Washington locals at IA photographers convention report
Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Ken Bakehouse of Ken-Rene Studio and Mr. and Mrs. Ed win Novotny of the Guther Studio attended the Professional Photographers of Iowa convention at Hotel Savery in Des Moines. Floyd Hamil of Long Beach arrives to visit family in Crawfordsville for about six weeks. John Younsling flew a 1948 Piper Family Cruiser to Ely Minnesota, then returned with companions after gas stops. Rosemary Jenkins Raridan will give a vocal recital at the Iowa State University.
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Washington
Professional Photographers of
Iowa
Ken Bakehouse
Ken - Rene
Edwin Novotny
Guther
Hotel Savery
Des Moines
Floyd
Gov
Hamil
Long Beach
Calif
John Hamil
Crawfordsville
John Younsling
Ely
Minn
Milo Sorden
Bill Wessler
Eveleth
Rochester
Rosemary Jenkins Raridan
Ainsworth
State University of Iowa
North
Raridan
Charles Jenkins
Byron Snider
West
Deaths Across Regions Mark May 1965 Obituaries
Obituary notices list deaths from May 9 to May 11 1965 in Burlington Columbus Junction Keota Mason City Washington and Brighton with ages from 67 to 89. Included are Mrs Lola Morrison Mark Estes Mrs Blair Minnie Wood Mary A Stiles Charles M Denison Lottie M Gray and infant and child fatalities from Riverside and nearby towns. Funeral details note graveside rites and farm accident fatalities.
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Mary A. Stiles
Mason City
Poem of the Week First Prize in Word Weavers Contest
The poem titled Recent Melancholy describes a gray dawn and a snow covered ground. It portrays somber trees and sparrows in a damp air mood and contrasts winter gloom with hopeful spring. Submitted by Jean Bode ninth grade student under teacher Mrs John Elliott.
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Jean Bode
John Elliott
Dee aere Evening Journal item from Washington Iowa
The May 15 1965 Evening Journal from Washington Iowa presents a single brief item with local interest. It notes community happenings and names a few residents and locations in a compact column.
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Dee Aere
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Local Washington happenings cover wide Sunday to May week
A collection of brief items from Washington County Illinois and surrounding areas notes SMV emblem sales by 4H members ahead of a new Iowa data processing system, track results for Washington Junior High teams, society visits, church and YWCA events, a junior Angus member from Washington, and family milestones including Mothers Day gatherings and hospital updates.
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Washington County
Washington YMCA building fund tops $80 thousand
A report session at the Washington Y shows 80 286 62 raised toward an 170 000 goal with 69 170 62 from the Big Gifts committee and 11 116 through the teams section. Boswell Contracting of Sioux City won the 35 blocks of paving and sewer work and will start soon. Mothers Day visits noted in Riverside and surrounding communities. Veishea Career Day at Iowa State University drew high school students including Tim Trotman and Shirley.
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Washington Ymca Building Fund
Boswell Contracting Corporation
Sioux City
Washington
Veishea
Iowa State University
Ames
Tim Trotman
Shirley
Mushrooms Abound Amid Town Construction and School Data Plans
A lively letter from May 14, 1965 notes a bumper mushroom season aided by wet weather and outlines busy farm work with corn and beans behind schedule. It mentions a noisy motor scooter boom, a new jail, summer paving contracts, pensioner housing, and high school data programs at the Univ. of Iowa. The writer previews a Men’s Music Club program and signs as a nephew.
Finke joins hospital board filling unexpired term
On Wednesday May 12 Finke was named to fill the unexpired term of Harold Ahrens as chairman of the St Finke hospital board. Richard Ross of Washington was elected board chairman. The report also notes a $30 donation from Mike Trier to aid the Dutch Creek Flyers 4 H citizenship trip to Washington DC and details various local community activities and hospital entries.
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St Finke
Crawfordsville
Harold Ahrens
Finke
Richard Ross
Washington
Mike Trier
Keota
Washington County
Dutch Creek Flyers
Saturday Journal Summary for Out-of-State Readers
The Saturday Edition offers a concise weekly local news digest for former Washington residents and out-of-state subscribers. Available by mail for $3.50 per year, it provides a quick recap of the week's key items.
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Journal
Washington
Teenage Road-E-O winners advance to state meet
Jon Turnipseed and Sheila Goodwin won the boys and girls divisions at the local Teenage Road-E-O in Washington sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. State competition is set for June 12 in Keokuk. Dennis Murphy and Doris Blieu were runners up. Police report three break-ins and one attempted break-in on the north side of Washington.
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Washington
State
Y’s Men’s Club
Red Cross
Lincoln School
George Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Washington County
Young Women’s Christian Association of Washington
Harry A. Phillips
YMCA
Fred Martin
Washington High School
McKinstry
State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Jon Turnipseed
Sheila Goodwin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Keokuk
Washington Lumber and Fuel
W. Third
N. Marion
Perdock Olds-Cadillac
E. Second
North Second
Paul’s Shoes
West Main
Spurgeons
County Home Licensed for custodial care in 1965 66
The Washington County Home received a state license for custodial care for 70 beds ending May 12, 1966. The license followed a Department of Health review confirming the county home met custodial-home standards for the coming year. In other news, Dineen Marie Cecero was born May 6 at U S Naval Hospital St Albans NY to Mr and Mrs Earl V Cecero, the former Margaret Schulty.
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Charles M. Denison
Washington County
James Rich
St. James Home
Father Lew
Bernard McCarthy
Richard Schuck
James Redlinger
Edward Peiffer
John Wilson
Glenn Wilson
Washington
Ames
Chicago Tribune
Army
Air Force
Navy
John
Department of Health
State Department
Lyle Schultys
Dineen Marie
Earl V. Cecero
Nautilus Avenue
Seagate
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States Naval Hospital
St. Albans
Margaret Cortright Schulty
Bobby Schulty
Ann Marie Cecero
Hospital and Births Notice From Washington Area
Hospital admissions and discharges listed for yesterday and today include Peter Perdock Wayland and Jim Thompson Ainsworth with associated spouses. Births reported Saturday to William Eugene Zieglowsky and partner in Washington. Several patients, spouses, and guardians named across Washington Brighton Crawfordsville Kalona Harper Keota and Sigourney with medical surgical and newborn notes.
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Peter Perdock
Wayland
Jim Hotle
Washington
Jim Thompson
Ainsworth
Kathryn Snyder
Brighton
Edwin Lukovsky
Boyd Lowry
Eugene Zieglowsky
Medical notices and birth announcements in Washington area
Yesterday and today several residents are listed for medical care and births. Names include Mrs. Mattie Kes sell in Brighton and Mrs. Gifford Morrison in Washington. A son is reported for Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Gray of Columbus Junction and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bradley Fulton of Columbus Junction. Other names appear: Miss Bertha William son, Miss Debbie Altenho fen, Jack Marston, Miss Kathryn Snyder, Miss Mary J. Davis, Walter Cline, Mrs. Howard Sayre.
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Mattie Kessell
Brighton
Gifford Morrison
Washington
Bertha Williamson
Debbie Altenhofen
Harper
Jack Marston
Robert Kientz
Mary Montgomery
George Zeck
Robert William Gray
Columbus Junction
Robert Bradley Fulton
Kathryn Snyder
Mary J. Davis
Walter Cline
Howard Sayre
Des Moines Pair Wed In Double Ring Ceremony
Miss Sandra Jean Robertson daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd G Robertson of Washington and Paul K Theisen of Des Moines son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Theisen of Sauk Centre Minn were united in a double ring ceremony on Saturday May 8 in Des Moines.
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Dale Robertson
Lottie Robertson
Steve Larson
Lloyd Robertson
Steve
Charlotte Jackson
Des Moines
Sandra Jean Robertson
Lloyd G. Robertson
Washington
Paul K. Theisen
Herbert Theisen
Sauk Centre
Minn
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D. D. Sherman
Washington Ymca
Union Daily Vacation Bible School
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Young America Pta
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Davenport
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Muscatine
Hayden Hughes
Washington Municipal Band
Sunset Park
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Burlington
Mark Estes
Muscatine General Hospital
Blair
Minnie) Wood
Sigourney Hospital
Edward
Lottie Mabel) Gray
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Jefferson County Hospital
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Ronald
Rose Brophy Wieland
Mt. Olivet
Walter Boeckman
Sorden and Adams Funeral Home
Anthony L. Schott
John Schott
Columbus Junctionfrank
Fay Dwinell
Fredonia
Word Weavers
Mid - Prairie
J. L. McGraw
St. Ambrose Parents Fund
Washington Area
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Duane Hagensick
Fairfield
Rose Reid
Miami Beach
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Supreme Shrine
Ruth Caldwell
Los Angeles
Reid
Jack Reid
Roger Simmering
American Angus Association
St. Joseph
Missouri
Glen Bratcher
Robert Huber
John Phleger
YWCA
Donald Hixson
Barberton
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Ralph Hixson
Robert Mayer
Charles Mayer
Harry Hutt
Victor Mayer
Tom
Carrie Mayhew
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
George Goetz
Faye
Hurley Long
North English
Roy Smith
Cedar Rapids
John Goetz
B. E. Miller
Jeffrey Allen Bell
David Bell
Times
Jan Hotle
Betty Earnest
Jim Ossman
Joe White
Nancy Mangold
Abbie Timmins
West Chester
Mary
Bruce Temple
Ken Cuhel
Sally Smith
County Extension Office
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Myrtle Genkinger
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N.C
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Millie Moore) Kelley
Peoria
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Dubuque
Thomas Ashley Jr
Tag
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Silas Ross
Grooms
Zilpha Woods
The
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank of Riverside
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Whittier
Nellie Kos
Earnest Hinkle
Clyde Lambert
Carthage
Tom Becker
Middletown
Aunt Agatha
Ted Bailey
Turkey
Mid-Prairie High School
Univ. of Iowa
United Ere
Halcyon House
Men’s Music Club
Albert Wehr
Veterans Hospital
Golia Miller
Alvin Shebeck
Ronald C. Meyer
Rod al
Bettendorf
Gary Shebeck
Shebeck
Will Longer
John R. McEvoy
Mr. McEvoy
Rock Island, Ill
Martha
R. J. Thornton
Ted R. Thornton
Formosa
Ted
Charles Randolph
Sacramento
Ida McKune
Randolphs
Scotty
Tami Lynn
Robert Lowe Sr
Meryl Steele
Willard Gray
Dennis Murphy
Doris Blieu
Marion Snodgrass
Addie Snodgrass
Estherville
N. E. Demoney
Assumption
North Scott
Central
Gretchen Miksch
Great Hall
Memorial Union
Robert Miksch
Howard B. Gardner
Roy Hodges
Hodges
Jerry Johnson
Jan Gardner
Stanley Skinner
John Koutre
Claude Woods
Mabel Bower
Ted Howell
Herb Osincup
Polaroid
Lincoln
James Houstman
Joy Batterson
George Masson Jr
William Eugene Zieglowsky
Stanley Hale
Jerry Lee Coblentz
Kalona
Leo Hammes
Sigourney
Debbie Sue Altenhofen
Surgical
Dale Times
Clarence Johnson
Clayde Knupp
Cora Mee Williams
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