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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1969
Page
7
The West Chester town council in Washington County Iowa will meet August 25 1969 at 7 00 P M at Orr School House. Taxpayers may speak for or against the proposed expenditures for the year starting January 1 1970. A detailed receipts and disbursements statement will be available at the hearing. Town Clerk Earl Grigg.
Manson Birkeys visited Noble on August 11 with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Birkey of Manson and Mrs. Edna Widmer. They spent a week with her mother, and nearby calls included the Graber, Widmer, and Frey households as parties shared meals, travel to Woodhall Illinois, and notes on family records and farming chores.
Readable guide lists programs and times including Gomer Pyle Wild West Batman comedies news and sports blocks with titles like Hapening P G A Golf and Captain Kangaroo. notes multiple shows across a day with CBS News and various kids and game programs.
KEOTA Aug. 13 Ladies of Lagos Acres hosted a Fun Day with Ladies Day golf morning for sixteen players and a noon luncheon attended by 25. Prizes honored frequent participants and top scorers while afternoon bridge and pinochle awarded “Worst Score” honors. Mary Sonday announced next Tuesday’s Presidents Cup handicap tournament. members invited with rolls and coffee at eight and a noon luncheon. Nearby visitors and residents including Bill Smith and family, and Don Bermel’s group, were noted after a weekend of visits and rodeo travel plans.
ROUND GROVE Iowa August 7 Karen Karla and Karol Krotz won ribbons for food entries at the Washington County Fair. Karen earned blues for jelly and jam and yellow cake and a red for corn bread. Karla earned reds for cookies biscuits and a poster. Karol earned blues for muffins and jam and cake and a white for her poster.
Mr and Mrs John Tener flew to Seattle on Thursday to attend Kay Marie Tener's wedding to Robert Hammar. They joined a reception after the ceremony and visited their son Bill in Seattle before returning home Sunday via Denver with daughter Ann. Mrs Zeno Knebel's Europe tour of seventeen days included London Rotterdam Amsterdam and many others.
National Geographic reports no expansion of Mt Rushmore with new figures. Park officials note granite already used. Lincoln Borglum says the sculpture took 13 years and the faces stand 60 feet high, visible for 60 miles. Ike is not expected to join the monument.
The experimental sub designed by Jacques Piccard surfaced 300 miles south of Nova Scotia after a 1400 nautical mile, 31 day Gulf Stream voyage begun July 14 off Palm Beach Florida. It logged speed, temp, salinity, bottom photography, acoustics and marine observations. Grumman noted surprising results including Gulf Stream velocity about three knots and the absence of fish. An attack by a swordfish and a hitchhiking squid were notable incidents. A Washington press conference is set for August 20.
A compact directory lists Livingston lawyers such as Day Kehoe Meeker Bates with office at 112 South Ave B and 653-2147, Morrison Morrison and Lloyd at 211 West Washington with 653-5431, and John C Owen at 11916 West Washington. Also noted is Maplewood Manor Nursing Home in Keota with contact 636-3400.
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