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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1971
Page
8
Area school menus list weekly offerings for several districts including Washington Highland Columen Junction Mid Prairie Keota Waco and St. James. Each day features meals with items like chicken, pizza, hamburgers, fish sticks, vegetables, fruit, desserts and milk.
St James Circle IV of St James Catholic Church visited the CAP Center Wednesday evening. Mrs Earnest Beemblossom explained the Center functions. Twenty members and one guest attended the business meeting led by Mrs Clem Eagle with refreshments.
Word reaches here of the death of L E Mouser in Orlando Florida. Funeral arrangements are pending with Sherman Eden Funeral Home in charge.
Peter P. Graber 76 died Oct 8 1971 at Henry County Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant. Funeral Oct 11 at 2 pm Eicher Mennonite Church with Rev Nick Kassebaum. burial in Bicher Cemetery. Survived by wife Lena Wenger five sons three daughters and many grandchildren. one brother preceded him.
Daniel W. Schrock 83 of rural Kalona died Thursday October 7 in Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 p m Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church with Rev Edward Stoltzfus and Rev Ron Kennel officiating. Burial Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Powell Funeral Home Wellman handles arrangements. He was born December 7 1887 in Kansas to Peter and Kathrine Schrock and married Anna Roth March 18 1913 in Shickley Nebraska. He had lived in Kalona since 1940. Survivors include fifteen children, thirteen grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, one brother Joseph and one sister Kathrine. He was preceded by his parents two sisters and three brothers.
City Hostess Jeanette Edwards greets three new Brighton families Bob and Lind Hoover now live on Farmer Street in a mobile home. Bob works at D X Popejoys in Brighton. Mrs Hoover works at Metro Mail Mt Pleasant. Other items include local visits, club dinners, birthday gifts for Mrs Tony Meath, and plans for Presbyterian Home seating.
In Sioux City Iowa Darold Lea personnel director for Sioux City public schools was elected president of the Iowa Parent-Teachers Association the first man to hold the post in the organization history delegates to the state convention in Sioux City Thursday chose Lea for the top PTA job
Ten years ago Mrs. P F Whisler, president, led a meeting of Republican Women at the Franklin Center Community Building. Mrs. A E Baldrige reviewed The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater.
In a domestic dispute cited by William Byrd, a husband and wife argued over her tweezing brows. She threatened to skip a Williamsburg visit if she could not pluck them. He refused, asserting authority and maintaining control in the quarrel.
The Porkettes auxiliary to the Swine Producers sponsor a die baking contest to promote pork use during October. The event, linked to the Farm Bureau meeting, occurs Oct 14 at the junior high. Anyone may enter a two crust pie made with lard and bring it by 6 PM. prizes awarded and auction proceeds fund pork promotion.
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