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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1963
Page
3
Local trade show plans at the Armory for March 17 and 18 progress with booths assigned. Community events include birthdays, church activities, immunization clinics, Lions Club talks, and civic meetings in Washington Iowa.
Sam West of the Washington Future Farmers of America won first place in the junior pen at the Spring Market Hog Show in Cedar Rapids after two days of competition. He also placed fifth and eighth in other divisions, with notable results across the event.
The Washington Demons led the Southeast Six with four players named to all-conference honors as Brian Owen and Beb McClure made the first team while Jerry Stalder and Steve Talbot earned second team spots. Joe Jones received honorable mention. City Clerk John Sowash resigns effective July 1 after 18 years. Larssen Brothers of Decorah bid and won paving the Washington-Riverside road north end. City planning commission signs planned for new street name signs this year. Ames ISU alumni banquet at Methodist Church with Dale Williams as speaker. Mrs Koert Varpysnire of Algona, formerly of Washington, admitted to Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Basketball: Washington Demons lose district semi to Ottumwa 88-76 after strong start. Social notes cover anniversary dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Wilbur Schantz and visits from relatives. Neal Burton rests at Mercy Town City. Dick Meyer fills in at Melaniel Drug Store. Mr Grim trained in Des Moines to join Farm Service Company. Willard Palmer party from Mt Vernon visits family in Washington.
Washington Chamber of Commerce board elected Charles Morris as president E Kelly Schlapkohl as first vice president and Marion Snodgrass as second vice president Richard Weeks retires as board president The group also discussed plans to complete the 1963 fund drive and budget issues.
About 50 residents gathered at City Hall for a Citizens for Education meeting led by Keith Vetter and Stanley Rooda. Prof. Schmidthauser addressed the Shaft Reapportionment Plan at the Washington Kiwanis event.
Dr William R Yard D D 90 still teaches and preaches after 65 years since his first sermon March 6 1898 delivered as a college student in a Mahaska County schoolhouse near Oskaloosa and New Sharon. The weeklong observance precedes a March 12 American Legion birthday program by the Leon Beatty post and auxiliary.
The piece lists multiple people: a woman celebrating her 93rd birthday with her brothers and sister and guests E. C. Nith of Halcyon House, Louis Smith and daughter Margaret, Pearl Smith of West Chester. Jack Cherry, S. W. Easter of Washington. Farrell and Barbara Lins en route with Town youth to the National Youth Citizenship Seminar in Washington and New York as Baptist Church delegates, returning March 17. Mrs. L. Foster of Austin, Texas as parents of an expected Thursday birth. It notes Glenn Knupp of Washington as grandparents to a newborn with brother Chuck welcoming him, Merwin Hammond of California arriving to visit Emma Plecker in Keota. Laura B. (Beth) Brinning in Mercy Hospital Iowa City room 425. Myrtle Neiswanger and E. L. Rouse fly to St. Petersburg Florida to visit W. J. Napp and Hermie Otto.
Kathleen Hoover daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Hoover of Mt Pleasant and Roger Lee Messer son of Mrs Velma Messer of Wayland wed Saturday February at St Alphonsus Catholic Church Mt Pleasant. At home at Wayland.
The speaker chides a designer for clashing colors in a sunset scene. A humorous critique riffs on color theory and decor rules as the poem pleas for harmony and natural balance.
The Carolina Charter commemorative stamp will go on sale April 6 in Edenton North Carolina to honor the centenary observance. Edenton chosen for its early settlement history and as the old Albemarle central population area. Collectors may request first day cancellations by sending envelopes with remittance to the Edenton Postmaster. Also reported: thirty four UK territories join a Hunger campaign with 140 nations issuing stamps March 21 to promote FAO food and hunger themes. Israel issues a trio of new airmail stamps featuring native birds and designed for specialist and general collections.
Monday to Friday hospital records list admissions births and discharges. Names include Edsall Brown Washington Addie Thompson Lyle Wasson and many others with medical or surgical notes and a birth for Mr and Mrs William Yerrington in Washington, plus multiple discharges across Keota Columbus Junction Brighton and Kalona.
A series of obituaries notes deaths in Columbus Junction Wellman and nearby towns. Gi bert Bates 66 died at home in Columbus Junction Saturday. Mrs Robert H Barber died in Wellman this morning after brief illness. Melvin Dicks 71 of Washington died at University Hospital Iowa City Monday. Ludwig Jesenek 76 an Ainsworth resident died Tuesday at Beauchamp Nursing Home. Mike Hartman 68 lived north of Fredonia died Tuesday afternoon in Veterans Hospital Iowa City. Elizabeth H Wellman died Wednesday morning at University Hospitals Iowa City after 18 days as a patient. Joseph H Lewis 88 died Thursday at Restopia in Columbus Junction.
The Washington Iowa Daily Press lists staff roles including vice president and news editor with production and publication details. It notes affilliations and agencies such as United Press Leased Wire, Inland Daily Press Ass’n, and Audit Bureau of Circulations, and provides rural subscription rates for two months, one month, and a further pricing line.
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