Washington area notes reflect school, church, and civic events
Local items report Mrs. Al Lindsay Jr and Donna Kalous at a FHA meeting in Washington DC. Students and local residents are recognized for poultry awards, sorority pledges, and civic posts. The Washington Baptist Association names officers. a Turkey plant seeks helpers. corner workers switch posts. 4 H winners to Spirit Lake camp. art, bakery, and education moves noted. Legion drive in West Chester progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Lindsay Jr
Cedar Rapids
John Cunningham
Washington
Donna Kalous
Washington, D. C
National Executive Council
Future Homemakers of America
Donna
McKinley High School
FHA
Lindsay
Stan Kiesey
Moorman Manufacturing Company
Quincy
Wayne Barnes
Joe Barnes
Sioux City
Iowa City
Carol Joy Zelinsky
Erma Zelinsky
Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority
State University of Town
Kathy Fisher
West Chester
Congress Hotel
University of Iowa
Ossie Salem
Dick Crayne
C. M. Updegraff
L. E. Wilson
County Alumni Association
Dunham Morrison
Harold Ross
Wellman
J. N. Irwin
Brighton
Oral Mayo
East Washington Street
Will Harwood
Leslie Eicher
Dorothy Latta
Italy
Anna Henderson
Ames
Parsons Art School
New York City
Columbia University
Father Hartigan
Ireland
American Legion
A.N. Alberson
Keota coop elevator robbed during weekend
A theft at the Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. building in Keota is being investigated after office equipment and merchandise valued around 1500 dollars were stolen sometime over the weekend. Washington County sheriff's officers are probing the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co
Keota
Washington County Sheriff’s
Deaths Tuesday in Richland and across Iowa region
Funeral services are set for Everette Jones 80 of Richland after a Friday two car collision near Indianola. Also a 25 year old Iowa State student Keith Bauer died in a Denison area crash. Other obituaries note Floyd Marston 76 of Washington and infant Susan Beliel and infant Edward Wernimont with graveside rites planned in Columbus City Cemetery. Vera Bond funeral services in Richland are also planned with burial at Friends Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Everette Jones
Gould
A. R. McMurrin
Highland Cemetery
Mr. Jones
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Indianola
Keith A. Bauer
West Chester
Denison
Iowa
Bauer
Iowa State University
Ames
Lloyd Bauer
Columbus Junction
Columbus City
Leon Edward Wernimont
Larry
Anna Mae Asaroernimont
Rubio
Vera Bond
Wilson Hyde
Friends Cemetery
Poem of the Week by Thelma Ireland
A reprint presents Thelma Ireland as writing a verse about a person who becomes clever and witty while ironing. The speaker boasts of lecturing with clear facts, sharp proofs, and engaging rhetoric. The poem praises eloquence and debonair wit during ironing moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Ireland
Saturday Journal summary for out-of-state readers note
The Saturday Edition explains it targets former Washington residents with a weekly local news digest. It offers out-of-state subscribers a mailed weekly summary for 3.50 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Washington
Washington notes from Labor Day weekend patrols and visits
Washington residents and visitors are listed in a Labor Day weekend update. Guard sergeants Verle Mitchell Glen Murphy Jim Dempsey and Richard Holmes patrolled county highways as Auxiliary Patrol. Numerous local families and travelers are recorded visiting relatives in Illinois Ohio Missouri Colorado and Iowa, with social visits to Arlington Heights Chicago Willow Springs Kalona and Lone Tree and a note on Jim Dixon awaiting surgery in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington National Guard
Verle Mitchell
Glen Murphy
Jim Dempsey
Richard Holmes
Washington
National Guard
Highway Patrol
Hospital Admitted and Discharged Saturday and Today
Hospital admissions list Saturday and Sunday show Danny Jo Peters Cotter Clint Church illnesses Ban Waters Washington Miss Lilian Crone Washington Mrs Howard Been blossom Ainsworth and Mrs Richard Herrick Columbus Junction with a surgical entry for Oscar Miller Mr Pleasant. Today also lists Miss Susan West Washington and Roger Miller Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Jo Peters
Cotter
Clint Churchill
Ollie
Ban Waters
Washington
Lilian Crone
Howard Beenblossom
Ainsworth
Richard Herrick
Robert Godwin
Oscar Miller
Pleasant
Surgical
Roger Miller
Danny Joe Peters
Quiet Labor Day in Washington Town Described
Auntie notes a unusually quiet Labor Day with stores closed while National Guard auxiliaries patrol highways. Golfers faced rain as 18 couples played at the Country Club. The YWCA fall program launches in the old junior high, and local politics gear up with council and mayoral contests hinted. Community Chest sets a 28350 budget as rain raises hopes for crops and the Washington Demons open football tonight at Oskaloosa.
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Washington
Washington Y's Men install new officers on club year
Washington Y's Men Club votes in Robert Day as president at the first meeting of the new year. Other officers installed include Robert Huber as vice president Bud DeLa secretary Dale Connelly treasurer and Leon Hillman and Herb Campbell on the board. Other notes cover community events and local names.
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Robert Day
Washington Y’s Men's Club
The
Robert Huber
Bud DeLa
Dale Connelly
Leon Hillman
Herb Campbell
Multiple Sept 4 wedding ceremonies across Iowa area
Marriages of Patricia Gerdes and Jerry Mitchell in Ainsworth set at 7:30. Lindenmeyer and Gaugler wed at Bolling AFB chapel in Washington DC with reception at Officers' Club. Wolfe and Shepherd wed in Washington with family present. McClure and Manges wed in Hopewell Friends Church. Rita Bower and Dallas Barnett married at St Marys Keota with nuptial mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Fry
Washington
John E. Young
Ainsworth
A. L
Pat) Fry Jr
Des Moines
Frank Henry
San Francisco
Letty Moore
Denver
Harold Taylor
First Methodist Church
Patricia Anne Gerdes
Harold Gerdes
Jerry Lee Mitchell
Max Mitchell
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Stephen Root
Catherine Rosine Lindenmeyer
John H. Lindenmeyer
USAF
Tampa
Fla
Robert Walter Gaugler
Roland C. Gaugler
Paterson
N. J
Bolling Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Earle
Bolling Afb
Officers
Gwenyth Lorraine Wolfe
Wayne O. Wolfe
William Edward Shepherd
Max Shepherd
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Rosemary Louise McClure
Glen McClure
Richland
Charles Dana Manges
Charles Manges
Pella
Francis Quick
Martinsburg
Hopewell Friends Church
Harley Yates
Kinross
Keota
Rita Ann Bower
Ottumwa
Dallas Barnett
St. Mary’s Church
C. S. Kempker
Fred Bower
Arthur Barnett
Vittetoe Home Hosts Out-of-Town Guests at Reunion
Mrs. Marcella Vittetoe welcomed her brother Bernard Peiffer and Mr and Mrs Dave Benthal of Milwaukee Wisconsin as houseguests over the weekend. They attended the Old Threshers Reunion in Mt Pleasant on Saturday and Sunday along with other visitors Mrs Wilfrid Peiffer of Van Horne and Mrs Leona Peiffer of nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Armstrong
Mark
Tim
Bellevue
Nebraska
Henry Witthoft
Ralph Witthoft
Arthur Witthoft
Wayne Witthoft
Frances Miller
Allen Witthoft
Wilfrid Peiffer
van Horne
I.B. Hoxworth
Velda Lewis
University Hospital
Iowa City
Marcella Vittetoe
Bernard Peiffer
Dave Benthal
Milwaukee
Wis
Old Threshers
Mt. Pleasant
Vittetoe
Leona Peiffer
Washington
Births and hospital admissions listed for yesterday and today
Yesterday entries show births for Mr. and Mrs Jerry Morlan Keota a son and Mr. and Mrs Henry Bontrager Wellman a daughter. Medical admissions include Mrs Ella Nash Ainsworth Mrs Ethi el Hotle West Chester Clinton Churchill Ollie Mrs Myrtle Been Blossom Ainsworth and yesterday Lloyd Moothart Washington Admitted. Today list includes Lloyd Moothart Washington Ban Waters Washington Mrs Jerry Morlan Keota John Wilson Washington.
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John Wilson Washington
Sandra Carson
Ainsworth
Lloyd Moothart
Washington
Sarah Monaghan
Jerry Morlan
Keota
Henry Bontrager
Wellman
Ella Nash
Medical
Ethiel Hotle
West Chester
Mediscal
Clinton Churchill
Ollie
Myrtle Been
Blossom
Ban Waters
John Wilson
Service Member Update for Pvt Richard W Trier
Army notice lists Pvt Richard W Trier NG 26816074 of Company E 1st Battalion 3rd Brigade Combat Team Fort Leonard Wood Missouri as of 15 with service details pending further verification and local records.
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Trier
Richard W. Trier
BCT
Ft. Leonard Wood
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Hubert Humphrey
James Norton
Iowa Angus Association
Humphrey
Iowa Power and Light Co
Wilton Junction
UPI Telephoto
Washington Baptist Association
Washington Evening Journal
Don Radda
Washington County
Pauline Hite
Allen Hite
Davenport
Pam Hite
Don Jacobs
Cedar Falls
Carl Schneider
Maurice Wiener
Los Angeles
Calif
Joe Falk
Falk
Stanley Mesirow
Buzz
Bob
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ralph Hilfman
Ben Hilfman
Tucson, Ariz
Falks
Gloria Wolf
AIB
Iowa State Bank and Trust
Maurice Putman
Debbie
John
Midland
Ralph Hesseltine
Hesseltine
M. M. Flynn
Putmans
Colorado
Utah
Donald Goetz
Terri
Douglas
Hartford City
Ind
George Goetz
Faye
Goetz
John Goetz
Glenn
George Burlison
Logan
John Gilpin
Newton
A. J. Gilpin
Pat Gilpin
Nashville
Tenn
Clete Kaska
Sondra, Christine and
David
Atalissa
Kaska
Blanche Norton
Victor Masson
E. R. Cordry and Sons
Vandalia, Mo
Dorothy Wollrob
Rose Sojka
Floyd Marston
Mr. Marston
Susan Rene Beliel
John Beliel
Susan
Ed Rees
Cheryl
Carol
Arlington Heights
Ill
John Evans
Chicago
Everette C. Rall
Middleport
Ohio
Ameal Chabal
Stanley Chabal
Wayne Marston
Robert Chabal
Grundy Center
Willow Springs
Charles Chabal
Jim Dixon
Veterans Hospital
Harold
Vince Sojka
Dale Sojka
Robert Kleopher
Verlie Wollrob
Donald Wollrob
Riverside
Gene Stewart
Mike Shalla
Paul Beechblossom
Craig Nelson
Laura
Mattoon
T.M. Nelson
F. M. Henry
Michael
Mr. Young
A. L. Fry Jr
Diane
Nancy
Bruce
Connie
Julie
John Young
John Miller
Oxford Junction
Robert Wead
Eugene Wead
Bill Crandalls
Wead
Susan West
Gary Crossett
Ae Aunt Agatha
Auntie
YWCA
YMCA
Community Chest
Washington Demons
Oskaloosa
Jay Brewer
Veterans Hospital, Iowa City
Paul Gebhardt
Iowa State Fair
Joe White
Jim Frier
J. Carlton Mangold
France
Y Community Room
Cloid Willits
Clarence Lee
Phil Kneen
Stan Woeste
Robert Dahl
James Rossen
Little Julie Young
Mrs
John Young Jr
Albert Wehr
Howard van Ness
Lester J. van Ness
Bakers Field
Floyd Hamil
Lester Hamil
Long Beach
Monmouth
McConnell
William McConnell
Charles McConnell
Roy Whiteman
Edna Slagle
Ventura
Tipton
Leroy Schaefer
K. D. McGannon
Labor Day
Leroy Gunnarson
Rod Kerr
Madison, Wis
Robert Bruce
Diana
George Kerr
Donald Starr
Kirkland
Wash
Mary Starr
Walter Starrs
Oren Hines
Tom Dunham
Donna Osincup
Iowa State Pharmacy Board
Nancy Osincup
George Williams College
Lake Geneva
Drake University
Tom Brown
Black Hills
Yellowstone Park
State College of Iowa
22Nd Street
McKinney
Texas
Fisher Governor Company
Dennis Blanchard
Chick Robison
Janice Robison
Blanchards
Robyn
Scott
Marshalltown
Blanchard
North Morris Street
E. M. Elmore
Elizabeth Frain
Hazel Parkins
Fairfield
California
Golden Elmore
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
Raymond Wallace
Dennis
Wabash, Ind
Fred Chalupa
Donald Snodgrass
Greg and
Jodi Lynne
Marion Snodgrass
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