Dear Aunt Agatha Week in Washington Notes
The writer reports warm dry conditions after heavy rains, hopes for moisture, and a promising summer. Local youths begin Red Cross learn to swim lessons, story hour attendance reaches up to 120, and 70 4H members attended Lake Darling camp. The 1923 class held its 50th reunion, Sunset Park restoration progresses, and street heat caused buckling last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross
Washington Library
Millie Bordwell
Lake Darling
Sunset Park
Local notices round up community events and hires
The item lists family trips and visits, cattle sale action with 720 head sold, a birthday party for Julie Pilcher, new teachers Geraldine Schmidt and Janice Lawless, Jaycee convention trip, nursing school registrations, and various other 2, 30, 40, and 50 year ago items noting golf, nursing training, and bank consolidation, plus church, landscaping, and town improvements.
Marriages of the week feature several June unions
A list of couples wed in early June 1973 across Iowa towns including Peggy Mitchell and James A. Gingerich in Washington at First Baptist Church, Rita Dumont and Gene F. Klumper in Farmington St James Church, Keota, Riverside and Kalona ceremonies with various families noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Mitchell
Gilbert Mitchell
Washington
James A. Gingerich
Ned Gingerich
Harper
First Baptist Church
Frank Dunn Jr
Rita Dumont
Gene F. Klumper
Farmington
Minn
St. James Catholic Church
Bernard Dumont
Fred Klumper
Worthington
Ottumwa Pastor Named Washington Senior Leader
Dr. J Roland Crandall, Ottumwa District superintendent, is named senior pastor of the United Methodist Church in Washington for the coming term with Rev. Lynn Ryan as associate. Father Edward Collins of St James Washington requests transfer to a smaller parish in Delmar Iowa, citing age. Replacement for Collins not yet named. plus notes on local weddings and visits including Lloyd Reed’s May 27 wedding in Chadron and family gatherings across Iowa and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Roland Crandall
Ottumwa
United Methodist Church
Washington
Lynn Ryan
Edward Collins
St. James Catholic Church
Gerald O'Keefe
Delmar
Iowa
Father Collins
St. James
Cloyce Times
Lloyd Reed
Denver
Chadron, Neb
Shirley Times
Maurice Reed
Sue
Crawford, Neb
Open House At Conger House Draws 1000 Plus Visitors
More than 1,000 people toured the Conger House on East Washington Street during an open house held last week. Washington County Historical Society officers say hours for summer public visits will be announced soon. Nearby, Iowa 4-H activity includes state conference attendance in Ames with 1,400 delegates and 53,000 4-H members nationwide. Meanwhile, Richard Horak travels home after a death in Greenbush Minnesota. Local families visit Columbus Circle, and a wedding guest book note is corrected for Flickinger-Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger House
East Washington Street
Washington County Historical Society
Washington County
Ames
Kathy Marek
Jane Shearer
Cedar Rapids
Shearer
Iowa State University
Iowa
4-H
Mildred Hahn
Paula Wehr
Keota Susan Meeker
Lucy Gamon
Melanie Miksch
Cheri Wheeler
Diane Jarrard
Mike Jones
Roger Petratz Washington
Diane Flynn
Wi Chester
County 4-H Camp and Local Reunion Notices
Seventy Washington County junior 4-H members aged 9 to 12 attend the Lake Darling Youth Center camp near Brighton with the theme The Good Old Days. Speakers include Mrs. Charles Hotle and Rev. Genheimer family guests. A Washington High School Class of 1923 reunion draws 48 classmates and 28 guests at the K. C. Hall, with teachers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Lake Darling
Brighton
Kathy Marek
Riverside
Charles Hotle
Washington
Magnus Admiring
Burnett Smith
Washington High School
K.C. Hall
Helen Wilson
Frank B. Miller
Harold Montgomery
West Chester postmaster to retire in June
Esther Booth of West Chester will retire as postmaster on June 30. Wayne Zehr of Keota named officer in charge until permanent appointment. Booth has led West Chester Post Office since 1934 and will remain in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Esther Booth
Wayne Zehr
Keota
Zehr
Miss Booth
FBLA youths head to national convention in Washington
Eight Washington area youths and advisor T. J. Berdo depart by chartered bus for the national FBLA convention in Washington D C. Melinda Reed Pat Lechner Sally Tanner Joan Vittetoe Penny Harvey Janette Dawson Mike Roe and adviser Berdo join about 6 000 high school delegates. Roe seeks Mr FBLA title Vittetoe serves as a state voting delegate. The trip includes tours of D C and New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Melinda Reed
Pat Lechner
Sally Tanner
Joan Vittetoe
Penny Harvey
Janette Dawson
Mike Roe
John Marek
T. J. Berdo
Roe
Miss Vittetoe
Deaths of Week in Several Iowa Towns
In Columbus Junction Mrs Lela Elda Bell died Sunday June 10 1973 at 5 10 pm after an extended illness she was 76. In Fairfield Mrs Maggie E White aged 89 died June 9 1973 at Jefferson County Hospital after years of illness. In Keota Mary Hattie Callister 85 died June 12 1973 at Tower Park Nursing Home where she had resided since 1968. Robert Montgomery died June 13 1973 in Arnolds Park. In Crawfordsville Jennette Irene Davis four days old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert E Davis died June 13 1973 at University Hospitals Iowa City. In Grandview Fred Henry Gerling 89 died June 13 1973 at his daughter's Cotter home. In Washington Mrs A Claire Dewey 85 died June 14 1973 at Washington County Hospital after ten days of serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Ross
Bill Perdock
Russell Miller
Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Bertie Wagner
Marilou Robertson
Hamline University
St Paul
Minn
Mary Dee Orris
Bertie
Journal
Harry Ramseyer
New York
Phil Antonoff
T.R. Phillips
Phil
Gayle Davis
Iowa Continental Telephone Office
Lloyd Scott
Ruth Applegate
Jean
Rochester
Ruth
Davenport
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bob Stevens
Havana
Cuba
Latin American Institute
Dayton Missionary Bible Institute
Dayton
Helen Jaspering
Washington
Ernest Henson
Williamsfield
Ill
Guy Messer
Mt. Pleasant
Stanley Jarrard
Ruth Ann
Gene
Martha
Hot Springs
Ark
Carl Jarrard
Clifford Reeves
William Genheimer
Republic of South Africa
Johannesburg
Genheimer
Ron Genheimer
Myrna Reeves
Steve
Dan
Kathy
Chrissy
South Town
Steve Genheimer
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
Genheimers
Reeves and Barrards
Africa
JBU
Washington County Hospital
John Neil
LTC
Balanc
Neil
Columbus Junction
Lela Elda Bell
Wapelio
Maggie E. White
West Briggs
Fairfield
Jefferson County Hospital
Keota
Mary Hattie Callister
Tower Park
Crawfordsville
Jennette Irene Davis
Robert E. Davis
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Grandview
Fred Henry Gerling
Here
Cotter
A. Claire Dewey
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted in Community
Yesterday hospital admission list includes Chester Goodin Sigourney medical Mrs Dana Chown Nichols medical Mrs Delmar Jaspering Washington medical LeRoy Laughlin Wapello medical Mrs Ethyle Schultz Ainsworth medical Dismissed today Ray Palmer Washington Mrs Irene Harrison Ainsworth Yesterday Mrs Gertrude Ragan Kths Yesterday Mr and Mrs Thomas Heisdorffer Keota a daughter Today Mrs Oswaldo Cruz Columbus Junction Mrs Georgina Stirling Washington Miss Marjorie Peiffer Keota Mrs Neal Lampkin Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Goodin
Sigourney
Medical
Dana Chown
Nichols
Delmar Jaspering
Washington
LeRoy Laughlin
Wapello
Ethyle Schultz
Ainsworth
Ray Palmer
Irene Harrison
Kths
Thomas Heisdorffer
Keota
Oswaldo Cruz
Columbus Junction
Georgina Stirling
Marjorie Peiffer
Neal Lampkin
Long term care admissions and patient transfers
Yesterday admissions include Ethan Blieu Columbus City Mrs Dean Dann Ainsworth Miss Marjorie Peiffer Keota and others in medical. Today admissions list Mrs Fred Vicenus Washington Mrs Willis Yoder Wellman and Mrs Joseph T Miller and son Kalona Sanford Moklebust Washington Mrs J Edward Yoder Kalona and Mrs Bertha Votroubek Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethan Blieu
Columbus City
Dean Dann
Ainsworth
Marjorie Peiffer
Keota
Fred Vicenus
Washington
Willis Yoder
Wellman
Joseph T. Miller
Kalona
Sanford Moklebust
J. Edward Yoder
Bertha Votroubek
Columbus Junction
Thursday Admitted and Births Reported in Local Hospitals
Yesterday admissions include Della Humphreys Washington medical and Mrs Oswaldo Cruz Columbus Junction medical. Today adds Mrs Fred Shalla Brighton and Mrs Wendell Warner Washington medical. Births note Mr and Mrs Joseph T Miller Kalona a son. Also listed are births yesterday and today in Washington Columbus Junction Wayland and Ainsworth areas with several named families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Humphreys
Washington
Oswaldo Cruz
Columbus Junction
Fred Shalla
Brighton
Wendell Warner
Joseph T Miller
Kalona
Allen Free
Ainsworth
Cora McWilliams
Clifford Bates
Christopher Long
Wayland
John Goodlander
Wesley Lavely
Couple Names in Brighton and Columbus Junction Notices
Friday Yesterday Mrs Maye Sorrell Today Mrs Glennie Wolfe Brighton Yesterday Mr and Mrs Kirk Johnson Washington a son Yesterday Mrs Gertrude Ragan Brighton Mrs Dean Dann Ainsworth Today Mrs Grace Love Columbus Junction Mrs Colleen Glisan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maye Sorrell Washington
Glennie Wolfe
Brighton
Gertrude Ragan
Dean Dann
Ainsworth
Grace Love
Columbus Junction
Colleen Glisan
Washington
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Wayne Knapp
Sara
Lake Geneva
Gloria Wulf
Jerry Cochran
Rapid City
S.C
Washington Livestock Sales Company
Jack Scheeler
Julie Pilcher
R.E. Fane
Julie
Janie
Gladys Mace
Pam Farrell
Geraldine Schmidt
Stewart School
Janice Lawless
Dave Warfel
Harry Boyer
Los Angeles
Dave
Harry
R. S. Warfel
Warfel
Tom Stewart
Will H. Stewart
Chrusago City
Iowa State College
W. F. Ogleton
A.M.E. Church
Muscatine
People's Savings Bank of
Wyman Savings Bank of
Wyman
People’s Savings Bank
Smith W. Brookhart
Russia
Tom Berdo
A. E. Baldrige
Berdo
U.P
Iowa Avenue
Schulty
Earl Edmondson
Susan Alice Patterson
Michael John McDonald
St. Mary's Catholic Church
William Snell
Homer Patterson
Bill McDonald
Diane Marie Moore
Robert Moore
Keith Davisson
Veil Davisson
James Bross
Sharon Center United Methodist Church
Jana Lee Flickinger
Milton R. Flickinger
Thomas Arthur Dawson
Clyde Dawson Jr
Christy L. Hammes
Paul Hammes
Ronald R. Lyle
Richard Lyle
Beverly Kay Sleichter
Terry Thomas Morano
St Thomas More Church
Robert Staes
Carroll Sleichter
Paul Morano Jr
Coralville
Kathy Klein
Ron L. Rath
W. F Boeckmann
Ralph Klein
Wilbur Rath
Florence Kyle
Park la Jolla Apts
la Jolla Blvd
la Jolla
Calif
Kyle
California
White Sands United Presbyterian Home
Albert Wehr
Harold Wehr
Balsam Lake
Wis
Harold Wehrs
the Wehrs
O.M Cuddy
Max Cuddy
Vallejo
Oscar Cuddy Jr
New Athens
William Ashmore
N.Y
Barbara Cuddy
Cuddys
Harold Gray
Hedrick
Paul Leech
Atlanta
Gay Waymack
South Pasadena
Phil Weldin
Richard Horak
Greenbush
Mrs. Horak
L.J. Lorbiecki
Lewis Lloyd
Megan
John
Vicky Libe
Flickinger - Dawson
West Chester Alumni Association
Walter Bauer
Victor Flynn
Adeline Westen
Blaine, Minn
Walter Westen
Margaret Baughman
Keokuk County Hospital
University Hospital
Owa City
Susie
Richie Albright
Jerry Albright
Lloyd Lewman
Coal Valley
Robert
Jane McGaffey) Davis
Oscoda
Mich
Gerald McGaffeys
Peg McGaffey
Oshkosh
Jerry Stalder
Kerry
Warsaw
Ray Stalder
Jerry
Charles Bartholow
Ralph Howell
Reformed Presbyterian Church and
Synodical
Beaver Falls
Tom Hobbs
Andy
Hobbs
Jennifer Jean
Earl Hobbs
Opal Hobbs
Martin Westen
Paul Rotzinger
California State University
Fresno
Maureen Carroll
Louisa County
Iowa Pork Producers Association
Kim Foster
Owen Grecian
Hamilton Junior High School
Denver, Colo
Kim
Norman Foster
George Rudiger
Mercy Hospital
Carlton Bump
David Johnson
Dwain Johnson
University of Missouri, Columbia
Lee K. Paulfell
David
Fred Edwards
East Washington
Edwards
William Widmer
Deep River
Raymond Edwards
Millersburg
Derald Edwards
Conrad Hanze
Howard Lins
Ed Lins
Joyce Lins
Town City
Jerry Kelley
Katy
Joplin
Kelley
Lucille Moore
George Moore
Joel
Kelleys
Robert Montgomery
Arnolds Park
Kirk Johnson Washington
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