Livestock Sale At Washington County Fair Breaks Records
Buyers paid 46904 for 4 H and FFA livestock at the Washington County Fair. 100 baby beeves averaged 31.40 per cwt 984 pounds each while 1967 had 120 beeves at 934 pounds and 28.51 per cwt. Junior feeder class 49 head averaged 27.63 per cwt and 49 lambs averaged 98 pounds for 30.50. Grand Champion baby beef weighed 1035 pounds. Multiple buyers including Washington Livestock Auction and Walnut Grove firms supported strong sale results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Washington
Patty Kiefer
Riverside
Roger Brinning
Keota
Cassens’ Mill
Becky Berdo
Walnut Grove
Bob Anderson
Jim Hotchkiss
Wilson & Company
Washington Livestock Auction
Clifford Finke
Kalona Sale Barn
Bud Trier
Smylie’s
Columbus Junction
Insurance Plan Saving & Loan
Mt. Pleasant
Roy Havel & Son
Ainsworth State Bank
B. D. Dawn
English Riv
Media Center Set for Stewart School Pilot Program
Stewart Elementary School wins placement of a Pilot Media Center for 1968 69 under Area Ten Educational Media Center Cedar Rapids Iowa Title III ESEA project. Center serves K 12 with 8mm loops filmstrips maps globes records study guides across Language Arts Science Social Studies Mathematics. I V Arney coordinates. Elsie Glassburner supervises Stewart principal. Two half time librarians manage center with Ruth Simpson mornings Roberta Warner afternoons. Beverly Young assists as Library Aide under Washington Community School District 1968 69 Title I EASEA project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Elementary School
Area Ten Educational Media Center
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
I. V. Arney
Area Ten
Elsie Glassburner
Stewart
Ruth Simpson
Roberta Warner
Beverly Young
Washington Community School District
Class of 1919 grads sought for missing members
Washington High School class of 1919 seeks information on two missing members Herbert Clarence Gass and Ruth Bradley Peterson. Anyone with knowledge is urged to contact Mrs. E. E. Ward Box 427 Washington. Reunion plans for 1969 hinge on locating them by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Clearence Gass
Ruth Bradley Peterson
E. E. Ward
Cedar Johnson Linn and Washington Gentes Board Meeting
The joint board of education of Cedar, Johnson, Linn and Washington Gentes will meet at the Colville Center in Iowa City at 8 p m August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Board of Education of
Cedar
Johnson, Linn and
Washington Gentes
Colville Center
Iowa City
Final rites held for Mrs Bauch in Richland/ Miami victims
Interment for Viola Curtis Bauch 81 of Miami Florida and Oconomowoc Wisconsin was at Richland Highland Cemetery August 7 at 3 p.m. Rev. Larry Willey officiated. Gould Funeral Home arranged. Bauch died July 8 in Milwaukee after a traffic crash. Cremation followed services in Milwaukee. Survivors include 2 grandchildren 6 great grandsons and 2 great great granddaughters.
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Viola Curtis Bauch
Miami
Florida
Oconomowoc
Wisconsin
Richland
Highland Cemetery
Larry Willey
Gould Funeral Home
Woolson
Robert
Sarah Cable Curtis
Charles Bauch
Masonholder of Columbus Junction Dies at 76
Guy Masonholder, 76, died at 6:45 a.m. today at Muscatine General Hospital. A retired Columbus Junction farmer, he served eight years as justice of the peace. Survived by two sons Paul and Ross, two daughters Evelyn Hynes and Darlene Lowe Jr., three sisters, 11 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. Services pending at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. Born January 4, 1892 in rural Letts, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Guy Masonholder
Muscatine General Hospital
Muscatine
Stacy - Lewis Funeral Home
Mr. Masonholder
Letts
Iowa
George and
Blanche Davison Masonholder
Bessie Ross
Paul
Ross Masonholder
Robert
Evelyn) Hynes
Ralph
Darlene) Lowe Jr
Clinton, Mo
Hazel Hanft
Emma Gage
Wilma O’connor
Moline
Illinois
Threshers feature Monday on the farm at Mt. Pleasant fair
The 1968 Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers Reunion at Mt. Pleasant Iowa runs August 29 to September 2. The event includes Monday Morning on the Farm an action exhibit of crafts and a moth moth sale of home baking. The kitchen display recreates ca 1900 with quilts spinning and canning. Willie Dittrich of the Amana Colonies will provide music and appear at other shows. Ministry organizers Milo Mathews Lester Beck and Mrs. Miles Mallams lead the planning with local officials and volunteers offering soap making cider press broom weaving rug making and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Sanford Museum
Kraft
Willie Dittrich
Amana
Dittrich
Miles Mallams
Carolee Beams
Milo Couchman
Dale K. White
Milo Mathews
Lester Beck
Reunion Board
Lyle Shellbarger
Fritz Mayer
Donald E. Young
Bob Young
Herbert Hult
Ross Lane
County Historical Board
Clark Burns
Lutherans to open Iowa convention in Cedar Rapids
The 21st Iowa District convention of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod will meet August 12 15 at Town House Motel Cedar Rapids with about 250 delegates. Rev Carl H Gutekunst and Archie Unterseher attend for Good Shepherd Cedar Junction. Dr W Harry Krieger guest speaker and mission plans, open housing resolution, and district budget on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Town House
Cedar Rapids
Carl H. Gutekunst
Archie Unterseher
Columbus Junction
Missouri Synod
Fred Ilen
Davenport
W. Harry Krieger
Jackson
Michigan
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Marion
R. R. Caemmerer
Concordia Seminary
St. Louis
American Lutheran Church
Gilbert Meseke
Hiawatha
Lewis Wunderlich
Iowa Falls
Otto Nuechterlein
Keystone
Washington County 4 H exhibits chosen for Iowa State Fair
County exhibits selected by judges Mrs Jim Thatcher Mrs Clair Hein and Mrs Bill Boland for the Iowa State Fair list many entries from Washington County 4 H Home Economics with participants from Starliners Highlandettes Cinderellas Farmerettes Clover Cloverettes Iowa Maidens and Headliners groups. Demonstration teams Mary Jones Crooked Creek Cloverettes Rhonda Goodwin Sandy Schroeder Wellman plus Kathleen Escher Melinda Reed also earned trips to the State Fair with Pillow demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Fair
Washington County
Sally Whetstine
Jim Thatcher
Clair Hein
Iowa City
Bill Boland
Fairfax
Janet Beranek
Riverside
Farmerettes
Rosemary Curtis
Crawfordsville
Crooked Creek
Vicky Bauer
West Chester
Margaret Birney
Washington
Iowa
Denise Ralston
Keota
Cindy Statler
Karen Schneider
Clover Cloverettes
Linda Chalupa
Ainsworth
Highlandettes
Greg Mangold
Franklin Cubs
Mary Jones
Cloverettes
Myrna Cave
Carolyn Goodlander
Farmerettes Club
Tique It
Rhonda Goodwin
Sandy Schroeder
Wellman
Kathleen Escher
Melinda Reed
Keota School Opens August 26 Half Day Only
Keota Community School will open August 26 for a half day with no lunch. Buses depart at noon for home, and hours follow last year’s schedule. Enrollment increases as Ss Peter and Paul at Clear Creek shuts. seventh and eighth grade join Keota from St Elizabeth Harper. Registration runs August 15 for K-6 and August 16 for JH and high school. hours 8:30-12 and 1-4:30. Lunch tickets 35 cents daily, weekly 1.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Ss. Peter and Paul School
Clear Creek
St. Elizabeth School
Harper
Cubs win traveling Kiwanis trophy for herdsmanship
Franklin Cubs 4-H Club earned the traveling Kiwanis Club trophy for outstanding herdsmanship in livestock at the Washington County Fair. This marked their second consecutive win. placings across divisions included baby beef first for Franklin Cubs and dairy heifer first for Washington Hustlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Cubs
Kiwanis Club
Washington County Fair
Jim Frier
Crooked Creek Cyclones
Highlanders
Cyclones
Dutch Creek Flyers
Private Cox Assigned as Construction Surveyor at Ft Hood
Army Pvt. Douglas L. Cox, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Ronald D Cox of Washington Iowa, was assigned July 26 to the 2nd Armored Division at Ft. Hood Texas as a construction surveyor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Hood
Texas
Douglas L. Cox
Ronald D. Cox
S. Iowa
Washington
Iowa
2Nd Armored Division
Local Records: Admissions Births Dismissals
Admitted yesterday Raymond Miller Jr from Washington underwent surgery. Today Ottis Love of Columbus Junction admitted for medical care. Births recorded to Eugene Hoyle and spouse of Washington a son and to Harry Gordon and spouse of Keota a daughter. Dismissals include Mrs Richard Williams and son Mr Pleasant, Mrs John Herr and daughter Keota, Mrs Clarence Samuelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Miller Jr
Washington
Ottis Love
Columbus Junction
Eugene Hoyle
Harry Gordon
Keota
Richard Williams
Mr. Pleasant
John Herr
Clarence Samuelson
Shelman services at Olds Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Miles D. Shelman of Winfield will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the United Church of Christ in Olds. The death occurred Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles D. Shelman
Winfield
United Church of Christ In
Olds
Social Calendar of Community Reunions and Meetings
Sunday McNeese Reunion at Isaac Kleese home noon. Jarrard Reunion 12:30 p.m. Cooperative dinner at Fairgrounds schoolhouse. Marek Reunion noon at Sunset Park with coffee. Monday Farm Bureau Women Guest Tea 2 p.m. All women invited. guest from England. Tuesday Immanuel Lutheran Women Morning Circle 9:30 a.m. Afternoon Circle 1:30 p.m. Evening Circle 8 p.m. American Legion Auxiliary 6:30 p.m. Picnic in Sunset Park. bring own drink. convention reports. Antioch Social Club 9:30 a.m. Breakfast with Mrs Homer Brinning. Senior Citizens Discussion Group 2 p.m. Art Guild 7:30 p.m. First Baptist Hettie Lake Circle 7:30 p.m. Joan Dunbar hostess. Wednesday World War I Auxiliary 9 a.m. Coffee with Mrs H W Ramseyer. WSCS no August meeting. fall schedule begins September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNeese
Issac
Ray Meth
Einar Fetterman
American Legion Auxiliary
Sunset Park
Antioch Social Club
Homer Brinning
Y. Art Guild
First Baptist Hettie
DAR log cabin welcomes fifty eight visitors in Sunset Park
Fifty eight visitors toured the DAR log cabin in Sunset Park on Thursday afternoon. Guests arrived from Kalona Washington Wa pello St Louis Cedar Falls Topeka Kan and South Carolina. Mr and Mrs William Mac Intyre of Topeka were Kansas guests. she once served as regent of the DAR. DAR hostesses Thursday were Mrs Hugh Morris Mrs Tom Davis and Mrs Harold Durst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Kalona
Washington
Wapello
St. Louis
Cedar Falls
Topeka
Kan
South Carolina
William MacIntyre
Kansas
United Presbyterian Home
DAR
Hugh Morris
Tom Davis
Harold Durst
Three motorists fined for speeding by city police
Sharon K. Dickerson paid 10 dollars, Joseph Lee Kaufman of route one Ainsworth paid 22 dollars, and Stanley Eugene Jewell of Crawfordsville paid 20 dollars after police stopped them for speeding. The Robert Dunbar mentioned earlier now has a Washington address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon K. Dickerson
Joseph Lee Kaufman
Ainsworth
Stanley Eugene Jewell
Crawfordsville
Robert Dunbar
Justice of the Peace Court
Washington
4 H Club Meeting Highlights and Furniture Tour
The Farmerettes 4-H Club met at Janet Beranek s home with 15 members and two leaders. Members discussed where to hang pictures and toured Marshall Furniture. Cinderella 4-H held a record book workshop at West Chester Methodist, then toured Marshall s Furniture and Johnson Upholstery Shop learning good buymanship and upholstery. A Hayes Timber hike followed a Sunset Park picnic. Next meeting is August 26 at Kathy Carr s, with a picture of furniture style due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmerettes
Janet Beranek
Roll Call
Marshall Furniture Company
Carole Marek
West Chester Methodist Church
Marshall’s
Johnson
Hayes
Sunset Park
Kathy Carr
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Farmers Savings Bank
Hills Bank & Trust Company
KCII
Bernard McCarthy
Moorman Feed Co
Peoples Savings Bank
John Swartzendruber
Marvin McClure
Yoder Feeds
Fareway Food Store
Ray Fritz Stockyards
Hotle Feed & Grain
Hy - Vee Food Store
the National Bank of Washington
Washington State Bank
Willow Supper Club
Bryn Mawr
C & J Feed & Grain
Haskins
Farmers Supply
Ivo Grady _ Livestock
Gravely Tractor Co
Hartzler Feed Store
Kiene Bros
Midway Oil Station
Patterson Feed & Supply
Floyd Prymek
Linn Truck Line
Wayland
Snair Hardware
West Bros. Trucking
Wayland Hog
D & H Feed
Farmers Store
Dr. J. Miller
Mullikin Bros
Brighton
Rubio Savings Bank of
Rubio Motor Co
Shamrock Inn
Grant Walker
Wellman Savings Bank
Wellman Community Club
West Chester Savings Bank
Joe Jones
Bob Coon
L W Service Co
Stewart School
Sellers
Agency
Insurance Agency
Mrs. Bauch
Wolf's Flower Shop
A 2 Evening Journal
Alexander Smith
Washington Co
Armstrong
Narin
Goodyear
Mannington
Powell Furniture
Wellman, Iowa
Des Moines
Debbie Chalupa
Starliners Club
Janice Chalupa
Kirk Howsare
Helen Gilbert
Cox
Shelman
Joe Kirkpatrick
E. Main
Walter Neff
Darrel Hamilton
Paramount Drive
Sunbeam Steam Iron
Alvin Horak
Rt. 2
Wesley Schumann
H & H Firestone
Cecil
Christner
Dale N. Kerr
Marquetta
Jim Maxwell
Harold Maxwell
Miss Kerr
Washington Community High School
Ross Manufacturing
Mr. Maxwell
Air Force
Barksdale Air Force Base
K. Ward Ehrenfelt
Connie Jean
William D. Hamilton
C. B. Hamilton
Mr. Hamilton
Mid - Prairie High School
University College of Cosmetology
Highland High School
The
Waverly Air Force Station
Waverly, Iowa
Morrison
John A. Morrison
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