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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1968

Page

2

Douglas to Visit Iowa for Schmidhauser Campaign Events

Support for Schmidhauser includes Paul Douglas three term U S Senator visiting Iowa First District with a Friday Davenport press conference at 10 am and an Iowa City reception at 5 pm moved to Eagles Hall. Caravan rallies and a Davenport dance follow. Tickets through Schmidhauser offices. Douglas urges tax reform alignment and urges Schmidhauser to seek re election to continue the equity fight.

Paul H. Douglas Iowa Douglas John Schmidhauser Davenport Illinois Blackhawk Iowa City Robert Burns Eagles Hall Highway 1 S. W Schmidhauser - Douglas Eagles Hail 4Th & Scott Towa Cedar Rapids Schmidhauser Cedar County John Beecher West Branch Des Moines Harry Baxter Jr Burlington Henry County U.S. Senate

Mrs. Winifred L. Marbourg 1878 1968 dies in Iowa City

Winifred L. Marbourg 90 of Halcyon House Washington dies Saturday September 21 1968 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a fractured hip on September 16 Funeral at Sherman Eden Funeral Home Tuesday 1 p.m. Rev M O Smith officiating Burial Elm Grove Cemetery She was born January 7 1878 Lexington County daughter of James H and Martha Jane Sitler Adams married Wyatt B Marbourg December 9 1908 A Methodist Church member and 50 year Eastern Star charter Priscilla Club member Golden Age Club and WSCS Survived by nieces and nephews including Mrs James Dorothy Vancura reared in Marbourg home Mr Marbourg died January 14 1947.

Winifred L. Marbourg Halcyon House Washington Mercy Hospital Iowa City Sherman - Eden Rev. M.O. Smith Elm Grove Winifred Adams Lexington County James H Martha Jane Sitler Adams Wyatt B. Marbourg Marbourg Methodist Church Eastern Star Priscilla Club Golden Age Club WSCS James Dorothy) Vancura

Mil ler family visit to Ft Madison kin

Mr and Mrs Delmer J Miller of Ft Madison visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs B E Miller and Delmer s sister and husband Mr and Mrs Adolph Guenther Sunday Delmer who is well known in Washington county recently had a limb amputated and uses an artificial leg He has been a patient at Veterans Hospital and will return there in November He and his wife Marian Pauly are the parents of Jerry Miller now on active duty in Vietnam.

Delmer J. Miller Ft. Madison B. E. Miller Delmer Adolph Guenther Washington County Veterans Hospital Marian Pauly Jerry Miller Vietnam

Social calendar fills week with meetings and events

The Monday through Thursday schedule lists music, crafts, clubs, and society meetings at YWCA rooms, Masonic Temple, Captain's Table, Sunset Park, and local homes. Notables include White Shrine, WCTU, Navajo and Fleur de Lis groups, Family Living, and Homemakers with transportation, meals, coffees, and tours planned.

Herb Osincup YWCA Tops Club Sunset Park White Shrine Masonic Temple Family Living IH Fareway Robert Holmes Applied Arts I Lloyd Turnipseed BPW Art Guild Senior Citizens Cedar Two Farm Bureau Women Wayne Norman Senior Citizen Council Rainbow Girls Walter Anderson Bethel Missionary Society Erwin Wulf John Elliott Will Sheetz Women of Moose Moose Home Family Living I Creative Living I Dickey’s Bill Crandall Crandall Joe Knotek WCT U Homemakers Club Harry Munson

Community chorus seeks tenors and altos for practice

Community chorus meets tonight from 8 to 10 at the Adult Center, Y. A need remains for more tenors and altos to join the group. Funeral services for Mrs. Arthur Lambert were held Saturday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Peterson officiating. Burial followed at Keota Cemetery. Final rites for Lyle J. Crawford conducted Friday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Peterson presiding. Wayne Wagner sang as soloist. Pallbearers included Dale Fuhr, Joe Cochran, Gene Booth, Gary Smith, Dick Harvey, and Bud Lechner. Burial was at Elm Grove Cemetery.

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Local Residents Welcome Visitors From Across States

Mr and Mrs Douglas Leonard left for Somerville New Jersey after a 10 day visit with Reed relatives. Miss Katie Krigbaum of Durham North Carolina heads to Chicago to begin Northwestern University foreign languages studies. Della Humphreys hosted a First Presbyterian Church cooperative dinner for aging and former members during the churchs 125th anniversary service. Russell Bing Miller of McAllen Texas visits his parents from a Roebuck Store conference in Chicago. Leslie Dix of Washington DC leaves for California after a weekend with relatives in Keota Crawfordsville.

Douglas Leonard Somerville N. J Reed Leonard Ruby Reed Katie Krigbaum Durham N. C Chicago Northwestern University George Zeck Charles Wolfe Maplewood Manor Keota Lester Prongas Della Humphreys First Presbyterian Church Harold Montgomery Iowa City Ted Kann Fairfield Hubert Turner Wisconsin Bill Graf Oklahoma Mary Rickey Cedar Rapids Margaret Applegate Harry Turner R. J. Dawson Washington Jay Brewer Russell (Bing) Miller McAllen Texas Golia Miller Oo Roebuck McAlen Leslie Dix Washington, D. C California Floyd Blankenhorn Donald Blankenhorns Crawfordsville

Rites at Wayland for Cora Steier

Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at the Zehr Funeral Home Wayland for Mrs. Cora E Steier 98 who died Sunday morning at Henry County Memorial Hospital. Rev Walter Neufeld and Rev Glen Richard will conduct the service and burial will be in Wayland Cemetery. She was born May 2 1875 in Henry County to Benjamin and Elizabeth Farmer Yount. She married Emil F Steier February 22 1892 who preceded her in death and had lived in Parkview Rest Home since July 1961. Survivors include three daughters Iva McBeth Mt Pleasant Ina Lance Trenton and Harry Moon of Quasqueton 7 grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.

Wayland Zehr Cora E. Steier Henry County Memorial Hospital Mrs. Steier Henry County Benjamin and Elizabeth Ann Farmer Yount Ruary Emil F. Steier Parkview Rest Home Wayland Mennonite Church Iva McBeth Mt. Pleasant Ina Lance Trenton Harry Moon Quasqueton Iowa

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