Washington area battered by high winds and damaged trees
Strong winds hit Washington late Saturday causing extensive tree damage and some electric outages while sparing the worst destruction seen in nearby Iowa towns like Adair where a tornadolike storm struck. The report notes downed limbs, ongoing repairs, and a calmer comparison to broader storm impact across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Adair
RJ. Patterson
Ruth Badenoch
California
National Society For Crippled Children
Los Angeles
BG. Hall
Linda
Union
Hall
Dorothy Astin
Elmer Swickard
Don Whitlareh
Lewis Jones
Tom Stewart
Lee Hunt
Zeiger
Eunice Johnson
Ainsworth
Terry Mathers
Iger
Clyde Pratt
Tuscon, Ariz
Carl Herzer
Lester Jones
Janet
Herzer
Washington area weddings listed for June 1963
Multiple marriage notices from Washington Iowa and nearby towns. Louise de Saix and Richard Anderson wed in Washington First Baptist Church. Barbara Jean Lorbiecki and P Richard Horak married in Greenbush Minnesota. Sharon Armstrong and Francis Pickering wed in Brighton. Sheryl Loren Willis and Charles Wikoff married in Brighton. Mary Ellen DuVall and John Dawson joined in Davenport. Tina Magesling and Brian Davis exchanged vows in Ainsworth. Details include dates June 2 22 and 29 1963, locations Washington Davenport Greenbush Brighton Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louise de Saix
Quentin de Saix
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Richard Anderson
First Baptist Church
W.R. Yard
Skeenbush
Minn
Barbara Jean Lorbiecki
Lawrence J. Lorbiecki
Greenbush
P. Richard Ho.rak
Paul R. Horak
Raymond Peplinski
David Neiswanger
Sharon
Armstrong
James C. Morrison
Francis L. Pickering
Cloyee Pickering
Pleasant Plain
Church of God
Brighton
Vir Blosser
Sheryl Lorene Willis
Harry Keith Willis
Charles Phillip Wikoff
Charles Wikoff
Brighton Methodist Church
E.E. Voss
Davenport
Mary Ellen DuVall
Floyd A. DuVall
John A. Dawson
Clyde Dawson Sr
Route 1
Calvary Baptist Church
Wallace Stark
Ainsworth
Tina Magesling
Harvey Gosling
Brian Davis
John Harold Davis
Columbus Junction
United Presbyterian Church
Dale Brehmer
Robertson to resign from Washington County board
Robertson will resign from the Washington County board of supervisors effective early July due to ill health. He was appointed in 1959 and re-elected in 1960 and last November, with his term due to end January 1, 1965. A successor will be appointed by Lena Stewart Fred Bourgeois and Robert Poster to serve the remainder of the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. mcCreery
L. B. Lupton Monument
Lupton and McCreery
F.W. Eastwood
Warsaw
Wisc
Presbyterian Church
DAR
Lemmon
English River
Walnut Creek
Washington
Morgan Manufacturing Company
J.L. Brookhart
Amos Weaver
A.W. Yard
Robertson
Lena Stewart
Fred Bourgeois
Robert Poster
Hospital Emergency Room Reopened After Remodel
Washington County Hospital completed work on its on site emergency room on the first floor. The enlarged space now hosts modern emergency equipment including two mobile hydraulic stretchers. The update aims to speed early treatment for accident victims and reflect ongoing gas electrical system modernization in the county.
Will of Mrs Dora Jones Admitted to Probate Washington
The will of Mrs Dora Jones of Washington was admitted to probate today and filed in the district court. Executor Carlton C Wilson expects enough funds to cover specific bequests to Washington County Hospital and Washington County, plus numerous gifts to individuals. total estate value is not yet estimable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Jones
Washington
Robert Porter
Jones
Washington County
Carlton C. Wilson
Washington County Hospital
Cancer Crusade quota surpassed in Washington County
M M Schell announced at the Washington County Cancer Crusade board meeting that the $5,600 goal was exceeded by $160 this year. He commended organizations and individuals for soliciting support and received a citation from the American Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.M. Schell
Washington County Cancer Crusade
Joe Knotek
Schell
American Cancer Society
Winifred Anderson
Mt Pleasant
Washington Evening Journal
KCI
Four Boys Drown In Farm Pond Near Riverside Iowa
Four boys aged 8 to 13 drowned while wading in a farm pond on the Noah Mast farm west of Riverside near the Washington Johnson County line. Victims were Raymon Gingerich 13 Johnny Yoder 11 David Charles Bell 10 and Carl A Bell 8. Gingerich and Yoder were cousins. Funeral services for the Gingerich and Yoder boys will be held Saturday at Fairview Conservative Mennonite Church near Kalona. The Bell brothers were returned to Town City. Officials believe the boys stepped into deep water while crossing the pond. none could swim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Mast
Riverside
Washington-Johnson County
Raymon Gingerich
Mose J. Gingerich
Kalona
Johnny Yoder
David Yoder
David Charles Bell
Carl A. Bell
Town City
Gingerich
Yoder
Fairview
Bell Brothers
The Flag Is Passing By Poem Of The Week
Poem of the week celebrates the flag with bugles and drums as the colors pass by. It extols statehood, battles, justice, and national pride, honoring the flag and its enduring symbolism through wars and peaceful progress. Henry Holcomb Bennet is cited for the verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holcomb Bennet
Deaths in several towns include Balderson and Bush
The obituary notices list Nellie Balderson Bishop 177 of 615 East Washington Street who died June 24 1963 at Washington County Hospital after weeks of illness. Other deaths include Cyrus M Bush 77 and Bertha McCormick 87 both in Washington County Hospital and Coneville respectively, Harvey Lee Aklen 54 in Wellman, Ralph Coleman in Letts and Frank Manning 92 Coppock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Balderson Bishop
East
Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Agene Snider
Wasington
Fairfield’ Hospital
Cyrus M. Bush
East Washington Street
Washington County
Wellman
Harvey Lee Aklen
Edith Romine
Columbus JU Greene
Letts
Veterans Hospital
Town City
Ction
Ralph
Columbus Junction
Bertha McCormick
Coneille
Muscatine al Hospital
Brighton Woman 67 Dies After Illness in 1963
Mrs Elizabeth Jonnston aged 67 of route one Brighton died Thursday June 27 1963 at Washington County Hospital after a month of illness. Mrs Tina Benvenuto aged 90 of 522 North Second Avenue died this morning June 28 1963 at The Pines rest home. Funeral arrangements pending at Sherman Eden Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeryl Miller
Merl Miller
Ainsworth
Washington County Hospital
Elizabeth Jonnston
Route One
Brighton
Tina Benvenuto
North Second Avenue
Pines
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Hospital births and transfers in Washington area update
A compact hospital roundup lists Saturday births for Frank Hodson of Brigh ton and Mr and Mrs Jared Powell of Wellman, plus multiple admissions and discharges across Washington and nearby towns. The notice also includes a Chicago report about 153 year old wood water pipes found under Washington DC's Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Jared Powell
Wellman
Merrit Wellington
Washington
Mark Hershberger
Kalona
Glen Cochran
Jennie Mitchell
Kathryn Asmus
Letts
Ed Rich
Clyde Huston
Crawfordsville
Chicago
UPI
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
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Gerain_ettwiler
William Miller
West Main Street
Glenn Wilson
South 3Rd
Duea
Maurice Mayo
Schenectady
N Y
O. R. Mayo
Mayo
Generallectric
D. M. Bridges
Muscatine
Jane Knupp
Iowa City
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Carl
Clyde Herring
Mildred Hancher
Cayo
Beacon City
Aroun
A. E. Baldrige
Baldrige
John
Round Lake
Jane
Mary
Des. Moines
Carleton Jack Haven
Carleton Haven
American Legion
Marion
Otto Jackson
Washington, Town
Jackson
Thomas K. Johnson
Sigourney
Gene Breitbach
Breitbach
Evening Journal
David Elder
Illiam Shannon
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Jack Droz
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Harold E Hughes
Droz
H. T. Opsaki
Decorah
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Grinnell
Farmers Mutual Reinsurance
Wilbur Wright
Charles Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Gerald Hahn
Lloyd Marek
Francis Wright
Leo Anderson
Keota
George Lord
Melvin Soukup
Bryce Lord
C.J. Young
Lawrence Whetstine
Lester Schnoebelen
William P. Dusenbery
West Chester
Ray Bia
Corydon
George Nicias
Des Moines
Ernest. Gordon
Bellendorf
Sunset Park
Albert Dusek
Mary Jo
John L. Johnson
Don Johnson
Larry Barnes
Raymond Miller
Larry
DeVry ‘Technical Institute
Robert Roberts
Dorothy Plett
Louis Johnson
Blue Grass
Jean Morgan
Patterson
Ray Enfield
Mitchel Allen
Tetonka Resort
Minnesota
Mitchell Allen
Columbus’ Junction
Ted Morgan
Bill Hennigan
Mel Domres
Walt J Cluth
Miro
Merle Allison
Bob Anderson
State College of Town
Cealls
Frea Anderson
George Kerr
Sioux City
United Presbyte
Tia General Assembly
Andersen
J.P Church
Ralph Kleese
Ann Wulf
Daryl Cave
Week
Frances
Don Cave
Leonard Miller
Schantz
Wayne Marston
Marion Miller
Billy and
Gayle Spera
Detur, T
Roy L. Miller
Ted Johnson
Johnson
Advance Ross Electronics
Nixon and Company
Anding
Milburn McKay
Don Kruzan
Rock Island
Blanche Winkle
University Hospital
Linda McConnell
Francis McConnell
Miss McConnell
Ray Minick
Mr. Minick
Mr. Biller
Jimmy
Mike Hansen
St. Louis
Elks
Fairfield
Bilters
Roy Hodges
Erma Hodges
Pennsvania
Bittner
Jerry Melvin Bittner
Doris Bittner
United States Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Dave West
Air Force
Jerry
Sgt West
Washington Post
E. College
Walter Soyka
Memphis
Pearl Redding
Ed Hathaway
Lancaster
Sojka
Mrs. Hathaway
Mes Church
Wendell Schaeffer
John Wendell
Colorado Springs, Colo
Claire Keating
Keating
Etieine Spenser
Bryan Swift
Howard Witting
Carl Schneider
Dale Darbyshire
Art Swift
Rhua Helmick
Noel Bradford
Kirksville Osteopathic Hospital
Kirksville
Dale Batterson
Louisville, Ky
Harvey Davis
Ames
United Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Wil
Mary Marr
Town Highway Commission
Highway 92
LiQuori
Abs
Ethel McChurch
the Method Hospital
Washing
Harold Griffett
Wayneline
Abingdon
T. A. Rademaker
Edith Eigenbrod
Emden
Charles Rademaker
Mercy Hospital
Gary Lewis
Lillian Lewis
Paris
Gary
Southwestern Publishing Company
Nashville
Tom
John Myers
David
Debbie
Becky
Cancer Crusade
Brigham Young
Wendee and
Loree
Shepherd of the Hills
Lake of the Ozarks
Joe Shalla
Lou Keller
HJ Club
Jim Shalla
Pleasant View Rest Home
Bob Logan
Table Rock Lake
Missouri
Smith Brothers Manufacturing Company
Uhesglass
Lynnn Goldman
Bernard Goldman
Will
al Frida
Grex Tim
Becky Berdo
Millman
Caldmans
J. Berdo
Jim Frier
Longer
Walter Longer
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Boyd Pickens
Oak Park
Mina Brannen
Brannen
Keith Crossett
Dawn Lamm
East Peoria
Dawn
Don Lamm
Lamm
English Valley
Ridge Lane
Seaion Zeck
L. F. Harging
Floyd Merdock
Muscatine Hospital
Clint Stewart
Veteran’s Hospital
Price Roberts
Randy
Jim Logan
Washington, D.C
1St General Hospital Association
Virginia
Kentucky
Joe Sotelo
Elmer Beckman
Scott and
Lewistown
Montana
Sotelo
James Lloyd
Bar Association
Ed Nardy
Dennis
Doug
Acquarium
Alfred Faulkner
Sue Falkner
Maquoketae
Clara Faulkner
Raymond Haste
Rton Kent
Veteran's Hospital
Muchland
Ella May Brolliar
Faye’s Rest
Ole
Wayland
Frank Manning
Coppock
Rest Haven
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Hodson
Theodore Poore
Alan D.schantz
John Ryan
Jennie Harris
James Ossman
Julie Young
Isaac Norenburg
Henry Taylor
Everett Jones
Richland
Laurel Statler
Otto Sheetz
Merritt Wellington
Alan Schantz
Ramaea
Francis Meacham Brighton
Edna Purvis
Sunny Haven Rest
Priday
Lester Coffman
Medical
James Wood
Surgic
Marlin Peiffer
Melvin Popejoy
Wesley Widmer
Eugene Zehr
Kepta
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