Washington History In Former Years Storm damage and social notes from Washington
Strong winds hit Washington late Saturday evening causing tree damage and partial power outages. Tornado intensity was reported in Adair, with several trees down. Local residents and visiting families are noted, with many moving, traveling, and social events. Names include Patterson, Badenoch, Whitlatch, Zeiger, Pratt, Detwiler, Mayo, Bridges, Haven, and Haven. Local civic notes mention new bridge completion, weather delays, and changes in public service and business ownership.
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Washington
Adair
R.J. Patterson
Ruth Badenoch
California
National Society For Crippled Children
Los Angeles
BG. Hall
Linda
Union
Hall
Dorothy Astin
Elmer Swickard
Don Whitlateh
Lewis Jones
Tom Stewart
Oskaloosa
Mrs. Whitlatch
Bob Head
Texas
Whitlatches
Mr. Whitlatch
Jones Funeral Home
Cheroke
Wayne Zeiger
Graettinger
Lee Hunt
Zeiger
Eunice Johnson
Ainsworth
Terry Mathers
Clyde Pratt
Tuscon, Ariz
Carl Herzer
Lester Jones
Janet
Herzer
Jones
Mrs. Herzer
Mexico
Audubon
Pauline Reuss
Knoxville
Multiple Iowa weddings mark June 1963 in Washington area
A series of marriages convert Sioux Falls and Iowa couples into newly united pairs. Louise Saix wed Richard Anderson in Washington First Baptist Church while Barbara Jean Lorbiecki married P Richard Horak in Greenbush Minnesota. Sharon A Morrison and Francis L Pickering wed in Brighton First Church of God followed by Sheryl Loren Willis and Charles Phillip Wilcoff in Brighton Methodist Church. Mary E Fen DuVall tied with John A Dawson at Calvary Baptist Davenport and Tina May Lesling wed Brian Davis at United Presbyterian Ainsworth. The item also lists staff and publication details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Saix
Quentin’ de Saix
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Richard Anderson
First Baptist Church
Washington
W.R. Yard
David Neiswanger
Sharon A. Armstrong
James C. Morrison
Francis L. Pickering
Clove Pickering
Pleasant Plain
Church of God
Brighton
Sheryl Lorene Willis
Harry Keith Willis
Charles Phillip Wilcoff
Charles Wikoff
Brighton Methodist Church
E.E. Voss
Vavvenport
Mary E Fen DuVall
Floyd A. DuVall
Davenport
John A. Dawson
Clyde Dawson Sr
Route 1
Calvary Baptist Church
Wallace Stark
Ainsworth
Tina May Lesling
Harvey Gesling
Brian Davis
John Harold Davis
Columbus Junction
United Presbyterian Church
Dale Brehmer
Robertson to resign from Washington County board
Robertson announced to the Evening Journal he will resign from the Washington County board of supervisors on doctor's orders due to poor health effective in July. He was appointed in 1959, re-elected in 1960 and last November, with a term to 1965. A new supervisor will be appointed to fill the remainder of his term.
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Robertson
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Evening Journal
Howard Benn
Lena Stewart
Pred Bourgeois
Robert
Will Admits Washington County Hospital Bequests In Will
The will of abs. vora Jones of Washington was admitted to probate today and filed with Clerk Robert Porter. Principal beneficiaries include the Washington County Hospital and the Washington County Roadside Park. A roadside park on the former Mary Marr farm near Ainsworth is completed with picnic tables and trash containers, and a liquor-by-the-glass election is being sought in the county. Police Officer Dean Cox attends a police arson course at the State University of Iowa. A former Washington resident Mrs. Ethersfe is hospitalized in Des Moines after a coronary, and others in the community are noted as visiting, moving between Des Moines and Iowa City hospitals and local homes.
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Gerain Detwiler
William Miller
West Main Street
Glenn Wilson
South 3Rd
Duea
Iowa
Wilson
D. H. Lynch
Wilsons
Wayne Pratt
Piggly Wiggly
Brindley
Joe Duea
Dunkerton
James Baird
County Hospital
Effie Anderson
Belle Miller
Vernal Holman
Linton
Ind
Maurice Mayo
Schenectady
N.Y
O. R. Mayo
Mayo
General Electric
D. M. Bridges
Muscatine
Jane Knupp
Iowa City
E. L. Rouse
Ruth and
Marian Ridges
Carl Klein
Clyde Herring
Emergency Relief Committee
Mildred Hancher
Chicago
Beacon City
A. E. Baldrige
Carleton Jack Haven
Carleton Haven
Washington
American Legion
Marian
Otto Jackson
Howard L. McCleery
L. B. Lupton Monument Works
Lupton and McCleery
F.W. Eastwood
Warsaw Wisc
Presbyterian Church
Sen
J.L. Brookhart
Amos Weaver
A.W. Yard
da McConnell
Francis McConnell
Sunset Park
Miss McConnell
Park
University Hospital
Towa City
Abs. Vora Jones
Robert Porter
Dean Cox
State University of Iowa
Ethersfe Church
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Emergency Room Expansion At Washington County Hospital
The Washington County Hospital completed a major upgrade to its first floor emergency treatment room, enlarging it to twice its former size and modernizing with latest medical equipment including two mobile hydraulic stretchers. The project supports increased demand for emergency care and utilities updates. Harvey Davis attends the United Presbyterian Synod of Iowa meeting in Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Davis
Ames
United Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Cancer Crusade surpasses county quota by $160
M M Schell announced the Washington County Cancer Crusade quota of 5600 was surpassed by 160 this year at a board meeting. He praised participating organizations and individuals. Crusade citations were presented to the Washington Evening Journal and KCHL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.M. Schell
Washington County Cancer Crusade
Joe Knotek
Schell
American Cancer Society
Winifred Anderson
Mtsant
Washington Evening Journal
KCHL
Four Boys Drown In Farm Pond Near Riverside
Four boys aged 13 to 8 drowned Thursday afternoon wading a pond on Noah Mast farm west of Riverside near the Washington Johnson County line. Victims were Raymon Gingerich 13 Johnny Yoder 11 David Bell 10 and Carl Bell 8. Double funerals planned at Fairview Conservative Mennonite Church Kalona. Bodies recovered with investigators noting deep water and non swimmers. Local residents and relatives are listed with visits and travel notes surrounding the tragedy.
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Noah Mast
Riverside
Washington-Johnson County
Raymon Gingerich
Mose J.” Gingerich
Kelona
Johnny Yoder
David Yoder
David Charles Bell
Carl A. Bell
Town City
Gingerich
Yoder
Fairview
Kalona
Bell Brothers
Iowa City
The Flag Is Passing By Poem From The War Years
The poem lauds the flag passing by with blue and crimson and white, recalling sea battles and land conflicts fought to sustain the state. It honors equal justice and national strength, praising loyalty, honor, and the people’s steadfast patriotism as the colors endure.
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FLA
Henry Holcomb Bennett
Deaths and obituaries across Iowa county towns
Death notices from June 24 to June 28 1963 list Nellie Balderson Bishop 77 of 615 East Washington Street Eugene Snider native of Washington died June 22 at Fairfield Hospital Ella May Brolliar 92 died at Faye's Rest Home Ollie Cyrus M Bush 77 of 224 East Washington Street died at Washington County Hospital after illness since June 12 Harvey Lee Aklen 34 of Wellman died at his sister Edith Romine's home Ralph Jene 73 of Letts died at Veterans Hospital Town City Bertha McCormick 87 of Conesville died at Muscatine General Hospital Frank Manning 99 of Coppock died at Rest Haven Nursing Home Mt. Pleasant Elizabeth Johnston 67 of route one Brighton died at Washington County Hospital Tina wenvenute 90 of 522 North Second Avenue died at The Pines Rest Home Sherman Eden Funeral Home handling funeral arrangements
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Nellie Balderson Bishop
East
Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Cyrus M. Bush
East Washington Street
Washington County
Elizabeth Johnston
Route One
Brighton
Tina Wenvenute
North Second Avenues
Pines Rest Home
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Hospital Admitted and Births Report Saturday and Yesterday
Hospital admitted Saturday Frank Hodson of Brigh ton medical Mrs Theodore Poore of West Chester medical Alan D Schantz of Washington Births Saturday Mr and Mrs Jared Powell Wellman a daughter Yesterday Mr and Mrs Merrit Wellington Washington a daughter Mr and Mrs Mark Hershberger Kalona a son Dismissed Yesterday Mrs Glen Cochran and son Wellman Mrs Jennie Mitchell Washington Kathryn Ar mus Letts Mrs Ed Rich Washington Mrs Clyde Huston Crawfordsville
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Frank Hodson
Brighton
Theodore Poore
West Chester
Alan D. Schantz
Washington
Jared Powell
Wellman
Merrit Wellington
Mark Hershberger
Kalona
Glen Cochran
Jennie Mitchell
Kathryn Armus
Letts
Ed Rich
Clyde Huston
Crawfordsville
Laurel Statler
Otto Sheetz
Merritt Wellington
Kalpha
Alan Schantz
Public notices of medical and family events in Washington
Listings show multiple individuals from Washington and nearby towns with medical or surgical statuses, transfers, and family announcements. Notable entries include Edna Purvis transferred to Sunny Haven Rest Home and several births in Washington area, plus a Chicago note on 153 year old wooden water pipes found under Washington DC’s Pennsylvania Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Meacham Brighton
Edna Purvis
Washington
Sunny Haven Rest
John Ryan
Chicago
UPI
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
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Jackson
Thomas K. Johnson
Sigourney
Gene Breitenich
Breitenbach
Wesrankiald Elder
Bureau of Chelacons
Wash
Tico
Washineton
Jack Droz
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Harold E. Hughes
Droz
H. T. Opsahl
Decorah
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Grinnell
Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Tn
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
Raymait
Corydon
George Nicias
Ernest Gordon
Bettendorf
Albert Dusek
Mary Jo
John L. Johnson
Don Johnson
Larry Names
Sir
Raymond Miller
Larry
DeVry Technical Institute
Robert Roberts
Dorothy Plett
Louis Johnson
Blue Grass
Ted Morgan
Bill Patterson
Ray Enfield
Mitchel Allen
Tetonka Resort
Minnesota
Mitchell Allen
Columbus
Sion
Wayne Marston
Marion Miller
Mercy Hospital
Billy and
Gayle Spera
Detur, HL
Roy L. Miller
Charles Morris
Milburn McKay
Don Kruzan
Rock Island
Blanche Winkle
Jack Biller
Timmy
Ann
Cedar Falls
Ray Minick
Mr. Minick
Mr. Biller
Jimmy
Mike Hansen
St. Louis
Fairfield
Billers
Roy Hodges
Emily
Erma Hodges
Pennsylvania
Bill Hennigan
Mel Domres
Walt Jung
Dbluth
Merle Alison
Bob Anderson
State College of Town
Fred Andersen
George Kerr
Sioux City
United Presbyte
Tian General Assembly
Mr. Andersen
Andersen
Wed
Ralph Kleese
Ruth Ann Wulf
Daryl Cave
Frances
Don Cave
Leonard Miller
Schantz
Harold G
W Cline
Abingdon
T. A. Rademaker
Edith Eigenbrod
Emden
Ill
Charles Rademaker
John Myers
David
Debbie
Becky
Leon Hillman
Dave Masson
William Boshart
Bob Reed
Ted Johnson
Johnson
Ross Electron
Teslant and Nixon and Company
Southern
Jerry Melvin Bittner
Doris Bittner
Brigton
United States Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tdave West
Air Force
Jerry
Sgt West
Washington Post
College
Walter Soyka
Memphis
Pearl Redding
Ed Hathaway
Lancaster
Soyka
Mrs. Hathaway
CYO
St. James Church
Wendell Schaeffer
John Wendell
Colorado Springs, Colo
Mrs Schaeffer
W.B. Edwards
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
Cancer Crusade
Lamb Becky Berdo
J.J. Berdo’s
Jim Frier
Tlecker
Iris L. Plecker
Florida State Univrsity
Tallahassee
Longer
Walter Longer
State College of Iowa
Heryl Miller
Merl Miller
Brigham Young
Wendee and
Loree
Shepherd of the Hills
Lake of the Ozarks
Joe Shalla
Low City
Lou Keller
HJ Club
Jim Shalla
Pleasant View Rest Home
Bob Logan
Table Rock Lake
Missouri
Mith Brothers Manufacturin: ‘Company
Lynn Goldman
Bernard Goldman
Leon Hilfman
Greg Hilfman
R.L. Hillman
Goldmans
Boyd Pickens
Oak Park
Mina Brannen
Brannen
Picken
Maude Hering
Juanita
Charles Anderson
Hering
Keith Crossett
Dawn Lamm
East Peoria
Dawn
Don Lamm
Lamm
English Valley
Ridge Lane
Ralph Zeck
L. F. Harging
Floyd Merdock
Muscatine Hospital
Clint Stewart
Veteran’s Hospital
Price Roberts
Randy
Jim Logan
Washington, D.C
91St General Hospital Association
Joe Sotelo
Elmer Beckman
Scott
Eddie
Lewistown
Montana
Th Sotelo
James Lloyd
Bar Association
Hd Nardy
Dennis
Doug
Acquarium
Alfred Faulkner
Connie Sue Falkner
Maquoketa
Clara Faulkner
Raymond Hasty
Burton Kent
Veteran's Hospital
Eugene Snider
Fairfield Hospital
Richland
Ella May Brolliar
Faye
Ollie
Harvey Lee Aklen
Edith Romine
Ralph Jene
Veterans Hospital
Bertha McCormick
Conesville
Muscatine General Hospital
Wayland
Frank Manning
Coppock
Rest Haven
Mt. Pleasant
Jennie Harris
James Ossman
Julie Youn
Isaac Norenburg
Henry Taylor
Everett Jones
Lester Coffmar
James Wood
Ainsworth, Surgical
Kths
Marlin Peiffer
Melvin Popejoy
Wesley Widmer
Eugene Zehr
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