Washington Week in Review Keeps Out-of-State Readers Informed
Local notices recap events in Washington, Iowa, including new officers for the Christian Women’s Fellowship, obituaries, scholarships, weddings, and visits from relatives. The report highlights community milestones, church activities, travel, and regional ties across residents, schools, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Christian Women's Fellowship
Christian Church
Ray Leon
Don Gardner
Dale Dodge
Christ, the Rock
Week in Washington diary notes Iowa weather and town events
May 23, 1969 Dear Auntie reports a rainy cool spell in Iowa then sunshine. Street repairs, disaster planning talks, senior citizens craft show at the Y, YMCA annual meeting elects new directors, merchants plan Christmas hours, summer recreation and softball leagues forming, high school concert funds for AFS program praised.
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Iowa
Forties
Red Cross
Washington
YMCA
Don Minick
Bob Huber
Lee Holland
Bob Reed
Bill Sitler
Local Birth Notices for Washington and Kalona Families
Stork Gazelle announces births or congratulations for Guy Robert Horsey Jerry Lynn Stout Marilyn Elaine Helmuth Tammy Lynn Mohr and Wayatt Neal Young, listing parents and home addresses in Washington Kalona Wayland and Kalona with routing details and family lines.
The Week on the Farm: Graduation Reflections and Duty
Thaddeus urges graduates to pursue lifelong learning and useful service. He notes recognition at ceremonies, questions the profit motive as sole measure of success, and emphasizes dignity in all work and contribution to family and community.
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Thaddeus
Nebel wounded in Vietnam injury details released
Tom Nebel, 20, of rural Keota, was seriously wounded by small arms fire while on patrol in Vietnam after only three weeks in country. He sustained wounds to the spleen, liver, stomach, and left arm while serving with the 9th Infantry Division. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill D. Nebel, were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon C. Jarvis
Belleville
N. J
Taylor Jarvis
San Francisco
Waikiki
Hawaii
Carl Jarvis
Bill D. Nebel
Keota
Tom
Vietnam
Pfe
Tom Nebel
9Th
Senior Citizens Hobby Show At Local Center
Senior citizens showcase hobbies and crafts from button collections to oil painting at the local Y Senior citizen center. The show began Wednesday afternoon and runs Thursday night with a mix of displays reflecting community participation.
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Senior Citizen
the Y
Faster EKG service links Washington County hospital to Ottumwa clinic
Washington County Hospital implements a telephone E K G service with the Ottumwa Clinic to transmit electrocardiograms by voice tone at 1300 cycles per second. The transmitted tracing is received, interpreted, and reported within 3 to 5 minutes, aiding local medical staff. Also reported are local notices: Cloyce Dunbar held on attempted murder charge. senior class day at Washington High School. patient updates on Craig Waddell, Ernest Meeks, Lisa Claire Smith. visits and travels of Nancy Vittetoe. Mrs. Mondia’s return from Germany. local hospital patient Dwane Shalla. Bob Nance filming Lake Darling watershed for WMT-TV. Frank Gingerich’s return from Kirksville trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Logan
John Logan
Washington High School
Rotary Club
Tom
Journal
Washington County Hospital
Gagle
Kingsbury
Scott
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Clinic
West Chester
Cloyce Raymond Dunbar
Washington County
Mabel Lenore
Dunbar
Deaths From Several Iowa Communities In May 1969
Obituaries report the deaths of Mrs. Cora Boehme 97 of Kalona and Mrs. Leonard Curtis 87 of Columbus Junction. Barbara Ann Martin 83 of Wellman and Lester L. Strickler 71 of Iowa City died May 18 1969. Also listed are Mrs. Bob Johnson 52 of Keota and Edward S. Knotek 75 of Riverside. Bruce Goode and Mrs Cleo Shockey plus Bess Fesler and infant Robert Skipton are noted with death dates and locations.
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Cora Boehme
Kalona
Pleasantview
Columbus Junction
Leonard Curtis
Wapello
Wellman
Barbara Ann Martin
Shenks Nursing Home
Lester L. Strickler
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
Keota
Bob Johnson
Ottawa
Illinois
Violet Romine
Edward S. Knotek
Route One
Riverside
Washington County Hospital
Columbus
Robert Lewis Skipton
Harold Skipton
Denver
Colorado
Washington Couple Wed In Double Ring Ceremony
Bonnie Gray of Washington and John Cuccia of Irvington New York were married in a double ring ceremony Sunday May 18 at 1 30 p m in Emmanuel Lutheran Church officiated by Rev Einar Fetterman with only immediate family present Parents are Mr and Mrs Willard E Gray of Washington and Mr and Mrs Frank Cuccia of Irvington The Evening Journal Washington Iowa May 24 1969
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonnie Gray
Washington
John Cuccia
Irvington
N. Y
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Einar Fetterman
Willard E. Gray
Frank Cuccia
Steele first in pole vault at Fort Madison Relays
Washington Demons led by Kim Steele set a Relays record with a 12 ft 7 4 in pole vault, while Bill Schooley earned 11 ft 9 in. Mike Hennigan set a new local school discus mark at 146 ft 7 in, placing third. Keota notices report anniversaries, showers, and local hospital news plus a baptism and did you know about Edward E. Williams joining the Medical Administrators Academy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Demons
Kim Steele
Fort Madison
Steele
Bill Schooley
Mike Hennigan
Alan Cowell
Hennigan
Hospital Admissions and Births Across Washington Area
Hospital admissions include Mrs Helen Wolfe of Pleasant Plain for medical care and Ronald Ginkens of Keota for surgery. Births report a son to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Stout of Washington. Other notes list discharges and patients across Washington Kalona Sigourney Crawfordsville West Chester with medical and surgical entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Lynn Stout
Kenneth Stout
Washington
James A. Carriker Sr
Grove Place
Bloomington
California
Lauretta Dianne
Joseph Kenneth Hollingsworth
Joseph C. Hollingsworth
May Lane Pascagoula
Mississippi
Carrikers
Helen Wolfe
Pleasant Plain
Ronald Ginkens
Keota
Surgical
John Reinert
Richard Schenk
Elmer Helmuth
Kalona
Jodie Ritz
Juliana Waechter
Sigourney
Craig Waddell
Joetta Huff
Crawfordsville
Garrod McCullough
West Chester
Homer Godwin
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Layton Buffington
Florence Wells
Iowa State University
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Willard E., Gray
Kenneth
Madaline
Jimmy
N.Y
John Cucccia
Enos Miller
Harry Ramseyer
Iowa Federated Women's Clubs
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Terry Anding
Timothy James
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Turkey
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Diane Edwards
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Apo
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H.H. Club
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Victor Masson
Excelsior Springs
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Dr. Selness
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Starbuck
University of Iowa
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Future Business Leaders Association of
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Perdock Court
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Mrs
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Elmer A. Helmuth
Tammy Lynn Mohr
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Mt. Pleasant
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Panthers
Waterloo
Celeste J. Capps
Vernon G. Elgin
Marion Avenue
Gregory Boyd
Register and Tribune
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Greg
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Mid - Prarie High School
Sharon Meeks
Orval Meeks
Everett Meeks
Buel Meeks
Sally
Mark Meeks
Glen Geret
Grace Hill Ladies Aid
Robert Day
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra
Burton P. Mahle
Iowa Wesleyan College
Waco Middle School
Middle School
Daryl
Arleene) Shy
McCrory - McLellan - Green Company
Playboy Club
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Shy
McLellan
Nebraska
Michael Rotzinger
Nicholas H. Wegner
Father Flanagan
Boys’ Home
Michael
Boys Town
Raymond Wichman
Rice Lake
Wis
Cheryl Rae
Rex M. Neuhart
Harlan Neuhart
Women of the Prairie Flower Church
Patricia Farrell
Henrietta Booth
Sam Bowser
Oakville
Loren Renoux
Glenn Klopfenstein
Ft. Dodge
Kent Klopfenstein
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Kevin
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Omaha
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Robert Clark
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Washington Council On Religious Affairs
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Dick Herlein
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Board of Education of
The
United Methodist Church
Shirleen
Shirley S. Statler
Box 82
Mid - Prairie High School
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Betty Conrad
Larry Fletcher
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Cleo Fletcher
James Wilson
Max Mitchell
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Ted Woods
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Richard Gipple
Wayne Davis
Bill Swift
Frank Bruty
John Winga Sr
Frank Longwell
Minnesota
James Bruswitz
Craig
Doug
W. R. Murphy
Howard Waddells
Ernest Meeks
Nancy Vittetoe
Edwin Vittetoe
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McAlpin Hotel
George Patton
Patton Sewing Center
Fairfield
McCalls Pattern Company
Radio City
Rochette
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Empire State Building
Clara Mondia
Baumholder
Germany
Mike
Mabel Warner
Ann Haynes
Davenport
L. W. Carpenter
G. B. Holden
Miss Warner
Carpenter
Holden
Dwane Shalla
Bob Nance
WMT - TV
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WMY- TV
Lisa Claire Smith
Ezra Smith
Route
Lisa
Frank Gingerich
A. A. Martin
Randy
Kirksville, Mo
Bruce Goode
Los Angeles
Mr. Goode
Arthur Goode
Cleo Shockey
North
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Evening Journal
Bernard Hahn
North Ellis
Dana Hahn
Betty Brown
Marian Blick
Miss Brown
Terry Ellis
Mae Morlan
Centerville
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Harris
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Plymouth
Michigan
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Richard Horaks
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Ainsworth
Electronic Computer Programming Institute
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American Academy of Medical Administrators
Edward E. Williams
Johnson County Hospital
Warrensburg
Academy
Gene
Keith Williams Sr
Gertrude Davis
Howell Rees
William Hennings
James Young and Son
Jeffrey Gier
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Ronald Genkins
Mildred Zieglowsky
Cecil Riley
Gerard McCullough
Dorothy Worley