Washington History Notes and Local Achievements
Fourteen members of Washington Boy Scouts Troop 237 visited the Hawkeye Downs exhibition in Cedar Rapids. Highlights include Larry Campbell chairing Reel Reviews at Iowa State College and Bennington carrier crew updates. Esther Wolfe earns music education degree. Virgil Hancher to speak at Northwestern University commencement. Esther and Cynthia Barnes-related items. 30 years ago notes cover Almon Dewey Paris study, R C Watson move, and local school attendance and activities.
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Washington Boy Scouts Troop 237
Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Area
Keith Barnes
Route 1
Brighton
Jim
Bennington
Bette Vane Aueneis
T. A. Michels
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Esther Wolfe
Charles H. Wolfe
Churchill
Galesburg
James Millikin University
Decatur
James Millikin
Sigma Alpha Tota
National Professional Music Sorouty
Pi Mu Theta
Millikin
Hornet
Crawfordsville
JT. King
Marriages across towns mark spring nuptials
In Columbus Junction West Point Mary Kay Mehmert wed John Crom at St Marys Church with a double ring ceremony. Also in Columbus Junction Romelia Guardia wed Myron L Frisk at St Anthonys Church South San Gabriel. In Viola Wisconsin Janeen Olson tied with Ronald Hoyt at a Viola Methodist Church. In Ainsworth Sandra Lay wed Larry Knight at the Ainsworth Methodist Church with a double ring ceremony. Local parents and families attended as floral decor featured yellow and white mums daisies and palms.
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West Point
Mary Kay Mehmert
Ted Mehmert
John Crom
Luther Crom
Washington
J. A. Wagner
St. Marys Catholic Church
Columbus Junction
Romelia Guardia
Miguel R. Guardia
South San Gabriel
Calif
Myron L. Frisk
Leonard Frisk
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Janeen Olson
Viola, Wisc
Ronald Hoyt
Viola
Wisc
Byron Johnson
Frank Hoyt
Ainsworth
Sandra Lay
Iowa City
Larry Knight
Cedar Rapids
William Simbro
J.D. Rabenold
Clyde Knight
Clyde Little
Brighton
Poem of the Week Yeauburd Neighbor Portrait
Poem describes a neighbor seen from a doorway with a chimney smoke reading good morning. The speaker and neighbor share farmland topics crops prices and calves. The speaker declares deep emotional connection to a neighbor who knows their heart and roots them in soil.
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Yeauhburd
Helen Virden
Awards Day honors at Washington Junior High School
Junior high students were recognized for scholastic and extracurricular achievements at the Awards Day program. Miriam Jones was named state publicity chairman for the Iowa Association of Student Councils. A $60,000 Farmers Home Administration loan funds a Lagos Acres golf club and swimming pool for 175 farm families in Keota. L. A. Jones was honored by the Iowa Funeral Directors Association for 50 years as a licensed mortician. More items note anniversaries, reunions, and travels of residents, including Kirtons, Gebhardts, Gustafsons, and Dowells, with family visits and graduations in Ames, Alaska, Spain, and Sunset Park.
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Washington
Miriam Jones
Iowa Association of Student Councils
Keota
Farmers Home Administration
Gene L. Hoffman
Lagos Acres
L. A. Jones
Iowa Funeral Directors Association
Washington Way pageant to open June at fairgrounds
Mrs Don Maxwell coordinates a historical pageant for Washington 125th Anniversary called The Washington Way. Cast appeals to clubs organizations and individuals with performances planned for June 10 to 13 at the Washington fairgrounds. Ed Simmering Joe Cochran of Washington and Leland Horton of Brighton serve on the federal jury in Davenport. In local news, births, birthdays and travels are reported along with community notices and corrections to prior misprints about addresses and attendees.
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Don Maxwell
Washington
Washington Fairgrounds
Ed Simmering
Joe Cochran
Leland Horton
Brighton
Davenport
Funeral for Griffeth Brother Held in Bushnell Ill
Clinton Griffeth laid to rest as family gathered Monday in Bushnell Illinois for the funeral. Mrs Leo Stone supervised piano pupils in a recital at Fellowship Hall Methodist Church Friday and Saturday evenings with four state contest pupils among the performers attended by relatives and friends. Earnest Haifley, formerly of Washington, now in Veterans Hospital Iowa City on 6th Floor West room 5, is receiving rheumatic fever treatment and would welcome mail during several weeks of hospitalization.
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Modesto
Calif
Raymond Sankey
Austin
Texas
Kirtton
Anna Williams
Clyde Garrett
North 7Th Ave
Sunset Park
William Wiles
Wellman
Ox Yoke Inn
Amana
Jes
Allie Haller
Cecil Amlong
Walter Jackson
Patricia
Iowa City
William Duwn
Kalona
Juanita Haller
Islea Schulty
Geraldine Schulty
Washington
Charles McConnell
Will McConnell
Francis McConnell
Douglas Dowell
Ames
Ednagle
Vista
Slagle
Iowa State University
Dowell
Air Force Academy
Roy Whiteman
Monmouth
Ill
Bill McConnell
Feth
Bushnell, Ill
Clinton Griffeth
Leo Stone
Fellowship Hall
Earnest Haifley
Conesville
Veterans Hospital
Lloyd Humston
West
Grace Miller
Robert Risk
Chula Vista
Washington merchants plan decorations for 125th anniversary
Washington a busy town as merchants prepare storefront displays for the 125th anniversary celebration with hopes of 100 or more participating. Local bowling association held its annual meeting at Melody Lanes and plans for 1965 were discussed. News covers graduations, hospital visits, and community gatherings with several residents traveling or hosting visitors.
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Washington Bowling Association
Melody Lanes
Washington survey site named by Iowa Employment Security Commission
The Iowa Employment Security Commission announced in Washington that Washington has been chosen for a community resources survey. The report also notes local social and school events, graduations, hospital transfers, and residents visiting or traveling to nearby cities.
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Emerson
Iowa Employment Security Commission
Washington
Ainsworth youth wins REC essay contest regional honor
Mike Zahs son of Mr and Mrs Dean Zahs of rural Ainsworth is named a regional winner in the REC Essay contest for his piece Rural Electricity in Eastern Iowa. He will travel to Washington DC by bus to meet President Johnson while his grandparents and great grandfather are noted.
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Jerry Flory
Adair
Atlantic, Ia
Curtis Allan
Janice Davison
Charlie Davison
Wayland
Orville Flory
Washington
Mike Zahs
Dean Zahs
Ainsworth
REC
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Mike
Johnson
Edgar Whetstines
Newton Whetstine
Columbus Junction
Deaths flood local notices across several towns
Obituaries list Sophia Singmas ter aged 89 at Twilight Rest Home Keota William Hoskins near Pleasant Plain dies in Ottumwa Hospital Mrs Orville R Thoma 63 of Ainsworth funeral May 24 Ainsworth Methodist Church Ida Kron 91 of Riverside to be buried Richmond May 23 at Holy Trinity Church Lloyd Rensberger 56 killed in tractor accident near Frytown funeral May 23 West Union Mennonite Church Urban Hargraasen 45 rural Letts St Josephs Columbus Junction Edwin Detwiler 30 Hesston Kan drowned at Lake Kanopolis last Friday Updated family ties to Humstons in Colorado Springs.
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Orville R. Thoma
Ainsworth
Ainsworth Methodist Church
William Simbro
Ainsworth Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Riverside
Ida Kron
Richmond
Holy Trinity Church
William Snell
Sorden - Adams Funeral Home
Richmond Cemetery
Wellman
Lloyd Rensberger
Frytown
West Union Mennonite Church
Paul Guengerich
Dean Swartzendruber
Columbus Junction
Hargrasen
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
St. Joseph's Church
Clifford Egret
John Hargrason
Vincent Morrissey
Edwin E. Detwiler
Hesston
Kan
Lake Kanopolis
Ellsworth
Dettwiler
Washington
Harry Detwiler
la Junta
Colo
Hospital notices from Washington area births and admissions
Monday admissions include Mrs Myrtle Morgan in Washington and Mrs Keota in Augustine. Dismissals include Ralph Melville of Washington. Yesterday lists include Mrs Burdell Martin Walter Wolfe Mrs Daniel Mastson Kalona and Vicky Bartholomew. Today features Mrs Fred Martin and Baby Mayer in Keota. Further entries note Rosa Riley Donald Ferguson Mabel Timmins Elgan Edwards Claude Dickerson Jean McCrabb Ralph Moothart Myrtle Morgan Esther Palmer and Larissa Hood with various medical statuses in Washington Keota Wellman and surrounding areas.
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Myrtle Morgan
Washington
Keota
Medi- Augustine
Ralph Melville
Burdell Martin
Walter Wolfe
Daniel Mast Andson
Kalona
Vicky Bartholomew
Fred Martin
Rosa Riley
Donald Ferguson
Mabel Timmins
Wellman
Elgan Edwards
Claude Dickerson
Jean McCrabb
Ralph Moothart
Local Health and Birth Notices From Yesterday and Today
Yesterday hospital and clinic notes list Chester Crosby Pleasant Plain Allen Schantz Washington Douglas Graber Washington Milo Patterson Washington as adults under medical care. Births include Mr and Mrs Earl Baumert Harper a son and Mr and Mrs James Richards Washington a daughter. Also yesterday Mrs Joe Tobin Ainsworth hospital stay and today John Holmes Crawfordsville medical Henry Bomber Keota and Robert Bruegge Ainsworth noted.
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Pleasant Plain
Allen Schantz
Washington
Douglas Graber
Milo Patterson
Earl Baumert
Harper
James Richards
Joe Tobin
Ainsworth
John Holmes
Crawfordsville
Henry Bomber
Keota
Robert Bruegge
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Minneapolis
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