Keota storm causes minor damage and power loss
Keota sustained minor wind damage from a Sunday night storm with downed trees and limbs, a blown hog shed at Vic Times Farm, a downed tree near John Klein Farm blocking a road, and a broken window at the David Wright home. Lights were off for about ninety minutes in the southern part of town due to power lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Vic Times
John Klein
David Wright
Lars Sjoberg
Sweden
P T.A
Lars
Washiton High School
A. I. FitzSimmons
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
FitzSimmons
Soverign Grand Lodge
Fitz Simmons
Ottumwa
Denny Bohrofen
Carl Willhoit
Batavia
Phil Winegarden
Deep River
David Winegarden
George Huff
Oak Park
Bruce Stoutner
Mary Francis Byrne
Scholarships for area students named to Town State University
Area students from Washington Wellman and surrounding towns are announced as scholarship recipients at Town State University Ames. Named are John Patterson, Stanley Petratz, Wilbur Reschly, and George Lowry. Lowry is a State University of Iowa senior and on the director’s list for journalism. Steven Norton of Washington faces a $25 fine for failure to stop when entering a highway from a private drive per Iowa Highway Patrol. John Morris of Columbus Junction hosts one of eight Japanese farmers arriving April 19 under the Iowa Farm Bureau trainee program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State University
Ames
John M. Patterson
Wellman
Stanley R. Petratz
Washington
Wilbur R Reschly
Olds
Steven Norton
E. Jefferson
Towa Highway Patrol
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Holden
John Morris
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau
N E West Celebrates 78th Birthday In Hardscrabble
N E West marked his 78th birthday on April 8 as friends and family joined in at Hardscrabble. Mr and Mrs James C Bowen aided the celebration with supper and cake for the honoree. Various local visitors and relatives stopped by through the weekend at Keota Urbana Kalona and Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.E. West
James C. Bowen
Mr. West
Bowen
Allen Fickling
Gladies Finerty
Oskaloosa
Bob Bowen
Fieling
Glenn Gordon
David
Carl Herr
Ollie, Ia
Elen Herr
Urbana
Alan Newberg
Custer
S.D
Shi Conklin
Keota
Dale Duwn
Letitia Kron
Kalona
Bernard Crock
Ray Wehr
Leonard Hixson
Royce Partington
Columbus Junction
Kletus Kaska
Orville Griggs
Twilight Rest
Myrtle Bowen
Berna Waterhouse Receives Diploma in Keota
Berna Hahn Waterhouse graduated as a stenographic secretary from the Iowa City commercial college. She is employed as a secretary for Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric in Iowa City. Weekend visits included Mr and Mrs Marion Stou tner in Iowa Falls for Kiss Me Kate. son Tom in Ellsworth Junior College. The article notes moves and visits by several local families in Keota Sigourney and North English.
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Boyd Sanders Keota
Berna Hahn Waterhouse
Iowa City Commercial College
Iowa City
Berna
Iowa - Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Marion Stoutner
Iowa Falls
Tom
Ellsworth Junior College
Walter Smith
County Legion women meet in Wellman during April
Washington County American Legion Auxiliary held an April 7 meeting in Wellman with 58 attendees. New officers were installed including Crawfordsville president Nancy Whiting and Washington vice president Miranda Schoonover. Units will purchase new county flags. memorial services for deceased members were conducted by Mae Marek Elma Oldfield Hazel Miller and Leona Blum.
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Norma Dunbar
Brighton
Tom Fordyce
Mid Prairie Hi
Lord
Arthur Gardner
Deanna Statler
Diana Reis
Beth Vodicka
Mid - Prairie
Washington
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Armsworth
Marie van Dorn
Rosemary Walschmidt
Riverside
Leona Snider
Atkinson
Man Charged After Vehicle Hits Light Pole
Joe Franklin Crumley of 433 South Ninth Street Washington was charged with failure to have his motor vehicle under control after he ran into a light pole on East Washington near Ninth Street. Damage totaled 200 dollars to the auto and 100 dollars to the pole. Crumley was fined 10 dollars by Justice of the Peace Les Eicher. Also, a free practice pony pull is planned for Sunday April 19 at 1 30 p.m. by the Town Pony Pulling Association at Parkhill Field in east Sigourney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Franklin Crumley
South Ninth Street
Washington
East Washington
Ninth Street
Crumley
Justice of the Peace
Les Eicher
Town Pony Pulling Association
Parkhill Field
East Sigourney
Luau at the Fair offers full Hawaii section dishes
A 1964 65 World's fair Hawaii section showcases the Five Volcanoes restaurant offering authentic luau dining. Guests sample kalua pig, luau chicken, baked banana, lomi lomi salmon, poi, and tropical drinks amid hula and drum performances.
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New York
UPI
Hawaii
Luau
Professional Directory Listings Show Local Attorneys and Providers
A historical directory page lists several lawyers with firm names, partners, and office addresses. Notable entries include LOUIS J. KEHOE at Jeffry Building with OL 3-3991, LIVINGSTON DAY and BATI with 204 West Main and OL 3-2147, GEORGE F. MORRISON and family firms at 213 South Marion Ave with OL 3-2802, MORRISON MORRISON and LLOYD at 211 W. Washington with OL 3-2924, JOHN OWEN at 19 West Washington with OL 3-2874, STEWART & SHEARER at 225 West Main with OL 3-2159, and Dr P. L. Ett er osteopathic physician. The page includes addresses and phone numbers for legal and medical professionals, plus a stray line “Rectal disc.”
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Livingston, Day & Bat
Robert Day
Rober Bates
West Main St
George F. Morrison
Ford Morrison
Ira Morrison
South
Marion Ave
Morrison, Morrison
Lloyd
Edmond D. Morrison Jr
James E. Lloyd
W. Washington
John
Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
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Missouri
Marlin Romoser
Gary
Fr. Riley
Romoser
Carl Meyer
Richard Meyer
Toni Thomassen
Florence Stoutner
Margaret McNurlen
Elta Green
Clayton Funston
Roy Funston
Walter Bower
Oasis Club
Albert Atwood
Eldon
Mr. Atwood
H. J. Clare
Casper
Wyoming
Cedar Rapids
Howard Greiner
Thermogas
Thermogas Company
Douglas English
Tom Enguish
YMCA
Journal
Dallas Kinney
N. E. West
Florence
En Griggs
Blanche Nortonn
Farm Bureau District
Berna Waterhouse
Eclipse Lumber CO
Wayland Lumber CO
Coppes Termite Control, Inc
Burlington
Washington Concrete
Rock Island
Sement
County Legion
Dave Gregory
Washington Ymca
Friends
World Service Journal
Edward V. McCarthy
United Press International
Idney
Usc
Bigge
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
John W. Lemmon
V. D Keyes
Logan Jewelry
R. Q. Eastland
Pontiac
Hington
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