Flags Fly Over Washington County Veterans Graves Memorial Day
American flags will mark graves in Elm Grove and Woodlawn Cemeteries this Memorial Day weekend. The DAR, led by Mrs. Charles Hotle, Mrs. Maurice Meyer, and Mrs. Stephen Wiggers, will place flags for Civil War veterans and veterans of earlier wars where possible. The article recounts local Civil War enlistment, casualty figures, and notes on veterans from Washington County across Revolutionary War to World War II era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Viggers
Elm Grove
Woodlawn
Daughters of the
Charles Hotle
Maurice Meyer
Stephen Wiggers
DAR
Washington County
City
Washington
Dr. Lee
Wassonville
Lee
Class of 1922 honored at Kalona dinner
Kalona May 22 graduates of the Class of 1922 were guests at the Kalona High School alumni dinner at Mid-Prairie Junior High. Honorees from Davenport to Rock Island received yellow rose corsages. Memorial Day observances are planned for Kalona and Richmond with speakers Dr. C Dendy Garrett and Tracy Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Kalona High School
Mid-Prairie
E. J. Hesselschwerdt
Raymond Yetty
Gladys Carpenter Gast
Davenport
Edith Smith Small
Jennie Britton Owens
Iowa City
Ford Skola
Marvin Eimen
Donald G. Hochstedler
Board of Control
Harry Jirsa
Marie Herner
M. J. Maas
Ronald Spicher
David Rhodes
Gail Shaver
Richmond
Amvets Post 107
American Legion Post
American Legion Auxiliary of
Sharon Hill Cemetery
C. Dendy Garrett
Richmond Public Cemetery
Tracy Anderson
Holy Trinity
Kalona Rebekah Lodge
Zimri Rebekah Lodge
Washington
Odd Fellow Hall
Kay Kaalberg
Donald Dickel
Clifford Small
Velma Spicher
Raymah Dawson
Iowa approves bid to buy Sabula bridge
The Iowa Highway Commission approved a Davenport bid for $500,000 in revenue bonds to buy the Sabula Mississippi River bridge linking Sabula to Savanna Indiana. Blair A Phillips and Co posted about 4.9 percent net interest. $450,000 funds the purchase, $50,000 covers operating capital. tolls will retire the debt, with the bridge to be toll free in 1986.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Highway Commission
Periodical cicadas to visit Southeast Iowa in May and June
Iowa State University extension entomologist Harold Stockdale reports that 10 counties in Southeast Iowa may see thousands of periodical cicadas in May and June. The two races emerge every 13 or 17 years, do not sting, and cause damage mainly during egg laying. Stockdale notes emergence timing, life cycle, and a method for submitting specimens for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Harold Stockdale
Iowa State University Extension
Stockdale
Iowa State University
Kiwanis hears Brazilian girl at weekly luncheon
At the Kiwanis meeting Dr. Tweeton hosted Mrs Jan Petersheim of Kalona and her guest Miss Sylvia Pitonbo of Sao Paulo Brazil, the current foreign exchange student at Mid Prairie High. Pitonbo shared slides of Brazil showing city planning and rural villages. Washington members later joined Fairfield Kiwanis for an interclub dinner with Lt Governor elect Dr M L Tweeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Tweeton
Jan Petersheim
Kalona
Sylvia Pitonbo
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Pitonbo
Petersheim
Mid - Prairie High School
Fairfield
Washington
Ray Carter
Leon Hillman
Pete Holder
Dick Paul
Rex Lee
John Sproule
M.L. Tweeton
Dr. Tweeton
Shanna Christine born at Ainsworth home May 16
Mrs. Ed Skubal and new daughter Shanna Christine arrived home in Ainsworth May 24. Shanna weighs 8 pounds 3 ounces and has a brother Billy and sisters Alesia and Nicole. Also noted are graduations and family events including Murray Kueneman earning a B A degree at Iowa Wesleyan and plans for further study and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.A. Thompson Ainsworth
Ed Skubal
Shanna Christine
Shanna
Billy
Alesia
Nicole
Murray Kueneman
Iowa Wesleyan College
Harold Kueneman
Richard
Garry
Sophia Kueneman
Riverside
Ray C. Miller
Washington
John Wesleyan Holland Union
Ken Rene
Highland
Garry Kueneman
Kirkwood College
Murray
Mt. Pleasant
James Post
Gary
Ind
Harold Kuenemans
Doug Graf
Duane Rarick
Ainsworth
Columbus Junction
Muscatine
Lone Tree
Iowa City
Doug
Elvin Graf
Duane
William Rarick
Wickes
Camp Polk
Diana Rarick
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
College of Humanities and Fine Arts
University Auditorium
Cedar Falls
Corwith, Wesley and Kanawhan
Vearl Pruess
Kenneth Pruess
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Timothy Brown
New Jersey
Dutch Creek Township
Samuel Lewis
Hillcrest
Brighton
John Ayers
Pilotsburg
James Sewell
Lexington
Uriah Ingram
Samuel Davis
Roberts Chapel
Alexander Young
James Marr
Jehiel Meacham
Clay
Abel Todd
William Corbin
Mexico
United States
Nathan Holson
Cedar Township
Thomas Scott
Louisana
Iowa Township
Elias Leyard
New York
Daniel Mickey
Oregon Township
Philip Haynes
Lime Creek
Burrell
Tom Allen
Kirkwood
Cowles
Washington Light Guards
Co. H
Second
Iowa Infantry
Lights Guards
Washington Rifles
Kirkwood Guards
Richmond Guards
10Th Iowa Infantry
I.G. White
Smith Brookhart
Tally
South English
Chipman
Co. D
Iowa National Guard
Jacksonville
Florida
Ralph Conger
Bert Huff
Fred Crawford
Carlton Wilson
J.T. Matthews
YMCA
Leon Beatty
Henry Russel
Floyd Wallace
Edward Claffey
John Flannigan
Dewey McAvoy
James Farr
Orville Means
Homer Hawkins
Claude Fisher
Garland Teel
James Thoma
Charles Polton
Wellman
Edgar Davison
Ona Stephens
Martin Wright
Henry Booth
William Kellerhals
Felix Pauls
Leon Gestry
Walter Keyser
Richard Keiper
Lyles Lord
Harry Sheets
Keota
Charles Vodicka
George Wells
Paul Dunlap
Jacob Miller
Earnest Ledman
Charles Walton
Adolph Bushek
Carl Hahn
Harry Thompson
Galen Sitter
Merton Topping
Dale Reeves
Jessey Harvey
Fred Jones
Ira Schantz
Crawfordsville
John Terry Mathers
Europe
National Guard
D.W. Harvey
Hollingsworth
Brookhart
1St Cavalry
Camp Dodge
113Th Cavalry Regiment
113Th Cavalry
113Th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron
Armored
134Th Medical Company
Kaalberg
Spicher
Alva Kepler
Larry Plank
George W. Fry
Rose Sleichter
R. H. Peterseim
Fay W. Boon
L. J. Strickler
Jack Guengerich
Willis Gingerich
Milwaukee
Wis
Kathy Verhein
Robert Masch
Walter Ledman
Della Downs
Ledman
Wayne Lehman
Alexandria
Minn
Melvin Saforek
Ontario
Calif
Lamont Kelleys
Richard Kelleys
Richland Cubs
Richland Pack
Marvin Connelly
Allan Mullikin
Darrin Mathias
Doug Westercamp
Leon Connelly
Dennis Blakely
Danny Goettsche
Steve Harras
Scott Horas
Alan Nordyke
Ron Long
Troy Sievers
Jeff Weber
Brett Mourer
Sabula
Kiwanis
North End Grocery
NEW Delivery Service
Roger E. Thompson
Washington Evening Journal
Salty Sweets
Carlisle
England
UPI
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South B
John C. Owen
East Main Street
Stewart & Shearer Attorneys At Law
Richard A Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
ML. Tweeton
North Marion
J.R. Bissland
Production Credit Association
Washington, la
Melvin Schneider
Maplewood Manor Nursing Home
P.L. Etter
Osteopathic
Optometrist
John W. Lemmon
Iowa Avenue
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