Passing Years in Washington Highlights Local Life
A survey of Washington events notes Tommy Waters’s return from Mercy Hospital Iowa City after an accident at Franklin Center School. ROTC promotions at Iowa State College for Burtwin Day and Ray Tweeten. Warren Mills recovers from a corn picker injury. Bank to open in Ainsworth. homecoming at Pleasant Hill Church. new uniforms for Washington High School band debuting at Ft. Madison game. Also covered are local meetings, church events, a football train, a police dog show, and a school assembly featuring local musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Waters
John Waters
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Franklin Center School
Washington
Marian Bailey
Washington Park Board
W. J. Grossheim
Iowa Synod
Presbyterian Headquarter
Des Moines
Max Coffey
Omaha
James Coffey
Emettsburg
E. D. Morrison
Washington County
Iowa State College
Burtwin L. Day
Wilbur Day
Brighton
Ray B. Tweeten
W. M. Tweeten
Men’s Brotherhood of the
United Presbyterian Church
W. L. Imes
Knoxville College
Ainsworth
Ainsworth State Bank
C. M. Spessard
Ray Whitehead
National Bank of Washington
Pleasant Hill
Thomas Polk
Roach
Washington High School
Ft. Madison
Sam Browne
Hospital Admits and Births in Multiple Iowa Towns
Hospital records list admissions and discharges across Washington Columbus Junction Ainsworth Keota Wayland and Shellabell. Entries include births of a son and a daughter and multiple medical and surgical discharges with names Mr. and Mrs. Richard Horak Mrs. Gerald Griffin and son Mr. and Mrs. Roger Stout and others noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Nicholson
Washington
David White
Milan, Jr
Surgical
Gerald Griffin
Columbus Junction
Cleo Orris
Ainsworth
Russell Woods
Richard Horak
Robert Knottner
Kenneth Patterson
Nora Hixson
Wayland
Linda McCandless
Stella Kauffman
Leonard Tweed
William McCrabb
Keota
Rae Lee Lewis
Katherine Diveney
George F. Miller
Tom Bayliss
Douglas Allen
Roger Stout
Dennis Tinnes
Bob Myers
University Hospital
Melvin Greazel
Sigourney
Stanley Hale
Donald McCrabb
Iowa City
Note to Readers Summary Shaped for Saturday Journal Edition
The Saturday Journal offers a compact recap of the week's local news for residents of the community. It highlights key events, updates, and civic notes in a concise, reader friendly format.
Schultz heads association in southeast Iowa Angus group
Dale Schultz of near Letts was elected president of the Southeast Iowa Angus Association at its recent annual meeting and banquet in Mt. Pleasant, replacing retiring president Donald Jarvis. Also noted are hospital stays, military training moves, welfare meetings, and local family visits spanning the Washington area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Beveridge
Muscatine
Southeastern Iowa Medical Society
J. P. Mathias
Mediapolis
D. F. Huston
Burlington
Dale Schultz
Letts
Southeast
Iowa
Mt. Pleasant
Schultz
Donald Jarvis
Yarmouth
John Hohl
Dick Moothart
Ted Crone
Warren Erickson
Milan Thompson
Southeast Iowa Welfare Association
Grinnell
Thompson
White Oak votes to merge with Washington district
Dwight Bode, Washington County superintendent, states White Oak school district in Dutch Creek Township voted 14 to 7 to merge with the Washington Community School District. Local social notes cover teachers guests at Cedar Rapids Christmas viewing, Drake University events, family visits, birthdays, surgeries, and moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Bode
Washington County
White Oak
Dutch Creek Township
Washington Community
Merritt McDaniel
Alice McDaniel
Revlon Company
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Building boom adds United Presbyterian Home expansion
A new 22 single housing units and four apartments will rise east of the main United Presbyterian Home building, joining the 39 cottages and mature grounds. The 18th anniversary was celebrated as Washington plans a 1966 Community Chest drive chaired by Joe Evanovich, with a regional poverty survey and Safe Driving Conference contributing to civic efforts. Washington High’s football team won the homecoming game against Muscatine, with Linda Anderson crowned queen and several court members named. The city police add a portable resuscitator for emergencies, and residents note the aroma of burning leaves as winter nears while a brisk snow season is hoped to be avoided for Aunt Agatha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Home
Washington High School
Muscatine
Linda Anderson
Meri Jo Birney
Chris Campbell
Carla Grimes
Ellen Moriarity
Washington area's safety meeting and community plans
About 200 attend a safety conference at Washington High School with State Public Safety reps urging highway hazard reductions. Local officials include Dick Schuck James Griffith Don Ruppert Maurice Davis. Washington County forms a 24 member Community Action Committee. Also reports on Y World Service speaker Richard Brauninger and various local social notes. Football results: Washington sophomore 33 Muscatine 13. Keota hosts golden anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Albert Greiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
State Department of Public Safety
Iowa
Dick Schuck
Washington
Safety Department
James Griffith
Don Ruppert
Iowa Highway Patrol
Maurice Davis
Washington County
Johnson County
Deaths and funeral notices from Iowa area briefings
Obituary items report deaths of Mrs. May M. French 88 at United Presbyterian Home Washington Oct 10 1965 and Minnie Mullinnix 81 at Muscatine General Hospital Oct 9. Also Robert Dwain Nichols 18 killed crossing near Pleasant Plain, and Charles Hugh Williams 87 funeral held at Columbus Junction. Plus notices for James Owen Vancouver WA, Richard Dale and Paula Darlene Shaffer infant twins Keota, and Linneaus Hinshaw 44 Rock Island killed near Maquoketa. Funeral services and pending rites noted for several local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May M. French
United Presbyterian Home
Washington
Brighton
Robert Dwain Nichols
Rock Island
Pleasant Plain
Columbus Junction
Minnie Mullinnix
Muscatine General Hospital
Charles Hugh Williams
Stacy
E. Wayne Ryan
Cedar Bethel Cemetery
Keota
Richard Dale Shaffer
Richard Dale
Paula Darlene
Washington County Hospital
Linneaus Hinshaw
Maquoketa
Mr. Hinshaw
The
Evening Journal
Davenport
Ninth graders top Muscatine West in football
Washington ninth graders beat Muscatine West 20 to 0 at Case Field for the Demons first win in three outings. Red Cross board convened at county office with Clar ence Logan as chair and Lawrence Miksch outlining early November outreach plans. Local births, visits, and honors noted, including Mrs. Lemke’s teletype order procedure merit and hand injury to Mrs. Da Silva at Washington Manufacturing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Board
Clarence Logan
Lawrence Miksch
New Fund
Washington
Red Cross
Muscatine West
Case Field
Wally Horn
Demons
Alfred Lemke
Sears Catalog
Chicago’control
Gerald Edwards
Wingas Cafe
Louisa da Silva
North Marion
Washington Manufacturing Company
Timbered view becomes the speaker’s banquet of gold
A poem describes cone shaped goblets of gold reaching skyward, touched by autumn and burnished by day’s end. Rich brocades and satins cascade, described as mine awaiting praise. The speaker laments choosing among the ragset red gold and wine, declaring the timbered view as their own feast.
Catholic Daughters Host Mother Daughter Banquet
About one hundred attendees gathered at St James School cafeteria for the Catholic Daughters Mother Daughter annual banquet. A potluck supper was served at 7:30 PM as Mrs J C Mitten of Pella and Mr and Mrs D J Anderson of Boston visit Mrs T L Brookhart. Other notes include visits by Mrs Claude Goldsmith and sons of What Cheer, and Mrs Joe Cochran with Mrs Charles Churchill listed in reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Daughters
St. James School
J. C. Mitten
Pella
D. J. Anderson
Boston
T. L. Brookhart
Mrs. Mitten
Mr. Anderson
Claude Goldsmith
What Cheer
Mendey
Ralph Hesseltine
Joe Cochran
Charles Churchill
John Vaughn
The
Baptist Church
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Roger Weaver
Bey
Columbus
Ind
Weaver
Philip Jacobson
Mason City
Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers Association
Congress Hotel
W. L. Rukgaber
Keokuk
Jefferson
Louisa
Virginia Lemley
Jean Moore
Bob Hammer
Willis Jones
University
Russell Jennings
Janet
California
East Main Street
I. L. Embree
North Twelfth Street
Masons
PEO Society
Ing
H. W. Russell
Leland Carris
Fritz
Robert L. Grimes
Hugh McCleery
Ralph Shannon
Kellie Nicola
Clyde Keltner
Henry Taylor
Fred Zieglowsky
Rodney Carr
Sandra Carson
Milan
Shellaball
Eghedger
Schultz Heads Association
Jim Wilson
Glenn Wilsons
Denison
Jim
John H. Wagner
John L. Wilson
Glenn Wilson
Ft. Gordon, Ga
John Rath
Lola DeLong
Everett Rath
Methodist Church
Riverside
R.F
Guy ) Hamil
Lester Hamil
Lester
Klein Klothing Ko
Hamils
Francis Reed
Ivan West Jr
Ivan West Sr
Downing
Wilhelm
Bill) Seidler
Winfield
Clark Kinney
Iowa Falls
Dallas Kinney
Alison
Clark Kinneys
Ralph Zeck
William Bonnall
Phillip Zeck
Europe
Kate Westphal
Vinton
Pete Colwell
Branson
Ron
Lorence Marek
Lee Baird
Edgar Stewart
Holiday Lake
Brooklyn
Doretta Thomas
Nancy Stucky
Merle Statler
Doretta
Merle Stone
Wichita
Kan
Veterans Hospital
Neal Lampkin
Ted Mark
Abingdon
Ill
Pete Griffeth
Diana
Trudy Griffeth
Herb Osincup
Nancy
Drake University
Drake
Ethel Palmer
Willard Palmers
Mt. Vernon
Rodney Arnold
Don E. Creech
Lyle Schulty
Marvin Statler
Derby
Marvin
Beech Aircraft
Lakewood
Ron Marek
Iowa State University
Ames
Ais Aunt Agatha
Aunt Agatha
Community Action
John
Son County
Richard Brauninger
Chicago Theological Seminary
World Service Ymca
Bangkok
Thailand
Washington Y
Y World Service
Brauninger
Bangokok
YMCA
John Miller
Muskies
Albert Greiner
St. Mary’s Hall
Lloyd Marek
Democratic Women’s Club
ISU
T. A. Jones
Willard Glaze
Houston
Texas
Tom Davis
Stone and Morris
J. F. Larson
Nellie Dodder
Paul Dodder
Emporia
Don Bealer
VFW
Dave McGaffey
Ted Duran
Detroit
William Yunk
Bennie Miller
E. E. Ward
Iowa Society of the Daughters of American Colonists
Grant Gale
James Owen
Vancouver
Wash
Charles Earl McAvoy
Fontana
Calif
Mr. McAvoy
Howard W. Raplinger
White State Bank
South English
Thursday Wellman
Mary Ellen Mullinnix
Wellman
Ona Burr Bidwell
Fred Stockett
Richard Shirley
Silver City
N. M
Eleanor Bailey
Theodore Baileys
Mary Patricia
Ira Miksch
Sherm Wolfe of
Des Moinnes
James
Robert Quinn
Orin McNallie
Madaline
Pomona Beach, Fla
Loretta Dacy
Walter Spoon
Richard
Modesto
Parsons College
National Farmers Organization
Grove Letts
Ardell Gerot
Duane Redlinger
Guy Gerot
Elmer Schneider
Roger Sherman
Nineteenth Century Club
Ethel Glider
Milo Glider
Long Beach
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