Washington area happenings mark 1955 era social and business life
Mrs Payne Marshall returns from a Canada trip with Miss Irma Thomson as crowds attend a Yoshi Kanda student party at the Fairgrounds exhibit building. A Washington panel on elderly care airs on WWOI-TV with John C. Owen. Miss Washington 1955 is named amid a fireworks display and a dance by Wick’s Studio students. 4-H members plan Grand Traverse County departure by bus. Austin Bros Circus trains arrive late. 14 340 pounds of waste paper salvaged for war use. A call goes out for musicians for Sunday services. Cinch bugs noted. Maple Grove alumni invited to a homecoming picnic July 14 1935. The Washington Municipal Band performs at Sunset Park starting a 10-concert series led by Milburn A McKay. Tonsil clinic yields eleven removals. Mrs Klein and Gertrude Beatty travel to Mt Pleasant. Edna Klein visits for the Fourth. Grayson and Ross sell stake. Elliot Grayson becomes sole owner of the Washington Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne Marshall
Canada
Niagra Falls
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
New England
Irma Thomson
Cedar Rapids
Yoshi Kanda
Japan
Fair Board
Fairgrounds
Shouters
Lynics
John C. Owen
Washington
Washington Home Association
Wwoi-Tv
Janice Booth
American Legion Post
Wick
Washington County
Grand Traverse County
Mich
County Ministerial Association
Sunset Park
Maple Grove
English River Township
Washington Municipal Band
Milburn A. McKay
Beth Klein
Gertrude Beatty
Mt. Pleasant
Edna Klein
Washington Democrat
Grayson and Ross
Elliot Grayson
Donald Ross
Grayson
Big cave-in on gravel road near County Home prompts caution
A cave-in at an underground mine near the County Home created a large cavern and hazard on a gravel road. A motorist narrowly avoided driving into a pothole before it was blocked off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair House
Iowa American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Hospital Notes Roundup Admits and Dismissals
Admitted Saturday include Mrs. Hazel Eicher Washington medical Mrs Donald Smithburg Washington medical Earnest Lunow Washington medical Yesterday Karen Bontrager Kalona surgical Mrs John Davis Ainsworth medical Births yesterday Mr and Mrs William Wag ner Columbus City son Dismissed Saturday Keith Young Washington Mrs Don Sheetz Washington Mrs Eugene White Washington Mrs Randall Carey and son Ainsworth Out of town Veterans Iowa City Dempsey Hessenflow surgical patient room 78 8W bed 12
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Eicher
Washington
Donald Smithburg
Earnest Lunow
Karen Bontrager
Kalona
Surgical
John Davis
Ainsworth
William Wagner
Columbus City
Son
Keith Young
Don Sheetz
Eugene White
Randall Carey
Veterans
Iowa City
Dempsey Hessenflow
Keith Porter
Mercer, Mo
Kristopher Eugene
Leon
Porter
Donna Argo
Lineville
Don Argo
James E. Porter
Mary Booth
Local Residents Entering Hospitals and Surgery
The report lists several residents with medical procedures and hospital stays. Entries include Mrs. Brad Ellis Washington and Powell Taapken Washington for medical care, Mrs. Leo Heisdorffer Keota and Mrs. Zella Anderson Columbus Junction with surgical or medical needs, and Mercy Iowa City patient Mrs. James Gingerich of Washington slated for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvie Fisher
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Washington Care Center
Local social notices list residents with kin names
Wednesday Yesterday lists Kenwood Sanders, Mrs. William Wagner and son, Columbus City, Mrs. Donald Smithburg, Washington, and Mrs. Pauline Haynes among other readers in a community notices column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenwood Sanders
Washington
William Wagner and Son
Columbus City
Donald Smithburg
Pauline Haynes
Medical status notes and transfers for residents
Friday Wednesday entries list Shelby Robinson Keota Mc and Washington patients in medical care along with Mrs Lovell Bitting Mrs Helen Buchanan and Miss Mary Katherine Greiner. Yesterday entries record Mrs Robert Brewer and Mrs Larry Sabin both in Washington medical care and Mrs Luella Schnoebelen in Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Robinson
Washington
Lovell Bitting
Helen Buchanan
Mary Katherine Greiner
Keota
Robert Brewer
Larry Sabin
Luella Schnoebelen
Ainsworth
Hazel Eicher
Vernon Yoder
Kalona
Ernest Lunow
Thomas Wilson
Crawfordsville
Larry Laws
Local Birth Announcements Read in Stork Gazette
Three birth notices list Joseph William Harvey son of Mr and Mrs Lynn Harvey of 1028 North 6th Norman Eugene Yoder son of Mr and Mrs Vernon Yoder RR 2 Kalona and Theren Rex Wagner son of Mr and Mrs William Wagner Burlington Street Columbus City with home addresses included for each family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph William Harvey
Lynn Harvey
North 6Th
Washington
Norman Eugene Yoder
Vernon Yoder
Kalona
Theren
Rex Wagner
William Wagner
Burlington Street
Columbus City
River Products mine collapse near Washington closes road
A cave-in at the River Products Co. mine about 3% miles northwest of Washington closed a section of County Home Road Sunday night. No injuries were reported as earth and rock formed a crater about 40 feet deep and 25 feet across.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Products Co
Washington
Marriages of the Week Couples tied in June ceremonies
A series of wedding vows took place from June 20 to June 21 1975 in Iowa locations including Washington Wayland and Riverside. Sherry Graff wed William Black at First Baptist Church and Maria Lynn Johnson wed William Whipps at United Methodist Church. LeAnn Dutler wed David Gerard at St Marys Riverside. Faye Hirschy wed Darrell Schultz at Wayland Mennonite Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Becker
Cindy Waldschmidt
St. Marys Church
Riverside
Norbert Becker
Ainsworth
Elmer Waldschmidt
Sherry Lynn Graf
William D. Graff
Washington
William Joseph Black
Wayland
Lola Arbogast
Orin G. Black
Sigourney
First Baptist Church
Richard Peterson
Omaha
Neb
Maria Lynn Johnson
Ames
William G. Whipps
Des Moines
United Methodist Church
West Chester
David Higdon
Phil Kaufman
John L. Johnson
RR 2
E. G. Whipps
LeAnn Marie Dutler
David Allen Gerard
Iowa City
W. F. Boeckmann
Don Dutler
Walter Gerard
Wayland Mennonite Church
Faye LaDoris Hirschy
Darrell Michael Schultz
Crawfordsville
J. Duwaine Hirschy
Ray Schultz
No Indictments From Washington County Grand Jury
A six day June inquiry by a Washington County grand jury yielded no indictments. It declined to indict two Brighton men accused of embezzlement by a bailee and found no indictable offense in a third case. Separately bids for a publicly owned Medical Office Building in Washington exceeded expectations and will prompt negotiations with the low bidder to reduce costs. Mercy Hospital radiologic technology graduate Maryann Ross, daughter of Dick Ross, graduated with family, clergy, and Davenport contacts in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
William Cahill
Brighton
MOB
Washington
Maryann Ross
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Dick Ross
D.L. Ross
M.E. McDaniel
Alice
Betty Huot
Davenport
Jim Harris
George McDaniel
St. Ambrose
Deaths of week across towns report multiple entries
The deaths this week include Katherine Buxbaum 89 of Grinnell at Mayflower Home and William Sheetz 81 at Washington Care Center. Dr Melvin Gingerich 73 of Goshen died in Cambridge Massachusetts. Kalona entries list Clifford Grout 52 Beverly Wade 19 Norma Swartzendruber 78 Arie Lord 83 Rachel Wiley 71. Other obituaries cover Ed Wiley 71 Roy Newton 79 and a set from Columbus Junction including Rollo McKean 77 Newton Benson 84 Clayton Bear 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sheetz
Washington Care Center
West Main Street
Melvin Gingerich
Goshen
Ind
Owen
Cambridge
Mass
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North Fourth Avenue
East Fifth Street
J. R. George
Memory Lane
Tom Ryan
Austin Bros
Armory
The
Legion Auxilary
Aunt Agatha
Auntie
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Kiene
Iowa
Brad Ellis
Powell Taapken
Leo Heisdorffer
Jerry Turner
Zella Anderson
Columbus Junction
and Son
Hazel Crawford
Mercy
James
Carol) Gingerich
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Bonnie Stout
St. Mary’s Hospital
Minn
Stork Gazette
Sentoieks
the Week In Review Journal
Journal
Harold Powers
Gardner Laboratories
David P. Knaack
Don and
Mary Knaack
Earl Miller
Lottie Bomar
Tuscon, Ariz
Miller
Tuscon
Fry’s Market
Diana
Frank Lukovsky
Hanson Concrete Co
Humeston
Wayne County
Keiffer Garton
Keiffer G. Garton
Garton
Phil
Fairfield
Solid Waste Agency
SEMCO
Rhua Davison
Alice Mangold
Hobby and Crafts
Richard O. Thomas
Evan M. Rees
Debra Lee Thomas
Gregory Owen Eichstaedt
Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ
Oak Lawn
Ill
Downers Grove
Northern Illinois University
University of Miami
DePaul Law School
Leola Trabert
Eva Gallagher
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Viola Hoyle
Orange
Calif
Tena Simmering
Ellen Hoyle
Clara Sheetz
Donald Simmering
Ervin Simmering
John Simmering Jr
John Waters
Don Hayes
Richard George
Hyatt Regency
O’hare
Chicago
Michael Thomas
Gary Pleggenkuhle
Worms
Germany
Gretchen
Robyn
John Owen
Pleggenkuhle
James Minick
Europe
Paris
Italy
Rome
Venice
Florence
Ray Minick
Bob Loban
Arnold Motor Supply
East Highway 92
Loban
Arnold Supply
Oelwein
May Earll
Henry M. Taylor
Iowa Department of Transportation
Indian Hills Community College
Mae Lamb
Marie Brooks
Albia
Ivan Wilson
Ottumwa
Marian Weathers
Angleton, Tex
Ralph Hesseltine
Jeffrey Goldsmith
Denise Hammes
St. Josephs Catholic Church
What Cheer
Bruce Klapp
Lori and
Todd
Waterloo
Earl J. Klapp
William King
Jean Hood
Johnson, Washington County
Larry Whetstine
Washington Extension Council
Hood
Jane Passmore
Planned Parenthood of
Southeast Iowa
Barbara Adams
Barbara
Board of Education
Donald L. Paul
Oscar Mayer & Co
Paul
Prima Meat Packers, Ltd
Tokyo
Jane Ann Debby Zieglowsky
Ed Zieglowsky
England
York
Fort Madison
Ann Barber
S. R. Barber of
Wellman
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Colorado State University
Katherine Buxbaum
Mayflower
Grinnell
Clifford D. Grout
Pleasantview
Donald M. Coats
Western Avenue
San Leandro
California
Arie
Norma) Swartzendruber
George M. Lord
Washington County Hospital
Rachel) Wiley
North 4Th Avenue
Roy R. Newton
Rollo S. McKean
Conesville
Newton J. Benson
Clayton E. Bear
West
Madison Street
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