Washington community scenes brighten Memorial Day plans
Plans are set for Camp Fire girls and Blue Birds to march in the Memorial Day parade and for a Poppy sales campaign on May 24. The week features visitors, community events, and notes on local education, elections, and upcoming projects including a May 27 store opening by Julius Kunik in Washington.
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Camp Fire Girls
Blue Birds
J.M. Berry
George Alfred
Rochester
N.Y
G.O. Hendrickson
Ames
Simpson
Raymond Redlinger
Earl Redlinger
Ft. Knox
Robert E. Porter
Roberta Ann Porter
Karl Kneen
Jon Kneen
Berda Kneen
Jerry Busbee
Johnnie
Mt. Union
Nola Faulkner
Phil Kneen
Karin Kay
Mollie Jane
YMCA
R.E. Arthur
Robert Brewer
Robert Everetts
Verle Gallagher
Logan Heilman
Washington County
Washington
Iowa
Iowa State College
Robert Buck
Sunset Knolls Farm
Richard Pressler
San Diego
Calif
Elva Allbaugh
Leo
Sigourney
Mr. Pressler
George Dare
Pres Dent
Quiest
Iowa Wesleyan
Donna
Joan Prescott
Charlotte Earls
Joy Davis
Miss Davis
Wyman
Roger
Mothers Day Gatherings Connect Washington Amid News
In Washington the community marked Mothers Day with family gatherings and dinners. Several households hosted relatives from Des Moines to Minneapolis, including the Rich and Gingerich families. Local residents, including Ruth Dupuis and the Shy family, shared visits as part of weekend celebrations and notable travel.
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D. J. Rich
Merle Statler
Dale
West Chester
E. P. Rich
Clay Blanchard
Clay Dean
Des Moines
Area Deaths This Week
Keota Peter J. Adam 73 lifelong Harper resident died at home Saturday. Wellman Charley Marek 76 died at 5 this morning at Washington County Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. Mrs Martha Bennett Hines died Saturday morning in Denver Colo. Eli Speidel 87 died this morning at the home of his daughter in Wayland. Ralph E Shannon 74 editor publisher of the Washington Evening Journal died today at Washington County Hospital. Elia Merchant 89 died this morning at Parkview Rest Home Wayland. Wayne C Lyle 65 farmer on route two Keota died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City.
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B. C. Hebensberger
Colorado Springs
Colo
Carl Hedges
BPW
Winga Cafe
Helen Virden
Mt. Pleasant
Caroleen Sartor
Georganne Rudiger
Fred Jarvis
Oskaloosa
Garden Department
Methodist Church
Teachers Club
State Cafe
Joe Duen
Helen Levis
Mable Moore
Robert Young
Harry Dye
North Fourth
W. J. Chandler
William Maas
Audrey Hotle
Griffith and
American Legion
Roy L. Smith
Dorothy Flading
Marie Stewart
Lois Humble
Rosella Sheetz
Northwestern Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
P. L. Etter
Home Service
County
Red Cross
Paul Putnam
Waller Eastwood
W. Eastwood Arthur Brayton
Des Moines
Washington
Clara Barton
Harrison Street
Commercial Club
Myrta Jeffrey
H. J. Ward
Carlton Wilson
Mike C. Lewis
A. E. Cunningham
Agnes Swift
W. W. Wilson
Anna Dawson
A. R. Oates
Frank Appleby
Chautauqua Park
Ed Squire
Charles Jackson
L. B. Lupton
Ralph Pratt
Clyde
Fox Theatre
Winfield
the Heights
Duvall
Josephine Phillips
Eloise Mallory
Louise Wasson
Gail Wilson
Charles Chance
Earl Limerman
Troop D
North Marion Avenue
Rock Island
LaSalle
Ill
Ernest Casey
Parsons College
Fairfield
Matt Casey
Mary Kirka
Keota
Peter J. Adam
Harper
Wellman
Charley Marek
Washington County
Martha Bennett Hines
Denver
Hines
West Chester
Colorado
Wayland
Eli Speidel
Ralph Stuart
Ralph E. Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
State of
Iowa
Elia Merchant
Parkview Rest Home
Wayne C. Lyle
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Marriages This Week Highlight Iowa Weddings
This week features several weddings including Janice C Ponce and Harold A Mulherin in Iowa City on May 12 with a Tiffin home celebration, Kathleen Marie Kelly and Stanley F Hackett in Marion, Hubert Lehrer and Dorothy Dusenbery in a Christian Church ceremony, Jacquelyn Dee Conrad and Jared T Powell in Keota, and a Goshen Indiana home reception for the couple.
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Janice C. Ponce
Charles Ruple
Harold A. Mulherin
Leon Lind
Iowa City
Tiffin, Lo
Hubert Lehrer
Dorothy Dusenbery
The
Christian Church
West Tyler
Keota
Jacquelyn Dee Conrad
Maurice Conrad
Jared T. Powell
Lewis J. Powell
St. Mary’s Church
Goshen
Ind
Poem Of The Week First Place Washington Entry
First place in the National High School Poetry Contest goes to a Washington high school student with a vivid piece about a spinning foreign object in the sky. The poem uses motion and light to evoke airborne wonder and ends with the object returning to the poet's hand.
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Washington High School
Lester Snow Sr Admitted To Veterans Hospital Iowa City
Lester Snow Sr was admitted to Veterans Hospital in Iowa City Tuesday for medical care. He is on sixth floor east, room 17, and would appreciate hearing from friends. Rev Jacob DeKoning and Mrs DeKoning of Oskaloosa visited friends in Washington Tuesday. They and two of Sallys sisters have just returned from a trip through Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico. They visited Albuquerque and the Grand Canyon.
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John Hindahl
Florence
Richard Powers Jr
Perry
Francis Bales
Des Moines
Shery Ann Poortinga
Bales
P. L. Fenn
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Lester Snow Sr
Veterans Hospital
Jacob DeKoning
DeKoning
Oskaloosa
Washington
Sally, Ja
Nebraska
Colorado
New Mexico
Albuquerque
DeKoping
Grand Canyon
Hospital News Admits and Discharges List
Daily hospital notes show admissions from Washington Wellman Crawfordsville and Keota. Patients admitted include Everette Hallock Mrs Joe McGraw Mrs Fred Gealy and many births and discharges across multiple towns.
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Everette E. Hallock
Washington
Joe McGraw
Fred Gealy
Marvin Hole
Crawfordsville
Merton Scalf
Wellman
Daniel Aggson
Kenneth Pettebaum
James Milam
West Chester
Peggy Wagner
Conesville
Stephen Hunt
Wapello
John Houseal
Columbus Junction
Faye Mackey
Robert Ayers
Parnell
Rex Todd
Remembering Ralph Shannon A Humorous, Kind Writer
A nostalgic tribute recalls Ralph Shannon as a beloved speaker and friend. The piece praises his humor, self deprecation, and knack for turning serious subjects into lighthearted stories, noting how he brightened classmates and readers with ready wit and generous anecdotes.
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Ralph Shannon
Sorden Relatives Gather at Keota
A Keota youth center gathering honored Professor L. G. Sorden and Mrs. Sorden of the University of Wisconsin as hosts of the May event. The 35 attendees shared a picnic lunch and a mushroom supper, with the Sordens staying overnight at the L. E. Sordens.
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Keota
Sorden
L. G. Sorden
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
L. E. Sordens
L. E. Sorden
Boyd Trier
Dora Molyneaux
Sigourney
Rex McNabb
Joe Hawkins
St. Louis
Bill Herr
Des Moines
Mildred Neiswonder
Myrtle Thoma
Ainsworth
Bill Ross
Stamp Corner highlights new Canadian and international stamps
The piece notes a June 13 Canada 5 cent commemorative for Jean Talon with first day covers possible at Ottawa Post Office. It also mentions Ryukyus Children’s Day 1962, Russia literary figures Dickens and Rousseau, a Poland bicycle race set, and topical stamp collecting trends across 6000 members of the American Topical Association. It caps with New Zealand Telegraph Centenary issues and denominations.
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Canada
Jean Talon
Ottawa
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Russia
Charles Dickens
Jean Rousseau
Poland
Berlin
Prague
Warsaw
American Topical Association
United Nations
North 50Th Street
Milwaukee
Wise
New Zealand
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Jesse Busby
Marion George
H. P. Wilson
Charles S. Custer
St. James School
George Kerr
Little Theatre of Washington Junior College
Sherman Watson
Alice Shelangoski
William Sartor
Julius Kunik
Tom Berdo
Mr. Kunik
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Valley
Dutch Creek
Carl Klein
Westphal Jewelry
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Elsie Glassburner
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Harry Montgomery
Vic
Bill Shannon
Maurine Walker
Gladys Turnipseed
News Review of the
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Minneapolis
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Gingerich
Milo Weaver
Ruth Dupuis
Mason City
W. B. Dupuis
Walter Lance
Cedar Falls
William Yordy
Robert Capps
Richland Milwaukee
Daryl Shy
Shy
Erwin Shy
Tom Gray
Grinnell
Mabel Gray
Lulu Long
Keith Molesworth
Baltimore
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Clifford Harper
Betty Schlatter
Annabelle Atchison
Ft. Madison
Los Angeles
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California
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Karl Robertson
Mark
Ann
Dennis Stout
Bradley
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Miles Stout
Jake Earnest
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Stout
Kephart
Richard McCrea
Clinton
Margaret Keyser
Winga's Cafe
Earl Eldridge
Indianola
W. S. Eldridge
Roger Hazen
Marengo
Howard Hazen
Dean
Phons. Redlinger
Ottumwa
St. Joseph Academy
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Mildred Mauthe
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Art Education
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Burlington
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Detroit
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Davenport
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Glen and
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Hawaii
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Col
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Fort Lee
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Oxford
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Riverside
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Vera Hysell
Ruth Waggoner
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Hannah Provance
George Sojka
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Emporia
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Seattle, Wash
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Duane
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Rock Island, Ill
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Osco
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Taylor Ridge
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Geneseo, Il
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Mt. Vernon
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Stephensville
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James Ropp
James Yoder
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Dale Marner
E.H. Whitehead
Cairo, Neb
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Elmer Livermore
Raritan, Ill
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Oakland
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Mommy) Warner
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Ft. Collins
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Newton
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Omaha
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Adrian, Mich
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Syracuse
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Baltimore, Md
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