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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1971
Page
7
Wayland hosts report visitors from Colorado Illinois and Iowa as residents host gatherings and celebrate anniversaries. The Arbogasts relocate to Clarence Iowa. Wenger family plans Japan teaching service. Graber Roth and Stoops families update living arrangements and hospital stays. Church group crews paint and quilt at Wayland Mennonite Church as Duwaine Hirschy and Willis Alliman host.
Riverside area items report Ida Skubal moved to Beverly Manor for recovery after a fall, with prior hip fracture and Mercy Hospital care. Legion Auxiliary meeting planned in Wellman March 3, pancake supper March 6 at Highland School 5 p.m. Boosters sponsor athletic fund events. AMN Richard Frank on two week leave. reporting to Davis-Monthan AFB by Feb 26. Girl Scouts at Community Building, puppet show, skit, and play at Upper Elementary. District recognition ceremony at Upper Elementary. Brownies and Girl Scouts joint activities with cookies and hot chocolate. Weekend visitors include Moldenhauer and Flannegan families from Marengo. Ralph Linder visiting from Washington. Mrs. Rudolph Simon injured in farm fall, treated at Mercy Hospital, to confinement for eight weeks. Out-of-town visitors include Horak family from Cottonwood Falls and Kautann from Dubuque. Walsh family hosting guests from town. American Legion Auxiliary 257 sponsored Riverside card party with euchre and bridge. refreshments served.
Charles Neffs visit Brighton with Burlington relatives. Don Tierney funeral attended by Rex Widmer and Larry with Tony Meath and Jack Emry. Mrs. Fannie Broillar returns from medical care. Home visits include Conrad Hanze and Darald Edwards families. Harmony Club met with 13 members and a door prize plate awarded. Various family dinners and birthday observances noted among Reighard, Statler, Emry, Widmer, Meath, and Williams households.
Fortnightly at Keota Mrs Zehr hosts a club meeting February 23 with Helen McFadden presenting Gypsie Wonders of the World by Art McDowell. Current events shared, Bernice Mattison to lead next gathering. Numerous family visits and moves noted including Mr. and Mrs. Otis Jones in Wellman and Mrs. Helen Stoutner moving to Henderson apartments.
The Stop and Go Club gathered Tuesday afternoon at Mrs Roger Schuerman s home in Ainsworth with thirteen members, nine children and two guests including Mrs Merle Miller and the hostess s mother Mrs Leo Marie from Washington. Guests toured and babies Matt Miller Nichole Skubal and Litcle Alison Schuerman were introduced for the first time. Refreshments followed. The next meeting is set for March 23 with location to be announced. John Frame returned from a 3200 mile winter trip visiting relatives and friends across multiple states and noted warm weather and a snow in Oklahoma City and nearby areas. He recounted stops including Weatherford Harlan Frame at a college, two days with a nephew Allen Frame a lawyer in Kinsley, visits to Loveland and Fort Collins Colorado, and a storm delay that required two hours to dig out in Nebraska. News of health updates included Mrs Harlan Edgar recovering from surgery in Iowa City and Mrs Orvis Wood formerly Grace Fitzgerald of Ainsworth hospitalized after a fall on ice. The Westminister Guild met at Mrs Burdette Davis s home with 24 members and two guests. The meeting included devotional readings, missionary education reports, and plans for World Day of Prayer and Spring Presbyterial, with refreshments served. Mr and Mrs Pete Reece and Emily moved to Crawfordsville from the prior residence of Mr and Mrs Bill Rarick and Duane.
Crawfordsville reports a double event as Merlin and the late February couple witness a 25th wedding anniversary with a dinner at the Plain's Table in Washington. Family and friends from Glen Ellyn Pleasantville Columbus Junction and other nearby towns attend, with a social at the West farm afterward. The page also notes Lions club gathering, 4H tournament planning Easter egg hunt and cake supper outcomes.
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