Californian revisits Iowa finds stars and stillness
Mrs. Murray of North Hollywood California spent six weeks in Washington Iowa visiting Everette Swift farm route 2 and reconnecting with childhood memories. She and her granddaughter Nikki La Fontaine marveled at Iowa's green scenery stillness and starry nights noting fewer planes and mosquitos than California. She recalled a heart operation and a new mitral valve heard clearly in Iowa. She praised corn fields rivers and the old hill and bridge that were altered. A farewell poem expressed what she found and will miss.
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Sheilah Klapp
Bunny Swift Murray
Mrs. Murray
North Hollywood
Calif
Everette Swift
Route 2
Washington
California
Nikki la Fontaine
San Fernando Valley
Iowa
North American
Mississippi
Alaska
West
Murray
Crooked
NFL players meet to discuss strike in Chicago
NFL player representatives convene in Chicago to consider another strike and review Executive Director Ed Garvey status. They will hear progress on contract talks with club owners after last season’s 42 day strike and ongoing slow negotiations with no recent meetings since August 11.
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Chicago
UPI
National Football League
Ed Garvey
Players Association
Waterhouse welcomes son James Matthew in Keota
Mr and Mrs James Waterhouse welcomed an eight pound fourteen ounce son James Matthew born at 9 42 am on Sunday August 17 in Keota He joins sisters Lynnette and Janette and grandparents Mrs Bernard Hahn and Mr and Mrs Robert Waterhouse with great grandmother Mrs Bessie Zickafoose Also noted are family travels in the southern states and community happenings including local civic roles and visits by neighbors
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Paul Sievert
The
Military Park
Georgia
Cherokee, Indian Reservation
North Carolina
Abe Lincoln
Smokie Mountains
Robert Vincent
Washington Co
Washington County
Area 10
Cedar Rapids
David Walker
Jeff
Glenvil
Neb
Cleo Sellers
Sigourney
Bill Walker
Keota
David
Madeline Mary Greiner
Darlene Peiffer
Omaha
Miss Peiffer
Brainard
Stanley Donels
Trent
Tricia
Boyd Sanders
Bill Yoder
Jim Bowen
Denise
David Long
Rubio
Bruce Smith
Karl Jones
Washington
Harold Wilson
Glen Knapp
Walter Neff
Ralph Herr
Harold Bloom
Phoenix
Ariz
Ellis Negus
West Liberty
Bertha Sanders
Maplewood Manor
Oral Dyson
First Trust and Union Savings Bank
Sievert
Dyson
North English High School
Mary Pat Vincent
Hastings
Kenneth McGuire
Jim, Paul
Susie
Ron Golgert
Shalla reunion held Sunday in Kalona
The annual Shalla reunion occurred Sunday at Kalona Park with Preston Edmondson of Columbus Junction and Robert Marek's family from Washington leading attendees. A long list of Kalona and surrounding area relatives joined, with Dale Duwa family named as 1976 committee and coffee provided. a Kalona Park fund contribution was made.
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Shalla
Kalona Park
Preston Edmondson
Columbus Junction
Robert Marek
Washington
John Dockendorff
Omaha
Neb
Richard Cowen
Barb
Moline, Ill
Claudia Kemper
River Forrest, Ill
Susan
Bob Kretzshmar
Iowa City
Ramona Shalla
Kalona
John Copper
Tracy Dodder
Lee Dann
Ed Conner
Urban TeBockhorst
Roger Altenhoffen
Robert March
Dale Duwa
Keota
Dwaine Shalla
Riverside
Flea Market Planned by Lee County Group
The North Lee County Historical Society announces its fourth annual Flea Market in Sacred Heart Hall Fort Madison spanning September 20 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and September 21 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds support the Historic Center in the former Santa Fe Depot opened May Memorial weekend 1975. Reservations: Bill Sopher Box 487 or Mrs Mary Hesse 603 Avenue F.
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North
Bill Sopher
Mary Hesse
Avenue F
Fort Madison
Iowa
One Pound Six Ounce Yellow Tomato Grown at Home
Mrs Mildred Zieglowsky brings a one pound six ounce yellow tomato from her apartment garden to the Journal office. She says it is the largest tomato she has grown and that another of the same size is at home. She has grown tomatoes for many years.
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Mildred Zieglowsky
Journal Office
Agnes Pacha, 83, dies at home near Brighton
Agnes Pacha died at 3 a.m. Monday August 25 1975 at her home south of Brighton. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church East Pleasant Plain with burial in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Rosary will be Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Gould Funeral Home Brighton. Surviving are her husband John two sons Paul of Brighton and Charles of Kalona five daughters Josephine Anna Sheraden Isabel Adam Helen Hesseltine Mary Redlinger 21 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She was born May 3 1892 in Jefferson County to Michael J and Emma Pobren Fritz. She married John Pacha May 5 1914 and was a member of St. Joseph's Church and Altar Rosary Society.
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Brighton
Agnes Pacha
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Louis Leonhardt
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Rosary
Gould Funeral Home
Pacha
Jefferson County
Michael J. and
Emma Pobren Fritz
John Pacha
St. Joseph's Church
Altar and Rosary Society
John
Paul
Charles
Kalona
Josephine
George
Anna) Sheraden
Ollie
Leo
Isabel) Adam
Richland
Delbert
Helen) Hesseltine
Oxford
James
Mary) Redlinger
Washington
Granny's tobacco spitting champion from Georgia mountains
Flint Michigan tale of Marie Davidek, a 71 year old granny who won a tobacco spitting contest at the Georgia Mountain Fair. She outspat a mountain man nine and a half feet, shocking her family yet embracing the wild win with a admits she would do it again while denying heavy smoking or chewing.
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Flint, Mich
UPI
Marie Davidek
Granny
Maryanne Bufone
Georgia Mountains
Georgia Mountain
Mrs. Davidek
Mrs. Buffone
Kidney Foundation Gift of Life Luncheon Held in Cedar Rapids
The Kidney Foundation of Iowa announces its Fourth Annual Gift of Life Luncheon on Sunday September 7 at the Roosevelt Royale Hotel in Cedar Rapids. The event honors kidney transplant recipients and patients awaiting transplants plus volunteers, with Distinguished Service Awards for notable volunteers. The program promotes posthumous kidney donation to boost transplants amid ongoing shortages.
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Kidney Foundation of Iowa
Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Wood and Zager Funeral Services Held Saturday
Funeral services for Roy Eugene Wood were conducted at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. J. Roland Crandall officiating. Interment followed in Ainsworth Cemetery with casketbearers including Robert A. Polito, Robert D. Wood, and others. Carrie B. Zager's service was at Sherman Eden Funeral Home led by Rev. Leland Grove, with burial in Kalona Cemetery and pallbearers named Robert Zager and family members.
Markets Livestock Grain JOLIET ILL UPI
Livestock and grain market report from Joliet Illinois notes cattle receipts at 4 200 with steers 50 to 150 higher heifers 1 50 higher and varied high to prime price ranges. Hog prices rise about 50 cents with demand strong for No 200 240 lb and 200 260 lb categories. Tuesday receipts estimated at 100 cattle and 1 000 hogs.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Westermark hosts dinner for Brown anniversary guests
Mr and Mrs Nels Westermark entertained at a family dinner honoring C J Brown of Los Alamitos California former Washington resident and Mr and Mrs Wayne C Brown of Iowa City for their 35th wedding anniversary. Other guests included Mrs Wilson Putman of Coralville Mr and Mrs Tom Myers of Cedar Rapids Maynard Brown and Mr and Mrs Jerry Westermark all of Washington. D J Brown will leave for home Tuesday after visiting his brother Maynard Brown and his sister Mrs Nels Westermark.
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Nels Westermark
C.J. Brown
Los Alamitos
Calif
Washington
Wayne C. Brown
Iowa City
Wilson Putman
Coralville
Tom Myers
Cedar Rapids
Maynard Brown
Jerry Westermark
D.J. Brown
Penningroth Bros Show Grand Champion Shorthorn at Iowa State Fair
Penningroth Bros of Wellman exhibited the grand champion Shorthorn bull at the Iowa State Fair. Their entry was the reserve grand champion last year, P F Nugget, a two year old bull.
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Penningroth Bros
Wellman
P.F. Nugget
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Ong
NFL
James Waterhouse Son
Lee County Group
Spurgeon’s
Dave Bell
Iseaia
Sprugeons
Ron Rice
Perry
Bell
Kidney Foundation
Harrison
BY Steve Reif
Hollywood
Armstrong
GAF
Congoleum
Futuro
Russell Stover
Candies
Drug Store
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