Family Living Club Highlights And Community Meetings
A string of club activities across several groups is recapped. Miss Alice McDonell spoke to Family Living I on cosmetics and care, with a May 1 Fortnightly breakfast planned at Captain's Table. LBC and BC clubs hosted guests, discussed books, and held program and business meetings. Various women’s groups noted Memorial Day plans, youth education themes, and upcoming area conferences, with multiple cohostesses and hosting duties listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Living
Alice McDonell
Family Living I
McDaniel
George Kerr
Lester Luckenbill
Raymond Bonar
Wayne Knupp
LBC Club
Fred Bartow
BC Club
Charles Jeffries
Sam Levenson
Martin Whittaker
Art Duensing
Max Waterhouse
J. W. Baker Women's Relief Corps
Charles Harvey
Orville Griggs
Geanie Nayadley
Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Charles Mc.Clung
Joshua
Earl Streyfeller
Wayland
Ernest Brown
Jame Stephen Wolfgang
Indianapolis
WCTU
McClung
Pleasant Plain
Ross Copeland
Agnes Nakayenga
Joe Evanovich
Miles Krieger
Robert Koehler
Shade trees for Iowa planting list and notes
Shade trees recommended for Iowa include Hackberry Linden Littleleaf Linden Green White and Seedless Ash Sugar Red and Black Maple Red Bur English and Scarlet Oak thornless Honey Locust Sycamore Ginkgo and River Red and Black Birch. Each has growth traits and issues. sycamore grows fast but is large and leaf heavy. ash is rapid but borers and diseases. hackberry slower but well shaped. Plant multiple varieties if space allows.
Golden Age Club meets at YMCA in Washington
Scenes from a kitchen window capture a Golden Agers gathering at the YMCA Washington where about forty elderly women sew hand pieced laprobes for Veterans and quilt blocks, cut rug rags, then share a lunch, games, and craft work with outings to other groups and charity sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Age Club
YMCA
Washington
Alabama 150th anniversary stamp debut set for Huntsville
Postmaster General Blount will unveil Alabama's 150th anniversary 6 cent stamp May 26 at the State Capital in Montgomery. Huntsville is named as the first day site due to its historic role as territorial capital and Constitutional Convention location. Collectors should mail first day covers to Huntsville, Alabama 35804, six weeks before the release. The article also reviews Caribbean and Nigerian stamps and notes Scott catalogue numbers for 1969 U.S. issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Huntsville
Blount
Montgomery
Caribbean
St. Lucia
Guido Reni
Sodoma
Keota King Coin Launderette Remodel Underway
Keota King Coin Launderette operated by Austin Zehr is undergoing extensive remodeling. Four new dryers boost total to eight, ten new automatic washers bring total to nineteen, plus two dry cleaning machines and an extractor. A large room replaces the partition, walls paneled, ceilings lowered, and a new floor laid. Dispensers for soap coffee hot chocolate and popcorn to be installed.
Local notices list vehicle owners and makers
Walter or Dorothy Lance Pontiac Arline Margaret Smith Chevrolet George L Stout Jr Chevrolet Truck Ronald Eugene Bowser Chevrolet Truck Glenn or Dora Huntsberger Ford Linus Everett Patterson Pontiac Alvin David Miller Starcraft Travel Trailer Calvin Lester Seals Chevrolet David R Hess Ford Charles or Vivian Wells Ford Truck Byron James Johnston Ford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Or
Dorothy Lance
Pontiac
Arline Margaret Smith
Chevrolet
George L. Stout, Jr
Ronald Eugene Bowser
Glenn Or
Dora Huntsberger
Ford
Linus Everett Patterson
Alvin David Miller
Starcraft
Calvin Lester Seals
David R. Hess
Charles Or Vivian Wells
Byron James Johnston
Steve Goff Named District Student Council President
Steve Goff eighth grader at the Junior High School Bettendorf was elected president of the Southeast District of Junior High Student Councils at a Thursday meeting. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Maynard Goff Jr of Washington. Kim Robertson retiring district president from Washington handed over the gavel. Others attending included Geoff Hardy Chris Mineart Laith Shamdin Craig Caldwell and Jeff Swartzendruber with Richard Collins as sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Goff
Bettendorf
Steve
Maynard Goff Jr
Washington
Kim Robertson
David Levy
Geoff Hardy
Chris Mineart
Laith Shamdin
Craig Caldwell
Jeff Swartzendruber
Richard Collins
Iowa Senate panel weighs sex education study
In Des Moines the Senate Schools Committee sent a floor-bound resolution for a study of sex education materials in Iowa public schools on a 7 5 vote with no passage recommendation. The State Board of Public Instruction would conduct the study amid mixed views from lawmakers local boards and the public. Public hearings were announced in the House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas DeKoster
R-Hull
William Denman
Des Moines
State Board of Public Instruction
Donald McGill
Melrose
Home Grounds Maple Care for Washington County Trees
Home Grounds Tips on caring for maples amid elm loss. Recommends pruning fertilizing and deep watering to control diseases in maples. Advises selecting resistant varieties like sugar black and red maple and details steps to prune wounds fertilize and water. Also notes chemical sprays for early spring disease control on small trees.
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Washington County
Norway
Schwedler
Derailed Penn Central train triggers blasts near East German Town
A Penn Central freight train derailed over a three mile area near East German town about 10 miles west of Richmond. Eight or nine cars burst into flames releasing butyl acetete vinyl chloride petroleum gasoline and chlorine with ammunition and toxic vinyl chloride raising fear of more explosions. Evacuation ordered as four hours of fires and dangerous chemical leaks continued.
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Germantown
Ind
UPI
Monroe
Local wedding and military moves lighten Mason City scene
Howard Benn of Mason City attends the wedding of Regina Hayes and Mark David Bjorndal this evening. Pvt. Michael L. Crawford, son of Omer and Mrs Crawford near Washington, finished a 20 day leave and departed Cedar Rapids by plane for Camp Pendleton Calif for three weeks more training before deployment to Vietnam. His brother 1st Lt Duane E. Crawford is on a second Vietnam tour and hopes to contact him there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Benn
Mason City
Regina Hayes
Mark David Bjorndal
Michael L. Crawford
Omer Crawford
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Vietnam
Duane E. Crawford
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Weong
United Featwe Syndicate
Busa Mill Fite
J. W. Baker Wrc
Pansy Hill Club
Harold Beenblossom
Paul Beenblossom
E. L. Rouse
Charles Hotle
Tom Essex
Cedar Township Farm Bureau Women
Cedar Township Farm Bureau
Wayne Knapp
Wayne Norman
Robert Stephens
Herb Hammen
Maurice Crawford
C. C. Reeves
Iowa
Jim Frier
FBI
Ainsworth State Bank
J. W. Helscher
CLA
P.O. Box
Washington, Iowa
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
GRA
Keota
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Nash
Dana Hahn
Cathy Adam
Darlene Peiffer
Connie Norenberg
Tana Sailor
Carolyn Helscher
Chickadees
Shirley Stoutner
Joyce Henderson
Carol Baker
Barbara Stoutner
Ruby Helscher
A. A. Hulse
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Jack Steele
Bill Helschers
Journal Stamp Corner
British Honduras
Belize
British Caribbean
Carifta Group
Philatelic Service
Nigerian General Post Office
U.S
Beautify America Group
American Legion
Keota Laundromat
76 Center Improvement Club
Walter Bower
Bill Hahn
Walter Fisher
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ruby Green
Everett Green
Avaiabiliny
Growing Savings Account
Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
North Marion
Duraclean
Williams
Bob Watson
The
Advertising Council
National Safety Council
International Newspaper Advertising Executives
Evening Journal
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