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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1976
Page
2
The West Chester WCTU met with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bauer for a noon fellowship meal. Mrs Bauer read Spring Comes Moving Across the Land to start the program with themes Youth on the Horizon and New Horizons in Home Life.
Friday lists Masonic Lodge meeting at 8 pm in the Masonic Temple with TGIF Club at 7 pm YW room and Rebekah Lodge at 8 pm IOOF Hall. Saturday offers Rainbow Girls officer practice at 10 am and open installation at 7 pm with a reception. The week includes multiple unit meetings, dinners, and notes of place changes across Masonic orders, Eastern Star, and related groups.
Miss Pamela Kerr daughter of Wayne and Mrs Hesseltine of Washington wed Dennis Zielstorf son of Wayne and Mrs Zielstorf of Washington at Pleasant Hill Christian Church on May 1 1976. The ceremony at 3 30 p m featured Rev Bruce Klapp with music by Mrs Zielstorf and the officiant. The couple will reside on a rural Washington address after a reception for 25 guests following the ceremony.
The marriage of Donna Peiffer and Airman 1st Class Michael L. Kaufman occurred Friday morning April 30 1976 at Trinity United Methodist Church San Bernardino California. The bride wore a white satin gown with an orange yellow green bolero and carried orange blossoms with a white rose. Deloris Rehberg was maid of honor and Marshell Rehberg flower girl. Ronald Fielden was best man. Music by Donald D Crabtree included Song Song Blue Without You My Love and the Wedding March. Attendees included Herbert Peiffer Tony Kaufman and Raymond Kaufman families of Lockridge. A reception and dinner followed and a belated honeymoon is planned for June.
Descendants of Nellie A. and Harry A. White gathered May 1 and May 2 at the Carousel Inn in Iowa City for back-to-back reunions. About 36 attendees joined full families from multiple states, with luncheon, dinner, and several generations present.
The Southeast Iowa Conference junior high music festival is held today at Louisa Muscatine Community School. Ken Lucas of Pella High School will direct the massed choruses in a 7:30 p.m. concert. Admission is $1 for adults and 50 cents for students.
The April meeting of the Dutch Creek Flyers was held at the Joel Sheets home. A skating party for members and friends was announced. The club planned a tour and wiener roast. Nicky and Matthew Selmon were hosts.
Mr and Mrs Palmer Schilling visited their son Ralph and family in Des Moines and attended the wedding of their granddaughter Ann Schilling to Jeffery Fielder. J Paul Wolfe is a patient at University Hospitals Iowa City in room T 259 and would appreciate hearing from friends.
Washington Mayor Harold L. Johnson signs a proclamation declaring Soil Stewardship Week from May 23 to 30. The document emphasizes the need for ample food and fiber supplies and praises conservation districts as democratic bodies where landowners lead soil conservation efforts for public welfare.
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