Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds Hold May Rank Ceremony
The Camp Fire rank ceremonial and Blue Bird Fly-Up occurred May 18 at St. James School. Jody Brock and many others received Trail Seeker, Wood Gatherer, and Fire Maker certificates and beads. three- and five-year membership honors were awarded to several girls. Special recognition went to leaders, assistants, and sponsors including Kalona Alpha Club representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James School
Don Pilcher
Garth Rustan
Jody Brock
Brenda Buffington
Brenda Capps
Monica Jarvis
Susan Young
Marty Johnston
Jeanine Ramsey
Kaye Knight
Lori Vargason
Teresa Bowser
Karmell Bowen
Diane Lillie
Kathy Roberts
Karla Wright
Carmel Milaan
Sandra Ball
Judy Hyde
Lori Siegrist
Lauri Booth
Barbara Solbrack
Kathy Dann
Myrna Fountain
Debbie Craig
Connie Stalder
Vera Beemblossom
Pam Warren
Cindy Smith
Cynthia Tisor
Ann McAndrew
Angie Murphy
Lori Nigh
Mary Kallous
Peggy Shalla
Nancy Schaefer
Gail Shaver
Paula Yoder
Nancy Shaefer
Diana Fetters
Katie Wright
Helen Sv
Lisa Moothart
Angie Solka
Lynn Elliott
Laura Mil
Anita Tellin
Larry Griggs
Dyle van Fleet
Robert Bates
Paul Evans Jr
Gene Booth
Dean Knight
Gayle Burkum
Cheri Burkum
John Ramsey
Richard Young
Donald Tisor
Robert Warren
James Lloyd
Wes Widmer
John Carey
Duane Krotz
Larry Fulton
Marlin Peiffer
Neal Lampkin
Darrell Bandy
Frank Peterson
George Ball
Wayne Hyde
Merritt Wellington
Bill Swift
Charles Burbach
Richard Schuck
Kathy Fisher
Dwight Colliver
Wilbur Wright
Betty Radda
Jennie Bomber
Marvin Yoder
Lloyd Pantel
Calvin Hickman
Charles Corpman
Roger Miller
Kalona Alpha Club
H. E. Peterseim
Revival series by Rev Ulmet at Nazarene Church
Rev Aleck Ulmet will preach nightly May 19 to 22 at the Church of the Nazarene at Avenue B and Highway 92 in Cedar Rapids. He is a 29 year veteran pastor born in Ft. Pierre SD and has served in Iowa and Indiana. Special music features a Cedar Rapids youth choir on Saturday. Rev Joseph Shimko Jr. is pastor of the Washington Church of the Nazarene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleck Ulmet
Church of the Nazarene
Avenue
Rev. Ulmet
Ft. Pierre
South Dakota
Dakota Plains
Northwest Nazarene College
Nampa
Idaho
Iowa
Indiana
First Church of the Nazarene
Cedar Rapids
Church School Board
NYPS
Ulmet
Joseph Shimko Jr
Washington Church of the Nazarene
Fish Day draws volunteers and prize awards at local event
Washington County Sheriff Don Robertson distributed gold star pins to winners and consolation prizes for anglers with the fewest catches. The Ike's provided noon meals with a golden brown chicken by Corbin Crawford and Ken Peters. Volunteers Terri Roland Doug Greenlee and Steve Bartholomew all seniors at Washington High helped run the annual Izaak Walton League event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicky Hudson
Washington County
Don Robertson
Ike’s
Corbin Crawford
Ken Peters
Terri Roland
Doug Greenlee
Steve Bartholomew
Washington High School
Izaak Walton
Melinskis Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
Long-time Washington residents Mr and Mrs Joseph P Melinski now of South Bend Ind observed their 60th wedding anniversary on May 2 with a 1 pm mass at Christ the King parish. Notre Dame Glee Club sang as family members helped with liturgy and a 150 guest basement reception followed. The couple’s story includes a 1911 marriage in Polishville, years running a Washington greenhouse, a Post Office career, and later relocation to South Bend with extensive family around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P. Melinski
Washington
South Bend
Ind
Stanley Rdzok
CSC
Stephen Sedlock
Michael Glockner
Christ the King
Notre Dame Glee Club
Daniel H. Pedtke
Melinskis
Helen
William Pedtke
Robert Pedtke
Daniel Francis Pedtke
Andrew Smithberger
Stanley
Dorothy Pedtke
Robin
Washington, D. C
Marlie
Billy
Timmy
Mary
Indianapolis
Peter
Theresa Pedtke Morris
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Mike Glockner
CSO
Lafayette
Mary Beth Walker
Hugh D. Walker
Okinawa
Kevin
Kathleen
Susan
Molly
Brigid
Catharine Pedtke
Aix - En - Provence
France
Joe
Lucille
Little White
Polishville
Post Office
East Jefferson
Brick Road
Indiana
Peddkes
Cathy
Professor Pedtke
Jet
Amsterdam
Brussels
Munich
Vienna
Innsbruck
Venice
Rome
Milan
Zurich
Paris
Aix
University of Vienna
Webster College
St. Louis
Social Calendar Notices Show Week’s Community Events
Social calendar items list meetings and events for Thursday through Monday across groups such as PEO Double Deck Club Masonic Lodge WSCS Rebekah Lodge IOOF Bethlehem Commandery Ascension Day programs Rainbow Girls Christian CWF and Senior Citizens Potluck. Changes include note of day shift for Walnut Women's Club and a cancelled Monday Nighters meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Tripp
M. D
Masonic Lodge No
Masonic Temple
H. J. Club
Hubert Malichky
WSCS
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Bethlehem Commandery
Walnut Women’s Club
Robert Johnson
Christian Cwf
Fellowship Hall
Charles Rademaker
Senior Citizens
Floyd Blankenhorn
4-H Dog Project Demonstrates Muzzling and Grooming
The 4-H Dog Project meeting at the Fair grounds featured Gerry Roberts demonstrating muzzle techniques. Sixteen members learned grooming, with Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers assisting and teaching how to show dogs for judging and how to heel to music for rhythm. The next meeting on June 4 starts an eight week obedience training course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
Gerry Roberts
Bill Chalmers
Funeral Services for Pearl Smith and Ralph Brown Sr.
Funeral services for Miss Pearl Smith were held Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Arthur Peters presiding and Mrs. T. R. Phillips as organist. Casketbearers included Edwin J. Peiffer and Keith Stewart. Burial followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Ralph Brown Sr. were also held Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Peterson presiding and Mrs. Robert Buffington as soloist. Mrs. T. R. Phillips played the organ. Casketbearers were Harold Wolf and Robert Swift. Burial was at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Dear Abby Clarifies Love and Complications of Marriage
Misgivings about marrying a veteran in a wheelchair are explored by Dear Abby. A 20 year old in Maine questions family plans and ends with a push for commitment and personal standards amid roommate conflicts and travel misdirections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
John
Maine
Personal advice column snippet raises questions about salaries
A fragment from a letter to Abby hints at dissatisfaction with salaries and urges the reader to speak up. The note, signed by Elizabeth B. K., president of See America Un intentionally Club, requests a stamped return envelope for a personal reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. K
See
America
Abby
Los Angeles
Cal
Comrades Class meets with Griggs
The Comrades Class of the West Chester United Methodist Church met at the Griggs home Tuesday evening with ten members present. Devotions were led by the hostess, and entertaining games and contests were run by Mr and Mrs Walter Bauer. Stephen Sandholm attended as a guest. Refreshments followed and the group planned no meetings until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Mary Wesleyan Service Guild Meets for Nominations
Seventeen members met Wednesday evening with hostess Mrs. Robert Carson. After devotions by Mrs. Ma Atkinson, Mrs. Margaret Clarkson led a lesson on Friendship. A nominating committee was appointed: Mrs. Max Lee, Mrs. Richard Ballard and Mrs. Truman Hysell. Co hostess was Mrs. Marion Hall. Next meeting at the Captain's Table on June 16 at 6:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wesleyan Service Guild
Robert Carson
Ma Atkinson
Margaret Clarkson
Max Lee
Richard Ballard
Truman Hysell
Marion Hall
Davis 19-year-old Navy service member promoted in Vietnam
Virgil E. Davis Jr., 19, son of Mr and Mrs Virgil E Davis of Ramseyer Trail, Washington, has been promoted to Army Specialist Four. He serves as an engineer with the U S Army Harborcraft Company in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil E. Davis Jr
Ramseyer Trailer Park
Washington
Vietnam
U.S. Army Harborcraft Company
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Nazarene Church
THA
Suncrest Homes
Washington Lumber CO
HIS & Hers
West Side Square
Dean Axbby
Abigail van Buren
Corrigan
Washington Chamber of Commerce Group
Coordinated Estate Services, Inc
S. Iowa
Dutine
Comrades
Griggs
Stephen Sandholm
Guild
Davis
VFW
Washington, Iowa
Billie
Dick Weeks
National Bank of Washington
Crawfordsville
the National Bank of Washington
Sass
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Advertising Associates, Inc
Maquoketa, Iowa
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