Obituary of Cedar Township farmer Jay C. Carris dies at 98
Jay C. Carris, 98, longtime Cedar Township resident and farmer since 1911, died Friday evening Oct 17 1975 at Washington County Hospital Long Term Care Unit. He was a charter Farm Bureau member, elder in First and United Presbyterian churches, school board member, and township trustee. Survived by two children Edith Logan and Henry Carris, six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. services Monday 1:30 pm at United Presbyterian Church. burial in local cemetery. Memorials to United Presbyterian Church or hospital unit.
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Cedar Township
Washington County Hospital
United Presbyterian Church
William H. Kettlitz
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Keota
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First Presbyterian
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Dublin
Dutch Creek Township
Seth D
Arabel Quinn Carris
Washington Academy
Cora Eunice Miller
Clarence
Edith) Logan
Washington
Henry Carris
Rutland
John
Barbara
Rural Americans Hit Hardest by Higher Gas Prices
Higher gas prices strain rural households which travel farther for work and essentials. The Farm Index notes rural drivers own more vehicles and undertake 15 percent more trips, with annual miles about 15,500 versus urban 11,000. A 25 cent rise could raise rural transport costs $250, urban $175.
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Wayland Rites for Mrs Sarah Widmer
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Widmer, 87, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Beatty Jennings Chapel Wayland with Rev Glen Richard presiding. Burial follows in Eicher Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the chapel. Memorials may be given to Parkview Home. She died Thursday Oct 16 1975 at 11 50 p.m. She was born November 13 1887 in Stirling Ohio, daughter of John and Katherine Graber. She married John Widmer in Wayland February 1921. he died June 7 1943. She was a member of Eicher Mennonite Church. Surviving: one son Glenn, Washington. four grandchildren. seven great grandchildren.
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Sarah Widmer
Beatty Jennings Chapel
Glen Richard
Eicher
Parkview
Widmer
Stirling
Ohio
John
Katherine Richard Graber
John Widmer
Eicher Mennonite Church
Glenn
Washington
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Ted Maxwell
San Antonio
Texas
Mildred Johnson
Columbia
Ted
Miss Johnson
Florence Maxwell
Maurice Maxwell
Rock Island
Ill
Air Force
Ivor Davis
Des Moines
Sandra
Junior Fritz
Richard Lease
Camp Sunnyside
George Canott
Rosewell
N.M
Gray
Canott
Richard Bell
Haydn Thomas
Regina Richardson
Harlan Winter
Washington United Presbyterian Church
Joseph Housh
Dubuque
James Wilson
Maurine
Leonard Wilson
Fort Madison
Robert Wilson
Edith Canott
Evangelist Jack Yost
Berwick
Ed Piper
Lewistown
Fern Hayes
Myrtle Mayer
Marguerite Pefferman
Keith White
Iowa City
John McNeill
Mr. White
Art Davison
Wendell
Evangelist Yost
Lee Siegel
Will Fairchild
Pennsylvania
Margaret Witting
Joni Russell
Jack Yost
Fern Cliff Church
Doris Brown
Cedar Rapids
Lillian
Burlington
Alice
University hospitals seek funds to add staff in Iowa City
University of Iowa officials told the state Board of Regents that staffing at University Hospitals ranks among the worst of 42 teaching hospitals. They asked for 439000 dollars to add 91 staff and improve the staff per occupied bed ratio from 29103, part of a 23 million program to upgrade care and services amid rising indigent care and complex diseases.
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UPI
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Iowa
Uoi
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H. Rand Petersen
U of I
U of
Ted Maxwell of Texas visits Crawfordsville family
Ted Maxwell of San Antonio and his wife Marion visit his mother Mrs. Florence Maxwell in Crawfordsville with Mildred Johnson of Columbia. The group, including Maurice Maxwell of Rock Island, plans a weeklong stay before visiting Ohio. Several local families host and attend church and community events amid family reunions and social gatherings.
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Ted Maxwells
Texas
Crawfordsville
North Building
United Presbyterian Women
Ted Maxwell
San Antonio
Tex
Marion
Europe
Ted
Alberta Rhea
Ruthe Fletcher
Lois Coon
Marie Lowe
Maurice Maxwell
Rock Island
Kenneth Kilpatrick
Winfield
Walter Grothe
Mediapolis
Ruth Beauchamp
Frances Asher
Mt. Pleasant
Harlan Winter
United Methodist
Winter
Harlan
Kaye Winter
Ed Philgreen
New London
Harold Schirm
Dave Helms
Morning Sun
Joseph Ricks
Mt. Union
Arthur
Nancy Allen
New Hope
Wayland
Guest day at St. Joseph's in East Pleasant Plain draws crowd
A October 8 guest day at St. Joseph's Catholic church East Pleasant Plain drew 68 attendees from Washington Fairfield Mt. Pleasant Keota Germanville Brighton Richland Antioch Wayland Pleasant Plain and East Pleasant Plain. The program included a prayer and song service followed by a talk by Robert Dornan national spokesman for Citizens For Decency Through Law.
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Brighton
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Washington
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Keota
Germanville
Richland
Antioch
Wayland
Pleasant Plain
Robert Dornan
Dornan
Los Angeles
Calif
Citizens For Decency
Richard Sobaski
The
Altar and Rosary Society
Max Benda
Ardell Hahn
Robert Kurtz
Mr. Dornan
Carlyle
Henry Lechner
Arthur Brookhart
Muscatine
M.L. McCreedy
Lester Willey
Denver
Dean Johnson
Elkin
Ed Wise
Raymond Stacy
Willis Horton Sr
Victor Stacy
Columbus Junction
Herb Campbell
Verne Landers
Verl Koch
Esther Kane
Candi Chuck
Marshalltown
Nettie Chuck
Alisia Skubal Hosts Doll House Birthday Party
Highland Township on Oct 15 reports Alisia Skubal turning seven with a doll house cake baked by her mother. Grandparents Percy Skubal Chris Earnest and Mrs. James Jones attended with ice cream and cake at the Skubal home. Alissa is the daughter of Ed and Mrs. Skubal. Brenda and Bobby joined dinner guests of Harold Shelangoski at Mt. Pleasant on Sunday.
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Jim McCreedy
Highland Twp
Alisia Skubal
Percy Skubal
Chris Earnest
James Jones
Skubal
Alissa
Ed Skubal
Brenda
Bobby
Harold Shelangoski
Mt. Pleasant
Roundup of local clubs and school board actions in Columbus Junction
The Half Hour Club met at Juanita Huston's residence with seventeen members in attendance. Programs included Colonial Cookery and Early Thanksgivings led by Alice Huston Haven Hasel and Wilma Henson. Federated Club and Miriam Circle activities announced. American Legion Auxiliary collected canned goods for district meeting. Letts school board set October 22 meeting with L M salary committee and approved interscholastic girls softball for next fall. Maharishi International University observers allowed at a board meeting. Susanna Circle visited Colonial Manor Care Center with chalk talk and group singing.
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Helene G. Dillon
Columbus Junction
Juanita Huston
Althea Canfield
Alice Huston
Margaret Newell
Nell Weber
Bea Rohret
Dorothy McCormac
Irene Mysers
Haven Hasel
Miriam Circle
Helen Thornton
Wilma Henson
Helene Dillon
Federated Club
Lois Houseal
Mary Beth Carey
Sylvia Platts
Commission For the Blind
Helen Kreisler
Marilyn Thomas
Rita Adam
Louise Reaney
American Legion Auxiliary
Isabelle Sellers
Irene Myers
Evelyn Moran
Mary's
Town City
Peoples Bank
Ocie Moran
Elsie Gabriel
Emma Beckman
C.E.S
Harold's
Letts
L-M
Davenport
Grandview
Louisa County
Maharishi International University
Fairfield
Susanna
United Methodist Church
Colonial Manor
Ruth Buser
Carla Harris
Kathleen Sands
Marie Greene
John Brauns
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