Washington Echoes of Local History and Community Events
Dave Livingston returned from a six speech tour through Iowa Kansas and Colorado with future talks listed in Springfield Illinois and Missouri. Washingtons Ordnance Reserve Unit members join a six month active duty training from Sigourney to Fort Leonard Wood. Harvard Glee Club notes amid local charity and school events. Ys Men Club decorates for Christmas and hosts a pipe ceremony. Church notices include Rev Vinz departure to Taylorville and a First Presbyterian program with Knoxville quartet.
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Dave Livingston
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Springfield
I. 1
Jack Peiffer
Washington
Keith Hammen
Laverne Redlinger
Harper
Denny
Paul Greiner
Keota
Sigourney
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ordnance Reserve Unit
Lester Luckenbill
Charles Luckenbill
Harvard University
Harvard Glee Club
Old North Church
Boston
Mass
Charles
Glee Club
Sanders Theater
Cambridge
Sister Kenny Foundation
West Chester
Tom Bauer
Tyrone Butterbaugh
Sharon Hough
Betty Peters
Carol Baker
Gladys Milam
State University of Iowa
Noel Coward
Samuel A. Fulton
West Allis
Wis
National War Fund
Burrell Foster
Lime Creek Township
Y’s
Y's
Arthur A. Vinz
Washington Baptist Church
Baptist Church
Taylorville
Ill
Y’s Men’s Club
Rotary Club
YMCA
First United Presbyterian Church
Grace Hesseltine
Knoxville
Tenn
Washington Week in Review Highlights Local News
A digest from Washington Iowa covers residents placing second at the American Royal Horse Show in Kansas City, a Vietnam Civic Action project by Army Sgt. Larry Curtis distributing clothes to refugees, and community notices. It lists family visits, college actors, Navy training, births, and local travel, with several weekend happenings and scores.
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Jim Weller
East
Washington
Kansas City
Ima Wimpey
Larry C. Curtis
Charles Curtis
Crawfordsville
Pleiku
Vietnam
Curtis
II Corps
Psychological Warfare Civil Affairs Office
Phe. Trung Village
Women’s Auxiliary
VFW
Cedar Rapids
Marriages from Oct 3 and Oct 24 ceremonies reported in Iowa towns
Patty Scarff and Gary A. Burden wed in the Little Brown Church at Nashua with Rev. Glen Utterback officiating at 3 PM Oct. 3. Esther Helen Rodgers and Gaylen F. Bickford exchanged vows Oct. 24 in Kalona with 250 guests as floral arrangements brightened the United Christian and Baptist Church.
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Patty Scarff
Merle Scarff
Mr. Pleasant
Gary A. Burden
Floyd Burden
Little Brown
Nashua
Glen Utterback
Kalona
United Christian and Baptist Church
Esther Helen Rodgers
Gaylen F. Bickford
Washington
John D. Woodin
Sam C. Rodgers
Lyle Bickford
Webster City
Bickford
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Summary
Yesterday Michael Pohren of Farmington was admitted for surgical care. Today Ernest Earll of Washington is admitted for medical treatment alongside Mrs. Glenn Cuddeback of Washington with surgical needs. Discharges today include Henry Orr of Columbus Junction and Mrs. Margaret Hinderaman of Washington.
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Michael Pohren
Farmington
Surgical
Ernest Earll
Washington
Glenn Cuddeback
Henry Orr
Columbus Junction
Margaret Hinderman
Local Births and Obituaries Noted Across Iowa Towns
Yesterday and today notices list births and medical updates for residents in Washington Ainsworth Muscatine Kalona Columbus Junction Ollie Keota and nearby areas. Entries name Coralie Briley Jeanne Williams Jeffrey Askew Grace Churchill Dan Vorhies Timothy Greiner Lee Moore Duane Orr Vina Manusrier and others.
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Coralie Briley
Washington
Medical
Norman Bean
Ainsworth
Jeffrey Askew
Muscatine
Kenneth Messer
Columbus Junction
Ernest Yoder
Kalona
Michael Loyd
Grace Churchill
Ollie
Jeanne Williams
J.C. Carris
Edward Gordon
Dan Vorhies
Fairfield
Timothy Greiner
Keota
Lee Moore
Duane Orr
Vina Manussier
Multiple Births and Medical Notices Around Washington and Nearby
Yesterday and today several health and family notices list births and medical updates. Names include Mark Man, Patricia Ort, Mrs Wheeler Thompson, Kenneth Keith, Willis Mitchell, Michael Pohren, Mrs Norman Beanth, Stacie Hill, Mrs Joseph Pacha, Mrs Stella May, Leland Lamp, and Ronald Ehrman. Places span Washington, Ainsworth, Cranston, Farmington, Wapello, Columbus Junction, Detroit.
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Mark Mangold
Washington
Patricia Ort
Ainsworth
Surgical
Wheeler Thompson
Kenneth Keith
Willis Mitchell
Detroit
Mich
Michael Pohren
Farmington
Norman Bean
Stacie Hillhouse
Joseph Pacha
Stella May
Columbus Junction
Leland Lamp
Cranston
Ronald Ehrman
Wapello
Washington County action program incorporated
The Washington County Community Action Committee last night voted to incorporate as Washington County Community Action Program Incorporated under Iowa non profit law. Officers Cornelia Day and LaVenne DeFrance among incorporators. tentative articles approved. Several local families and students noted in weekend visits and travel news.
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Washington County Community Action Committee
Iowa
Washington County Community Action Program, Incorporated
Max Lewis
Wellman
Robert Day
Ira Morrison
John Baldrige
Cornelia Day
Washington
LaVenne DeFrance
Dear Aunt Agatha reminiscences and community updates
A weekly Washington column fondly logs quiet days with Halloween notes, crop hopes, YMCA move details, vandalism concerns, and local events. It mentions the Y movement to a former junior high, Rotary and Y’s Men meetings, a fire hydrant mischief fine, paint vandalism cleaned by students, a Kalona quilt show, a poverty coalition forming, and the Community Chest drive led by Bill Arthur.
Tractor accident injures former Washington man near Cotter
A former Washington businessman T H Peters now farming two miles west of Cotter was injured in a farm accident on Tuesday. He was taken by ambulance to an Iowa City hospital after a back wheel of a tractor allegedly ran over him unloading from a truck. Relatives report a broken pelvis and serious facial lacerations.
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Washington
T. H. Peters
Cotter
Iowa City
Peters
Record Corn Yields Brighten in Washington County
Harvest reports from Washington County Extension director Jim Frier indicate near record corn yields this season with some reports over 150 bushels per acre and many past 100. Soybean yields lag, with harvest about 80 percent complete and 15 percent of corn picked.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Washington County Extension Service
Frier
Mr. Frier
Fire damages minimal in corn field near Widmer farm
A corn field fire six miles south of Washington caused by sparks from a corn picker was contained by the Farmer's Mutual Insurance fire truck at the Widmer farm at noon. Little damage resulted. Also noted: Washington County Registered Nurses Association meets next Tuesday at 8 PM at the Nurses Home with Dr. Monteque Lawrence of Iowa City speaking about his USS Hope surgeon experiences. Pat Shradel of Riverside named VP of Delta Zeta pledge class at Northwest Missouri State.
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Farmer’s Mutual Insurance
Galen Widmer
Washington
Widmer
Washington County
Registered Nurses Association
Monteque Lawrence
Iowa City
Hope
Pat Shradel
Northwest Missouri State
Delta Zeta Sorority
Miss Shradel
Riverside
Note to Readers summary for Saturday Edition Journal
The Saturday Edition of the Journal offers a brief weekly recap for readers, especially former Washington residents. It notes out-of-state subscribers can receive the edition by mail for $3.50 per year.
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Washington
Deaths and funerals of Washington residents in local notices
Funeral services for William S. Putman 62 of Washington will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Cowell officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Other notices include funeral services pending for Jack Foster 30 of Osseo Minnesota, killed in a car accident. Catherine Roemhild of Columbus Junction died at Washington County Hospital. Mrs Edward Benson of Princeton New Jersey died in sleep. Graveside services for Mrs Wilbur Brehme of Arlington Ia were held at Conesville cemetery. The Washington area obits list multiple local residents with death and burial details.
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William S. Putman
East
Washington
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Charles Cowell
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jack Foster
Osseo
Minnesota
Columbus Junction
Catherine Roemhild
Sunny Haven Rest Home
Edward
Barbara Miller) Benson
Alex Miller
Princeton
New Jersey
Conesville
Wilbur Brehme
Arlington
Maynard
Funeral notices and obituaries from several Iowa towns
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Stransky 80 Riverside set for Thursday at St Marys Church Iowa City Rosary Wednesday at McGovern Dwyer Funeral Home. Mrs Mary Reister 76 died Oct 27 1965. Baby Francis Michael Horras 1 week old died in Richland accident. Merle Martin former Wayland resident died in Sacramento. Mrs Edna Nicola Harter 80 died near Sigourney. Amos A Grout 90 died in Iowa City. Andrew Franklin Wolfe 84 died near Pleasant Plain.
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Riverside
Anna Stransky
St. Mary’s Church
Iowa City
McGovern - Dwyer Funeral
Mary Reister
North
Iowa Avenue
Richland
Francis Michael Horras
Richard L. Horras
Ralph Shirkey
Harras
Wayland
Merle Martin
Sacramento
Calif
Wayland Methodist Church
Edna Nicola Harter
Washington
Sigourney
Keokuk County Hospital
Kalona
Amos A. Grout
Mercy Hospital
Brighton
Andrew Franklin Wolfe
Pleasant! Plain
Pleasant Plain
Afternoon In Late Autumn Poem
A late autumn meditation on a brief afternoon preluding winter with an unhappy heart sighing for a past summer. Leaves spiral to rest and butterfly remnants of gold linger beside a faded flower as cornstalks rustle quietly. Pres. Iowa Poetry Day Assoc
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Iowa Poetry Day Assoc
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