Death notices and social notes from local Washington area
Ida Lemberger learns her sister Eva Jones of Sacramento has died after weeks on a Sacramento hospital critical list and a memorial fund is started. The column then records weekend visits, university honors for David Johnson of Missouri, multiple social visits across Iowa and Illinois, church events, graduation happenings at Iowa State University, family travel between Washington, Ames, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and Peoria, and notes about corrections in a Journal marriage caption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Lemberger
Washington
Eva Jones
Sacramento
Calif
David Johnson
Dwain Johnson
University of Missouri, Columbia
Poplar Bluff
Social Calendar for Rebekah Lodge and Masonic groups
Social Calendar lists events for Rebekah Lodge, Lodge No. 26. Supper at Masonic Temple, regular meeting for Masons, Legion Auxiliary coffee at Mrs Schoonover, Past Matrons Club gathering, Wingas Saturday Shirts and Skirts at Legion Hall, Maurice Garmoe caller, couple's 2-ball and steak fry at Country Club, golf 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. and bring own steaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Hall
Masonic Temple
All Masons
Legion Auxiliary
Norman Schoonover
Wingas
Legion Hall
Maurice Garmoe
On the Record Hospital Admitted Yesterday and Dismissed Today
Hospital notices list admitted patients Mrs. Marshall Crossett Cynthia Sproule Harold Gamon Terry Lee Gingerich Dale W Jones Kalona and Miss Nancy Ropp from Washington and Brighton and dismissed patients Mrs. Henry Berdo Keith Augustine Leonard Horak Riverside Mrs. Keith Anthony and Minnie Stewart Washington Also a brief UPI note reports President Nixon inviting guests to coffee at Elliott Richardson swearing in amid Watergate strain. no pending court matters noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Crossett
Washington
Harold Gamon
Ashington
Cynthia Sproule
Howard Baker
Terry Lee Gingerich
Dale W. Jones
Brighton
Surgical
Nancy Ropp
Kalona
Henry Berdo
Keith Augustine
Leonard Horak
Riverside
Keith Anthony
Ainsworth
Minnie Stewart
UPI
Nixon
Elliot Richardson
Jana Flickinger Honored At Bridal Showers
Miss Jana Flickinger was honored at a Saturday bridal shower hosted at the home of Mrs. Everett Meeker with co-hostesses. Guests included her grandmothers, Mrs. Ferne Flickinger, Mrs. Anna Meeker, and Mrs. Clyde Dawson Sr. Gifts were opened as reflections on marriage were read before she wed June 9 to Thomas Dawson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jana Flickinger
Everett Meeker
Calvin Wolf
Irv Whitham
George Krogmeier
Garden Towers
Ferne Flickinger
Avery Tucker
Winthrop, Iown
Anna Meeker
Clyde Dawson Sr
M.R. Flickinger
Clyde Dawson Jr
Miss Flickinger
Thomas Dawson
Grocery shower honors Mark Shearer and Vat Van Houten
A grocery shower for the couple, Mark Shearer and Vat Van Houten, was hosted by friends and parents with 12 couples attending. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shearer and Mr. and Mrs. George Van Houten joined as special guests at the Morris home. Gifts arrived in grocery carts and were opened during the event. Refreshments concluded the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Shearer
Vat. van Houten
Paul Shearer
George van Houten
Charles Morris
Local 4-H Posters Shine At State Conference
Robyn Wheeler of Washington and Julia Gamon note that 50 posters were entered in the Iowa 4-H poster contest last spring. State Conference delegates will evaluate the entries June 12 to 15 with top selections advancing to the National 4-H Conference. The winning poster is used for posters and calendars to express what 4-H means to participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newi
Robyn Wheeler
Washington
Julia Gamon
Iowa
Daughters of American Colonists meet for dessert in Washington
Martha Washington Chapter of DAR hosted a dessert at Captain's Table with cohosts Mrs. Robert Kurtz and Mrs. Vernon Swearengin. State regent Mrs. L R Carson spoke on her April trip to the national assembly in Washington. Theme Advance on Many Fronts. National president Jules Michelet helped raise 10,000 for Wesleyan College scholarship. Joliet Marquette landing’s 300 year celebration discussed for Toolesboro Louisa County June 23-24. marker relocation noted. Chapter donated money to Mrs. Carson’s project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pac
Martha Washington
Daughters of American Colonists
Robert Kurtz
Vernon Swearengin
Kurtz
L.R. Carson
Oskaloosa
National Assembly
Washington, D.C
Jules Michelet
Own Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Joliet
Marquette
Toolesboro
Louisa County
Carson
Kissinger complains about seating at White House POW gala
Washington UPI report says presidential adviser Henry Kissinger told White House social secretary Lucy Winchester not to seat him next to an engaged woman again if her fiancé is present at the POWs gala. He spoke Friday after a Thursday night party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Lucy
Lucy Winchester
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Wapello
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Mike Laughlin
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Robert Bates
Craig Arbuckle
South B
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East Main Street
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Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
Earl C. Wright
M.L. Tweeton
North Marion
Production Credit Association
North Iowa
Melvin Schneider
Maplewood Manor
Keota
P.L. Etter
Osteopathic
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John W. Lemmon
Osincup
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