Washington history notes and local community news
Regular Washington high school basketball player Doug Whitehead earns second all Eastern Iowa honor from Davenport papers. Various local notices include Mrs. W F Henry leaving for Miami, Herbert Pauly named VFW post commander, Robert Ferrell to lead glee club tour to Oskaloosa and Pella, and birthday celebration for Katherine Marbourg. Reports cover travel, elections, school bond defeat, social events, church group performances, a community sale, and notable deaths and recoveries.
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Doug Whitehead
Washington
Iowa
Davenport Democrat and Times
W.F. Henry
Miami
Fla
Ands
LeRoy Bly
Herbert Pauly
Washington Veterans of Foreign Wars
Robert Ferrell
Glee Club
Oskaloosa
Pella
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Katherine Marbourg
Waterloo
Sciatica
Paul Fern
Cincinnati
Ira Saunders
Texas
Florida
Havana
Cuba
Peoria
Barbara Hall
Marriages Across States Highlight Weekend Weddings
Reports from Ellensburg and St. Joseph note multiple marriages. Leona Peiffer and son attended Thomas Emil Peiffer and Judith Belle Floyd nuptials in Ellensburg. Betty Louise Floyd wed Thomas L. Shrader in St. Joseph, with Ainsworth, Nebraska, connections. Judy Schickling married John A Cherry Jr. in Devils Lake. Jennie Ada Feltz and Allan Ray Love wed at Rubio Friends Church in Keota Davenport area.
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Leona Peiffer
Mike
Floyd Edwards
Betty Louise
Thomas L. Shrader
Thomas H. Shrader
St. Joseph
Mich
Ainsworth
Ralph Schickling
Devils Lake
N.D
Judy
John A Cherry Jr
John Cherry
Washington
6Th Street
Riverdale
Rubio
Rubio Friends Church
Jennie Ada Feltz
Keota
Allan Ray Love
Davenport
Kenneth Propst
Mr. Propst
Harvey Love
Washington week in review locals light up the airwaves
A Washington weekly roundup lists residents and visitors with ties to Keota Richland and Cedar Rapids. Tennessee Ernie Ford Show guests Garretts and Brown family members plan appearances while Charles Brown marks 92nd birthday in hospital. Local social notes include birthday dinners and college students from Knox Galesburg and the University of Iowa visiting relatives.
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Charles Brown
Brown
Wayne Brown
W. C. Banford
Chicago
Tom Brown
Knox College
Galesburg
Nancy
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Nels Westermarks
Wilson "J. Putmans
Duane Griggs
Cheryl
New London
Barbara Griggs
Cedar Falls
Griggs
Byron Snider
Washington
Methodist minister welcomed at Washington Church dinner
The Rev and Mrs Theodore Schwartz and daughter Debbie were honored guests at a congregational dinner in the Washington Methodist Church basement. A potluck meal followed by a brief program officially welcomed the new minister and his family.
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Theodore Schwartz
Debbie
Washington Methodist Church
Washington City Council weighs airport plans and zoning
City councilmen acted on proposed improvements at the municipal airport and studied a rezoning request on South Second Avenue. Other matters of city business were handled as well. Bowling notes, district sports results, and engagements fill a long local page.
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Washington City
Farm Bureau
South Second Avenue
Bo Ness
Washington County candidates and community notes across towns
John Patterson announces candidacy for Washington County board of supervisors while local groups report other civic items. Remarks include the Brothers of the Brush closing with 656 names, an art exhibit at Iowa Wesleyan College, undefeated Mid-Prairie junior high girls basketball, UN trip chairmanship, and various birthday and travel notices from Washington Iowa and surrounding towns.
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John Patterson
Route Three
Washington
Washington County
Board of Supervisors
Kalona
Mid - Prairie
Fifty Year Masonic Honor for Robert Lowe Sr in Washington
Robert E. Lowe Sr, celebrated for fifty years of Masonry, will be guest of honor at an open Washington Lodge No. 26 meeting at 8:30 p.m. March 8 in the Washington Masonic Temple. Also noted, John Myers is elected president of the Washington Toastmasters Club.
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Robert E. Lowe Sr
Masonic Fraternity
Washington Lodge No
Washington
John Myers
Washington Toastmasters Club
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women
Sigourney
St. Mary's Church
Smart plans to open new store in Mt Pleasant
William Smart owner of Smart Distributing Co announces a new store at the west edge of Mt Pleasant near Iris Courts. Building work is under way and the store is expected to open between May 15 and June 1.
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William Smart
Smart Distributing Co
Washington
Mt Pleasant
Iris Courts
Smart
Unscrambled Note Mentions Names and Percent Figure
Fragmentary OCR text references several names and a 2 percent figure alongside scattered words. The readable portion lists Bréaing J Doger, Bair, Seen, MRA Seer Mdtching, Weg Mason Prouton and a stray 2% mention with unclear context.
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Doger
Mason Prouton
Hospital Abeeenen Saturday and Births Dismissals Notices
Hospital and birth notices list multiple Washington area patients across medical and surgical cases with names including Mrs. Ralph Chor pening Mrs. Marian Bailey Mrs. Grace Rodgers and several others. Births, admissions and discharges highlight families in Pleasant Plain Keota Washington and Columbus Junction with new sons and daughters.
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Abeeenen
Ralph Chorpening
Washington
Marian Bailey
Grace Rodgers
Henry Schantz
Don Heisdorffer
Grace Cottrell
Terry Bower
Wasington
Francis Pickering
Pleasant Plain
Dennis Tinnes
Keota
John Russell
Max Waterhouse
Hugh Cole Jr
Brighton
John —Zieglowsky
Adin Miller
Kalona
Kenneth Brenne
Johnt Russell
Charles Peiffer
Nicolas Hesseltine
William Dacy
Columbus Junction
Deaths in Kalona Richland Muscatine Columbus Jct area
Obituaries report Alvin J Hostetler 66 in Iowa City Mercy Hospital after a heart attack. Minnie 19, died Tuesday after illness. services set in Richland Gould Funeral Home with burial Friends Cemetery. Mark Conway 68 of Muscatine died of heart attack. services in St Matthias Church. Louanna Hadley 96 oldest Richland resident died after a fall and long illness. Frank W Coffin 82 former Columbus Junction resident died in Muscatine General Hospital. Mrs Harry Dickerson death noted in Des Moines after lengthy illness. Local notices list towns Kalona Richland Muscatine Columbus Junction Des Moines and institutions Mercy Hospital Richland Methodist Church Friends Cemetery Muscatine General Hospital.
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Alvin J. Hostetler
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Richland
Minnie
Gould Funeral Home
A.B McMurrin
Richland Methodist Church
Friends Cemetery
Louanna Hadley
Columbus Junction
Frank W. Coffin
Muscatine General Hospital
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