Washington Ag Show Ribbons Highlight Cedar Rapids Fair
Don Radda earned 12 ribbons at the All Iowa Fair in Cedar Rapids and displayed a 20 ft 9 in corn stalk and a 14.4 inch ear. Eddie Crayne and 4-H girls led Iowa State Fair exhibits as 106 rural schools prepare to open September 6.
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Don Radda
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Washington County
Robert L. Swift
John Ellinger
Ainsworth
Kant-Tv
Des Moines
King Brothers
Ronald Rich
Charles C. Snyder
Charles Luckenbill
Lester Luckenbill
Europe
Harvard Glee Club
Eddie Crayne
William Crayne
Washington Ffa
Poland
Armory
Jennie Bradford
John Titterington
Washington Evening Journal
Joyce Gault
Crawfordsville
George Maxwell
Carroll
Iowa League of Municipalities
Winnie Palmer
St. James Parochial School
St. James School
Davenport
Gerald O'Keefe
Robert Schmidt
St James School
Father Harding
Washington County News Briefs Preview Fall Activities
Dear Auntie notes a warm spell after record lows in Iowa and reports crop health solid. 4 H'ers win at the State Fair with purple herdsmanship and ribbons in Des Moines. Washington's Moonlight Madness adds a farmer market Sept 14 with parking for sellers. Schools resume soon with students Aug 30, football drills underway, and a window replacement project at Washington High. Cattle and swine tours across Delaware County and local beef centers highlight upcoming farm activities. Affectionately, Your nephew.
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Iowa
Washington County
Des Moines
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Washington High School
Delaware County
Rob Johnson
Dave
Joella Barnes
Brighton
Joella
Craig Wright
Robert Rugg
Wayland
Dave Barnes
David
Mike Schneider
Riverside
Schneider
Hospital notes Monday in Washington and Kalona
Admitted Sunday Mrs Joseph Soukup Washington medical and Mrs Archie Gingerich Washington medical. Today Richard Gibson Washington medical. Dismissed Saturday Mrs Robert Kientz Brighton. Sunday Mrs Amos Miller and son Kalona.
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Joseph Soukup
Washington
Archie Gingerich
Richard Gibson
Robert Kientz
Brighton
Amos Miller
Kalona
Josephine Soukup
Washington County Hospital
Local Family Notices and Health Updates
Tuesday Yesterday lists Mrs Hazel Deal of Washington with a medical issue and Wayne Cline of Washington with a medical concern along with Mrs Clyde Crile of West Chester needing surgical care and Robert Schooley of Brighton with a medical condition. Births Yesterday note Mr and Mrs Wayne Van Auken of Columbus Junction welcoming a son. Today Mr and Mrs Kenneth Robertson of Ainsworth also welcome a son. Edward Jones transferred to Washington Care Center.
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Hazel Deal
Washington
Wayne Cline
Clyde Crile
West Chester
Robert Schooley
Brighton
Wayne van Auken
Columbus Junction
Kenneth Robertson
Ainsworth
Edward Jones
Washington Care Center
Medical Figures and Births Across Washington and Nearby
Medical updates list Harold Montgomery and Donna Peiffer in Washington with medical notes, Patrick Foriash and Merlin Crawford in Keota and West Chester, and Mrs Janet Lyons, Clarence Hayes, Mrs Lena Ramseyer in Washington. Today Burton Dewitt in Columbus City and Mr and Mrs Douglas Bringman in Washington reported a son. Safronia Gingerich and Lois Miller also noted in Washington with Robert Schooley in Brighton among the names.
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Harold Montgomery
Washington
Patrick Foriash
West Chester
Donna Peiffer
Janet Lyons
Merlin Crawford
Keota
Clarence Hayes
Burton Dewitt
Columbus City
Lena Ramseyer
Douglas Bringman
Safronia Gingerich
Lois Miller
Robert Schooley
Brighton
Washington residents listed in local notices
Thursday Yesterday Mrs Dorothy Mokelbust Ira Graber Yesterday John Lowash Willard Bell Mrs Beatrice Shaffer Washington Today Mrs Donna Peiffer Washington Mrs Wayne Van Auken and son Columbus Junction Merlin Crawford Keota Clarence Hayes Washington
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John Lowash
Washington
Willard Bell
Beatrice Shaffer
Washington Today
Donna Peiffer
Wayne van Auken
Friday Yesterday announces medical updates and births
Glenn Hesser of Wayland and Mrs. Gertrude Jacobs of Columbus Junction receive medical updates. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lowe of Chicago announce a son. Today lists Harold Montgomery of Washington Pat Foriash of West Chester and Wayne Cline of Washington.
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Glenn Hesser
Wayland
Medical
Gertrude Jacobs
Columbus Junction
Thomas Lowe
Chicago
Harold Montgomery
Washington
Pat Foriash
West Chester
Wayne Cline
Blind student helps in Dole nomination
Peggy Pinder, 21, a blind law student whose words were written into the 1976 Republican platform, seconded Robert Dole for vice president in Kansas City. She read her braille speech tremblingly as GOP leaders praised Dole’s disability advocacy and barrier free initiatives.
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Kansas City
UPI
Peggy Pinder
Robert Dole
Dole
Miss Pinder
Grinnell
Iowa
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Yale Law School
Republican Party
Mezvinsky visits district as bread and butter issues loom
In Washington on Saturday Congressman Edward Mezvinsky urged focus on bread and butter concerns and farm embargo worries as he campaigns in Iowa's first district. He stressed restoring integrity in government and noted farmers seek economic stability amid embargo fears.
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Edward Mezvinsky
Washington
Iowa
House of Representatives
Mezvinsky
Deaths and Obituaries Across Iowa Towns in August
A series of notices from Wellman Riverside Keota Columbus Junction and surrounding areas report deaths of Ralph E Wellman 64 Stanley Dutler 69 Veronica Ann Weber 75 Edward Sadle 75 Julius Kunik tied to Washington Iowa City and Muscatine communities. Infant Ricky Dean Warren died August 18 at University Hospitals Iowa City. Dick Smylie William Richard Smylie buried in Ainsworth with surviving family. Gyles Reed 65 died in Iowa City. David Richard 82 of Wayland died August 20 at University Hospitals Iowa City. Survivors include spouses children and extended relatives across Washington Wayland Fairfield and Grandview.
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Washington
Iowa
Council
City Hall
Columbus Junction
Stacy-Lewis
Edward Sadle
Muscatine
Muscatine General Hospital
Letts Cemetery
Ricky Dean Warren
Richard D. Warren
Route 1
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Richard D
Phyllis Jean Dunkin Warren
Dorothea Warren
Glen Dunkin
Luzerne
Dick Smylie
Ainsworth
Pasadena
Calif
William Richard Smylie
William I
Arminta Wallace Smylie
California
Santa Fe Railroad
Kay
Sue Sakai
Torrance
Rich
Washington, D.C
Cleo
Margaret) Slife
Mesa, Ariz
Clifford
Dorothy) Campbell
Gyles
Toad
Allen Reed
Grandview
Wayland
David Richard
Parkview
Ruth
Floyd
Ruth) Reschly
Evert
Wilma) Weston
Roger
Fairfield
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Doris Strothman
New London
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American Red Cross
Chuck Hotle
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Sheetz
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Lowe) Morgan
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Hattie) Cuddeback
Mercy Hospital
Harry Marcley
Marilyn Brinning
Gayle Brinning
Edna Brinning
Roger Brinning
Shane
Sonja
Tom Brinning
Marcley
Omaha
Neb
Robert Lund
Crane Co
Lund
Edward P. Bean
Bean's Pharmacy Ltd
1110 Inc
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Drug Fair
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Kinross
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Francis Lee
Webster
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Richard Adams
Adams
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
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BCI
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Pam Tolander
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Ken
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Cris
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Stanley Dutler
Lone Tree Care Center
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Richland
Maplewood Manor Nursing Home
Julius Kunik
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Betty
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Judy
Virginia
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