Local residents share visits and social events this week
Mr. and Mrs. H A Lahr returned from a week in Jefferson City Missouri visiting son Joseph Lahr and family. Five longtime friends Edna Witting Pearl Frain Rhue Helmick Laura Longwell and Clara Patterson enjoyed a dinner and day visit at the Patterson home. Handcraft Tiwill will meet for luncheon at Prairie Home next Tuesday at 1230 with reservations to Mrs. George Masson Sr or Mrs. Harold Kloptenstein. Price 1 55 per plate. Mr. and Mrs. Wittiig returned Tuesday evening from Washington DC on the Odd Fellows annual pilgrimage to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier where Mr Wittiig laid a wreath. A M Black of Knoxville IOOF Sovereign Grand Master of the World attended among 125 Iowans. Mrs. Clem Eagle visited her daughter Mary at the State College of Iowa Cedar Falls and joined a Sigma Sigma Sigma luncheon at Bishops in Waterloo Saturday. Mary is a freshman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Witting
Pearl Frain
Rhue Helmick
Laura Longwell
Clara Patterson
Patterson
Prairie Home
George Masson Sr
Harold Kloptenstein
Vernon Wittiig
Washington D.C
Odd Fellows Lodge
Wittiig
A. M. Black
Knoxville
Clem Eagle
Mary
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Bishops In Waterloo
Last-Minute Mother's Day Flower Orders Prompted
Only three more days remain to order flowers and plants for Mother's Day. Use our new telephone number 653-5457 to speed your order and ensure timely delivery for your mom.
Club activities as Mrs McConnell hosts morning coffee
Mrs William McConnell entertained the American Home I club Tuesday with a morning coffee. Mrs R J Dawson led the meeting with Mothers Day poems and items about famous mothers. Fourteen members answered roll call with praise for good food mothers served. Guests Mrs Floyd Hamil and Mrs Francis McConnell assisted with serving. Mrs Henry Rees will be the new leader next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McConnell
R. J. Dawson
Floyd Hamil
Francis McConnell
Henry Rees
Demon golfers defeat Mt. Pleasant in dual meet
Washington High School Demons beat Mt. Pleasant 161 to 173 in a Tuesday dual. Terry Cox led with 39, followed by Tom Logan 40 and Steve Eschweiler 40. Doug English 42 and Mark Nemmers 45. Mt. Pleasant's Jim Becker 40, Roederer 42, Moxley 42, Bev ers 49, Sheetz 52. Demon B squad won 198 to 207 led by McCarthy and Paul 49s. Mt. Pleasant’s Dodge low for visitors with 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Mt. Pleasant
Terry Cox
Demons
Tom Logan
Steve Eschweiler
Doug English
Mark Nemmers
Jim Becker
John Roederer
Curt Moxley
Randy Bevers
Lynn Sheetz
McCarthy
Paul
Richard Dodge
Alfred H Freel of Wellman Dies at 95
Alfred Har vey Freel 95 of Wellman died Tuesday at Washington County Hospital where he had been a patient five weeks. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Powell Funeral Home Wellman with Rev. Robert Parris officiating. burial in Wellman Cemetery. Surviving: wife Lida. sons Richard Clifford Arden. daughters Mabel Huber and Thelda Birkey. 13 grandchildren 34 great grandchildren 10 great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Alfred Harvey Freel
Washington County
Powell
Robert Parris
Wellman Cemetery
Mr. Freel
Marion County
Iown
Asher Wesley
Lavina Gray Freel
Washington
Lida Wilson
Freel
Methodist Church
Richard
Oak Park
Ill
Clifford
Arden
Ira
Mabel) Huber
Oran
Thelda) Birkey
Property additions and new residences listed in area records
Myron Salladay 802 South Marion new recreation area Richard Hotle 418 South Fourth addition to residence Guy Stuckman 915 North 8th utility room Ralph Martin 623 South Third patio M F Cady 933 West Monroe new garage W E Steele 505 South 11th new residence Robert Curley 993 Paramount Drive new residence Hotle Homes 910 Paramount Virgil Norton 602 West Madison addition to mobile home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Salladay
Marion
Richard Hotle
South Fourth
Guy Stuckman
North 8Th
Ralph Martin
M. F. Cady
Monroe
W. E. Steele
Robert Curley
Paramount Drive
Hotle Homes
Virgil Norton
Madison
Hospital Admits and Births in Washington Area
Yesterday Admitted Otis Love Colum bus Junction medical Wesley Custer Washington medical Orrie OConner Ainsworth surgical Today Mrs Pearl Palmer Washington surgical Births Yesterday Mr and Mrs Eugene Hammen Keota a son Dismissed Today Cecil Skipton Columbus City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Love
Columbus Junction
Wesley Custer
Washington
Orrie O'Conner
Ainsworth
Pearl Palmer
Surgical
Eugene Hammen
Keota
Cecil Skipton
Columbus City
County WCTU Institute in Wellman
The Washington County WCTU Institute met at Wellman Asbury Methodist Church on Saturday 1967. Miss Margaret Work county president led the session with Devo tions by Rev Dr Arthur Peters and Rev Parris. Special music by Peggy Griffith and Christine Statler. Mrs Betty Cummings state promotion director reviewed the 10 year plan to enlist 1,000,000 and raise 1,000,000 for an extended program to 1974 with a nine point program for field workers research director films scholarships narcotics education educational exhibits temperance sermons in seminaries radio TV programs re alignment of a projected program and modernization of national WCTU HQ facilities. YTC Camp set for Lake Aquabi June 12-17. information from Mrs Ray Sojka Riverside. Films on narcotics available from county superintendent of schools. Departments represented included Work legislative Mallice citizenship McDowell home protection Sojka protection methods Smith education Butterbaugh social service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Griffith
Christine Statler
Betty Cummings
Cedar Rapids
Cummings
Wcc T U
WCTU
YTC
Lake Aquabi
Ray Sojka
Riverside
County Superintendent of Schools
Miss Work
Tillie Mallice
Ruth McDowell
Lucille Smith
Zoe Butterbaugh
Reception honors Robert Urbans in Keota
KEOTA Mr and Mrs Robert Urban of Houston Texas were honored at a reception Saturday afternoon at St Marys Church hall with Mrs Urban s parents Mr and Mrs Earl Baker hosts. Robert Urban and Suzanne Baker were married Tuesday April 29 at Sacred Heart church in LaGrange Texas. Mrs Loraine Longwell presided at the guest table. Mrs Lloyd Meyer poured coffee. Mrs Verle Trier served punch and Mrs James Coffman cut and served the cake. Mr and Mrs Urban arrived in Keota Wednesday to visit with her parents and departed for Houston Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Robert Urban
Houston
Texas
St. Mary's Church Hall
Ms. Urban
Value of livestock scales for feeders and farms
Jim Frier, Washington County Extension Director, says scales help feeders track cattle gains and shrink loss. Scales aid direct sales at farm or ranch, with farm specific platforms being most economical. Portable options exist but costlier. commercial manufacturers supply in stall and stand alone models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Frier
Washington County Extension
Frier
Blind Bogey Stag Golf Set for Friday at GWCC
The Washington Golf and Country Club hosts a blind bogey men's stag tournament Friday afternoon. No meal will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Golf and Country Club
Bridal Shower Honors Miss Linda Davis in Keota
Mrs Mildred Palmer and daughters Brenda along with Mrs Helen Mayer and daughter Jeri hosted a bridal shower for Linda Davis at the Palmer home. Guests, gifts, games, a Book of Memories, and a yellow white decor theme marked the evening. Miss Davis, assisted by Mary Beth Snakenberg, opened gifts as the couple's June 3 wedding to Gaige Wunder is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Mildred Palmer
Brenda
Helen Mayer
Jeri
Linda Davis
Palmer
Mary Beth Snakenberg
Sigourney
Brenda Palmer
Patricia Smothers
Washington
Jessie White
Pauline Sable
Miss Davis
Property transfers listed for several Crawfordsville area parcels
Oliver C Seering and wife transfer to Casimir M Urban and wife government lot 7 section 27 6 Hal R Hotle and wife transfer lot 2 block 2 Hotles subdivision Washington Harold W Owen and wife transfer life estate one third SW of SE 12 76 6 Carlton White and wife transfer to Home Lumber and Feed Co Crawfordsville lot 9 Booth addition Donald S Foss and wife transfer to Robert K Ruppert and wife lot 8 Foss subdivision Washington Orlando E Gingerich and wife transfer to James A Gardner and wife lot 15 except north 75 feet and south 43 5 feet Snider and Allen subdivision part of SE 14 NW 4 enue os Polly Bender transfers to Raymond L Reschly east 55 feet lot 3 and west 45 feet lot 2 block 1 Morningside and Kalona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal R. Hotle
Wayne D. Kleckner
Hotle
Washington
Harold W. Owen
Walter H. Owen
Carlton White
Home Lumber and Feed Co
Crawfordsville
Booth
Donald S. Foss
Robert K. Ruppert
Columbus WSCS to hold officers training session
Mrs. Paul Oberman, president of the Burlington district Womans Society of Christian Service, will be in Columbus Junction on May 11 as resource person for an officers training session. The session runs 10 30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Columbus Junction Methodist Church with a noon potluck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Paul Oberman
Burlington District
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Columbus City
Columbus Junction Methodist Church
Journal Sale Date Column May 13 and 27 listings
Multiple public sale notices from Iowa towns including Columbus City Fair Meadows Addition Iowa City Kalona Columbus Junction Ollie Wapello and Wayland. Dates include May 13 May 27 with start times 10 am or 1 pm. Executors and estate names appear alongside sale locations and livestock market events weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus City
Eunice Marion
Western Road
Fair Meadows Addition
Iowa City
Iowa
Irene Yard
M. L. McCreedy
Kalona
Helscher Joins Million Dollar Round Table in 1967
J. W. Helscher of Ohio National Insurance Co. in Washington is named to the Million Dollar Round Table, the life insurance industry’s top sales group. Members must have written one million dollars of new life insurance in 1966 under strict rules, a threshold achieved by less than two percent of agents annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Helscher
Ohio National Insurance Co
Washington
Vacation Bible School at Fern Cliff in Wayland
Vacation Bible school will be held at Fern Cliff Evangelical church in Wayland from May 29 to June 9 daily 9 to 11 30 a.m for pre school through senior high students The theme is Gods Power for My Life with a strong missionary emphasis The closing program is Sunday night June 11 The church lies about seven miles south and two miles east of Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Fern Cliff Evangelical Church
Fern Cliff
Washington
Washington Evening Journal personnel and mailing info
Washington Evening Journal editorial and management lineup lists David Elder as editor and business manager William Shannon as vice president advertising director Charles Morris as news editor Bob Shaffer as local advertising Howard Hazen as production superintendent and notes the paper is published afternoons except Sundays Christmas and July 4th It is entered as second class matter under the 1879 act and is a member of Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn and Audit Bureau of Circulations with mail subscription rates and leased wire from United Press rate card to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass’n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Welding Jobs in Demand Qualify Now Greer
Weld training at home with GREER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE offering home study to qualify for in demand welding jobs. Send inquiries to Mr. Petri Dept PT 162 at 2230 S Michigan Ave Chicago IL 60616 Veterans training approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greer Technical Institute, Inc
S. Michigan Ave
Chicago, Ill
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. A. Lahr
Joseph Lahr
Jefferson City
Chicago
UPI
Wolf's Flower Shop
Snow
BRAKE
Davis
Evening Journal
Alfred H. Freel of
Wctu Institute
Robert Urbans
Schoonover Drug
Demon Golf Squad
Fairfield
Demon
Miss Linda Davis
R Mayer
Oval Hams
Borden’s
Glacier Club
South Iowa Ave
Oliver C. Seering
Casimir M. Urban
Columbus
Wscs
Journal
Elite Sales Group
The
Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Mrs. Stevens
Hufford’s Inc
Nicola Harmon
Hallmark Cards
Tor
Corning
Indy
Sunbeam
South Side Square
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