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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1968

Page

5

Vietnam death of Col Harvey marked in Washington

Monday reports confirm Lance Corporal Robert George Harvey twenty year old son of Mr and Mrs Richard T Harvey of 508 North Second Avenue was killed in action August tenth in Quang Nam Province Vietnam while serving with the United States Marines. He is the first Washington youth to die in Vietnam and the fourth from Washington County. The weekend brought news to his family.

Robert George Harvey Richard T. Harvey North Second Avenue Quang Nam Vietnam United States Marines Harvey Washington Washington County John H. Behle Harold E. Behle Alden Lavon Buenneke J. C. Buenneke Eclipse Lumber Co Ainsworth

The Week on the Farm August 1968

The column notes weeds removed from the soybean field and burrs forming on cockleburrs with six weeks to first frost. It reports spotty showers, moisture needs for corn and soybeans, and a favorable period for earth moving contractors. It highlights erosion control work, soil conservation planning, and ASCS support.

ASCS

Washington week brings shocks and school news

In Washington this week a tower collapse near a Presbyterian church caused a brief outage but no injuries. An early-morning motorist chase led to a $190 fine. The Lincoln street widening and new street lights wrap up. L Cpl Robert Harvey, first local to die in Vietnam, is reported. Wellman town council plans an 18 acre park. Three-Quarter Century Club dinner invites go out. Football practice starts soon as students return to class. Affectionately your nephew.

Washington Presbyterian Church Iowa Evening Journal Lincoln School L-Cpl Robert Harvey Vietnam Wellman Journal

Stork Gazette Announces Local Birthday Listings

Ronald Eugene Hoyle Tina Lynn Gordon Michelle Louise Redlinger William Dale Lankford Kristen Kay Swantz Tina Marie Redlinger Lonnie Lee Yoder appear in the Stork Gazette birth notices. Parents named with addresses and rural routes provided for Washington Kalona Keota West Chester.

William Redlinger Washington Larry Lankford West Chester Irene Burmeister Keota

City installs three new street lights on East Jefferson

City workmen set three new street lights in the 200 and 300 blocks of East Jefferson Street and completed hookups to the lighting system, aiming to reduce darkness near the high school. Renovation of home economics rooms at the high school advances with cabinet installation. equipment arrival hoped soon for use after the new term opens.

East Jefferson Street

Local Saturday Journal edition for out-of-state readers

The Saturday Edition of the Journal offers former Washington residents a quick weekly summary of the week’s local news. Available to out-of-state subscribers by mail for $3.50 per year.

Journal Washington

Rural-Urban tea and community notices span Iowa visits

The Farm Bureau Women hosted a rural urban tea with 51 attendees at the Farm Bureau Building. Guests included Zoe Murphy of Des Moines and Anna Cross from Lancashire. Other items note Goshen College nurse appointment, McNeese reunion near Washington, engagements, visits by relatives, surgeries, and fair attendance.

Farm Bureau Zoe Murphy Des Moines Farmer Anna Cross Lancashire England Melvin Booth West Chester

Wellman approves 18 acre park plan in northeast area

Wellman council and Planning and Zoning Commission approve an 18 acre community park to be built northeast of Wellman one half mile north of Highway 22. They authorize a grant application to the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation for matching funds. Site acquisition earlier funded by Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Wellman Town

FBLA convention attendees and county jail praise noted

Friday August 16 reports Penney Long and Eilene Widmer returning from the FBLA National Convention in Washington DC after touring historic sites and attending meetings. Washington County jail inspectors praised its well planned layout. Greenlee hosts guests from Argentina as Santos studies in Texas A&M and plans Iowa visits. Farms in Wellman visited by local residents. Greenlees visit Ames and ISU figures.

Penney Long Cecil Long Washington Eilene Widmer Harlan Widmer Washington, D. C FBLA Charles C. Greenlee Senor Senora Simon Santos Mar del Plata Argentina S. A Santos Texas A&m University Iowa Nebraska Montana Idaho South America Duane Larry Shalla George Keith Horn Marion Stransky Wellman Greenlees San Jos Ames Herb Howell Robert de Baca Iowa State University

Multiple Obituaries and a Tokyo Fish Exchange Item

Death notices from Washington County Iowa include infant Lisa Ledger and Anna Ornduff, 84 year old Mrs. Kelsey, 11 year old John Behle, Maude Carr, Wayne Allen, Jessie Letts, and Harry Lamanski with funeral details and family ties. Also a Tokyo dispatch reports a Japan Soviet fish exchange trading trout eggs for goldfish including nishikigoi.

Tokyo UPI Soviet Union Japan Lake Baikal Siberia

Hospital activity list shows births and admissions in multiple towns

The page records hospital events by day across Washington Keota Kalona Kalona and surrounding areas. It lists births with couples and locations, admissions and dissections of medical or surgical cases, discharges and today’s admissions including several families and individuals such as Miss Lillian Crone Mrs Carrie Norman and Mr Jonas Swantz.

Jerome Greiner Keota Helen James Columbus Junction Carrie Norman Washington Georgia Martin Joe Nelson Mary Houseal Nicholaus Roth Wayland Dale Showalter Kalona Surgical William P. Barth Earl Finke Jonas Swantz Robert Redlinger Lillian Crone Eugene Hoyle Son Larry Lankford West Chester David Yoder Gary Sheetz Harry Gordon Claude Dickerson Ainsworth John Goodwin Tena Simmering Eugene Sedrel Richard Page Wymore Neb Wayne Schantz Emma Rotenberger Kenneth McAfee Melissa Ann Laffoon Preston Hoover Archie Kaufman Denise Baughman Mary Lois Dodds Zelda McCall Crawfordsville Stanley Widmer

Marriages in Iowa Churches Tie Several Couples

Multiple couples wed in August ceremonies across Iowa. Kathleen Elaine Wayland and Kenny Lee Welcher married August 3 at Finley Methodist Chapel in Wayland. Kathleen vows were later repeated August 10 for Virginia Anne Ellis and Richard Stewart Bordwell at Morningside Presbyterian in Sioux City. Carol Leona Letts and Robert H. Rieken wed August 10 at East Friesland Presbyterian Ackley. Pamela Jo Romine and James H. Pierson tied the knot in Des Moines July 29 with attendants Ed Vargas.

Wayland Kathleen Elaine Nicholson Arnold L. Nicholson Kenny Lee Welcher Doris Welcher Joe Welcher Finley Methodist Chapel Virginia Anne Ellis Glenn A. Ellis Sioux City Richard Stewart Bordwell Richard W. Bordwell Washington Morningside Presbyterian Church Carol Leona Letts Eunice Letts J. E. Letts Robert H. Rieken Raymond Rieken Ackley East Friesland Presbyterian Church Delmar Romine Pamela Jo Des Moines James H. Pierson Oklahoma City Okla John Pierson Sr West Covina Calif Ed Vargas

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