Passing Years in Washington Local News Roundup
A brief Washington IA history glance covers residents back from travels in Florida. Local figures include Clemma Mosier advancing to Alpha Xi Delta treasurer at Coe College Cedar Rapids and Barbara Shannon named Sweetheart of Alpha Sigma Phi at Iowa State Ames. multiple notices follow about students, moves, travels and community events amid winter weather impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Moothart
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Clemma Mosier
Alpha Gamma
Alpha Xi Delta
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Barbara Shannon
Alpha Sigma Phi
Iowa State University
Ames
Des Moines Gold Golf and Country Club
Miss Shannon
Larry Shalla
Lynda Stewart
Monmouth College
Monmouth
Richard A. Stewart
New Orleans
Lynda
Paul Raiford
Raiford
Nan Macdonald
Lynn Melville
Roosevelt Military Academy
Aledo
Ill
Ralph Melville
Edwin Reschlys
Robert Hutchins
Editorials Thought for the Day Gentiles Message
I will go unto the Gentiles. A man with a message must be willing to travel to seek receptive minds and hearts and to share his message without regard to race or culture.
The Most Horrible Washday in My Memory
A narrator recalls a childhood plan to ruin a neighbor’s wash day by cutting a clothesline. The scheme backfires as the mother endures humiliation and toil, cleaning both households’ laundry while the narrator faces punishment and cleansing remorse. The tale ends with the mother soothing him, revealing the depth of her endurance.
Pekin band boosters plan for contests
Pekin Music Boosters met at Pekin High School for its March gathering to discuss large musical group contests planned for April. Officers will be elected at the next meeting. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Howard Adrian and Pauline Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Long
Richland
Pekin
Moni Jay
Howard Adrian
Pauline Ward
Richland Womens Club
Unusual play nets contract in Becker bridge lesson
In a 1911 feature by B Jay Becker, South can secure ten tricks by discarding a diamond from dummy on the opening club lead. East may win then return a diamond, but South wins the ace, draws trumps, and uses the king of diamonds to force the nine, discarding from dummy to guarantee the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeclarer
South
West
de Haver
East
Te West
I ‘Es Syndicate, Inc
Deaths across region mark changes in lives Sunday
A sequence of obituaries and funeral notices outlines the deaths of John Miller aged 24 in Washington from a one car crash, Mrs. Le Roy Schulty 85 in Washington, Earl F. Edmondson formerly of Ainsworth and Washington, Carl Weinard Sr. 77 near West Liberty, Mina M. Paulsgrove 78 in Ottumwa, Grover A. Johnson 83 in Richland, and Mrs. Russell Williams 59 in Washington. Funeral services are listed for several, with guardianship of graves in local Highland Cemetery and Jefferson County Hospital hosting several memorials and services. The notices also cover marriages in Wayland and Richland amid regional obituary notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Washington
Miller
Leroy Schulty
South Second Avenue
Jorfes
Rev. M. 0.Smith
Wellman Cemetery
Schulty
Washington County Hospital
Richland
Grover Johnson
Gould
Wilson Hyde
Highland Cemetery
Wayland
Johnson
Nancy Louise Messer
Harold
Jefferson County Hospital
Messer
Olds
David Fairfield
Lynn Eichelberger
Calvin Eichelberger
United Church of Christ
Max Volkman
Hospital patient roll with names and transfers
A dated hospital log lists patients admitted discharged and transferred by day. Names include Charles Hotle Lisa Moothart Carmen Black Debra Nelson and James Ledger with locations Washington Columbus Junction Wayland Iowa City and other towns. Several transfers noted to Mercy Hospital University Hospital and Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hotle
Washington
Lisa Moothart
Surgical
Marie Shepherd
Richard Chorpening
Ronald Renolds
Carmen Black
August Zieglowsky
Ayland
Medical
Cecil Hawkin
Mercy Hospital
Iown City
Masumi Mori
Columbus Junction
Earl Voelker
Mary Devi
Biman
Brighton
Ray Goodwin
Wayland
Ralph Chorpening
Milo DeLong
West Chester
James Ledger
Edward Jarrard
K. Eugene Rees
Holly Horak
Waiton
Clyde Garrett
Lottie White
Ollie
Jing
Mount Pleasant Patrolman Dies After Illness
Mount Pleasant Iowa Highway Patrolman Leon Wiele, 42, collapsed at home Wednesday after a game with his son. A doctor treated him, but he died of a heart attack. Wiele served 17 years, nine in district 13 after transferring from Keosauqua. Also reported is the death of Bill Simmering of Pocahontas at Des Moines Veterans Hospital. a World War I veteran born in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Billy
M M. J. Redlinger
Be George
Washington
Joe Peiffer
Kalona
Town City
Mercy Hospital
Mary Lewise Redlinger
Billie Young
Robert Day
Artemas Brown
Florida
Harold Briley
Daytona Beach
C. K. Snyder
Dorothea
Marjorie Faulkner
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Charles Snyder
Cpl. Snyder
Camp Bowie
Texas
William Goodman Cox
Hollywood
Calif
Billy Cox
J. W. Cox
University of Iowa
Hank Miller
Howard Miller
Hudson Motor Company
Detroit
Mich
George Powers
Ainsworth
Marvin Buck
Powers
Orville Hardin
Schmitt and Yeary Manufacturing Company
Des Moines
George Slosser
Southwest
Slosser
Davenport Democrat
Harold Wehr
Mount Pleasant
Leonard Wiele
Iowa
District 13
Bill Simmering
Pocahontas
Veterans Hospital
Mr. Simmering
Marriages at United Methodist Church Sunday Afternoon
Marguerite Bene Hering and Charles Wilbur Watson wed at the chapel of the United Methodist Church on Sunday March 14 at 4 30 with Rev M O Smith officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Susan Renee Swartzwelter
Raymond Swartzwelter
Steven Kent Booth
William Booth
Fairfield
Richland United — Methodist Church
Larry Willey
Marguerite Bene Hering
Charles Wilbur Watson
United Methodist Church
M.O. Smith
Contracts Recorded In Wellman Iowa Listings
On the record contracts show Donald D. Yoder and wife transferring land to Robert D. Yoder and wife in Section 177.8. Gail Dickinson and wife transfer land to Harold K. Humston and wife in Section 29-749. Earl Whetstine and wife transfer Lots 7 and 8 in Block 5 to Allan M. Boone and wife and others in Wellman Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Yoder
Robert D. Yoder
Gail Dickinson
Harold K. Humston
Earl Whetstine
Allan M. Boone
Wellman
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Evening Journal
Mark
John Lemmon
Christie
Macon
T. T. Ford
Ellen Morrison
St. Joseph, Mo
Iowa City
Priscilla
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Y's Men’s Club
Broadway Jones
Dick McCleery
Keith Vine
H. I. Wards
Kleins
Lewis Warren
Leslie Dunlap
Gladys Lattimore
Lee Holland
Harland Mead
Henry Bailey
Gwenolyn Long
Norman Sage
Clarence Logan
Anna Marie Anderson
Carolyn McCleery
Muscatine
Colenso Hotel
The
Small Society
Brickman
Dennis the
Thomas the Terrible
Pekin Band
Dick Caughlari
Leland Bradley
Harold Jones
Keokuk County
Ed Kerber
Ben Young
Homer Lee Nordyke
Clay Club
Ernoon
Ess Harbison
Roll ¢All
Jill Moorer
Eddie Seevers
Raymond Kephart
Jess Harbison
Lee Schaffer
B. Jay Becker
Te Bidding
South West
North Fast Pass
Earl F. Edmondson
Denver
Colo
Loveland
Carl Weinard Sr
West Liberty
Weinard
Mina M. Paulsgrove
Ottumwa
Grover A. Johnson
Marvin Warnock
Phoenix
Ariz
Mr. Warnock
Washingon
Abs
Albert J. Franzen
West Third Street
Russell Williams
North Fifth Avenue
Colleen Kay Crossett
Daugher
Gary Crossett
Spr
John David Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Mt. Pleasant
Two Oelock
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
Bruce
Keith Williams Jr
Jeanne
Wendell Arduser
Dorance Arduser
Little Brown
Nashua
M. R. Hinds
Ema Mae Mueller
Victor Mueller
Route One
Lone Tree
Robert Allen Mueller
Fred Mueler
Newhall
East United ' Presbyterian 'Church
Lone ‘Tree
Roy Shaughnessy
Roy Kephart
Ramaea
Debra Nelson
Hubert Bruty
Maude Schmoeller
Nednesday
Harold Blodfett
Washington, Surgical
Ruby Wolf
M ‘al
Shelby Robinson
Leland Sieren
Harper
Rodney Keller
Jenie Irvin
Ross Hodson
Shelby Robison
Jane Shepherd
Neal Whisler
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