Dear Aunt Agatha Week in Washington holiday notes and events
Dear Aunt Agatha recalls a rainy Santa visit in Central Park with children queued for gifts and first snow on Tuesday. Thanksgiving at home included a holiday roast and a nap. The piece notes early Christmas tree arrivals, high school wins, a lucky break for James Batterson from repeated car damage, a busy city council week, long lived policies, and anniversaries in Kalona and Washington.
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Santa Claus
Washington
Central Park
Santa
Highland High School
Louisa
Muscatine
James Batterson
Week on the Farm in New Orleans Nov 24 1971
A field diary describes intermittent rain in Louisiana and visits to the French Market on Decatur Street. It notes farmers paid hourly wages, satsuma fruit, a ferry crossing to Pointe a la Hache, and hurricane Camille damage in Venice. It cites King Oil port labor and a Taft-Hartley hearing in federal court affecting dock workers.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Decatur St
Satsuma
Mississippi
Pointe A la Hoche
West Bank
Ren
Wwe
Venice
Federal Court
Passing Years highlights family travel and local milestones
The column notes multiple regional updates: the Turners traveling to Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving, Lois Boettcher completing a public health course, Larry Shalla earning a farm management degree at Iowa State, and the Freshwaters planning another move with IBM. It also recalls 20, 2, and 40 year-ago items involving community figures, students, and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Shalla
Dwane Shalla
Iowa State University
Ames
Clarence Staller
Anchorage
Alaska
John Kurtz
James Freshwaters
Jill
Jean
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Freshwaters
IBM Company
Student wins 20 cents in Baltimore small claims case
Francis J. Colletta, a college student, won the smallest claim in at least five years in Baltimore small claims court. He sued for 20 cents after a bulky parking meter failed to credit two dimes he inserted on Sept. 28. He must pay 50 cents for the court order before receiving the 20 cents.
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Regan
Baltimore
UPI
Francis J. Colletta
Small Claims Court
Washington County hosts first historic homes tour draws 135 attendees
The Washington County Historical Society sponsored its inaugural historic tour of homes drawing over 135 visitors from Washington and surrounding communities. Homes on the tour included the John Elliott, Charles Berdes, and Ernest Lands houses with hostesses named. Weekend visitors included Alfred Evans of Seattle and Miss Pat Sekula of Bristol among others.
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Washington
Riverside Ainsworth
Kalona
Wayland
Washington County
Ed Rees
Carol
Ree
Alfred Evans
Seattle
Wash
Gladys
Winifred Evans
Chillicothe
Pat Sekula
Bristol
England
Jim Erhardt
George
Iowa City
Reeses
Bob Michaelsen
Cedar Falls
Washington Demons Flatten LM In 77-50 Victory
Washington Demons defeated Louisa-Muscatine 90 77 in a fast paced game. Coach Skip Speece used the entire roster with all 15 players seeing action before the final buzzer. Washington hit 48 percent from the floor and out rebounded LM 35 to 28 led by Joe Gilmore with eight boards and Steve Goff with seven.
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Washington
Demons
Breezea
Louisa-Muscatine
Skip Speece
Speece
Iowa City West
Joe Gilmore
Steve Goff
Deaths surface in diverse Iowa communities during week
Multiple obituaries report local passings across Hedrick Wellman Columbus Junction and surrounding areas. Phillip A Schantz died Nov 20 in Oskaloosa following birth date listed as Nov 20 1971 in error. Other notices include Pauline Souther aged 83 and Ora F Huggins 78. Lydia Gingerich 4, Gertrude Belle Lieberknecht 83, Eli Shafer 86 and Michele Musgrove 4 also noted with brief funeral details and illness context.
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Phillip Anthony Schantz
Hedrick
Fern Cliff Cemetery
Herbert Cottrell
Mr. Schantz
Mahaska County Hospital
Oskaloosa
Leonard and
Jacqueline Hulme Schantz
Columbus Junction
Gertrude Belle Lieberknecht
Letts
Muscatine General Hospital
Weekend Gatherings Highlight Mrs Thomas and Relatives
Mrs Margaret Thomas hosted guests over the weekend with her son Donald Thomas and family including Mark from Marion Indiana. They returned home Sunday. Pre Thanksgiving dinner guests in Alvin Shebeck’s home included Ronald Mayer Rod Al Rory Cal Bettendorf Will Longer Wayland Gary Shebeck Neal and D C Butler together with Mrs Thomas’s family.
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Margaret Thomas
Evan Rees
Alvin Shebeck
Ronald C. Mayer
Rod al
Rory Cal
Bettendorf
Will Longer
Wayland
Gary Shebeck
Neal
D. C. Butler
Ralph Kleese
Bill Kleeses
Iowa City
First Snow Falls in Washington County and Weekend Hazards
Washington County records its first real snowfall of the season with light accumulations by afternoon and traveler warnings for potential tonight hazards as skies clear tomorrow. Includes notes on insurance policy cash value payout to octogenarian Powell and local school sports results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
John E. Powell
Equitable Life Assurance Society
United States
Powell
Maplewood Manor
Keota
Equitable
J.W. Uhlman
Uhlman
Thanksgiving Dinners Across Town Tie Families Together
Families in multiple cities gathered for Thanksgiving on Thursday with extended relatives from Grand Island Washington Moline Ottumwa Des Moines and Monticello. Hosts welcomed kin from Iowa Illinois and California as dinners and visits marked the holiday, with travel between homes and a noon cooperative meal noted amid funeral attendances for Katherine Humston.
Dehne named superintendent elect of Halcyon House
Mrs. Lillian Dehne af washington is named superintendent elect of Halcyon House effective January 1 1972. She succeeds Mrs. Margaret Clarkson who led the home for over three years. The appointment is by the Executive Committee of South Iowa Methodist Homes Inc Clarkson plans retirement. A resolution commending her cooperative spirit and successful operation was ordered drawn.
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Lillian Dehne
Washington
Halcyon House
Margaret C. Clarkson
Dehne
South Iowa Methodist Homes, Inc
Clarkson
Iowa
Hospital Admits and Dismissals Across Multiple Days
Admissions and discharges listed for several towns including Washington Keota Ainsworth Wellman Crawfordsville and Wellman with medical surgical and long term care designations. Births noted for Keota with a daughter to Mr and Mrs Larry Sieren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Olson
Washington
Matilda Gorman
Keota
Joseph Clyde
Edward Collins
Jerry Coffin
Paul Lattoon
Kenneth Sutton
Ainsworth
Hugh Milne
Kenneth Kauffman
John Kolosik
Wellman Pane
Hazel Hartscok
Columbus City
Howard Sayre
Richard Kirk
Dean Luers
Riverside
Surgical
Larry Sieren
George Lord
Junior Ferguson
West Chester
Vada Heyde
Brighton
Henry Mineart
Ashington
Lyle Klein
Dennis Schoonover
Ethel Rugg
Wellman
Local Birth Notices For Sieren Stout Stalder Dill
Lori Renaa Sieren daughter of Lawrence and wife's Rural Route 1 Kevin J Stout son of Stephen and wife Rural Route 1 Crawfordsville Matthew Jon Stalder son of Richard and wife 1003 East End Washington born recently noted in Stork Gazette with residence details.
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Lori Renae Sieren
Lawrence Edward Sieren
Kev
Jason Allen Stout
Stephen Craig Stout
Crawfordsville
Matthew Jon Stalder
Richard Allen Stalder
East End
Washington
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Dick) Shettler
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Jesse) Gingerich
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Fairfield
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Ginny) Slagle Musgrove
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Lindy Brinning
Tracior
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Neal and
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Walter Carr
Howard Applegate
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Larry
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Grace Miller
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Richard Humston
Katherine Humston
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Eldon Roth
Dennis
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Pella
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Rustan
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Cheryl Lynn
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Karl Robertson
Naomi Kephart
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Roger Stout
Lester Kempf
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Claude McCoy
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Harry Ramseyer
Mary O'Conner
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