Society and Club News from Ottumwa Area
Mrs. Harold Kline attended a luncheon training classes and Christmas display of Lazier Cosmetics at the Ottumwa Hotel. Mrs. Charles L. Harley and Mrs. Alvin Allen plan a Friday plane visit to Morton Pa. for a stay with M J Marryat. Twelve members of the VFW Auxiliary Breakfast Club met with Mrs. Maynard Goff Sr. Mrs. Robert Lowe Sr. will host Oct. 9. Eight women from Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church attended the Presbyterial Fall Workshop at Muscatine. W L Col Little was admitted to the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. Mrs. Ralph Melville will fly Saturday to join her husband in Billings Mont. He lectures on glass blowing and they plan travel to Washington State. Mrs. Kathryn Jones of Richland will reside with the Melvilles to be with H T Carris. Lynn Melville leaves Wednesday for Mayport Fla to join the aircraft carrier Saratoga after 14 days leave and naval training. Dinner guests included Seth Carris and Diana Packwood to see Lynn off. The Reschlys visit Bloomington Ind for college with Mrs Ed Reschly and Phil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Maynard Goff Sr
Robert Lowe Sr
Ralph Melville
Billings, Mont
Washington State
Kathryn Jones
Richland
Melville
Lynn Melville
Iowa City
Mayport
Fla
Saratoga
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Ralph Melvile
Seth Carris
Diana
Packwood
Florida
Ward Hinnerman
Oskaloosa
Earl Chambers
Federated Church
Charles Roberts
Richard Suddick
Dan Murphy
Briana
Phoebe Marble
Wisconsin
Cloyce Dill
Cheryl
Bob Dill
Sigourney
Preston Harvey
Washington
Ronnie Dill
Gary Dill
Dale Duwn
Joe TeBockhorst
TeBockhorst
Marvin Crile
Columbus Junction
Allen Fickling
Helen Hadey
Wilbur Byers
Lake Park
J. C. Bowen
John Capper
Ray Wehr
L. F. Harding
Harold Benedict
San Antonio
Texas
Myrtle Bowen
Glen Hitchcocks
Keota
Kenneth Bauer
Waldo Fickling
George Groff
Carl Jones
Ronnie
Chicago
Nora Wehr
Carlie Ingham
Davenport
Mary Kchoff
Paul and
Jasper
Lena Schmitt
Jacke
Lizzie Fritechen
D. A. Augustine
Michael
Florenc
May
Fred Zieglowsky
South Place
Washington Social Calendar and TV series notice
Social and club notices list dinners meetings and events for Thursday through Sunday with locations and times. It covers Family Living Woman of Moose CWF Home Arts Club Country Club shirts and skirts Legion Hall and Lake Darling activities plus a 26 week KCRG TV series on rural urban understanding featuring ISU economist Wallace Ogg and farmer Otis Tuttle with Japan trade mission context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Farm Bureau
Iowa
Kcrg - TV
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State University
Wallace Ogg
Otis Tuttle
Norway
Tuttle
Farm Bureau
Japan
Stephen Lestina Sr Dies in California
Stephen Lestina Sr., 74, of 5908 York Blvd Los Angeles, died Friday Sept 21 1963 in Glendale California after three months ill. He retired and moved to Los Angeles in 1953 from Chicago with his family. Survived by wife Bettie Havel three children and two sisters. Funeral Sept 24 at Little Church of the Flowers Glendale burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Lestina Sr
York Blvd
Los Angeles
Calif
Glendale
Little
Frank Havel Sr
Washington
Janet Saar Engaged To Jon C Jarvis
Mr and Mrs George Saar of 66 Race Street Nutley New Jersey announce the engagement of their daughter Janet Elaine to Jon C Jarvis son of Mr and Mrs Carl W Jarvis Miss Saar a Nutley school graduate is a stewardess for United Air Lines based in San Francisco Calif Her fiancé is employed by American Airlines in San Francisco and is presently in the United States Army A December wedding is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Saar
Race Street
Nutley, N.J
Janet Elaine
Jon C. Jarvis
Carl W. Jarvis
Miss Saar
Nutley School
United Air Lines
San Francisco
Calif
American Air Lines
United States Army
Walter Bachman
Mt. Pleasant
Linda
Joe Kiene
Henry Kiene
Washington
Miss Bachman
Mt. Pleasant High School
Burlington Beauty Academy
Kiene
Crawfordsville High School
Kiene Brothers Trucking
Navajo Club Celebrates Sixtieth Anniversary Luncheon
The Navajo Club marked its 60th anniversary with a luncheon at Captain's Table. Mrs. Floyd Blankenhorn recounted events of six decades, while Mrs. Myrtle Neiswanger spoke on Navajo history and a book review by Mrs. G W ManAssier. Mrs. Charles Kennedy led and read two poems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Blankenhorn
Myrtle Neiswanger
G.W. Manassier
Charles Kennedy
Walter Anderson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Guy Cole
Storm Lake
Ed Blattner
Will Sheetz
Funeral Services for Ann Louise Russell Held in Baptist Church
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Peterson presiding. Pallbearers named were George Johnson, Joe McGraw, James Kauffman, David Coon, Ed Beranek, Glenn Beauchamp. Burial followed in Kalona Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home arranged the services.
Community clubs start new year with dinners and meetings
The article details several club activities. Family Living II held a cooperative salad supper at Mrs. Carl Jarvis's home with nine members and two guests. They planned district conventions, a Fine Arts Festival, a youth center donation, and health projects. Other groups held cookouts, slide programs, craft sessions, and pinochle games with small business meetings and member host duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Living
Carl Jarvis
Joe Kirkpatrick
Larry Sheetz
Leonard Llewellyn
Llewellyn
Truman Hysell
Trimnastics Class Begins October Fourth at YWCA
The fall Trimnastics session starts Friday October 4 from 9 to 10 a.m. in the gym for eight weeks. Mrs James Rossen leads the class open to women of all ages. Fee is 3 dollars for YWCA members and 3.50 dollars for non members. Minimum enrollment is 20. register at the YWCA desk or call OL 3 2594.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trimnastics
James Rossen
YWCA
Jaycettes Form Chapter In Washington County Chapel
A group of ten women organized a Jaycettes unit in the County Home chapel. Mrs. Keith Proctor served as temporary chairwoman. They will meet the third Tuesday each month at 8 p.m. and use the chapel for several months. Plans include aiding the Jaycees in toy distribution and Easter Seal campaigns. Skip Renoux to lead membership. next meeting Oct 22 to elect officers. Prospective members will be notified by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycettes
Jaycees
Keith Proctor
Washington County
Skip’’ Renoux
Farm Bureau Women Plan Autumn Tour
Farm Bureau Women announce an autumn bus tour to northeast Iowa October 7 and 8 with a $10 deposit due by October 1 for lodging at the Ahlers Hotel Guttenberg and bus fare. The trip itinerary includes Strawberry Point fish hatchery, Edgewood ice cave, Dubuque sights, Guttenberg overnight, then McGregor Pike's Peak Effigy Mounds Villa Louis Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, possible Decorah Spillville or Ft. Atkinson, with supper in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Ahlers
Guttenberg
Strawberry Point
Edgewood
Dubuque
Eagle Point Park
U.S. Locks
Pioneer Rock Church
McGregor
Pike’s Peak
Effigy Mounds
Villa Louis
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Decorah
Spillville
Old Clock Museum
Ft. Atkinson
Cedar Rapids
Hospital Admission Names Lynn Beenblos as Patient
On The Record notes a patient admitted yesterday at The Record Hospital in Washington with surgical procedures. Names listed include Lynn Beenblos som and Robert Reschly.
Newcomers welcomed by Washington hostess list
Six new residents are officially greeted by Mrs. Robert Swift as they move to Washington including Jerry Edwards family at 2112 East Second and their children Ricky Debbie and Randy from Fort Dodge. Other newcomers include Francis Duffy family from Iowa City with Tammy seven months old, Bill Bauer in residence at 114 North Second, Patricia Smith from Red Oak, Vincent Foubert and son Matt from Iowa City, Sister Mary Louis Catherine from Kansas City at St. James School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Swift
Jerry Edwards
East Second
Ricky 3
Debbie
Randy
Ft. Dodge
Williams Construction
Francis Duffy
West Jefferson
Tammy
Iowa City
Methodist Church
VFW
Nixon Feeds
Advance Ross Manufacturing
Bill Bauer
Millerberg
North Second
Prairie Flower Special Education
Patricia Smith
Lincoln School
Red Oak
South Second
Rebekah Lodge
Vincent Foubert
Matt
Foubert
Washington County
Mary Louis Catherine
West
St. James School
Kansas City
Wellman Couple Announces Engagement Of Virginia Yoder
Betrothed Virginia Ann Yoder and Robert Owain Wenger work at Pepperidge Farms Hesston Manufacturing Co. He is a Hesston High School 1962 graduate and she a 1962 Mid-Prairie graduate. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora P. Yoder
Route 2
Wellman
Virginia Ann
Robert Owain Wenger
John Wenger
Hesston
Kan
Yoder
Mid - Prairie High School
Hesston College
Pepperidge Farms Inc
Wenger
Hesston High School
Hesston Manufacturing Company
Birthday greetings mark town weekend visits
Mrs Weerman is the birthday honoree as family and friends gather in Keota for a birthday celebration. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Dirk Weerman and family, Mr and Mrs Gary Dill and family, and Mr and Mrs Ronnie Dill and Miss Weba Weerman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Weerman
Local notes include travels and health updates
Mr and Mrs Irvin Coffey return from a Duluth Minneapolis trip and praise the Evening Journal. Joe Clyde visits Rockford to celebrate daughter Rondi’s third birthday with the Smiths. Sharon Lowry earns a spot in an oratorio chorus at the State University of Iowa. Mrs Leo Ollinger enters Mercy Hospital Iowa City for Friday surgery. Bob Reschly remains in critical condition at Washington County Hospital after a gunshot wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Coffey
Duluth
Minneapolis
Minn
Joe Clyde
Rockford, Ill
Gerald Smith
Rondi
Bradley
Sharon Lowry
Werner Lowry
The
State University of Iowa
Leo Ollinger
Keota
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Bob Reschly
Noble
Washington County Hospital
Myers Named Washington Toastmasters Humorous Speech Representative
John W. Myers was chosen by the Washington Toastmasters Club to represent the area in the humorous speech contest to be held in Marion Iowa on October 6. At the Captain's Table Ralph Martin served as toastmaster and Bill White as table topics chairman. Contenders included Robert Miller with Soybeans are High Roy Hodges with Communications and Frank Patterson with Men or Animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Myers
Washington Toastmasters Club
Marion
Ralph Martin
Bill White
Robert Miller
Roy Hodges
Frank Patterson
U S to Continue With Spanish Bases
Madrid reports the 500 million dollar U S base network in Spain will stay active after the 10 year pact expires today. A six month consultative period follows. if no new agreement is signed by then, the pact ends a year later. Officials cite strong ties and shared defense interests despite renegotiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Spain
Fernando Maria Castrella
Woodward
Francisco Franco
Franco
Birthday News Among Local Families At TeBockhorst Home
Social notes record birthday celebration for Mr TeBockhorst hosted by Mr and Mrs Dale Duwn and family at their Keota home. Nearby gatherings include visits by Helen Hadey Wilbur Byers and multiple kin, with car shows and supper guests noted at several residences.
Washington Evening Journal masthead and publishing notes
The Washington Evening Journal in Washington Iowa lists staff including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bruce Cowden contributing editor and Howard Hazen production superintendent. It notes publication afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4 and that the paper is entered as second class matter under March 3 1879 act. It also lists press associations Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Presse Assn and Audit Bureau of Circulations and rural subscription terms for 6 12 or 9 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Washing Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Howard Hazen
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press Ass
Iowa Presse
Audit Bureau of
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Harold Kline
Lazier Cosmetics
Ottumwa Hotel
Charles L. Harley
Alvin Allen
Morton, Pa
M.J. Marryat
Marryat
Louise Allen
Allen
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Muscatine
Richard Stewart
Ralph Kleese
Ted Meyer
Elizabeth McClung
Francis McConnell
Vernon Elgin
Maud Jackson
George Kerr
W.L
Col) Little
Veterans Hospital
Thelma Andersen
Seiferts
Sunset Park
Cletus Kaska
Women of Moose
Moose Home
Christian Church
Home Arts Club
Norma Martin
Dick Ellard
Country Club
Gion Hall
Paul Carruthers
Sunday County Legion
Lake Darling
KCRG
Hyacinth Narcissus
Crocus
Peet Moss
Terra Lite
Foster Bagge
State Theater
California
West Side Square
Pan
Pastry Shop
Evening Journal
Janet Saar
Navajo Club
Glenn Holden
Wendell Paul Temple
University Park
Raymond Glen Troyer
Kalona
Frankie Manning
Emery Leroy Metcalf
Gale Allen Hunt
Brighton
Ida Rosella Lowry
South Marion
West Jefferson Street
Hunt
Lowry
Wolf's Flower Shop
VW Rooms
Josephine Janecek
Handcraft II
Wayne Knapp
Handcraft III
James Rich
Wayne Gamon
Knupp
Harold Gamon
Richard Ballard
D.L. Rohrer
Mayo Sorrell
Low
Oral Mayo
Farm Bureau Women
Lynn Beenblossom
Washington, Surgical
Robert Reschly
Noble, Surgical
Sherman-Eden Funeral Home
Olympia
Osincup’s
Myers
Mr. TeBockhorst
Weshn
West Madison
Panthers
Case Field
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