Local residents head for college and return from service
Washington history notes students Leonard Tobin and Robert Kiesey depart for ISTC Cedar Falls with parents, Patricia Snyder accompanying. Joy Ellen Picken to Drake freshman year. Jay Logan returns to Truax Field after France leave. Jack Logan to Iowa State Teachers College. Sgt Harold Messenger Jr. arriving home from Korea to Seattle. Dr Elmer Burgess visiting from Honolulu. family visits from Washington and Iowa City. Mayor Lytle names Phil Wanerus to police force. Helen Breese wins city golf tourney. pool reopens after infantile paralysis closure. Education, sports, and travel updates from area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Pat) Tobin
Robert Kiesey
ISTC
Cedar Falls
Patricia Snyder
Joy Ellen Picken
Des Moines
W. J. Shannon
Neal
Joy
Drake
Jay Logan
Truax Field
Madison
Wis
al Logan
Jay
France
Jack Logan
Iowa State Teachers College
R. L. Lytle
Phil Wanerus
Roger Eicher
Battle Creek
Mich
Captain Eicher
Ft. Custer
Helen Breese
Don Davis
Charles Davis
Perry
Harold Gray
Karen Kay
Larry Lee
San Diego
Marriages in Washington and Riverside this August
Miss Jean Elizabeth Rinner daughter of Mr and Mrs Don L Rinner Washington married Michael Lynn McCarthy son of Mr and Mrs B H McCarthy Washington with Rev T J Lew officiating at St James Church on Saturday August 29. Marilyn Catherine Schmidt Riverside became the bride of Richard Musser Lone Tree on Saturday August 29 in St Mary's Church Riverside with Rev Walter F Boeckmann presiding. The brides are daughters of their respective families and the grooms are sons of their parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Elizabeth Rinner
Don L. Rinner
Washington
Michael Lynn McCarthy
B. H. McCarthy
T. J. Lew
St. James Church
Riverside
Marilyn Catherine Schmidt
Richard Musser
Lone Tree
Walter F. Boeckmann
St. Mary’s Church
August Schmidt
Harry Musser
Norman Schoonover
Florida
J. E. Lemmon
DeLand
Daytona Beach
Mr. Lemmon
Richard Lonsdale
Max Smith
Schoonovers
Mr. Schoonover
William Bockhammer
Marietta
Clem Eagle
Gertrude Eagle
JoAnn Donohue
Leonard Phelps Jr
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Nolan Settlement
JoAnn
Eagle
Four-in-one 1964 Christmas stamps mark new era
The U S Postal Service plans a four in one 1964 Christmas issue with holly mistletoe poinsettia and pine cone stamps on one sheet. Printing reaches 1.4 million initially with total output likely surpassing last year to meet demand as Jamaica Romania and other regions release associated stamp sets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Giori
Tokio
San Marino
Jamaica
Romania
Three Quarter Century Club gathers for annual Washington dinner
Nearly 160 members aged 75 and older attended the Evening Journal Three Quarter Century Club dinner at Washington Methodist Church. The event featured a brief program and special recognitions, with emphasis on old friends. Also noted are local activities including Jaycee Softball results and residents’ weekend visits, school news, travel, and hospital notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington Methodist Church
Baseball Banquet Highlights and Local Notices
The community held a Baseball Appreciation Banquet at the YMCA with about 200 attendees including mothers fathers and local summer players. Speakers included Dick Schultz State University of Iowa coach and Bob Brooks KCRG-TV announcer. Also noted are engagements travels and military service updates for local residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Robert Gillesby
Dick Schultz
State University of Iowa
Iowa City
Bob Brooks
Kcrg-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Hairdressers Association officers course and clinic reports
Richard George, Mrs. Lloyd Beenblossom and Mrs. Howard Lanning attended an officer's training course of the National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association in Des Moines Sunday. The two women also attended a clinic on hair coloring at Holiday Inn in Burlington Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard George
Lloyd Beenblossom
Howard Lanning
National Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Association
Des Moines
Holiday Inn
Burlington
Father Son Golf Tourney At Des Moines Country Club
A Sunday Father Son Golf Tournament at Des Moines Country Club featured sixteen players including Eldon Brake with son Mike, Keith Sanders with Frank, Ralph Marshall with Jim, and Curt Wells with Butch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Country Club
Eldon Brake
Mike
Keith Sanders
Frank
Ralph Marshall
Jim
Curt Wells
Butch
York Shire class tops at Iowa State Fair results
Mr and Mrs Tom Skubal entered two fall gifts in the York shire class at the Iowa State Fair. Both finished in the top ten with one placing fourth and the other seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Skubal
American Yorkshire Club of America
Iowa State Fair
Washington Municipal band elects officers at annual picnic
Washington municipal band members select John Winga Jr as president Bill Arnold as vice president Jim Birney secretary Milo Steele Jr treasurer Dick Ballard director and a five member board including Milo Steele Sr. Thirty two attend. The report also lists local visits and reunions around Richland Sioux Falls and Prescott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Winga Jr
Bill Arnold
Jim Birney
Milo Steele Jr
Washington Municipal Band
Dick Ballard
Don Boyer
Merritt McDaniel
Max Lee
Tom Carson
Milo Steele Sr
Lee Holland named Kiwanis official in Iowa Nebraska division
Lee L. Holland former Washington Kiwanis Club president was elected lieutenant governor of Kiwanis division two in the Iowa Nebraska region. He will serve the 1964-65 club year after the Storm Lake convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Holland
Washington Kiwanis Club
Iowa - Nebraska
Kiwanis Clubs
Mr. Holland
Washington Club
Storm Lake
Iowa
Anniversary Dinner Honors Mes ser Family Visitors
Mr and Mrs John Logan hosted a Sunday dinner honoring Mrs Logan s sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Lester Messer of Wapello for their 25th wedding anniversary. Attendees included James Reisner Jerry Parish Pam Traci and Jerry Patricia Messer Forrest Bartenhagen all of Wapello as well as Charles Thrapp Connie and Stanley Brock of Tacoma Washington. They plan to stay at the Harold Brock residence and traveled via Denver to visit Rex and Dick Dawson in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo C. Stone
Burlington
Robert Bell
Europe
Barbara
Spain
University of Madrid
State University of Iowa
Karen
John Logan
Tom
Jim
Stanley Brock
Tacoma
Wash
Harold Brock
Washington
Denver
Colo
Rex
Dick Dawson
Bak er Family Returns Home to Tyler Texas
Mr and Mrs Clifford Baker and their son have returned to Tyler Texas after visiting Cliffords aunt Mrs John D Jones and Mr Jones Clifford grew up in Washington and graduated from the local high school in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Baker
Tyler
Texas
Clifford
John D. Jones
Jones
Washington
Mast couple visits relatives in Washington
Mr and Mrs Dick Mast of Vermillion South Dakota are visiting relatives in Washington Mrs Mast is the former Linda Mc Connell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Ashmore
Rochester
N. Y
O. M. Cuddy
Ashmore
Barbara Cuddy
Marietta Workman
Maynard Graham
Phoenix, Ariz
Graham
Workman
Kay Beard
Dick Mast
Vermillion, S. D
Washington
Mrs Mast
Linda McConnell
Hospital News Briefs From Washington and Nearby Areas
List of hospital admissions births and dismissals with names and locations. Entries include Ricky Dunbar and Charles Lanning in Washington for surgical and medical, births by Coffin and others in Washington and Brighton, and discharges such as Anna Dawson in Washington.
Local admissions listed for Washington and nearby towns
Yesterday admissions include Lee Shaffer Crawfordsville and Mrs. Rosa Harsh Washington with medical status. Today admissions list Theodore Simons Washington Ricky Dunbar Washington Charles Lanning Washington Fred R Walker Washington Edward L Mine art Brighton Mrs. O M Cuddy Washington Bonita Rae Miller Washington Dan Morgan Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricky Dunbar
Washington
Surgical
Charles Lanning
Medical
Bonita Rae Miller
Edward L. Meinert
Brighton
Gertrude Tipton
Elizabeth Liska
Riverside
Lee Shaffer
Crawfordsville
Rosa Harsh
Theodore Simons
Fred R. Walker
Edward L. Mineart
O.M. Cuddy
Dan Morgan
Local Birth and Family Notices From Washington Listings
Yesterday notices mention Mrs. Clarence Randall and Mrs. Alice Riesland in medical aspects from Washington and North Eng lish. Today includes David Misel of Washington and a Keota couple welcoming a son. Also listed are Mr. and Mrs. Roger Eichelberger and a Washington tie with Mrs. Jerry Coffin and daughter with Lauder Kennedy and Willis Richards in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Coffin
Washington
Clarence Randall
Alice Riesland
North English
Surgical
David Misel
Richard Brinning
Keota
Roger Eichelberger
Lauder Kennedy
Willis Richards
Washington Medical Personnel Shuffled in Latest Update
Yesterday and today names of medical staff and patients appear in a Washington health update. Mike Drayfah and Carrie Davis are listed with surgical and medical notes. Mrs Richard Simmering and Jane Randall are noted for medical and surgical details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Drayfah
Washington
Carrie Davis
Richard Simmering
Janice Randall
Deaths Tuesday News Briefs Mention Local Obituaries
Ernest V. Miller, 77, retired farmer of 303 East Washington Street, died suddenly today at Washington County Hospital. Riverside burial for Mrs. James Kessler of Des Moines, formerly Carrie Hardy of Riverside, set for Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. in Riverside Cemetery. she was aunt of Mrs. Paul Snyder of Brighton and Mrs. J. E. Letts of Washington, and died at her Des Moines home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest V. Miller
East
Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Riverside
James Kessler
Des Moines
Riverside Cemetery
Kessler
Carrie Hardy
Paul Snyder
Brighton
J. E. Letts
Washington
Wellman pastor Arthur Henry dies at 78
The Rev. Arthur Henry, a retired Methodist minister, died Tuesday at Shenk Nursing Home in Wellman after two years residence there. He previously lived in Indianola. Mrs. Sam W. Miller, 83, dies at home in Kalona after a several year illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Arthur Henry
Shenk
Indianola
Kalona
Sam W. Miller
Riverside Woman Dies at 44 in Lone Tree
Mrs. Ethel Mae Mincer Collins, 44, a former Riverside resident who had lived in Lone Tree for 23 years, died Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Ethel
Mae Mincer Collins
Lone Tree
Poem of the week by Jami Bump Grade 9
A ninth grade student Jami Bump presents a vivid winter scene poem. Snowballs fly as boys toss them and an icy pond fills with people while birds cluster on a church steeple. As the day warms, winter hatred fades and many feel pleased.
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Seattle
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Sgt. Messenger
Elmer Burgess
Honolulu
Hawaii
Roy Finke
Burgess
The
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William J. Grossheim
Paul Grossheim
Milo Phillips
Syracuse
Neb
Ed Sorrell
Dennis
Macomb
Ill
Cone
Catherine Wilson
Cora Dunsmore
Pleasant Plain
Edna Purvis
Country Club
J. Elliot Grayson
P. C. Woods
Dave Livingston
Augusta Lucas
Winterset
Margarita Forman
Monmouth College
Sam Forman
Mexico
By Walt Green
Three Quarter Century Club
Don Radda
Washington County
Radda
Jaycee
New London
Frank Chmelar
Bob Kleese
Ford Chalupa
Black Hills
Duane Cunningham
Minneapolis, Minn
Carla and
John Yoder
Neal Pagitt
DeWitt
D. O. Butler
Robert D. Crossett Jr
Robert D. Crossett Sr
Michael
Calif
John W. Thomason
Joe Crumley
Atlantic City
N.J
John Morrett
Mercy Hospital
Leavelle S. Colbert
Fredricksburg
Homer L. Brinning
Charlie Harvey
Mr. Harvey
Wilma Byers
Jeannette
Sacramento
Calvin Graber
Westminster College
New Wilmington
Graber
Peter P. Graber
Wayland
R.D. 1
New Waterford
Vaughn Rinner
Iowa State University
Ames
Don Rinner
Arthur Hughes
Linda
Roberta
Cedric
Farmersville, C
Robert Roberts
Ronnie
Davenport
James Buck
Kathy Norton
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Iowa Ladies Fellowship
Elsie Benson
Cecil Hawkins
Charles Hawkins
William Ganon
George Cordes
Jim Frier
C. C. Reeves
Jim Rossen
Muscatine Sunday
Don Boyers
Max Lees
Jim Quinns
Dick Ballards
James Richart
Gertrude Doig
Washington Junior High School
Steven Crawford
Rolla E. Crawford
Crawford
South
Iowa Avenue
Edmond Schumacher
Bismarck
N. D
Lois Jane
James Howard McNeill
John McNeill
Matilda Wasson
Louise
Mrs. Wasson
Mary Barkus
Grace Coppes
Yarmouth
Cheryl Keating
Simpson College
John McDaniel
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Harold Stevens
Washington High School
Oskaloosa Indians
Steve Crawford
Rolla Crawford
Mt. Pleasant
Nancy Waters
Phil Horak
Don Batterson
Nancy
Phil
Feuerhelm
Vernon Feuerhelm
Irvan Rich
Wayne E. Schichtl
Algona
Florence Schichtl
Burt
Tim Temple
Sikke Temple
Ella Griffeth
Harold
Pete) Griffeths
Illinois
California
Floyd Ayers
University Hospital
Ethel Miller
Montgomery Wards
San Leandro
Lloyd Standley
Los Angeles
Disneyland
Knott's Berry Farm
Marineland
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Redwoods
Willus Greiner
Miller
Martin Albaugh
Charles Peck
Pulaski
E.P. Rich
Richland
Emory Letts
Letts
Bill Peiffer
Curt Yocums
Bill
Steve
Jean Peiffer
Alvin Horak
Miss Waters
Kenny Marsh
South Ninth
Sioux Falls, G. D
Marsh
Hogenson Construction Company
James Miksch
Rickey
Ridgewood
Robert Miksch
Harold Moore
Larry Krotz
Cindy
Jennie
Willie
Sun Prairie
Francis McConnells
Art Swift
Detroit
62Nd
Seabees
Pearl Harbor
Clarence Logan
Richard Stewart
Allen
Verle Gallagher
Richard
Robert
J.F. Mallory
Colorado State University
Gallaghers
Allen Green
Prescott
Arizona
Ira Coon
Coon
Lee Holland
Kiwanis
KCII
Bryce Woods
Bryce
Rand McFarlane
Claude Woods
University of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
John Fisher
Washington, D. C
Spencer Thompson
Vancouver
Bernice Anderson
Thompsons
Blanche Norton
Val Fuhr
Jack Fuhr
Ferne Birney
Milton Norton
Milton
Ronald McCullough
Chula Vista
Ray Blair
Dorinda
Sewal
Blair
Margot
Kathy Tucker
St. Louis, Mo
Claud Tucker
Dewey Coffman
Bertha Statler
Karl Parcell
Dale Lance
Nancy Lu Coffman
L.P. Statler
Martha McAvoy
James Wertz
Edinburgh
Scotland
Marion Sheetz
Judy Sheetz
Lynn Wertz
Don Vogel
Jim Sheetz
Bernice Sheetz
Mrs. Wertz
San Antonio
Tony Redeker
George Miles
Montgomery City, Mo
James Miles
C. W. Radtke
Joplin, Mo
Bob Lytle
Ward
L Cpl
Justin McCarthy
USMC
Third Marine Division
11Th Fleet
Justin
Renville
South Viet Nam
Glenn Miller
Kristine Wade
Wesley Widmer
Elwood Miller
Doug Moothart
Robert Greiner
Dale Gegner
Emma Stout
al Simpson
Anna Dawson
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