Weather steady stock growth Amid spring births reported
April 20 diary note from Ainsworth reports new foals lambs calves and colts arriving despite poor weather. One colt born to Lloyd Augustine and another at C A Thompson’s. a second colt died. Local club meetings include County Line Club and Tuesday Bridge Club with talks on cosmetics and scores. Various social visits noted, plus United Methodist Women and planning for group unions and Muscatine district meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Thompson Ainsworth
Lloyd Augustine
C. A. Thompson
Clifford
Lloyd
County Line Club
Wayne Brown
Alice McDaniel
Washington
Robert Duncan
Joe Wood
Glen Lord
Charles Lord
Bridge Club
Milburn Spessard
Kenneth Ornduff
Junior Knottnerus
Orie O'Connor
G. F Trotter
Wayne Ornduff
Batavia
Ronald Ornduff
Boyce Kurtz
Moline
Keota
Lee Norris
Maplewood Manor
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 351
Darold Jones
Lawrence Whetstine
George Riddle
Phoenix
Ariz
Whetstine
Cleo Orris
Max White Jr
Terry Cellman
Cellman
George Colthurst
United Methodist
Preston Edmonds
Godfrey Denounces Chrysler Ads Over Pollution
Entertainer Arthur Godfrey says he halted auto commercials for Chrysler to protest engine pollution. He tells a House subcommittee he would only sell an electric car he has driven in Detroit for two years. He is shown outside a factory in one recent commercial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Godfrey
Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Chrysler Corp
Detroit
Frey
Ed Hawkins family visit and area Earth Week planting
Crawfordsville reports Ed Hawkins and family from Cedar Rapids joined by Kenneth Thomas and Donnellson group for church and dinner. Home Feed and Lumber holds open house with 250 attendees. Earth Week features Scotch Pine seedling give away for Waco School’s students and local conservation effort led by Maynard Bittle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Ed Hawkins
Scott
Shelley
Sarah
Cedar Rapids
United Presbyterian Church
Haydn Thomas
Kenneth Thomas
Donnellson
Larry Westen
Kelly
Mark
Antigo
Wis
Allen Conrad
Larry
Everett Westen
Washington
Gene Miller
New Home Feed and Lumber Co
Florence White
Lyle Paisley
Leon Meeker
Bud Hauenstein
Stan Fletcher
Waco
Maynard Bittle
Mt Pleasant
Conservation Commission
High Demand for Ag Graduates Across Midwest Colleges
A survey of 14 Midwest universities shows 1972 graduates receiving 2.9 percent higher average starting salaries and strong placement in private industry government teaching and farming related fields. Bachelors earn about 695 dollars monthly masters 864 PhD 1184 with growth anticipated for 1973.
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Ames
Avnsus Pracceee
Colleges of Agriculture
Midwest
John A Plambeck
Iowa State University
Illinois
Iowa State
Kansas State
Lincoln
Jefferson City
Michigan State
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio State
Purdue
South Dakota State
Southern Illinois
Wisconsin
Keota Residents Report Activities and Gatherings
Keota residents participate in visits and card games at the Bill Yoder home and in Keota and Washington. A wedding in Cedar Falls draws many from Keota area, with attendees from Iowa City Bettendorf and Cedar Falls. Churchill quote closes a local verse column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert Keota
Paul Adam
Washington
Bill Yoder
Louie Hermanstorfer
Jay Warren
Keota
Gailen Reighard
William Zickafoose
Brighton
Leandra Reighard
Randy Reighard
Church of the Living Word
Waterloo
Nazareth Lutheran Chapel
Cedar Falls
Cloyce Statler
Keith Statler
Cindy
Ed Koehler
Ainsworth
Kenneth
Allen Johnson
Oskaloosa
Jess Page
Debby Wombacher
Iowa City
Martha Johnson
Paul Long
Clarence Aller
Joyce Guy
Carl Peterson
Wilmette
Arthur Gersh
John
Oxford
Harold McConnell
Paul Sievert
Keota Plans Centennial Displays and Parade Details
Keota outlines plans for a Centennial celebration with antique displays arranged in the business district and possible use of a building for extra space. A Children’s Parade on opening day July 12 features four categories with plaques and participant ribbons. The Dazzling Decades production seeks period clothing and military uniforms, and a Centennial Cook Book goes on sale in early May with 1000 copies ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celeste Woltering
Keota Eagle
Max
Mambo
Post Office
Broadway
Ellis Street
Ellis
Sandy Williams
Mae Jones
Pat Mound
Lois Holland
Gerri Doud
Denny
Evelyn Bohrofen
Norma Richardson
Denny Bohrofen
Celeste Noltering
Bill Hultman
Shirlee Mills
Melody Flander
Cleo Bohrofen
Yesteryear
Celest Woltering
Riverside Pinochle Club Meets in Riverside
The Riverside Pinochle Club met on Tuesday with four guests attending. Mrs. A E Schnoebelen won the high prize and Mrs. Anna Thomann took the low. Lunch followed hosted by Mrs. Cecil Strabala. Nearby visits included Mary Younkin at Washington Care Center and Marie Strabala at Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Wilbur Kiene
Cecil Strabala
Leroy Hardy
Lloyd Hopping
John Veggy
Robert Wieland
A.E. Schnoebelen
Anna Thomann
John Yeggy
John Schnoebelen
Mary Ann
Mary Younkin
Washington Care Center
Ann Strabala
JoAnn Birrer
Marie Strabala
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Marie
University of Northern Iowa
Lois Strabala
Iowa Falls
WMT
Channel 2
Coe College
Pat O'Conner
Leroy O'Conner
Coe
T.V
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Clark Pfeifer
Richard Stephens
Mexico
Texas
Buck
Washington County
Clark
Sinclair
Washington, Iowa
S P.M
Jonathon Clark
Conger House
Ainsworth State Bank
Washington State Bank
People’s Trust and Savings Bank Riverside
West Chester Savings Bank
eMade
Winston Churchill
Tappan
Tappan Ranges
Thermogas
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