Wanda White crowned queen of Cornbelt Walking Horse
Wanda White was crowned queen for the 1977 Cornbelt Walking Horse Association season at Kellogg on August 6. The Iowa based group includes Iowa and parts of Missouri Nebraska and Minnesota. Wanda will ride two laps at both the Iowa State Fair and the Cattle Congress in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marian Waters
Crawfordsville
Wanda) White
Cornbelt Walking Horse Association
Kellogg
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wanda
Cattle Congress
Waterloo
West Chester
Cotter
Washington
LeAnn Sands
Edith White
Angry miners widen strike across states
Angry West Virginia pickets spread the wildcat protest to mines in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois. About 75 United Mine Workers District 17 miners gathered near Charleston to coordinate a roaming caravan aiming to shut down operations, amid ongoing benefits cutbacks and a call from UMW President Arnold Miller for a return to work. District 17 officials denied claims that a small faction intimidates most WV miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelyan
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
United Mine Workers District 17
Charleston
District 17
Cecil Roberts
Scouts Invested In Order of Arrow Honor
Nine Scouts and two adults from Troop 242 at Lincoln School completed the 14 hour ordeal of cheerful service silence and scanty rations to join the Order of Arrow. In ceremonies Saturday night the group received sashes handbooks and pocket flaps. Ron Kuntz became treasurer and Chris Merz district secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Arrow
Lincoln School
Order of the Arrow
Chris Merz
Wauhawk
Ron Kuntz
Rick Gier
Mark Bramhall
Matt Ridley
Jim Zieglowsky
Russ Zieglowsky
Jerry Woods
Chris Woods
Kelly Baker
Bob Wolf
Laverne Zieglowsky
Golden Age Passport program offers park access in Iowa
The Golden Age Passport provides lifetime free entry for citizens 62 or older to federally managed parks monuments and recreation areas that charge entrance fees. It also offers a 50 percent discount on federal use fees for camping boating and parking but not private concessioner fees. In Iowa the passes must be obtained in person at offices in Centerville McGregor Missouri Valley Titonka and West Branch with age proof or an affidavit if proof is unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Centerville
Rathbun Project
Army Engineers
McGregor — Effigy Mounds National Monument
Missouri Valley — DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Titanka — Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
West Branch
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Live Stock and Grain Report From Chicago Des Moines Markets
Livestock and grain notes from Joliet Chicago Des Moines detail trading, with cattle and hog prices and ranges. Slower trade in Des Moines shows butchers higher and sows steady, while receipts for the period tally at 85,000. Estimated and historic daily figures included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ill
UPI
Des Moines
Missing drugs from Richland raid raise alarm
Carl Marcus Setser and Edith Ann Setser of Richland pleaded guilty in Keokuk County District Court to simple possession of marijuana and were sentenced to 15 days in jail with costs, suspended on parole for a year. Fourteen marijuana plants and a coffee table loaded with LSD pills and a syringe vanished from Clerk of Court records after a break-in at the Sigourney courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Carl Marcus
Edith Ann Setser
Keokuk County
Setser
Gary Deitrich
Thomas Peffer
Glenn Bradley
Sigourney
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Des Moines
Bradley
Dave Noller
Lee Hamilton
Accidents and Thefts Reported in Region
Two vehicle collisions north of Ainsworth and near Washington left no injuries with minor damage totaling 1050 dollars. A separate Saturday crash near Washington involved no injuries or charges. Thefts include school food items at West Chester Elementary, a stolen 1971 Ford truck from Riverside, a cash drawer from Don’s Standard Service, and tools from a Brighton pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovan
Keokuk
Ainsworth
Asa S. Noltensmeier
Chandlersville
Ill
Charles E. Piper
Winfield
Noltensmeier
Piper
Washington
Edward Letts
Patti E. Crim
Letts
West Chester
Mid-Prairie
Latta and Sons
Riverside
Sheriff’s Deputies
Don’s Standard Service
Brighton
Verdine H. Barnum 69 dies after stroke in Keota
Verdine H. Barnum former Keota school superintendent died Monday morning Aug 15 1977 at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a massive stroke Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 130 pm at Powell Funeral Home Keota with Dr James Spaulding Burial will be in Keota Cemetery He was born Jan 15 1908 in New Braunfels Texas and taught at What Cheer Pomroy Ware Graettinger Kalona and Keota He retired in 1973 and was active in the United Methodist Church Keota Lions Club and Iowa Association of School Administrators Survivors include his wife Arleta a daughter Sandra Lawrence of Iowa City and a son Dean Barnum of Grand Rapids Mich
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Waco
Amy
Paul
John
Patty
5Th Street
New Glarus
Wis
Merlin Finke
Si Finke
Larry Love
Lions Charter
Salem
Olds
Iowa Lions
Sobral
Brazil
Lions
W.W.K
Verna Spangler
Doris Davis
Mary Helen Jewell
Penny Johnston
Wesley Woods
Minnesota
Duluth
Lake Superior
John Wittrigg
Bruce
Laura
Danville
Ill
Emerson Wittrigg
Steve Wittrig
Janis Kolodney
Wittrig
Mt. Pleasant
John Dill
Frances) Hulme
Emerson
Gladys
Keota
Verdine H. Barnum
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Powell
James Spaulding
Mr. Barnum
St. Olaf
Harry
Leona Stone Barnum
Cedar Falls
USDA Sets County Soybean Loan Rates for 1977-Crop
The USDA issued county loan and purchase rates for 1977 soybeans based on a national rate of 3.50 per bushel, up 1 from 1976, with county variations reflecting production use and transportation. The 3.50 rate applies to yellow or green beans with 12.8 to 13.0 percent moisture and not lower than No 2 on test weight and related factors, with moisture premiums raised and some grade discounts increased to align with cash markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Mrs. Jessie Pyle Dies at 63 in Iowa City
Funeral services for Mrs. Vincent Jessie Elizabeth Pyle 63 will be held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wellman with Fr. George McDaniel officiating. She died Monday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a month as a patient. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery. She was born April 14 1914 to Fred J and Mary Potsander of Wellman and married J Vincent Pyle May 20 1947. She worked at Maple Crest Turkey Farms and Wellman Telephone Co and was a member of St. Joseph's Church. She is survived by her husband a sister and extended family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Vincent
Jessie Elizabeth) Pyle
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
George McDaniel
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Powell Funeral Home
Wellman Cemetery
Pyle
Fred J
Mary Chez Potsander
Wellman High School
J. Vincent Pyle
Maple Crest Turkey Farms
Wellman Telephone Co
Marjorie Davisson
Riverside
Julia Branchflower dies at Wellman
Julia Ann Branchflower 94 died Sunday August 14 1977 at Shenks Nursing Home Wellman Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 30 pm at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Greg Berkey officiating Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery She was born April 27 1883 near Wayland Henry County daughter of John and Emma Manning Brannon Married John Roy Branchflower December 21 1915 Operated Neighborhood Grocery in Martello 1930 to 1954 Lived in Washington since 1954 member of First Baptist Church Survived by two grandsons and several nieces and nephews Preceded in death by son Dale
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ann Branchflower
Shenks
Wellman
Jones Funeral Home
Greg Berkey
Elm Grove Cemetery
Julia Ann Brannon Branchflower
Wayland
Henry County
John
Emma J. Manning Brannon
John Roy Branchflower
Washington
Martello
First Baptist Church
Dale
Funeral services for Joseph W. Fields held Saturday
Funeral services for Joseph W. Bud Fields were held Saturday at the Jones Funeral Home with Dr. William Kettlitz officiating. Interment followed in Elm Grove Cemetery. Casketbearers were Harold Boyd Elmer Bruegge Donald Hayes Dwight Murray Henry Roland and Robert Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W
Bud) Fields
Jones Funeral
William Kettlitz
Elm Grove Cemetery
Harold Boyd
Elmer Bruegge
Donald Hayes
Dwight Murray
Henry Roland
Robert Wiley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wanda White
Walking Horse Association
Fern Hayes
Keith
Victor Mayer
Myrtle Mayer
Bill Perdock
Martha
Hammond
Ora Marlatt
Washington County Hospital
Virgil Bonham
Manter
Kan
Roy Montague
Jim Jewell
Aleta Walker
West
Grimes
Helen
Denis Garcia
Jack
Aschaffenburg
Germany
Denis
Kathy
Nick Achen
Amy) Breisch
Chicago
A&w
Frontier V2
Sun
Mon
Tuc
Wed
White
United Presbyterian Home
Charles Wilming
Journal
Kenny Meyer
Legstolen
New Braunfels
Tex
Houston
Greg Greenway
Guadalupe River
Samuel Greenway
Jessie Pyle
Julia Branchflower
Ballou
L.P
Howard Ballou
Jon Ballou
Ed Boone
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