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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1964
Page
2
Pamela Sue Trotter and Gary Nelson Edwards were married at the Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church on June 21 in a double ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Denver Colorado after a wedding trip.
Mr and Mrs Richard Marie of Moline announce the birth of son Brian Leonard with grandmother Marie Marie and great grandparents Lena Lehmitt and W J Marie Sr. LeRoy Schaef er of Davenport and Mrs Jessie Schoonover visit. Don Coates and family in San Francisco. Mrs Coates breaks leg in city outing and wears cast. Dr W L Schaffer and son Johnny of Colorado Springs visit. two nephews graduate in Chicago. Rex Walter Hagans earns Master of Education at University of Oregon. 1461 degrees awarded. Larry Green Lauretta Green and Allen Dunbar return from Mt Pleasant church conference. Lynn Melville, from USS Saratoga, Sally Fathers Day greeting from Mayport Florida addressed to Washington friends.
World War I veterans and auxiliary will meet at Sunset Park pavilion at 6 30 p m for a potluck supper followed by a meeting. The VFW and Auxiliary convene tonight at 7 30 at the VFW Hall for homemade ice cream pie cake and coffee with attendees bringing their own table service. Entertainment will follow.
Local residents and farmers express split views on a proposed Washington night club with dining and dancing. Some say it would fail due to town opposition and clergy distrust, others see potential if located outside town, while a few doubt enough customers would support it.
Local clubs and organizations list weekly activities with times and venues. Includes White Shrine at Masonic Temple Tuesday. Sunshine Community Club ice cream social. Bethel Missionary Society gathering. Country Club dances and noon luncheons. Ladies and Out-of-Town invitations. West Chester groups. Moose and VFW events. Sunset Park picnics. Pythian Sisters. and Homemakers among others.
John C. Owen city attorney spoke to Washington Rotarians on city laws regulations and how they originated. He traced zoning and planning commissions the city council and cemetery affairs including Elm Grove cemetery control and praised Mayor Willits for cemetery oversight.
Patients from the county home enjoyed an old fashioned picnic at the Louis Schroeder farm west of Ainsworth on Sunday. Straw bale seating and an electric organ accompanied hymns and a brief baseball game. Host family included Mr and Mrs Schroeder their daughter and Mr and Mrs Bauer, managers of the home.
Mrs Ed Letts presided at a Moose Women of Moose meeting with eighteen in attendance. Get well cards planned for Ruth Straube and Ramona Kelier. New officers to be installed June 26 at Moose Home. Visits to Veterans Hospital in Iowa City noted. Corsages for perfect attendance awarded to four members. Several prize winners listed.
Yesterday items list Mrs. Donald Curtis and Douglas Potter in Washington with medical and surgical notes for Larry Custer. Today entries name Mrs. Wendell Vorhies and son also in Washington along with Mrs. Myrtle Morgan, likewise in Washington.
Wilmer and wife Wilmer Kauffman will hold an open house at 1002 North 8th on Sunday June 28 from 2 to 5 p.m. in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. They request no gifts. They are parents of three daughters and two grandchildren.
Thirty descendants of William H. and Malinda Workman West and family friends gathered at the Fair grounds in Washington on Sunday June 21 for a reunion. The West family traced back to 1872 migrations from Christian County Illinois to York County Nebraska and later settlements in Nebron counties.
Dr and Mrs George Kerr Joe and Rev Charles Willming attend the Synod of Iowa meeting on the Ames campus. Joe Eller Kerr participates in Youth Synod orientation at I S U and plans to enter in September. Kerr family and local ministers also involved in hospital, church services, and community visits.
Barr and Roger W Barr faced a speeding arrest on N. 2nd Friday night and were fined 10 dollars plus court costs in Les Eicher’s court.
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