Washington Iowa Week in Review Pranks and Plans
Dear Auntie summarizes a rainy farming week in June 1966 Washington Iowa with crop worries and weed problems. It notes Jaycees Miss Washington contest with a 2500 budget, weddings, Dora Bailey's bequest for Sunset Park, Kiwanis golf victory, new Vet Gary Kluever joining Peterson and Larsen, $12000 federal remedial reading grant, a four year old preschool, and an upcoming Central Park art show on June 25.
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The
Art Guild
Central Park
Greenwich Village
Washington
Iowa
New Arrivals at Washington County Hospital
The Stork Gazette records the birth announcements: Bret Robert Danielson, son of Larry and [spelling] Danielson of Columbus Junction. Jackie Lyn Hesseltine, daughter of Lyle Hesseltine of Washington. Scott Alan Meth, son of Raid Meth of Washington. Christopher John Collett, son of Jerry Collett of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Lyn Hesseltine
Mrs
Lyle Irvan Hesseltine
Washington
Scott Alan Meth
Raid Charles Meth
The Week on the Farm June 18
A farm column notes a hopeful mood despite gloom with rain showers aiding crops. It discusses weed control with herbicides, planned cultivation reductions, oats showing nitrogen deficiency, and hay mowing delays. Alfalfa blooming, and ducks thriving, creating small puddles.
Saturday Journal summary for out-of-state readers notes
The Saturday Edition offers a quick weekly local news recap for former Washington residents and other out-of-state readers. It advertises mail subscription at $3.50 per year and highlights accessibility for non-local subscribers.
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Journal
Washington
Multiple Weddings Across Iowa In June Weekend
Marriages listed from Washington Cedar Rapids Bloomfield Wayland and Nashua on June 11 12 show couples Connie Hess and William Boshart Daryl Becker and Connie Courtney Janine Grant and Francis Libe Jr Marcia Allred and Claude Randall wed in church ceremonies with double ring rites officiated by Rev T J Lew Rev O Conner Rev Glenn Utterback and others in Catholic Immaculate Conception Bloomfield Methodist and Little Brown Church Nashua venues. Couples include Hess Boshart Courtney Becker Grant Libe Randall Allred and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie E. Courtney
Lloyd Courtney
Daryl V. Becker
John Becker
Norway
Iowa
O’conner
Immaculate Conception Church
Cedar Rapids
Bloomfield Methodist Church
Janine Ann Grant
Francis Maurice Libe Jr
Foster L. Grant
Bloomfield
Francis Maurice Libe Sr
Washington
Marcia Jane Allred
Arthur G. Allred
Wayland
Claude Gene Randall
Claude F. Randall
Little Brown
Nashua
Glenn Utterback
Columbus Junction Couple Wed in Methodist Church
Nancy Griffin daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert C Griffin of Columbus Junction wed James C Childers son of Mr and Mrs Kennard Farris of Tecumseh Oklahoma on June 11 in the Columbus Junction Methodist Church. The Rev Earl Josten officiated the double ring ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Nancy Griffin
Robert C. Griffin
James C. Childers
Kennard Farris
Tecumseh
Oklahoma
Columbus Junction Methodist Church
Earl Josten
Rain, Commencement, Travels Highlight Local Notices
Heavy weekend rainfall dominates the early June tally with 4.8 inches in 13 days and nearly 11 inches since May 11. Goshen College graduates Linda Boshart, Wallace Gingerich, Elaine Graber, John Miller, Melvin Roth, Howard Schrock, and Evelyn Yoder received B.A. degrees. Births, travels, weddings, and social visits populate the rest of the week with regional families, graduates, and out of town attendees noted.
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the Journal
Jim Frier
Frier
Goshen College
Goshen
Ind
Linda M. Boshart
Dillon Boshart
Route One
Wayland
Wallace Gingerich
Gingerich
Parnell
Elain Graber
Wilbert Graber
Washington
John David Miller
John J. Miller
Route 2
Wellman
Melvin L. Roth
Katie Roth
Kiwanis golfers win four-man trophy in state tourney
Washington Kiwanis Club sent 17 members to Ankeny for the Kiwanis state golf tournament and captured the four-man team trophy for the second straight year. The winning team consisted of Dr. William Westphal, Robert Riley, Byron Winans, and Ralph Marshall. Other notes report Dr. Gary Kluever joining their veterinary practice as of June 6 1966 and various community events including alumni banquet and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Wm. Westphal
Robert Riley
Byron Winans
Ralph Marshall
Peterson
Larsen
Gary Kluever
Washington Kiwanis Club
Ankeny
William Westphal
Washington Club
Hileman announces July wedding for Patty Sue to Roger Rullman
Wayland residents Mr and Mrs Everett Hileman announce the engagement and coming marriage of their daughter Patty Sue to Roger Rullman son of Mr and Mrs Harry Rullman of Aurora Indiana. Mrs Spencer Thompson has returned home to Vancouver Washington after visiting Mr and Mrs Vernon E Witting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Miller
Mary Beth
Richard L. Long
Richard Long
Wayland
Everett Hileman
Patty Sue
Roger Rullman
Harry Rullman
Aurora
Ind
Spencer Thompson
Vernon E. Witting
Vancouver
Wash
Henry W. Dugan
Watertown
S. D
Mary Joan
Norman M. Merz
Rochester, Minn
Lester N. Merz
Harper
Couple’s Weekend Visit Ties Silvis and Moline Families
Delphia Skinner of Silvis Illinois and Larry Woods of Moline Illinois spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Claude Woods in Washington. Larry has completed a year of study at the University of Purdue while working on his MA. He will be employed this summer with the John Deere Company in Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphia Skinner
Silvis
Ill
Larry Woods
Moline
Claude Woods
Washington
Larry
University of Perdue
John Deere Company
James E. Wolfe
W. Berridge
Glendale
Ariz
Wolfe
Goodyear Aero-Space
John Blick
Paul Wolfe
Milwaukee
Wis
Wedding bells and city to city visits mark community week
The Truman Tuttle family attended the wedding of Margaret Ann Scott to Robert Fisher in Omaha. The couple plans to live in Iowa City and continue at the University of Iowa. Relatives from California joined the celebration before returning to Des Moines. Other notices include YW camp counselor duties for Martha Meyer in Illinois, correction of a prior wedding location for Merle A. Simpson’s family, farewell honors for Mrs. John Phieger ahead of a Geneseo move, and multiple visits and family gatherings across Arizona, Florida, Texas, Minnesota, and Iowa with extended family and nursing school reunions mentioned.
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Truman Tuttle
Selected to attend Institute in Amherst Massachusetts
Waco superintendent Byron H. Thomas was chosen as one of Iowa school administrators to attend a July 1 to 8 summer institute in Amherst Massachusetts sponsored by the Institute for Developmental Educational Activities of Melbourne Florida. All expenses are covered by the IDEA.
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Waco
Byron H. Thomas
Iowa
The
Institute For Development of Educational Activities
Melbourne
Fla
IDEA
Supt
Thomas
Amherst
Mass
Washington area notes and events from June issue
A June roundup reports local items from Des Moines to Vero Beach. Richard W. Schuck and 20 other Iowa driver education specialists attended a Des Moines orientation on the Aetna Drive trainer system. The Washington Jaycees approved a record budget for the Miss Washington County Pageant. Rotary speaker Albert E. Beaver discussed volunteer services at Iowa City Veterans Hospital. Tony Lantz, son of Dean and Mrs. Lantz, underwent successful heart surgery in Palo Alto. The Jolly Nine Club celebrated a birthday, the Booster Club set a salad luncheon, Bob Lewis became Osincup’s new pharmacist, and the Porters visited relatives while touring Illinois spots. Gary Marshall, a 1966 University of Iowa graduate from Washington High, earned Phi Beta Kappa and plans study in Germany before seminary studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. Schuck
Washington
Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Des Moines
Rotary
Albert E. Beaver
Veterans Hospital
Iowas City
Rotary Club
Bill Tweeten
Tony Lantz
Dean Lantz
Palo Alto
Stanford Hospital
Calif
Tony
Betty Logan
University of Iowa
Gary Marshall
Washington High School
Germany
Gary
Iowa City
Robert Marshall
Pleasant
Choate Family Vacation Tour Includes Florida Nassau Trip
Mr and Mrs Robert Choate and Richard completed a two week vacation visiting Pana ma City Key West Tampa Miami St Augustine Nassau and sightseeing in New Orleans on the return leg of their journey.
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Robert Choate
Richard— Have
Florida
Panama City
Key West
Tampa
Miami
St. Augustine
Nassau
New Orleans
Mrs. George Heger Visits Parents in Minneapolis Area
Mrs. George Heger and her family from Minneapolis are visiting this week at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rudiger, in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Hill
Harold Miksch
de Graff, O
Lyle Evans
Rock Rapids
Harold Bangert
Fargo, N. D
Evans
Amos Miksch
Bangert
Olive Miksch
Ainsworth
Louise Clyde
Minneapolis, Minn
Mrs
Joe Clyde
George Heger
Minneapolis
George Rudiger
Tap and Lunning family attend funeral in Sioux City
Mr and Mrs George Tap pan and Mr and Mrs Ed Lunning of Sioux City traveled home Sunday after attending the funeral of their nephew Charles Lunning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tappan
Ed Lunning
Sioux City
Charles Lunning
Drahn Family Announces Newborn Son David John
Mr and Mrs Glenn Drahn of Cedar Rapids former Washington residents announce the birth of son David John on Wednesday June 15 They already have four children Debbie Becky Mark and Rik Drahn Mr Drahn is a former high school coach in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Drahn
Cedar Rapids
Washington
David John
Debbie
Becky
Mark
Rik
Drahn
Pasadena visitors arrive for two week visit
Mr and Mrs Gary Schnicker and Suzanne of Pasadena California arrive today for a two week visit with friends.
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Gary Schnicker
Suzanne
Pasadena
Calif
Multiple Weddings Reported in Iowa Churches in June
Patricia Groenwoldt and Paul Mineart wed in Davenport at Sacred Heart Cathedral in a double ring ceremony on June 11. Mary Lou Allen and Manley Wayne Sarnowsky married June 12 at Columbus Junction Methodist Church with Rev. Earl E. Josten officiating. Kathryn Kerr and Gordon Eggleton exchanged vows June 11 at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church in Washington. Sandra Robison and Frank Kos joined in marriage at Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City on June 11, with Cheri Keating singing O Perfect Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia J. Groenwoldt
Julius H. Groenwoldt
Davenport
Paul R. Mineart
LeRoy F. Mineart
Brighton
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Iowa
Mary Lou Allen
Gerald M. Allen
Conesville
Manley Wayne Sarnowsky
John Sarnowsky
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Columbus Junction Methodist Church
Earl E. Josten
Kathryn Ellen Kerr
George P. Kerr
Gordon Leonard Eggleton
Leonard Z. Eggleton
Ames
Vernon G. Elgin
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church of Washington
Sandra L. Robison
Charles Robison
Washington
Frank L. Kos
Frank Kos
Ronald D. Osborne
Trinity Episcopal Church
Iowa City
Cheri Keating
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Leon Hilfman
Washington County
Marcia
L. C. Swain
Washington Jaycees
Tom Kuncl
Dear Py
Agatha
Jaycees
Dora Bailey
Sunset Park
Madison Street
the Stork Gazette
Washington County Hospital
Bret Robert Danielson
Larry DanieLson
Christopher John Collett
Jerry Lee Collett
Constance Sue Hess
Howard Hess
William Michael Boshart
William O. Boshart
St. James Catholic Church of Washington
T. J. Lew
Warren Underwood
Red Feather Lakes
Colo
Ft. Collins
Lisa Jo
Brenda
Wesley
Earl Ferrell
Route 1
Mrs. E. R. Cordry and
James Edwards
Robert Dunbar
Paul Maxwell
Kearney, Neb
Glenn Dunbar
Lloyd Maxwell
Richard W. Curtis
Everette Curtis
Renton
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Richard
Ed Curtis
Burlington
Curtis
Crawfordsville
Pat Swift
Auburn
Kerr-Eggleton
Donald Kerr
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Rod Kerr
Diana
Bobby
Madison
Fred Kelso
Cuyahoga Falls
Robert Kerr
Tamms, Ill
T. S. Dahncke
Oakdale
Maurice Dahncke
Greg
Centralia
James Keller
Pittsburgh
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Harry Browne
Indianola
Dean Hunter
Mercy Hospital
Mary Powers
Jean Johnson
C. L. Goodell
Omaha
Neb
Sheridan
F. A. Halda
Mary
E. D. Morrison Jr
Coe College
Halda
Diana Coffey
Louise Gravier
Florence Schumacher
Esther Troxell
Burlington Hotel
Jamison Shaw
Robert Sheets
Cindy
Matt
Robin
Mr. Sheets
Lewis Goodlander
Mr. Goodlander
Bernard Payne
Philco
Rock Falls
Raymond Gidley
Charles Been
Pacioma
Richard Lopez
Sherie
la Crescenta
Ralph Zeck
Howard Been Blossoms
Mrs. Zeck
West Chester
Mable Moore
Dale Prickett
Short Hills Country Club
East Moline
Local Historical Society
Nondas Richardson
Chuck Hotle
Frank Kleese
E. D. Morrison, Jr
Jean
Jim
Cheri Anderson
Marty Whitmore
Howard Davis
Avon, Ill
Miss Whitmore
Jim Morrison
Cloyce Rathmel
Helen Bishop
Burge-Protestant Hospital
Springfield
Merle Beckler
Seward
Lorraine
Renny Beckler
Milford
Cecil Long
Clifford Beckler
Mrs. Long
Peggy
Carl Rothlisberger
Carla
Nancy
Bartlesville
Okla
James Brooks
Martha Meyer
YWCA
Aurora, Ill
Camp Quarry Lodge
Martha
Maurice Meyer
Merle A. Simpson
Winsted Lane
Austin
Weslaco
Marsha
Martsha
Albert Simpsons
Karl Megchelsens
Megchelsen
John Phieger
Charles Lemley
Keith Hardy
Richard Ross
Phliegers
Geneseo, Ill
Minot, N. D
Hulda Hoskins
Henry Lunning
Harold
Lunnings
Bruce Watson
Chariton
Annie Morris
St. Petersburg
Charles Morris
G. O. Richardson
Annette
David
Daniel
Houston
Richard Schoonover
Ralph Schoonover
al Sents
Eleanor, Ann
Steve
Columbia, Mo
E. V. Humphreys
Wapello
Calvin Humphreys
Wyman
Della Humphreys
Carl Kuehni
Sandy
Harlem
Mont
Homer Brinning
Mr. Kuehni
Carl Miller
Francis R. Aldrich
Lakebay
J. C. Carris
William Glassburner
Steve Richardson
Sylvester Sobaski
Grand Bahama Islands
Dan Nagelvoort
Birmingham
Mich
Chicago
Bahamas
Richardson
Nagelvoort
Delta Zeta Sorority
Clyde Crile
Toni
West Chester Methodist Church
Lori
D’arcy Hagist
Kathy Bauer
Jolly Nine Club
Pauline Hite
Bill Nordyke
Booster Club
Melville Donaldson
Bob Lewis
Osincup’s
M. R. Porter
Ralph Robertson
Lake Forest
Waukeegan
Detroit
Vero Beach
Donna Armstrong
Lima, O
Sara Schoonover
Norman Schoonover
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