Churchwomen discuss city needs and service goals
The United Presbyterian Women Association at First Presbyterian Church met Friday afternoon to discuss The Changing City Challenges the Church. Mrs. Ralph Marshall led a program citing Minneapolis church hospital links and World’s Fair efforts as models. Members debated serving all townspeople, inclusion, and practical changes to make Christ real, followed by devotions and a fellowship table.
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United Presbyterian Women Association
First Presbyterian Church
Ralph Marshall
Minneapolis
Halcyon Notes At Halcyon House Social Log
Halcyon Notes records visitors and events at Halcyon House. Mrs Rose Sleichter and Mrs Nina Grout of Kalona visited Helen Tener Sunday. Mrs Ed Conner and Miss Sue Conner called on Mrs Frank Adrian Tuesday. Mrs Scott Wilcox presented Steven Soucek of Ainsworth in a piano recital Tuesday evening with many visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Sleichter
Nina Grout
Kalona
Helen Tener
Ed Conner
Sue Conner
Frank Adrian
Local visits and family news from Washington area
Local items report visiting relatives from Sterling Illinois and Cleveland Ohio for Enid McConnell and John Runft wedding. Extensions director Jim Frier attends Ames meeting. Mrs Harold Perry hosts niece from Palo Alto. Dale Janecek welcomes a son at St Luke’s Davenport. The Wertz family returns from a Philadelphia trip via Washington DC and Arlington to visit relatives. Jim Wertz returns from Scotland Air Force tour. Sally Smith leads county home economists on a Wisconsin vacation with Millie Van der Zyl and Mary Petsche.
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Fred W. Bell
Sterling, Ill
Washington
Enid McConnell
John Runft
Phillip R. Weber
Betty Bell
Cleveland
Weber
Dale Janecek
St. Luke's Hospital
Davenport
Frank Janecek O
Lynn Wertz
Jim Wertz
Philadephia
Philadelphia
New York World's Fair
New York
Washington, D.C
White House
President Kennedy
Arlington Cemetery
Valley Forge
Air Force
Edinburgh
Scotland
Sally Smith
Wisconsin
Millie van der Zyl
Fairfield
Mary Petsche
Mt. Pleasant
Courtesies honor Miss Ruth Earnest and fiancé
Miss Ruth Earnest and her fiancé Don Heck were honored at a Thursday dinner at Ruth Earnest’s home. The couple will wed Tuesday Sept 8. Guests included Mr and Mrs Chris Earnest Ruth Esther Don Heck C P Smolinski Ed Skubal. A miscellaneous shower in Wayland featured bridal games and gifts in gold and white.
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Ruth Earnest
Don Heck
Earnest
Ruth
Mae Gideon
Mr. Heck
Chris Earnest
Esther
C. P. Smolinski
Rogers City
Mich
Ed Skubal
Miss Earnest
Wayland
Dwain Tschantz
Ted Tschantz
Ivan Yoder
Henry Widmer
Melba Widmer
Earnests
Frazier Returns Home After Visit With Classmate
Dianne Frazier returned to her Des Moines home Friday following a brief visit here with her classmate Jane Peterson.
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Dianne Frazier
Des Moines
Jane Peterson
Sunday Shalla reunion and local social calendar events
A crowded social calendar lists community gatherings across Saddle Club Trailride at noon, Rainbow Girls and YWCA meetings, labor day activities, and diverse club events at Sunset Park, Ma sonic Temple, YWCA, Legion rooms, and various halls. Dinners, duES due reminders, and bring dishes to pass are noted through the week.
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Sunset Park
Saddle Club
Merle Warners
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Rainbow Board
Ywca Council
YWCA
Country Club
Lester Orr
Y Community Room
Jim Frier
Legion Auxiliary
Legion Rooms
Noble Grand Circle
Ioof Hall
Archer Augustine
HJ Club
Joe Te Bockhorst
Julie Miller
Richard Weeks
U Go
D. L. Rohrer
West Chester
Pythian Sisters
Hall
Crawfordsville Ces
Masonic Temple Catholic Daughters
St. James
Academy of Friendship meets with plans for food basket drive
The Women of the Moose chapter held a Thursday meeting led by Mrs. Harold Brock with ten members present. Mrs. James Edwards and cohostess Mrs. Yaro Sojka organized refreshments while Mrs. Dale Sheetz won the surprise gift and Mrs. Harold Brock claimed the attendance prize. The next meeting is set for October 1 with senior regent Mrs. Robert Grubb and cohostess Mrs. Dale Sheetz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Friendship of the Women of the Moose
James Edwards
Yaro Sojka
Harold Brock
Robert Dunbar
Dale Sheetz
Academy
Robert Grubb
Birth and dismissal records from Washington area
Yesterday and today notices list medical updates for Judy Hulme and others. Births report a son for the Miller and Lynch families, with new daughter for the Decker family. Dismissals include David Miksch and entries for Brinning and Simmering alongside Judy Hulme and Mr Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Hulme
Mr. Pleasant
A. L. Fry
Washington
Clinton Hoskins
Richland
Junior L. Miller
Kalona
Paul Lynch
Clifford Decker
David Miksch
Richard Brinning
Keota
Richard Simmering
Pleasant
Couples Tournament Special Course Reverses Local Layout
Couples in the Labor Day event will play the local course in reverse on a 1940 yard par 32 setup. The musical shot ideas add flair as play starts at 1 30 p m. Members not in the tournament are asked to avoid the course from 1 30 to 3 30 p m Monday to prevent confusion.
NFO girds for more holding in labor day action
Across 23 states the National Farmers Organization pressed a 17th day of withholding livestock from sale to curb prices. Hog prices rose in Chicago to 18.60, while Omaha and Kansas City hogs slipped. Michigan troopers kept order at St Johns as about 100 NFO members blocked auctions. Authorities issued a restraining order and traffic jams were eased. cattle and hog receipts at major terminals showed mixed, with cattle scarce and prices steady.
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Chicago
UPI
National Farmers Organization
Omaha
Kansas City
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Michigan
George Romney
NFO
St. Johns
Mich
Cass City
Standish
Clinton
Howard Barnes
Wilmington
Ohio
Viroqua
Wis
Richland
Vernon Counties
Wisconsin
Legal bill delays hinge on Cuban trip indictment case
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicted four participants in the 1963 Cuban trip. nearly a year passed without trial. If carried to the Supreme Court, the case could settle the legality of the ban that also covers Red China Albania North Viet Nam and North Korea.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Supreme Court
Cuba
Red China
Albania
North Viet Nam
North Korea
Labor Day Closures Announced for Washington Area
Local businesses and government offices will shut Monday in observance of Labor Day. Most stores and offices close, mail deliveries stop, and the Evening Journal prints at noon. The Washington YMCA also closes for the holiday.
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Washington
Evening Journal
Washington Ymca
Goldwater Heads East for Miller Campaign Sendoff
Republican nominee Barry Goldwater began a cross country trip to join running mate William Miller in Lockport New York for the Miller day celebration. He planned a brief off the cuff speech, returning to Phoenix the same day. He stressed peace through strength and sought to quiet misperceptions from fellow Republicans during the primary.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
William E. Miller
Goldwater
Bill Miller
Miller
Lockport
N. Y
Prescott
Typhoon Ruby Devastates Hong Kong City
Typhoon Ruby struck Hong Kong with 120 mph winds causing at least 15 deaths and 39 missing while injuring 259. Ships were torn from moorings, two sank, hundreds were displaced by floods, and transportation halted including cross harbor ferries to Kowloon. The Olympic torch mission was disrupted as flights were grounded and markets closed.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Cross Harbor
Kowloon
New Territories
China
Greece
Tokyo
Kai Tak
Taipei
Red China
Pearl River
Georgia slaying case flags death penalty claims
Prosecutors push for the death penalty in a Georgia case after admitting a confession into evidence and presenting a second confession from Guest alleging the defendants told him they fired on Penn. A state lawyer likened the crime to an assassination. Negro reserve officers testified Penn was shot from a passing car while defense witnesses placed Sims and Myers about 24 miles away at the time.
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Guest
Penn
Sims
Myers
Georgia
Kennedy
Vicim
Ogo satellite falters after launch near Cape Kennedy
America orbited its large Ogo satellite to study space hazards for astronauts but the craft failed to orient toward Earth and did not deploy a vital antenna and two long booms. Power and several booms worked, while scientists planned to attempt corrections Monday within 25,000 miles of Earth.
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Cape Kennedy
UPS
America
Geophysical Observatory
Ogo
Earth
Sun
Jupiter
Correction and Marriage Licenses Reported
Correction notes Phillip Kneen arrived in Washington in 1947 not 1957. Marriage licenses issued to John Leroy Runft of Boise Idaho and Enid Estelle McConnell of Washington and to Russell Duane Hill and Lois Ann Brown, both of Washington.
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Phillip Kneen
Washington
John Leroy Runft
Boise
Idaho
Enid Estelle McConnell
Russell Duane Hill
Lois Ann Brown
Eight killed in California highway crash
A station wagon carrying nine people plunged from a freeway into a railroad embankment near Merced on Labor Day weekend. Eight died, seven-year-old Wayne Traxler survived in critical condition, and the victims included Doris Traxler and six of her seven children. Dwight Traxler, 15, reported driver, and other names listed.
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Merced
Calif
California Highway Patrol
California
Dwight Traxler
U.S. Highway 99
Carolyn Traxler
Dwight
Gilda
Charmagne
Dane
Anastasia
Wayne Traxler
Wal nut Women's Club Wiener Roast In Sunset Park
Ten families attended the Wal nut Women s Club annual wiener roast Thursday night in Sunset Park. Wieners and hamburgers were grilled, and salads and pie completed the menu. The committee in charge was Mr. and Mrs Lyle Wilson and Mr. and Mrs Raymond Sojka. Mr. and Mrs Robert Redlinger and family and Mrs Gale Walker and daughters were guests of the evening. Nineteen Harmony Club members and three guests met at Ox Yoke Inn Amanas Thursday evening for supper. Mrs James Brooks will have the October meeting of the club.
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Walnut Women’s Club
Sunset Park
Lyle Wilson
Raymond Sojka
Robert Redlinger
Gale Walker
Harmony Club
Ox Yoke Inn
The
Amanas
James Brooks
Powers Faces Charges After Rural Intersection Crash
Iowa Highway Patrol reports Evelyn Elizabeth Powers of Des Moines failed to yield at an uncontrolled country road intersection one mile south of Waco Drive In, colliding with Milo Dean Weaver of rural route 2 Washington. Damages were 350 to Powers, 625 to Weaver. No injuries.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Evelyn Elizabeth Powers
Des Moines
Waco Drive In
Milo Dean Weaver
Washington
Weaver
Evelyn Powers
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Anna Dawson
Laura Bridenthal
Hattie Carpenter
Ethel Rutledge
Clark Wilson
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Bette Best
Ruth Crawford
Della Humphreys
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Blanche Foster
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Ames
Harold Perry
W. G. Dobko
Palo Alto
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John A. Cherry Jr
Minot Air Force Base
N. D
Jack Cherry
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Duane Karll
Hiawathala
North Dakota
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day & Bates
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Robert Bates
West Main St
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Ira Morrison
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John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
D. D
South Iowa
Christian Tabernacle
Wolf's Flower Shop
Reif’s Dairy Sweet
Women OF
Your Home Loan Association
Federal Savings & Loan Ass
North Marion
Renoux
Marshall Furniture
Register Sat
Everett's Standard Service
Ainsworth, Iowa
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Mary Meeks
Blue Cross
Bob Stevenson
Washington County
Green Meadows
Rose
Washington County City Water
Green Meadows Addition
Mrs. Jay Brewer
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