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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Bigtown) Garman
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