Fall week in Washington Iowa noted in Aunt letter
The letter describes cool days and drying corn, reports on a crab apple blooming twice, and mentions plans for Kalona Fall Festival. It covers local projects including a $200,000 stock sale for Colonial Manors nursing home, apartment work at Halcyon House, a new school admin building, and remodeling at Washington State Bank. Indefinite shelving of a coronary care unit is reported, plus rezoning for up to 32 apartments near Case Field and early filing for city offices. Fall in Iowa is highlighted and a visit is suggested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auntie
Washington
Nature
Ainsworth
George Stouts
Kalona
Historical Society
Columbus Junction
Colonial Manors
Halcyon House
Washington State Bank
P Loning Commission
Case Field
Larry Duncan
Iowa
Mable Dankwardt
Detroit
Mich
New York City
Clair Gray
Gray
Dorothy Peck
Herman Clothes Shop
Janet
Los Angeles
Hilma Dodds
Ames
Calif
Lowell Dodds
Judith
Miss Dodds
Iowa State College
School of Veterinary
Wellman
J.A Dodds
Oliver C. Adams
Washington County youth plan corn pickup for Camp Sunnyside
Washington County Youth Council co chairs Susie Swartzendruber and Kathy Malichky seek volunteers from individuals or organizations to undertake a fall corn pickup project. All proceeds will be donated to Camp Sunnyside to support the facility and its programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Camp Sunnyside
Susie Swartzendruber
Kathy Malichky
Kalona
Riverside
Pam Hite
Pauline Hite
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Ruth Earnest
Chris Earnest
Washington, D.C
Justice Department
Jon B. Lemmon
Vance Air Force Base
Enid
Okla
Marriages of the Week in Washington and Davenport
Ken Ella Sue Sanders and Steven Duane Smith wed in a 7 30 p m double ring ceremony at the United Methodist Church on Sept 15 1973. Melinda Sue Pencil and Harry John Spies tied the knot at Newcomb Presbyterian Church Davenport on Sept 15 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Ella Sue Sanders
Keith W. Sanders
Washington
Steven Duane Smith
Dale F. Smith
United Methodist Church
Melinda Sue Pencil
Harry John Spies
Davenport
Newcomb Presbyterian Church
Charles E. Pencil
Blue Grass
George J. Spies
Everett Pencil
Emma Phillips
Don Pencil
Here
Walcott Coliseum
29 dogs too many dog lover appeals jail term
Des Moines resident Lena McDonald 61 was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined 33 for letting her 29 dogs bark loudly at neighbors. She told Magistrate Jerry Levy she will appeal and post a 200 bond to challenge the city ordinance prohibiting barking that disturbs the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Lena McDonald
Jerry Levy
Inez Larsen
Hennigan makes Lions roster. Peiffer cut by Cardinals
Washington native Mike Hennigan earned a spot on the Detroit Lions 40 man roster and appeared on special teams in a loss to Pittsburgh. Dan Peiffer of Harper was cut by the St. Louis Cardinals amid multiple position trials. Also note frost guidance for local corn and a Washington crash injuring three teenagers near a railroad bridge with preliminary charges likely for careless driving. Jane Deaton returns to UNI for sophomore year majoring in physical education and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Hennigan
Washington
Detroit Lions
Dan Peiffer
Harper
St. Louis Cardinals
Hennigan
Lions
Pittsburgh
Peiffer
Uneman
Cardinals
Art
Cardinal
St. Louis
Jane Deaton
Bill Deaton
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Planning Commission Approves Southeast Washington Zoning Change
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 in a special session at City Hall to rezone land in the 900 block of East Harrison Street from R2 to R4, owned by Larry A. Duncan, enabling up to 32 apartment units amid local protests. The City Council will make the final decision, with sewer and street improvements urged beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
Washington
City Hall
East Harrison Street
Case Field
Larry A. Duncan
Washington Chamber nominating six for directors
Six men Dallmeyer Hanson Leary Light Scheibe and Van Houten nominated for the Washington Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Election by mail planned for early October. Dean Garrett leads a campaign to sign up new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Kent Dallmeyer
Ken Hanson
Michael Leary
Ken Light
Dale Scheibe
George van Houten
Dean Garrett
Chamber
Pilcher named Washington County Demo chairman and local notices
Washington County Democrats appoint Don Pilcher as county central committee chairman to fill a vacancy left by John Elliott. Also named are Wanda Smith vice chairwoman Vernita Schneider secretary and Geraldine Schulty treasurer. The week’s notices include a newlywed couple George and Fort honored at a VFW potluck and shower, the Daughters of the American Revolution observing Constitution Week with guest speakers, wheat yield data for 1974, plus several local visits and movements involving residents and others in Washington County Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Pilcher
Washington County Democrats
County Central Committee
Pilcher
John Elliott
Wanda Smith
Vernita Schneider
Geraldine Schulty
George Fort
VFW Hall
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Log Cabin
Neal Burton
Bertha Henry
the Legion Auxiliary
Don Bealer
Veterans of Foreign War Auxiliary
Robert Kurtz
Daughters of the American Colonists
John C. Owen
United States
Owen
Washington D. C
Washington County
Iowa
Nursing center stock drive planned in Columbus Junction
Colonial Manors of Columbus Community Inc plans a four week stock offering to raise 200000 dollars for a 60 bed elderly nursing care facility near the town. A five and a half acre site near the southwest edge, likely to be annexed, has been purchased. If successful the plan could trigger construction this year. Other items note births, graduates, and visitors in Kalona and Des Moines area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Warren D. Lewis
Columbus
Colonial Manors of
Restopia Nursing Home
Deaths in Week Notices from Keota to Columbus Junction
Deaths reported include 14 year old KEOTA resident Brian Greiner killed in a car motorcycle crash near Keota on Sept 15 1973. Verne LaKey Miller 78 died Sept 16 in Washington County Hospital after months of illness. Columbus Junction farmer David Richard Jones 80 died Sept 17 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after declining health. Elsie Nebergall Elliott 73 died Sept 1 in Long Beach Hospital while a longtime Washington native. David Ray McDowell 45 of Somerset Kentucky died Sept 19 after extended illness. Funeral services for McDowell held Sept 22 in Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev Arthur Peters. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Kelly Brian Greiner
Alex Greiner
Verne LaKey Miller
North Second Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Columbus Junction
David Richard Jones
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Cotter
Columbus City
Elsie Nebergall Elliott
Lakewood
Yucca Valley
Calif
Long Beach
Washington
Iowa
California
David Ray McDowell
Somerset
Kentucky
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Arthur Peters
Elm Grove Cemetery
Hospital and admission notices by names and places
List of patients admitted or treated across several days. Hospital Monday covers Jerry Smith in Brighton and Jerry Stockfleet in Wapello with others in Keota Washington and Wayland. Yesterday records include Mrs Shirley Sanderson Keota and Mrs Warren Otterberg Washington among medical and surgical cases. Also births, marriages and other admissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Smith
Brighton
Jerry Stockfleet
Wapello
Surgical
Shirley Sanderson
Keota
Medical
Warren Otterberg
Washington
Roy Rich
Wayland
Wednesday Admitted Yesterday
Ernest Leyden of Washington medical Larry Roth Mr. Pleasant medical Randy Bringman of West Chester admitted yesterday Joseph Gubbs of Ainsworth admitted today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Leyden
Washington Medical
Larry Roth
Mr. Pleasant
Randy Bringman
West Chester
Medical
Joseph Gubbs
Ainsworth
Washington residents noted in hospital and birth listings
Thursday Yesterday list records Mrs. Donald Buster and others in Washington for medical and surgical care. Births Monday record a son for Mr and Mrs. Robert Miller in Washington and a son for Mr and Mrs. John Patterson in Keota. Dismissed Today notes Mrs. Robert Miller and son in Washington, Mrs. John Patterson and son in Keota, plus Larry Roth, Mr. Pleasant, and Jerry Smith in Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Buster
Washington
Edwin Novotny
Surgical
Terry Richardson
Medical
Sam Baker
Robert Miller
John Patterson
Keota
Larry Roth
Pleasant
Jerry Smith
Brighton
Medical transfers and patients listed in Washington area
Friday Today reports patient movements and hospital notes including Joe Podaris of Ainsworth, Kurt Kern of Washington, Mrs Addie Thompson of Washington, Mrs Sam Baker of Washington, and transfers to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Also listed are Mrs Willie Taylor of Washington, Samuel Orris of Ainsworth, Mrs Donald Buster of Washington, Mrs Arthur Harris of Washington, and Randy Bringman of West Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Podaris
Ainsworth
Medical
Kurt Kern
Washington Medical
Addie Thompson Washington
Sam Baker
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Willie Taylor
Samuel Orris
Donald Buster
Arthur Harris
Randy Bringman
West Chester
Children Born to Families in The Stork Gazette
Erin Brooke Wentworth daughter of Mr and Mrs Franklin Gene Wentworth Rural Route 4 Columbus Junction. Susan Kaye Forinash daughter of Mr and Mrs Patrick William Forinash Box 361 West Chester. Stephanie Lyn Kelley daughter of Mr and Mrs Edmund Leslie Kelley Rural Route 2 Ainsworth. Michael Corydon York son of Mr and Mrs Michael Dennis York 402 East 7th Washington. Daniel Steven Parrist son of Mr and Mrs John Steven Patterson 204 North Hamilton St Keota. Michael Joe Miller son of Mr and Mrs Robert Joe Miller 720 North Avenue C Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erin Brooke Wentworth
Franklin Gene Wentworth
Columbus Junction
Susan Kaye Forinash
Patrick William Forinash
West Chester
Stephanie Lyn Kelley
Edmund Leslie Kelley
Ainsworth
Michael Corydon York
Michael Dennis York
East 7Th
Washington
Daniel Steven Parrist
John Steven Patterson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aunt Agatha
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian
Robert Gates
Leslie Gates
Washington Chautauqua Association
Carl Keck
W.W. Bowers
Little Joseph Stinson McElhinney
Elizabeth Shannon
Zeke Hogeland
Washington Golf and Country Club
Lester Glick
Glick
Deidre
Daly City
I.E. Glick
John Butler
John Hedberg
South
Iowa Avenue
Hedberg
Les Eicher
Lawrence White
Haskins Bank
Journal
Liberty Magazine
McDonald
Levy
Washington Evening Journal
Jim Frier
Usda Crop Reporting Service
Garren Benson
Extension Agronomist
Iowa State University
Mark Gearin
Hayes Timber
Bill Young
Jack Barnes
Gearin
Wir
Harvey Davis
Roll Davis
Elizabeth Ann Davis
Humphrey Owen
William Owen
New Jersey
Irvin Whitham
Dean Baker
Marshalltown
Mr. Owen
Davis
United Presbyterian Church
Milford Knutson
West
Jan Knutson
Astoria
Ore
Linda
Charles Farris
Modesto
Tanya Trotman
Jack Trotmans
Alta Hays
Victor Yuska
Kansas City
Tulsa
Yuska
Susan
San Francisco
Hays
Women's Society of Christian Service
United Methodist Women
Russell Davison
Davison
UMW
Don Hanson
Hanson
Lloyd Robertson
Teresa Wheelan
Mike Whelan
Woman's Comfort
Ellen Rebecca Fenn
Paul Sievert
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ottumwa
John Stoutner
Cory Jay
Ricky
Nelson
West Des Moines
Pilcher New Demo Chairman
Merle Jeffries
Betty Ginn
Kenneth and
Todd
Fairfax
Iowa Land Title Association
Patricia Harris
Elsie Huber
Lucy Smith
LaVonne Gill
Robert Day
Hotel Kirkwood
Alice Laughton
Lively
Dean Stanley
Tonnie Crile
Coralville
Clyde Crile
Mabel Cain
Greeley, Colo
Russell
Bing) Miller
McAllen
Texas
Lela Miller
Dennis Kline
East
Harrison
Bloomfield Hospital
Kristofer Karl Kline
Leonard Goeke
Terry
Rosaleen
American Institute of Business
Nettie van Loh
George
Aplington
Della Humphreys
Miss van Loh
Miss Humphreys
Gate Business College
Waterloo
Clifford Lahey
Waukesha
Wis
Martha Griffin
R. H. Peterseim
nKalona
Michael York
Douglas Hough
Edmund Kelly
Alan Olson
Joy Yu
James Tellsworth
Patrick Foriash
Russell Rainwater
New Mexico
Mary Hesseltine
Winfield
Lester Kern
Stork Gazette
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