Passing Years in Washington Local History
A montage of historical notes from Washington covering capping exercises at St Paul Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Word Weavers on KWDM and Betty Baker Show, junior senior banquet staff, travel of the Godfreys from Animas, ROTC award to Cadet Captain Donald Goetz, city hall use by American Legion, a Thanksgiving service, clothing drive for liberated countries, Lexington School war stamps, gasoline shortages, 30 years ago local events including YMCA directors, tulip season, White Shrine election, new car market building plan, National Music Week programs, and local student musical contests and exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Brenneman
J. L. McGraw
Pat Yoder
LeRoy Bain
Debby _ Brenneman
St. Paul Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
Fred Wagner
George Powers
John Robertson
Word Weavers
Des Moines
KWDM
Betty Baker
Neill Trotman
Joe Barnes
Robert Carson
Leonard Wheatley
Bill Crayne
Marion Robertson
Harold Ahrens
Reed Moore
George Godfrey
Animas
N. M
Godfrey
Ida Cavender
Fern Murray
Godfreys
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Hereford Cattle Congress
Montgomery
Donald Goetz
University of Iowa
Pontoniers
Dubuque
Lexington
Victor Masson
Wellman
A. Clair Dewey
Washington
YMCA
Harrison Dodder
Orville Elder
J. M. Bratton
H. L. Walker
Leslie Dunlap
Cloud Willits
Harry Ramseyer
W. R. Mount
Rose Reid
Order of White Shrine of Jerusalem
Cleveland
Ohio
John Tucker
Howard Anderson
Saturday Journal Summary for Outsiders
Note to readers explains the Saturday Edition of the Journal offers out-of-state readers a quick weekly local news summary. It is mailed to former Washington residents for $3.50 per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Washington
Marriages Reported from East Pleasant Plain and Nearby
Several May 1 wedding notices appear across East Pleasant Plain Bettendorf and Washington Iowa noting ceremonies in St Joseph Catholic Church Associate Presbyterian Church and local Methodist and base chapel. Couples include Geri Pacha Kelvin Scheller Sylvia Roberts Lyle Crawford Dixie Potter Richard Allen Charlotta James Harley DeVore Georgia Bowes and Allen Fuhr with multiple families named as parents and officiants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geri Pacha
Kelvin Scheller
Davenport
St. Joseph Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Father Geers
Albert Pacha
Raymond Scheller
Waterville
Kan
Sylvia Kaye Roberts
Hiry Roberts
Lyle George Crawford
Lyle Crawford
Associate Presbyterian Church
Ray Blair
Columbus Junction
Charlotta A. James
Ellsworth C. | James
Pleasant Valley
Harley C. | DeVore Jr
Harley C. DeVore
Bettendorf
Local Happenings A Week In Washington Note
The past week in Washington reports J. R. McNeese in doctor care awaiting recovery and requests cards. Phil Embree reveals his service in Viet Nam via a letter to parents. Gary York returns from Germany and discloses marriage. he now works with his father in Tonopah. Roy Kron hospitalized in Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lysle Embree
Phil
Viet Nam
Journal
Gary York
Oral York
Tonopah, Nev
Washington
Germany
Tonopah
Roy Kron
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Hospital admission and discharge log with regional names
A daily hospital roster lists admissions and discharges across cities such as Washington Wellman Keota Brighton and Crawfordsville. Names include David Gordon Kerry Stransky Diana Loeffler Marvin Rinner Leo Hammes and Shreves with medical or surgical notes and multiple births reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Gordon
Keota
Carrie Stransky
Wellman
Clarence Johnson
Washington
Norbert T. Bockhurst
Surgical
Donald Tucker
Brighton
Ralph Cavin
West Chester
Carmeletta Yoder
Paulette Kiefer
Raymond Huff
Crawfordsville
Marcia Montgomery
Namiveu
Kerry Stransky
Medical
Leo Hammes
Sigourney
Marvin Rinner
Mr. Pleasant
Marvin Crull
Columbus Junction
John Scheeler
Miss Bes Brighton
Shreves
A. Burns McNeil
Wapello
Michael Leyden
Jack Williams
Diana Loeffler
Floyd Blankenhorn
Jimmy Munn
Pleasant
Don Avis
Pearl ‘Dewey
Howard Sayre
Boyd Lowry
Mary J. Davis
Burns McNeil and Son
Rex Neuhart named Washington High School student president
Rex Neuhart was chosen president of the Washington High School student body after an election held Friday following a mock convention and speeches. Other candidates were Bill Hardy Tim Trotman and Max Meyer. Rex is the son of Mr and Mrs Harlan Neuhart. The edition also notes birthdays and local visits including Jo Lynn Beenblossom turning 13 and residents visiting relatives at Iowa University and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Neuhart
Washington High School
Bill Hardy
Tim Trotman
Max Meyer
Rex
Harlan Neuhart
Perdock Wins Rotary Man of the Year in Washington
William H. Perdock was named Rotary Man of the Year at the Rotary Ladies Night in Washington. Robert Everettts, district governor elect, praised the recipient for lifelong community service and selfless work to improve Washington. Neota: a reception marked Mr and Mrs Thomas R Burton’s fiftieth wedding anniversary at Wesley Methodist Church in Keota. Others attended baptisms, funerals, and local events as listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Perdock
Rotary
Washington Country
Robert Everetts
Perdock
Washington
Neota
Thomas R. Burton
Wesley Methodist Church
Keota
Chester Cherjolmes
Crawfordsville
Dale York
Grace Methodist Church
Davenport
Gail and
Kent Cherryholmes
Danny Cherryholmes
Spring to summer shift and town projects fill rural notes
Dear Auntie recounts rapid seasonal change with blooming lilacs and tulips while farmers push planting and plowing. YMCA drive aims to raise 170000 dollars for expansion. county hospital vote set for June 10. Rex Newhart named student body president. high school golf sets a new team record. elm tree cure efforts target Dutch Elm disease. memories of dances and local orchestras amid town life.
Washington YMCA YWCA building fund rally opens campaign
Enthusiastic crowd fills the Washington YMCA YWCA gym as volunteers launch a drive to raise 170000 for modernization and expansion. County voters set June 10 for a 750000 county hospital bond issue after petitions. Local notices include hospitalizations and birthdays in Seabrook and surrounding areas.
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Washington Ymca - Ywca
Washington Y
Washington County
County Board of Spervisors
Elm trees treated in Washington to curb Dutch elm disease
Crews from Centerville firm moved into Washington to inject Bidrin into about 600 trees this year on city property and private lots with owner request. Weekend notes include visits by Mr and Mrs Glen Cuddeback to Hopkinton and a 57th wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs Howard L McCleery on May 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bidrin
Centerville
Howard L. McCleery
New principal named for Washington High School
Friday May 7 announces Burge J Hammond named principal of Washington Community High School for the coming term. Hammond currently leads St Charles High School in Minnesota with prior teaching and administration in Iowa South Dakota and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burge J. Hammond
Washington Community High School
Hammond
St. Charles
Minn
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Washington
Kelly Schlapkohl
Poem of the week We Look With Loving Pity on a Child
Poem evokes admiration for a child and later an elderly woman, noting how memory anchors what truly matters. It celebrates lasting, simple joys from infancy to old age, including school bells, apple butter prizes, and timeless affection. The author is Twyla Phipman Gilkey.
Deaths and funeral notices from Keota to Crawfordsville
Keota Wilnam H. Dor rance 91 retired farmer died at Washington County Hospital and had lived in Washington 11 years. John M. Lowe 67 died suddenly at home on rural route. Brighton Richland Fred Oswalt 78 operator of Oswalt Rest Home died in his sleep from heart condition. Wayland Jacob C. Richenberg retirement farmer funeral Wednesday at Wayland Mennonite Church with burial in North Hill Cemetery. Kalona Chancey Hershberger 89 died at Pleasantview home after illness. Arthur Lambert 76 died at 521 West Madison Street after stroke. Mrs Jeannette Hanna 79 Crawfordsville died May 7 morning. Raper eight months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Wilnam H. Dorrance
Washington County Hospital
Washington
South Third
Wellman
John M. Lowe
Brighton
Richland
Fred Oswalt
Oswalt
Wayland
Jacob C. Richenberger
Wayland Mennonite
Zehr
Be, S. Mullett
North Hill Cemetery
Kalona
Chancey
Hershberger
Pleasantview
Arthur Lambert
West
Madison Street
Jeannette Hanna
Crawfordsville
King Cay
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Irv Whitham
East
Harold Jarvis
Manitoba
Canada
Ivy Whitham
Batavia
Dallas Kinney
East Washington Street
Wenty
Ames
Southeastern Towa
Lloyd M. Edgar
Helen Wilson
Bertha Hay
Rosemary Club
H. A. Phillips
Dixie Potter
Richard Allen
Oath
Cedar Rapids
Theodore Schwartz
William Potter
Mitchell Allen
Georgia Ann Bowes
Allen Dale Fuhr
Chase Field
Beeville
Tex
Jack Ful
Verne Bowes
Texas
Matthew Lyng
J. R. McNeese
Ed Lukovsky
Bill German
Maurice Jones
Stanley Hale
Jerry Coblentz
Lawrence Zelinski
Winnie Burroughs
Jo Lynn Beenblossom
Mrs
William Beenblossom
Leroy Conrad
Veterans Hospital
Town City
Wilson J. Putman
Towa City
Stephen
Phi Gamma Delta House
Putman
University
Mr. Putan
Ruth Coffman
Lee Sands
R. G. Lowe
Letts
L. Kruber
J. W. Bidwell
Dion O'Laughlin
Janice and
Michael
Harlan O'Laughlin
Cora Bell
Daryl Bell
Lutheran Church
Tipton
Harold Gillaspie
Gillaspie
Lloyd Loeffler
Loeffler
Fairfield Hospital
E. J. Joy
Lou Jugenheimer
Leroy
East Lansing
Mich
Msgt
Albany, Ga
Leroy Times
Vallejo
Calif
Emma Tinnes
Chicago
Peggy Hinde
Fulton, Afc
Mia’ Mae Earnest
Jake Earnest
Coe College
Brian Scott Shelman
Loris Shelman
Route 1
Winfield
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Randy
Ricky
Madelon Anderson
Miles Shelman
Rotary Award
Carlton Bump
Frank Gingerich
St. James, Minn
George W. Gingerich
Dr. Gingerich
Alvin Shepeck
Cedar Falls
Mary
Dale Garrett
Oakland
Lyle G. van Winkle
Patty
Jane
Edward J. Marinich
Veterans Auditorium
Pauline Hite
Jack Trotman
Daughers
Pam Hite
Tanya Trotman
State College of Iowa
Joe Miller
Isaac Kleesen
Max Arbogast
Lola Black
Dick Morrow
the Royal and
J.R. McNeese
Britt
de Aggatha
Poe
You
Pect
Rex Newhart
Fairfield
H. S
Burge Hammond
National Guard
Mississippi
Moondogs
Humbugs
Wayne King
Begin Y
William Mohland
John Jemmon
Tennifer Anne
Daugher
Sen Inlaw
Robert Hutchins
Capri Lane
Seabrook
Mark
David
Joe Schiebel
Roberta Porter
Lou DeLong
George McChurch
Jeffy and
Jamie
Silvis, II
Floyd Robison
Moline
Howard Bailey
Kenneth
Columbus, Ga
Robert Dean Bailey
Charleston Afb
S. C
Puerto Rico
Bert Britain
Waterloo
Rodney
The
Glen Cuddepack
Mrs Leslie Gates
Hopkinton
Jay 0. Brown
California
Los Angeles
Don Shepherd
Famly
Elizabeth Sabbe
Bernard Payne
Alvin Shebeck
Philco
Hubert Romine
Brighon
Ke-Wash Fertilizer Co
United States
Carl C. Yoder
Ving Tau
Robert D. Stalder
Dominican Republic
82Nd Aiborne
Gregory
Ronald Gregory
Wartburg College
Waverly
Ron
Sarah Knox
University Hospital
W.C-52
A. E. Atchison
Lea
By Twyla Phipman Gilkey
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