Rainy spring slows farms and town plans
The letter notes continued wet weather after late April snow, with the Skunk River above flood stage near Brighton. It mentions gasoline shortages, a High School Issues Day with unconventional activities, city beer ordinance study, Wayland Development Corporation efforts, Wellman zoning, Keota Centennial prep, active track and golf teams, and busy churches during the Easter season, ending with Easter wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Wellman
Keota
Dave Green
Washington County Swine Producers elect new leaders
The Washington County Swine Producer's Association reorganization elected Cletus Reed of Keota as chairman and Don Stout of Crawfordsville as vice chairman with Merritt Canady named secretary treasurer.
FBLA wins fifth straight state title at Des Moines meet
Washington group awarded Outstanding Club in the State at the 27th annual State Leadership Conference in Des Moines. Sally Tanner accepted the Douglas Trophy, Joan Vittetoe named state FBLA Treasurer, Mike Roe named Mr Iowa FBLA, Angela Secrest led 58 in spelling. Attendance reached 506 students across 22 contests. Weather noted 0.75 inch rainfall and improving skies. Weekend social notes include visits from Jackson Missouri and Kensington Maryland residents and Des Moines theatre outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
Des Moines
T. J. Berdo
Washington
Sally Tanner
Douglas
Joan Vittetoe
March of Dimes
Mike Roe
Iowa
Booster award goes to Swartzendruber at district banquet
Washington Community School District athletes gathered at the De-Men's Booster Club annual all-sports banquet in KC Hall. Former Iowa Hawkeye and Minnetonka Vikings defensive back Paul Krause spoke. Don Swartzendruber received the Outstanding Athletic Booster Award from Norman Edwards with Leon Hillman as emcee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community School
K.C. Hall
Paul Krause
Iowa Hawkeye
Minneston Vikings
Don Swartzendruber
De-Men
Norman
Eddie) Edwards
Brighton
Swartzendruber
Leon Hillman
Candidates multiply for Washington board seats and fire district levy passes
The Washington community Board of Education gains ten candidates with new filings. Rose Russell faces James Lloyd in district 4 while Mary Chmelar challenges Lawrence Whisler in district 3. Several incumbents remain unopposed as district 1 2 6 7 seats have no opponents. In Crawford Township Benefited Fire District voters approve a 12 mill levy to fund a new fire department and elect five trustees Jim Young Wayne Williams Max Mitchell Henry Davis and Lyle Lowe. The county Board of Supervisors will select three trustees next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ommunity Board of Education
Rose Russell
Mary Chmelar
Russell
James Lloyd
Chmelar
Lawrence Whisler
Earl Rae
Larry Robison
Richard Wiley
Leonard Tindal
Justine Hotle
Jean Robertson
Crawfordsville
Crawford Township
Jim Young
Wayne Williams
Max Mitchell
Henry Davis
Lyle
Dude) Lowe
County Board of Supervisors
Washington Post Office Names Officer in Charge
Don Minick of Washington has been named by the United States Postal Service as officer in charge at the Washington post office. This will last until a new postmaster is appointed, with permanent placement expected soon. Sandra Lowry, a Mid-Prairie High School senior, earned Outstanding Performer honors from the Iowa State Speech Association this week. Forty-seven Washington County women joined the Adventure in the Midwest trip to Illinois on Wednesday, guided by Mrs. Wayne Mangold and Mrs. Charlie Davison. The group toured Haeger Pottery, Dundee lunch, Lee Ward Hobby Shop, and Jul's Danish Farm. Clarence French remains a Mercy Hospital surgical patient in Iowa City unable to receive visitors yet, but welcomes mail. Corbin Crawford, recovering from a heart attack at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, is improving but will need weeks more of hospitalization. Mrs. Wilbur Westen is a medical patient in Washington County Hospital and would enjoy visitors. Dale Booth had cataract surgery today and is a Mercy Hospital patient in Iowa City. Mrs. Fred Bourgeois has returned home from University Hospitals after a lengthy surgical stay. Mrs. Earl Dahlmann and three of her children visit from Evansville, Indiana for Easter, staying through Friday before traveling to Wisconsin.
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Washington ‘County Swine Producer's Association
Merritt Canady
Cletus Reed
Keota
Don Stout
Crawfordsville
Canady
Washington
University High of
Iowa City
Don Kos
Butch Wells
Mt. Pleasant
Daytona Beach
Fla
Fred Minden
Macon
Galletha Engle
Dallas
Texas
Earl Burroughs
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Artemas Brown
Intermediate Methodist Fellowship
C Raymond Reed
Iowa
First Methodist
Muscatine
G.E. Montgomery
Guy
Robert S. Reed
R.H. McCleery
Dave Elder
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Charlie Marek
Dale Marek
Dianne
Carol
Robert Marek
Pat
Anna Marek
Virginia Marie
Leo Marie
St. James School
Virginia
Will Marie
Montgomery Ward and Company
Richard Day
State University of Iowa
Wilbur Day
Brighton
Ralph Coffman
Bradenton
Carrie Blake
Rochester
Minn
Don Minick
United States Postal Service
Washington Post Office
Harry Levy
Washington County
Midwest
Illinois
Extension Home Economics Department
Wayne Mangold
West Chester
Charlie Davison
Wayland
Extension Home Economics Committee
Haeger
Dundee
Lee Ward Hobby Shop
Elgin
Jul
Rock Falls
First mushrooms found here spark local interest
Reports of mushroom finds surface as Ray Enfield recalls 14 small gray mushrooms before rains. Others cite similar discoveries. Easter weekend visits feature Olive Watson with relatives, and plans emerge for the Watsons’ move to Evergreen Colorado. Annavelle Zeck Andrade, injured in Spain, is hospitalized in Almeria. District WWI veterans meet in Keosauqua as Tom Fear returns home from Navy duty. Fort Dodge hosts anniversary events as the Rosien family marks sixty years in the same home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Ray Enfield
Deaths of Week include longtime city official and locals
Obituaries list Frank M. Longwell 73 of 321 West Jefferson died April 15 1973 in Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a heart attack. Also Mrs William H. Knottnerus 2640 SE Grant Portland Oregon died April 14 1973, former Washington resident. Hubert Urban Walker 72 longtime city council member and Railroad Express agent died April 16 1973. Marie R. Heston 77 died April 17 1973 in Grinnell hospital. Lee Shaffer 80 of Crawfordsville died April 18 1973 in Washington County Hospital. Funeral for Myrtle L Hiller Nelson 50 formerly of 622 East Jefferson held in Chula Vista California. Mrs Lester Nelson Myrtle L. Hiller Nelson remembered in Washington. Lois A Brubaker 62 died April 17 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after lingering illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Longwell
West
Jefferson Street
Washington
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
William H. Knottnerus
SE Grant
Portland
Oregon
Hubert Urban Walker
Railroad Express
Washington County Hospital
Lee Shaffer
Crawfordsville
Lester Nelson
Chula Vista
Calif
Humphrey Mortuary
Nelson
Myrtle L. Hiller
John and
Mary Sage Hiller
East
Jefferson
Oscar
Lois) A. Brubaker
Hospital daily updates list multiple births and admissions
The notice records numerous hospital movements across Washington and nearby towns including births for Peter Peterson and Mose Mast couples, admissions of Myrtle Bowen Jessie Gill Harold Mangold and others, discharges of Nola Asher Harold Lister and John Henry’s family, plus long term care entries for Samuel Miller Stephen Kindred Ursula Adam Mae Randall and Ralph Curl in a compact local health bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Vinton
Washington
Sherry Cocklin
Columbus Junction
William Martin
Grandview
Joy Yu
Frances Pickering
Brighton
Donald Smith
Madelon Anderson
Surgical
Peter Peterson
Nola Asher
Harold Lister
John Henry
Keota
Paul Young
Eileen Jeffrey
Ainsworth
Stephen Kindred
Ursula Adam
Mae Randall
Ralph Curl
James Hotchkiss
Logan Hellman
Mose Mast
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Aunt Agatha
Clifford Brady
West End
K.C
Leo Nardy
Julius Sarin
J.M. Bickford
Lawson Crone
al Anderson
Charles Anderson
New York
Germany
Peterson Brothers
Washington Green House
Guy Carlton
Iowa State Teachers College
Chevrolet
White Way Chevrolet Company
J.L. Tucker
Ezra Goodwin
C.W. Stewart
Goodwin
Washington Evening Journal
Dale Brown
Jackson, Mo
Seth Carris
L. W. Carson
Kensington
Art Edmondson
Harry Drake
Tama
Wallace Carson
Homer Brinning
Frank Bernklau
Walter Kuehni
Herman Kuehni
Stanley
Wis
Margaret Choate
Dale Janecek
Andersonville Trial
Saul Levitt
Paul Fern
Tucson
Ariz
Paul Horak
Los Angeles
Jean
Ed Chabal
Mrs
Marion Snodgrass
Waverly
Glenn Knapp
St. Petersburg
Ed Remy
Sherri
Greenville, S.C
Henry McCarthy
Jon
Diane
Maureen
Ruth
Kevin
Susan
Allen
Kenosha, Wis
Bernard McCarthy
Stewart School
Myron Shields
Miss Wenger
City of
Becker & Cownie
National Bank of Washington
Robert Ferrell
Minneapolis, Minn
William Boshart
Mae Lamb
Jim Proctor
Albia
Harold Brooks
Michael
Mexico
Angleton
Marian Weathers
Paul Greer
Lamb
NASA
Houston
Astrodome
Fred R. Knopf
Kimberly
Kettering
Jim Lloyd
Lisa
Jenny
Coralie Briley
Sunnyhaven Rest Home
Kenneth White
Coshocton
Briley
Lloyd
Sandra Lowry
Mid-Prairie High School
Vernie Lowry
Clarence French
Corbin Crawford
Wilbur Westen
Dale Booth
Fred Bourgeois
University Hospitals
Earl Dahlmann
Debra
David
Evansville
Ind
Lawrence Graves
Wisconsin
Olive Watson
Rodney Arnolds
Albert Hazelett
George Watson
Omaha
John Armentrout
George Watsons
Evergreen
Colo
Annavelle Zeck Andrade
Spain
Almeria Provincial Hospital
Almeria
Keosauqua
Everett Burham
Claude McCoy
Howard Altenbernd
Meryl Steele
Mary O'Conner
Ted Crone
Dan Rohrer
Thora Pease
Harry Ramseyer
Tom Fear
Navy
Long Beach
Don Pearl
George
West Pacific
Pearl
Bob Lewis
Farmer City
Ill
Jim Pearl
Galesburg
Tom
Everet Kraai
Hotchkiss
Colorado
Annie Morris
United Presbyterian Home
Charles Morris
Burl Pringle
National Motor Club
Pringle
Company
James Rossen
Fort Dodge
Foster Rosien
Rosien
Earl Booth
Foster Rosiens
Fort Dodge United Methodist Church
Lloyd Latta
James
Richard Rossen
Myrtle Bowen
Rock Island
Jessie Gill
Harold Mangold
Leonard Horak
Riverside
Bertha Votroubek
Birthe
William Wunder
Kalona
Sherri Cocklin
Vernon Bundy
Columbus City
Thomas Lowry
Ronald Jennings
Mary Flynn
Richard Moothart
Warren Stewart
George Papatsakis
Larry Carlin
Leonard Flynn
Omer Crawford
Samuel F. Miller
Adbererem
Ben Hammer
Norbert ‘TeBockhorst
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