Birthday for Halcyon House resident 92nd will be May 7
Mrs Blanche Norton of Halcyon House will celebrate her 92nd birthday on May 7. The toll of April events includes deaths and family travels across Georgia and nearby states with visits and arrivals in Thomaston and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Norton
Halcyon House
Dorothy Nardy
Bobby
Phil Schooley
Bloomfield
Thomaston
Georgia
W. A. Backnell
Backnell
Obituary Notice for Augustine Brother in New York State
Willard Augustine brother of Marion Augustine, died May 1 in New York State correcting yesterday’s report. The notice appears in the local briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine
Willard Augustine
Marion Augustine
New York State
Immanuel Lutheran Women Host Mother-Daughter Potluck
All women of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington invited to a 6 p.m. May 6 potluck. Reservations due by May 4. Attendees should bring one large casserole or two small casseroles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Washington
Professional Directory Listings for Washington Iowa Area
Directory entries list law firms such as Livingston Day Meeker Bates and Morrison Morrison Lloyd, Stewart Shearer and Tindal Abstract Dept, Griffiths Anderson Buffer, Owen, and Kalona branches. It also notes Production Credit Association office in Washington with Melvin Schneider manager and local licensed child care centers ABC Play School and The Children’s House in Washington plus Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
Douglas L. Tindal
West Main
Production Credit Association
North Iowa
Washington
Melvin Schneider
Social Calendar Falls Week Busy With Club Meetings
A sequence of weekly gatherings lists T G N F Club and Rebekah Lodge events, several Masonic activities at IOOF Hall and Masonic Temple, plus a Saturday square dance at Ainsworth School gym with Bobbie Collins calling. Sunday features Drift Riders Snowmobile Club, and weekday meetings include YWCA, Golden Age groups, nurses association, hairdressers, Y Women, Tops Club, and IOOF events across local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth School
Bobbie Collins
Foss
Salem
Paul Carruthers
Washington County Nurses Association
Washington Hospital
Crown of Beauty
Shiloh Sunshine Sisters
Gay Widmer
Henry L. Rees
IOOF
Herrick Mulherin vows solemnized in Cedar Rapids
Miss Kathy Mulherin daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Mulherin Cedar Rapids and Ron Herrick son of Mr and Mrs Melvin A Herrick Cedar Rapids were married Saturday April 26 1975 at 1 30 p m Rev Joseph M Schneider performed the double ring ceremony The bride works at Iowa Glass Depot and her husband a Kirkwood College graduate works at Cryovac Co Div of W R Grace Co Mr Herrick is grandson of Mrs Mary R Peiffer of Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy Mulherin
Ray Mulherin
Cedar Rapids
Ron Herrick
Melvin A. Herrick
Joseph M. Schneider
Iowa Glass Depot
Kirkwood College
Cryovac Co. Div
W. R. Grace Co
Herrick
Mary R. Peiffer
Washington
Peggy McGaffey Accepts Administrative Assistant Post
Mr and Mrs Gerald McGaffey of Washington announce their daughter Peggy has accepted the Administrative Assistant for Governmental Affairs role at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital in Neenah Wisconsin effective June 1 1973 Theda Clark is a 400 bed facility In Oshkosh Wisconsin Peggy has worked for the Lake Winnebago Area Wide Comprehensive Health Planning Council District since February 1973 and was named Associate Director then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald McGaffey
Washington
Peggy
Theda Clark Memorial Hospital
Theda Clark Hospital
Neenah
Wis
Mid-Prairie pupils compete in Iowa Exposition at UNI Cedar Falls
Seven Mid-Prairie Industrial Education students join peers from across Iowa in the Fourteenth Annual Iowa Industrial Education Exposition at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls on May 10. Seniors Ken Adam, Scott Semler, Rusty Miller, Tom Shalla, Eric Yoder. juniors David Schumann, Larry Graper, Bob Van Hoozer. Adam and Yoder enter scholarship contest with go cart and model house plans and will be interviewed on their project problem-solving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Prairie Industrial Education
Iowa Industrial Education Exposition
Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Ken Adam
Scott Semler
Wellman
Rusty Miller
Tom Shalla
Kalona
Eric Yoder
Iowa City
David Schumann
Larry Graper
Bob van Hoozer
Refugee Fleeing South Vietnam Escorted by U S Navy
Pentagon said a flotilla of South Vietnamese navy ships carrying up to 30 000 refugees is being escorted to safety in the South China Sea. Twenty six ships were sighted Thursday and now sail with the U S Navy destroyer Cook and the LST Tuscaloosa. Total escaped may exceed 100 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
South China Sea
Pentagon
Cook
LST
Local Club Activities Report From Washington Iowa May 1975
The Reformed Presbyterian Missionary Society met with Mrs. Ralph Wilson and co-hostess Mrs. Don Wilson. PEO Chapter 1 gathered at Mrs. Irvin Whitham's home with Mrs. Dean Knight and Mrs. J. E. Sellers as co-hostesses. Priscilla Club met for a 9 a.m. breakfast at Winga's with Edna Peters presiding and Pearl Kennedy hosting. members discussed Oscar Wilde's view on books. Log Cabin Questers met at Mrs. Gene Stephens's country home to report on the Ames state meeting and present a program on granite ware. Friendly Circle met at Mrs. Robert Quinn's home with Mrs. Dale Venzke presenting a cancer awareness program and plant exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Presbyterian
Reformed Presbyterian Missionary Society
Ralph Wilson
Don Wilson
Robert Megdelsen
Charles Bartholow
Irvin Whitham
Dean Knight
J. E. Sellers
Richard Colby
Katherine Stewart
Lamp of Higher Learning
Colbey College
Priscilla Club
Winga’s
Edna Peters
Pearl Kennedy
Gene Stephens
Ames
Mildred Westermark
Ruth Owen
Edie Simmering
Monna Schlatter
Friendly Circle
Dale Venzke
American Cancer Society
Friendly Circle Club
Robert Quinn
Richard Schiebel
Venzke
Kenneth Reed
Cletus Reed
Ed Augustine
Red Cross Appeals for Southeast Asia Refugees Help
The Washington County Chapter of the American Red Cross cites a national bulletin on Southeast Asia refugees and lists agencies assisting sponsorship. People seeking refugee information should contact one of these agencies, with offerings noted. addresses available through Mrs. Elizabeth Watson at the Red Cross office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
American Red Cross
Southeast Asia
American National Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Watson
Red Cross
Wellman Mennonite Church celebrates new building and 40th year
Wellman Mennonite Church marks the completion of major additions including a fellowship hall classrooms offices library and foyer on the church building. A 9:30 a.m. history service 2:30 p.m. guest sermon by J John J Miller and an evening review 7:30 p.m. are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Wellman Mennonite Church
Neva Lou Hershberger
Jesse Hartzler
J. John J. Miller
East Mennonite Church
Iowa-Nebraska District Mennonite Conference
Duane Miller
Wilbur Swartzendruber
Lloyd Troyer
Floyd Yoder
Keith Yoder
Orval Troyer
Weekly School Lunch Menu Highlights by Districts
A compilation lists daily menus for multiple districts. Items vary by day with recurring milk beverages and common sides like fruit, vegetables, bread, and desserts across Washington Highland Keota Waco Mid Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mid-Prairie
Gardening in raised containers for easy accessible care
Henry G. Taber from Iowa State Extension suggests using wooden boxes metal pails or containers at reachable heights filled with soil peat and sand for easy planting mulching and watering. Choose sunny south exposure place sturdy stakes support tomato plants prune side shoots for strong yields and discuss tomato varieties with your local extension director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry G. Taber
Iowa State University
Senior Center Fun and Craft News from Washington
Mrs June Duvall led a Wednesday entertainment hour with candy jars guessing and poems. Homer Mayers and Grace Kerr won. May baskets and Bingo prizes followed. Thursday’s craft group made wax mushrooms with plans for weaving baskets. Recent donations include crocheted doilies and calico dogs for the festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Duvall
Homer Mayers
Grace Kerr
Joseph Evanovich Jr Tops IDS District Sales Ranks
Investors Diversified Services announced that Joseph Evanovich Jr. district sales manager in Cedar Rapids IDS sales division ranked 15th among 380 district managers in 1974 sales production. Evanovich and his team produced sales exceeding 5.479 million dollars in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Investors Diversified Services
IDS
Joseph Evanovich Jr
West 2Nd Street
Washington
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Evanovich
Energy bill to curb fuel wasters faces House debate
Rep. Al Ullman said the Ways and Means Committee will approve a broad energy package within 10 days aimed at taxing wasteful energy users. He stressed targeted taxation rather than across the board levies and urged Detroit to accelerate efficient car development to avoid future gas guzzler taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
al Ullman
D-Ore
House
Ways and Means
Ford
Congress
Ullman
CBS Morning News
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Harold Jarvis
Albert Lea
Mapleton
Hawaii
Robert McDonald
Kansas City
Don Proudfit
Madison
McDonald
University of Wisconsin
University
England
France
Donna Proudfit
Veisha
Wayne Seitman
Palentine
Ill
Jason Todd
Omer Crawford
West Chester
Scott Seitman
Anna Lukovsky
Dennis
Hacienda Heights
Calif
Robert Lukavsky
Disneyland
Knotts Berry Farm
Sea World
San Diego
Kenneth Lukovsky
Tri-County
W Municipal Building
Washington Izaak Walton League
Highway 1
Professional Directory
John C. Owen
East Main Street
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
Thomas D. Kauffman
Credit Bureau OF Washington Inc
Washington, Iowa
Maplewood Manor Nursing Home
Keota
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Optometrist
John W. Lemmon
Iowa Avenue
ABC Play School
Children’s House, Inc
Ainsworth
T.G.N.F
Rebekah Lodge
Masonic Temple
Sale Barn
Ywca Council
YWCA
Xi Epsilon Kappa
Beta Sigma Phi
Lynda Harter
Golden Age Club
Ywca Rooms
Herrick- Mulherin
Peggy McGaffey
Oscar Wilde
Washington Evening Journal
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
United Press International
Inland Daily Press Assn
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Robert Luther
Leonard Llewellyn
Red Cross Appeal
Wellman Church
ST. James
WACO
Jim Frier
S-E
Zager Plumbing & Heating
Sn. Ave
APCO
Everett Hauvenstein
E. Washington
South
Washington, Inc
P.S. Western Union
Faith Baptist
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