Local families celebrate Melinda Kay West birthday in Burlington
Local residents marked the first birthday of Melinda Kay West with a gathering at the West home in Burlington. Guests included Melinda’s brother Sammy, the Berquist and Westen families, and Sam West on weekend pass from Veterans Hospital Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe West
Kathleen West
George Westen
Sam West
Burlington
Melinda Kay West
Sammy
Carl Berquist
Robyn
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Berquist
Melinda Kay
Local DECA Plans Bake Sale Fundraiser
The Distributive Education Club plans a bake sale at Jarvis Appliance Store this Thursday 6 to 9 PM and Friday 9 PM to 12 AM. Proceeds support DECA delegates uniforms and travel to conventions. Officers recently attended a state convention in Des Moines. The next is the national convention in Chicago. Dave Goedken is the local president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis Appliance
DECA
Des Moines
Chicago
Dave Goedken
Sobaski Service Details At Ft Sam Houston Texas
Private Duane H Sobaski 48168 1926 served in SOBASKI unit 62 C Company 2 Bn at Ft Sam Houston Texas 78234 during active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duane H. Sobaski
C Company
Calendar notices and club events for the week
A dense calendar lists numerous club meetings and events from EPC Club to YWCA and Masonic groups with times and venues. An award note honors Frank Jackson of Eldora as the first Hardin County 75 Year Club member to reach 100, with 82 members aged over 90 attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jackson
Eldora
Hardin County
Theta Lambda initiates four pledges at jewels ceremony
Four pledges were welcomed into Theta Lambda chapter of Beta Sigma Phi at a candlelight ritual hosted by Mrs. Wendell Piper. The event, led by president Mrs. Dave Williams, honored pledges Van Murdock Dunt Pace and Fishback with yellow roses. A donation to the Beta Sigma Phi state project benefiting a Madrid area diabetic camp was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Lambda
Theta Lambda Chapter
Beta Sigma Phil Sorority
Wendell Piper
Dave Williams
Gary Collins
Phil Ahrens
van Murdock
David Dunt
Tom Pace
Larry Fishback
Beta Sigma Phi
Madrid
Max Cousins
Piper
On the Record Hospital Admits and Discharges
On the Record lists admissions yesterday including Mrs. W H Hotle and Sam Witting of Washington and Mrs. Michael McCandless with Donald McArtor also in Washington. Dismissals include Mrs. Eugene Lintz and her son and Mrs. Walter James Gingerich and her son from Crawfordsville and Kalona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hotle
Washington Medical
Sam Witting
Washington
Michael McCandless
Donald McArtor
Eugene Lintz
Crawfordsville
Walter James Gingerich
Kalona
Mary
State Questers Club members attend Newton convention
Washington Log Cabin Questers Club members attended the state Questers Convention in Newton on Monday at the Holiday Inn and Newton Country Club. State officers were introduced, Mildred Speight of West Branch gave a program on historical West Branch, and about 300 attended the noon luncheon. Afterward the group toured local antique shops and shopping centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Escher
Don Simmering
Lawrence Bartman
Harold Gerdes
Walter Jungbluth
Joe Schlatter
Washington Log Cabin Questers Club
Newton
Holiday Inn
Newton Country Club
Mildred Speight
West Branch
Country Club
Washington Evening Journal early edition highlights and masthead
Washington Evening Journal page 3 from October 20 1971 shows masthead with staff roles including president editor and production superintendent and lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery within and outside Washington Iowa with annual and six month prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Evening Journal
Warrington
Town
Marion Ave
Washington
Dei
Che
Pres International
Dicentatte
David and
Willian
Saannon
Prident
McHaries “Morris
Manning
Rovert Shatter
Ewellyn
Houte
Towa
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Donald Erlenbush
Cedar Rapids
Ft Dix
Donald
Ralph Erlenbush
Kathy
John
Ft. Dix
Germany
Harold Rathmel
Prairie Home
Peg Erlenbach
Minneapolis
Sheryl Blum
Mercy Hospital
Washington Hustlers
James D. Daering
Duane Daering
Hills
Mary Harvey
Carl Daering
Brighton
Floyd Johnson
Karen
Pleasant Plain
Wanda Rudolph
Diana
Robin Harvey
Dus Daering
Eddie
Richard Murray
Christy
Kyla
Gaylen Kron
Rayna
Jill
Bert
Sgt
Daering
Ellsworth Air Force Base
South Dakota
Roy
Jack) Mills
Oskaloosa
PL. Fenn
Gilbert Mills
Jim Bennett
Philip Mills
Kenneth Fenn
San Diego
Tucson
Arbell
Kirksville
Memphis, Mo
Iowa
Salem
Mt. Pleasant
Oakland Mill Lockridge
Clear Lake
Newton Marshalltown
Plainfield
George Rudiger
Lynn Harvey
Tacoma, Wash
Preston Harvey
Earl Voelker
Stella Vacha
Washington, D.C
Otto Koivister
University of Maryland
Virginia
Scott Swartzendruber
University of Northern Iowa
Don Swartzendruber
Leona Wehr
Lester Kerns
Denver
Colo
Davenport
Sobaski
EPC Club
Harold Klopfenstein
Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Tops
YWCA
Masonic Father and Son
Masonic Temple Creative Living
Shelly Lynn Salon
James Schmidt
Clarence Logan
Pla
Emma Barnett
Just Us Club
E.H Messer
Jolly Nine Club
Alter Lance
Ymca Forth Mary Wesleyan Service Guild
Daryl Dodder
Independent Club
Gerald Hahn
D.O. Butler
Ezra Jones
Friday
Wctu Institute
Cottonwood United Methodist Church
Wayland
Sov
Pytire
Ilniors
Vewest
Coats
ROB Bio
World War II and Auxiliary
Thora Pease
Edna Mueller
Town City
Howard Johnson
Vera McCoy
Lena Ramseyer
William Ryan
Frank Caraccio
John Gaffey
Dale Schiebe
Quester Clubs
Connelly Hardware South Side
Dacron
Ban-Lon
Sale
Oxford
Jcpenney
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