44 Members In County CB Radio Club
Willard and Esther Gray hosted an evening with their Washington family revealing a 44-member Citizens Band radio club. The local chapter, part of the Southeast Iowa Viking Grid Club, links 40 mile radius to police and sheriff, operates 24 hour watches, and provides a rapid response network for emergencies and severe weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard
Esther Gray
E. van Buren
Washington
Grays
Washington County
Iowa
Viking Grid Club
Oskaloosa
Washington City
Guests in Pruess home at Ainsworth
Ainsworth April reports dinner guests at Louis Pruess home including Kenneth Pruess and family from Iowa City and Ida Rehbehn and daughter Merle Nebergall of Atalissa. Birthday cake given, niece Les Wade called from Springfield, Missouri to wish Mrs Pruess well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Kenneth Pruess
Larry
Mike Kazora
Brenda
Lisa
Iowa City
Ida Rehbehn
Merle Nebergall
Atalissa
Louis Pruess
Les Wade
Springfield
Pruess
Jean Jones
Frances Miller
Geraldine*Schulty
Washington
County Extension Service
Washington Fairgrounds
Mac Wallace
Cancer Volunteers
Haskins
North Oregon
Crusade Workers
Willard Darby
John K. Skubal
Clive
Dear Abby column excerpts reveal advice on manners and safety
A reader asks about flirtation at a party and the danger of a stranger’s advances. The column warns about inappropriate requests and urges caution with strangers.
Keota resident broken hip in gusty doorway fall
In Keota on Monday Mrs. Homer Kurtz suffered a broken hip when a door gust wind caught it as she entered the Denny Bohrofen home. She is a patient at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. The report also notes various local visitations and relatives visiting in the area, along with a separate health insurance earnings figure from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Homer Kurtz
Denny Bohrofen
Kurtz
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ralph Herr
Earl Green
Willard Ginkens
Berniece Hurst
North English
Tressie Schreckengast
University Hospital
Jody Zear
Ottumwa
Francis Feltz
Jessie
Omar Yoder
Sharon Center
Everett Green
Dave Campbell
Kathy
Sigourney
Walburga Heisdorffer
Gary Green
Council Bluffs
Louis Green
Charles Clark
Omar Flander
Cheryl
Sacramento
California
Julia Waetchter
Edward Rebel
Past Matrons at dinner Ainsworth group will meet AINSWORTH
The Executive Committee of the Women's Society of Christian Service of the Ainsworth Methodist Church will meet Thursday morning at 9, April 11, with Mrs. Jim Mc Creedy. The Past Matrons Club met at the local Masonic Temple Friday evening for a Cooperative supper. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Morris were hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Ainsworth Methodist Church
Jim McCreedy
Olive Miksch
Masonic Temple
Hugh Morris
Helen Hawkins
Temple
Orie O’connor
Larry O'Connor
Indianola
Waters Scott
Oskaloosa
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Richard Havel
Mac Wallace
Kenneth Ornduff
Havel
George Stout Jr
Claude Kilgore
David Stephens
Milledgeville
Illinois
Jim Stephens
Burlington
Gene Stephens
Jack Holthaus
Denver
Holthaus
Jack
Denver University
Dale Roberts
Gene Stephen
Wellman
Riverside
O'Connor
Thompson
Harold Ross
L. W. Grandia
Robert
Laramie
Wyo
Grandia
Willard McCracken
Ft. Lee
Virginia
Viet Nam
Robert Miksch
Grace Hill
Clarke Pfiefer
Friendly Families Club
Bill Stout
Dean Swenson
Dale Johnston
Duane White
Burke McCreedy
Elmer Wenger
Jim
Mid-Prairie set to register upcoming kindergarteners
Pre-registration for five year olds set by Mid-Prairie School District for next fall runs the week of April 29. Sessions at West Chester Elementary April 30 Wellman May 1 Washington Two May 2 Kalona Rural May 3 4 pm all start 1 30 except rural. Parents to attend center round-up with birth certificate required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid - Prairie
West Chester
Wellman
Washington Two
Kalona
Ainsworth Eastern Star plans honors at May meeting
Ainsworth Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star met at the Masonic Temple with Worthy Matron Helen Hawkins and Worthy Patron Gilbert Wood presiding. Conductress pro tem Kathy Ricky and Ada pro tem Violet Stettler were named. plans were set to honor 50, 25 year members and the Sideliners at the May 1 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
The
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Helen Hawkins
Gilbert Wood
Kathy Ricky
Winfield
Violet Stettler
Ada
Gwen Jones
Frances Wilson
Alma Wood
Irene Arthur
Vera O'Connor
Scott McCracken
Mike Zachs
Northern Iowa University
Cedar Falls
Willard McCracken
Dean Zahs
Don Zahs
Simpson College
Indianola
Orie O'Connor
American Legion Auxliary
C. A. Thompson
Judge speeches on conservation at county contest
The Washington County Soil Conservation District held a Thursday evening speech contest at The Captain's Table. Eight Mid-Prairie high school students competed on the 1968 topic Soil, Our Important Legacy. Calvin Guengerich won first, Rusty Patterson second, Steve Schroeder third. others included Dennis Dann, Craig Smith, Charles Johnson, Scott Pemberton, and Harry Hale. Calvin Guengerich advances to regional in July. Prize money from Washington County Mutual Insurance Co. Judges were John Ganon, Ralph Martin, and Frank Patterson of the Toastmasters Club. Commissioners Guy Stacy, Larry Shalla, and Harold Gamon met after the contest. Fiberglass is used in more than 30,000 products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Soil Conservation District
Paul Swank
Voc - Ag
Mid - Prairie High School
Wellman
Calvin Guengerich
Earl Guengerich
Rusty Patterson
Willard Patterson
Steve Schroeder
Charles Schroeder
Dennis Dann
Craig Smith
Charles Johnson
Scott Pemberton
Harry Hale
Washington County Mutual Insurance Co
John Ganon
Ralph Martin
Frank Patterson
Toastmaster’s Club
Guy Stacy
Larry Shalla
Harold Gamon
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By John Riley
Willard Gray
State Highway Commission
Bonnie Gray
Bonnie
Kenny Gray
Kenny
Merry Tea Club
Raymond Hammen
Charles Rademaker
Bill Wulf
Harold Kueneman
Highland P. T. A
Highland Community School
Tor Radio
Dianne Barrick
Elmer Metz
Rodney Waldschmidt
Kenneth Kucera
Route 2
Dale Buck
Elbert Goode
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Carl Dear
Carl
Huck Finn
Mary
Altho
Los Angeles
Cal
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Rebel
Dennis Steren
Lyle Manning
Teresa
Wayland
Peg Bringman
Shirley Miller
Rosemond Redlinger
New York
UPI
Health Insurance Institute
Ainsworth Group
Dewey Stephens
Tacoma
Moline
Detroit
Richard Stephens
Stephens
Blanche Stephens
United Presbyterian Home
Richard Allen
John Elliott
Robert Stephens
Geraldine Schulty
Ruth Bartow
YWCA
Clarence Dayton
Brighton Cemetery
Grace Frazey
Mid-Prairie
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
J. Irwin Miller
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Washington Evening Journal
Evening Journal
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