Bright Lights Draw Town Cast In 1925 Womanless Wedding
A Washington town staged a 1925 womanless wedding on September 16 and 17 with Ralph Livingston as the bride and Ed Squires as the groom. The pageant featured a large cast listed by rows, including teachers, doctors, and local figures such as Supt. Peat, Prof. Case, and Coach McKinstry, among others, with pianist Mrs. T. R. Phillips and producers guiding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ralph Livingston
Ed Squires
Ernest Lemmon
Bill Harwood
Gus Bramer
A. A. Spies
Joe McElhinny
Orville Elder
Dr. E. E. Stutsman
Fred Ne
A. B. Schmoeller
Clarence Logan
Ralph Thompson
Landmesser
Guy Carlton
Ernie Marshall
Claude Tucker
Coach McKinstry
C. L. Cunningham
Fort Sherman
T. R. Phillips
LaRue
Miss Purnell
Levee
Linda Jaspering wins first in national DECA Display Contest
Linda Jaspering daughter of the Melvin Jasperings captured first place at the National DECA Leadership conference awards dinner and ball at the Hilton Chicago on Saturday April 30. The Washington Community School board met Monday night approving Lincoln elementary’s new principal Tilford Mathre replacing resigning Robert Dimit and contracts for four faculty for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Jaspering
Melvin Jasperings
Hilton Hotel
Chicago
Lincoln
Washington Community School Board
Robert Dimit
Tilford Mathre
Washington Area News Briefs and Local Highlights
Washington High elects Sheryl Miller as Student Council president and mocks a Law Day session with Mid-Prairie seniors. Ainsworth home fire damages property but furnishings are saved. Kalona cheese plant installs world’s largest cheddaring vats fueling regional industry. Demon girls track team wins Trojan Relays and local meet trophies for third straight year. Amana combines hire of David Tremmel as next boys basketball coach. Local angler Willie Taylor reports a 5% pound bass. Mushroom yields fade but lovers hopeful for better crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Washington High School
Sheryl Miller
Everette Miller
Mid-Prairie
Washington County Bar Association
Gerard Megdelsens
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Washington
Kalona
Fairfield
Skip Speece
Indiana
David Tremmel
Amana High School
Willie Taylor
Hospital Notes Admitted and Dismissed Patients
Hospital notes list admissions Saturday and yesterday across Washington and nearby towns, including Mrs Hazel Griggs and Darwin Widmer, both medical patients, plus Mrs Christine Lutz and Harley Brock. Dismissals include Lou Clarahan, Lawrence Zehr, and Mrs Clement Chalupa, with today’s entries noting several patients moving to U P Home or to other wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Griggs
Washington
Darwin Widmer
Robert Anderson
Francis Greiner
Keota
Christine Lutz
Brighton
Harley Brock
Kay Rees
Columbus Junction
Lou Clarahan
Lawrence Zehr
Clement Chalupa
Richland
Beulah Finke
Charles Thompson
Kimberly
Washington medical and surgical updates listed
Tuesday Yesterday reports Curt Meyers in Washington undergoing a surgical procedure. Today John Wallace is in Washington for medical care. Also listed are Mrs. Milo DeLong and Mrs. Keith Williams in Washington, Mrs. Charles Crossett in Washington, Mrs. Gladys Putman in Washington, Douglas Hough in Washington, and John Wheelan in Washington along with Mrs. Milo DeLong from West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curt Meyers
Washington
Surgical
John Wallace
Milo DeLong
West Chester
Keith Williams
Charles Crossett
Gladys Putman
Douglas Hough
John Wheelan
Weekday Notices From Wayland and Washington Area
Wednesday Yesterday lists William Neff of Wayland and today notices for Mrs. Marie Letts of Columbus Junction Mrs. Willa Freshwater of Washington Mrs. Robert Anderson of Washington and Francis Bruty of Washington placing local social or legal items in the community record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Letts
Columbus Junction
Willa Freshwater
Washington
Robert Anderson
Francis Bruty
Medical notices and births named in yesterday and today
Yesterday medical notices for Mrs. Ed Wise of Brighton and Wayne Hartzell of Crawfordsville and Mrs. William Stout of Ainsworth are listed. Births show Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Jaeger of Keota with a daughter and a birth today for Miss Kay Rees of Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wise
Brighton
Wayne Hartzell
Crawfordsville
William Stout
Ainsworth Medical
Patrick Jaeger
Keota
Kay Rees
Columbus Junction
Friday Today Names Local Figures Across Iowa Towns
Wayne Hartzell in Crawfordsville, George Sellers in Columbus Junction, Mrs Ed Wyse in Brighton, Mrs Jean Rutt in Columbus City, Francis Greiner in Keota, and others listed for Friday today across Iowa communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hartzell
Crawfordsville
George Sellers
Columbus Junction
Ed Wyse
Brighton
Jean Rutt
Columbus City
Francis Greiner
Keota
Burglaries in Washington area report over weekend
Police say a series of breakins at Helena Chemical Co. West Fifth Street residence of Sherman Chance and Harrison's Store on the square totaled over $1,000 in cash and merchandise. Harrison's suffered $700 cash, a radio, camera, two calculators and two watches. Entry came via skylight. Chance home cash loss $240 with a pried garage door lock.
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Washington
Helena Chemical Co
West Fifth Street
Sherman Chance
Fifth St
Harrison's
Washington ‘‘Square
Helena Chemical
Chance
Local marriages consolidate couples in April 1976
Marriages occurred in Iowa with several couples tying the knot in double ring ceremonies. Janet Jones and David Beckwith wed April 17 at Church of Christ Iowa City. Rhonda Zehr and Bill Witthoft wed April 23 at Pleasant Hill Christian Church. Marcia Vittetoe and Douglas Greiner wed April 23 at St. James Catholic Church. Sandra Lewis and Jeffrey Suter wed April 23 at United Church of Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Jones
Washington
David Beckwith
Cedar Rapids
Church of Christ
Iowa City
Leon Tester
Agnes Beliel
Ivan Beckwith
Gloucester Point
Rhonda Zehr
Lawrence Zehr
Bill Witthoft
Arthur Witthoft
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
Bruce Klapp
Marcia Lyn Vittetoe
Edwin J. Vittetoe
Douglas Albert Greiner
Howard W. Greiner
Sigourney
St. James Catholic Church
Edward Shepherd
Sandra M. Lewis
Crawfordsville
Keith Houseal
West Burlington
Jeffrey S. Suter
Harry Suter
United Church of
Harlan Winters
Death notices from Kalona to Duarte Iowa 1976
List of local obituaries from Kalona Richland Columbus Junction Riverside Wayland and surrounding areas dated April 1976. Funds note Beck Gingerich Jones DeLashmutt Lutz Miller Mikefell Walsh McKean Richards and others with ages home towns and death dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Edwin M. Richards
Colonial Manor, Columbus Junction
Kalona
Lena F. Mikefell
Pleasantview Home
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Memory Lane
Don Welsh
Farmington
N.M
C.J. Jungbluth
Charles Welsh
Welsh
New Mexico
Roger Kleese
Ralph Kleese
Iowa State College
Ames
Jack Logan
Iowa State Teachers College
Logan
al Logan
Davenport
Dave Elder
Des Moines
YMCA
Iowa Daily Press Association
Richard McCleery
Robert Choate
James Holbert
Order of DeMolay
C.C. Wilson
Irene Yard
Iowa Avenue
Washington Concert Band
Rock Island
C.A. Boice
C.W McLaughlin
Kansas City
American Medical Society
Spread Eagle
Clarice Wenzel
Aunt Agatha
William Neff
Wayland
Medical
Ashing
Journal
Mario Braggiotti
Mervin H. Thomas
Steve
Chris and
Anna Marie
Arlington Heights, Il
Margaret Thomas
Evan M Rees
Carlton Bump
Barb Gronstal
Charlotte Andersen
Art Educators of Iowa
AEI
Shirley Pfeiffer
Kathleen Almalein
Columbus Community Schools
Bump
Paul Adam
Roger
Richard Clarahan
Harper
Bertha Adam
Viola Adam
David Wittetoe
Jeffrey
Darrin
David Keller
Rudie J. Allison
Logan Jewelry
Gemologist Institute of America
Los Angeles
Calif
Ron Fisher
Washington D.C
Dick Fisher
Kathy Fisher
Florida
Carolinas
Buffalo
Arkansas
Wanda Dabney
Roxie Young
Iowa Optometric Assistants Convention
Hilton Inn
Russell
Buzz) Chorpening Jr
Bonita
Marie
Russell Chorpening Sr
Sarasota
Fla
Novelty
Vesta Sadel
Muscatine
Diane Jarrard
Sheaffer-Trieschmann Hall
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Diane
Edward Jarrard
Ed Gerot
Andy
Amy
Newport News
Mike Doughty
Charles Gault
Capt
Geret
Hunter Army Airfield
Savannah
Peggy Butler
Virginia Bordwell
Sue Golden
Linda Mahaney
American Association of University Women
Dubuque
Margaret Anderson
Iowa Women’s Political Caucus
Yale Jarvis
Ken Bauer
Harrison
Don Bartholomew
Route 1
Lintz
Margaret Applegate
Mercy Hospital
Iva Simpson
Edith Zook
Martin Dreckmier
Burlington
Zook
P. L. Etter
George Etter
Etter
Ventura
Detroit
B.B. Bordwell
Carl Seidel
Seward, Neb
Lena Houseal
Eileen Hammen
Marcia Robertson
Jeanne Prohaska
Midge Cravin
Betty Greener
Total Look College of Cosmetology
J.R. Morrow
Robert Freeman
Brooklyn
Isaac Kleese
Max Arbogast
Dick Morrow
Rex Manning
Larry Morrow
Kleese
Vicki Pullen
Wendy
Staci
Melvin Morrow
Kathy
Wapello
Merle Rugg
Mikey
Randy Morrow
Doug Black
David M Tremmel
Amana Colonies
Tremmel
WHS
Washington Community School
Board of Education
Case Field
David M. Tremmel
Middle Amana
Dean M. Lintz
Washington County
Virgil Lintz
Bradford L. Ellis
Ellis
Edward Don
The
Highland Social Club
State Historical Society
Iowa Bicentennial Commission
Festival USA
America
Horizons
Muscatine West
Central
HV. Beck
William H. Bond
Maplewood Manor
Joseph P. Gingerich
Edith Mae McKean
Conesville
Riverside
Ralph William Walsh
Lone Tree
Oakwoll Nursing Home
Harry
Margaret B.) Miller
South Avenue B
Washington Care Center
Joseph Pierce Jones
California
M.E
Pauline D.) DeLashmutt
W. Main
East Pleasant Plain
Washington County Hospital
Waldo van Winkle
Veterans Hospital
Royal Oaks Drive
Duarte
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