Three Wash ington Scouts Return From Canadian Canoe Trip
Three local Boy Scouts Gary Franzen Jim Blakeney and Doug Greenlee from Washington completed a 100 mile plus canoe trek in the Quebec Superior National Park area. They traveled in four canoes overland portages and lakes averaging 15 miles daily from August 3 to 15 carrying 250 pounds of supplies. They sighted bears moose and deer as the Hawkeye Area Council sponsored the expedition.
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Washington
Jim Blakeney
Gary Franzen
Doug Greenlee
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Quebco - Superior National Park
Hawkeye Area
Stella Bell 84 Wellman resident dies in Cedar Rapids
Stella Bell 84 longtime Wellman resident died Wednesday at St Luke s Hospital Cedar Rapids where she had been a patient four months for a broken hip She lived at Yearion Nursing Home Williamsburg eight years Funeral services set for Friday 2 pm at Wellman Methodist Church Burial in Wellman cemetery Jones Funeral Home Williamsburg in charge Body to church at 930 Friday Survivors include two sons Marion E Bell Humboldt and Leslie O Bell Wellman two daughters Dorothy Ressler Williamsburg Eunice B Sprague Keota seven grandchildren 15 great grandchildren a brother Archie Kepler Webster and a sister Mrs H A Swartzendruber Kalona
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Wellman
Stella Bell
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Yearion Nursing Home
Williamsburg
Wellman Methodist Church
Wellman Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Bell
Kalona
George W. Bell
Mary Martha
Rebekah Lodge
WCTU
Marion FE. Bell
Humboldt
Leslie O. Bell
Theodore
Dorothy) Ressler
Eunice B. Sprague
Keota
Archie Kepler
Webster
H. A. Swartzendruber
Funeral Friday for Lloyd Knepp near Kalona
Funeral services for Lloyd Knepp aged 64 will be held Friday at 9:30 in the East Union Mennonite church near Kalona with burial in East Union cemetery. A Lloyd Swartzendruber will preside and friends may call at Yoder Funeral Home in Kalona.
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Kalona
Lloyd Knepp
East Union Mennonite Church
East Union Cemetery
A. Lloyd Swartzendruber
Yoder
Kiwanis hears Crane plant production plan
Kiwanis Club met to hear Crane Co plant manager Robert Kubis describe the production flow from electric foundry furnaces to valve casting, machining, and final assembly. Ted C. Johnson received praise for assistance, and Rev Ross Copeland, corn grower guest, was applauded at the annual luncheon.
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Kiwanis Club
Crane Co
Washington
Robert Kubis
Kubis
Ted C. Johnson
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Johnson
United Presbyterian Home
Ross Copeland
Students to have pictures taken at Washington High
All Washington Senior High School students must have pictures taken Friday August 23 for activity tickets. The $7.00 ticket covers picture, signature, admission to events, and later Hi Life inclusion. Junior and Sophomore pictures may appear in 1969 Hi Life. Additional fees include shop $4, lunch $3.50, band rental $4, book rental $8, and insurance $4. Driver education requires a driving permit by September 5.
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Washington
Washington Relays
Marriage Licenses Issued to Four Couples
Marriage licenses have been issued here to Ervie Lowell Glick of Goshen Indiana and Mary Jean Yoder of Kalona and to Donald Louis Fabian and Mary Joan Lowe both of Crawfordsville.
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Ervie Lowell Glick
Goshen, Ind
Mary Jean Yoder
Kalona
Donald Louis Fabian
Mary Joan Lowe
Crawfordsville
New Nixon Feed Plant Superintendent Named in Washington IA
Robert J. Cicigoi has been named Plant Superintendent of the Nixon Feed Mill in Washington Iowa replacing William B. Vaughn who moves to Omaha as part of Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company. Cicigoi will oversee all plant operations and production facilities in Washington. He was previously plant manager for an Iowa feed maker and has worked in the feed industry since 1961, earning a B S in Vocational Agriculture from the University of Illinois in 1961.
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Robert J. Cicigoi
Nixon
Washington
Iowa
O. Burr Ross
Nixon Feeds
Nebraska Consolidated Mills Company
Chcigoi
William B. Vaughn
Nebraska Consolidated
Omaha
Chigoi
University of Illinois
Baptist Men Plan Social Evening at Bill Jones Home
The Men's Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church meets next week for a social evening on Thursday August 29 at Bill Jones home. Homemade ice cream will be served as part of the gathering.
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Men’s Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
Bill Jones
Dinner Set for August 31 Three Quarter Century Speaker
The annual Three Quarter Century Dinner, sponsored by the Washington Evening Journal, will feature Chuck Hotle as speaker on the county’s “good old days” at the KC Hall in Washington on Saturday August 31. Dave Elder will host the program after dinner as the King and Queen are crowned, honors given to couples married over 50 years, and new members introduced. Numerous new members from Washington and nearby towns are listed as joining the society this year.
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Chuck Hotle
KC Hall
Washington Evening Journal
Hotle
Washington County
Dave Elder
the Journal
Military service listings for Widmer and Lewis
Men in service include Pfe Larry G Widmer US 54929827 Co B 4-31 196th Lt Infantry APO San Francisco CA 96256 Pvt Duane D Lewis NG 26830375 Co C 2nd Bn 1st BCT Bde Ft Polk LA 71459. The notes record their units and addresses.
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Pfe
Larry G. Widmer
San Francisco
Calif
Duane D. Lewis
N.G
Ft. Polk
Fair Demonstrations Recognized at Iowa State Fair
Mary Jones of Crawfordsville earned a Certificate of Merit for her 4-H demonstration Webbing Wonders at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Washington County demonstrators Myrna Cave and Carolyn Goodlander received Certificates of Recognition. About 450 youths demonstrated, judged on communication, timeliness, materials use, appearance, and handling questions.
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Mary Jones
John H Jones
Crawfordsville
Des Moines
Jim Frier
Miss Jones
Crooked Creek
Washington County
Myrna Cave
Washington
Carolyn Goodlander
Riverside
Lorren Voss Wins Iowa Cookout King Title at Fair
Lorren Voss of Tipton won the Iowa Cookout King title at the Iowa State Fair by cooking Lorren's Hobo Ribs. He simmered spare ribs in salt water then basted with a sauce whose recipe includes catsup and liquid smoke. Other category winners were beef Charles Croat Humboldt, lamb J.B. Conroy Mason City, poultry Bob Schoening Silver City, turkey Herman Faber Parkersburg, and novelty Dr. Robert Baumann Grinnell. Attendance at the fair declined slightly from last year as hot, humid conditions persisted.
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Des Moines
UPI
Lorren Voss
Tipton
Voss
Lorren
Iowa
Fairgrounds
Charles Croat
Humboldt
J.B. Conroy
Mason City
Bob Schoening
Silver City
Herman Faber
Parkersburg
Robert Baumann
Grinnell
Beck warned as Iowa tax hikes rise in state rank
Centerville publisher Robert Beck cited Iowa tax increases during a Davenport news conference as evidence of rising per capita taxes. He noted 17 newer tax boosts plus 60 service tax items under Gov. Harold Hughes, and said Iowa climbed to 12th nationally in per capita taxes. Beck argued Iowa joined many states in raising personal income, sales, corporate income, and cigarette taxes last year.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Centerville
Robert Beck
Beck
Harold E. Hughes
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Republican Rally
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Minnesota
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Wolf's Flower Shop
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Powell Furniture
Lowa
Harvey Davis
Percy F. Whisler
Otto Walton
Clarah Rankin
Leslie Mountford
John C. Mitchell
J. B. Sinclair
Emma Barnett
John Sands
Grace Wade
Lulu Randolph
S. W. Easter
Ruth Bridges
E. L. Rouse
Maye Sorrell
E. L. Stewart
J. D. Buchanan
Clara Brown
Brighton
Fred Sheetz
Ben Hammer
Will Longer
Nellie M. Wittmer
Wayland
Widmer
Lewis
Dowden & Son Farm
Conrad
Trimble Manor Farms
Trimble
Edldie Brothers
Storm Lake
Yorkshire
Wayne
J.M. Jackson
Lytton
E.D. Earwood
Lohrville
Earwood
Osincup
Iowa Southern
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Southern Utilities Company
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