Washington News Highlights From May Events In Town
Washington residents attend weddings and dances, plan a Flower Show on May 2, and hear plans for memorial observances. Local students shine in banquets and concerts as Junior Fortnightly and high school groups host events and prepare recitals.
Washington Week in Review Highlights Local Social News
Mrs Merle Sheetz visited Pat Sheetz at the State University of Iowa Mothers Day tea in Iowa City. Residents report hospitalizations, travel, family visits, and community events across Washington including weddings births and school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Wehr
Army
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Methodist Church
Dick Marshall
Attourney T. L. Brockhart
Carl W. Klein
Washington
Harry Donaldson
Washington County
Jack Pauls
Phillips and Hebners
Keith Hardy
David McCall
Maurice Brayton
Phil Weldin
Mary Westphal
Dorothy Watson
Rainbow Girls
Elmina Messenger
DAR
Jean Patterson
Ivan Norton
E. D. Morrison Jr
Iowa Civilian Protection
Elsie Glassburner
Europe
Colorado
Mildred Brown
Carbaugh
Haro Barrett
James W. Schultz
Helen Alcorn
John Lytle
Helen Sartor
Milan
New York
Iowa City
Chicago
Cleveland
Lewis Warren
Y’s Men
John Winga
John
News Review of the
Merle Sheetz
Pat Sheetz
Phi Gamma Nu Sorority
State University of Iowa
Alfred A. Bertke
The
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Mr. Bertke
Merritt McDaniel
R. E. Fane
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
George McDaniel
Larry Fane
Area Deaths This Week
Area deaths list multiple individuals with names ages and locations. Keota William Gage 92 died at home of son Calvin in Kinross where he lived eleven years retired farmer. Manuel Perez 79 died at Washington County Hospital after illness since January. T. A. Michels 69 died after strokes. Kalona Barbara F Miller 88 died at Pleasantview Home. Brighton Willis David Wellington 69 died in his sleep from heart attack at his Brighton home after a period of good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota — William Gage
Kinross
Calvin
Manuel Perez
West Third Street
Washington County Hospital
Washington
Tipton
T. A. Michels
Kalona
Barbara F Miller
Pleasantview
Brighton
Willis David Wellington
Wellington
Poem Of The Week And Local Births Notices
Poem of the Week presents lines about school ending from multiple viewpoints including a student and staff. The notice lists numerous admissions births and dismissals across Washington Columbus Junction Kalona Keota and surrounding communities with names and family details.
McKain's Bridge Demolished by Schmidt Construction
The Skunk River crossing built by Clinton Bridge and Iron Works in 1898 near Lake Darling was torn down by Schmidt Construction Co of Winfield. Fayne Heiller of Brownsville Minnesota stands by a cutting torch as the last section is removed. the bridge had become a local landmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Bridge and Iron Works
Skunk River
Lake Darling
Schmidt Construction Company
Winfield
Fayne Heiller
Brownsville
Minn
Journal
Bob Elliott
Visits Span Families Across Iowa and Texas
Airman 1A 3e and Mrs. Francis Nejedly visit Mrs. Bernice Tripses in Kalona and stay with Julia Nejedly in Fairfield as he plans to return to Travis Air Force Base. Jesse Linch attends a State cabinet meeting in Ames. VFW Auxiliary members join Tulip Day Festival attendees in Pella. George Richardson and family depart Houston after a week with the Kos family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Fairfield
Delbert Earls
Harold Haifley
Meryl Steele
Dwight Hayes
Glenn Widmer
Francis Reed
Helen Hesseltine
Robert Lowe Sr
Carl Kelley
Merle Allison
Walter Carr
Widmer
Earls
Haifley
George Richardson
Annette Lynn
Houston
Texas
Richardson
Frank Kos
Francis Nejedly
Debbie
Calif
Nejedly
Bernice Tripses
Julia Nejedly
Kalona
Travis Air Force Base
Pella
Mary Reister
Lester Worley
William Little
John Custer
Maynard Goff Sr
Howard Bailey
Bernard Payne
Walter Jones
Stamp Corner highlights new foreign and U S issues
WALL GREEN notes recent stamp releases in Japan Jugoslavia Denmark Kuwait and Romania plus U S commemoratives and UN issues. He lists Scott numbers for Seattle World's Fair 1196 and 1197 and outlines first day cover deadlines and mint stamp availability through May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Jugoslavia
Denmark
Sheikdom
Kuwait
Arab League
Mubarakiya Scholl
Romania
U.S
Philatelic News
Scott Publications
Seattle
New Mexico
Eye injury teaches value of sight and self awareness
The narrator recalls scratching a left eye and using tape and a bandage to pretend injury for sympathy. He notes how losing sight forced reliance on other senses and reflects on self insight after regaining vision.
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Mary L. Cochran
Mattgon
Leslie Beenblossom
Washington Christian Church
Iowa
Ed Bovee
Bovee
Futura
Mary Anne Wagner
William Marie Jr
Lester W. Bundy
Washington High School
Bundy
Ames
Nan Hoover
Hopkinton
Edna
Jessie Klein
Cunningham
W. E. Anderson
Anderson
Paul Putman
Niobe
Eleanor Walker
Bertha Hay
Evelyn Caldwell
Lois Griffith
Gladys Mace
Dorothy Ward
Jeannettee Rothschild
Mark Critz
Glenn Chambers
Marion Avenue
Button Factory
West Main Street
C. H. Guther
Sioux City
Graves
Lyon Baking Company
WRC
YMCA
Wayland
San Francisco
Hollywood
UPI
Walt Disney
Disney
Outer Space
Ted
Coit’s Tower
Oakland Bay Bridge
Powell Street
Iline
Fisherman's Wharf
Chinatown
Ray Miller
West Chester
Mercy Hospital
Stanley Mouser
Warrenton
Joe Pewitt
Eva Lynn Pewitt
Myron Burroughs
William Bequeaith
Oskaloosa
Robert Hopping
Steve
Jeff
Emmettsburg
Wayne Marston
Clark Hopping
Columbus Junction
Alan Bergstrom
Miford
Belmond
Harold Kline
Cosmetics District
Hotel Ft. Des Moines
Neil Luziers
Leo Seib
Don Greiner
Iris Courts
Richard Teel
Alene Buttz
Ray Teel
Ft Knox
Ft. Gordon
Ga Teel
Military
Tom Kerr
Harold Kerr
Tom
Alameda Naval Air Station
Treasure Island
Larry Burroughs
Tri-Cities
St. Anthony Hospital
Rock Island
A. C. Peterson
Jane
Jan Fane
Weishea
Iowa State University
Robert W. Steig
Roxanne
Roger
South Third
Betsy Lane
Webster City
Steig
Fareway
Steigs
Glenn (Buckey) Eige
Marshalltown
Leonard E. Kos
Ft. Dix
N. J
Governor's Island
First Army
Armed Forces
Ft. Jay
New York City
Rockefeller Center
Titov
Kos
Edwin Kos
Bea Davison
Harold Fulton
Boulders Colp
Clarence Fultons
Glenn Davises
Davis
J. L. Swift
John Swift
Marengo
Oral Swift
Des Moines
Hal Figgins
Richland
C. H. Work
Sam Work
Davenport
Merle Eckels
Wayne Knapps
Lee Hesseltine
Donald Davis
Cedar Rapids
Stanley Thompson
Sioux Falls
S. D
Robert
Rosemary
George Sachen
B. T. Howland
Littleton
Colo
Robert Rohrer
Lincoln Street
Burlington
Mr. Rohrer
Navy
Ordnance Plant
D. L. Rohrer
Dolores Wallace
Lloyd Donaldson
William S. Hemmings
St. Anthony's Hospital
St. Petersburg
Fla
11Th Street
Villa 215
Hemmings
28Th Avenue South
Charles Joslin
North Ave
River Forest
Margaret Baker
Leland Bakers of
William Jensen
Supreme White Shrine
Denver
B. B. Bordwell Sr
Morton
Peoria
Ill
Anna Godwin
Archie Godwin
Pines Rest Home
Joe Knotek
John Knotek
Emma Marek
Doris Goody
Ernest Hotz
Lone Tree
Miss Goody
Paul Goody
Russell Hotz
Albin Horn
Rose Sojka
Riverside
Carl Kos
Ronald Ross
Robert, Everetts
Dave
Phil Ahrens
Wash
T. G. Connelly
Shreveport
Todd Andrew
Clifford Connelly
Lynn Neuhart
Kay Connelly
Allison, la
Dale Connelly
Clifford Connellvs
Donnie Allen Rabenold
Tom Rabenold
Donna
J. D. Rabenold
Ainsworth
Dale Carstensen
West Burlington
George Masson
Lester Luckenbill
Carstensen
Montgomery Ward
New
Gene Tucker
Margo
Kathy
Jim
R. J. Patterson
Silver Spring
Maryland
Nancy Shamdin
Philadelphia
Mills Taylor
Raymond
Bill) Buckley
Virgin Islands
Kathryn
Mabel
St. James
Linda Long
Burlington Hospital School of Nursing
National
Student Nurses Association
Delores Miller
New London
Mary Jean Mertens
Pleasant Miss Long
Curtis Long
Student Nurses Association of Iowa
Don Creech
Lyle Schulty
Jack Creech
Oren Jarvis
Monica
Jarvis
Edith Schillerstrom
Floyd West
Christian Church
P. F. Whisler
Sacramento
George Zeck
Town
East Harrison
Joe Cochran
Zecks
American Home I Department of Fortnightly Club
Carrie Davis
Emma Waggoner
Olds Consolidated School
Marjorie Bode
Hospital News
Faye Mackey
Surgical
Jerry Phillips
Dempsey Hessenflow
Clare Schulty
Charles Shellabarger
Wilfred Smith
Stephen Hunt
Wapello
Medical
Glenn Schwartz
Ann Miller
Keota
Peggy Wagner
Conesville
Christine Marie Herr
Perry F. Bontrager
Rex Todd
Columbus City
John Houseal
James Stalder
Robert Ayers
Parnell
Clifford K. Snyder
Jesse Linch
Washington Junior High School
Iowa Association of Student Councils
Wall Green