Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Washington Evening Journal in Washington, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1973

Page

2

Bride Cheryl Eagle Weds Douglas Owen White in St James Church

Cheryl A. Eagle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Eagle of Riverside married Douglas Owen White son of Mr. and Mrs. Owen White of Ainsworth in a 1:30 PM Saturday ceremony at St. James Church. Attendants included Barbara White Deanna Swenson Debrah Eagle. best man David White. Reception at St. James School gym. Both graduates of Highland High School 1973 now residing in Ainsworth.

Cheryl A. Eagle Richard W. Eagle Riverside Douglas Owen White Owen White Ainsworth St. James Church Edward J. Shepherd Barbara White Deanna Swenson Debrah Eagle Solon Brenda Herman Don White Bruce White Jeff Weimer David Cobba West Branch Terry Bowton Dean Swenson St. James School Highland High School White

Choate Westin nuptials attended by Washington friends

Richard Choate son of Mrs. Margaret Choate married Ingrid Westin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Westin of Edina Minn at Mt Olivet Lutheran Church Minneapolis The couple will reside at 4005 Grand Avenue Apt 2 Des Moines Drake University senior Choate nursing staff at Iowa Methodist Hospital Washington guests included family friends and relatives from Bloomington Decorah and Alexandria among others

Washington Richard Choate Margaret Choate Ingrid Westin Clarence Westin Edina Minn Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church Minneapolis Choate Grand Avenue Apt. 2 Des Moines Drake University

TTT Members Return From Florida Convention

TTT members from this area joined 420 delegates at the National TTT Society meeting in Clearwater Florida October 11 to 13. Delegates from local chapters included Mrs Walter Doak Mrs Merle Turnipseed Mrs Ed Augustine Mrs Don Bermel Mrs Jack Leedom and others. The event featured a chartered 92 passenger flight from Des Moines, a banquet with 600 attendees, and installation of new officers. Mary F Swaney of Mt Pleasant Iowa was honored as a founder. The newly elected president is Mrs C E Melcher of Clear Lake who will preside at the Des Moines 1975 convention. The society supports camping for girls 9 to 10 1 2 years old with camps funded by dues and gifts. The convention concluded with side trips to Clearwater Beach Disneyworld and Cypress Gardens.

TTT National TTT Society Ft. Harrison Clearwater Fla Walter Doak Merle Turnipseed Ed Augustine Washington Don Bermel Jack Leedom Keota Eda Boshart Wayland Don Miller Olds Ernest Fort Columbus Junction Des Moines Largo High School Symphony Orchestra Elizabeth Kovachevich St. Petersburg Mary F. Swaney Mt. Pleasant Iowa C.E. Melcher Clear Lake TIT District of Columbia Wolcott Ind Show Low Ariz Eden Valley Minn Boyd Stoutner Wayne Gamon Clearwater Beach Disneyworld Cypress Gardens

United Methodist Women Circles IV VI VII Meet Friday

UMW circles IV VI and VII held Friday meetings. Circle IV hosted by Mrs Robert Wead with seven members and one guest Miss Chapman. Circle VI hosted by Mrs Clifford Freel with 21 members and one new member Mrs C A Thompson. Circle VII hosted by Mrs Marion Pence with seventeen members. Programs included scripture selections devotions book review Prison to Power in Praise and Billy Graham crusade recording.

United Methodist Women Circle IV Robert Wead Evert Westen Miss Chapman Wead Earl Nightingale Weston Norman Vincent Peale Clifford Freel Circle VI C. A. Thompson Dale Atkinson Glenn Dunbar Florence Henss Claire Keating Merlin R. Carruthers Freel Europe Marion Pence Ralph Chorpening Ed Wolfe Circle VII J. W. Helscher Arthur Rankin

Walnut Women's Club Hosts Holiday Meeting

Mrs. Maurice Pacha welcomed twelve members and four children as guests including Mrs. Dell Farrier and Mrs. Robert Wilcox with Laura. Farrier presented slides on the Holy Land while members shared holiday recipes. A note from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ferrell was read thanking the club for kindness during illness. Members were urged to bring sewing and stuffing materials next time.

Walnut Women’s Club Maurice Pacha Dell Farrier Robert Wilcox Laura

Thought on life by Eugene ONeill

A newspaper card captures a quoted reflection attributed to playwright Eugene ONeill describing human life as strange dark interludes in the electrical display of God the father. The remark frames existence in stark, cosmic imagery.

Eugene O'Neill God the Father

Social Calendar Weekday Club and School Events

A series of community gatherings listed for Tuesday through Friday includes YWCA social, St. James Home and School, VEW Auxiliary meeting at VFW Hall, Lincoln School PTG Open House, and Creative Living I. Midweek circles and luncheons cover United Methodist Women and Public Affairs. Thursday features PEO and senior crafts, with pinochle and club meetings. Friday highlights Bethlehem Commandery potluck and Rebekah Lodge activities at 100F Hall.

YWCA St. James Home Mary Jackson IGE Joint County VEW VFW Lincoln School PTG Creative Living I Joe Evanovich Jr United Methodist Women Milo Steele Jr Robert Ross Albert Zieglowsky Daryl Dodder Edgar Stewart Good Will Ethel Palmer Just Us W. B. Edwards Thirty Niners Club Gifford Morrison Dave Livingston YMCA Paul Stebelton Walter Horning HJ Club Hubert Malichky Reformed Presbyterian Church Independent Club Wilfrid Wittetoe Glenn Knapp Bethlehem Commandery Masonic Temple Rebekah Lodge United Methodist

Messer Oil Company hosts annual party in Washington

Messer Oil Company held its annual party at the Captain's Table with Mr and Mrs Walter Messer hosting. Will Hoekman of Des Moines spoke on the profit sharing plan adopted in 1960 and bonuses were distributed. Don Orr and Harold Hayes were honored for 25 and 15 years of service. Several Washington residents attended.

Messer Oil Company Walter Messer Will Hoekman Des Moines Shell Oil Company Don Orr Harold Hayes John Blum Edsall Brown Edward Conner Michael Mineart Lam Messer Washington Orr West Chester Lee Schooley Brighton Lloyd Hinkle

Waco Stage Choir chili supper in Wayland lunchroom

The Waco School Stage Choir will host a chili supper and bake sale October 26 at the Wayland school lunchroom. Serving from 4 7 p.m. prior to the last home football game. Cost is a freewill offering to fund a new look with outfits equipment and stage props.

Waco Wayland Waco Warriors

De-Men Booster Club to Meet Wednesday Evening

Members of the Washington De-Men booster club will meet Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium here. Besides the usual football program, discussion will cover winter activities. The board of directors will meet with President Ron Hackbarth at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday.

Washington De-Men Booster Club Ron Hackbarth

Riverside Loses Grocery and Meat Market Scene

Riverside loses its grocery and meat market as Strebs Meat and Grocery closed its doors last Saturday. The Chamber of Commerce surveys locals on Riverside’s needs, while residents report mushrooms and Madeira bulbs blooming. Plans to winter elsewhere surface as fall mincemeat is prepped and friends share raisins. Fried green tomatoes offer a comforting kitchen note.

Riverside Strebs Meat and Grocery Chamber of Commerce

Local visits and family updates from Des Moines area households

Mrs Wayne Gamon visited her aunt and uncle in Bellair Beach Florida during the national TTT convention. Winnie Baker of Layton Utah planned to stay through month end visiting sisters and relatives here. Jesse Linch of Madras Oregon traveled through Washington en route to Mt Pleasant to visit parents then to Texas for a teachers' convention before returning to Oregon. James and Archie Horak and other relatives marked several October birthdays with gifts and cake. Mrs Emma Pecinovsky is a patient at Town Methodist Hospital. Clarence Duke Woods and Mrs Marie Woods visited in Davenport and Des Moines. Mrs Lewis Goodlander enjoyed visits with Korte and Sheets families, plus Dr Dwight Keller before his deployment. Leo Stone received a call from daughter Helen Moreland in Ames after minor surgery in Rochester Minnesota. she will be released soon.

Wayne Gamon Hubert Tipton Bellair Beach Fla Florida Winnie Baker Layton Utah Walter Sheets Wilmer Lauderman Merie Statler Jesse Linch Madras Ore Washington Mt. Pleasant Clark Linch Texas Oregon Buff Street Linch Lewis Goodlander Milton Korte West Des Moines Robert H. Sheets Des Moines Dwight Keller Oklahoma City Keller Kortes Leo Stone Russell Helen) Moreland Ames Rochester Minn

Sheets Anniversary Open House Mark 25 Years

Mr and Mrs Walter Sheets celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house at the Christian Church on Sunday afternoon. About 175 friends and relatives attended the reception, joining in the receiving line, gifts, flowers, and a three tier anniversary cake baked by Kaylene Darbyshire attended by many from Marion Fairfield Oskaloosa Mediapolis Davenport Keota Mt. Pleasant Richland and Columbus Junction.

Walter Sheets Christian Church Mr. Sheets Clifford Conklin West Chester Sheets Ireta Janecek Washington Kaylene Darbyshire Waldo Miller Don Robertson Lindy Brinning Darrell Argo Jery Miller Fellowship Hall Wilmer Lauderman Larry Lauderman Grace Stone Craig Conklin Vince Smith Denise Diane Smith Bob Wide Karla Darbyshire Gladys Putman Laureen Knapp Winnie Baker Layton Utah Marion Fairfield Oskaloosa Mediapolis Davenport Keota Mt. Pleasant Richland Columbus Junction

Pittsburgher Sleeps Through Hilton Window Burst

John Suciu Jr of Pittsburgh and a companion room in the Seattle Hilton suffered shattered windows from random gunfire aimed south of the hotel. Suciu stayed calm, covering himself with a pillow and blanket on the floor during the incident.

Pittsburgh Seattle Wash UPI John Suciu Jr Seattle Hilton Suciu Lucia

Optimist Club hears Paul Reynolds program at Winga's

Paul Reynolds led the Optimist Club breakfast at Winga's Restaurant this morning. He presented slides from the Iowa State Fair and update on the soybean yield contest now underway after harvest. Dr. Dan Allen is recovering from brain surgery at University Hospital Iowa City in room 5 south. Next week's speaker will be Aubrey McGann of Kingston Jamaica.

Paul Reynolds Optimists Club Winga's Mr. Reynolds Dan Allen University Hospital Iowa City

Scott Barber Joins CSU Selected Honors Program

Scott Barber of Wellman son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Barber has been accepted into the Selected Honors Student Program at Colorado State University in Fort Collins this fall. About 20 entering freshmen were selected for enrollment in the program. Scott is a 1973 graduate of Mid Prairie High School.

Wellman Scott Barber Stanley Barber Colorado State University Fort Collin Scott Mid - Prairie High School

On the Record Hospital Notices for Washington Area

Admitted yesterday and today list medical and surgical patients from Washington and nearby towns including Mrs Paul Mayer Miss Florence Baird Miss Ethel McCreedy Mrs Ray Musgrove Mrs Jon Randall Mrs Robert Brewer Births announce a son for Mr and Mrs Bernard Moeller Keota Dismissals include Lola Turkington and others transferred to Mercy Iowa City plus local discharges today list Bernard Kephart Sophia Peterson Jeffrey Letts Amos Miller Tee Washington. Published at 111 North Marion Ave Washington Iowa by Elder Shannon Co Inc. affiliates.

Paul Mayer Washington Florence Baird Ethel McCreedy Ray Musgrove Jon Randall Columbus Junction Robert Brewer Bernard Moeller Keota Lola Turkington Robert Huff Crawfordsville Arley Beese Wayland Robert Robertson Mercy Hospital Iowa City Bernard Kephart Sophia Peterson Jeffrey Letts Amos Miller Kalona Dennis Tee North Marion Ave Iowa Elder, Shannon & Co. Inc United Press International Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa, Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn Audit ‘Bureau of Circulations David Elder

Also Mentioned on This Page

Douglas White Cheryl Eagle Ken Rene Radisson Hotel Bloomington Edith Ellyson Robert Libe Dale Janecek Robert Reed Dave Elder Randy Hillman Allen Lemke Tom Logan Ann Gregory Luther College Decorah Allen Bergstrom and UMW Wolf's Wolf's Flower Shop Waco Stage Choir By Marge Luckey Dave Rotenburger James Murphy Muscatine George Brock Mela Horak Archie Horak Elma Horak Mary Horak Brock Mr. Brock Angel Emma Pecinovsky Town Methodist Hospital Clarence Duke) Woods Marie Woods Woods Eula Cherry N. Marion Mayme Squire Edna Smith Opal Orris Marion Porter Hazel Boyd Sam Witting Harry Suter Bob Stevenson Osincup’s Prescription Service Center United Presbyterian Church East Main Street Ead Wah Zielstorf SAN Diego — Navy Karl D. Zielstorf Alice M. Zielstorf Naval Training Center Washington Evening Jour Washington, Iowa William ‘Shimon Charles Morris Leonard Llewellyn Carrer Washington Sc Farrell W. Main Washington, la
Search Courier

Search the Washington Evening Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Washington Evening Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication