Washington News Roundup Highlights Local Events
The Washington VFW auxiliary earned first at the state encampment for publicity work. Air force private Ramson Amlong of Kalona was appointed to West Point. Street work advances with paving progress and a late July contractor return. Class of 1932 reunion planned at Washington Country Club. Local events include Y's Men conventions, weddings, and club activities. Band stand tile work proceeds, Rotary hosts district visitors, and various residents attend events or travel. Community notices cover retirements, elections, and classroom appointments.
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Ramson Amlong
Kalona
West Point
Washington
Washington-Brighton
Washington Country Club
Walter Messer
States
Canada
Walthern
Bob Logan
Dick Weeks
Banff
Myrna Reeves
Ronald Genheimer
Prairie Flower
Marie Blattner
Richard Dare
First Presbyterian Church
Roy Randall
Christian Women's Fellowship
David Livingston
Fair Association
Roy Steele
Highland Social Club
C. Raymond Reed
Central Park
Harry Sowden
Y's Men Club
Harold Wehr
GE. Montgomery
Bob Reed
Calvin Wolf
Clint Stewart
Gene Tucker
Dunham Morrison
Charles Longwell
Dennis
Chicago
Laura Longwell
Frank Longwell
Joe Lang
Harold Kauffman
Wayland
Lang
Butler University
Indianapolis
Ind
Butler
Black Hills
Verle Gallagher
Washington Week in Review Readers Travel and Events
Mrs Edna Witting and Mrs Myrtle Anderson tour historic sites in Philadelphia aboard Gray Line Tours. Numerous local families and alumni attend events at Iowa State University and in Washington area, including weddings graduations and church meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Witting
Myrtle Anderson
Philadelphia
Gray Line
la Motte Anderson
Brenda Anderson
Western High School
Hospital News Admits and Discharges List Updates
Weekend hospital notes show multiple admissions discharges and births across Washington Kalona Iowa City and Ainsworth. Entries include Mrs Addie Blattner Miss Alice Lilly Mrs A R Ledger and others admitted and discharged with several births and new arrivals noted. Additional hospital guests include Mrs Gilpin and relatives visiting as surgery patients are treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie Blattner
Washington
Alice Lilly
A. R. Ledger
Sidney Schooley
Iowa City
Raymond Kephart
Brighton
John Whitaker
Charles Beckley
Kalona
Guy McNamer
Jess Tomlinson
Ainsworth
Grace Cottrell
Washington County social notes span travels and honors
Mrs. Willard Glaze returns from Washington and Ainsworth visits. families attend a funeral in Fairfield. Vander, Kiesey, and Schlapkohl earn honors and appointments. Wide ranges of travel from Texas to Canada and Alaska noted, with guests, relocations, and a Dean’s List listing at Iowa State University.
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Henry Hull
Oskaloosa
John C. Lytles
Oskaloosa Women's Club
Iowa City
Willard Glaze
Houston
Texas
Tom Davis
Washington
Stone and Morris
Ainsworth
Davis
Fairfield
Harvey Erickson
Douglas Kiesey
Iowa State University
Ames
Doug
Ted Kiesey
Iowa State
E. Kelly Schlapkohl
Washington County Teachers Association
National Education Association
Denver
Colo
Area Deaths This Week
This week reports several local deaths in Washington area including Frank Godfrey 64 of 1015 West Madison Street who died at Washington County Hospital after a period of illness. Also Bessie Miller 81 and Fred Sipe 82 died at Washington County Hospital and at home respectively. Edgar McCaulley died in Burbank California. Lawrence Bailey 52 died in University Hospital Iowa City after a heart attack. Viola Wilcox 9 died in a Moline rest home. Richard Meier 42 buried Keota. Earl Combs 55 died in Ainsworth and Manuel Perez 78 died in Fairfield.
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Myrtle Macon
Glassburner
Washington
Journal Daily
Dave Elder
Malcolm Ruddock
West
Jolly Pilgrim
Bernice Nash
Nichols
Florence Peterson
Red Cross
Scouts
Edna Caldwell
Shannon Company
Sioux Falls
S. C
Frank Godfrey
Washington County Hospital
Wanda Neiswanger
Armory
Frances Null
Julia McElhinney
Helen Jones
Charlotte Ward
Mary Louise Harwood
Darreen Tillotson
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Cherie McElhinney
Frances Darbyshine
Mary Dee Lupton
Lucille Reister
Betty Stephen
Virginia Breitenbach
Vera Stutsman
The
Washington Elevator Co
W. A. Whiting
J. M. Godfrey
W. S. Eldridge
David McLaughlin
C. W. McLaughlin
Norman Hall
Air Service
J. A. Young
Harvey Young
Iceland
North Fourth Avenue
A. KR. Oates
Frank RK Miles
Iowa Legionaire
Mr. Miles
Ray Means
John Applegate
Charles Thompson
Bill Brown
John Brookhart
Owen Hays
Cedar Rapids
Madison Street
Bessie E. Miller
Washington Area
Fred Sipe
North Third Street
Wellman
Lawrence Elmer Bailey
University Hospital
Iowa City
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Viola Wilcox
Moline
Earl Combs
Ainsworth
Mercy Hospital
Manuel Perez
West Third Street
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Lucas Completes Training At Bear Manufacturing Co School
Charles J. Lucas of the J and L Friendly Mobil Service completed training at Bear Manufacturing Co automotive safety service school in Rock Island Illinois. The program covered alinement balancing and frame straightening.
Camp helpers named for Pilgrims Heights near Montour Iowa
Thursday Mrs. Fred Cromwell of Burlington visited her sisters Mrs Ed Patterson and Mrs FB Miller. United Church of Christ Pilgrims Heights camp near Montour Iowa listed Rev Ralph Wedeking director Frances Miller Minnie Schroeder Don Lawless Carla Zieglowsky Ruth Ann Wilson as helpers. Television viewers in Washington area saw Mrs Sam McCleery on Art Linkletter's House Party taped in Hollywood. She and her three daughters Chris Kay Beth returned from California with Me McCleery who came back earlier.
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Iowa
Elaine Thomassen
Marilyn Bell
Evelyn
Elizabeth Meek
Mary Voorhees
Virginia Shepherd
Geraldine Bartow
Beverly Brown
Martha Downing
Janet Martin
JoAnn Ross
Jean Kennedy
Lyle Box
Roger McKeown
Dick Anderson
Don Wilson
Pioneer Institute
Iowa Wesleyan College
John Beenblossom
Ray Redlinger
Betty
Wilma Norman
Maurine Walker
Sara Jane Lumley
Texas
Camp Bowie
Betty Hamil
County Clerks’ Office
Omaha
Martin
Pat Sheetz
Los Angeles
Calif
United California Bank
Merle Sheetz
R.R. Washington
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Fred Cromwell
Burlington
Ed Patterson
FB. Miller
United Church of Christ
Pilgrims Heights
Montour
Ralph Wedeking
Frances Miller
Minnie Schroeder
Don Lawless
Carla Zieglowsky
Ruth Ann Wilson
Washington Area
Sam McCleery
Art Linkletter
Hollywood
Cali
Chris
Kay
Beth
California
Me McCleery
Brighton man drowns while swimming in Mississippi River
Donald Leroy Dawson aged 34 of Davenport disappeared while swimming Thursday afternoon in the Mississippi River near Andalusia Ll. Search crews looked for him after he vanished beneath the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Mississippi River
Donald Leroy Dawson
Davenport
Andalusia
The Lost Cause by Ellen Rebecca Fenn
Poem Of The Week presents The Lost Cause by Ellen Rebecca Fenn. The piece contrasts a penny pinching, faultless figure with moral blindness to suffering, arguing true happiness arises from compassion and imperfect human effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Heaven
Ellen Rebecca Fenn
Historians on Tour Reflect on Wassonville Cemetery
A reflective narrative on a vanished Wassonville, where homes and saloons disappeared but the cemetery endures. Stones dating to the 1840s bear worn inscriptions and hint at untold local stories, urging modern record keeping to preserve history beyond marble labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wassonville
Josepha
Pilotsburg
Luke
Obie Mercer
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