Bertroche blasts Scalise over Iowa law and raises pay issue
Republican candidate for Town Attorney General Joseph G. Bertroche accused Attorney General Lawrence Scalise of tolerating apparent Iowa law violations by Democrats to preserve a $12,000 salary for Victor Gallo as Assistant Printing Superintendent and argued the law must be obeyed regardless of party. He warned voters he would enforce state law over politics.
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Joseph G. Bertroche
Washington
Iowa
Bertrade
Victor Gallo
Strawberry Point
G. E. Bennant
Colfax Republican
Republican
Gallo
Bertrode
Scalise
State of
Orne Worthington
GOP
Printing Board
Bertroche
Lawrence Scalise
Lowa
Prof Dahlin to Conduct Services at Fern Cliff Church
Prof Jon E. Dahlin of Minneapolis will speak at Fern Cliff Evangelical Free Church of Wayland from Sept 4 to 9. Sunday services at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m with weekday services at 7 45 p m. Dahlin, historian and political scientist, hosts a Christian radio program and has led prophetic conferences nationwide. The church sits about eight miles south and two and a half miles east of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon E. Dahlin
Minneapolis
Fern Cliff
Fern Cliff Church
Washington
Mrs. James Havel Jr. dies at 96 at Washington County Hospital
Mrs. James Havel Jr 96 died August 24 1966 at Washington County Hospital. She lived 11 miles northeast of town and had been ill since late April. Funeral at Riverside Methodist Church Saturday at 2 PM with Rev Ellis Powell. burial Riverside Cemetery. Viewing at Jones Funeral Home until 10 AM Saturday when transported to church. Born May 13 1869 in Bohemia she married James Havel Jr Feb 20 1895. he died June 11 1954. Survived by three children Claude Iowa City Leona and Velma Weber, five grandchildren, one great grandchild. four sisters and two brothers preceded her in death.
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James Havel Jr
Washington County Hospital
Washington
Riverside Methodist Church
Ellis Powell
Riverside Cemetery
Jones Funeral Home
Mary Beranek
Bohemia
Wendl and
Mary Blaha Beranek
United States
Claude
Iowa City
Leona Havel
Velma Weber
Junction firemen battle grass blaze near Columbus Junction
Firemen from Columbus Junction responded at about 6 p.m. Tuesday to a grass fire on the Richard Tompkins farm two miles west of Columbus City. A neighbor’s brush burning fed the quick-moving flame toward the Tompkins home but it was extinguished with little damage. The farm is owned by Mrs. Burdette Moore.
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Columbus Junction
Richard Tompkins
Columbus City
Tompkins
Burdette Moore
Kiwanis Club Meets at U P Home in Washington
The Washington Kiwanis Club held its regular meeting at the United Presbyterian Home with about sixty members and four guests present. Dr. George Kerr welcomed attendees and spoke on the Home, as Richard Colby discussed future expansion. the group toured the Brookhart residence, the new kitchen, and several cottages, among listed guests Ben Galer, Joe Yarrington, Don Felt, Ed Margold, and Ross Copeland.
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Washington Kiwanis Club
Unitedresbyterian
George Kerr
Richard Colby
Brookhart
Ben Galer
Joe Yarrington
Don Felt
Ed Margold
Ross Copeland
Reservations due for 3 4 Century Club dinner
Washington County elders are reminded that reservations for the annual Three Quarter Century Club dinner on Saturday August 27 are due. The event at noon at the Methodist Church features speaker Percy Holder. about 200 guests are expected to gather from 11 a.m. for socializing before dinner. Journal members host the event for residents aged 75 or older.
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Washington County
Journal
Percy Holder
Funeral services for Walter R Jaspering held in town
Funeral services for Walter R. Jaspering were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Wesley Collins presiding. Mrs. Esther Hill and Mrs. Nancy Bringman sang a duet. Pallbearers were Ellis Negus, David Williamson, John Lowash, Earnest Hazelett, Wayne Erwin and Dale M. Smith. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery.
Local social notes from Washington and area events
Mrs Eva Reim of Enid Oklahoma visits Washington to attend the Wilcox reunion and see her daughter and family the Max Lees and granddaughter Carla Grimes. The Cholchers visit in the Lambert home, Mrs Cholcher is Lambert kin. A J Vangalis and family of Thousand Oaks arrive to visit Ed Simmering and relatives including Hazel Walling. Miriam Jones represented Washington County in the all state 4-H chorus at the Iowa State Fair, filmed by NBC for a national program. The Simmerings host supper with Vangalis Walling Walling Keith and McKeown families. Prof and Mrs Robert Burham announce birth of Mary Lee at Des Moines Methodist Hospital weighing 5 11. Grandparents Everett Burham and Mrs Lloyd Gray. Clyde Lambert and D M Cholehers join a trip to Carthage AS for a phai...
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Eva Reim
Enid
Okla
Washington
Max Lees
Carla Grimes
D. M. Cholcher
Linda
Nancy
Don
Saginaw, Mich
Clyde Lambert
Cholcher
Lamberts
A. J. Vangalis
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Ed Simmering
Vangalis
Miriam Jones
J. H. Jones
Washington County
NBC Television
Robert L. Burham
Milton Avenue
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
Mary Lee
Melanie Lynn
Susan
Everett Burham
Lloyd Gray
Brighton
Kalona man fined for failing to yield at stop sign
Emil John Hessel schwerdt of Kalona was fined $10 and costs in Justice of the Peace Holden's court for failing to yield after stopping for a stop sign. Washington police officers charged the offense.
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Kalona
Justice of the Peace
Holden's
Emil John Hesselschwerdt
Washington
Old House Burned Ahead of Knights of Columbus Hall
Washington firemen set the torch to an old home on West Third behind St James Catholic church Wednesday night. They burned the building to clear three acres for a Knights of Columbus hall while conducting annual fire drills and practicing firefighting techniques.
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Washington
Ington
West Third
St. James Catholic Church
Knights of Columbus
Smith promoted to sergeant in 4th Infantry unit
Clark Smith son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Smith Jr has been promoted to Sergeant. He entered service in February and completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He was assigned to the Adjutant General at Fort Riley Kansas and now serves as Administration Supervisor NCO in the 4th Battalion 47th Infantry.
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Clark A. Smith
Fort Riley
Kansas
Clark Smith
Wesley Smith Jr
Clark
Fort Leonard Wood
Adjutant General
Kans
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Craig
Doug
Bloomington
Minn
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A.J. Vangalis
Carlos Walling
John Walling
Mike Keith
Anna McKeown
D. M
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