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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1972
Page
5
Thanksgiving letters describe a jolly family gathering and a seltzer shortage. Santa visits the Washington business district as shoppers prepare for Christmas and gifts, including Uncle Fuzz. Local 4-H youth aid the Governor’s Mansion in Des Moines.
A farmer reflects on a challenging harvest week with wet fields and stalled combines. Thanksgiving sun arrives after long rain and snow, prompting gratitude for the land and a call for wiser use of natural resources and policy support.
A wrap of brief items from Washington County includes Gwyneth Jones returning from Ireland after the International Farm Youth Exchange, Eleanor Bailey named to Who's Who among students, and fall plowing underway. Other notes cover church events, new local hires, highway news, birthday celebrations, and hunting outings, with shoppers and officials in local progress and plans.
The Washington County Extension Council elected five new members for two year terms starting January 1 1973. Re-elected are Peter Bell Allen Griggs and Ben Leeper. New members are Richard Eagle Larry Whestine Mrs Lathol Guy Mrs Gary Murphy and Mrs Bob Gerot. Jane Shearer joins Governor Rays 4 H entertainment project in Des Moines on Thanksgiving Day. Washington city council approves final payment for sewer project to Manett Carter Paving.
More than 400 attended the Washington County 4-H Leader Recognition and Awards banquet with Mike Evans introducing the collage You Are What You Do. Awards went to Jim Lutz and Mike Rich, while Farm Bureau Clover pins honored long service. The audience enjoyed The Merry Widow capsule and Broadway highlights in a packed high school auditorium.
David Edward Hildebrand a 28 year old electrician for Perfex Company in Washington died Tuesday night November 21 1972 in a single vehicle crash on highway 1 five miles south of Washington The car traveled 615 feet before stopping on its top after flipping on a curve in the shoulder Brighton resident for about a year was identified by officers The incident occurred at 1130 PM and the car rolled several times before coming to rest in the roadway Twenty eight County Home residents toured the high school and dined at Sandys on a Tuesday outing Volunteers and guides accompanied the group including Mrs Keiffer Garton Mrs Jim Gorham Mrs Richard Bordwell Mrs George Krogmeier Mrs Leon Hillman Miss Beverly McClelland Miss Donna Kauffman Mrs Charles Morris Mrs Ruth Genkins Mrs Joseph Cavanaugh Mrs Omar Eneagy Mrs Jane Broders and Leland Grove with Mr and Mrs Dave Bauer administrators of the County Home The tour guide list included Rusty Bannister Ann Krogmeier Mary Morrison Gary McClure Dale Sayre and Marshall Doughty Walter Longer was discharged from University Hospitals Iowa City after a month recovering from an auto accident Mail and visits are welcome Scott Dillon and Jeannette Brown joined Mrs Glenn Wilson for a pre Thanksgiv ing wedding trip to Mt Pleasant and Thanksgiving in Winfield Mrs Cathern Griffith and daughter Trudy attended a funeral in Abingdon Illinois for Mrs Griffith's sister in law Mrs Russell Smith of Citrus Heights California Gary McCurdy Washington Junior High Band Director was named to the Public Relations Committee of the Iowa Bandmasters Association to coordinate Southeast District publicity.
A sweeping Thanksgiving notice lists dozens of families visiting relatives across Iowa. Ken Connelly of the UNI Cedar Falls campus joins parents in Cedar Falls for holiday time, while Florence Leffel travels from Mt. Pleasant to Burlington for dinner with Katharine Leffel. Many others from Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Mt. Pleasant, Davenport, and neighboring towns share meals and visits with kin in Brighton, Rockford, Wheaton, Ft. Worth, Keota, Olivia, and beyond.
Judy Roth, a Goshen College student, is on a seven week field assignment in Liberia Costa Rica teaching English to sixth and seventh graders and assisting at the community nutrition center. She is part of a group of 18 Goshen students in a fourteen week Central American trimester program.
Multiple obituaries list Mrs. Margaret Belang 75 of 600 South Avenue B Washington and Mrs. Joe Nelson 78 of Washington with lingering illnesses. Also noted are Roy Teets 85 of Denver, McKee 83 in St. Louis, and Skip Schippers Pella square dance caller. Graveside rites set Friday 10 a.m. Elm Grove Cemetery with Rev. Kettlitz. Burial at Elm Grove.
Two weddings on November 18 featured Lila Carson marrying Joseph Muller at St. Marys Riverside with Rev. Boeckmann officiating. In a separate ceremony Miss Markis Manning wed Ronald Wagner at Hope Lutheran Church with Pastor Wayne Wilken officiating.
Morris Lamar Mast Emma Grace Miller Julie Renee McFarland Brian Dean Smith Wendy Jo Owens Matthew Allen Zager list newborns with parental names and addresses in Kalona Ainsworth Washington Crawfordsville context. Each entry names the child and parents with street or route numbers.
A long list of local families welcomed relatives and friends for Thanksgiving. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Miller of Columbus Junction with grandson David Anderson, the Norman Miller family of Davenport, the Morris family, Lins families from here and Iowa City, and Mrs. Howard Lins en route to Hayward California to visit Steve Lins and family. Pre Thanksgiving dinner was hosted by Henry Brooks and family of Ottumwa and Jim Proctor of Albia with Mae Lamb. Callers on Mae Lamb included the Sheenie Buck family of Ainsworth and Ruth Benson of Davenport.
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