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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1971
Page
4
Retiree Edith Morris Leaves Journal Front Office
Purely Personal recalls Mrs. Charles Edith Morris who retired last Thursday after many years as office manager. She served patrons through good and bad times with the familiar warmth. Edie known as a good cook, now begins life as a housewife. Also shared a carrier memory and a humorous gorilla joke ending with a cab joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Journal
Charles
Edith) Morris
Edie
Second Hand Results in Hearing Test Ends in Silence
An elderly man unable to hear a telephone rings during a weekend trial a louder bell was added. After a week he is asked if he can hear the ring again he replies no but notes the dog howls and he can hear that.
Reader inquiry seeks ancestors of Fritz Kilroy trio
The Journal passes along a reader request from Mrs. Martina Daker of Northbrooke Illinois seeking information on Peter Fritz who arrived from Germany around 1840 Susan Kertz Fritz reportedly lived in Washington Iowa in the late 1800s and Timothy Kilroy who probably lived in Fairfield Readers with any details are asked to respond to Mrs Daker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martina Daker
Charles Drive
Northbrooke
Illinois
Daker
Peter Fritz
Germany
Susan Kertz Fritz
Washington
Iowa
Timothy Kilroy
Fairfield
Passing Years in Washington Local History Recap
A glance at ten years ago in Washington notes Mr and Mrs Glenn Thompson visiting church and friends, Charles Brown turning 89 in hospital, Karen Foster teaching at Reinbeck, Mrs George Masson hosting Rural Women’s Club guests, two Washington girls pledging Iowa State Teachers College sororities, and Richard C George among five to join the Air Force. Also listed are travel mishaps, family visits from Chicago, pre induction plans canceled by heavy snow, and various local social events, veterans, and Red Cross sewing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Thompson
Anamosa
Cloyce Stewart Wayne Brown
Chicago
Nels Westermark
Wilson J. Putman
Charles Brown
Karen Foster
Reinbeck
Stanley Foster
George Masson
Rural Women's Club
Massons
Young America
Masson
South Avenue B
Robert Upton
Stronghurst
Robert Everetts
Washington Girls
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Priscilla Thompson
Barbara Holden
Delta Delta Phi
Richard C. George
Washington
United States Air Force
Des Moines
Ben George
Charles H. Pacha
Brighton
Edward RB. Barker
Patricia
Jack
Harry L. Barker
Dr. J
W. J. Masson
Barker
Grandpa Masson
William Jensen
Herb Osincup
Jensen
Man
Crawfordsville
Parsons College
Fairfield
Mt Pleasant
R. H. Fulton
Joan
Teddy
Franklin Center
Afton
Creston
Fulton
Harold Booth
Fultons
Mr. Fulton
Ed Muck
Katona
Red Cross
Doris Klepfer
Helen Stewart
Virginia Stutsman
Margaret Snider
Gladys Knupp Peterson
Long Beach
Calif
Wayne
Richard Knupp
John Gardner
Glendale
California
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Fire
Billy Hanson
Nan Hoover
Martha Crossett
Jean Atchison
Bonnie Jean Simpson
Genevieve Baker
Eleanor Tucker
Willis
Merle Booth
Douglas Dowell
John Rothlisberger
Cloyce Stewart
United Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society
Ettie
Mabel
Eleanor Morrison
James Morrison
Joe Marek
Winifred Palmer
Belle Rice
Court House
Alice Owen
Ronald Kelper
Ainsworth
A. L. Young
Ida Cavender
Hospital Patient Movements Dashboard
County Hospital and Long term care updates list admissions discharges births and transfers from Saturday to Wednesday. Notable entries include Randy Williams Wellman Washington and Elmer Miller Kalona among admitted patients and multiple births with families from Richland Washington Kalona Crawfordsville and West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Williams
Wellman
Rennie Dawson
Washington
Cutis Eddy
Brighton
Edwin Childs
Samuel Blair
Brenda Scott
West Chester
Sam Baker
Larry Smith
Richland
Elmer T. Miller
Kalona
Glenn Holdren
Hallie Orris
Columbus Junction
Robbie Wheeler
Grandview
John Mitchell
Maude Snakenberg
Peter J. Weller
Edward E. Jarrard
John Miller
Michael Haller
Crawfordsville
Elmer * Miller
Michelle Luskavsky
Cletus Reed
Surgical
Gilbert Brown
Cliffford Horak
Riverside
Snyder Owens Wedding in West Des Moines Church
Debra L Snyder of Ames daughter of A Vincent Snyder of West Des Moines married Robert L Owens of Ames son of William Owens of Columbus Junction in a 10 am double ring ceremony at Sacred Heart Church West Des Moines conducted by Rev Hillary Gaul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Debra L. Snyder
Ames
A. Vincent Snyder
West Des Moines
Robert L. Owens
William Owens
Sacred Heart Church
West Des ‘Moines
Hillary Gaul
Unusual Spade Play Yields Ten Tricks In Contract Bridge
In a Becker column on a tough North East South West hand, declarer wins ten tricks only by a rare line: after a trump lead he cashes hearts, diamonds, and then a low spade from dummy to defang defense. East’s duck of the diamond three allows the plan to work, while South’s alternative line shows the double danger of overruffing and losing clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Declarer
East
South
West
King Features Syndicate
Multiple Iowa Obituaries Prompt Funeral Arrangements
Death notices from Letts Columbus Junction Kalona and Riverside report Roy L. Paine 81 Roselma Rummelhart Crawford 60 Keona Miller 59 Edwin Stuhr 64 and Elmer Sammons 78 with services at Stacy Lewis Funeral Home Letts Cemetery Indian Creek Riverside Funeral details pending arrangements at Columbus Junction and Letts and Riverside notices indicate burial plans and dates in March 1971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Carl Dircks
Orange City
Fla
Stacy Lewis
Indian Creek
Dircks
Florida
Edwin Stuhr
Letts
Muscatine General Hospital
Stacy - Lewis Funeral Home
Hawkins Cooper wed in Columbus Junction church service
Judith Irene Hawkins and Robert Preston Cooper married on Saturday March 13 at 2 p m in the United Presbyterian Church Columbus Junction with Rev Denley Ganfield officiating. The couple are newly joined by relatives from area towns. Telecommunication fact notes North America holds about half of the world’s telephones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus — Junction
Judith Irene Hawkins
Robert Preston Cooper
United Presbyterian Church
Columbus Junction
Denley Ganfield
North America
Washington Journal header and pricing details 1971
An OCR fragment shows publication lines for the Washington Journal with staff roles and advertising staff names, followed by mail rates and subscription prices for various regions. The date noted is Saturday March 20, 1971, with mentions of townwide and state distribution practices and office locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Evening Journal
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Harold Johnson
Spurgeon
Harold
Mac
Simon White
Kurtz, Fritz and
Kilroy
Mrs. Daker
Geneva McCaw
New York City
J. Melville Shields
A. ©. Shields
Denver
Colo
John Shields
Eula Patterson
Walter Fisher
Jesse Nicola
Helsen Watkins
William Fitzgerald
Ethel Schulty
LeRoy Lillig
Keota
Neal Whisler
John Grunnels
Dean Weaver
Ray Goodwin
Wayland
Clyde Garrett
Ralph Chorpening
Cecil Hawkins
Larry Billman
Frank D. Miller
John Gunnells
Ray Blair
Helen Watkins
Venn
Eta
Uggo
JME
Nid
Missing Persons Bureau
B. Jay Becker
North
Faross
Roy L. Paine
Elmer Sammons
Sue Ann Lintz
Virgil Lintz
Tural Washington
Donald Lee Smith
Dale E. Smith
St. James Catholic Church
Edward Collins
Washington Journal
Town
Sis
Coyne
Suave
Fury
Chiat
Ipland Daily
Presa
Ausny Press Assn
Bureadculations
Callor
Charles ‘Morris
Towa
Wington
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