Passing Years In Washington Highlights Local Threads
Local notes run from music by Elsie Bratton and Mrs. Walter Logan at a Washington dinner to civic moves, new appointments, and a burglary spree. Reports cover naval training orders for Gifford Morrison, housing moves, a county nutrition committee, YMCA talk by George Helle, school songs, and community events at Brigh ton, Muscatine, and Davenport.
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Washington
Elsie Bratton
Air Patrol
Walter Logan
Gifford Morrison
George Morrison
New York
Columbia University
Theodore Bailey
West
Monroe Street
Rotary
Us Men's Club
George G. Helle
YMCA
South
China
Beverly Brown
John McGattey
George F. Morrison
Glenwood
Week in Washington reports mischief and milestones
Sheriff investigated two break ins at Ainsworth stores with $20 stolen. A marriage license issued for Anno Kern and Donna Walsinger. Cathleen Godfrey becomes bookkeeper at Tom Duncan's Shop for Women. Various local notices include weddings, travels, births, and community events reflecting a busy Washington scene.
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Ainsworth
Anno Francis Kern
Washington
Donna Jou Walsinger
Winfield
Cathleen Godfrey
Tom Duncan
Shop For Women
Nadyne Sojka
Kenneth &. Johnson
Same Pictures Same Old Story in Crawfordsville and Surroundings
A long column lists births, Thanksgiving gatherings, visitors, and social events in Crawfordsville and nearby towns. It notes Richard Lloyd Graham’s birth to Crawfordsville residents Mr. and Mrs. Lioyad Graham of Fulton Illinois, and details many guests at Thanksgiving and church activities, along with travel plans and local club notes.وی
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lioyad Graham
Fulton, Ill
Richard Lloyd
Graham
Rosemary Te Bockhurst
Evert Haney
Lloyd
Virginia Hughlett
Monmouth College
Clarence Hughlete
Des Moines
Evangelistic Crusade to Open in Wapello Church
The Reverend Lawrence L. Lacour and party from Des Moines will open an Evangelistic Crusade at the Methodist Church in Wapello on Tuesday night December 2. The LaCours bring a unique program blending preaching with a distinctive dramatic format. Reverend Leonard Tinker announced the event.
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Lacours
Columbus Gazette
Lawrence L. Lacour
Des Moines
Methodist Church
Wapello
Leonard Tinker
America
Glen Miller grocery robbed. items stolen
The Glenn Miller grocery at Ainsworth was entered and a quantity of men's furnishings and groceries were taken. Will Harwood was held up at gunpoint and $25 was stolen from the till. the burglar described as very tall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Miller
Ainsworth
Pearl Whistier
Ida Cavender
Hazel Siberts
South Town Ave
Lloyd McCall
Warsaw
Poland
Will Harwood
Local social notes and bridals from Des Moines area
In Des Moines and nearby towns, first graders and families are noted in a bridal shower in Mt Pleasant honoring Jane White of Ravenport. Other items include family visits between Arenzville and Davenport, marriages of Patricia Luckey and Frances Anderson, and YMCA outreach plans in Monmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton White
John White
David White
Crawfordsville
Mt Pleasant
Jane White
Ravenport
Hospital News Saturday Briefs and Births
A series of hospital notices lists recent births and admissions. Wayne and Kalona area families celebrate new babies while transfers and discharges include patients from Washington Hedrick Wellman and West Chester with multiple surgical and medical cases noted.
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John Simmering
Ainsworth
Surgicial
William Dusenbery
West Chester
Surgical
Palmer Hedees
Hedrick
CC. F. Letts
Washington
Medical
Local Birth Announcements From Iowa Communities
Yesterday and today notices list births and family news across Keota Washington Columbus Junction Iowa City Wellman and adjacent areas. Families include Marion Cads with son Keota Marion Crawford Columbus Junction Frank Greenwood Washington Clayton Soxton Iowa City and Robert Jones Wellman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Cads
Keota
Ted Morgan
Washington
Marion Glandon
Marion Crawford
Columbus Junction
Frank Greenwood
Robert Jones
Wellman
Clayton Soxton
Iowa City
Brighton and Wayland residents noted after surgeries
Yesterday and last night locals reported surgeries involving Tommy Stacy of Brighton with Mrs Dale Vincent and son from route 3 and Mrs Robert Wyse with son from Wayland. The note also mentions Mrs Homer Lowry of route 2 and Mr and Mrs Richard Crawford of route 4 with a daughter.
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Roger Wyse
Wayland
Harion Hochstetler
Olds
Tommy Stacy
Brighton
Surgical
Dale Vincent
Route 3
Rogert Wyse
Homer Lowry
Route 2
Richard Crawford
Route 4
Five youths leave Washington for military induction
Five young men boarded a bus Monday to begin induction into the armed forces. The group included Donald Lou and Ronald Lee Detweiler of Wellman, twin sons of W. G. Detweiler, and the notice notes marriage licenses issued at the county courthouse for Richard Addison Hills and Dorothy Joan Hamilton of Columbus and Benjamin L. Lehman of Berne, Indiana, and Lucille Graber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Armed Forces
Donald Lou
Ronald Lee Detweiler
Wellman
W. G. Det- Weiler
Court House
Richard Addison Hills
Dorothy Joan Hamilton
Columbus Junetin
Benjamin L. Lehman
Berne, Ind
Lucille Graber
Deaths Of The Week From Various Iowa Towns
Alfred J. Hillhoase of 9408 South Second avenue died at his home this morning after a period of illness. In Columbus Junction services were held today for Lloyd Henry Babbitt 64 of Conesville who died at his home of a heart attack Sunday. Davia W. Harvey 87 longtime restaurant and hotel operator in Washington and a Spanish American War veteran died Monday at Kidora. Sister M Allisto Dempsey BVM died Tuesday in Mr Carmel infirmary with services held Thursday at Mt Carmel chapel Pupque.
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Dre
GC. Re Reed
Benjamin Luke
India
Oseur Escamilla
Mesxico
Oko Okevzie
Nigeria
Lowa Weeleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
J. Raymond Chadwick
Washington Methodist Church
WSCS
Ruth Dupuis
Mason City
W. BB. Dupuis
Harry Dickerson
Des Moines
Dupuis
Los Angeles
Calif
Maynard Brown
Bill Brown
William W. Tid
Tom
Warren Dare
Kathy
City
Brown
J. Lee Hill
Kenneth Eilerstrass
Mary Walker
Ogden
Utah
Marjorie Walker
J. B. Walker
Alfred J. Hillhoase
South Second Avenue
Columbus Junction
Lloyd Henry Babbitt
Conesville
Davia W. Harvey
Washington
Kidora
Iowa
M. Allisio
M. Allisto
BVM
Mr. Carmel Infirmary
Mt. Carmel Chapel
Pupuque
Livesay Patriarch Dies in Bluford Home at 90
S S Livesay aged 90 died at 2 PM Tuesday at his Bluford home after a week of good health ending with a heart attack. He is the father of Dr Fr GG Livesay of Washington and had been in otherwise sound condition until the sudden illness.
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S. S. Livesay
GG. Livesay
Washington
Bluford
Mr. Livesay
Obituaries Briefly Note Two Local Deaths in Iowa
Frank James Carson, 61, died at 4 15 this morning at his Ainsworth home after a years long heart ailment. C O Buffington, 70, a Spring Run area farmer, died suddenly near noon Wednesday at his home five miles southwest of Columbus Junction.
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Frank James Carson
Ainsworth
Columbus Junction
O. C. Buffington
Spring Run
Cecilia G Wilms 96 longtime Brighton resident dies
Mrs Cecilia G Wilms aged 96 longtime Brighton resident died at 11 am Thursday at her daughter Mrs Elizabeth Richardson s Brighton home. She had lived in the community for many years. She is survived by relatives in the area. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Ida Cavender
Kewick Mrnday
Olden State Limited
EL Paso
Texas
Pearl Whisler
Pilot Club
Nadene Payne
Davenport
Oakley Payne
Miss Payne
Chere
Brighton
Cecilia G. Wilms
Elizabeth Richardson
Youth Rally At Local Church This Friday And Saturday
Registration begins at three o'clock for a youth rally set to be held at the United Presbyterian church this Friday and Saturday. A jury is hearing the case State of Iowa vs Carl regarding allegations of open vehicle while in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbytterian
State of
Iowa
Carl
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Dot Water
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E.G. Humm
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Grace Hill Ladies Aid
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Clarice Meek
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Lloyd Foster
Charley Darbyshire
Palmer
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Tom Berdos
Charley
Jimmy Pennel
Sanfords Hay
C. Bickford
Amos White
Frank Beaty
Jim
George Dempsey
George
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John Caruthers
Atlanta
Georgia
N. M. Svidel
Washington County Hospital
Wallace Caldwell
Denver
Colo
J. M. Finney
Liberty Mennonite Church
South English
Gideon
H. CC. Finney
Milo Steele
Wellman Mennonite Church
Don Nichols
Wilma
Nichols
Sam C. Wittmer
Geth St. Des Moines
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Marc
Doug
John A. Martin
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Charles Lindsay Burroughs
Paris
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J. R. Logue
Buffalo
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Tom Kobb
Muriel Collier
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Bata Via
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Mabeth
Chariton
Robert L. Quinn
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Quinn
Ernie Kinner
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Q. J. Wycott
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Delores Kriner
Fairfield
Ken Killerstrauss
Ogden Utah
William Brown
Boys
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Barbara
Veoria
Ill
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Chilicothe
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Terry
Washington County
Washington County Institute
John Griffith
Presbytery of
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Brighton Enterprise
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SPM
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Nate Black
Indiana
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Margaret Cowden
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George Means
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Robert Clark
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Havre
Doug Witter
Des Moints
Patricia Jane Luckey
Carl Luckey
Pat Strickland
Newton
Agnes Strickland
Conway
Arkansas
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Vera Anderson
Donnie L. Detweiler
W. G. Detweiler
Merle Statler
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Kans
Lloyd Polson
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Bratler
Marvin
Mire
Dewey Conrad
Davyenport
Harold Kline
Helen Tripoly
Fresno
Mame McConaughry
Pripoly
Helen McConaughy
Washington ‘Y's Mans Club
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Pvt
Phyllis Vincent
Clayton Sexton
Edward Blatter
Linda Heisdorffer
Ely Yutzy
Maurice Kranill
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Levy van Dyke
Homer Lewys Washington
Lloyd Gray
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Wyman
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Gary Rogers
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Ward McCutcheon
Edwin Peiffer
Howard Peiffer
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