The Card Era and the End of Checks Looms
A 1960s panorama predicts a checkless future driven by computer powered accounts and the SAVE system. Richard Sprague of Touche, Ross, Bailey envisions widespread use of plastic cards for purchases, automatic debits, and instant transfers, with major banks and retailers embracing the shift while customers adapt to new credit flows and centralized monitoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Irlines
Richard E. Sprague
Advance Business Systems
Touche, Ross, Bailey & ‘Smart
Sprague
Mrs. Smith
London
Save Headquarters
Mary Wagamon Burns Highlight Wellman Local News
Mary Wagamon treated for second and third degree burns after gasoline misused as kerosene while burning trash. Jesse James returns from University Hospital after weeks as patient. Local residents Mrs Mary Wagamon Mrs Ira Huber Mr Ray Miller and others noted in daily activities and visits as Cedar Rapids area events noted through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Jesse James
University Hospital
Mary Wagamon
Mercy Hospital
Mary
Ira Huber
Ray Miller
Cedar Rapids
Mary Ann Miller
Blanche Bock
Margaret Small
Bellview
Miss Bock
Debuque
Small
San Juan
Tex
Special census taken in Kalona
A special census by the Federal Census Bureau is under way in Kalona to update population figures since 1960. Enumerators Mrs. Earl Grout and Mrs. Rex Allensworth will canvass residents door to door, impacting city allocations from gas and liquor taxes through 1970. Nearby, residents and visitors frequent Mercy Hospital Iowa City for medical care and family visits continue in the area, with several locals hosting relatives from out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cugene Way
Kalona
Federal Census Bureau
Towa
Earl
Dortha) Grout
Rex
Virginia) Allensworth
Velma Spicher
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Ronald Spicher
Riverside
Lyle Fry
Charles Snodgrasses
Crystal Lake
Illinois
Seal Beach
California
H. V. Snodgrass
Richard Snodgrass
Alice Eimen
Arthur Roth
Julesburg
Colorado
Morris Swartzendruber
Ellis Swartzendruber
Paul D. Miller
Cecil Miller
Gareth Swartzendruber
Elmer L. Yoder
Robert Miller
Manson
Richard Strabala
Ricky
Alberta
Fonda Hagen
Irvin Strabala
Stuttgart
Ark
Willis Gingerich
Anna Grady
Lloyd Strickler
California visitors and birthdays noted in Crawfordsville
List of visitors to the Carlton White home including Ronald and Larry White from Fairfield and Raymond Duncan of Columbus Junction along with Freda Closson from California. Birthday celebrations honor Bernice Engle and Christine McAllister. Sir Dale Engle family joins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aay Wells
Crawfordsville
Ronald White
Larry
Fairfield
Carlton White
Raymond Duncan
Columbus Junction
Freda Closson
Burbank
Calif
Closson
Carlton Whites
Ft. Madison
Clarence Patterson
New London
Bowman
Patter
C. Rine
Robert Howell
Gerald Howells
Nevada
Bernice Engle
Ora Marlatt
Rita Marlatt
Engle
Crawfordsville Dinner Guests and Local Happenings
Rev. E C Williams of Kings Illinois visited Crawfordsville dining with Mr and Mrs Harry Suter and friends. His son John serves in Germany and will begin pilot training. Don Rinner of Grundy Center judged cattle at the Chariton 4H Fair. Council approves coming year's budget. Iowa City Pest Control softball team, including Gary Fletcher, advances to the Softball World Series. Rural Homemakers picnic at Sunset Park includes numerous local families. Several residents attend reunions, travels, and family visits in Washington Cedar Rapids Elgin Daykin Nebr and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vella Maplethorpe
Dan Steiner
Janelle Miller
Girls Scouts
Bonnie Yoder
Barbara Brown
Cathy Frese
Marjory Kelly
Tamie Hale
Crawfordsville
E. C. Williams
Kings, Ill
Harry Suter
John
Germany
Williams
Don Rinner
Grundy Center
Harry Suters
Town City
Iowa City Pest Control
Iowa City
Rock Island
Gary Fletcher
Vernon Fletchers
Sunset Park
Washington
Ernest Meyer
Pryor
Deanna Lee
Erma Lee Meyer
Farrell Young
Roger
John Harold Jones
Clayton Widmer
Earl McVey
Aline Hesseltine
Ernest Whiting
Ray McAllister
Charles Burt
James Wilkinson
Mary Christner
Florence Henss
Bill Hensses
Coralville
Henss
Palisades Park
Vance Colemans
Cedar Rapids
Mark
Judy Mitchell
Max Mitchell
Guy Mitchell
Pamela
Steven Addison
Don Blankenhorns
Merle Twinan
Kansas
Ralph Cherryholmes
Mission Circle meeting notes from West Chester area
August report from West Chester lists visits by Marilda White of Chariton Iowa and Marcia Hunter of near Sioux City to friends Judy Slemmons and Susan Lanning. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. William Songster of Takoma Park and Dr. and Mrs. W R Estep with children from Ft Worth. Shawn and Ricki Parcell spent a week with grandparents. Mission Circle met with eight members at Mrs. Arthur Peters' home. Devotions led by Peters. Merl McDowell led Isaiah 43:19 study. September session to be hosted by Mrs. Robert Pearson and Mrs. Earl Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Marilda White
Chariton
Iowa
Nancy Slemmons
Marcia Hunter
Sioux City
Judy Slemmons
Marcia
Judy
Susan Lanning
Clinton
William A. Songster
Takoma Park
Maryland
Edgar Slemmons
W. R. Estep
Merl
Rhoda
Mary
Lena
Jane
Martin
Ft. Worth
Texas
Merl McDowell
Keith Parcell
Fairfield
John McDowell
Shawn
Ricki Parcell
Mission Circle of the
Federated Church
Arthur Peters
Peters
Robert Pearson
Earl Pearson
Farm poll shows election apathy in Iowa race
Wallace’s Farmer poll of 506 farm residents across 35 counties finds 40 percent of eligible farm voters may stay home in November and 11 to 15 percent undecided. Among potential matchups Hughes versus Murray, support shifts with Beck entering, showing overall apathy may decide the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
IDPA
Wallaces Farmer
Farm Magazine
Iowa
Bill Murray
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Murray
Farm Bureau
Iowa State University
Centerville
Robert Beck
Beck
Oelwein Daily Register
Park picnic honors Jerry Gipple
A neighborhood picnic at Marrs Pond honored Jerry Gipple on home leave from the Service. The event followed by a sequence of local visits and notes on relatives, with several residents sharing updates on servicemen and community activities through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Gipple
Journal Sale Date Column August notices and auctions
Public auctions announced for August include a farm sale 3 miles east of Brighton on highway 78 or 4 miles west of Wayland and 1 mile north with morning start at 9 30. Household goods sales listed for August 22 at 702 North Avenue B at 6 pm and August 24 at Washington County Fairgrounds at 6 30 pm. Weekly livestock sales run at Wa pello Livestock Auction on Highway 61, Hog sales Wednesdays, veal sheep and cattle Thursdays. Ki lona Sales Barn Kalona every Friday. Wayland sale Mondays at noon. Ollie Livestock Exchange Tuesdays. Smylie s Livestock Market Columbus Junction Wednesdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Blacktop
Wayland
North Avenue B
Esther Troxell
Washington County Fairgrounds
Wapello Livestock Auction, Inc
Highway 61
Wapello
Iowa
Kilona Sales Barn
Kalona
Walington Livestock Sales Co
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie. Ie
Smylie’s Livestock Market
Columbus Junction
Towa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs
D. B. Godber
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
Junior
Hector
Lawrence and
Harry Nelson
Mediapolis
UPI Telephoto
Suter
Gladys
Haydn Thomas
Myral Smith
Frank Moore
Winfield
Vernon White
Orris Johnson
Robert Newell
Ada Spencer
Clarence Moorhead
Jim Wilson
Lyle Paisley
Latimer Davis
Mission Circle
W. Chester
A.J. Wotruba
Blue Ribbon Materials Co. Sand & Gravel
Progress Park South
Muscatine
C.L. Jennings
Wayland Sales CO. Inc
C.A. Thompson
Dee Kaufman
W. D. Roberts
Lee Farrier
Floyd Martin
Miss Kaufman
Carie Wheeler
May Carson
Peg
Paul Sines
Waterloo
Lacy Sines
Janice
Terry Gosling
Harvey
Gosling
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Westminster Guild
Cotter Presbyterian Church
Harriett Jones
Austin Evans
Mary Beth
Susan
Danville
Evans
A. Stephens
John Stephens
Bloomfield
David Stout
Burlington
Mable Gosling
Hal
Paul Stout
George Stout Sr
David Stouts
Edna Starkey
Strasburg
Georgia McGinnis
Desta Carson
Witchita
Harold Carson
John Downing
Sylvis
Raymond Lasek
Richard Havel
Larry Lasek
Brenda
Sandra Carson
Washington County Hospital
Rodney Hulen
Charles Mulligan
Kirkville
Journal
the Rath Packing Co
Rath
Gere Anderson
Bath
WED
Halcyon House
E. Jefferson
Bird's Eye
Motorola
Magic Chef Gas Save
Maytag
Electrolux
Parter Babcock
Keith Murphy
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