Local Students Named to All State Chorus and Band
Eleven Washington High School students earned spots in the All State Chorus and Band after Saturday tryouts with more than 800 attendees. Nine mixed quartet members join Sally Hall Ida Day Barb Humston Susan Boshart David Gregory Craig Stanley and Tom Logan in the chorus while Ben Johnson on tuba and Mark Shearer on trombone join the Des Moines band. The Iowa event gathers 600 voices at KRNT Theatre for a concert Saturday November 25 at 730 PM with tickets $2 via KRNT Radio Theatre Des Moines.
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Washington High School
Sally Hall
Ida Day
Barb Humston
Susan Boshart
David Gregory
Craig Stanley
Tom Logan
Des Moines
Washington
Ben Johnson
Mark Shearer
Iowa
Krnt Theatre
Krnt Radio Theatre
Methodist Men Hear Hy-Vee Official at Dinner Meeting
The Washington church Methodist Men will host Marion Coons Hy-Vee Foods Inc secretary treasurer as guest speaker at their Wednesday evening dinner 6:30. All church men and others are urged to attend with door tickets available.
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Washington
Marion Coons
Hy - Vee Foods Inc
No classes here Wednesday November 8
No classes held in Washington Community School District Wednesday Nov 8 as teachers take part in in service training. Supt Schlapkohl outlined plans with elementary conferences for parents, junior high teachers touring Cedar Rapids Area X College, high school evaluators drafting North Central Association reports.
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Washington Community School
Kelly Schlapkohl
Cedar Rapids
Area X Community College
North Central Association
UNICEF Drive in Washington Nets About 500
About $500 was raised in the Tricks or Treats for UNICEF drive in Washington Sunday evening with more money to be reported. The account will stay open one more week. Dr. Vernon Elgin and Washington State Bank officials urged contributions. About 120 junior high students gathered at St James church under Rev Warren McFate. About 70 senior high students met at the Christian church with Mrs Dean Clingman planning the effort.
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Unicef
Washington
Vernon Elgin
Washington State Bank
St. James Church
Warren McFate
The
Christian Church
Dean Clingman
Arthur Henss Dies in Wheaton Illinois October 28
Arthur Henss died at a nursing home in Wheaton Illinois on October 28. He and his wife were longtime visitors in Crawfords ville and Wayland areas until three years ago. His wife died last April. Surviving are a daughter and her family in Wheaton. He was a brother of the late William Henss of Crawfordsville.
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Crawfordsville
Arthur Henss
Wheaton, Ill
Henss
Wayland
Students win county ties in Senate youth program contest
Washington County seniors participate in the sixth annual United States Senate Youth Program. Mary Lee Walsh of Riverside Highland High School wins first place. Mike Levy of Washington earns second. Walsh will write an essay test November 2, with two Iowa winners to visit Washington D C January 20 to 27 as guests of the Hearst Foundation. Selection based on leadership, work habits, dependability, social responsibility and scholarship.
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Washington County
United States Senate
Mary Lee Walsh
Riverside
Highland High School
Mike Levy
Washington
Mary
Washington D. C
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Congress
Iowa
Senate
Miss Walsh
Richard Gage
Department of Public Instruction
Michael Edgerton
Manning Community High School
Peter Solar
Cedar Rapids Washington High School
Birneys Attend Coe College Organ Concert in Iowa
Mr and Mrs James Birney and Margaret Birney with Ethel and Maud McCreedy attended an organ concert at Coe Auditorium as part of the Coe College Fine Arts Festival. The organist was Allan Birney a Yale University organ professor and Yale Divinity School organist. Allan’s father was the late Arthur H Birney a Washington High School graduate. Allan’s grandparents the Earl Birneys farmed near Washington. After the concert the Birneys visited with Allan and his mother Mrs Arthur Birney who, with her other son Dan, resides in Cedar Rapids. In ancient times ivory was valued next to jade.
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James Birney
Margaret Birney
Ethel
Maud McCreedy
Coe Auditorium
Coe College
Allan Birney
Yale University
Yale Divinity School
Allan
Arthur H. Birney
Washington High School
Earl Birneys
Washington
James Birneys
Arthur Birney
Dan
Cedar Rapids
50th Wedding Anniversary Open House for Lowe Family
Attendees traveling from afar for the 50th wedding anniversary open house of Mr and Mrs Robert Lowe Sr included Mrs Lowe's sister and husband Eddie Meyer from Oshkosh Wisconsin. Also present were the Lowe grandchildren and their families Larry Lee Margie and Jennifer along with Mrs Lee's parents Joe Foley and wife from Steling Iowa. The Lowe daughters Merlyn Edwards and Kathy and Ruth Lowe of West Branch Iowa City were also guests.
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Robert Lowe
Kathy
Iowa City
Ruth Lowe
West Branch
Halloween dance draws over 250 youths at Legion Hall
More than 250 high school youths attended the Halloween dance sponsored by the Youth Center at the Legion Hall Monday night. Intermission prizes went to Roberta Miller and Terry Garrett. Home Room 112 won the traveling trophy for best Halloween window painting, from Seifert's store on the square, with Senior and Junior high groups delivering high quality work.
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Legion Hall
The
Youth Center
Roberta Miller
Terry Garrett
Final rites for William A Bealer held in city
Final rites for William A Bealer were held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev. M. O. Smith in charge. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Glenn Davis William Henry Milo Steele Jr Roy Wilson Les Gilmore and Sam Weeks. Lynn: Funeral service for Forrest E Lynn was held Saturday at 3 30 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Wade Dillavoy in charge. Cal Wolf was soloist. Pallbearers were Roger Easton Don Hesseltine Marion Elliott Marvin Snyder Dean Kranberr and Russell Whetstine. Burial was in Friends Cemetery at Pleasant Plain.
Anne Schlabaugh Contracts With Harold W Miller and Wife
A record states Anne Schlabaugh transfers land to Harold W Miller and his wife. The property spans 60 feet along the south boundary and 219 feet 8 inches of the east line within plat OL one in Heights and Wellman.
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Anne, Schlabaugh
Harold W. Miller
Heights and Wellman
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