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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1963
Page
2
A large crowd attends the Washington County Farm Bureau Women’s Day at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church. County chairman Mrs. John Witthoft presides as guest speaker Mrs. H. L. Witmer recounts her Melbourne Australia trip with photos. A fashion show features clothing by local women while past chairmen are introduced and corsages given.
First Presbyterian United Women Circles IV and V met Tuesday at the church. Circle IV hosted with a cooperative dinner followed by a program on The Broken Covenant led by Elsie Glassburner. Circle V hosted 14 members and one guest with devotions by Mrs. Bannister and a program by Mrs. Booth.
The Baptist Loyal Women’s Class gathered Tuesday with nine members present as Mrs. Iva Bales opened with scripture and prayer. Drama club hosted by Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Baumgartner featured a book review and discussion of The Untold Story. Rainbow and Golden Age groups planned events, with Go to Church Sunday and a Hobby Show in late March.
Wednesday listings include Jolly Nine Club at 7 30 p m and Fleur de Lis Club at 1 30 p m with elections and demonstrations. Thursday features OES officers practice at Temple and Rainbow Officers at Masonic Temple plus a Desert and Pinochle at Temple. Friday includes CWP meeting at church with talks by Burrell Smith and Ira Morrison and a Thirty Niners dessert at YWCA. Saturday offers Legion Hall events with Kenny Anderson calling and Word Weavers gathering.
Eighteen YWives met at the YWCA for swimming knitting bridge and crafts on Tuesday. Guests included Mrs. Ames Wilson and Mrs. Verne Knecht. A board meeting is planned at 1 p.m. prior to the next gathering with the same activities. West Chester Post Chiefs visited Mrs. Eldin Bauer.
Brown Pure 1 services were held at 1:90 p.m. Tuesday in the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Peterson presiding. Pallbearers listed include Hall Williams Davidson Howard Sayre Francis and Keith Glider Lewis Dempsey. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery Tol lenaar. Burial rites for John Tollenaar 79 of Sigourney followed in Elm Grove Cemetery here. The retired Rock Island Railroad man died Monday in Sigourney. Relatives in Washington include Chris Dittmer and two nieces Mrs Roy Carter and Mrs James Morrison. Mary Pickett. Mary Fickett hostess of Calendar has starred in The Defenders and Have Gun Will Travel.
Hope Cooke, 22, an American, becomes crown princess of Sikkim in a Buddhist royal wedding with Crown Prince Palden Namgyal. The ceremony costs about 100000 dollars with 14 lamas officiating. She will naturalize as Sikkimese but keep her Episcopalian faith.
Mr and Mrs Meuth hosted a shower for Donna Statler and Jack Co hostesses included Mrs Rex Widmer Mrs John Moxley Miss Mel Tierney and Mrs Fern Stephen. Guests enjoyed a lace cloth table mint green decor and a twin wedding bell centerpiece. Out of town attendees listed among Cedar Racks Princeville West Chester and Iowa City.
Local items include Mrs. Howard K. Patton of Waterloo visiting in Washington. Wayne FE Schichtl of State Farms Insurance completed Course 1 training and received a certificate in Oskaloosa. he also won a local life insurance sales contest. Mrs. Ethel Spera, wintering with daughters in Washington, underwent a second operation on her eyes at Mercy Hospital. Robert Spera of Kalamazoo visited his mother. Edgar Hungate died in a fatal head on collision near Davenport. services were held in Rock Island. Ralph Oldfield of Wellman plans a Saturday funeral with open house from 2 to 4. Mrs. Sophie Peterson and George Hindahl are among relatives. Mrs. Leland Maxwell died in Roseburg, Oregon. she and her husband lived in the area for years.
On The Record Hospital lists admissions including Alvin Richardson and Stella Palmer in Washington with medical issues, Mrs Leo Wagner of Nichols, Mrs Emma Barnett and Mrs Helen Gevock in Washington and East Pleasant Plain. Births show a daughter to Mr and Mrs William Miller of Kalona. Discharges include Mrs Robert Fisher and son Wellman, Mrs Gerald Cherryholmes and son Washington, and several others in Brighton Columbus Junction and West Chester.
4 H club members answered roll call with A Seed at the meeting on Tuesday. The 4 H basketball tournament opens March 23 with finals on March 20. Demonstrations included How to Figure a Crop Budget by Dick Holden Testing by Larry Larson and Photographing Livestock by Margaret Larsen. Louis Larsen and Harvey Holden served refreshments.
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