County Fair Highlights Livestock Shows And Smokey Smith Events
Washington County fair activities fill Townsley Park with 4-H and FFA livestock displays as judging begins Tuesday morning. Smokey Smith and his band perform at 7:30 pm, followed by a Queen of the Furrow contest and a 9 pm dance. Rock City carnival underway. Tuesday features livestock judging a 2 pm tractor rodeo an amateur contest at 7:30 pm with Smokey as emcee and 65 dollars in prizes. rural women's chorus performs. The fair runs through Thursday.
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Ernie Wagner
Bill Gamon
Washington Lumber and Fuel Co
Townsley Park Fair Grounds
Washington
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FFA
Smokey Smith
Fairgrounds
Washington County Soils Commissioners
American Fence Co
Newton
Chicago
Rock City
Smokey
Keota Rites for Mrs Stevenson 90
Mrs Elizabeth E Gregory Stevenson dies at 90 in Sigourney nursing home after long Keota residence. Funeral Tuesday in Federated Church Keota with Dr R Thompson in charge. Burial in Keota Cemetery. Survivors include two sons Ray and John, two daughters Marie Faris and Florence Stankee, seven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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Elizabeth Bk Stevenson
Wheatland
Allum
Sigourney
Federated Church
R. Thompson
Washington
Powell Funeral Home
Elizabeth E. Gregory
Northfield
Minn
Goldsmith
Catherine Sinsabaugh Gregory
Charles A. Stevenson
United Presbyterian Church
Ray
John
California
C. C
Marie) Faris
P. W
Kerrs Receive Four Year General Motors Scholarship
Washington readers learn that Roderick Kerr son of Dr. and Mrs. George P Kerr of Pittsburgh has earned a four year GM scholarship to Muskingum College. He is an honor student at Mt. Lebanon High School and his brother Donald will enter Carnegie Tech after study at Geneva College.
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Roderick Kerr
George P Kerr
Pittsburgh
General Motors
Muskingum College
Roderick
Mt. Lebanon High School
Donald
Carnegie Tech
Geneva College
Beaver Falls
Kerrs
Kerr
United Presbyterian Church
Five Die In Weekend Storms Across Midwest and East
Three victims died in northern Ohio and two in Pennsylvania as violent thunderstorms lashed the region. Flood waters isolated 50,000 people in Pennsylvania and West Virginia while power outages affected 15,000 Pittsburgh homes. A 40 year old woman in Bakerstown was electrocuted replacing a fuse after lightning. Rescuers saved two children swept by a Cheat River flash flood near Morgantown. Two small tornadoes touched down north of Youngstown, causing structural damage.
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East
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
West Virginia
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Clarksburg
Salem
W.va
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Bakerstown
Gertrude Staley
Joseph Letcher
Smithfield
Cheat River
Morgantown
Uniontown
Harvey Wire
Helen Hardisty
Youngstown
Cleveland
Henry Rhone
Weather Bureau
Tree Fire in Riverton House Highlights Youth Construction
Riverton firefighters responded to a tree house fire started by children who built the structure. Officials said the youths lit a kerosene lamp and likely caused the blaze during the attempt.
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Riverton
Wyo
Petitions filed for Mid Prairie School Reorganization
Petitions seeking reorganization of the Mid-Prairie district have been filed with Lester B. Krabill county superintendent of schools. The districts involved include Wellman Kalona West Chester Prairie Flower and many surrounding rural areas.
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Washington County
Washington County Sells Third Most Live Hogs in Nation
Washington County ranks third in the United States for live hog and pig sales in 1954, according to a Census Bureau report. Henry County Illinois leads with 318,592 head, Cedar County Iowa is second with 290,082, followed by Washington County at 265,589, Plymouth and Johnson also among the top Iowa counties.
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Bureau of Census
Henry County
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Washington
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Clinton
Democratic Platform Committee Opens as Civil Rights Rivals Clash
Chairman John W. McCormack opened the Democratic Platform Committee session in Chicago condemning the Eisenhower administration for weakness abroad and broken promises at home. Civil rights splits threaten the 108 member panel and the convention, with Sen. Sam J. Ervin opposing school desegregation ruling while Rep. Emanuel Celler and Rep. Ray Madden push for a plank endorsing the court decision and ending filibusters. Harriman supporters demand a strong civil rights stance, while others seek a broad compromise for November victory.
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Democratic Platform Committee
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North Carolina
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Celler
Averell Harriman
New York
Ray J. Madden
D-Ind
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
Platform
Kremlin
Massachusetts
House
U S Ships Leave Naples for Exercises Near Suez Crisis
U S Sixth Fleet ships from Naples head for a routine exercise as a British carrier moves toward the Mediterranean. Randolph leads 11 ships toward an undisclosed destination while Iraq backs Egypt in the Suez crisis. a French force stands by in Toulon.
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Suez
Navy
Egypt
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Momento-Sera
Arabian
Cyprus
Cairo
Damascus
Soviet Union
Britain
Midwest
Highway Opening Set for Wednesday in Washington County
State highway dignitaries will attend the ribbon cutting for the new routes 92 and 1 at 6 30 p m Wednesday in Washington. The event is part of the County Fair with Washington Municipal Band performances and a 7 15 p m program at the fairgrounds. Robert Arthur will host the ceremony and out of town guests include Robert Beck John G Butler Clinton H Moyer David Herrick Gerald Bogan Harry Ramseyer Carl T Anderson.
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Washington County
Washington
Fairgrounds
Robert Arthur
Robert Beck
State Highway Commission
John G. Butler
Clinton H Moyer
Department of Public Safety
Iowa
David Herrick
State Highway Patrol
Gerald Bogan
Iowa Good Roads Association
Harry Ramseyer
Carl T. Anderson
Good Roads Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Clarence Logan
Claude Woods
Ray Minick
Don Baumgartner
Bill Perdock
Charles Hotle
Jim Seifert
Pilot Escapes Crop Dusting Crash Near Cumming Iowa
Art Holmer 35 of Lanyon escaped serious injury when his crop dusting plane struck a power line and crashed in a farmyard southwest of Cumming Iowa. His only hurt was a skinned knuckle while spraying for grasshoppers.
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Cumming
Iowa
Art Hmer
Lanyon
Here
Holmer
Municipal Band Concert Program at Townsley Park Fair Grounds
Townsley Park Fair Grounds hosts a municipal band concert featuring March Semper Fidelis Overture Lustdie March The Klaxon Selection Twelfth Street Rag Selection When Day Is Done vocal by Gordon Morris selections from Prince Charming Waltz Till I Waltz Again With You March On the Mall Medley Popular Standard March Colonel Bogey National Anthem Sousa Keler Bela Fillmore Bowman Katcher K. L. King Hal Leonard Goldman Briegel Alford.
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Twelfth Street Rag
Gordon Morris
Mall
Colonel Bogey
Windstorms Strike Five Iowa Counties
Severe wind and hail lashed five Iowa counties from Guthrie Center to Denison. The storm damaged farms, buildings, and power lines while causing injuries and communication outages. Rural highways blocked by fallen trees, and radio stations went off air amid widespread outages.
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Audubon
Iowa
Guthrie Center
Iowa Highway Patrol
Hamlin
Adubon
Guthrie
Adair
Crawford
Carroll
Denison
Crawford County
Delmar Wessel
Nick Schrum
Manning
Carroll County
Manning Hospital
Highway Patrol
Greenfield
Menlo
Stuart
Casey
Iowa 64
Iowa 25
Lake Okoboji
Fairground
Alta
Spencer
KDSN
Lions Club Pony Show Draws Large Crowd in Crawfordsville
More than one thousand spectators packed the Crawfordsville ball park for the second annual Pony Show. Lions Club officials Lyle Lowe and judge L.F. Kinney presided with Roger Holmes as ringmaster and Colleen Brody providing organ music. Awards included trophies cash prizes and ribbons across two classes with entrants from Crawfordsville Tipton Grundy Center Libertyville Lone Tree and eastern Illinois.
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Crawfordsville Ball Park
Lions Club
L.F. Kinney
Roger Holmes
Robert Wilson
Coleen Brody
Des Moines
Cindy Jones
Mr. Wonderful
Carmen Ramsey
Tipton
Equisite Mayboy
W.R. Menner
Gay Boy
Darwin Hildrebridle
Grundy Center
Rocket
Keith Allison
Libertyville
Maureen Miller
Buttons
Rayner Brothers
Lone Tree
Cina
Sunny
Duane Filers
Mechanicsville
Lion Club
Washington Saddle Club Horse Show at County Fair Thursday
The seventh annual Washington Saddle Club show features two sessions at Townsley Park on Thursday August 9. Afternoon events begin at 2 p.m with classes for Washington County kids pony equitation junior fine harness ladies western pleasure Clover leaf and parade pony. Evening events start at 7 30 p.m with open fine harness open parade men s western pleasure harness show pony English pleasure open three gaited fancy turnout open five gaited and stock horse judged by A L Bud Kinney Grundy Center with Connie Grove Des Moines providing organ music.
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Springville
Osio
Hil
Hillsboro
Marion
Iowa City
Leon
North Liberty
Columbus Junction
Carlisle
Townsley Park
Washington County
A. L
Bud) Kinney
Grundy Center
Connie Grove
Des Moines
Mrs Clarance Lowe of Crawfordsville Dies at 73
Mrs. Clarance Lowe 73 of Crawfordsville died Sunday at Memorial Hospital Mt Pleasant after a 3% year illness. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Crawfordsville Methodist Church with Rev. H B Fay. burial in Crawfordsville Cemetery. Jones Funeral Home in charge. Lowe survived by husband Clarance and four sons Earl Harold Lyle Robert. four daughters Betty Arlene Maxine Bernice. 15 grandchildren. sisters Pearl Cornice and Mary Huston.
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Crawfordsville
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
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H. B. Fay
Jones Funeral Home
Nina Henrietta Bolon
Cameron, NL
Charles and
Mary Goddard Bolon
Warren County
Surrey
Lowe
Washington County
Methodist Church
WSCS
Fairview Club
Study and Action Group
Earl
Columbus Junction
Harold
Los Angeles
Calif
Lyle
Robert
Norfolk
Betty McCoy
Arlene Fletcher
Maxine Miller
Olds
Bernice Kettle
Port Hueneme
Pearl Cornice
Winfield
Mary Huston
Wataga
Weather forecast for Iowa region with showers and warmup
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Tuesday. Locally cooler tonight, then warmer south Tuesday with highs around 84 to 94 and lows 54 to 64. Wednesday should be mostly fair and mild with temperatures near normal and minor daily changes. rainfall light to moderate with intermittent showers and storms.
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