River float planned for men and boys on Skunk River
The Izaak Walton league chapter sponsors a weekend float trip down the Skunk River open to men and boys of all ages with minors accompanied by an adult. Departure is at Rubio bridge Saturday May 14 at 1 pm, camping at McKaine’s bridge area, resuming Sunday at 9 am and ending around 3 pm at Brighton bridge. Participants supply tents beds and cooking gear. breakfasts provided by the league. meals for Saturday evening and Sunday noon are own. Camping gear can be left at McKaine’s bridge after Saturday noon. contact committee members for boat space. safety equipment required. some accommodations for late joiners. Sunday school optional. Committee members: Keith Williams Jr Ed Gray Wayne Brock Floyd Woods.
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Skunk River
Izaak Walton League
Rubio Bridge
McKaine’s Bridge
Brighton Bridge
Local items note selling deal with Buick division GM
Bill Perdock was in Chicago Monday to finalize his selling agreement with the Buick division of General Motors. Local families hosted visiting kin from Winfield Lockridge Wayland and Washington. The Catholic Daughters plan a May Breakfast at Captain's Table with reservations due.
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Chicago
Buick
General Motors
Kermit Klopfenstein
Glen Payne
Winfield
Robert Payne
Lockridge
Jemima McClintic
Wayland
Richard Payne
Baby
Bernard Payne
Washington
Frank Kerker
Washington High opens My Fair Lady with large crowd
About 400 attended the opening night of My Fair Lady at Washington High School auditorium on Monday. Due to heavy ticket sales the show was moved up a day. Performances run nightly at 8 p.m. this week, sponsored by the Y's Men Club, with strong audience anticipation for the rest of the week.
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Washington High School
Y’s Men’s Club
Y’s Men
the Journal
Cummings Named Northeast District Sales Supervisor
William Cummings, formerly of Iowa Southern Utilities in the Central District, is appointed district sales supervisor for the Northeast District. The change takes effect May 2 after he spends part of April transitioning. Mer Sherman shifts to new business development in the Northeast. The Cummings will relocate from Ottumwa to 13 Circle Drive in Washington.
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William Cummings
Iowa Southern Utilities
Bill
Mer Sherman
Mrs. Cummings
Washington
Ottumwa
13 Circle Drive
Local Names Appear In Brief Notice Record
A compact record lists individuals and vehicle brands connected to a local matter. Eloise R Overstreet Buick George W Miller Plymouth Joseph Schmelzer Maurine Schmelzer Plymouth Leroy Viller Mil ler Chevrolet Rose Motel Ford truck Verne Droll Irene Droll Ford Ralph W Miller Chevrolet.
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Overstreet
Buick
George W. Miller
Plymouth
Joseph Or
Maurine Schmelzer
Leroy Vernon Miller
Chevrolet
Rose Motel
Ford Truck
Verne Or
Irene Droll
Ford
Ralph Wesley Miller
Doc Adams and Festus to headline Sidney rodeo 1966
Doc Adams from Gunsmoke and Festus Haggen will headline the 43rd annual Sidney Championship Rodeo in Iowa, August 16 through 21. Announcement by Jim Sutton of the American Legion rodeo owners notes Adams, actor Milburn Stone, known as the frontier doctor, brings major star power to the event. Festus Ken Curtis, with a varied entertainment career, joins as co headliner, both with ties to Dodge City lore.
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Cbs-Tv
Sidney, Iowa
Jim Sutton
Williams-Jobe-Gibson Post
American Legion
Doc Adams
Milburn Stone
Dodge City
Universal Studios
Doc
Sinclair Lewis
Burrton
Kansas
National Coroners Association
Kansas Medical Society
Festus Haggen
Ken Curtis
Marshall Matt Dillon
Tommy Dorsey
Sons of the Pioneers
Festus
Las Animas
Colorado
Deca Students to Attend National Leadership Conference
Two Washington High School seniors travel to Chicago for the 20th Annual National Leadership Conference of DECA at the Conrad Hilton Hotel April 27 to 30. Linda Jaspering, winner of a state display contest, competes nationally. Al Brock serves as a voting delegate. Jim Houstman guides the group. The event attracts over 2,000 DECA leaders and advisers with scholarship presentations and sessions by national marketing and education leaders.
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Washington
Chicago
Distributive Education Clubs of America
DECA
Linda Jaspering
Jarvis Appliance
al Brock
Iowa Deca
Montgomery Ward
Jim Houstman
Deca Club
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Farm Crop and Livestock Outlook Meeting Planned
Farmers and others are invited to a farm crop and live stock outlook meeting at the Washington County fair grounds Wednesday at 8 p.m. Charles Mogget, district ex tension economist, will speak on factors and how to use data in 1966 farm operations. Jim Frier, county extension director, reports Mogget will discuss swine production and outlook. Gingery yam pear bake recipe included.
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Charles Mogget
Jim Frier
Mogged
Mr. Frier
Monday Night Junior High Concert Presented at Washington
Washington junior high presents a combined spring concert Monday May 2 at 7 30 p m in the junior high auditorium The program features an 80 voice chorus small vocal groups the junior high band and a trumpet trio Mrs Dean Stanley vocal director and Ronald Wise instrumental director Greg Hillman is chorus accompanist The double quartet includes Mark Flickinger Bob English Steve Weeks David Gregory Tom Logan and others with Karla Kneen as accompanist The triple trio features Karla Kneen Kathy Singer Bev Graf Jackie Knapp Debbie Feuerhelm Maria Johnson Peggy Hahn Lynn Martin Cathy Coon with Karen Westermann as accompanist The trumpet trio comprises David Gregory Mark Flickinger and Craig Stanley
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Ronald Wise
Direc
Tor
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Mark Flickinger
Bob English
Steve Weeks
David Gregory
Tom Logan
Craig Stanley
Jon Schoonover
Joe Quinn
Wendell Arduser
Karla Kneen
Kathy Singer
Bev Graf
Jackie Knapp
Debbie Feuerhelm
Maria Johnson
Peggy Hahn
Lynn Martin
Cathy Coon
State adopts open bidding for Iowa patrol pursuit cars
Iowa moves to open bidding for 92 police pursuit sedans for the Highway Patrol, replacing the old system that favored specific makes. The bids from Higgins Ford Sales and Parks Brunt Ford come in at about 1,765 and 1,699.50 dollars per car, well below former prices. All 92 cars will be eight cylinder with automatic transmissions and power brakes, matching state law limits.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa
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Jackson
Nancy Hall Plans Secre tary Work After Graduation
W H S seniors Nancy Jane Hall plans summer secretary work then business school. Parents Mr and Mrs Freeman Hall of Brighton. Nancy active in Y teens Drama Club FBLA student council and Girls Recreation Association Pep Club. She sings in church choir and Washington High Mixed Chorus. She cites FHA district and state meetings as rewarding. she has served as district representative and president.
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Freeman Hall
Brighton
Nancy
Girls Recreation Association
Methodist Church
Washington High School
FHA
Spring Tea at Parkview Home Welcomes Community
Wayland April 20 spring tea at Parkview Home drawn sixty five attendees Tuesday afternoon April 19 hosted by Mrs Donald Roth and helpers Mrs Ivan Wyse Mrs Royden Boshart Mrs Arline Neff Mrs Wm Freyenberger Mrs Allen Roth and Mrs Warren Schlatter. Guests enjoyed coffee punch cookies nuts and mint served amid spring flowers. The Home Auxiliary invites others to join committees handling letters reading to residents hair care outings cookie baking and home decorations. Contact Mrs Harold Meyer or Mrs Robert Boshart to volunteer. Harold Miller suffered a crushed nose after a horse kick Saturday and was taken to Burlington Hospital.
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Parkview
Donald Roth
Ivan Wyse
Royden Boshart
Arline Neff
Wm. Freyenberger
Allen Roth
Warren Schlatter
Home
Harold Meyer
Robert Boshart
Harold Miller
Burlington Hospital
Waterloo High School Stabbing Sparks manhunt for youth
Waterloo police hunt a 17 year old after a 15 year old girl Ethyl M Ward was stabbed three times in the chest and twice in the hand at Waterloo East High School She is in good condition at St Francis Hospital A warrant for Robert Taylor 17 identified by classmates as the attacker is outstanding The incident occurred as the girl entered a classroom Witnesses say the assailant fled down the hall from the building.
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Waterloo, Iowa
UPI
Waterloo
Waterloo East High School
Ethyl M. Ward
St. Francis Hospital
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Miss Ward
Ninety-Year-Old Denver Barber Keeps Cutting Hair
Roy Deupree, 90, celebrates a birthday in the No. 1 chair at a Denver shop. A veteran of 71 years, he returned from retirement four years ago to stay busy, saying he feels better now than four decades ago. He recalls arriving in 1895 with ten dollars, starting barbering after a jam-packed life, and notes only minor changes in the craft.
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UPI
Roy Deupree
Roy
Lloyd Elroy
Deupree
Fred Schmid
Schmid
Deupress
Lowry Air Force Base
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