Passing Years in Washington Local History Glimpsed
Beverly Mills of Washington pledges to Zeta Tau Alpha at Iowa Wesleyan College while daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Mills. Residents report anglers from Washington, Glen Cuddeback and others returned from Whiplet Minnesota with a good catch. Lola Kathleen Fisher pledges to Delta Delta Delta at University of Iowa. Moravia men deer hunt near Laramie Peak. Community visitors from Ohio and California join locals for church and dinner. People buy businesses as E J Blatter sells People's Grocery to Marion Swanson, who takes over Oct 15. Washington plans Legion drum corps revival. hotel furnishings auctioned as Congress Hotel closes after 35 years. Journal carriers meet. Y hosts international president William M. Redditt Jr. for banquet. artificial lake proposal discussed at Y. Rev. D. C. Fulton elected moderator of Iowa United Presbyterian synod. Cobblestones slated for Civil War monument. schoolchildren urged to contribute. Crushed rock work starts on Wash ington dirt streets. Mrs. Margaret Hale Rose elected to American College of Hospital Administrators. County corn husking contest in doubt without a venue. Union meetings planned countywide. Harvest Home Festival at Lexington Church draws large crowd. Rev. C. W. Klein to St Louis for general days. Washington High debates planned under Miss Bernadine Neville. Hi-Y Mothers Night honors at last night dinner.
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Beverly Mills
Washington
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
Iowa Wesleyan College
Gilbert Mills
Glen Cuddeback
Paul Thomassen
Bill Matucha
Walter Rukgaber
Whiplet
Minn
Rukgaber
Lola Kathleen Fisher
Richard Fisher
West Chester
Delta Delta Delta
University of Iowa
Tom Robb
Herb Rich
Gene Stephens
Harry Woodward
Jerry
Moravia
Wyoming
Laramie Peak
Orra Kerr
Wooster
Ohio
Maybelle Coleman
Davenport
C. Glenn Conard
Otto Sheetz
Don Hazen
Bess Wagner
Pasadena
Calif
Mary Orrill
San Gabriel
Herbert Wagner
Alhambra
H.H. Brown
Des Moines
E. J. Blatter
People’s Grocery
Iowa
Marion Swanson
Benteco
Legion
Jess Radda
Earl Galloway
WRC
Central Park
A.B. Schmoeller
Margaret Hale Rose
Washington County Hospital
Wichita Falls
Texas
American College of Hospital Administrators
W. J. Roudabush
Ernest Carlson
Charles Jackson
Washington County Union Organization
Lexington
Washington and
Wellman
C. W. Klein
St. Paul’s Evangelical Church
St. Louis
Saturday Journal readers note printed outreach offer
Note to readers describes a special Saturday edition of the Journal aimed at out-of-state readers and former Washington residents. It explains a weekly mail option for $3.50 per year and invites subscriptions. The item reflects circulation and outreach details without sensational language.
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Journal
Washington
Poppy sale nets 430 dollars in Washington week
The VFW Auxiliary poppy drive in Washington raised 430 dollars from about 3000 poppies sold Saturday. Community notes list local changes and events including Harold Griggs selling Griggs Grocery to Hubert Bruty, Rusty Woods’ hospital update, club meetings, family visits, baptisms, and plans for a six to twelve month Argentina trip for the Grooms family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
VFW
Harold Griggs
Griggs
West Chester
Hubert Bruty
Jack and Jill
Mosier wins season title after rough 50 lap race
Mark Mosier finished as the 1965 Mississippi Valley Speedway season champion despite a mid race car overheating and withdrawal in the 50 lap feature at West Liberty. The season standings crowned Mosier while he failed to add many points Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Mississippi Valley Speedway
Mark Mosier
Hospital Admissions and Births In Local Communities
Hospital Monday admissions list residents from Fairfield Washington Columbus Junction Keota Brighton and Washing ton with medical and surgical cases. Births reported yesterday include a daughter to Mark and Maria Huston Winfield and a son to Tru man Miller Kalona and Gerald Peiffer Keota. Dismissals show multiple patients leaving area hospitals yesterday and today admissions noted for Mrs Stephen Root and daughter Ainsworth and Mrs Coley Deese Columbus City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Liggett
Fairfield
Claude Dickerson
Washington
Eugene Dicks
Columbus Junction
Surgical
Earl Cline
Brighton
Hannah Provance
Mark Huston
Winfield
Truman Miller
Kalona
Gerald Peifffer
Keota
Deanna Funston
Joe Pennington
Henry Taylor
Roberta Miller
Warren Donaldson
Carol Donaldson
Ainsworth
Jacob Dickinson
Richland
Morlan
Walter Fritz
Robert Harvey
Egebert Shellabarger
Medical
Donald Hendrickson
Janet Venzke
Marcus McBeth
Doris Bittner
Robert Herr
Death notices and funeral services across Washington area
Deaths Monday include Jess E. McGuire funeral at 1 30 p m Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home Washington Hospital. Infant George Ray Patterson found dead. autopsy cites pneumonia. Myrtle Kelly dies at The Pines Washington. Francis Beliel, 33, killed in auto crash near Winterset. Grover Booth dies in Garland Texas. Lillie Loring found dead in Brighton. Earl Herr 80 dies of heart attack Keota. Miss Mary Mast funeral Thursday Sugar Creek Church Wayland. Ollie M Crabb 90 dies Keota. Ronald Hawkins 59 dies Muscatine hospital. Leroy Zook 67 dies Washington area. Burial planned Ainsworth Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home hours.
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Jess E. McGuire
Jones Funeral Home
Mr. MccGuire
Washington County Hospital
George Ray Patterson
Jerry Richard Patterson
Miles
Washington
Washington County
G. E. Montgomery
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Keota
Wayland
Sugar Creek
Mary Mast
Pleasant View
Kalona
Ronald Hawkins
Ainsworth
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church
Dale Brehmer
Ainsworth Cemetery
Dear Aunt Agatha Week in Washington Musings on fall, projects, and people
The writer greets Aunt Agatha with autumn color observations and local news. She notes trees turning, predicts a record corn crop for Iowa, mentions necessary drying weather, and recalls Christmas fund drives for the Chamber of Commerce. Local real estate, YMCA expansion, Rotary and Y's Men plans, and small town happenings fill the column along with travel and sports tidbits.
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Jim Frier
Iowa
Agathas Nephew Readers Share News From New York
A letter from Staten Island readers commends Aunt Agatha and the Saturday Journal. They describe moving away after high school, a weekly reunion with clippings, a rain-starved region, and football and local Iowa topics. They praise the Coffee Club and note a newspaper strike back home, expressing appreciation for regular issues.
Hospital and birth notices from Washington and nearby towns
Thursday updates list Lucetta Hayes in Washington undergoing surgery. Mr and Mrs Darrell Craig in Washington welcome a daughter. Mrs Gerald Peiffer and daughter and Mrs Earl Cline in Brighton noted. Marcus McBeth in Richland mentioned. Friday entries show Harry Taylor in Wellman for medical, Kenneth Erwin in Brighton a daughter, Byron Winnans in Washington a daughter, plus Miss Lillian Crone in Washington and Merle Thrapp in West Chester.
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John MeeKane
Washington
Merle Thrapp
West Chester
Nellie Long
Brighton
LeRoy Zook
Randy Roberts
Wayne Chalupa
Howard Sayre
Lucetta Hayes
Surgical
Darrell Craig
Gerald Peiffer
Keota
Earl Cline
Marcus McBeth
Richland
Harry Taylor
Wellman
Medical
Kenneth Erwin
Byron Winans
Lillian Crone
Marriages in Iowa and Washington areas listed
Several couples wed in churches across Brighton Washington Crawfordsville and Iowa City. Notable ceremonies include Linda Starr and Bruce G Ginge rich in Brighton Methodist Church with Dennis Guy assisting. Maxine Bain and Stanley Bauer at First Baptist Washington. Maxine Kephart and Walter Grothe in Crawfordsville Presbyterian Church. Delilah Graber and Gary King at First Christian Iowa City. Connie Carson and an unnamed partner in Amesworth Methodist Church details show multiple September and afternoon times with officiants named.
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Maxine Kephart
Walter E. Grothe
Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Presbyterian Church
Robert Rushing
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Dan Simmering
Jim Hesseltine
Rick McFarland
Wally Horn
Dallas Kinney
William M. Redditt Jr
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Mt. Pleasant
D. C. Fulton
Iowa United Presbyterian Synod
Goldfield
Bernadine Neville
R. L. Coulter
Supt
J.H. Peet
Jesse Miller
Rusty Woods
Ted Woods
Applied Arts II
Paul Horak
Hubert Redlinger
Joe
Lucille Moore
Olive Watson
George Watson
Bradly and
Kevin
Bettendorf
Roy Benson
Larry Brock
Wayne Brock
Trent Whisler
Lawrence Whisler
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Harry Ramseyer
Tampa, Fla
Dorothy Hatch
Opal Dee Porter
Irene Jass
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. T. M. Nelson
Lawrence Crane
Terry
Silvis, J
Harold Messenger Sr
Lowell Ballou
Independence
Donald Snodgrass
Greg
Jodi
Marion Snodgrass
Clifford Rohrig
Helen Massey
Oelwein
Rose Reid
Clarissa Gibson
May Fleming
Shenk Rest Home
Jason Kleese
San Francisco
William Ashmore
Rochester
N. Y
Max Cuddy
Vallejo
O. S
Cuddy
Daryl Meier
Deann
Marissa, Nl
O. M. Cuddy
Willis Brannen
Indianapolis
Ind
Mina Brannen
Julia Branchflower
Sunny Haven
Charles Anderson
Ored
Lloyd Anderson
Willis Brannens
Ernie Eiman
Marvin Eiman
Warren Groff
Marie Scalf
Ottumwa
Esther Gray
Tom Grooms
Tag
Silas Ross
Marie Woods
Argentina
S. A
Grooms
John Deere and Company
Zilpha Woods
Louisa County Barrow
Smylie
Richard Bieri
Letts
Wyss Brothers
Oakville
Marie Jones
Janet Davis
4-H
Waterloo Dairy Congress
John Pratt
Pleasant Valley, Ia
Richard Pratt
D. W. Gregory
Europe
Lowa
Germany
Norway
Soviet Union
Hungary
Belgium
Switzerland
Dr. Gregory
London
Cambridge
England
Harold Messenger
Quitman Kervin
Elmina Messenger
Fordyce
Ark
Tastee Freez
Robert Wolfe
North Seventh
Washington Manufacturing
Don Wolfe
North Fifth
East Main
Vernon Elgin
Vernon Witting
Joe Martin
Robert Huber
Synod
Episcopal Retreat Center
Boone
United Presbyterian Churches
Bob Duckett
Perry
Mrs. Duckett
Mr. Duckett
Irene Conner
William Hoppe
Patricia
Barbara
Jacksonville
Fla
Frank Greco
Long Island, N. Y
Ronald C. Meyers
Rod al
Gary Shebeck
AIB
D.O. Butler
Alvin Shebeck
John Wheelap
Robert Clarks
Arenzville, Il
Fred Andersen
Pete Griffeth
Judy
Louise Petrie
V. O. Petrie
Galesburg, Ill
Francis Reed
Meryl Steele
Myrtle Kelly
the Pines Nursing Home
Francis Eugene Beliel
South Eighth Avenue
Winterset
Middle River Bridge
U. S. 169
Grover Booth
Garland
Lillie Loring
Ollie M. McCrabb
Maplewood Manor
Muscatine
North Avenue C
Sockum Ridgeway
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Brewer
Green Meadows
Town
Larry Duncan
Bob
Jay Brewer
Rotary
Vicki Thomas
Gene Thomas
Greece
Agatha
Staten Island, N. Y
Saturday Journal
Dave Siefkas
Coffee Club
Washington Evening Journal
Aunt Agatha
Linda M. Starr
Bruce G. Gingerich
Ora Gingerich
Brighton Methodist Church
Stan, Woeste
Miss Starr
Donald Guy
Guy
Maxine Joan, Bain
Max J. Bain
Stanley Lou Bauer
Clark Bauer
First Baptist Church
Richard Peterson
Delilah Mae Graber
Noah J. Graber
Gary K. King
Coralville
Glen King
North English
Mr. King
First Christian Church
Fred Woolsey
Connie Jane Carson
Harold J. Carson
Sewer
Almworth Methodist Church
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