VFW Auxiliary and clubs host meetings and events
The VFW Auxiliary initiated three new members and reported on charity efforts including two tons of magazines and clothing to Salvation Army and gifts to Senior Citizens. Upcoming events include a May 23 potluck, district convention planning, and craft sessions, with leadership and hospitality noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Ardella Harvey
Sandy Altenhofen
Margaret Pepper
Dave McGaffey
Salvation Army
Washington Evening Journal personnel and dial settings
The Washington Evening Journal lists staff roles including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Vice President Advertising Director Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent The paper operates afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th It is entered as second class matter under a March 38 1879 act at Washington Iowa 52353 and is part of United Press Leased Wire with Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn and Iowa Press Assn Subscriptions are marketed in Iowa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Post
Social calendar highlights events and meetings
Thursday lists PEO at 8 p m Mrs Charles Berdo FOE Auxiliary 7 30 p m at hall Double Deck Club 7 30 p m Mrs Oral Mayo Family Living no meeting until May 25 St James Circle 8 p m Mrs Ernie Kriner White elephant sale Friday WSCS 9 15 a m May Breakfast at church Rebekah Lodge 8 p m IOOF Bethlehem Commandery Pot luck dinner cancelled 1st Presbyterian UPW Circle II 1 30 p m Mrs Charles Schiebel Christian CWF 9 30 a m Nurser Installation of officers Methodist Congregation 6 p m Potluck supper at church Ernie Logan speaker Saturday Country Club Dance 9 30 12 30 At Country Club Shirts and Skirts 8 30 p m Legion Hall Ken Crow caller Snack table Guests welcomed Monday Music 8 p m Mrs Ira Morrison Applied Arts II 6 30 p m Mrs Wallace Fagen Salad supper Wash-Away Tops Club 8 p m YWCA Golden Age Club 10 a m YW rooms Sack lunch
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Berdo
FOE
Hall
Oral Mayo
St. James Circle
Ernie Kriner
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Bethlehem
Country Club
Legion Hall
Ken Crow
Ira Morrison
Wallace Fagen
YWCA
Methodists plan weekend Lay Witness Mission
Washington Methodists complete plans for a three day Lay Witness Mission at the local church. Ernie Logan of the General Board of Evangelism will direct with Des Moines laymen assisting. Activities include a Friday pot luck at 6 p.m. and registration at 4 p.m. with programs, Saturday breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and a 9 a.m. meeting, and Sunday activities ending with a 2 p.m. assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington BPW District 5 Wins Membership Contest
Washington Business and Professional Women's Club reports District 5 has won the Iowa membership contest. Delegates from this district to the State Convention in Des Moines will receive privileges such as reserved seating, special badges, first in line for materials, voting rights, and related recognitions based on membership and engagement factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Business and Professional Women’s
Iowa
Frances Miller
Washington
Des Moines
Washington Club
Joe Janecek
Lou Hough
Geraldine Schulty
Mary Koehler
Presbyterians May Adopt 1968 Confession At Assembly
At the 179th general assembly in Portland Oregon the United Presbyterian Church in the U S A opens with debate over the Confession of 1967 a proposed major doctrinal change. Delegates from 188 presbyteries number over 800 discuss the new faith statement along with civil rights and crime as they elect a new moderator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland. Ore
UPI
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
General Assembly
Hire principal and teachers for Waco district
Lou Schrader signed a contract to be Waco high school principal starting July 17. He is a graduate of Upper Iowa and Northeast Missouri State, has three years as principal at Central City, and has coached and taught for years. Thomas Barnes will teach industrial arts at Waco and Winfield Mt. Union, coach Winfield Mt. Union Junior High football, and he graduates from Western Illinois. Ray Joeken and Bonnie Alcock also signed contracts to teach at Wayland, with Joeken teaching elementary physical education and assisting with football, wrestling, and track, and Alcock teaching second grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Schrader
Waco
Schrader
Upper Iowa
Northeast Missouri State
Central City
Schraders
Thomas Barnes
Winfield Mt. Union
Amana
Marengo
Western Illinois
Illinois
Winfield-Mt. Union
Ray Joeken
Bonnie Alcock
Joeken
Miss Alcock
Wayland
Upper Iowa University
Egypt demands UN troops removal on Gaza border
Cairo radio reported the United Arab Republic urged UN Secretary General Thant to withdraw the 3,400-man UN emergency force from Egypt and the Gaza strip. Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riyad said the force’s presence requires UAR approval and requested it end promptly. Kern County, Calif., is cited unrelated as the text notes it as a producer of black-eyed beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
UPI
United Arab Republic
U.N
Thant
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Cairo Radio
Middle East
U.A.R
Mahmoud Riyad
Riyad
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Kern County
Calif
Wednesday Night Guild Renamed Ruth Wesleyan Service Guild
church parlor program by Mrs M O Smith led to a business decision to rename the group. They plan a county home tour and dinner at the Captain's Table with devotions by Mrs John Schenk and refreshments by several members.
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Thirty - Niners Club
J. F. Larson
Ruth Nolan
Everett Burham
Joe Schlatter
M. O. Smith
Ruth Wesleyan Service Guild
John Schenk
Sally Smith
Billy Deaton
Marsh Atkinson
Livestock Prices and Driver Licenses Reported
Chicago livestock buyers held steady to higher trade with hogs 6,500 head. No 1-2 barrows and gilts 200-225 lb mostly 25.00 to 25.50. cattle test light with steers 23.50-24.25 and heifers 23.50-24.00. 102.3 million licensed drivers in the United States by end of 1966 per Bureau of Public Roads.
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Chicago
UPI
United States
Bureau of Public Roads
Family reunion brings twenty-year gap to Wellman
Mrs. Myrtle Cropper of West 3rd Street was surprised on Mother's Day by a family reunion at her son Herbert Nicholls home in Wellman. Family members unable to attend called or sent flowers over Mother's Day weekend, marking the first gathering in twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
W. C. Richards
Mike Koehler
George Colthurst
Hawaii
Don Simmering
Myrtle Cropper
West 3Rd Street
Herbert Nicholls
Wellman
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Willard Gray
Francis Reed
Women’s Releif Corps
Women’s Relief Corps
Joe Lang
Laura Longwell
Roy Sojka
Jane Lambertson
VW Room
Robert Ryner
Keith Williams Jr
Neal Hall
Glen Fuhr
Marion Hall
Earl Booth
SIP
John Gamon
Don Gardner
Sperry Caster
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Fort Dodge
Lena Ramseyer
Thora Pease
Mildred Berry
Rosemary Club
Charles Wiley
Mary Crandall
John Cherry
Frank Wenger
Wenger
Handcraft II
Prairie Home
Cloyce Stewart
Millie van der Zyl
Jefferson County
William Sitler
IST Presbyterian Circle V
Robert Gillesby
UPW Circle V
Dale Close
Lawrence Zeuhlke
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Press Ass
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Waenington
Viking
Carpet Department
BPW
Presbyterians
Admiral
Harper
Payne’s
Dial
Good Shepherd Mission
Mission Society of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church At
Alfred Lemke
William Yunk
Brighton
Brighton Methodist Church
Ocean Irwin
Herbert Campbell
Joe Jones
Ainsworth
Irwin
M.L. Crawford
Rcas Society
Dorcas Society
Men’s Brotherhood
James Baughman
C. K. Schantz
Larry Krabill
Carol Reschly
Wayland Mennonite Church Hall
Armstrong
Minick Furniture Co
Nat’l. Bank
Osincup’s
Squire Shoppe
Wilson’s
North Side Sq
FBI & Sat
Mallory & Alexander
Klein
HAT Department
Klein Klothing Kompany
Clarence Logan
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