Washington News Roundup From Rotary to Elections
Former Iowa banker leader Lee Holland spoke at a Rotary Club meeting in Washington. Local notes include Bessie Love visiting from Big Spring Texas, a cafe employee injured in a Willeka road crash, bus service suspensions between Iowa City and Mt. Pleasant, a farmer Willard Loeffler losing a foot, civic class drive for a 100 percent election turnout, a church group supper, and a Chicago burial for Jessie Sage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Holland
Washington State Bank
Iowa Bankers Association
National Organization of Bankers
Atlantic City
Rotary Club
Bessie L. Love
Dave Benson
John H. Wagner
Miss Love
Big Spring
Texas
Veterans Administration Hospital
Bill Jones
Winga
Washington
Iowa City
Willard Loeffler
Brighton
Here
Keota PTA meets Monday in school program
Keota Community School PTA held a Monday evening meeting at the elementary with good attendance. President Michael McInerney led the session and music by John Tadlock and Tom Hahn followed. The group discussed the sports program and planned the next meeting for the third Monday in November. Den 4 of the Cub Scouts met at Mrs. Carl Nelsons home to begin Bobcat badge study with members Larry Osweiler Dennis Detweiler Steve Tinnes Calvin Ginkinger Joe Zaugg and Tim Nelson. Cheryl Kensinger and Jean Peterson visited Cheryls grandmother Mrs Mildred Cater. Tammy Renee born October 11 to Mr and Mrs Eugene Reynolds of Iowa City with Mrs Reynolds the former Glenda Palmer. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Glen Palmer. Mrs Raymond Trier, recently hospitalized after a fall at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Sanders Keota
P.T.A
Keota
Michael McInerney
John Tadlock
Tom Hahn
Den 4
Carl Nelson
Larry Osweiler
Dennis Detweiler
Steve Tinnes
Calvin Ginkinger
Joe Zaugg
Tim Nelson
Nelson
Eugene Reynolds
Iowa City
Tammy Renee
Reynolds
Glenda Palmer
Glen Palmer
Cheryl Kensinger
Princeton
Illinois
Jean Peterson
Cheryl
Mildred Cater
Raymond Trier
Mercy Hospital
Marriages mark Oct weddings in several churches
Multiple wedding notices from Washington and nearby towns list marriages on Oct. 10 to 21. Couples include Miss Janet Rae Richards and George Ogden Sherman at a Methodist church with 200 guests, plus other ceremonies in Brighton Keota Richland Crawfordsville and Nashua churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Rae Richards
George Odgen Sherman
Theodore W. Schwartz
Willis F. Richards
John O. Sherman
Washington
Kinney wins picture award in 24th News Picture Contest
Chicago photographers led Inland Daily Press Association entries in the 24th annual contest judged by Medill. Jim Shaffer of Dubuque won top spot for papers over 15,000 circulation with The Capture. Dallas Kinney of Washington earned honors for papers under 15,000. Kinney’s Slow Learner won feature first, plus third places for Central Park checker players and Fire Patterns at Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern University
Medill School of Journalism
Inland Daily Press Association
Jim Shaffer
Dubuque
Telegraph Herald
Dallas Kinney
Washington
Journal
Shaffer
Kinney
Prairie Flower Special Education School
Central Park
Keota
Organize men's music club formed in Riverside area
A new Men s Music Club was organized Monday evening at Milo Sorden s home with officers named Charles Rade maker president Milo Sorden vice president Pete Weller secretary and Max Lee treasurer. Social notes include Washington and Van Horne visits while Donna Jean Be tterson s engagement to Jackie Lee Batterson is announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Sorden
Charles Rademaker
Pete Weller
Max Lee
Slemmons Family Visiting In Stillwater
Mrs John Slemmons and her two children Janna and Shawn of Stillwater Minnesota are visiting Mrs Slemmons parents Mr and Mrs R B DeLa in Stillwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Slemmons
Janna and
Shawn
Stillwater, Minn
Slemmons
R. B. DeLa
Conference on the Atom Chooses Student from Local High School
Washington Community High School student Philip Lemke was selected to attend the Annual Youth Conference on the Atom in Chicago November 5 6 and 7 with all expenses paid by Iowa Southern Utilities Company. Selections were based on aptitude tests and personal statements about science interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Lemke
Washington Community High School
Chicago
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Washington County Republicans open headquarters in town
The Washington County Republicans opened a headquarters at 208 West Washington Street west of the State Bank. Coffee starts at 9 a.m. Saturday with sample ballots on display and campaign materials available. Phone OL 3-4446. Richland farmer Paul Holmes lost his right hand in a corn picking accident Wednesday evening, with amputation at the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Eckhardt of Moberly Mo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Duane Swan and family welcomed a daughter born Oct 16 named Renea Colette. Washington Community High School marching band invited to the 1964 State University of Iowa Homecoming Parade on Friday Oct 23 and will attend the Iowa Purdue game Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Turner
Fritz
Ollie Turner
Washington
E. C. Eicher
Congress
Alex Miller
West Chester
Ralph Poole
Minneapolis
Minn
Los Angeles
Cloyce Huston
Elizabeth
Crawfordsville
Albania
Kenton Kurtz
Boice Kurtz
Court House
Joe Jones
Ames
Iowa State University
Jones
Joe's
Delta Sigma Chi
Washington County Republicans
West
Washington Street
State Bank
Richland
Paul Holmes
Fairfield
Ottumwa Hospital
Louis Eckhardt
Morley Street
Moberly
Wellman
Eckharts
Duane Swan
Geneseo
Ill
Renea Colette
Donald Hall
Washington Community High School
Alan Bergstrom
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Donald Beye
Donita
Dennis
East Pierce Avenue
Calvin Wolf
Beye
Maynard Goff Jr
Dale Connelly
A. H. Coles
Robison daughter joins sorority at Coe College
Sandra Robison, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Robison, was initiated into the Delta Eta chapter of Delta Delta Delta at Coe College in Cedar Rapids on Sunday October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hutcherson
Betty Caliborne
Marc
Doug Caliborne
Delmar Romine
Romines
Mr. Hutcherson
Cedar Rapids
Sandra Robison
Charles C. Robison
Delta Eta
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Coe College
Residents travel and farewells mark busy week
Mrs. Howard Bailey flew home from Columbus Georgia with granddaughter Rhonda Gaye Bailey after a five week visit. A-2c Robert Dean Bailey, stationed at Charleston Air Force Base, spent the weekend with family. The group toured Warm Springs and Stone Mountain. Also noted are hospital visits and farewells as the Beye family moves to Fairfield with various local gatherings. The 4-H Council meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the Extension Office to finalize plans for officers training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bailey
Columbus
Inlaw
Kenneth Bailey
Rhonda Gaye Bailey
Warm Springs
Stone Mountain Park
Atlanta
Officers Training School
Obituaries note four local deaths in mid October 1964
Deaths reported include Mrs Clyde V Brown 92 of 1037 North Second Avenue who died today after a three year illness. Joseph Paul Shelangoski 56 of Pleasant Plain was killed when a tractor overturned in a ditch two miles south of Pleasant Plain. Mrs Helen Keck 95 died Saturday afternoon October 17 1964 at The Pines Nursing Home her home listed as 401 East Jefferson Street. Mrs Anna Boyd Gamble 85 died Saturday October 17 1964 at the United Presbyterian Home after years of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde V. Brown
North Second Avenue
Brighton
Joseph Paul Shelangoski
Pleasant Plain
Helen Keck
the Pines Nursing Home
East Jefferson Street
Anna Boyd Gamble
United Presbyterian Home
Obituary notices from Kalona and Columbus Junction
Mrs L R Lemley of Kalona dies at 81 in Marengo Memorial Hospital after a week as patient. Mrs M E Fisher age 54 of Columbus Junction dies October 20 in Muscatine Hospital. services set for 2 p.m. October 22 at Stacy Funeral Home with Rev Robert Parris. burial in Columbus City Cemetery.
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Kalona
L. R. Lemley
Marengo Memorial Hospital
Columbus Junction
M.E. Fisher
Muscatine Hospital
Stacy Funeral Home
Robert Parris
Columbus City Cemetery
Obituary notices from Crawfordsville Ottumwa and Riverside
Mrs. Philip Gerdes 71, of Crawfordsville, died this morning October 22 1964 at Morning Sun Manor in Morning Sun Iowa. Lawrence Dawson brother of Mrs Lloyd Conger of Washington, died Tuesday at his home in Waterloo 609 Leonard Street. Sister Mary Gregory 81 died Wednesday at St Josephs Hospital in Ottumwa. Gertrude Schnoebelen born near Riverside December 2 1882 to Gregory and Josephine Warlaumont Schnoebelen, died after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Gerdes
Crawfordsville
Morning Sun Manor
Morning Sun
Iowa
Lawrence Dawson
Lloyd Conger
Washington
Waterloo
Leonard Street
Riverside
Mary Gregory
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ottumwa
Gertrude Schnoebelen
Gregory
Josephine Warlaumont Schnoebelen
Funeral services planned for Isaac Abbott
Isaac Abbott aged 70 of Conesville died suddenly of a heart attack at the farm home of L D Buser on Wednesday. Funeral services are pending.
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Columbus Junction
Isaac Abbott
Conesville
L.D. Buser
Steele elected president of Washington Golf and Country Club
Washington County notes name Bill Steele as president of the Washington Golf and Country Club board at an organizational meeting held Thursday evening. John Mattes is vice president Wayne Marston secretary treasurer New members attending were Keith Sanders Bert Powders Gib Mills Other board members include Tom Tanner Jim Lloyd Ted Johnson and John Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Steele
The
Washington Golf and Country Club
John Mattes
Wayne Marston
Keith Sanders
Bert Powders
Gib Mills
Mr. Steele
Tom Tanner
Mr. Mattes
Jim Lloyd
Ted Johnson
John Butler
Local social notes and visits across states and countries
Mr and Mrs Ernest Jones of Wales prepare for a Wisconsin visit then sail from Vancouver to Australia returning next April. Mr and Mrs Charles Smart of Evanston Illinois visited their son and daughter-in-law William and Mrs Smart. Mrs Eugene Wead and sons shopped in Washington and visited relatives. Mr and Mrs H R Bob Phelps now reside in Dallas Texas while he takes a new geriatric hospital administrator post. Emma Marek Lorence Marek and others visited aunt Anna Chansky in Rock Island near 99 years old. Lloyd Turnipseed Jr and family travel from St Ann Missouri for weekend visits. Mrs Howard Waddell and Mrs Larry Trotter join Delta Kappa Gamma meeting in Des Moines with others from Crawfordsville Ainsworth and Des Moines.
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Ernest Jones
Wales
Washington
Wisconsin
Vancouver
B.C
Australia
H.R
Bob) Phelps
Dallas
Texas
Swiss Avenue
Phelps
Shirley Blattner
la Crosse Hospital
Emma Marek
Lorence Marek
Greg
Rose Sojka
Mamie Kos
Lena Krotz
Rock Island
Anna Chansky
Davenport
Kahl Nursing Home
Elizabeth Prebyl
Howard Waddell
Washington Community Schools
Larry Trotter
Highland Community Schools
Delta Kappa Gamma
International Honor Society For Women
Des Moines
Kenneth Rhea
Crawfordsville
Charles Jenkins
John Elliott
Ainsworth
Hospital Saturday and Births and Dismissals Listings
A list of medical staff and patients from Washington and surrounding towns shows names of doctors Otto Zwicki Ainsworth Brian Nash Richard Meeks and Harry Kuntz along with patients Orley Page Robert Grieser Wayland and Mrs Wanda Martin. Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Richard Wiley of Washington and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Richard Lauderdale of Winfield. Dismissals note several mothers and daughters from Keota Wellman and West Chester plus Gerald Biffert Washington. Today entries mention Mrs Roger Barr and son Debbra Harris and Miss Marguerite Hering in Washington along with Baby boy Hennigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Zwicki
Ainsworth
Brian Nash
Washington
Richard Meeks
Harry Kuntz
Orley Page
Robert Grieser Wayland
Wanda Martin
Richard Wiley
Tony
Richard Lauderdale
Winfield
Gary Peiffer
Keota
James McKray
Wellman
Eldin Bauer
West Chester
Gerald Biffert
Roger Barr
Debbra Harris
Clara Te- Bockhorst
Marguerite Hering
Boy Hennigan
Harold Griggs
Michelle Meyers
Robert Grieser
Wayland
Leslie Allenhofen
Robert Poorman
Wayne Shrock
Iowa City
Keith Hern
Riverside
Private Notices of Medical and Family Events
Yesterday entries list Mrs. Wilbur Weston of Washington for surgery and Don Lewis of Columbus Junction for surgery. Mrs. Harold Griggs of West Chester had a medical event. Today notices include Michelle Myers of Washington for a medical matter and Mr and Mrs Keith Horn of Riverside welcoming a daughter. Also John Knotek of Riverside and Otto Zwicki of Ainsworth appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Weston
Washington
Surgical
Don Lewis
Columbus Junction
Harold Griggs
West Chester
Michelle Myers
Keith Horn
Riverside
John Knotek
Otto Zwicki
Ainsworth
Medical personnel listed by city and name
Tuesday Mrs Kathryn Gray Washington medical Wendell Arduser Washington medical Wayne Schrock Iowa City surgical J William Cox Washington medical Today Miss Mary Montgomery Washington medical Denny Sieren Washington medical Ronald Zager Washington medical Yesterday Mrs Carrie Marek Washington Today Mrs Richard Wiley and daughter Washington
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Kathryn Gray
Washington
Wendell Arduser
Wayne Schrock
Iowa City
J. William Cox
Mary Montgomery
Denny Sieren
Ronald Zager
Carrie Marek
Richard Wiley
Admitted Yesterday and Today at Washington Medical
Yesterday admitted Mrs Lenna Knight of Washington. Also yesterday a daughter for Mr and Mrs John Zimmerman of West Branch. Today adding a daughter for Mr and Mrs Robert Kiesey of Washington. Others listed include Richard Meeks of Ainsworth J W Cox of Washington Wendell Arduser of Washington and Frank Czok of Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenna Knight
Washington
John Zimmerman
West Branch
Robert Kiesey
Richard Meeks
Ainsworth
J. W. Cox
Wendell Arduser
Frank Czok
Brighton
Multiple Birth and Family Notices From Washington and Nearby Areas
Yesterday and today birth notices list new arrivals and parental names across Washington Brighton Wayland and Winfield. Entries include Ed Mineart a son Orlin Leichty a son Tom Fritz a son and updates for Free man Hall a daughter and several mothers with daughters and sons named with spouses and cities across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Mineart
Brighton
Orlin Leichty
Wayland
Tom Fritz
Washington
Freeman Hall
Harvest Moon Poem by Lydia Sheets
Poem of the week describes a mellow harvest moon gliding across midnight blue sky. The silvered globe rises serenely from its throne and watches human ways before sinking again. It rides in splendor with a mystic light as the monarch of the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Alice Sheets
I.P.D.A
Ceramics Get Space Age Revival in Minneapolis
One of the world s oldest art forms sees a spectacular rebirth as Honeywell notes ceramics now power precision gyroscopes and thermoelectric generators used in missiles and spaceships.
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Minneapolis
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J.L. Walker
Don Wylie
Dave Livingston
UP Church
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Donald McLaughlin
Washington Co-operative Service Company
Floyd Marston
G. B. Holden
Virginia
Ruth Foster
U.P
George Rudiger
Jessie Sage
T. R. Phillips
Photo Finishers Association of America
C. B. Reed
Ella Warren
Rothschild
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Lloyd E. Reighard
Gerald Ray Donaldson
J. Melville Donaldson
Brighton Methodist Church
Stanley Woeste
Sally Jean Tharp
C.E. Tharp
Roger E. McConnell
John McConnell
Richland Methodist Church
Albert McMurrin
Hazel
Elizabeth Imhoff
John W. Imhoff
R.D. 1
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Russell Edwin Leichty
Simon Leichty
Crown Hill Mennonite Church
Wilmer J. Hartman
Linda Marie Neff
William G. Neff
Samuel Albert Greiner
Elsie Greiner
Albert Greiner
St. Matthews Catholic Church
James D. Kearn
Doris Jane Griffith
David Griffith
Larry Lee Price
Jack Price
John Kreiss
Mt. Pleasant
Crawfordsville Methodist Church
John Cornish
Tonya A. Thomassen
Harold Thomassen
Gary Duane Romoser
Marlin Romeser
Little Brown Church
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Utterback
Lester H. Luckenbill
Robert Brinnings
Clinton
Mary Luckenbill
Marycrest College
Keith Molesworth
Mabel Gray
Tom Harmon
Molesworth
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Lyle Schulty
Reid Boyd
Conners
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Carmen Knake
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George Masson Sr
Mearl Bidwell
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Cedar Falls
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Robert C. Shankland
Phoenix, Ariz
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Travelers Hotel
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Town City
Dorothy Schroeder
Muscatine Junior College
Walter Schroeder
Patricia
Veterans Hospital
Owatonna, Minn
Jostens Company
Ron Brinning
Burlington
Leonard Brinning
Earl Hobbs
Debbie
Tom Hobbs
Dean Hobbs
Ron Brinnings
Opal Hobbs
Pat Farrell
Walt Farrell Jr
Harris Hall
Northeast Louisiana State College
Monroe
Victor Masson
Thousand Islands
St. Lawrence Seaway
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Concord
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Packwood
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Trudy
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Rose _ Sojka
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Dale Samuelson
Dick Wollrod
leRoy Cergy
Ron
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Herman Behrend
Donna Jean
Jackie Lee Batterson
James Batterson
Vernon Wittiig
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Wittiig
James Moeller
al Smith
Sigourney Sunday
Smiths
Washington County Hospital
Mrs
Rodney Arnold
Mrs. Arnold
Roy Benson
Hilton Coon
Carolyn
Dwayne Shaffer
Richard Shaffer
Anamosa
William J. Potter
Dixie Lee
Richard Lee Allen
Mitchell Allen
Floyd Eads
Fulton, Ill
Minnie van Meter
Moravia
Eads
Catherine Smith
K. D. Durian
Torrance
Kate Rawn
Clyde Hall of Fairfield
Mrs. Rawn
Kenneth Peters
East 11Th Street
Les Coffman
Fareway
Bert Powers
Peters
South Second
J. F. Larson
Larson
Carl Combs
Long Beach
Alvin Shaw
Harold Hayes
Evanston, Ill
Frank Gingerich
Ellen Clark
Parkview
Steele
Washington County
Howard Lins
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Fred E. Bourgeois
Nick Berg
Ralph F. Peiffer
Marlene
Walter E. Horning Jr
Walter FE. Horning Sr
Robert C. Kiefer
Jean Elizabeth
George D. Hospodarsky
George B. Zimmerman
Iown City
Virginia Marie
Millard Young
Carl Greiner
Sherry Ann
Jeanne
Walker, Minn
Red Wing Lodge
Charles Smart
William Smart
Eugene Wead and Sons
Philip and
Mickey
Lloyd Turnipseed Jr
St. Ann, Mo
Kermit Payne and
Lloyd Turnipseed
Howard Sayre
Gary Wagner
Harvest Moon
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