Weather notes and upcoming Iowa City area road plans delight locals
The writer reports Iowa July was the hottest since 1957 with little rain and a spell of sunny cool days. Vacationers return, school season nears, and county fairs loom. Asphalt paving in town and a planned four lane bypass around southwest Iowa City are praised, easing interstate access. Reunions abound as summer mood stays bright. Best wishes to Uncle Fitz.
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The Week on the Farm by Thaddeus
Weaned June pigs are healthy and developing creep feeding well despite higher feed costs. Weather has favored fieldwork to rid soybean and corn crops of weeds. Neighbor kids weed for pay, but progress improved with active supervision. Cooler nights slow crop maturation. a gentle shower brought 0.4 inch. Silk on corn ears browning. pollination observed as satisfactory. Fall plowing would rise with rain.
Note to Readers Saturday Journal summary offer
The Saturday Edition of the Journal provides a quick local news summary for out-of-state readers and former Washington residents. It offers subscriptions mailed weekly at 3.50 dollars per year.
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Men in service Boyer data entry note
S.R. Steven E. Boyer listed with Company No 448 at U S Naval Tag Center San Diego California 92133 in a personnel record note.
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New Arrivals at Washington County Hospital Report
Gazelle A report of the new arrivals at the Washington County Hospital. Joyce Fileen Zook and Pamela Kae Stout born to Kalona and Washington families along with Rebecca Ann Sheets Paula Jane Giardino and Phillip John Wenger listed with their parents in a Washington Iown Journal piece dated Saturday August 13 1966.
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Washington County Hospital
Paula Jane Giardino
Richard Giardino
Washington
Phillip John Wenger
Robert Dean Wenger
Wayland
Jay Klopfenstein
Trieste Drive
Carlsbad
Calif
Kimberly Ann
Harold Klopfenstein
Herbert Cole
Marasco and Byrne Families Visit Week of August
Des Moines visitors Pete Marasco and family spent a week with Mr and Mrs B J Byrne from last Tuesday through Sunday. Mary Byrne of Town City visited with her parents Sunday to Wednesday. The August golf tournament at Lagos Acres CC starts August 17 at 5 30 pm with refreshments 25 cents and prizes. Several local families hosted visits and a Miller reunion was held at Kinross. George Bond and family celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary and plan a Golden anniversary next year.
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Xeota
Pete Marasco
Des Moines
B. J. Byrne
Marasco
Frida
Mary Byrne
Town City
Paul Byrne
Davenport
B.S Byrne
Kevin Laux
Lagos Acres Country Club
Bob Adams
Dana
Tom Hahn
Leech Lake
Minneapolis
Gary Adams
Barbie
Adrian Hoenig
Mike
Fort Madison
Pete Becker
Cloyce Statler
Leonard Brinning
Homer Brinning
David Bauer
Ray Hough
Harold Klopphenstein
Walter Smith
Mamie Oliver
Kinross
George Bond
Waukee
Donavan Bales
Bond
Essie Koch
Fred Sheetz
Washington Week Sees Local Visits and Family News
A Washington column highlights visits and engagements from the past week. Indianapolis resident Bill Rawn and his three sons visited his mother Mrs. Kate Rawn, describing local fishing and work at the Massey Ferguson Training Center. Other items note engagements, hospital visits, family graduations, and a birth in Carlsbad, California, with multiple family movements and community events across Keota, Washington, and Newton.
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Terry
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Bill
16Th Place
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Duroc Association
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Ill
Yorkshire Association
Lafayette
Crawford promotes to second lieutenant in Marine Corps
Duane E. Crawford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Crawford of Brighton, has been commissioned from sergeant to second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, effective July 29. Washington relatives attended the wedding of Linda Campbell and Thomas McChurch at St Mary's Church in Hampton, Ill.
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Brighton
Duane E. Crawford
S Sgt
United States Marine Corps
Washington
Linda Campbell
Colin Campbell
Hampton
Thomas McChurch
George McChurch
Silvis
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Hampton, Il
John Schminauser
Riverside
Bureau of Facilities
Post Office Department
Green Street
Second
First Streets
Anna Hula
Douglas Funn
Boulder
Cole
C. L. U. Chartered Life
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Douglas
Glenn Fuhr
Coffman brothers and local residents noted in Betten dorf
Morning report from Bettendorf notes Gary Coffman on a three day air force pass at Goodfellow AFB San Angelo when his car failed to negotiate a curve and rolled, ejecting him. Gary’s twin Larry also serves in the air force. Mrs. Marion Robertson remains hospitalized in Mercy Iowa City, room 341, after surgery. The Dawsons and Mrs. Lora Stewart, returning from an eight day trip through Kansas Colorado Wyoming and South Dakota, are also mentioned.
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Larry
Air Force
Max N. Coffman
Goodfellow Air Force Base
San Angelo
Marion Robertson
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Clyde Dawson
Tom
Vickie
Harold
Mrs. Dawson
Lora Stewart
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Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota
Journal Three Quarter Century Club plans August dinner
Invitations go to members for a noon August 27 dinner at the local Methodist Church. Teens face charges after a weekend raid for unlawful assembly and beer possession. Engagement announced for Pamela Dee Longfellow and James David Moore. Jonn Schnicker earns MA in mathematics and will teach at Perry with his wife. Mr and Mrs Schnicker attend graduation. Goode celebrate 25th anniversary with dinner and guests. Several travel and relocation notices, family visits, and vacation plans are included.
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Methodist Church
Margaret Longfellow
Seattle
Wash
Robert Long
Portland
Ore
Pamela Dee
James David Moore
Reed Moore
Washington
Jonn Schnicker
Melvin Schnicker
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Perry
Milton Schnicker
Two youths seriously hurt in highway crash near Brighton
Two Brighton residents Darrel Arthur Long 22 and Robert Lawrence Shelangoski 23 were badly injured when their car left Highway 92 and struck a cement culvert after traveling about 1 030 feet early Thursday.
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Brighton
Robert Lawrence Shelangoski
Highway 92
Garden at Dusk poem by Ruth N Ebberts
Poem of the week presents Garden at Dusk a quiet verse in which twilight tugs the path and the arbor vine frames a scented evening scene. The speaker notes musk in the air and velvet touches as leaves and flowers bend in benediction hour.
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Ruth N. Ebberts
Midwest
Hills Hearing Draws 225 Attendees on Highway Plan
About 225 people from Washington and Johnson counties attended a Iowa Highway Commission hearing in Hills on proposed improvement and relocation of US-218 IA-92 and 22. The session covered road projects and future development affecting the Hills area and surrounding towns.
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Iowa Highways Commission
Marriages Across Communities In July Weddings
The Salem and Wellman areas report multiple marriages. Brighton's Juanita Koch wed Russell McDowell at Salem Friends Church with local friends present. Newton saw Jan Fane wed David Vanderbilt at First Presbyterian Church. Wellman’s Charlotte Rae Stoutner married Douglas Flander at Keota’s St Mary’s Church. Edwardsburg relative Joanne Bosworth wed Allen Max Bain in a Wayland ceremony.
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Juanita Koch
Elmer Koch
Russell McDowell
Loren McDowell
Salem
Roscoe B. Townsend
Salem Friends Church
Wellman
Charlotte Rae Stoutner
Glenn Stoutner
Douglas Flander
Bernard Flander
Keota
St. Mary's Church
Wayland
Clarence Burns
Baldwin Street’ Baptist Church
Edwardsburg
Joanne Bosworth
Allen Max Bain
3. E. Bosworth
Dale Bain
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