WHS Class of 1946 Reunites at Country Club
The Washington High School graduating class of 1946 held its 30 year reunion at the Washington Golf and Country Club on September 4. Fifty-two attendees, including twenty six members and their partners, gathered with memorial tributes for deceased classmates and entertainment by Jim Easter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Washington Golf and Country Club
Helen Wilson
Robert Livingston
Wheaton, II
Helen Knupp
Jean Kennedy Guile
Ted Pratt
Everette Pribyl
Bill Foster
Stanley Scranton
Margaret Wolf
Wayne Pratt
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Marion
Delores Adam
John Green
Wayland
Tom
Dorothy Hotle
Walker
Jim Easter
St. Paul
Minnesota
Wheaton
Ill
Cal
Margaret McCall
Wolfe
Carlton Mangold
Leland
Ferne Owens
Mendenhall
Columbus Junction
Dean
Jean Patterson
Brighton auxiliary unit in meeting
Mrs Edna Wentworth hosted the Edgar C Davison unit of the American Legion Auxiliary in Halcyon House Washington September 1 with seventeen members and one guest Mrs Earl Wright. Laton Schooley presided as president. reports and installation of historian Mrs Leo Dunbar occurred. Capper drive announced for Washington County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laton Schooley
Brighton
Edna Wentworth
Edgar C. Davison
American Legion Auxiliary
Halcyon House
Washington
Earl Wright
Leo Dunbar
Washington County
Wellman
Grace Moore
Inez Smith
Gold Star
Alice Campbell
Terry McClurg
Huffman
Eldon
Campbell
McClurg
Terry
Blakesburg
Don Small
Twila Hunter
Edith Stacy
Lois Benda
Harold Lynn
Raymond Stacy
Mary Messer
O.E.S
B. T.T.T
Lee Stacy
Jefferson County Hospital
Ford meets Catholic leaders in frank White House talks
In Washington the six member executive board of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops met with President Ford and his spokesman. The bishops refused to bless candidates in an election year while noting Ford’s abortion views align more with theirs than Carter’s.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Ford
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Jimmy Carter
Grace Irene Love Dies in Columbus Junction at 79
Grace Irene Love 79, of rural Columbus Junction, died at 10 a.m. today in Colonial Manor. Funeral services are pending at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. Born March 7, 1897, in Cotter, she was a daughter of Charles L. and Minnie Kanub Duncan. She leaves three brothers Lyle Duncan Cotter, Gerald Duncan Washington, and Clyde Duncan Kankakee Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Grace Irene Love
Colonial Manor
Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home
Love
Cotter
Charles L
Minnie Kanub Duncan
Lyle Duncan
Gerald Duncan
Washington
Clyde Duncan
Kankakee
Ill
Melvin E Yoder dies in Kalona aged 81
Melvin E. Yoder, 81, died unexpectedly September 11, 1976, at Pleasantview Home Kalona where he had lived since 1968. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. in Kalona Mennonite Church with Rev. Carl L. Smeltzer. Visitation Sunday at Powell Funeral Home Wellman. Born March 23, 1895 in Johnson County. married Kathryn Mae Otto October 17, 1920. Surviving: son Elwood Wellman. daughters Dorothy Flemming Sioux Falls SD and Gladys Gingerich Jr. Naperville IL. ten grandchildren. three great grandchildren. sister Lena Bontrager Mount Pleasant. brothers Anne Iowa City and Willard Parnell. five brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalona
Melvin E. Yoder
Pleasantview
Kalona Mennonite Church
Carl L. Smeltzer
Powell Funeral Home
Wellman
Mr. Yoder
Johnson County
Eli Y
Anna L. Wertz Yoder
Kathryn Mae Otto
Iowa City
Pleasantview Apartments
Yoder
Elwood
Ellsworth
Dorothy Jean) Flemming
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Lando
Gladys) Gingerich Jr
Napersville Ill
Bumper Sticker Contest Sponsored by Washington County Porkettes
The Washington County Porkettes announce a bumper sticker contest in September with a $25 prize for the most original slogan. Entry boxes will be at the Chamber of Commerce Farmers and Craft Market and at the National Swine Type Conference on Sept 18. Entries may be mailed to Mrs. Terry Greiner, Rt. 2, Box 198, Keota Iowa 52248. The deadline is Thursday Sept 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Porkettes
Chamber of Commerce Farmers and Craft Market
Parkette Booth
Washington County Fairgrounds
Terry Greiner
Keota
Iowa
Riverside County court fines and sentences released
Ottumwa area court records show Ronald G. Wind jailed four days after guilty plea to public intoxication. G. Robert Bollman faces Oct. 4 sentencing on two counts of false drawing or uttering of checks. Dennis L. Thomann found guilty of improper passing with a $20 fine. Multiple speeding fines and miscellaneous offenses are listed for residents across Washington County, with totals and court costs noted for several defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald G. Wind
Ottumwa
G. Robert Bollman
New London
Dennis L. Thomann
Ainsworth
Thomann
Benjie L. Roth
Wayland
Nancy L. Kimmel
Washington
David L. Hill
Hill
Washington County
David A. Scolatti
Fairfield
Vernon J. Hammes
Rural
Harper
Mary E. Schreiber
Lone Tree
Blain A. Goff
Iowa City
James W. Hamlin Jr
Carolyn K. Gill
Forrest L. Kirk
Columbus Junction
Donald R. Steckly
Parnell
Gordeon R. Dyer
James D. Seward
Wellman
Dan Trafton
Donald B. Wells
William R. Whitaker
Centerville
J. David Williams
Richard L Offringer
Cedar Rapids
George
Nichols
Edwin P. Fritz
East Pleasant Plain
Brian D Gingerich
Kalona
Steven D. Freel
Rural Wellman
Chris A. Beliel
Randy J. Smith
Thomas F. Marsh
Terry L. Yoder
Riverside
Daniel E. Paff
Kingston
Ill
Paul F. Hazelett
James Bodensteiner
Waucoma
Larry J. Carlin
NFL opens 57th season with 14 games on slate
UPI reports the NFL kicks off its 57th season with 14 games including Seattle and Tampa Bay making their debuts as heavy underdogs. OJ Simpson exits the league. Larry Csonka returns with the Giants, aiming to bolster a struggling ground game against Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Gosselin
UPI
National Football League
NFL
O.J. Simpson
Larry Csonka
Simpson
Buffalo Bills
West Coast
Csonka
Bills
Miami
Roland Hooks
Darnell Powell
John Bassett
WFL
Memphis Southmen
Giants
Bill Arnsparger
Joe Dawkins
Houston
New York
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Seahawks
Mike Curtis
Buccaneers
Steve Spurrier
Phillies fall 3-2 to Cubs as Bosetti errs on base
Phillies drop a 3-2 decision to Rick Reuschel and the Cubs. Rookie Rick Bosetti, in the ninth as a pinch runner, was picked off to kill a potential rally. Errors by Bosetti, Cash, and Maddox mar the loss while the team’s offense remains quiet. Pirates, Expos, and others win or lose in NL play. rain delays strike two Southern California games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred McMane
UPI
Philadelphia Phillies
Phillies
Rick Reuschel
Chicago Cubs
Rick Bosetti
Bosetti
Oklahoma City
Dave Cash
Mike Schmidt
Garry Maddox
Reuschel
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Pirates
Montreal
Larry Parrish
Woodie Fryman
Expos
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
San Francisco
California
Atlanta Braves
Dodgers
Los Angeles
Houston Astros
Padres
San Diego
Jack Weekley 92, dies in California
KEOTA J I Weekley 92 died Friday in Chico California. He was a former Keota resident and had lived in Ottumwa. Funeral at 10 a m Tuesday in Ottumwa Johnson Funeral Chapel with graveside rites at Keota Cemetery at 11 30 a m. Born December 22 1884 in Sandyville West Virginia to William and Rebecca Weekley. He moved to California in 1970. He married Melda M Vincent in Keota November 12 1908. she died in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
J.I
Jack) Weekley
Chico
Calif
Ottumwa
Johnson
Mr. Weekley
Sandyville
W. Va
William
Rebecca Weekley
California
Melda M. Vincent
Property transfers among local owners and businesses
Harold C Fisher and wife transfer Lot 7 Block 1 Perdocks Subdivision to C Marion Hall and wife. C Marion Hall and wife convey Lots 3 and 4 in NE Washington to Hall s Feed Service Inc. Faye Ayers and wife sell Lots 8 and 9 Block 9 Original Plat of West Chester to Stewart Elevator Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold C. Fisher
C. Marion Hall
Perdock’s
Hall’s Feed Service, Inc
Washington
Faye Ayers
Stewart Elevator, Inc
West Chester
Property transfers and conservatorship estate notices
A batch of real estate transfers and a conservatorship filing list numerous parcels across Wellman, South Washington, Kalona, and surrounding areas. Transactions include estates, lot allocations in additions, and property commencements with various Lot, Block, and section references. Names include Alta Wade Berry, Ed J. Schlabaugh, Dorothy A. Chorpening, Karen Henderson, Carl Case Steele, Clyde Crile, Lola V. Steele, Robert A. Kennedy, Harvey Holden, Donna Humston, Larry Humston, Roger Colthurst, Robert R. Megcel sen, James Patterson, Ivan Ulin, James Hill, Jerry Goodwin, Leonard Holwegner, Witte & Jackette Construction Co., Herman Yoder, Jared Powell, Velda Schauf, Leo Hall, Protein Blenders, Inc., June Duvall, Louis Havel, Ledru Kauffman, Walter Rugg, Vera Longwell, Ambrose Longwell, and others. Multiple Lot 3 and Lot 7 parcels appear with precise fractional and directional descriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Wade Berry
Ed J. Schlabaugh
Wellman
Everett R. Chorpening
Dorothy A. Chorpening
Washington
John J. Kirkpatrick
Karen Dee Henderson
Downing & Desing
Carl Case Steele
Clyde
Harvey B. Holden
Wilson
South
Donna S. Humston
Larry Humston
Roger Colthurst
Robert R. Megcelsen
James W. Patterson
Ivan W. Ulin
James Hill
Jerry L. Goodwin
Miller
Washington Care Center, Inc
Leonard James Holwegner
W. E. Chilcote
Witte & Jackette Construction Co., Inc
Iowa
Walter Rugg
Vera M. Longwell
Ambrose G. Longwell
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WHS
Lonsdale
Mary Ellen Beliel Driscoll
Marjorie Boyd
Ladehoff
Aitkin
Minn
Beverly Brown Evert
Prescott
Arizona
Lois Olfeft
Greenwood
Cherokee
Dane Stone
Appleton
Wisconsin
Eugene Wead
Brookfield
Dorothy Walker
Shirley Vacha
Jean Moore
Ferne Mendenhall
Dale Eyestone
Sam Batterson
Harold Gilmore
Eugene Davis
Tom Tanner
Darwin Vacha
deTo Bilt
Doe
Hien
Peter Fonda
Dirty Mary
Crazy Larry PG
Barry Newman
Petrocelli
Cleavon Little
Veea
Washington Redskins
Redskins
Bill Kilmer
Joe Theismann
Kilmer
Pittsburgh
Oakland
Baltimore
New England
Denver
Detroit
Chicago
Atlanta
New Orleans
New York Jets
Cleveland
Dallas
Kansas City
Green Bay
Raiders
Steelers
Cubs
Hoover Dam
Robert
Stevenson
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Des Moines, Ia
Jack Weekley
Northwestern the Quiet Company
James D
Gorham
Northwestern Mutual Life
E. Main
Grull & Lee
Rod
G. M
Don) Wylie
Federal Land Bank
G. M. (Don) Wylie
Chet Miller
Mike Orris
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