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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1969

Page

2

Weekend Visits Span Illinois Indiana Iowa City to Burlington

Mr and Mrs George Zeck and Gary with Mr and Mrs Bruce Bailey of Iowa City visited the Tom Wolfs in Indianapolis and the William Korbus family in Champaign and the Howards in Decatur They stopped en route to visit Tom A Wolfe at St Francis Hospital Burlington Mrs Dewey Stephens Sr celebrated her 90th birthday with a party hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert Stephens Attendees included Richard and Allen Stephens Crawfordsville Maxine Elliott Gene Stephens Ainsworth Floyd Edmondson Casper Dr and Mrs Dewey Stephens Seattle and George Walsh Evanston best wishes were sent to the guest of honor

George Zeck Gary Bruce Bailey Iowa City Tom Wolfes Indianapolis Ind William Korbus Champaign Ill Howard Wolfes Decatur Korbus Zeck Tom A. Wolfe St. Francis Hospital Burlington Dewey Stephens Sr Robert Stephens Richard Stephens Allen Crawfordsville Maxine Elliott Gene Stephens Ainsworth Floyd Edmondson Casper, Wyo Dewey Stephens Seattle Wash George Walsh Evanston, Ill

Social Calendar Set For Ainsworth Activities This Week

Wednesday 8 p.m. OBS at Masonic Temple. Kappa Gamma 6 30 p.m. dinner at Captain's Table. Thursday Friendly Circle 1 45 p.m. HBO Club 2 p.m. Mrs Yaro Chmelar. Friday Rebekah Lodge 8 p.m. IOOF Hall. First Presbyterian UPW 2 p.m. meeting at United Presbyterian Home. Least Coin dedication. Lodge 26 6 30 p.m. supper at Masonic Temple. Regu lar meeting 8 p.m. All Masons welcome. Past Worthy Matrons 1 30 p.m. dessert at Captain's Table. Saturday Rainbow Girls 6 p.m. public installation at Masonic Temple. Shirts and Skirts 8 30 p.m. Fairgrounds caller Len Buch. Sunday Farrier Reunion noon sunset Park.

Ainsworth Masonic Temple Kappa Gamma Friendly Circle Cletus Reed HBO Club Yaro Chmelar Rebekah Lodge IOOF First Presbyterian Upw United Presbyterian Home Fairgrounds Len Buch Sunset Park

Funeral Thursday for Mrs. Ern est LeRoy McRoberts

Funeral services for Mrs. Ern est LeRoy McRoberts, 78, of Columbus Junction, will be held Thursday, September 4, at 2 p.m. in the Stacy Lewis Funeral Home. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Mrs. McRoberts died Tuesday in the Oakwood Nursing Home at Muscatine.

Columbus Junction Ernest LeRoy McRoberts Stacy - Lewis Columbus City Cemetery

Obituary: B J Montgomery Dies at 84 in Washington

B J Montgomery 84 of East Pleasant Plain died Tuesday at Washington County Hospital. Funeral Friday at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church Brighton with Rev. William Ross officiating. Burial Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield. Born Oct 29 1884 in East Pleasant Plain to James and Louisa Montgomery. Survived by wife Venelia. Daughter Mrs Raymond Stacy of Brighton, three grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Church service attendees welcomed.

East Pleasant Plain B. J. Montgomery Washington County Hospital First Presbyterian Church Brighton William Ross Washington Evergreen Cemetery Fairfield Mr. Montgomery James Louisa Pheasant Montgomery Venelia G. Heald Raymond Stacy

Donnie Dale Claw Son Pays $15 Speeding Fine

A brief city police report states Donnie Dale Claw Son paid a $15 fine after being charged with speeding.

Donnie Dale Clawson

Washington medical and surgical cases update

On the record Admitted Yesterday Mrs Bertha Montgomery Washington medical Miss Elsie Spargo Washington medical Rev Samuel Picken Washington medical Arnold Smith Washington surgical. Today Louis Rath Washington medical. Dismissed Today Mrs Ronald McAvoy Washington.

Bertha Montgomery Washington Elsie Spargo Samuel Picken Arnold Smith Louis Rath Ronald McAvoy

CAO Directors Schedule Meeting in Mount Pleasant

The Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization Board of Directors will meet Monday night at 8 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Center at the Mental Health Institute 20 Building, Mount Pleasant. The public is invited to attend.

Southeast Iowa Community Action Organization, Inc Mental Health Institute Mount Pleasant

Mrs Smylie Dies at Halcyon House in Washington

Nellie Myrtle Anderson Smylie age 82 died at Halcyon House after a brief illness on Wednesday September 3. Funeral services set for Friday September 4 at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home Washington with Rev M O Smith officiating. Born October 20 1886 in Ainsworth she educated in local schools Drake University and Iowa State Teachers College. She married Murray C Smylie March 12 1910 in Washington and operated pharmacies in Osceola and Crawfordsville before his death October 1 1951. Survivors include daughter Helen Bonar Washington and grandson Robert Bonar with three great grandchildren. She was active in Eastern Star 4 Century Club Just Us Club Fortnightly Club and Delta Alpha Sunday school. She belonged to Methodist church and W S C S.

Murray Smylie Halcyon House Jones Funeral Home Washington M. O. Smith Nellie Myrtle Anderson William H. Anderson Rosella Sweet Ainsworth Washington County Washington Academy Iowa State Teachers College Drake University School of Phar Robert Bonar

Marriage License Granted to Pan Nell and Beckert

A marriage license was issued on September 2 to Claude Wilbur Pan Nell aged 58 and Dolores Ann Beckert aged 35, both residents of Buffalo Iowa.

Claude Wilbur Pannell Dolores Ann Beckert Buffalo Iowa

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