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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1971
Page
10
Auction and contact notes for rock sand gravel lime and dirt. Listings include Crawfordsville Rendering Service Rex Beau champ Mel Bergstrom and Gordon K Miller Kalona. Includes phone numbers and livestock notes lacking full details.
The biggest crowd of the season watched Ron Jackson win his first MVSC feature this year after Bud Darting led early and retired with car trouble. John Moss and Ray Guss battled for second as Guss claimed it with Moss third, Pokey West fourth, and Ron Prymek edging Larry Jenkins for fifth. Von Morgan finished eighth with Kenny Hofer and Perry Eck nearby. Jerry Rinhart won the trophy dash driving Dave Dodder's car. Jackson's victory moves him closer to the top ten in the season points standings.
A long list of sales and auctions across Iowa with dates from August 17 to August 28 and beyond. Items include household goods, machinery, estate real estate, and livestock equipment. Notable sales occur near Kalona, Mt. Pleasant, Keota, Wayland, Harper, and Washington, with venues such as the Washington County Fairgrounds and local sale barns. Local owners include Ethel Frick Wane Estate, Lou Rath, Lewis E Brenneman, Pat Rogers, Mrs Emery J Smith, Myrtie S Snider Estate, Mae Sturgeon, Bob's Welding Shop, and Frank Miller. Frequent weekly livestock sales at Washington Livestock Sales Co, Wapello Livestock, Ollie Livestock Exchange, Smylie Haupert in Columbus Junction, and Kalona operations. Sales specify start times from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm and sometimes noon, with various land or property descriptions.
A Tuesday edition of the Washington Evening Journal from Ava Iowa dated July 17 1971 features news briefs and local items of interest on page six including community events notices and short reports from the surrounding area.
Local area TV guide lists programs across channels News at 6:30 7:30 Cimarron 9:00 Special 10:00 News 10:30 Movie on Tuesday Aug 17 and various shows on channels 3 4 6 including News 6:30 Bill Cosby 7:00 Make Music 8:00 Movie 10:30 Tonight 12:00 Twilight Zone 6:00 Hazel 6:30 Eddie's Father 7:00 Fab 60s 10:20 Dick Cavett on different channels Day August listings continue with debates travel artists theater and summer sounds sections.
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