Memorial Day in Washington and hometown week notes
A nephew writes of Memorial Day scenes in Washington with sunny weather, ceremonies, and many flags at cemeteries. He visits Sunset Park and describes parks, pools, and new playgrounds. recalls baccalaureate and high school graduation numbers, plus a student fundraiser for a four room schoolhouse. He mentions church services in a Drive In theatre, summer baseball starts for youths, local interest in a homemade airplane, and ends with affectionate regards.
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Sunset Park
Chicago Cubs
Fisher Son Tracy Lee Listed In Gazette Notice
Tracy Lee Fisher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Eugene Fisher, Rural Route 1, Wellman, is named in the Stork Gazette notice.
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Tracy Lee Fisher
Mrs. Carroll Eugene Fisher
Wellman
The Week On The Farm Field Report
A farmer recounts a week of field work with soybeans planted and corn rows tended by rotary hoe. Stand counts reach 19 000 to 21 000 per acre with excellent row distribution, and planting proceeded without planter breakdowns. Weather and crusted soybean patches affected growth, while waterways were repaired and seeds sown to stabilize soil.
Washington Kiwanis honors 30 seniors at banquet
The Washington Kiwanis Club honored 30 graduating seniors at its annual banquet held at the Captain's Table. Rev. Mark Bayert led the invocation, with over 100 diners present. Honor Student pins were presented by P. E. Holder.
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Washington Kiwanis Club
Mark Bayert
P. E. Holder
Multiple Deaths Reported Across Iowa Towns
Local obituaries list Ernest Ray Meeks of Washington dying May 25 1960 with body donated to University of Iowa College of Medicine. Others include Mrs Leon T Fullerton 69 of Washington who died May 25 1969 en route to a hospital, Mrs Claude Essley 93 of Brighton, Anton Peiffer 84 of Keota, Owen P Brumback 74 of Des Moines, Carleton Haven former Iowa Continental Telephone official who died in Port Charlotte Florida, Mrs Forrest Duncan 74 formerly of Columbus Junction, Mrs Vira Palmer 55 of Charleston Illinois, John W Elliott Sr former Ainsworth postmaster who died May 28 1969, Irving Maynard Gingerich 58 of Parnell, and Katie Miller 83 of Wellman.
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Ernest Ray Meeks
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Leon T. Fullerton
West Sixth Street
Washington County Hospital
Carleton Haven
Iowa Continental Telephone Company
Port Charlotte
Florida
NW Barre Drive
Grinnell
Parnell
Irving Maynard Gingerich
University Hospitals
St Mary’s Parochial to Close. Highland to Lease for Public School
St Mary’s Parochial Elementary in Riverside closes today due to funding gaps and stricter state rules for single grade schools. Highland Community Schools will begin leasing the site next fall for two classes each of grades one through three. Also noted are local graduates from Marycrest College and a car fire at the Ivan Hahn farm, plus a wrap on the Washington Y’s Men’s Club bridge marathon season finale with prizes awarded.
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Riverside
St. Mary’s
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Washington Y’s
The
Vietnam veteran Tom Nebel dies in Japan hospital
Tom Nebel son of Mr and Mrs Bill Nebel died May 28 in a Japanese hospital from wounds suffered in Vietnam. In other local news four men Bob Swift Mark Mosier Bob Dahl and Dick Embree built an experimental home built airplane plan to produce a rare seventh craft worldwide. Carolyn Hammen was named nursing student of the year at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing Iowa City and plans to join the army nurse corps. Ann McClure named Personnel Director for Advance Ross Electronic Corporation Washington plant. Jim Frier Washington County Extension Director was one of six county directors honored by Iowa State University for communications. he won first in feature news stories for a corn planting article in the Washington Evening Journal. Washington Jaycees held Driving Road-E-O. Tom Logan and Paula Harvey won. Other entrants included Charles Jennings Bert Miller Nancy Mattes David Toland Kirk Johnson Karla Kneen Pam Knaack and Bill Smithburg.
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Bill Nebel
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Swift
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Paul Hammen
Route 3
Mercy Hospital School of Nursing
Iowa City
Hammen
Army Nurse Corps
Jim Frier
Washington County
Cooperative Extension Service
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Frier
Washington Evening Journal
Washington Jaycees
Tom Logan
Paula Harvey
Charles Jennings
Bert Miller
Nancy Mattes
David Toland
Kirk Johnson
Karla Kneen
Pam Knaack
Bill Smithburg
Hospital Admits and Discharges Snapshot
A county hospital listing shows numerous admissions discharges and transfers across Washington Wayland Wellman Keota Sigourney and Ainsworth. Patients include Bertha Hartman Ida GrIM Larry Dingman Madge Rabernold Kenneth Rich Jo sephine Schlarbaum and Carroll Fisher with births noted for a son to Carroll Fisher and wife.
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Bertha Hartman
Washington
Ida Grim
Winfield
Larry Dingman
Bessie Tucker
Frank Casey
Madge Rabenold
Ainsworth
Medical
Kenneth Rich
Wayland
Surgical
Wilbur Matthews
Salem
Fred C. Zieglowsky
Roy Gerot
James Harris
Lacy Lines
Jeffrey Gier
Juliana Waechter
Sigourney
Helen E. Wolfe
Pleasant Plain
Josephine Schlarbaum
Brighton
Carrie Wheeler
Russell Leichty
Ronald Nash
Keota
Donald McFarland
Local weddings mark spring ceremonies in Washington and Cedar Rapids
Multiple marriage notices from Washington Iowa and surrounding areas detail ceremonies at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church and Westminster Presbyterian in Dubuque, with Rev. Vernon G. Elgin and Rev. Mark Bayert officiating, plus Ina Meier and James Cook wed in Cedar Rapids as Dr John Woods officiates. Other couples include Susan Kay Minick and Danial Robert Martin in Washington, and Dianne Skrivseth and Dennis Day in Dubuque. Participants include Ruth Ann Wilson, Hubert L. Wilson, Charles W. Clauston, Dorothy Clauston, and family members. The notices appear in the May 31 1969 edition of the Evening Journal.
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Susan Kay Minick
Don Minick
Washington
Danial Robert Martin
Robert Martin
Brighton
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Vernon G. Elgin
Mark Bayert
Dianne Skrivseth
Dubuque
W. L. Skrivseth
Minneapolis
Dennis Day
Robert Day
Westminster Presbyterian Church
West Presbyterian Church
Cedar Rapids
Kathy Ann Meier
James Cook
Harold Cook
John Woods
Richard Meier
Mr. Meier
L. Cpl
Richard L. Meier
Obituary notes for Kalona residents dies in Iowa City
Mrs Laura Ihrig aged 73 died Thursday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Raymond Bontrager of Kalona died this morning in Veterans Hospital Iowa City. services pending at Peterseim Funeral Home Kalona.
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Laura Ihrig
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Peterseim
Raymond Bontrager
Veterans Hospital
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