Local social notes from Washington area activities
Local items recount family trips to Missouri and Kansas for visits. Dr and Mrs Victor Mas and Mrs H S Jamerson are noted, with hospital stays for knee surgery and daily visits. Community members attend piano recitals, college grants, and fraternity initiation. A Vietnam deployment is announced for Lt John Wilson, with regional visits and hospital stays mentioned for several residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Masson
Excelior Springs
Missouri
Topeka
Kansas
H. S. Jamerson
E. R. Cordry
Vandelia, Mo
Medical notices list various residents across multiple towns
On the record Saturday and Sunday several individuals are noted for medical matters. Names include Herbert Stills and Mrs. Lloyd Loeffler of Brighton, Maude Statler of Washington, Nondas Richardson and Merl Sherman of Washington with Mrs Ruth Thompson of Columbus Junction, and Floyd Ayres of Washington among others. Additional entries list Tracy Owens of Keota and the Fritz family of Brighton, Clyde Dickerson of Washington, and Mrs Elmer Karnes of Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Stills
Allerton
Lloyd Loeffler
Brighton
Maude Statler
Washington
Nondas Richardson
Merl Sherman
Ruth Thompson
Columbis Junction
Tracy Owens
Keota
Walter Fritz
Clyde Dickerson
Elmer Karnes
Wellman
Robert Day Named to Church and Society Group
Robert Day of Washington and Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church was elected to the standing committee on Church and Society for the 179th United Presbyterian General Assembly in session in Portland Oregon. The assembly governs about 3.3 million members and meets at Portland Memorial Coliseum with 7 commissioners and around 2,000 attendees. Day is one of 45 members tasked with reporting ethical and social issues of national and international character to the General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Day
Washington
Marion Avenue
United Asbyterian Church
179Th United Presbyterian General Assembly
Portland
Ore
Portira Memorial Coliseum
Mr. Day
General Assembly
Large crowd at Baccalaureate here
A large crowd attended the annual Baccalaureate program at Washington High School Sunday evening as the final week of activities opened. Rev. S. Ray Blair of Associate Presbyterian Church spoke with other ministers helping. The mixed chorus provided vocal selections ahead of commencement on Wednesday May 24 at 8 p.m. with four senior class members as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
S. Ray Blair
Associate Presbyterian Church In
Washington
Teen cited after single vehicle crash near Washington
Crash near the Virgil Lintz farm at one mile north of Washington at 11 p.m. Saturday involved four youths in a car driven by Richard Ayers 15 of Wellman. Ayers was cited for driving on an instructor's permit after attempting to dodge a rabbit and losing control. No serious injuries were reported. about $75 of fence was damaged and the car was a total wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ayers
Wellman
Washington
Ayers
Virgil Lintz Farm
Long Denies Hoffa Aid In Smear Tactics
Senator Edward Long labeled Life Magazine and others as spreading smear tactics over claims he used his investigating subcommittee to influence Hoffa's case. He said the payments from Morris A. Shenker were referral fees for various legal matters unrelated to government investigations. He maintained his committee was never used improperly and Hoffa remains jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis, Mo
UPI
Edward V. Long
D-Mo
Senate
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Long
Life
The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Low
Hoffa
Morris A. Shenker
St. Louis
Kmox-Tv
Shenker
Maxine Jones Receives Sears Roebuck Scholarship at ISU
Maxine Jones of route one Crawfordsville has been named recipient of a $400 Sears Roebuck Scholarship at Iowa State University in Ames. She will enroll in the College of Home Economics as a freshman next fall.
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Mary Jo Peiffer
Chm
Oskaloosa
University of Washington At
Seattle
Sidney
Montana
Maxine Jones
Route One
Crawfordsville
Sears Roebuck
Iowa State University
Ames
College of Home Economics
Ames University
New ANI Direct Dial Equipment Arrives for Wellman Phones
Wellman Telephone Company installs direct dial ANI equipment in Wellman. Crews will work late May and early June to install and test the system enabling seven digit direct calls without an operator. Subscribers will receive information and updated numbers will appear on phones. The U.S. Department of Labor projects over 7.5 million new jobs by 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Wellman Telephone Company
Wellman Cooperative Telephone Association
U.S. Department of Labor
Handicapped Children’s Fish Day Sponsored by Izaak Walton
Chicauga Chapter of the Izaak Walton League hosts its annual Handicapped Children’s Fish Day on Wednesday May 24 1967 at Lake Darling morning and Club grounds seven miles southwest of Washington on highway 1. Food donations drop at Ken Peters Barber Shop Wednesday morning. Members are asked to assist with baiting hooks and handling fish as children are patients at the state owned Hospital in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagua
Izaak Walton League of America
Lake Darling
Club
Washington
Highway 1
Ken Peters
Iowa City
Jo Ann Townsend dies in Wellman auto crash
Jo Ann Townsend 16 of rural Wellman died Saturday in an auto accident near Iowa City. A Mid Prairie High sophomore, she belonged to FHA and Wellman Methodist Church. Funeral Tuesday 10 30 a m at Wellman Methodist, Rev Robert Parris officiating. Burial in Wellman Cemetery. Powell Funeral Home, Wellman, in charge.
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Wellman
Jo Ann Townsend
Rural
Iowa City
Mid - Prairie High School
FHA
Wellman Methodist Church
Miss Townsend
Robert Parris
Wellman Cemetery
Powell
Cincinati
Ohio
Cecil and
Virgina Ann Cannot Townsend
James
John
Jerry
Michael
Jayne
John Cannor
Mattie Townsend
Daysboro
Kentucky
Frances Fisher of Wellman Dies at 66
Frances Genevieve Fisher 66 of Rural Riverside died Saturday at Washington County Hospital after a two week stay. Funeral is Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Wellman Cemetery with Powell Funeral Home in charge. Born Oct 9 1904 in Ottumwa she married Wayne Fisher in 1926. Survived by husband two daughters Ellen Yerkes Donna Late Theodora Scadden a son John W 12 grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Funeral details conclude obituary records.
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Wellman
Frances Genevieve Fisher
Riverside
Washington County
Ottumwa
Jesse and
Marisa Taylor Stump
The
Wellman High School
Wayne Fisher
Washington
Charles
Ellen) Yerkes
Worthington
Indiana
Dean
Donna
Trenton
Pawl
Theodora) Scadden
van Wert
Iowa
John W
Ethell Miller
Grant’s Passure
Esther Crossett
Columbus Junction
Theodore Stump
Las Cruces
N. Mex
Scene from a kitchen window 1934 memory of a dry summer
A 1934 diary fragment recalls a very dry May through summer with no garden and cucumbers from a creek. It recalls a mushroom foray in virgin timber, wildflowers blooming, and a Chicago family visit with large yellow mushrooms. Anecdotes cover Miracle Whip cream, a stubborn white spot on a table removed with oil and ashes, and TV reruns affecting color and black and white TV sales.
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Patsy
Jack
William
Chicago
Iowa
Virginia
California
Jim
Benders Convey North Half and Auditor Lots to Enos Bender
David H. Bender and wife transfer the north half of the southwest quarter and lots 1 and 2, Auditor's subdivision of the southeast quarter percent and lot 4, Auditor's subdivision of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter in section 19 77-7 to Enos D. Bender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Bender
Enos D. Bender
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Clyde Knight
Dale Darbyshire
Walter Sheets
Davenport
Kaylene Darbyshire
Steve Peiffer
Iota Kappa Gamma
Creighton University
Omaha
Neb
Don Hazen
Olive Watson
Roy Benson
Daveport
Kinderling City
Ozark Mountains
F. W. Warner
Craig
Agnes Hoepfner
Randalia
Carl Vierow
Manchester
Louisa Herman
Frederick Herman
Colleen
Earl Vierow
Waverly
Bruce Bunting
Cedar Rapids
Hoepfner
Warner Home
John Wilson
Glenn Wilson
Bert Balou
Montecello
Lt. Wilson
Vietnam
101St Airborne Brigade
Phan Rang
Walter H. Bruty
Mercy Hospital
Harry Forbes
Galesburg, Ill
Floyd Ayres
Marion Sttern
Fern Pastry Shop
Donut Holes
Pastry Shop
Carlton Mangold
Mangold
House of Service
Maxine
ISU
Joan Townsend
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Magnavox
Frances Fisher of
Lloyd Bauer
Powell Funeral Home
Methodist Church
del Monte
Duncan Hines
Ritz Facial
Texas
Dot
Elm Tree
Fuhr & Cochran
Jack & Jill
Hamburger
Armour’s
Fuhr
Cochran
Jack& Jill
Food Center
Dale Fuller
Joe Cochran
Seeateniahn and
Jemmel
Boeing
Yournsl
Ony
N. Side SQ
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