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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1965

Page

3

Petersen USauer wedding at St Wenceslaus Church Iowa City

Miss Sandra Petersen and Tom Bauer wed Saturday Oct 2 at 10 am in St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Iowa City. Officiating was Rev. George Bachman. Parents are Mr and Mrs Cecil Petersen Garrison and Mr and Mrs Eldin Bauer West Chester. Reception for 200 at American Legion Hall followed. The couple plans to live at 1401 Rochester Ave Iowa City.

Sandra Petersen Tom Bauer Iowa City St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church George Bachman Cecil Petersen Garrison Eldin C. Bauer West Chester American Legion Hall

Royal Neighbors meet at Riverside in September gathering

Royal Neighbors of America met at the Community Building in Riverside with sixteen members. The charter was draped in memory of Mrs. Marietta Workman of Washington. Social hour featured games. Hostess committee included Mrs. Mae Oakes and Mrs. Doris Hartley.

Riverside Royal Neighbors of America Marietta Workman Washington Mae Oakes Doris Hartley Florence Hamilton Don Kirchner Will Krotz Walter Krotz Iowa City Leonard Krotz Solon John Bastian Chicago Sophia Kueneman Bastian Walter Schnoebelen

Highland PTA honors teachers at reception

The Highland P T A hosted a teachers reception at the schoolhouse with school board members and several couples introduced. New PTA officers Dale Johnston as president and Dick Swailes as vice president were elected.

PTA Leona Kucera Mary Manternach Virginia Holmes Frances Dann Carolyn Rodden Donna Sabors Doris Powell Sharon Schaffer Dale Johnston Dick Swailes Ernest Lund Highland School

Dear Abby Advice on Hunting Marriage and Language

Abigail Van Buren offers readers guidance on marital spats deer hunting toddler obedience and using doctoral titles. A wife accepts a husband’s hunting but prefers local trips. a mother worries about vulgar language near children. a reader with a Doctor of Political Science relishes the title while noting potential confusion in public settings.

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Keota Resident Hank Mayer Joins Coralville Police

Hank Mayer son of Mr and Mrs George Mayer of Keota has accepted a patrolman position with the Coralville Police Department, working swing shift while attending the University of Iowa. Other notes include Rolling Green Club tea with 15 members, plans for an October potluck, birthday gifts for Erma Hahn and others, and visits from Betty Peiffer and Denny Peiffer family. Chip Trier of Keota and Xen Stoner of Minneapolis spent a week in Canada fishing.

Keota Hank Mayer George Mayer Coralville University of Iowa At Iowa City Roger Wright Rolling Green Club Wilma Wright Erma Hahn Marge Sheets Mary Sheets Elizabeth Wright Margery van Sickle Betty Peiffer Cedar Falls Elmer Peiffer Denny Peiffer Walford Peiffer LaRue Conklin Pythian Sisters Robert Vincent

Andrew Zihlman Injured in Fall at Memorial Hospital

Merrimac Sept 27 Andrew Zihlman fell Thursday evening dislocating his shoulder and is receiving treatment as a patient at Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant. Local residents Mr and Mrs Amos Criner visited Glenn Schaffer home Sunday.

Merrimac Andrew Zihlman Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant Amos Christner Glenn Schafer John Baldosier Mike Carrol Carl Amkine Robert Kientz Margaret Crile Donald Am

Social notes from United Presbyterian area visits

A string of weekend and early week visits spans Des Moines and Iowa communities. Dr and Mrs Robert French called on his ill mother in Washington County while Mrs French entered Washington County Hospital for treatment. Numerous relatives and friends from Keota Ainsworth and Mt Pleasant visited hospitals, cottages, and homes in Iowa and Illinois, including Miss Louise Askren at Mercy Hospital Iowa City and relatives of the Megchelsens, Hunts, and Milnes. Family travel includes Donald Kerr visiting his parents in Des Moines and attending the Madison Wisconsin gathering. many others are noted visiting kin in Ainsworth Keota Olds and nearby towns.

Robert French Des Moines

Washington Evening Journal staff and affiliations

Washington Evening Journal details its staff and affiliations including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager, William Shannon as Vice President and Advertising Director, Charles Morris as News Editor, Bob Shaffer in Local Advertising, Bruce Cowden as Contributing Editor, and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday, Christmas, and July 4th, and its post office entry status and press associations.

David Elder William Shannon Charles Morris Bob Shaffer Bruce Cowden Howard Hazen Washington Iowa United Press Inland Daily Press Ass Iowa Daily Press Ass’n Iowa Press Ass’n Audit Bureau of Circulations

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