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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1969
Page
2
Washington YMCA plans a 12 day wilderness canoe trip for teen boys to Camp Menogyn located near Grand Marais Minnesota. Trip runs June 19 to June 30 with 60 dollar cost includes gear food and guide. Sign up by May 1 limits nine boys plus one adult chaperone.
Wayland service for Mrs. George Brooks, who died early today at Henry County Hospital, will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Wayland Methodist Church. She had been a patient for several weeks.
Kalona county civil defense director Richard Adams announces a meeting at 7 30 PM at the Court House in Washington with Des Moines state director George Orr as guest speaker. An in door warning system demonstration will be given and all interested are invited to attend.
James T. McCabe of Arnet McCabe & Co. Inc. announced Merle E Turnipseed of Washington as a registered representative. The firm will maintain a branch at 112 E Washington St. Turnipseed previously worked with R. G. Dickinson of Des Moines and was a partner at Hotle Feed and Grain. The firm trades stocks and mutual funds on major exchanges and handles commodities futures on the Chicago Board of Trade. Additional offices are in Mount Pleasant, Hampton and Fort Dodge Iowa.
The final meeting of the Pre retirement series will be held Friday evening, April 25 at the Adult Center. Sponsored by the Senior Citizen Council, the event covers Wills and Estates and legal matters troubling older people. Mayor Cloud Willits will preside, with attorneys John Owen, Robert Bates, and John Baldrige leading. Open to the public. refreshments and a Q&A follow starting at 7:30.
Yesterday admissions include Mrs. Glenn Pratt Washington medical Mrs. Fred Goff Columbus Junction medical Miss Linda Knott Washington surgical Mrs. Frank Gilstrap Washington surgical Brenda Carson Ainsworth surgical. Dismissed yesterday Mrs Vivian Baughman Keota. Today admissions include Mrs Irvin Coffey Washington Bradley Wright Keota Mrs Josephine Helscher Harper.
YMCA Camp Arrowhead in Agency Iowa seeks Washington boys for a July 27 to August 2 session. Cost 27.50 plus 5 for horse course. registration by April 26 at the Washington YMCA main desk. Contact Jim Jorgensen. candy sales can fund attendance. free bean feed April 26 at noon.
Highland School announces a run of events including a style show on April 24 at 8 p m a spring concert and open house on April 25 by Lone Tree junior high girls track meet and relays at Mid Prairie boys May 26 commencement and May 17 junior senior banquet prom May 25 graduation baccalaureate May 26 commencement highlight dates for students and families.
Robert Dean Stalder of Washington was fined ten dollars on a charge of excessive noise. The brief notice records a delinquent citation and a monetary penalty imposed by local authorities. The outcome reflects municipal enforcement of public disturbance rules.
The Washington Evening Journal of Washington Iowa lists editors managers and department heads, including David Elder as Editor and Business Manager William Shannon as Advertising Director and Vice President, Charles Morris as News Editor Bob Shaffer as Local Advertising and Howard Hazen as Production Superintendent. The paper notes publication in the afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th and states it is entered as second class matter at the Washington post office. It also lists affiliations with United Press Leased Wire Inland Daily Press Association and others and provides circulation pricing and carrier delivery details.
Hollywood reports Robert Redford and Gene Hackman will spend about six weeks at the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbuhel to shoot the film Downhill. The project pairs the actors in a sparkling ski adventure with a noted director and crew.
A Prague sit-in expands as 2,500 Charles University students vote to occupy the School of Economics at 4 p.m. and 1,100 join a Liberal Arts School protest. Twelve universities report protests against Dubcek’s ouster while Husak, in Moscow, pledges to align with the Kremlin and cracks down on reformists.
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