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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1973

Page

3

YW Council committees report on activities

The YWCA Council met with 18 members present. Plans for the Rotary YW Christmas party progress. Tole painting will be split into two classes. Doll craft for girls starts Oct 17 taught by Mrs Don Glatch. Sugar and Spice Club resumes with Sharon Evans leading assisted by Alberta Bonar. Newsletter paragraphs requested for October. Two gym classes to begin soon. Swimming lessons have 55 participants and 47 girls on the swim team. World Mutual Service film Children of the Earth selected for clubs. Public Affairs group met twice this fall and will continue twice monthly. Senior Y Teens report 64 members. events include skating party and powder puff game Oct 13. Junior Y Teens plan hayride and candy sales for Kidney Foundation and Halloween Dance decorating. 32 members.

Ywca Council Madge Deaton Rotary-Yw Don Glatch Sugar and Spice Club Sharon Evans Alberta Bonar Dorothy Soucek Jerri Faulkner Evelyn Lukovsky Children of the Earth Thas Mary Schlapkohl Fran Miller Phyllis Carter Marsha Redlinger Kidney Foundation Harriet Rustan

Women’s Fitness Class Opens at YWCA Oct 8

The women’s physical fitness course at the YWCA begins Monday October 8 with Barb Chebuhar as instructor. Sessions run Monday Wednesday and Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. for eight weeks at $6 for the series. Interested participants should call the YW office by October 5 to register.

YWCA Barb Chebuhar

Hospital Admissions and Births in Washington Area

Yesterday admitted listings include Mrs. Helen Ryner and Mrs. Daryl Richardson in medical and surgical categories. Today adds Earl Ferrell, both in Washington, medical. Births record two new sons to Allison and McArtor families in Washington yesterday and Farrier today. Dismissal notes include Mrs. Robert McFarland of Ainsworth.

Helen Ryner Washington Daryl Richardson Earl Ferrell Richard Allison David McArtor Karel Wayne Farrier Robert McFarland Ainsworth

Caldwell reunion draws 116 relatives at Farm Bureau Building

Relatives of James Thompson and Catherine Caldwell gathered Sunday near Washington for a Caldwell reunion. Honored guests included Orville Caldwell of Fairfield moving to California, Edna McKee of St. Louis, and Vahn Lewis with Nicole of Iowa City. Attendees came from Rock Island to Washington and statewide Iowa Employes Association members meet Monday in Burlington.

James Thompson Catherine Ameline Caldwell Farm Bureau Washington Caldwell Orville Caldwell Fairfield California Edna McKee St. Louis Vahn Lewis Nicole Iowa City Lewis Carl McKee Rock Island Sigourney Davenport Mt. Pleasant Solon Wellman Brighton Wayland Burlington Columbus Junction Crawfordsville

Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Events

Delta Kappa Gamma meets at 6 30 p m at Peoples National Bank Columbus Junction. CESpinochle hosts at 1 30 p m with dessert at Wingas Pauline Crone hostess Friendly Circle Club 1 45 p m Wingas show and tell led by Mrs James Moeller PEO salad luncheon 12 30 p m at Mrs Richard McCleery and a.m. Past Matrons 9 Paul Rebekah Lodge 7 30 p m 100F Hall Lodge No 26 6 30 p m supper at Masonic Temple Regular Mason meet 8 p m all Masons welcome Saturday Shirts and Skirts Square Dance 8 11 p m free dance sponsored by Washington merchants Ron Rominger caller refreshments not provided all welcome

Wingas Pauline Crone Friendly Circle Club James Moeller HBO Club Bruce ‘Campbell Richard McCleery Richard Paul Rebekah Lodge Masonic Temple Masons Washington Merchants Ron Rominger

Delegates Return From GOP Women's Biennium in Los Angeles

Mrs Nate Young and Mrs Joe Jones returned Monday from the National Federation of Republican Women's 1973 Biennium in Los Angeles where about 3000 attended Sept 27 to 29. Iowa State delegates joined speakers including Spiro Agnew George Bush John Connally Ronald Reagan Earl Butz Ann Armstrong and Dr William Banowsky as well as workshops Media and the GOP and The Platform Is Yours. The State Biennium will be Oct 15 16 in Des Moines.

Nate Young Joe Jones National Federation of Republican Women Los Angeles Iowa Spiro Agnew GOP George Bush John Connally Ronald Reagan Earl Butz Ann Armstrong William Banowsky Pepperdine University

Go and Let Go Club Holds Reading and Halloween Event

Six members met with Mrs. Pearl Woodford on Tuesday to read poems for roll call. Mrs. Robert Miksch shared travels through ten eastern states and Halloween themes were enjoyed. The November meeting moves to Florance Waterhouse home with refreshment hosts Mrs. Waterhouse and Mrs. Carl Corpman. Yale Jarvis and Karl Jones of the Washington County Rescue Unit spoke to the Nurses Association about equipping a county rescue vehicle and demonstrated truck equipment with local law officers’ access. Refreshments for 25 members and guest Sharyl Davis were served by Ruth Ahart Connie Bauer Carla Carter and Myrna Whittaker.

Pearl Woodford Robert Miksch Florance Waterhouse Waterhouse Carl Corpman Nurses Association Yale Jarvis Karl Jones Washington County Rescue Unit Washington County Registered Nurses Association Bob Zager Glen Beauchamp Dick Hesser Linda Peiffer Sharyl Davis Ruth Ahart Connie Bauer Carla Carter Myrna Whittaker

Edith Weidner to Celebrate 83rd Birthday in Care

Edith Weidner will turn 83 on Thursday October 4 while staying on the hospital third floor long term care. Mrs Sam Henry and Mrs Ed Heisdorffer visited the Keokuk County Home Sigourney Tuesday and the Le o Heisdorffer home near Keoota. Mr and Mrs Robert Forsch of St Louis are visiting her parents Phil and Mrs Kneen and plan to travel to Sacramento California then to Santo Domingo Dominican Republic where Forsch will play baseball.

Edith Weidner Sam Henry Ed Heisdorffer Keokuk County Sigourney Leo Heisdorffer Keoota Robert Forsch St. Louis Phil Kneen Sacramento Calif Herbert Forsch Santo Domingo Dom. Rep Forsch

Records From Magistrate Court Including Speeding Fines

A list shows multiple defendants with fines for traffic violations and equipment issues in magistrate court. Names include Eileen Mullikin Keosauqua David Orsburn Dallas Arla Robinson Wappapella Philip Stutzman Keota Robert Truax Washington Dale Hesseltine Washington Helen Johnson Washington Ronald Kleineberg Washington Harold Griffith Ottumwa and Roberta Frangipine for failure to yield. Two men, Phil Williams and Roy Wissbroecker, were fined for assault and battery.

Eileen Bernice Mullikin Fairfield Howard Wayne Buckler Keosauqua David T. Orsburn Dallas Texas Arla Dwain Robinson Wappapella Philip D. Stutzman Kepta Robert Stanton Truax Washington Dale Wayne Hesseltine Helen Marie Johnson Ronald Lee Kleineberg Harold E. Griffith Ottumwa Roberta Frangipine Phil Williams Roy Wissbroecker

Washington WCTU Holds September Meeting at United Presbyterian Home

The Washington Women’s Christian Temperance Union met with Mrs. Vera Buchanan as hostess and Miss Margaret Work presiding. Eleven members attended. They noted World WCTU Day of Prayer on September 28 in memory of Frances Willard’s birth. Margaret Work will attend the state convention in Des Moines October 1 to 3, with $10 approved for her expenses.

Washington Women’s Christian Temperance Union United Presbyterian Home Vera Buchanan Margaret Work WCTU Frances Willard Elizabeth McClung Agnes Dobbs Hays

Hairdressers meet at Crown of Beauty weekly program

The Hairdressers Association met at the Crown of Beauty Tuesday evening with Mary McEwen of LaMar Company giving a tint frosty and permanent wave demonstration on live models. Sixteen attended and Terri Wiele joined as a new member as refreshments were served. Julie Wells led the business meeting followed by a shop owners and managers session.

Hairdressers Association Crown of Beauty Mary McEwen LaMar Company Gene Harkness Millers Beauty and Barber Supply Burlington Terri Wiele Louise Clarahan Diane Myers Barb Wood Julie Wells

Cedar Rapids Antiques Show Set for Oct 4 7

The Cedar Rapids Antiques Show runs Thursday through Sunday Oct 4 7 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum with over 5 000 antiquers expected. A thousand dollar chicken sits in the D C Koehn collection among eight state displays and various glass and fine china items. Open daily 11 am to 10 pm and Sunday 11 am to 6 pm. Daughters of the Nile Drill Patrol run dining rooms.

Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Coliseum J.W. Koehn Midwest D.C. Koehn Daughters of the Nile Drill Patrol

Minor City Accident and Health Sanitation Course

Police reported a minor collision in the 100 block of North Town Avenue at 1 40 p m. Alice Bell Norman backing from a parking stall hit Wilma Bernice Goudie. damage estimated at 550 dollars. Halcyon Jeri Lee Blum and Naomi P Starr finished a 12 lesson home study Sanitation course from the Iowa State Department of Health.

North Town Avenue Alice Bell Norman Route Three Washington Wilma Bernice Goudie Morning Sun Halcyon Jeri Lee Blum Naomi P. Starr Dietary Department Halcyon House Iowa State Department of Health

4-Hers offer heifers at Oskaloosa sale

The TENCO Dairy Heifer Sale at Oskaloosa Fairgrounds on October 13 features forty springing Holstein heifers from top DHIA herds bred to recommended bulls. The program began in 1971 to provide rural youth with a dairy project and replaceable stock, with 25 members in year one and 27 in year two. The sale is at 1 p.m. catalogs from Midland ADIA Ankeny Iowa.

Oskaloosa TENCO Jim Frier Oskaloosa Fairgrounds Ottumwa Don Voelker Iowa State University Extension Service Ottumwa Area Midland United Dairy Association Vocational Agriculture Departments Farm Bureau Dairy Committees Frier Midland Adia Dairy Ridg Ankeny Towa

Iowa Maidens 4H Club elects new officers

Diane Jarrard hosts meeting as Brenda Friese presides. New officers named Barb Larsen president, Diane Jarrard vice president, Shelley Stout secretary, Marcia McGuire treasurer, Holly Whelan reporter, Jane Friese historian, with Debbie Krotz and Susan Shepherd joining. Members prepared posters for National 4-H Week and the county convention on Oct 13.

Luna Mavens Diane Jarrard Iowa Maidens Brenda Friese Barb Larsen Shelley Stout Marcia McGuire Holly ‘Whelan Jane Friese Debbie Krotz Susan Shepherd

First Annual Tractor Rodeo Winner From Keota

Ir a wins first place at the First Annual Tractor Rodeo in Keota over the weekend. Team members Jerone Wittetoe Phil Guy Bruce Guy Larry Roblen Jerry Roth Harry Walker Geary James competed in four events with scoring and a time tie breaker. The winning trophy is displayed in the Vocational Agriculture classroom.

Washington Ir A Keota Jerome Wittetoe Phil Guy Bruce Guy Larry Roblen Jerry Roth Harry Walker Geary James

Red Cross Plans First Aid Class With Volunteers

Marion McAvoy announces a two evening multi media first aid class for October 16 and 17 from 6 30 to 10 30 pm. Location to be announced. Cost is 1 10 for a test. Bring a blanket if possible. Instructors are John Hiatt and Yale Jarvis. Enroll or questions to Red Cross 118 South Iowa.

Marion McAvoy Washington County American Red Cross John Hiatt Yale Jarvis Red Cross South Iowa

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YW Council Rst State Iowa Employes Association Iowa Southern Utilities Delta Kappa Gamma People’s National Bank L. A Boner Maam IPID Chuck Nancy Blondie Rollo the Rich Kil Han Magistrate Court Connelly West Chester Wctu Merl McDowell Lloyd Bauer WRC Hall National Narcotic Bureau County Institute Mer! McDowell Walter Bauer Oskaloosa Sale FFA Group Tractor Rodeo
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