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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1965
Page
3
The first meeting of the Washington County Registered Nurses Association for the coming year was held at the Nurses Home with 36 members and five guests. Dr. Roger Simpson spoke on ear surgery advances. Next tour planned at Maplewood Manor Keota.
The Y Wives club held a fall season lunch in the Y community room with a panel including Mayor Cloud Willits Police Chief Clarence Lee and council members. They discussed local topics such as streets stop signs and curfew while plans for the coming year were reported and the Governor's Conference was announced for Des Moines.
Reports say at least 44 Communist guerrillas died in fresh fighting about 20 miles south of Chu Lai as American and South Vietnamese troops pressed a multi battalion assault on a Viet Cong stronghold. Allied forces killed more than 200 communists across three actions. U S Air Force B52s attacked a hideout north of Saigon.
Washington's FFA chapter met Tuesday evening with Burge Hammond, the high school principal, as the speaker. Students, parents, and vocational ag students were invited to attend. Following the meeting, the group watched the movie Miracles in Paradise Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Carlton Mangolds of Washington won a European holiday trip as top earners in a Crescent Electric Sales competition with GE dealers since November 1, 1964. They will travel from Des Moines to Kennedy Airport New York, then fly to Paris and Rome for sightseeing.
Simon Mullett and wife to Ka lona Mennonite Church land in section 7-77-7. Estate of Reno Huston to William D. Dunn lot 34 in SE addition Crawfordsville. William D. Dunn and wife to Holly E. Johnston tract in Crawfordsville. Frank Hoover to Lee Emryland in sections 30 and 31-74-8. Gifford Morrison as executor to Gertrude E. Pence estate of Wade E. Pence land in section 8-75-7. Edsall D. Brown and wife to Hal R. Hotle real estate in lot 8 block 12 orig. plat of Washington. Ernest W. Lambert and wife to Hal R. Hotle outlet 7 Chilcote's OL add SE Washington. Ezra Shenk and wife to Paul E. Miller and wife lots 5 and 6 block 1 Phillips add Wellman. Ezra Shenk and wife to Kenneth D. Kempf and wife lots 5 and 11 and north 67 ft lot 6 Smith's add Wellman.
In Madison area a young father, Robert Niebuhr, 24, a volunteer firefighter, saved his wife Joan 23 and children Ronald 2 and Karen 6 by catching them from a second story window as a blazing Middleton apartment burned. He recalls little after the act and says no other firemen were present.
Clarence Locke returns home at 409 West Main after seven weeks in University Hospital Iowa City. Mrs Wilfrid Peiffer of Van Horne visits her father I B Hoxworth and sister Velda Lewis at University Hospital Iowa City who broke a leg last Wednesday and is recovering well. Houseguests for Mrs Marcella Wittetoe include her brother Bernard Peifer and Mr and Mrs Dave Benthal of Milwaukee. They attended the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt Pleasant over the weekend. Other relatives travel from Brighton and near-E, Elmore sisters visit after a western states trip totaling 6,500 miles by auto. Golden Elmore family staying in Brighton while visiting the community. A clipping from McKinney Texas Aug 24 reports the christening of a Fisher Governor Company branch in McKinney with Dennis Blanchard managing. his wife Janice Robison assists as hostess. The Blanchards and their children Robyn and Scott recently moved from Marshalltown. new address 704 North Morris Street, McKinney Texas.
Rural Homemakers gathered at Mrs. Lester Jones’s Crawfordsville home with seven members and two children. A memorial service for recently deceased member Mrs. Bert Hesseltine was led by Mrs. Bill Wooley. The group plans a Sept. 16 trip to Cedar Rapids and enjoyed a tour of the hostess’s new home. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Jones with help from Mrs. John Harold Jones. The next meeting will be with Mrs. John Harold Jones. Shari Wilson learned the rabies fear avoided after the local fox that bit her died. Kenny Thomas, son of the Haydn Thomas, has returned home after service. The Hawkins family is back in Iowa, with Mr. Hawkins at Muscatine Junior College and Mrs. Hawkins employed by Stanley Engineering Co. Sunday dinner guests included several relatives from Bettendorf, Chicago, and Davenport. Birthday dinner honored Chester Cherryholmes at the Fletcher home in Wapello, with many relatives visiting. Gail Cherryholmes will start kindergarten. Several local residents attended events and college enrollment at Muscatine Junior College was noted. Past Presidents Parley American Legion Auxiliary met for a 6:30 p.m. lunch at Mrs. Everette Sommer’s home with twelve members. Plans to honor Gold Star Mothers and Sisters on Gold Star Sunday were made. A birthday gift was sent to a honored veteran. Auxiliary dues were to be collected for the coming year. New officers: President Charles Wells, Vice President Everette Sommer, Lecy Treas. Mrs. Richard Lease. The president appointed Mrs. Vernon Fletcher and Mrs. Claude McCoy to the card and gift committee. A social time followed.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists its editor and business manager David Elder, vice president Advertising Director William Shannon, news editor Charles Morris, local advertising Bruce Cowden, contributing editor Howard Hazen, production superintendent Bob Shaffer. The paper publishes afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4. It is entered as second class matter and is affiliated with Inland Daily Press Association and Iowa press associations.
At the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt Pleasant the Frenchettes senior tap dance line from Wick's Dance Studio performed two half hour shows each evening. Members include Vicki Thomas Pamela Romine Miriam Jones Cindy Jones Su ssanne Miller Maurine Miller Nancy Rhea Sheri Roberts Bonnie Conklin Diane Miller Vicki McKean with Mrs Everette Roberts as accompanist. The program featured toe dances Hello Dolly Roll Out the Barrels and more. Asteroids are irregularly shaped heavenly bodies ranging in diameter from less than a mile to about 500 miles.
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