Riverside barbecue and Labor Day plans spark community event
Riverside residents enjoyed a Friday barbecue hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at WY. F. W. Grounds. Plans for the Labor Day Tractor Pull and city park barbecue were announced, with a special premeeting. Numerous visits from relatives and friends filled a busy weekend, including births, accidents, and travels across Iowa and neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Veggy
Riverside
Vicki
Melanie
Melissa Burich
Janet Lennox
Iowa City
Bess Burich
Robert Burichs
Janet
Loveland
Yellowstone
Estes Park
Martin Kron
New bomb targets approved in Viet
President Johnson authorized an expanded target list for U S air strikes in North Vietnam. Reports say raids penetrated deeper toward the Chinese border, hitting sites inside a 25 mile zone previously immune. Officials caution no policy change was announced and no escalation admitted.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
Johnson
Saigon
Phil G. Goulding
Defense
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
House
Gerald R. Ford
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Vietnam
Face the Nation
CBS
Hanoi
Haiphong
District officers elected by NFO in Columbus Junction
At the first district convention of the NFO in Columbus Junction the following were named: Wilbur Garrels district chairman Duane Redlinger vice chairman Mrs Crawford secretary Art Worley treasurer Jim Buline trustee three years and Nadine Boege publicity chairman Speakers included Congressman Fred Schwengel National NFC president Oren Lee Staley and James Stewart of Columbus Junction a national NFO director The state convention is set for Des Moines September 9 and the national gathering will be in Louisville Kentucky December 5 and 6 A state meeting was called for Wednesday in Des Moines.
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Columbus Junction
NFO
Columbus
Wilbur Garrels
Mt. Pleasant
Duane Redlinger
Washington
Mrs. Crawford
Lone Tree
Art Worley
Fairfield
Jim Buline
Nadine Boege
Davenport
Fred Schwengel
NFC
Oren Lee Staley
Excessive Drinking Found In Half Of Fatal Crashes
Washington based report by Dr. William Haddon Jr. notes nearly half of the 53,000 annual highway deaths involve excessive alcohol. The study cites about 70 percent of single car fatalities in major cities and states pedestrians kill about 8,000 yearly. PMID
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Washington
UPI
National Highway Safety Agency
William Haddon Jr
Haddon
California
New York
Weekend of Visits From Strabalas Junction Kalona
A Kalona weekend featured many relatives visiting from Boston Stuttgart Riverside Iowa City Des Moines and beyond. Notable gatherings included a Sunday picnic in Kalona park with the Strabalas and Willis Gingerich family, plus multiple visits from the Grady family and others. Terry Spitzer and a group of 30 Scouts plan an 80 mile canoe trip to Canada starting Saturday.
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Kalona
Francis I. Strabala
Gail
Gary
Paul
Boston
Mass
Richard
Walter Strabala
Stuttgart
Ark
Willis W. Gingerich
Kalona Park
Strayalas
John Strabala
Iowa City
Cecil Strabala
Vic Strabala
Leonore
Vic Jr
Riverside
Dean Jackson
Cedar Rapids
al Grady
Ivo Grady
Jonas Swantz
Ronald Harland
Larry Kern
Lloyd Strickler
Norma Grady
Hilton Grady
Tim Grady
Lamont Kelley
Richard Kelley
Joyce
Coralee
Willis Gingerich
Jarold Miller
Monterey
California
J. Claude Miller
Norma Tilden
Des Moines
Grace Tilden
Carroll Reber
Marshalltown
Maynard Reber
Reber
Rebers
Carl Miller
Evan
Elkhart
Ind
Colorado
Miller
J. D. Boyd
Brownwood
Terry Spitzer
Mike
Steve Beck
Ben Clark
Mike Hartley
Dick Ehrenfelt
Ely
Minnesota
Canada
Rebal Trip to Billings for Keota Beef Group Visit
August travel plans report Ed and Pat Rebal lead a group of eight couples from the Johnson County Beef Producers Association from Cedar Rapids to Billings Montana for a week long stay with thirty Dubuque couples. Keota Community notes list officers Jack Leedom president Roger Richardson vice president Joyce Leedom treasurer. An August 14 planning meeting sets dates for an ice cream social. Vocal tryouts announced for August 21 22 and 23 for mixed chorus and glee club.
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Pat Brown
Keota Community High School
Hoover honored at ceremonies Sunday
West Branch Iowa UPI ceremonies honored Herbert Hoover on the 93rd birth anniversary. The event at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library drew state officials led by State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg who praised Hoover for humanitarian work and his rise from orphan to president. He cited Hoover’s WWI relief efforts and postwar aid under Truman, linking them to modern hunger and opportunity.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Hoover
Paul Franzenburg
Franzenburg
Europe
Truman
Meeting for Action at Des Moines draws vast NFO crowd
Iowa NFO district president W. W. Swaim predicts more than 20 000 will attend the Meeting for Action in Des Moines Veterans Auditorium. He told 200 farm and community leaders from 19 counties that about 2 500 will come from his district and urged rural Americans to unite for collective bargaining as a key to farmers’ success.
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Iowa National Farmers Organization
NFO
Des Moines
W. W
Butch
Swaim
Veterans Auditorium
Relatives Visit in Cuba City and Nearby Wisconsin Towns
Keota residents visiting relatives in Wisconsin and Iowa include Mr. and Mrs. B J Byrne with Redwood City guests attending a Cuba City wedding and gatherings in Shellsburg Platteville and Davenport. Others report trips to Pocahontas Home Bay Camp Park Rapids and Prairie Du Chien with extended family visits and college reunions. American Legion Auxiliary Unit No 351 plans a Dutch Treat meeting August 15 at B and H Dairy Mart after reporting on the Summer Conference.
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Mason City
Mose P. Yoder
Annias Hershberger
Dave Hershberger
Arthur
Illinois
Yoder
Abe Miller
Millersburg
Ind
Joe B. Miller
Dan Yoder
Arie Yoder
Yoders
Eli D. Yoder
Seth Hershberger
Abe Schrock
Marcus Owen
Iowa City
Gladys Gast
Davenport
Velma Way
Edward Blatter
Reif
Kalona
Kenneth Ehrenfelt
Doug Reif
John Woodin
Arthur Roth
Julesburg
Colorado
Lawrence Hauder
Milford
Nebraska
Hauders
Swartzendrubers
Paul D. Miller
Virginia
Joe Allen
Mississippi River
Muscatine
Keota
B. J. Byrne
Peter Hughes
Redwood City
California
Wisconsin
Dubuque
Cuba City
Shellsburg
Platteville
B. J Byrne
Peter Hughes Kimberley
Kerry
Michael
Paul Byrne
John Laux
Hughes
Marycrest College
Cyril Osweiler
Osweillers
Pocahontas
Minnesota
Don Mootharts
Decorah
Fairfield
C. A. Thompson
Wilfred McCreedy
Jack Altman
Humbolt
Max White Jr
Vince Tellin
Lisle
Bruce
American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 351
Lee Hunt Thesday
B & H Dairy Mart
Mrs Wolford and kin visit in Wisconsin and Missouri
Mrs Jean Wolford of Conesville visited Monday with her mother Mrs Earnest Eisele. A group including Herman Jim and Henry Wagenknecht with Charles Walker and Les Gilmore of Washington went to St Louis to a ballgame, breakfast at John Wagenknecht’s Kirkwood home, and attended a trapshoot. Little Jill Wagenknecht returned home to Cotter to spend the week with grandparents Mr and Mrs Herman Wagenknecht.
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Ainsworth
Jean Wolford
Conesville
Earnest Eisele
Herman
Jim
Henry Wagenknecht
Charles Walker
Les Gilmore
Washington
St. Louis
John Wagenknecht
Kirkwood
Jill Wagenknecht
Herman Wagenknecht
Cotter
Charles Thomp
Journal Sale Date Column
August 19 sale notices list auctions near Washington Sigourney and Kalona including farm goods livestock and weekly markets. Key entries: 105 acre farm near Sigourney starting 12:30 p.m. with Margaret Sieren and Frank Webb. house goods sale near Washington starting 1 p.m. John Wheelan. Weekly sales at Wayland Ollie Kalona Smylie's Wapello and Washington livestock markets.
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Washington
John Wheelan
Sigourney
Margaret Sieren
Frank Webb
Wayland
Iowa
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Kalana
Smylie’s
Columbus Junction
Washington Livestock Sales Co
Wapello
Op Highway 61
Lowe
Fined for speeding by local police radar unit
John Johnston of Washington paid a $20 fine and John Lynn Dill of Columbus Junction paid $10 in Justice of the Peace court for speeding. Both were arrested by the City Police Radar unit. Dorrance. Donald Duane Dorrance of Washington received a B S degree in business administration and economies from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College at Kirksville Thursday. Evanovich-Joe Evanovich Jr., local representative of Investors Diversified Services, has qualified to attend the firm's August 1915 national sales conference in Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Johnston
Washington
John Lynn Dill
Columbus Junction
Justice of the Peace Court
Johnston
Dorrance
Donald Duane Dorrance
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksvile Thursday
Evanovich
Joe Evanovich Jr
Investors Diversified Services
Minneapolis
Minn
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Tillie Vondrasek
Clifford Flynn
Russ
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San Diego
Clair Flynn
Gene Nichols
Cecil Swart
Ronald Voss
West Liberty
Delbert Flynn
Ward Flynn
Cindy
Sandy
Casper
Wyoming
Russ and
Norval Flynn
Waterloo
A. C. Kiefer
Kelena
M. D. Wilkinson
Gene McCracken
Edna Craig
Ross Sleichter
Robert
Carl Craig
Carla
Perry
Richard Craig
Mary Salladay
Mae Jones
Myron Salladay
Bess Prehoda
Dennis Novy
Mercy Hospital
Patrick Knebel
Novy
Knebel
Navy
Jim Farr
Bill Walsh
Denver
John Walsh
Rock Island
Debbie Farr
Carl Bock
Shirley Magner
Linda Brenda
Pat Farr
Shirley
Monkees
Viet
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France
Mont Blanc
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Congphu
Seventh Fleet
Strabalas
Gingerichs
Mrs. Eugene Way
Rebals
Billings
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Ruby Sharp
Everette Green
Kelly Bohr
Jon
Alan Bohr
Ruby
Everette
Elmer Waller
Bill Hahn
T. L. S. Club
Lorene Henry
Keota Park
Tillie Henry
Superior Polo
Keomah Builders, Inc
Oskaloosa
A. C
West Branch, Iowa
Knoxville, Iowa
America
Wis
Boyd Sanders
Mrs. Wolford
Journal
Geo. J. Breitenbach
By Hank Ketcham
Dennis the Menace
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Teddy Phillips and His Orchestra
Jose Chitwood
Great Horse Shows Society
ALL Western
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Festival of Bards
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