Washington History Highlights From Past Weeks
A retrospective column records recent travels and family news including Mr and Mrs George Rudiger vacationing at Lake of the Ozarks with side trips to Eureka Springs Arkansas Mrs Margaret Stewart eastward to Los Angeles and a note on Lt Carney and daughter Carol touring New York via Munich. Kiwanis prize winners Camp Fire girl Carol Jungbluth Carolyn McDonald Barbara Lins. Also mentions a local pow wow, high school play planning by Ruth Farmer, and Dr G J Nemmers elected president of Washington Golf and Country Club. Anniversary plans for Mr and Mrs Perry C Woods celebrated at home in Gas East Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rudiger
Lake of the Ozarks
Rudiger
Eureka ‘Springs
Ark
Margaret Stewart
Los Angeles
W.G Stewart
Ralph Bauer
Dene A. Carney
Carol
New York
Munich
Germany
Li Carhey
Washington
Barbara Lins
Kiwanis
Camp Fire
Carol Jungbluth
Carolyn McDonald
Mir
Marion Steavoy
Mar Shalltown
McAvoy
Washington High School
Ruth Farmer
G. J. Nemmers
Washington Golf and Country Club
Letty Logan
Clarence Logan
Monmouth “College
Perry C. Woods
Gas East Second Street
Common Tasks as Sacred Work Poem Summary
A fragmentary poem praising everyday labor as sacred ministry. It links plowman, carpenter, gardener, and caregiver to divine partnership, urging each child to take pride and do their best in ordinary tasks. The piece reflects hopeful verse from a collection titled Songs of Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Noll Crowell
Marriages in Ashington East Pleasant Plain and Washington
Marriage announcements list Karla Walling and Russell Conrad wed on Oct 12 at the Methodist Church with a new home in Wayland. Vonnie Van Dyke and Ronald Fritz married Oct 12 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, new home at 608 North Seventh in Washington. Joanna Boock and Loyd Koopman wed Oct 13 at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. groom employed at Amana Refrigeration with home in Titfin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karla Walling, Daugher
Carlos Walling
Ashington
Russel W. Conrad
William Conrad
Wayland
Noble Carpenter
Vonnie van Dyke
Beryl B. van Dyke
Richland
Ronald Fritz
Raymond Fritz
Brighton
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
North Seventh
Washington
Joanna Boock
Charles Boock
Loyd E. Koopman
Elmer Koopman
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Amana
Tiffin
Speeding arrests duo fined in police court
Jerry Lee Truitt 18 of Muscatine was arrested by city police and fined $10 for speeding. Roger Eugene Roese ke 29 of Owattana Minnesota was fined $10 this morning in a police court by Justice of the Peace Glen Holden for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Lee Truitt
Muscatine
Roger Eugene Roeseke
Owattana
Minnesota
Justice of the Peace
Glen Holden
Junior High Holds Southeast Iowa Student Council Conference
The second annual Southeast District Iowa Junior High Student Council Conference was held at Washington Junior High School on Saturday. Community members attended events and visitors included former classmates from Washington High School in 1918 and relatives visiting in town.
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Southeast District
Iowa
Washington Junior High
Washington County News Highlights October Activities and Elections
Red Cross membership drive starts countywide except in Washington city. Community Chest collects later this month. USDA foods worth 17 246.74 distributed to needy residents in first half of year. Washington High vocal students attend Southeast Six festival hosted by Centerville High. Washington sophomores lose 25 to 7 at Muscatine but show improved second half. West Chester candidates field two slates led by Harold Toldander with incumbent re election. County Farm Bureau meeting at St James Gym with officers elected: Jones president Thomas vice president McConnell treasurer Campbell secretary. Kaipa nucese named chair of County Board of Education. Kleese and Lewis take oath. Hebner couple celebrate 50th wedding anniversary with surprise dinner and park gathering. Attendees include Mr and Mrs George C Stewart and Sunset Park group. Church homecoming at Pleasant Hill. Stutrud family returns from Iowa Pastors Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Farm Bureau
St. James
George Horn
T. J. Lew
Robert Jones
Haydn ‘Thomas
Francis McConnell
Bruce Campbell
Concordia College Homecoming Events and Nearby Travels
Readables recount Rev Stutrud's 10th anniversary since graduation at Concordia College Moorhead Minnesota. Lois Putnam's trips to Bowie Maryland and Philadelphia to visit relatives. Lois traveled with brother and sister-in-law by auto and plane. Foster Bickell visited Davenport with Stanley Clinton family. Major James Welcher and family visited from Ft Leonard Wood Missouri. he starts yearlong Vietnam assignment November 12. Lester Welcher recently discharged from hospital.
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Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Stutrud
Lois Putnam
Bowie
Jeff Radley
Philadelphia
Janet Stevenson
Helen Holland
James Welcher
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo
Lester Welcher
Welcher
Ft. Leonard Wood
Viet Nam
Washington County meetings discuss economic trends and hot lunch week
A series of seven pre breakfast meetings planned by the Washington County Extension Service with Chamber of Commerce and YMCA adult education committee aim to discuss economic and social trends and their impact on Washington County. National Hot Lunch Week noted as cooks serve about 1,090 meals on an average school day across four schools.
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Washington County
Washington County Extension Service
The
Chamber of Commerce
Ymca Adult Education Committee
Washington
Local Club Elects Four To Board At Annual Dinner
About seventy five people attended the Club annual dinner on Wednesday evening where four men were elected to the board of directors Tom Tanner Jim Lloyd Ted Jonson will serve three year terms and John Mattes fills a vacancy New ladies board members are Betty Powers Virginia Tschantz and Violet Jones replacing Ann Johnson Pat Harris and Billie Young Public Safe in State of Iowa William Sueppel introduced at Kiwanis meeting His department includes nine divisions with over eight hundred employees The Washington unit American Legion Auxiliary met with sixty in attendance Breakins reported at Wellman including Hermanns Feed and Grain and Noffsinger Hardware and a break in at East Washington Lanes Bowling Alley Cash and cigarettes stolen Police investigating Six boys completed a Red Cross junior first aid course Washington eighth grade football team lost 2 ½ to 0 to Muscatine Central International Assembly of the convention of Christian churches met in Miami Beach Oct 11 16 Duck calling contest in Galesburg Ill won by Dick Moothart Washington visitors noted Also mention of local residents visiting or staying with friends and relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Golf and Country Club
Tom Tanner
Jim Lloyd
Ted Jonson
Tohn Mattes
Eldon Brake
John Lloyd
Bob Robertson
Betty Powers
Virginia Tschantz
Violet Jones
Ann Johnson
Pat Harris
Billie Young
UP Home observes 16th anniversary celebrations
The United Presbyterian Home of Washington marked its sixteenth anniversary with a 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. program led by Reverend John Simpson of Springfield Illinois, director of the capital funds campaign. Police and county officers investigate a wave of local break ins, including a Kalona theft of 200 dollars from a safe and five dollars from a vending machine. John Anderson, 91, celebrated Oct 9 with family visits and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Home ‘of
Washington
John Simpson
Springfield
Minois
Capital Funds Campaign
Hospital births and admissions listed by city
A record of admissions and births with dates and names across Washington Ainsworth Wellman Letts Kalona Brighton Town City Wayland and surrounding areas. Entries list admitted yesterday today and forthcoming births and dismissals including Mr and Mrs Lambert McDole Roe Windus Vogel Stout Ballard Miller Miller Gould and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McDole
Washington
Paul Lambert
Ainsworth
Glen Cuddersack
Martyn Yoder
Wellman
James Junkin
Leo Axtell
Letts
Andy Kaufman
Wayland
Ronald Brown
Robert Roe
Gary Windus
Donald Vogel
John McConaughy
Brighton
Rex Gingerich
Town City
Ralph Witthoft
Richard Stout
Joyce Ballard
Raymond Miller Jr
John N. Hahn
Dale Herdlicka
Edward Miller
Kalona
Leland Sanders ‘and Son
Kenneth Slagle
Robert Magnefrau
Pleasant
Malverin Gould
Death notices batch from multiple towns
Obituaries report Bert Dickinson 87 funeral in Brighton with Rev Dean Cary. J Forrest Embree 73 Keota realtor dies in Iowa City Mercy Hospital after long illness. Thomas Eugene Brinton former Brighton resident dies in Cedar Falls. Jane Bottorff dies at East Moline after living with daughter DeM Taylor. Julius J Miller 83 struck by car in Carlsbad and killed. services pending in Wellman.
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Brighton
Bert Dickinson
Gould
Dean Cary
Hillcrest Cemetery
Keota
J. Forrest Embree
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Isrighton
Thomas Eugene Brinton
Cedar Falls
Richland Jane Bottorff
Dem Taylor
East Moline
Wellman
Julius J. Miller
Carlsbad
Calif
Mr. Miller
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