Two Washington changes weather and schools start
In Washington Iowa the week brought cooler August days after hot humid weather and a few rains. Paving and sewer work on Fourth Avenue continues while water tower remains unfinished. School openings show 109 fewer pupils, Lincoln School sees large kindergarten and first grade declines. Secretary Liddy criticized federal meat inspection, local 4-H honors high. A group from Kalona may buy the Hills Montezuma branch railroad for 400000 approved by the state. Hay fever pollen is low this season.
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Washington
Iowa
Fourth Avenue
Lincoln School
Liddy
Des Moines
Washington County
Ed Anderson
Crawfordsville
Mark Hot
WHS
Ray Tweeten
Rodney Prescott
Dick Fuhr
Kay Holland
Doug Whitehead
Reta Ahrens
Terry Leeper
Janice Robison
Roger Hamm
Milo Steele Jr
Brighton
Ralph Kleese
Leech Lake
Minn
Louis Reller
Meanne Meyer
Matilda
Miss Ball
Pittsburgh
G.E. Montgomery
Joyce
Guy
Walker
Velma Jarrard
Mildred Beck Sommers
Iowa State Teachers College
Little
Cantoni
Glassy and Gilmore
Palmer School
Washington Tennis Club
Davenport
Walter Wells
Washington Country Club
Walt
Stanley Smith
International Y
Detroit
Windsor
Dick McCleery
Midwest
Wisconsin
Colorado
Riverside
E.C. Eicher
Guy Carlton
Week on the Farm August 26 1972 Weather and weed control update
Rain added about two inches over the past days keeping crops fresh and ground moist. Aerial spraying is advised to finish weed control on corn fields, as post rain conditions boost chemical effectiveness. Rose bushes bloom, fall flowers peak, and a contrast between thriving farmsteads and weeded sites stands out.
Local veterans and travelers share news from Seattle to Kalamazoo
The column lists residents and families visiting relatives, training corps achievements, and travel plans. Highlights include Mr and Mrs Edgar Hohl visiting from Donnellson with Nate Young and Mary, Rolland Benson at the World's Fair in Seattle, Pvt Larry D. Shalla earning top trainee honors at Ft. Knox, and several trips to Kalamazoo and Davenport alongside summer activities and 20 year ago recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Hohl
Washington
Hawaii
Edgar Hohl
Donnellson
Nate Young
Mary
Rolland Benson
Seattle
California
Larry D. Shalla
Delta Company
3 Battalion
1St Training Brigade
United States Armour ‘Training Corps
Ft. Knox
Shalla
Dwane Shalla
AITA
Barbara Shannon
Joe Redlinger
Bob Bonar
Frank Kos
Kalamazoo
Mich
Canada
Phil Ahrens
Ron Marek
Jerry Horak
Davenport
St. Ambrose
Paul Horak
Jim Anderson
YMCA
Jay Carris honored on 95th birthday gathering
Jay Carris was greeted by many friends at an August 18 open house hosted by his daughter and son in law Clarence and Mrs Logan. He then attended a family party in the Logan home with about 40 guests. The region enjoyed a break from heat with a light shower and mid 80s expected daytime temps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Marek
Marie Wright
Paul Dodder
Doug Dowell
Santa Monica
Calif
Douglas Aircraft
Eileen Jeffrey
Wayne Norman
Cedar Township
Aeads
County Farm Bureau Group
Merle Simpson
Northern Ireland
Dave Livingston
Dave
France
Jay Carris
Clarence Logan
Carris
Logan
Vera Crawford
Washington
Dana Crawford
Ft. Madison
Crawford
Charles Livingston
Mountain Home
Ark
Elmer Schurbon
Maquoketa
Schurbon
Livingstons
Local 4-H youth win big at Iowa State Fair
Washington County 4-H members Jim Frier Ed Anderson Lori Hotchkiss Kirk Howsare earned top awards in livestock and beef projects at the 1972 Iowa State Fair. Anderson took reserve grand champion in breeding gilt division amid 175 entries. Hotchkiss won champion in the Suffolk lamb class and placed highly in ewe lambs. Howsare named Iowa Champion 4-H Beef Project member in Angus division after long beef records. Community notices include obituaries and a golden wedding anniversary for the Mayer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
4-11
Iowa State Fair Reports
Jim Frier
Ed Anderson
Crawfordsville
Arvid Anderson
Mark Hotchkiss
Washington
Jim Hotchkiss
Lori
Kirk Howsare
Iowa
Kirk
Raymond Howsare
Pork Producers buy barrow at State Fair in Des Moines
The Washington County Pork Producers bought the reserve champion Chester White barrow at the State Fair in Des Moines. Clarence Williamson of Eagle Grove owned the animal, sold for 55 dollars per cwt to fund advertising and to aid obtaining top producers' barrows for Kalona testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Chester White
Des Moines
Clarence Williamson
Eagle Grove
Kalona
Cochran Move To South Dakota Still Near Kin
Thursday August 24 notes the Cochran family relocating from Minot North Dakota to a new home in Talbott Trailer Court Minot while remaining close to their son Jerry Cochran family. Other items include Havel families fishing at Sauk Centre and hospital updates for Kimberly Jones in Davenport and Marion Timmins knee surgery in Iowa City. The notice mentions births and weddings involving the McConnell and Nemmers families with relatives visiting Arlington Heights Niagara Falls and Lewiston New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Cochran
Minot
N.D
Jerry
Talbott Trailer Court
Jerry Cochran
Kirk
Susan
Joe Cochrans
Francis McConnell
Brenda
Boston
Larry Nolte
Karen McConnell
Boyd Whites
Arlington Heights
Ill
Coppock
Niagara Falls
Lewiston
N.Y
Chris McConnell
Noltes
Europe tour returns for Duensing family and local notices
Friday brief recalls the Duensing couple returning from a 24 day Europe tour visiting Tom in Gaeta Italy and nations including Austria Switzerland Germany and England. Also notes hospitalizations births and local family updates including Schantz Crawford Mullikin and Weber White Hiller HuMston Manning and others with medical and travel details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Duensing
Europe
Tom
U.S. Springfield
Gaeta
Italy
Rome
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
Belgium
France
England
Deaths of week Columbus Junction area
Obituaries list several local residents with ages and death dates. Leonard Seitz 64 of Letts found dead. services held 2 p.m. today at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. burial Letts Cemetery. Other notices include Isabelle Hill 86 Columbus Junction, Ella Miller 86 Washington, Samuel Tusing 69 Washington, Grant Humston Sr 72 near Washington, Frank A Krotz 71 Washington, James B Wier 82 Grandview and Muscatine, W H McConnell Sr 85 Washington County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Jun
Stacy - Lewis
Leonard Seitz
Letts
David Seitz
A.A Buntenbach
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Isabelle Hill
Washington County
James B. Wier
Grandview
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Hospital and patient movements listed in weekly roundup
A dense hospital column lists patients admitted yesterday and today, including names such as Mrs Paul Gault in Washington and Mrs Nola Holmes in Crawfordsville, with notes medical or surgical. Dismissals note several individuals, among them Mr and Mrs Robert White from Letts and Mrs Emma Tinnes from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramuttea
Paul Gault
Washington
Melvin Havel
Riverside
Nola Holmes
Crawfordsville
Hal Williams
Floyd Olds
Anna Langstaff
Ainsworth
Paul Kerr
Columbus Junction
Sherry Cocklin
Robert White
Letts
Robert Baker
Richard Vargason
Tony Bittner
Brighton
James Lewis
Marry Wentworth
William Allbright
Leroy Conrad
Larry Knerr
Keota
Larry Weber
Fred Bey
Cloyd Garrett
Robert White and Son
Gleede Cold
Wayland
Harvey Busby
Ramirres
Frederick Scott Pereles
Potomac
Medical
Walter Sheets
Surgical
Marland Wisely
Raymond Hiller
Leo Reinert
Harold Sheets
Lester Kern
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Aaron
Barbara Rathmell) Koskamp
Coggon
Upper Iowa College
Fayette
Koskamp
Ray Rathmell
Alvin Jones
Olivia, Minn
Tom Langhoffs
Jones
Shari
Angela Renae
Langhoff
Cindy Jones
Tors
Harry Lyon
David
Rock Island, Ill
Emma Marek
Pat Marek
Frank Greubel
Chariton
Marek
Donald Goetz
Debbie
Terri
Doug
Jackie
Ind
George Goetz
Faye
Glenn Beauchamp
South 4Th
Reisch Auction College
Mason City
Iowa State Fair
Roger Mayer
Hiawatha
Millington
Tenn
Cheryl
Leslie Englehoven
Iowa City
Calvin Smith
Smith
Chauncy McFarland
Bar Harbor
Maine
Leona Wehr
G.H. Mayer
Barrow
Marion Timmins
West Chester
Timmins
Debbie Zehr
Airfield
Deanna Zehr
Milo John Heisdorffer Jr
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Clear Creek
Dian
East Moline
Diana
Lorence Marek
Kathy
Greg
Larry Marek
Shelley
Brad
Timmy
Don Minick
Southwest
Dan Martin
Tucson
Ariz
National Association of Postal Supervisors
Phoenix
Minick
Las Vegas
Salt Lake City
David Gregory
Ames
River Oak Drive
Earl Finke
Mercy Hospital
Dan Lowe
Wheatland
Robert Timothy
Tammy
William’ Normans
Robert Lowes
Osteopathic Hospital
Kimberly Road
Cochrans
S. Dakota
Louis Havel
Route 2
Leon Havel
Kaylene
Karen
Randy
Mechanicsville
Missing Link
Sauk Centre
Kimberly Jones
Everett Jones
Bettendorf
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kimberly
Somerset
Iown City
Nettie van Loh
George
Aplington
Della Humphreys
Miss van Loh
Miss Humphreys
Business College
van Nuenn
K Avenue
Anacortes
Wash
Aaron Phillip
Little Aaron
Toni Kuehn
Kuehn
Betty McConnell
Mark Nemmers
Nemmers - Anderson
Dedra Nemmers
Merrill Anderson
St. James Church
Mr. Nemmers
Betty Ginn
Kenneth
Todd
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax
Merle Jeffries
Ginn
Glen
Sam) Schantz
Clarence Brown Sr
Glen Mullikin Jr
Patsy
Glen Mullikin Sr
Mullikins
Robin Mullikin
Don Mullikins
Plaza
Roy Rogers
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Gerald Hoyle
Jeff
Jeri
Joel
Bill Graf
Richard Schuck
Clarence Blum
Pine Island Resort
Ray
Larry D. Krotz
Krotz
Frank Krotz
Major Krotz
Stork Gazette
Julie Ann Weber
Larry Albert Weber
John Earl White
Robert Franklin White
William Joseph Hiller
Raymond Lee Hiller
Brian Lee Humston
Larry HuMston
North Avenue
Larry Allen Manning
South ‘7Th
Lela Rosen
Mario James Salazar
Cotter
Medical Today
Joe. Marston
Winfield
Larry Manning
Chalmer G. Marshall
Joliet
Mr. Marshall
East Third Street
Ella Miller
East Washington Street
Washington County Hospital
Samuel Tusing
Eas Street
Washington Care Center
Grant H. Humston Sr
Frank A. Krotz
South Third Avenue
W. H. McConnell Sr
United Presbyterian Home
Marland Wiseley
Larry Joe Woods
Leslie Miller
Cynthia Norris
Dwight Laughlin
Emma Tinnes
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