May 22 1971 Dear Auntie Washington Update
A Week in Washington notes rain and cool spell with furnace use and a inch. Joe Melinski and wife celebrate their 60th anniversary in Indiana near their daughter. Local school programs include junior high open house and elementary concert. YMCA annual meeting featured Dan Grimm ex Green Bay Packer. Rotary Community Service Award honors Mrs. Dave McGaffey. Weather house story ends with a wren nesting. Affectionately your nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Melinski
Indiana
YMCA
Dan Grimm
Green Bay Packer
Cy Robinson
Dave McGaffey
Rotary Club
Local Births and Family Listings in Kalona Keota Areas
Nelson W. Herschberger son of Mr and Mrs Willis Herschberger Rural Route 1 Box 128 Kalona Sara Jane Greiner daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Greiner Rural Route 2 Keota Eldora May Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Junior Miller Rural Route 2 Kalona
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson W. Herschberger
Willis Herschberger
Box
Kalona
Sara Jane Greiner
Edward Greiner
Keota
Eldora May Miller
Joseph Junior Miller
SWITCH TO OFFSET Journal plans major changes
The Washington Evening Journal will switch from letterpress to offset printing in the local plant within weeks. Target date is mid July to early August with new equipment across the plant, including a replacement for the Duplex press and linotypes by computers. A darkroom will be installed to support page preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Journal
Journal Management
Evening Journal
Journal
Rotary honors Mrs. McGaffey for community service
Washington Rotary Club awarded Mrs. Dave McGaffey the Community Service Award during a Saturday night ladies night at the Captain’s Table. The accolade, given for years of unpaid work aiding needy Washington County families, was presented by Dr. M L McCreedy, with praise for her husband’s shared efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave McGaffey
Washington Rotary Club
Rotarians
McGaffey
Washington County
Five named to YMCA board in Washington annual meeting
The Washington YMCA elected five men to three year terms on its board at the annual meeting in the Community Room. Dan Grimm of Des Moines spoke, and Rex Lee was added for one year to fill a vacancy. Retiring directors Rev. Richard Peterson and Kelly Schlapkohl were honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
The
Dan Grimm
Des Moines
Green Bay Packers
Iowa Capital
Tom Waters
John Walker
Phil Ahrens
George van Houten
Giff Morrison
Rex Lee
L. A. Holland
Paul Gebhardt
Richard Peterson
Kelly Schlapkohl
Peterson
Y’s Men’s Club
Robert Huber
Ymca Board
Chicagua Izaak Walton Fish Day draws crowds to Lake Darling
The Chicagua Chapter of the Izaak Walton League hosted its annual Fish Day at Lake Darling on a windy morning. Over 3,000 fish from Spirit Lake Hatchery and Lake Wapello were stocked for 32 children and chaperones, prizes awarded at noon, with top catch by Matt Malek of Iowa City and four 14 inch bullheads among the morning leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Darling
Chicagua
Izaak Walton League
University Hospital
Iowa City
Washington
Spirit Lake
Lake Wapello
Bob Reeds win bridge marathon at Y.M.C.A.
Awards Night closes the 1970-71 Y's Men's Bridge Marathon with top honors to Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Reed who amassed 21 080 points. Second went to Mrs. Helen Doak and Mrs. Marie Jones with 16 190. Third to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kennedy with 15 546. The event featured about twenty five tables and highlighted strong performances across the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Robert S. Reed
Helen Doak
Marie Jones
Charles Kennedy
Pat Harris
John Butler
Ted Bailey
P. van Cleave
Dan Brindley
Elsie Glassburner
Phil Kneen
E. Ah
Washington City Council Won't Decide on Handy Pantry Beer Permit
The Washington council tabled a Class C beer permit request for Handy Pantry and will review it again later. They sent a park board request to permit an ice cream stand at Central Park during band concert nights. Bob Robertson was named to the swim pool commission to replace Bob Huber who resigned. A kitchen shower honored Miss Karen Wagner who will wed Jim Macdonald on June 5 in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City
Handy Pantry
Washington
Park Board
Central Park
Bob Robertson
Swim Pool Commission
Bob Huber
Karen Wagner
Jim Macdonald
Steven Storr
Margo Sadel
Joy Gardner
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Walter Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Jenny
AFS
Terry Dill
America
Tee de Gazette
Rotary Award
Mrs. McGaffey
M. L. McCreedy
Rotary Committee
Oskaloosa
Frosh
Ft. Madison
Mt. Pleasant
Mike Gray
Marshall Doughty
Tim Gallagher
Gary Black
Mount Pleasant
Jeff Holden
Steve Libe
Washington Country Club
Dick Paul
Curt Wells
Stewart
Dickey’s Prairie Home
Berniece Howell
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
Riverside
Eileen Jeffrey
Willard E. Gray
Bonnie Cuccia
Lindsey Air Station
Wiesbaden
Germany
Sgt. Cuccia
Air Force
United Presbyterian Church
Tom Beauchamp
Clara Rankin
Bill Koehler
Verle Gallagher
Bob Arthur
YWCA
Robert Dodder
Rebecca
Debra
Sara
Johanna
Council Bluffs
James Larson
Larson
Daryl Dodder
Jo Ellen
Nellie Dodder
United Methodist Church
Mr. Dodder
Washington Junior High School
Miss Jeffrey
Jeannette Hayek
Webster City
Mediapolis
Cedar Rapids
Miles
Reynolds
Ill
Vicinity
John Huckins
Topeka, Kan
Mildred Zieglowsky
Willard Deal
J. H. Jones
Mercy Hospital
Larry Jenkins
Wilton Junction
Loyal Banks
Denny Banks
Vicky Bartholomew
Olive Chalupa
Ford Chalupa
Lauren Chalupa
Jenkins
Shirley Banks
Lloyd Lemley of
Wellman
Clarence Blum
Muscatine
Elvin Graf
Victor Masson
Missouri
H. S. Jamerson
Topeka
Kan
Emma Tinnes
Mark Escher
Mr. Escher
John Richards
Tom Gray
Mason City
Fairfield
Richards
Mabel Payton
Roger Colthurst
Charles Bartholow
Carl Brown
Frank Moore
Winfield
Lee Hunt
Richard Lahr
Sandra Ritz
John Eagle
Delbert Earls
Debra Kaye
Thomas Lee Heisdorffer
Lee Heisdorffer
Jay Brewer
Sterling
Sterling College
Dennis Brewer
Dennis
William Brewer
University of Wisconsin
Beth
Tim Brinning
Robert Brinning
Dan Coon
Albert Cuany
Beaconsfield
England
Robin Cuany
Ft. Collins, Cole
Cuanys
Robin Cuanys
Ft. Collins
George Nadle
Mike Nadler
Randy Hillman
Hillman
Randy
Larry de Long
Dana Jo
Dana
Devan
Darla
Bill Robertson
Keith Augustine
Paul DeLong
Ron Augustine
Amy
Kent Stout
Robert Stouts
Iowa
University of Iowa
Kent
U of I
Washington Jaycees
Washington County Hospital
Lester Orr
Garden Department of Fortnightly
Demon
Pulliam
Hultquist
Muscatine Municipal Course
Muskies
Demons
Craig Paul
Joe Gebhardt
Tom Trier
Kim Walker
Steve Greene
Terry Custer
Wayland
Jim Ginkens
Terry
Bill Kindred
Christian Church
Erica Comer
Jerry Foriash
Miss Comer
Joe Marston
Bob Lewis and
Clark Smith
Osincup Drug Store
Chicago
Cmdr
Ed Bailey
Geoffrey
Timothy
Theodore Bailey
Washington, D. C
San Diego
Calif
John Kurtz
Ken Bake
House of Ken
G. E. Montgomery
Forest Grove
Ore
John Rusk
Carrington
N.D
Lynn Harvey
Pam
Tacoma
Wash
Earl Voelker
Preston Harvey
March of Concern
Council of Mid- Prairie Churches
Heifer Project and Children, Inc
Richard Dyer
Church Council
Joseph P. Melinski
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
Milo Steele Jr
American Red Cross
D. A. Morell
W. Larry Blair
Red Cross
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Ralph Howell
Gary Todd
Chester Holcomb
Helen Wylie
Sarah
Abrahams
Ralph Wilson
Todd
Don Wilson
Raymond Wilson
Eddie Kleese
Roy Clark
Ralph Humphreys
Kansas City
Ira Waterhouse
Pearl Woodford
Leo J. Sueppel Sr
Marlene Chabal
Scholtz Memorial Hospital School of Medical Technology
Waterloo
Miss Chabal
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Virginia Crone
West Des Moines
Drake University
Bob Reeds
Phil Rusley
Rusley
Burlington
Monmouth
John Patrick Hennigan
William J. Hennigan
James McClintock
Fighting Scot
Vivan Jennings
Russell Swenson
Centerville
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Robert F. Brewer
Robert W. Greenleaf
Brewer
Robert E. Rich
Rich
Iowa Southern
Ernst & Ernst
David Booth
Willis Booth
Park Avenue
Cayucos
California
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
David
Gordon K. Faber
Susan Kay
Charles R. Schooley
Raymond L. Schooley
Denver Smith
Doris Faye
Carl Mennes
Clad Mennes
Atlantic
Diane Miller
Sarasota, Fla
Don Hess
Paul Miller
Walter Hess
Lancaster, Pa
Charles Paterson
Aspen, Colo
Mrs. Paterson
Lillian Dehne
Paterson
Fonda Dehne
Jeffrey, Adam
Mat