Dear Mand Agatha: A Glorious Iowa Week
Dear Auntie reports a heat wave break and a pleasant week in Washington Iowa. new houses rise in town with more under construction and two finished tennis courts at Sunset Park drawing many players. teachers return as summer ends and county fair prep begins. a skunk sighting prompts a police call and the Milkings Shorthorn show crowns Peggy Kephart as district princess. next week Miss Washington County will be chosen at the Jaycees pageant. best wishes to Uncle Fitz
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Sunset Park
Iowa
The
Milking Shorthorn Association
Fair Grounds
Peggy Kephart
Washington
William H. Jones
Peggy
Washington County
Jaycees
Local babies listed in Washington Kalona Ainsworth districts
Nancy Ann Moeller, Royce Duane Miller, Michael Lee Peters, Rita Winifred Fritz, Donna Faye Goff, John Brian Hershberger, Shawn Walter Acord Jr, Julie Lynn Hess, Christine Ann Roberts, Paul Michael Goodwin, Corey Allan Boone, Dawn Linnet Meyer, Beverly Sue Droll are named as children of local residents. Each entry records parents and route or box numbers in Iowa communities including Washington Kalona Columbus Junction Brighton Wellman Riverside Monmouth Ainsworth Keota and Ainsworth.
The Week on the Farm
The article extols the season’s bounty with tomatoes cabbage onions beets cucumbers corn and melons. It notes slow maturity due to cool weather and describes garden patches and wildlife intrusions including raccoons and deer. It highlights the County Fair as a central upcoming event and the family effort in youth livestock projects and recognition.
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Mother Earth
Saturday Journal Notice for Out-of-State Readers
The Saturday Edition offers out-of-state readers a quick week summary of local news. Subscriptions are mailed weekly at $3.50 per year to former Washington residents and others.
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Journal
Washington
Spectator killed at Mississippi Valley speedway race
A pit worker from Muscatine was fatally struck when a car left the wall at the Mississippi Valley Speedway Club event. Gail Burdette West, 33, died at the scene, while driver John Mulcahy, 22, of Washington, was hospitalized with acid burns and other injuries. Sylvester Lemley of Riverside had minor injuries. Army Sgt. Charles T. Hesse, 21, of Mediapolis, was killed in Vietnam when a helicopter crashed during fueling. The report mentions related community notices and local engagements.
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Mississippi Valley
Washington
Muscatine General Hospital
Sylvester Lemley
Riverside
Army
Charles T. Hesse
Mediapolis
Vietnam
Hesse
Lester Luckenbill
Bad check artists sought by Washington County authorities
Washington County sheriff's officers seek clues to the whereabouts of two women who cashed several checks totaling hundreds of dollars then vanished. The checks, about $50 each, were cashed at local businesses using blanks from a Wayland bank. The suspects were active in Mt. Pleasant before vanishing with no forwarding address.
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Washington County Sheriff’s
Wayland Bank
Mt. Pleasant
Vandals damage Elm Grove Cemetery stones
Police hunt for vandals who overturned stones in Elm Grove Cemetery several days ago. Investigation yields few leads as officers seek clues to identify those responsible.
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Elm Grove
County road contract lets for 4.4 miles west of Crawfordsville
Contracts let for grading and culverts on a farm to market road west of Crawfordsville total 258830.02. Whitey Estle of Fairfield bid 115804.12 for grading and F A Moser 142576.90 for culverts. Road will extend from Crawfordsville toward Rex Smith corner on highway 92 east of Washington and is slated for paving in future.
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Crawfordsville
Ames
Whitey Estle
Fairfield
F. A. Moser
Robert Huber
Rex Smith
Washington
City joins in asphalt suit against oil firms
Washington city council approved filing papers in Des Moines to join a broad price fixing suit over road oils and asphalt. If damages are awarded, Washington would share pro rata with many Iowa subdivisions.
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Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
Hospital and Birth Notices From Washington Area
Admitted and discharged list for Saturday to today includes Mrs. James Lytell Washington medical and many other patients. Births reported for Riverside Ainsworth Washington and nearby towns include a daughter to Sam and Mrs Roberts and a son to David and Mrs Goodwin with additional newborns today in Washington and Solon.
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M. S. McAvoy
Dana
Wellington
New Zealand
Rotary
McAvoys
Sam Witting
Washington
Christal Reid
Columbus Junction
Jackie Huff
Crawfordsville
Ruben Ralph Johnson
Surgical
Lucy Rehmel
Charles Droll
Ainsworth
Allan Boone
Keota
James Lytell
John Dickinson
Fairfield
Harold Unkrich
Winfield
Medical
Mary Montgomery
Wilma T. Black
West Chester
Christine Menke
Harper
David Meyer
Monmouth
Stephen Crowbaugh
Solon
Dale Dodge
David Hess
Sam Roberts
Riverside
David Goodwin
Ezra Jones
Terry Enfiejian
Florence Brown
Carol Forgey
Thomas West
Lynn Melville
Deaths in several Iowa towns reported with ages
Multiple obituaries list deceased individuals across Columbus Junction Sigourney Harper Richland and Brighton. Notables include Mrs. Robert H. Schmidt 79 found in bed. William G Baumert 84 died after hospitalization. August Salm 96 at Keokuk County Hospital. E Clyle Mason 57 former Ainsworth farmer. Mrs Meryl Fleig 63 of Richland with heart attack. Fred A Donaldson 86 at Washington County Hospital. Mrs O C Stagers ??? stroke in Brighton with services pending.
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Columbus Junction
Robert H. Schmidt
Kenneth Carrell
Louisa County
Sigourney
William G. Baumert
Keokuk County Hospital
Harper
Salm
Gigourney
E. Clyle Mason
Ainsworth
Washington County Hospital
Restopia Nursing Home
Richland
Meryl Fleig
Hopewell Friends Church
L. Merle Green
Richland Friends
Richland Friends Cemetery
Fred A. Donaldson
East Main Street
Brighton
O. C., Stagers
Jefferson County Hospital
Pythian Temple
Gould
Marriages listed from Iowa churches in late July 1968
Several couples exchanged vows in Iowa during a span of July 27 to July 29. Vicki Ruth Smith wed Linden Jon Brinningson in Nashua at the Little Brown Church. Barbara Jean Robertson married Michael F. Ryan in Solon at St. Bridget's. Dorthy Ann Nebel tied with Duane Truman in Mt. Pleasant at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church. Regina Gunnarson wed J Jackson Jenkins in Bettendorf Presbyterian Church. Nancy Ann Holthus and Thomas W. Krause united in Keota Adel Methodist Church ceremonies. Evening Journal, Washington Iowa.
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Gerald F. O’keefe
Davenport
Sisters of the Humility of Mary
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Heights
Mary Jo Peiffer
St. James Parish
Washington
Margaret Marie
Washington County
Des Moines
Iowa
Senator McCarthy
Vicki Ruth Smith
Donald L. Smith
Little Brown
Nashua
Linden Jon Brinningson
Leonard Brinning
Barbara Jean Robertson
W. Monroe
Michael F. Ryan
Route 2
West Branch
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
Solon
Dorthy Ann Nebel
Mt. Pleasant
Clayton Nebel
Duane Truman
Indianapolis
Ind
Kenneth Truman
Lanark
Ill
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Vernon Gerig
Robert Hartzler
Regina Gunnarson
Brown Street
Bettendorf
Leroy Gunnarson
Waukegan
J. Jackson Jenkins
State Street
Charles Jenkins
Columbus Junction
Bettendorf Presbyterian Church
Carl Boag
Keota
Nancy Ann Holthus
Thomas W. Krause
Adel
Orrin T. Potter
Keota Methodist Church
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