Washingtons antique city hall a fading civic relic
A partial history traces the north wing built in 1880 as a residence and the subsequent 1908 dedication of the Commercial Club house in Washington. The building housed social activities, a gymnasium, and later the city fire station, with changing ownership from the County Commissioners to the club and finally the city, as older homes vanish from view.
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Washington
William Wagner
Des Moines
YMCA
J. H. Young
West Chester Woman Walter Fisher Dies at Mercy Hospital
Mrs Walter Fisher of West Chester and life long Washington County resident Anna Hennon Fisher died March 27 at Mercy Hospital Town City Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Jones Funeral Home Washington with Rev Arthur Peters officiating Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery Family will be at the funeral home Monday 7 to 9 PM Survivors include husband a daughter three sons a sister and many grandchildren great grandchildren and one late daughter Lucille Kleese
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Walter Fisher
West Chester
Washington County
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Jones Funeral Home
Washington
Arthur Peters
Elm Grove Cemetery
Anna Hennon
Franklin Township
James Preston Hennon
Margaret ‘Ann Woods Hennon
West Chester Federated Church
Seventy-Six Community Club
Journal Three Quarter Century Club
Gale
Phyllis) Reif
Harold
Aitken
Minn
Richard
Robert
Keota
Charles
Louie) Harley
Frank
Lucille) Kleese
Imperial Portraits mobile studio opens in Washington
Local men Hubert Lines and Bob Koehler of Washington join Jack Adams of Cedar Rapids to launch Imperial Portraits. The mobile studio will tour the middle west from the Hy Vee store in Washington for two weeks with 16 by 20 inch portraits and five minute development time led by Glenn Banks of Crawfordsville.
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Hubert Lines
Bob Koehler
Washington
Jack Adams
Cedar Rapids
Imperial Portraits
Middle' West
Glenn Banks
Crawfordsville
Hy-Vee
Imperial Mobile Portrait Studio
Automotive Names From A Record Of Figures
A list of individuals and car makes appears in a record, including James Jay Figgins, Joyce A McCrary, and Mace Motor Co Inc. Ford and Honda brands are repeated with several personal names and vehicle references such as Plymouth Pontiac Olds Buick Chevrolet Dodge Chrysler and Kalona Savings Bank noted among them.
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James Jay Figgins
Penton
Joyce A. McCrary
Chevrolet
Mace Motor Co. Inc
Ford
Howard Ray Williams
Honda
Cifton W. Gingerich
Plymouth
Ernest
Mary Swartzendruber
Pontiac
Fenn $Farm Service
Ford Truck
Ichevrolet
Lester Ferguson
Chrysler
Kalona Savings Bank
Dodge
John E. Huber
R.’ Gamon
Ay Jennings Maorer
Entries Open for Washington County Pig Derby at Fair
The 4th annual Pig Derby at Washington County Fair accepts entries at the County Extension Office. Pigs must be born after Feb 20 weigh under 30 pounds at entry and be weighed and tattooed by approved representatives. Open to Washington county farmers with up to 4 barrows per entry and a $1 fee per pig.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Washington
Washington County Fair
Tax focus shapes Iowa Legislature session outlook
After a week recess the Iowa Legislature returned to work in Des Moines with taxes as the dominant public issue. A plan combining sales and income tax gains is seen as needed to relieve property taxes and fund school expenditures. Other measures include precinct consolidation to cut election costs, a gun safety course bill for hunting licenses, and ethics reforms banning lawyer-legislators from certain client-fee arrangements. Debate on Senate floor access for lobbyists and reporters continues, while Area 7 Toastmasters in Ottumwa reported club activities and speeches at a Thursday gathering.
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Des Moines
Senate
Area 7
Ottumwa
Toastmasters Club
George Kerr
Charles Twinam
Steve Johnson
Washington High School Future Business Leaders
of America Club
Merle Unkrich
E. E. Ward
Ford Marie
Ralph Martin
Uation
Don Bachman Joins Washington CES Staff Tenure Proven Insurance Expert
Don Bachman joins Coordinated Estates Services in Washington after leaving Des Moines where he served Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance. A LeSueur Minnesota native, he studied at St Johns University and held roles at Hartford Insurance Group across Minnesota and Iowa. His wife Marilyn and daughter Lori will move to Washington after school ends. Three Bank of America women sue for equal pay and opportunities in federal court in San Francisco.
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Coordinated Estates Services
CES
Washington
Don Bachman
Bachman
Des Moines
Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co
Iowa
Hartford Insurance Group
Minnesota
LeSueur
Minn
San Francisco
UPI
Bank of America
Local births announced for Denise Laurene and Randy James
Mr and Mrs Danny Johnston announce Denise Laurene born March 24 at Jefferson County Hospital weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. Grandparents Wilmer Lauderman Pleasant Plain Kathleen Johnston Birmingham great grandmother Jennie Lauderman. Loren Wagner Dallas Center announce Randy James born Feb 26 with March 16 home arrival. Grandparents Ralph Peiffer Ashington George Wagner Pocahontas great grandmother Anna Sanders St Paul. Relatives attended baptism in Dallas Center with Wagner and Drish families.
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Danny Johnston
South B. Fairfield
Jefferson County Hospital
Denise Laurene
Wilmer Lauderman
Pleasant Plain
Katheen Johnston
Birmingham
Jennie Lauderman
Loren J. Wagner
Dallas Center
Randy James
Ralph F. Peiffer
Ashington
George Wagner
Pocahontas
Anna Sanders
St. Paul
Wagner
Rosalita Peiffer
Ralph Peiffer
Don
Leo Peiffer
Jay
Leonard Drish
Brighton
Virgil Wagner
Jaycees to Aid Cancer Crusade in Washington County
Burge Hammond announces Bob Lewis leads the Cancer Crusade with Jaycees in the Washington Business and Industry area. They will distribute educational cancer literature while funds support Education Research and Service. Sixty percent stays in Iowa, 25 cents of each dollar funds research. ACS has invested over 250 million since 1945.
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Burge Hammond
Washington County
American Cancer Society
Bob Lewis
Cancer Crusade
Jaycees
Washington
Iowa
National Society
Club Activities at LBC Club Meeting
Arthur Duensing entertained the LBC Club Thursday afternoon and presided over the business meeting. Roll call reflected spring memories. Mrs. George Kerr sent a $5 Meals on Wheels donation. Mrs. Merle Jeffries led a missing words quiz. Mrs. George Dare helped serve refreshments.
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Arthur Duensing
LBC Club
George Kerr
Merle Jeffries
Webelos Art Badge Session At St James Pack 242
Twenty four Webelos Scouts from Pack 242 at St James completed a four session art course directed by freelance artist Mrs Lyle Hansen. They created sketches line designs profiles sculptures mobiles and constructions. Helpers included Mrs Rita Schuck Mrs Frances Magdefray and Mrs Mary Lee Moore. They will earn the art activity badge at the April 15 pack meeting as April brings engineer projects and a Dad Lad hike and cookout. recruitment for ten year olds continues through Keiffer Garton Jerry King or Dave McCall.
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Webelos
St. James
Lyle Hansen
Keiffer Garton
Jerry King
Dave McCall
Dismissed Today in Washington Officials Named
Hubert Bruty Ronald Reynolds Holly Horak and Rodney Keller were dismissed today in Washington. The action involves four named individuals connected to a local agency. No further details provided in the readable text.
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Hubert Bruty
Washington
Ronald Reynolds
Holly Horak
Rodney Keller
Social Calendar Sparse Weekend at Local Lodges
Saturday events include Bethlehem Commandery at 7 30 p m Masonic Temple official school of instruction and Daughters of the Nile Service Club at 7 30 p m Mrs Charles Greenlee Washington Lodge 26 8 00 P M Masonic Work in Second degree Tuesday Tops Club weigh in at YW Tour Shelly Lynn Salon Y W Wives Easter egg crafts and sports Executive board 1 p m Wednesday World War I Auxiliary Coffee 9 30 a m Navajo Club 1 30 p m Win ga Restaurant Mrs Effie Schmitt hostess Call Mrs Will Sheetz unable to attend
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Monaay Daughters of the Nile Service Club
Charles Greenlee
Washington Lodge
Thora Pease
Winga Restaurant
Effie Schmitt
Will Sheetz
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Washington County Historical Society
Aaron Conger
Electa Conger Prindle
Conger
Lyman Whitcomb
John Hendee
John B. Hale
Hale
Tn Uy Hale
Adam Charlton
Charlton
George
Winfield Smouse
Smouse
Edwin Blair
Blair
James Dawson
Dade Shearer
Mr. Blair
C. H. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Frank L. Wilson
Washington Commercial Club
The
Democrat
Alex’ Miller
Miss Cleaves
Davenport
Mac
Washington County Legion
Wayne Keefe
Oskaloosa
I Legion
Evening Journal
Legislative
By Richard L. Stephens
Izaac Walton
J.W. Helscher
CLA
P.O. Box
Washington, Iowa
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati Consultation
Peesstlee Sincere
Iberation Suit
Serry
Call
Wolf's Flower Shop
LBC
Mrs. George Dare
Hansen
Rita Schuck
Frances Magdefray
Mary Lee Moore
Bethlehem Commandery
Masonic Temple
CRULL
Agency
Insurance & Real Estate
DIAL
Osincup’s
W. Madison
Washington, IA
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