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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1962
Page
2
Local items report visits and travels of residents. Maynard Browns attended an exhibition in Chicago and visited relatives in Evanston. Other notices include students in Minneapolis Dunwoody Institute, a veteran patient in Iowa City, a finger injury, and local families visiting kin across Bartonville Montrose Burlington Cedar Falls Wellman and Great Lakes.
Richard K. Stout of Washington and Duane Stout of Brighton enrolled for the fall term at the American Institute of Business in Des Moines. Both are sons of local residents and graduates of Washington High School. Funeral services were held for Lola Winga at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. pallbearers named. John F. Miller also had funeral services at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. pallbearers listed.
On The Record lists admissions yesterday and today including Douglas Booth surgery and Mrs Harley Rhea medical in Crawfordsville and Washington. Births show a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lonnie Griggs Columbus Junction and a son to Rev and Mrs Richard Peterson Washington. Discharges include Max Owens Washington and others from Conesville Columbus Junction and Washington.
Calendar items require 10 a.m. day of first publication. Three days ahead print. Wednesday Ainsworth CBS 8 p.m. Masonic Temple special program. Thursday Child Study II 8 p.m. Mrs. Richard Anderson bring dues. St. Paul Guild 1:30 p.m. at church new officers and program chairmen 10 a.m. Saddle Club no meeting until Sunday. CES Pinochle 1:30 p.m. Dessert with cards after at Temple. PEO 1 p.m. Cooperative luncheon with Mrs. Roger Sherman. Friendly Circle Club 2 p.m. Mrs. Harold Klopfenstein. West Chester COC Class Mrs Roy Bauer. Farm Bureau Married Couples 7:30 p.m. committees meet at Farm Bureau building. First Presbyterian Adult Fellowship 6:30 p.m. Irv Whithams. Shirts and Skirts 8 p.m. Legion Hall caller Kenny Wandt. Business meeting bring sandwiches. HEO Club 1:45 p.m. Mrs. Clem Eagle. Friday Past Matron's Club 6:30 p.m. Masonic Temple Potluck. Rebekah Lodge 7:30 p.m. OOF Hall Marion Ave. UPW Association 2 p.m. meeting and Thanksgiving service at church executives at 1 p.m. Baby sitter for preschoolers. First Presbyterian UPW 1:26 p.m. General meeting at church. VFW Junior Unit 4 p.m. VFW Hall Shiloh Sunshine Sisters 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Galen Widmer. Sunday Saddle Club 6 p.m. Lyle Paisleys Wiener roast bring wieners buns and dish to pass.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Cook of Ainsworth were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. William Simbro presiding. Burial followed at the Ainsworth Cemetery with pallbearers named as Joseph Podaris, Eugene Stephens, Joseph Wood, Cleo Orris, Donald Sands, and Russell Owens.
The October meeting of the local unit of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists was held at the Farm Bureau building with nine members and two guests, Don Simm ering and Sue Wilson. Reports on the Advanced Cosmetology Conference Clinic at the State University of Iowa September 15 to 22 were given by Naomi Anderson, Marcia Robertson and Eileen Hammen. They also served refreshments. A potluck is planned for next month and the district style director will appear on the program.
Mr and Mrs William Eitermiller observe their 70th wedding anniversary on Saturday October 6 at home. The Wellman couple plan a quiet day and note their membership in the Journal Three Quarter Century Club.
Waco High School music and drama departments will stage Oklahoma as the first show in the new high school. Performances are set for November 16 and 17 in the Olds Auditorium gym. Tryouts are underway for the cast with selections announced soon. Keith Hammel leads stage design and setting, while Dan Pfeiffer and Nancy Rhea manage principal dance arrangements.
A marriage license has been issued to Robert Eugene Cooper and Evelyn Jane Farrier of Iowa City. Funeral services for Mrs. R. B. McAllister were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev S. Ray Blair. Burial followed at Newton Cemetery.
Riverside couple Mr. and Mrs. Clair Flynn celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a Sunday dinner at Trinity Methodist Church hosted by the Womens Society of Christian Service. Thirty five guests attended the reception for 150, with a guest book presided by Diane Flynn and calls from relatives in San Diego.
Harry Golden, editor of the Carolina Israelite, will speak at 8 p.m. on November 7 in the Iowa Memorial Union main lounge. His talk will cover the title of his first best seller Only in America.
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