Washington County History Notes And Local Events
Dr R W Thompson of United Presbyterian Home will attend a Monmouth College conference in Monmouth Illinois on Sept 30 and Oct 1 as secretary of class of 1894. Naomi No 185 Eastern Star gave the Mouser family a miscellaneous shower after a fire. The Etter Breitenbach cottage to host southeast Iowa osteopathic physicians. Mrs Kathryn Kennelly Bullion visits from El Dorado Ark after Europe trip, Open house for Mrs Bullion hosted by Mr and Mrs R E Shannon. Robert Friese home on 14 day leave for sister Mary Catherine’s wedding. he’s stationed at Ft Chaffee Ark. Wessler sells blacksmith shop to George W Pratt. Bush sells coal business to Howard Freshwaters. Derailment at Verdi. no injuries. four tank cars, fire. National war fund drive in Washington County set at 12200. Coe College oboe player Donald C Davis, third-year. junior college race nominations include George Masson Catherine Masson Myria Stephens. 80 Washington area women attend PEO report on Yellowstone Park. new speakers include Miss Margaret Moninger from China and Milan Thompson. Crushed rock placement on Washington street delayed. 6 miles of street surfaces to be graded. John Applegate discusses stamp collection with Y’s Men. 11,000 stamps valued over 200 dollars. 5 to 10 million people in hobby. Col D J Palmer and A R Miller attend Jefferson county soldiers and sailors reunion in Fairfield. Hi-Y Club and Girl Reserves drive closes with high school teachers serving. strong school involvement. Washington well represented in third Welsh singing festival at Columbus Junction. large Washington County group. Iowa Bridge Company of Des Moines awarded contract for a River near River contract in Iowa township. price 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Thompson
United Presbyterian Home
Washington
Monmouth College
Monmouth, Ill
Thompson
Naomi No. 185
Eastern Star
Kalona
Stanley Mouser
Riverside
Mouser
Mousers
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physicians
Iowa
Etter - Breitenbach
Cedar River
Kathryn Kennelly Bullion
el Dorado
Ark
Muscatine
Europe
Carrie Berdo
R. E. Shannon
Bullion
Robert Friese
Charles Friese
Mary Catherine
Warren Escher
St. James Catholic Church
Ft. Chaffee
R. G. Wessler
North Marion Avenue
George W. Pratt
Mr. Wessler
Cy Bush
Howard Freshwaters
Rock Island
Verdi
YMCA
National War Fund
Washington County
Robert McFarlane
Donald C. Davis
D. D. Davis
Coe
Cedar Rapids
George Masson
Catherine Masson
Myria Stephens
Brighton
Keota
Yellowstone Park
J.N Irwin
Col
D. J. Palmer
A. R. Miller
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Clumbus Junction
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Iowa Bridge Company of
Des Moines
Iowa Township
River
Hospital Census And Births In Several Iowa Cities
Yesterday and today lists of hospital admissions births and discharges across Washington Keota Kalona Brighton Columbus City Richland and Ainsworth. Notable entries include births for Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brenneman and Mr and Mrs Glen Ira Bender and daughters and sons for Washington Keota Kalona and Brighton with surgical and medical cases noted.
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Mabel Hanft
Columbus Junction
Glenn Laffer
Washington
Everett Miller
William Berger
Henry Taylor
Warren Donaldson
Ainsworth
Surgical
Carol Donaldson
Kenneth Brenneman
Keota
Charles Thompson
Raymond Sieren
Richard Stumpf
Emma Campbell
Marcus McBeth
Richland
Ralph Chorpening
Patricia Wade
Grandview
Ernest Leyden
Robert Schulte
Harold Blodgett
Glen Ira Bender
Kalona
Sylvester Sobaski
Brighton
Elizabeth Renfro
Coley Deese
Columbus City
Everette Miller
Randy Roberts
Doris Bittner
Stephen Root
Walter Fritz
Wayne Chalupa
Fanon
Rainfall over September exceeds normal in Washington
The week notes rainfall far above normal with 2.58 inches in the weekend and 8.09 inches since September 1. Community items include Flora Spivey named Buddy Poppy sale chair, Wartburg College choir welcome adds 20 new students, and various local activities at Washington Junior High and area institutions.
Washington board picks Luers as president and engineers planned
Washington Community District reorganizational meeting names Dean Luers president and Carl Dallmeyer vice president. New board members Robert Kleese and Carl Dallmeyer sworn in. City council moves to hire a city engineer after interviews and duty scope agreement. In Keota, Mr. and Mrs. John Durst Sr. celebrate silver wedding with dinner at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Luers
Washington Community District School Board
Carl Dallmeyer
Robert Kleese
Keota
John Durst Sr
Rain and floods loom large in Washington area
Auntie Linus reports over six inches of rain this month bringing total to eleven. English River flooded farms near Kalona, isolating a Donald Schantz home on Wayland road. Sunset Park fish stranded as waters receded. Local students Luers named school board president and Dallmeyer vice president. Flooding threatens 7000 to 7500 acres of corn and soybeans. Washington council votes to hire a city engineer while merchants launch a Christmas street ornament campaign.
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Kalona
English River
Donald Schantz
Washington
Wayland Blacktop
Crooked Creek
Rain causes heavy crop losses in Washington County
Heavy rain flooded rivers and creeks in Washington County, threatening 7000 to 7500 acres of corn and soybeans. County Extension and ALCS officials estimate the loss while residents recall higher water levels than seen in years. Also notes Merit Scholarship semi finalists from local high schools and area graduates receiving diplomas, plus community notices and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASCS
Washington County
ALCS
Marshall-Driscoll engagement announced in Washington Iowa
The engagement of Judith Anne Marshall to Charles Eugene Driscoll is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Ralph Marshall. Charles is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Driscoll of Tipton Iowa. The note accompanies a column of local events from Washington Iowa including sports and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Swift
Charles Swift
Washington
James
Ralph Marshall
Judith Anne
Charles Eugene Driscoll
Charles Driscoll
Tipton, Ia
Hubert Lehrer
Audrey Dusenbery
Cheryl Kraft
Jerry Dusenbery
Davenport
Pearl Hamil Dusenbery
Cloyce Dusenbery
Library now loans records at Washington Public Library
Washington Public Library expands offerings with a fifty-album collection loaned by the State Traveling Library. The new vinyls span classical to show tunes and join existing books for local patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Public Library
Edsall Brown
State Traveling Library
Note to Readers Saturday Journal Summary Offer
The Saturday Edition targets out-of-state readers and former Washington residents with a quick weekly local news recap. It offers mail delivery for $3.50 per year to subscribers outside the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Journal
Deaths in Washington area 1965 obituary notices
Obituaries note the passing of Tracy R. Phillips 75 a Washington druggist of 52 years who died Sept 19 at Veterans Hospital Iowa City after illness since February Maud Hamilton 89 resident of United Presbyterian Home died Sept 21 Wilma Rowe Shaw 47 died Sept 8 in Ocala Florida formerly taught music in Washington Manford R Wilcox 71 of South Ninth Avenue died Sept 22 at Pines nursing home after illness since September
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy R. Phillips
Washington
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Maud Hamilton
United Presbyterian Home
Wilma Rowe Shaw
Ocala
Fla
Rowe
Manford R. Wilcox
South Ninth Avenue
Winesday
the Pines Nursing Home
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Lincoln School
Washington Junior High School
New Methodist
B. F. Schwartz
Margaret Moninger
Hainan Provine
China
Presbyterian Church
Milan Thompson
University of Iowa
Baptist Church
Washington Street
John Applegate
Y’s Men's Club
Joe Pennington
Jacob Dickinson
Jesse McGuire
Fredonia
Lyle Crawford
Charles Lucas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Flora Spivey
V.F.W
Brehmer
Dianne Brehmer
Wartburg College
Miss Brehmer
Dale E. Brehmer
Roberta Miller
Terry Miller
Sue Lowe
Lynn Stephens
Peggy Crull
Diana Herbst
Laurie Laing
Lynn Martin
Linda Wertz
Cathy Coon
Karen Westermark
Ann Bergstrom
Ann Gregory
Marsha Kron
Becky Myers
Corinne Stanley
Julie Trabert
Sheryl Grim
Michele Kruse
Rita Koening
Marycrest College
Rita
Mark Koening
Women of the Moose
Moose
Claude Randall
Ralph Martin
Oral Mayo
Leona Gardner
Clem Carter
University Hospital
Milo Sorden
Mercy Hospital
Joyce Zieglowsky
Cloyce Zieglowsky
Ezra Shenk
Shenk
Wellman
Mental Health Institute
Clarinda
Ethel Miller
Miller
Montgomery Wards
Sherman House
Witting
A. M. Black
Knoxville
Cheryl Keating
Claire Keating
State College of
Paul Jones
Sioux Falls
S. D
Ward Latcham
Jones
Prophetstown
Ill
Richard Jones
Burlington
Diane Mnssen
Mrs. Jones
Latcham
Regina Latcham
Randy Latcham
Julie Davis
Wayne Davis
Matilda Wasson
Louise
Charles Greenlee
Mrs
Kenneth Greenlee
Bob Gross
Charles City
George Goetz
Faye
Mrs. Hurley Long
North English
Gary Pohren
Michael
Farmington
Glenn Miller
Ted Howell
KBOE
Oskaloosa
Nikki Lee
Vernon Witting
Chicago
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs_ at
Linus
Sunset Park
Pete
Ray
Washington Community School Board
Pete Groff
Ray Bower
Phil Lemke
Washington High School
Wayne Jones
Mark Reschly
Waco High School
City Planning Commission
Alfred Lemke
American Institute of Business
Pamela Robertson
Loren Robertson
Gloria J. Wolf
Joe Cochran
Charlotte J. Wulf
Elmer Wulf
Ruth Ann Wulf
Erwin Wulf
Route Two
John Dodd
Maplewood Manor
Perry Jordan
Mrs. Jordan
Mrs. Nadaco
Sunny
M. R. Buwer
Washington Hotel
Houston
Texas
Max L. Buwer
Lena Stewart
Recorder’s
Court House
Marguerite Baker
Ferndale
Mich
Raker
Caddie Henrikson
Royal Oak
Kirksville
Miss Stewart
Michigan
Gladys Gross
Jelm, Wyo
Helen Gross
Sterling, Colo
Roy Gross
Denver
Joe Evanovich
Rockford, Nl
Diversified Services
Evanovich
Rusty Woods
Ted Woods
Rose Reid
Clarissa Gibson
Marshall-Driscoll
Washington Demons
Wally Horn
al Kinzler
Auxiliary To the World Barracks
Information Desk
Clifford Connelly
Howard McBride
George Canott
Glenn McCall
Ed Blattner
Claude McCoy
Dean Stannard
Jim Creek
Fullerton
Calif
Manford Wilcox
Rosemary Club
Dickey’s Prairie Home
Janet Johnson
Mercy School of Nursing
Bonnie Miller
Bonnie
Paul ‘Grossheim
Ft. Leavenworth, Kan
W. J. Grossheim
Ed Lins
Howad Lins
B A
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
E. J. Evans
Olive,Calif
Evans
Standard Oil Company
Library Now Loans
Washington County Hospital
Norman Jensen
Joint Commission of Accredited
J.F. Mallory
Jim
East Lansing
Michigan State University
Mallorys
Oren Jarvis
Monica and
Barry
Lake City
Harold Jarvis
Jack Tanner
Robert Labrie
Butte, Mont
George Lambertson
Norwalk
Mr. Tanner
Sally Smith
Indianola
Lee Holland
Nebraska - Iowa
Kiwanis Club
Wendell Eden
T. M. Nelson
William Smart
Gene Grecian
Kiwanis District
Margaret Moore
le Claire
Minnie van Meter
A. J. Gilpin
Lyle Schulty
Reid Boyd
Mt. Pleasant
East Washington
T.R. Phillips
Leonard Smith
Guy Phillips
Claire Phillips
Harry Phillips
Clarence Rogers
Melvin Fleming
Glen Garner
New Sharon
Hubert Forker
Robert Gibbs
Harold Kerr
Clinton
Caryl Cunningham
Ottumwa
R. E. Fane
Newton
Ron Merz
Doris Peterson
Lewis Peterson
Nichols
Ralph Green
Lee
Aspen
Colo
Swift and Company
Greenlee