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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
3
Local families report two week vacations at cabins in New Boston Illinois and trips to Estes Park Colorado. School officials and students prepare for summer programs, awards, and travel as DeMolay chevalier James Easter earns a high honor. Community members plan reunions, visits, and sales staff changes while playground hours are set and historical observances linked to Flag Day proceed.
The notice lists area residents receiving degrees at Iowa State College including Norman Havel, Larry Krotz, Robert Thompson, James Kennedy, Betty Howell, Peter Salzman, Bruce Campbell, and Richard Stephens with degrees in agricultural education aeronautical engineering chemical engineering veterinary medicine home economics education and farm operation. It also mentions summer plans for Melvin A. Hill and teaching posts in New Mexico and Colorado, staffing changes at universities, and various relatives attending or hosting these events.
The Washington Junior College is awarded 1500 by the Carnegie Corporation to be paid in three installments for library books. Local boosters Ada Dewey and George W. Stewart return from a California trip. The report also lists county youths, graduations, and community notices from Washington County.
Mrs David Livingston and Mrs Wayne Dickenson returned today from Des Moines where they attended the Iowa Fashion Market.
Harry Ward Merl Sherman Stanley Wallace and Ela Link from the Washington Iowa Southern Utilities office will attend a two day sales conference in Centerville Thursday and Friday H A Little newly appointed general sales manager will be in charge of the conference.
Mr and Mrs Frank Norgor of Des Moines were weekend guests in the W J Shannon home. Mr Norgor took part in the South Eastern Iowa golf tournament. They are former Washington residents. Mrs Rhea Helmick and Stevie McBride returned home after a week with Mr and Mrs Ed Armstrong and Gary and Carol in Independence. Mr and Mrs Armstrong cousins of Mrs Mildred McBride brought them back. Saturday and weekend visitors included Mrs McBride's sister Mrs Joe Stark and children Becky and Terry for dinner. Clare Keeting was also present. Mr and Mrs George Maull left for Mason City after attending the funeral of their nephew William Vinton drowned at Napoleon Mo on a boating trip down the Missouri River. Mr and Mrs Ernest Atchison are new grandparents of a seven and a half pound boy born at 8 am today. Mr and Mrs Clinton Adams of Ganesville Fla are the proud parents. Their son will leave Tuesday for a trip to Oklahoma City and Overbrook Kansas to visit Mr Atchinson's brothers and families.
Mr and Mrs Clinton Adams of Ganesville Fla welcome a seven and a half pound boy born this morning. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earnest Atchinson. Mrs Adams is daughter of the Atchinsons. Mrs George Powers and son Ronnie returned from Mt Doralla. Miss Debby Brenneman graduated from St Luke's School.
Mr and Mrs W Mac Wallace report total of 6305 dollars raised in this year s Washington County Cancer Campaign. Duane MacFarland family returned home Saturday after a week s vacation visiting Mr and Mrs Glen Mac Farland in Odebolt Iowa and Mr and Mrs Roy Boerner in Randolph Nebraska.
Mrs. Henry Hull returned from Lincoln after attending her grandson Jim Pangborn’s high school graduation. Mildred Whitehead traveled to Lansing to visit relatives. Mich State University graduate Earl Morrall’s son. Karen Engle graduated from St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing Cedar Rapids with attendees including many Washington and Crawfordsville relatives. Bill Steele family moved to Prospect Place. William Stewart and daughter Carolyn will visit Los Angeles. Bob Carter heads to Fremont Nebraska for livestock work.
Mr and Mrs Justin Schares moved to Washington Saturday from Jesup Iowa and are proud parents of a two week old son. Mr Schares, a University of Iowa graduate, will join Osincup Drug Store as a pharmacist starting Wednesday. The Rev and Mrs Paul Hindman and family left Monday to visit relatives in the east.
Mrs Ella Tucker of Brighton, mother of Mrs Carl Kelley, has been released from an Iowa City hospital and arrived home on June 24.
Mrs. Lillian Abel and the Sinclairs joined Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Evans of Grinnell for services at the Associate Presbyterian Church on Sunday.
A B Latham of Mineola Kansas left Monday morning for Albany after attending a meeting of the Iowa Presbytery of the Associate Presbyterian Church.
Warren Underwood and Pegg Ferrell left Monday from the Earl Ferrell home for Maryland. Miss Ferrell will work in Baltimore while Mr. Underwood reports for active duty at Aberdeen Proving Grounds on June 20. Grace Lohmann of Washington attends a conference on child growth and development at the State University of Iowa. Elsie Glasshburner, principal of Stewart Elementary School.
Mrs Rudie Schmidt of Muscatine has returned home from the hospital about a week after surgery and is reported to be getting along fine. Sunday visitors at the Schmidt home included Mr and Mrs Leonard Llewellyn and family and Mrs Emma Barnett.
Mrs Basil G McBee and family left Monday morning for a vacation with relatives in Fowler Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Krotz departed for St. Louis where he will work at the McDonald plant until winter entry into the service. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hazen and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sheetz left Sunday for Colorado Springs and will tour the West for about ten days.
Miss Joan West of Des Moines visited friends in town on Tuesday. She is a former employee of the local telephone office.
Mr and Mrs Baurmgartner and family left Tuesday for Chicago where they formerly lived. Mr and Mrs Morris Been blossom of Washington Kansas were visitors in Washington Monday. Mr Beenblossom is a former J C Penny Store manager and now manages the Penny Store where he lives. They have returned from a Canada vacation and stay with his parents in Crawfordsville.
Miss Lois Hayes and Miss Janice Stout attend a Moravian Youth Conference in Chetek Wisconsin and plan to return next Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Ivan Lemley of Bettendorf Iowa and Mrs Tom Staley and family from Joliet Alabama were weekend guests in the Ed Conner home.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Organ and family from LaCrosse were guests in the Milton Barker home. Julia Barker, Mr. Barker’s sister, also visited for about a week and left on Monday.
Harold Kerr spent Tuesday in Des Moines for business, meeting local contacts and conducting routine engagements. He is shown focusing on potential deals and market outreach during the trip.
Rita Moothart Rev Jarvis Linda Long Barb Watkins Rose mary Beard and Ray Jones left Sunday for an institute of the First Christian Church in Mt Pleasant this week Rev Smith pastor of the local church is among instructors and serves as Dean of Men
Mr and Mrs Richard Havel and Alma of Washington traveled to Ames Friday for their son Norman Havel who earned a Bachelor of Science in vocational agriculture. Mr and Mrs Kenneth Havel and Mr and Mrs Delbert Havel also went to Ames Saturday for the commencement.
Kathy Gevock came back Monday night after spending a day with her sister Mrs. Tom West in Burlington.
Mrs. B. C. Briley and granddaughter Julie Ann Young arrived back early Tuesday from Denver where they visited Mary Briley and friends. The trip included a tour of Estes Park.
Alfred Ole Gingerich of Kalona and Audrow Arthur Swartzendruber of Wellman are reported in Des Moines for induction into the Armed Services. They will be forwarded to Camp Chaffee Arkansas. Milt Barker and Bill Shannon attended press day festivities at the new University of Iowa golf course in Iowa City.
Ted Thornton son of Mr and Mrs R J Thornton entered St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids Wednesday afternoon for surgery on his feet and legs to repair polio damage. Surgeon is Dr Ray. Ted will be president of Washington High School student council next year and would appreciate hearing from friends.
Mr and Mrs Paul Horak and family returned from a short Kentucky vacation visiting Mrs Horaks brother. Mr and Mrs Edgar Stewart Lynda and Mrs Dwane Shalla attended the Grand Assembly of the Order of the Rainbow for Girls. Lynda received the Grand Cross of Colors during the event.
Harris Jones administrator of the Washington County Hospital traveled to Des Moines this week to participate in a meeting of the officers and trustees of the Iowa Hospital Association.
Carle Zieglowsky Ruth Ann Wilson La Verne Zieglowsky Dennis and David Hotle left Monday to attend St. Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Junior High Quaker Heights Camp at Eldora. They will return Saturday.
Bevy Shalla daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Shalla leaves for Detroit Michigan Monday to work the summer aboard the S S Aquarama pleasure ship on the Great Lakes She plans a Chicago stop to visit college friends before boarding the Aquarama in Chicago for the voyage to Detroit
H. E. Turner district manager for Iowa Southern Utilities Co. will attend the annual two day management conference at the general office in Centerville June 27 and 28. More than 50 district managers and other key supervisors will attend from the firm’s 15 districts.
Mr and Mrs Ray Sojka attended the farm and field days at Oskaloosa on Wednesday. They then traveled to Lake Ahquabi to pick up Y T C campers Rodney Link Keith Garrett Shirley Goodwin and Karen Kephart.
Mrs Rozetta Shreve has returned to Washington after a weeklong visit with her brother Joe Walker and family in Burlington. Also visiting in Burlington and now with Mrs Shreeves are Mr and Mrs Roy Walker of Independence Missouri and a niece Ida Bazel of Morning Sun.
Charles Kennedy of Washington serves on the board of Farmers Mutual Re insurance Co. The company held its annual meeting at Grinnell this week.
Mr and Mrs Charvey Davis arrive in Liverpool England while touring Europe They plan to visit their son Claire who is studying in Germany during the trip The family activity highlights cross country travel and schooling abroad.
Miss Donna Clow of Boston is spending a two week vacation at the home of her parents Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Clow.
Friday Mr and Mrs John Knotek visited Thursday afternoon with Mrs Clare Kron patient at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Mrs Nate Young and Mrs LW Shenefelt left for Atlantic to see the last day of the Girls Junior State Golf Tournament. Mary Young and Eleanor Bailey, players in the tournament, will return with them.
Friends in the Haver neighborhood say Trever Walton, a former resident, is a patient in Muscatine County Hospital Muscatine. He is gradually improving and held in room 333, with Mr. and Mrs. Everett Meeker and son Tommy noting the update.
The hospital notes births include a son to Mr and Mrs Robert Libe of Washington and a son to Mr and Mrs William Burdette of Columbus Junction. Dismissals include Mrs Burr Bordwell and daughter and Mrs Marion D Miller of Washington. Additional admissions and births are listed for Washington Columbus Junction Brighton Crawfordsville Keota and Restop.
Tuesday records show Mr. and Mrs. George F. Morrison of Washington listed with surgical notes while James Mulac of Washington is marked surgical and Mrs. L. J. Sieren of Brighton appears under medical. Sunday entry lists Mr. and Mrs. Gerald.
Sister Jean Poorbough of Colfax Arkansas left Thursday for New York. They will stay with Mr. Meeker's brother Robert until Monday. Then they fly to Puerto Rico to visit Mr. Meeker's father. They expect to return to New York about July first and to Washington on the eighth.
Miss Elizabeth Fisher and her brother John from Washington D C plan a summer stay at the family home on West Monroe. William Stewart visited Fairfield on business. Washington Y s Men induction team attended a Fairfield Y s Men meeting and oversaw new member inductions with participants Don Benblossom Roy Fields Robert Choate Verle Gallagher Ed Lyons Bob Brewer and Charles Morris traveling from Washington.
Recent visitors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Blum included Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Davis and their sons of Cedar Rapids, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shalla, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Shalla, and Teddy of Brighton.
Larry Blum of Washington stayed with Mr and Mrs Dick Mottet in Brighton while Kenny Blum visited from Monday to Wednesday with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Fred Shalla in Brighton.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shalla of Brighton Mrs. Virgil Davis and sons and Kenny and Sheryl Ann Blum of Washington were visitors this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welte Sr. at Richmond.
John Winga Jr completes eight weeks basic training at Ft Leonard Wood and will report to Ft Jackson in South Carolina on June 28 after spending leave with his parents Mr and Mrs John Winga Sr.
Mr and Mrs Fred Longer intend to depart around the first of next week for a vacation in Eagle River Wisconsin. They will travel from their home to the northern resort area and expect a leisure stay.
Mr and Mrs D O Butler will leave Saturday for Salem Oregon to visit relatives and friends and return next week.
Mr and Mrs Charles Carrikier of 1856 Porter Street San Bernardino California announce the birth of a daughter Joyce Elaine born June 8 weighing 11 pounds 4 ounces Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Joe Nelson and Mr and Mrs C B Carrikier of Washington.
Mr M Swisher of Omro Wisconsin, visiting his daughter and son in law Bob and Mrs Lowe, age 90, proves his vigor with a recent first airplane ride during a week long stay at their home.
Mrs. Mary Applegate arrived home last night from a two week trip to Albuquerque New Mexico where she visited her daughter and husband Mr and Mrs. Applegate were away two weeks traveling from Des Moines to New Mexico.
Pvt. Ronald D. Jones 23 son of Mr and Mrs Omer D Jones Route 1 Brighton Iowa was assigned to the 49th Engineer Company at Fort Belvoir Va Jones entered the Army last February and completed basic training at Fort Chaffee Ark He graduated from Brighton High School in 1952 and was employed by Martin Roasa Tractor Equipment Co Davenport
Mrs. Lewis Carter hosts a visit from her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Henry Clay of Des Moines. Also joining are Mr and Mrs William Grigsby and family of Wilmington Del arriving Sunday to spend a few days with Mr and Mrs Robert Evertts. Mrs Grigsby and Mrs Evertts are sisters.
Floyd S Guthrie aged 51 died suddenly at his home 623 North Seventh Avenue on Saturday night June 15 1957. The notice gives his age and residence.
Nate C Crawford, 63, of Davenport and former Washington County resident, died at 4 a.m. today at Mercy Hospital in Davenport. He was the father of Corbin Crawford of near Ainsworth.
Edith Kelly 66 of Richmond Virginia died suddenly this morning in her residence. No further details provided.
Harm Rademaker age 87 of Ainsworth died at 7 30 p m Thursday June 20 1957 in Washington County Hospital where he had been a patient since a stroke on May 11 in Ainsworth Nebraska obituary notice states he had been ill since the stroke and passed away peacefully.
United Press reports President Gamal Abdel Nasser risks losing nearly all Arab backing as four of eight Arab League members oppose his pro Soviet, anti Western stance. Syria remains his only ally amid rising opposition and potential regime challenges in Damascus.
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