with families from Wellman Keota and Cedar Rapids. Mercy and Mercy Iowa City Hospital births for Sojka and Shetler and a Cedar Rapids graduation with highest distinction at the State University of Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sitler
Sitler
William Stricker
Wellman
Tucson
Ariz
Stricker
Sherry Ross
Allen Rikker
Catalina Methodist Church
Helen Stricker
Bill Ross
Keota
Ids
Kevin James
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Shetler
Janet Tines
Edward Winga
Washington
State University of Iowa
Edward
Local Air Force Return and Community Notices
A2C Richard Marie returns to Parkridge Illinois after a 40 day furlough with his mother Mrs Marie Marie Dave Marie departs from Iowa City for Des Moines and on to San Antonio Texas for Air Force assignment Barb Glassburner and Karen Crawford to Iowa City for 4 H bread baking demonstration for Johnson county clubs Several families attend commencement at Iowa Wesleyan College including Mrs Paul Lytle and siblings Richard Maxwell receives 500 dollar Master Builders of Iowa scholarship for civil engineering at UIowa Rainbow Grand Cross of Colors honors announced for Sue Conner Dwane Shalla and spouses Richard Michels of Tipton visits Washington for health, Minnie Miller travels from Marion to Salem Oregon with daughter, plus other local family visits and meals in Washington and Iowa City
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Roy Randall
Charles
Haight Building
United Presbyterian Church
Marion Avenue
Faye Brown
Arizona State School For the Deaf
Tucson
Ariz
Brown
Myrtle Morrow
Ludwig Simon
Dave
Washington
Chicago
Clifford Thorne
Elizabeth
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
John C. Owen
A. Owen
Monmouth
Livingston Law Office
Ed Gray
Esta Clark
Wisie Long
Mary Kerr
Iowa City
J. O. Sexton
Walter Ladder
Butte
Mont
Ilda Lodders
Ames
Louisa Young
Blue Island
Marynard Brown
J. O. Brown
Charles Clark
Legion Drum, Fife and Bugle Corps
Keota
West Chester
White Yard
al Eldridge
Washingtonian
Henry Field Seed Company
Shenandoah
Russell Jennings
Y's Men
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mary Pauls
J. A. Bittler
Dave Elder
California
A. E. Putman
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
C. E. Hamilton
Eastern Star
Military Hall
A. W. Crow
Donna
Kirksville
Clow
Della Patton
Edith Shields
Ina McDowell
Denver
Colo
Elizabeth Henke
Washington Loan and Trust Company
M. W. Bailey
Theodore
Josephine
T. Wells Brown
Los Angeles
Calif
Northwestern
Mary Helscher
Fran Godwin
Roberta Wiley
Rainbow Mother
Dwane Shalla
Des Moines
Rainbow
Howard Benn
Marlene
William Glassburner
Barb Glassburner
J. C. Carris
Glassburner
Barb
Richard Marie
International Air Force Base
Parkridge, Ill
Marie Marie
Dave Marie
San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Karen Crawford
Johnson County
Richard D. Maxwell
Don Maxwell
Master Builders of Iowa
State University of Iowa
Sue Conner
Washington Hospital News Reflects Births Dismissals and Events
Hospital notes list multiple births including a son for Dale Garrett Wayland and a son for Donald Patterson Wellman, plus a Washington surgical case and a dismissal of Larry Genkinger’s family. It also references weddings, graduations at Ames and Iowa City, and staff visits and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Garrett
Wayland
Donald Patterson
Wellman
Larry Genkinger
Keota
Stamp Corner Announces 1958 Postage Rate Changes
The article details postal rate changes effective August 1 1958 and new issuing items debuting on July 31 including stamps and post cards in multiple denominations. Key first day locations include Philadelphia Dayton Miami San Antonio Colorado Springs Wichita Mandan Wheel- ing and summaries of coil stamps booklets and envelopes debuting across these sites.
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United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Dayton
Ohio
Penn
American Air Mail Society
Miami
Florida
San Antonio
Texas
Air Post
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wichita
Kansas
Mandan
North Dakota
Wheeling
West Virginia
Area Deaths This Week
Death notices from Wellman Kalona Keota and nearby areas report Carrie Tes troet Wellman 59 dies Sunday at Shenk Rest Home Helen Edge 40 dies Sunday at parents home Kalona LeRoy Fondle 29 electrocuted Cedar Rapids on Peiper Brothers farm Albert Jenkins St. Louis Missouri Thresa Haupert 65 Washington dies Mercy hospital Iowa City A C McNarlen Yumatilla Florida funeral set Alvin Chauncy Doc McNurlan Keota Rudolph 80 Sigourney dies after illness Bunny Barnett 65 formerWashington resident dies Newton hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Fondle
Cedar Rapids
Peiper Brothers
Kalona
Poem Of The Week: Fatherhood by Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
Poetic tribute to a father as a steadfast role model. The speaker recalls a once vigorous figure whose years have tempered his stride yet kept his spirit and kindness. It honors sacrifice, humility, and the sacred trust of fatherhood through a reflective portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Lathrop Powers
Et Cetera Does He Need a Day for Fathers
A lyrical piece extols fathers and husbands, praising their strength, patience, and versatility. It notes a dad’s multitasking roles, from fixer to philosopher, and humorously lists their pockets full of odds and ends as a signature trait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father
Papa
Daddy
Dad
Goodness
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