Spring scene and civic notes from Washington County
In April 1966 Washington County sees April showers and sunshine, with Easter egg hunts drawing crowds. Vandals steal stop signs risking accidents. a prisoner attempts suicide in the new jail. A community action center seeks federal funds for courses and a summer labor placement program. Farmers Mutual joins with Grinnell to form a mutual life insurer. Kiwanis honors 32 top students, while the school board hires a football coach and notes 13 teacher resignations.
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Washington County
Farmers Mutual Insurance Association
Grinnell
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Farmer's Mutual
Charles Kennedy
Spring Is Rushing Through the Valley Poem
Poem by Ruth M. Roach from I P D A brochure features spring imagery in a valley brook meadow pear tree robin and sunshine. Roach conveys the season's renewal in gentle lyrical lines.
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Ruth M. Roach
I.P.D.A
Sutton Simmering Married in Davenport Ceremony
Miss Anita Dianne Sutton daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis Sutton of Rettendorf and Ronald Roy Simmering son of Mr and Mrs Donald C Simmering of Ainsworth were wed March 27 in a double ring ceremony at Grandview Baptist Church Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Dianne Sutton
Curtis Sutton
Magnolia Drive
Rettendorf
Ronald Roy Simmering
Gaines Street
Davenport
Donald C. Simmering
Ainsworth
Grandview Baptist Church
Saturday Journal Out-of-State Summary Offer
The note explains a Saturday edition of the Journal prepared for out-of-state readers, especially former Washington residents. It offers weekly mail delivery to subscribers for 3.50 dollars per year.
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Journal
Washington
New Arrivals at Washington County Hospital
The Stork Gazelle reports newborns at Washington County Hospital. Robin Rae Sinn daughter of James and Mrs Sinn of 902 West Monroe Washington. Jeffrey Scott Payne son of Glen Payne Rural Route 2 Wayland. Cheryl Lynn Schooley daughter of Stanley Schooley Brighton. Michael Shawn Hayes son of Richard Hayes 7322 South Seventh Washington. Robert Alan Eakins son of Raymond Eakins Box 154 Keota. Katherine Elise Yoder daughter of Robert Myron Yoder 407 West Broadway Keota.
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Robin Rae Sinn
James Linn
West Monroe
Washington
Jeffrey Scott Payne
Glen Payne
Wayland
Cheryl Lynn Schooley
Mrs. Stanley Schooley
Brighton
Michael Shawn Hayes
Mrs
Richard Hayes
South Seventh
Robert Alan Eakins
Mrs. Raymond Eakins
Keota
Katherine Elise Yoder
Robert Myron Yoder
West Broadway
Week on the Farm reports slow hog pasture move and rising costs
The week chronicles slow progress moving portable hog equipment to fields and delayed hog pasture use until May. It notes fence building near the barn, pasture elimination for calves and ponies, and improvements with drained concrete feeding lots. The writer cites tile breaks, upcoming repairs, and rising costs for materials and services while urging fairness in economic decisions impacting livestock producers.
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Fusion
Washington
Easter Weekend News From Keen Western Iowa Towns
Easter visitors and engagements fill the week with Mary Jo Cnossen pledged to Jon Turnipseed as families from Overland Missouri Bridgeton Missouri Emmitsburg Wellman and Columbus Junction join Courthouse area guests. Local students and residents attend celebrations, hospital stays surgery notes and a Viet Nam flight officer returns to duty.
County Legion Auxiliary meets Columbus Junction
DeWitt Thomas, 91, dies in Tampa after living on a Columbus City area farm. New officers for the County American Legion Auxiliary elected at Kalona. Easter visits, family announcements, and a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krotz. Barbara McDowell headed to NDEA Institute in reading at UMKC.
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Columbus Junction
HB. Thomas
DeWitt Thomas
Tampa
Florida
Columbus City
American Legion Auxiliary
Kalona
Norman Schoonover
Ruth Page
Irene Thompson
Mae Marek
Barbara McDowell
John MccDowell
West Chester
University of Missouri At
Kansas City
Briar Cliff concert tour and local notices unfold
Dr. Martens speaks at Briar Cliff two weekend concert tour across Nebraska and Minnesota high schools with Briar Cliff Chorus and Briar Cliff Singers. Other notices include Democratic Women’s Club talk by Dr Elvina Martens, Miss Mary Carson’s upcoming wedding, and local family updates from Ainsworth to Coralville with hospital dismissals, births, and funerals.
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Monica McCarthy
Briar Cliff Chorus
Briar Cliff Singers
Nebraska
Minnesota
Chorus
Bernard McCarthy
Monica
Briar Cliff
Sioux City
Iowa
Duensing's plane shot down officer reports slight injuries
Capt. Harry Duensing, a reconnaissance pilot near Hue, Viet Nam, writes to his Washington, Iowa family that his plane was shot down but he is only slightly hurt. He expects transfer to Okinawa or Japan before returning to Viet Nam, while his wife and children stay in West Newbury, Massachusetts with relatives.
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A.L. Duensing
Washington
Harry Duensing
Viet Nam
Duensing
Hue
West Newbury
Mass
Clark Air Force Base
Okinawa
Golfers win two matches on local course
Friday reports note the Muscatine High School golf team lost 157 to 169 to a Washington area quintet on the local course. Medalist Frank Sanders shot 37, Jim Marshall 38, with three others at 41 as Doug Cox Steve Keating and Jim Logan supported the squad.
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Washington High School
Iowa City
Jim Logan
Frank Sanders
Jim Marshall
Steve Keating
Doug Cox
Muscatine
Easter Visit and Family News From Iowa and West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Jerry Cherry and family of Charleston West Virginia visit his parents Mr and Mrs Jack Cherry. They plan to leave for home this weekend. Mr and Mrs Isaac Kleese hosted 75 relatives and friends at an Easter dinner and shower for newlywed Mr and Mrs Max Arbogast with guests from Letts Columbus Junction Iowa City Des Moines Wapello Pleasant Plain Brighton Coppock and Washington. Mr and Mrs Harold Kline spent Easter Sunday in Pulaski with his sister Anna Roberts. Mrs Kline remained until Tuesday then went to Ottumwa for a Luziers Cosmetic meeting and returned to Washington. Reverend Humphrey WwW Owen entered Mercy Hospital Iowa City for eye surgery Thursday.
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Maurice Putman
John
Midland
Mid
Washington
M.M. Flynns
Keota
Claud Goldsmith
Wilson Putman
Steve
Mae Lamb
Henry Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Jayne Berdo
Charles Berdo
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Tom Davis
Cedar Falls
Grant Davis
Davis's
William C. Owen
Philadelphia
Humphrey W. Owen
Richard Remmey Company
Mexico
Gary Peterson
Buffalo
Minn
Lyle Romine
Delmar Romines
Mr. Peterson
Bettendorf
Walter Fritz
Brighton
Fritz
Frank Krotz
Larry D. Krotz
Texas
Duane Krotz
Joyce Hogan
Myron Krotz
Riverside
Lena Krotz
Don L. Paul
Madison, Wis
Don Paul
Glen Mace
William 3Osharts
Truman Tuttle
Sioux City
Roy McKee
Tuttle
Tuttles
Omaha
David Scott
Walter Lance
William Yordy
East Moline
Ill
Yordys
Channel 8
Moline
Marion
33Rd Avenue
John Caldwell
Glenn Wilson
Ft Leavenworth
Kan
Jerry Cherry
Charleston
West Virginia
Jack Cherry
Isaac Kleese
Max Arbogast
Letts
Columbus Junction
Des Moines
Wapello
Pleasant Plain
Coppock
Harold Kline
Pulaski
Humphrey
Owen
Leva Colton Returns From Winter in McAllen Texas
Leva Colton came back Tuesday evening from McAllen Texas where she spent the winter months.
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Leva Colton
McAllen
Texas
Washington Evening Journal Item Preview
April 16 1966 issue of the Washington Iowa newspaper notes local events and notices in a brief card style summary for readers. The readable text highlights community items, pending notices, and short notices typical of a local paper edition.
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Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
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Cancer Society Meets
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J. E. Letts
Dale Brehmer
Crusade
Aia Agatha
Sheriff's Office
Local Poverty War Organization
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Cheerio
The
Stork Gazelle
Washington County Hospital
Mary Jo Cnossen
Jon Kirk Turnipseed
Merle Turnipseed
B.E. Cnossen
William Mouser
Overland, Mo
Joe Pewitt
Bridgeton, Mo
Stanley J. Mouser
Wellman
Robert Hopping
Steve and
Jeff
Emmitsburg
Wayne Marston
Clark Hopping
Peggy Hinde
Fulton, Mo
Pat Koehn
Lancaster, Pa
Illa Mae Earnest
Coe College
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Lori
Lecia
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Burlington
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Mildred Nelson
Carla
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Fairfield
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Ellsworth Junior College
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Loren Moore
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West Branch
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Dyersville
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Lary
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Ticipants
Miss McDowell
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Donna
Ted Crone
Yoder
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Henry
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Roy Page
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Alma Page
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Chick) Robison
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Batavia
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Gracie Lee) Walker
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Whittier
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Robert Shull
Glenview, NL
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Redstone Arsenal
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