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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1965
Page
4
Ainsworth Aug. 20 group gathered at Washington Sunset Park Wednesday evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. Dave Miller of Tampa Florida. Thirty six people attended. Pepperette 4-H members must meet at Linda and Judy Orris home by 11 30 Wednesday Aug. 25 to travel to Washington for a swim and picnic dinner.
AINSWORTH August 23 Howard Schultz visits brother in Peoria Ill Allen Jones son of Mr and Mrs Darold Jones trains Fort Leonard Wood Mo. Duane White with Frame and Bill Roberts attend Iowa State Fair to see Joe White show Hamp shires. Gesling visit, Kay to Cedar Falls. Roy Vincent retires from Rock Island Arsenal after 42 years. Joe White begins part time at Kerm's D X service station replacing Terry Carson. Dixie Stonewall places third at state fair English Pleasure. Several family gatherings, travel to Fairmont Indiana and Leech Lake Minnesota, and birthdays and moves noted.
Bethel notes a weekend of dinners with Ernest Ruth and May Gideon hosting, plus guests Orville Unzicker and Linda, Firman Carlson and children Terry and Gloria, Mabel Thompson of Burlington, and Walter Longer. Wallace family travels to Chardan for Lois Dolph and John Morgan wedding, and Miss Grace Hiler visits Iowa City. Weather brings mowing as tomato crop ripens and corn patches endure visits from Mr Coon.
A diary note from Texas recounts a 100 degree spell, memories of home, and a playful clip about Festival shoe store banning radio stations for dancing. The author praises Thelma Cannon, a three day a week maid, and shares her carrot casserole recipe serving six to eight with grated carrots, oleo, eggs, sugar, milk and cheese, baked thirty minutes in a Pyrex pan. The entry ends with plans to publish more recipes from Thelma.
K B Hanson of Freemont California won the state fair checker title, shutting out Iowa entrants. Harry Suter of Crawfordsville Iowa finished second, Fred Sprain Ackley Iowa third, L W Bittle Iowa Falls Iowa tied for fourth with Edd De Haas Prairie City superintendent of the competition. Kenneth Schaff Murray Iowa led the old time fiddlers contest with Harry Gildea Madrid second and Charles Greenwood Des Moines third. Vernon Moore Ankeny Iowa won first in the sheep shearing singles, James Hunter Sioux City second, Jim Shaw Lancaster Missouri third, Charles Swain Drakesville fourth, Kenneth Swain Drakesville fifth, with the Swains and Lancaster taking first in the team event.
Moore Hunter and Gordon Larson of Zillah Washington claimed second place in the shearing contest. A third place team consisted of Darrell King of Unionville Iowa Arch Marshall of Moulton Iowa and Bill Shaw of Lancaster Missouri.
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