Halcyon House Guild Honors New Superintendent
The Halcyon House Guild held a spring tea for Mrs. Mabel Rehfeldt the new superintendent from two to four at Halcyon House. Former superintendent Mrs. Mayme Squire introduced the honoree as guests including Mrs. William Chmelar and Mrs. James Rosin sang during the afternoon. A business meeting announced 1963 officers led by Miss Edna Mercer and Olive Miksch with several committee chairs and hostesses for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halcyon House Guild
Mabel Rehfeldt
Halcyon House
Mayme Squire
William Chmelar
James’ Rosin
Edna Mercer
Olive Miksch
Lyle Wilcox
Ways and Means
Lincoln PTA Meeting Planned For Thursday
Lincoln School Parents Teachers Association will meet Thursday March 28 at the school with coffee at 7 30 p m and the business meeting at 8 p m Mrs Robert Carter of the Prairie Flower Special Education School will present a program on Mental Health A nominating committee will present a slate of officers for election in April
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School__ Parent Teachers Association
Robert Carter
Prairie Flower Special Education School
Della Humphreys
Lillian la White
Temple
Applied Arts I
Robert Truax
Women of Moose
Moose Home
Noble Grand Circle
Helen Hesseltine
Norman Schoonover
YWCA
Potluck
VFW
George Miller
Bethel Missionary Society
Carrie Davis
Sunshine Community Club
Carl Schneider
Priscilla Club
Mae Davis
Suzannah
Masonic Temple
Don Gardner
School of Instruction
E. E. Ward
Lincoln
James Rossen
Cletus Kaska
Robert Wiley
West Chester Wrc
KP Hall
Pansy Hill Club
Jackson Township Women Luncheon Thursday Speaker Miss Forgey
The Jackson Township Farm Bureau Women will hear Miss Carol Forgey on Argentina at their potluck luncheon Thursday at the Farm Bureau building. The group meets at 12 30 pm. Members bring their own table service and coffee is provided. Guests are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
Farm Bureau
Carol Forgey
Argentina
Roy Kephart Jackson
F. B
LBC Club
Word Weavers Meet Backers and Poem Contest Results
The Word Weavers met Saturday with president Mrs R A Baumgartner and guest Mrs George Norman Was a guest Mrs Baumgartner presided A report on the winners in the High School poetry contest sponsored by the Word Weavers judge was Mrs Helen Virden from Mt Pleasant The results will be announced this week and winning poems will be published in the Poem of the Week column in the Evening Journal April meeting will be with Mrs Richard Fisher Sunday School class enjoyed a potluck supper at the Methodist Church basement Friday Miss Linda Campbell spoke of her trip to Norway and displayed souvenirs The meeting closed with prayer by the Rev Lloyd Latta There were thirty present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Word Weavers
R.A Baumgartner
George Norman
South
West
Richard Fisher
Cass
Walter Smithsman
Methodist Church
Linda Campbell
Norway
Lloyd Latta
Four Candidates Initiated by Rainbow for Girls in Wellman
The Order of Rainbow for Girls held an initiation for four candidates Saturday evening at the Masonic Temple. Linda Chorpening presided as Worthy Advisor in the illness-absent Margaret Ann Guy. Hobbies were displayed and refreshments served by Eastern Star members from a pink and white tea table. dining hostess Mrs Harold Strum and committee assisted by several hosts. Guests in the East included past worthy advisers, matrons, and guests from Wellman, Keota, West Chester, and Wellman Roy Crossett, worthy patron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Linda Chorpening
Margaret Ann Guy
Eastern Star
Edgar Stewart
Harold Strum
Hal Dunham
Leo Beauchamp
Harry Drake
Walter Bauer
W. C. Boshart
Donna Batterson
Barbara Henderson
Wellman
Virginia Henderson
Keota
Joe Bauer
West Chester
Roy Crossett
Sell Goodin
Washington Social Calendar Week of Activities
Washington notices list weekly meetings and events across many groups. Monday includes music and dance plans at Nurses Home. several clubs meet Tuesday through Thursday with potlucks, speakers, board meetings, and special luncheons. Guests urged to notify hostesses. some events note time changes and birthdays honored.
Weekend Visit Ties Council Bluffs to Local News
Local residents visited Council Bluffs to see W R Hughes family and Mrs Marion Rees as interest in the state high school basketball tournament peaked. Abraham Lincoln and Singmaster reached the finals while a TV telecast covered much of the town. Ruth Hanchar and family attended Howard Hays's funeral in Davenport with other relatives. Milton Schnicker and family welcomed Scott Douglas Schnicker at the Io hospital with grandparents Melvin Schnicker Earl Ferrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Shalla
W. J. Shannon
Council Bluffs
W. R. Hughes
Shannon
Marion Rees
Abraham Lincoln
Dna Singmaster
Lenagame
Schmitt
Singmaster
The
Kahl
C. B. Television
Davenport
Omaha
Milton Sehnicker
Route 1
Io: Hospital
Scott Douglas
Melvin Schnicker
Earl Ferrell
Sunday Visits Spanning Memphis and Town City Families
Mrs Walter Sork and relatives spent Sunday in Memphis Missouri with her parents Mr and Mrs Pearl Redding. Mr and Mrs William McConnell Jr and family of Town City spent Sunday in Washington with relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sork
Memphis
Pearl Redding
William McConnell Jr
Town City
Washington
Marek Hosts Oyster Supper for Little Flower Circle
Mrs Marek entertained the Little Flower Circle at her home with an oyster supper on Thursday evening. A short business meeting led by Mrs Herbert Hammen preceded an origami demonstration by the hostess. Eighteen members attended. door prize won by Mrs Marie Marie. Cohostesses named: Mrs Luke Weber, Mrs William Marie, Mrs Bernard McCarthy, Mrs Bernard Reed, Mrs Lawrence Mottet, and Mrs Bernard Schmitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Marek
Herbert Hammen
Marek
Marie Marie
Luke Weber
William Marie
Bernard McCarthy
Bernard Reed
Lawrence Mottet
Bernard Schmitt
Much Sickness in Prairie Flower
Prairie Flower community reports widespread illness with several families affected. Notes include Warren Eicher and correspondent’s household as well as mother’s serious sickness. Church members painted and repaired church screens in the Earl Booth workshop. Ja Smith completed Cedar Township assessor duties. Mr. and Mrs. Manley Chase and Emily of Colorado attended Prairie Flower services Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Maren
Stanley Knupp
Richard Knupp
Chicago
Warren Eicher
Latta
Hawkins
Grant Humston
John Wagner
Prairie Flower Church
Earl Booth
Ja Smith
Cedar Township
Manley Chase
Emily
Colorado
Men In Service HARDING inden F Harding
A fragment notes a service entry for INDEN F Harding with a tag AITC NAS Norfolk Virginia.
Farm Bureau Women Sponsor Des Moines Legislative Tour
Farm Bureau Women sponsor a Thursday April 4 tour to Des Moines open to all county residents. A chartered bus departs Farm Bureau at 7 a.m. and returns at 8 p.m. Fare is 4.16 dollars per person. Reservations due by April 1. The trip includes a visit to a school for the blind and possible lunch with Representative Keith Vetter and Son if available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Farm Bureau
School For the
Keith Vetter
Richard Stephens
Traffic fines and honor roll corrections in town
Two drivers were fined for weekend traffic violations. Harold L. Hesseltine of Washington paid 15 dollars and costs for speeding while Peggy L. Goff of Tucson charged with a turn in her car at an intersection paid 5 dollars and costs. An eighth grade honor roll for the local junior high was corrected to include Arthur Potratz, Vivian Potratz, Jeannie Pribyl, Karen Soucek, and Gary Witthoff for the past six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Hesseltine
Washington
Peggy L. Goff
Tucson
Ariz
Arthur Potratz
Vivian Potratz
Jeannie Pribyl
Karen Soucek
Gary Witthoff
On The Record Hospital Admits And Discharges
Hospital admissions listed include Mrs. Livya Griggs Washington Augu s lanzman Wellman and William Panzer Washington medical. Yesterday: Carl Skipton Columbus Junction and Mrs. Harry Boileau Washington medical. A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Solomon Columbus Junction and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Adam Wellman. Today: Mr. and Mrs. Milton Knicker Washington a son and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Striegle Harper a son. Dismissals include Herman Schultz Washington Diane Howe Columbus Junction Gerald Junior Bender Washington and Mrs. Leo Wagner Nichols. Today: Mrs. Esther Palmer Washington Peter Shelangoski Brighton and Mrs. Joe Junior Miller Kalona. Mrs. Henry W. Miller and son Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livya Griggs
Washington
Augus Lanzman
Wellman
William Panzer
Carl Skipton
Columbus Junction
Harry Boileau
and Mirs
Lyle Solomon
Vernon Adam
Henry W. Miller
Kalona
Milton Knicker
Kenneth Striegle
Harper
Herman Schultz
Diane Howe
Gerald Junior Bender
Leo Wagner
Nichols
Ola O'Laughlin
Riverside
Esther Palmer
Peter
Voter office fire in Greenwood Mississippi linked to arson
Negro leaders say two white men set fire to a voter registration office in Greenwood Mississippi Delta area, destroying records and a mimeograph machine. Police confirm the blaze caused minor damage and were investigating along with a similar nearby fire at a dry cleaning establishment. Witnesses heard a window crash and saw two white men flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood, Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Sam Blackfield
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committees
SNC
Block
Early death of Mrs Tolten aar. funeral in Elm Grove
Mrs Tollenaar aged about 75 died in Ottumwa hospital after a long illness. Her husband died four days earlier there. Survivors in Washington include brother-in-law Chris Dittmer and two nieces Mrs Roy Carter and Mrs James C Morrison. Burial planned in Elm Grove Cemetery here. Kenneth Williams of Fairfield is jailed in Washington County, bound over to the grand jury for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after Brighton arrest Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tollenaar
John Toltenaar
Ottumwa Hospital
Washington
Chris Dittmer
Roy Carter
James C. Morrison
Elm Grove
Kenneth Williams
Fairfield
Washington County
Grand Jury
Brighton
Justice of the Peace
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Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Ds. Guittats
Reiberg Jnitiation
William Stewart
S. Twilh
Ruth Hanchar
Paul
Karen
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Howard Hays
Walter Stuart
Rock Island
Jean Smith
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Fester Bickel
Stanley F. Clinton
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Tex
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Leo Stone
Stone
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Pauls McFarlane
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Wilkin Shannon
Charles Morris
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Howard Hazen
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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