Who's Who Winner Wins $95 in Journal Contest
Mrs. Merle Turnipseed, 819 East Van Buren, correctly identified Howard Hess as last week's Who's Who mystery man in the Evening Journal contest. Prize money this week returns to $35 with the fourteenth and final contest appearing today. The clues listed describe Hess with details from birth to family and business ties, including a Keota birth, German name, Richard Kiwanis middle name, and a 1936 marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Turnipseed
East van Buren
Rich
Howard Hess
Evening Journal
Keota
Richard Kiwanis
Hospital
Frances
Washington
Harper
Classes Open At Washington High With Assembly
The 1966 67 term began at Washington High School with an assembly where Principal Burge Hammond welcomed students and staff. Rev Clarence Dehne gave the invocation and Student Body President Martin Chebuhar led the flag salute followed by the Star Spangled Banner sung by Barbara Humston. Returning faculty were introduced, new teachers noted, and speakers included Charles Morris of the Evening Journal. Also welcomed were exchange student Suthep Vacharapong of Thailand and Rotary exchange student Miguel Glik from Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington High School
Pricipal Burge Hammond
Clarence Dehne
First Presbyterian Church
Martin Chebuhar
Barbara Humston
Russell Bannister
Don Woodruff
Charles Morris
The
Evening Journal
Tom English
Princial
Suthep Vacharapongpreecha
Thailand
American Field Service
Miguel Glik
Rotary Club
Argentina
Municipal Band Concert Set at Central Park Stage
The Washington Municipal Band presents a concert on Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Central Park. Featured pieces include Original Dixie Land Concerto by Washington with Max Lee and others, plus God Bless America, Queen City March, Overture Contempora, and Highlights from State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Municipal Band
Washington
Max Lee
John Winga
Cloyd Garrett
Warren Erickson
Milo Steele Jr
Joe Kerr
Queen City
Cofield
Warrington
Huber
Field of Color
Bowles
Cancer Society Meeting Set for Thursday at Fair Grounds
Mr and Mrs Joe Knotek chairman of the Washington County Chapter of the American Cancer Society announces the annual meeting will be held at the school house on the fair grounds in Washington on Thursday September 1 at 8 00 p m Elections of officers will be held and all officers are urged to attend Reports will be given Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Knotek
Washington County
The
American Cancer Society
Fairgrounds
Washington
Area men win in tractor pulling at state fair
Local competitors earned wins and high finishes in Des Moines and Sedalia events. Kenny Kucera and Carl Prybil, both Riverside, placed third and fourth in the 6000 pound class with Massey V-8 tractors, while Terry Greiner of Keota finished sixth with a Massey V-8. Ronald Bowser of West Chester won the 9000 pound class with a custom V-8, and Gary Sheetz of Washington was runner up with a 4010 John Deere. Joe Holub of What Cheer was third aboard an ACD-21, Ernie Ropp of Kalona fourth with a 4010 John Deere, and Earl Baumert of Keota fifth with an International 806 gas. Dick Stewart of West Chester topped the 12000 pound class in Sedalia aboard an International 806-D, with Wayne Shalla of Riverside second on a 4020 John Deere and Richard Ball of Oxford third on a 4010 John Deere. Other participants included Jerry Forinash of West Chester placing second in the 4500 pound class with a Ward-6, and Bowser winning the 5500 class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kenny Kucera
Riverside
Carl Prybil
Terry Greiner
Keota
Ronald Bowser
West Chester
Gary Sheetz
Richard Ball
Oxford
John Deere
Sedalia
Jerry Forinash
Richard Stewart
Local residents share summer travels and family updates
Local news items recount Wayne Good and family returning to Holland Texas after visiting relatives. Philip Myers leaves Lee's Summit Missouri for junior year. joins Powell family at their home Nov 1 after country club season. J M Goodwin returns from Mercy Hospital Iowa City staying with sister in Mt. Vernon. Friends attended Margot Tucker wedding in Lincoln. Jack Wugley and Joy Quigley plus Jess Quigley group return from Seattle vacation. Mary and Susan Palmer visit grandmother in Mt. Vernon. Rees family trip includes Toledo teaching move and State Fair trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Myers
Claude R. Powell
Lee’s Summit
Powell
Philip
Lee's Summitt High School
Elizabeth Browning
Elaine Wiltsee
Lee's Summit
Two local men buy credit bureau here
Bob Koehler and Ray Carter announce the purchase of the Washington Credit Bureau from Mrs. Jeanne Chapman. The change takes effect September 1 with Mrs. Chapman staying briefly to help Beulah Osborne, who will be new office manager. Chapman shifts to accounting and tax work. Koehler remains in insurance. Carter stays with Geb Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Koehler
Ray Carter
Washington Credit Bureau
Jeanne Chapman
Creau
Washington
Roger Chapman
Beulah Osborne
Ray
Geb Chevrolet
Bob
I 1
Sellers
Funeral services held for Walter A Barnett at Jones Home
Walter A. Barnett’s funeral services were conducted Monday at 1:30 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Cowell presiding. The American Legion led graveside rites with a long roster of color guard, firing squad, buglers, pallbearers, and volunteers including Charles Ho Ue, Jesse Rad da, James Hayes, George Rudiger, Harold Jarvis, Norman Schoonover, and many others.
Mrs. Verie Jones Leppert 75 Rubio dies after stroke
Mrs Verie Jones Leppert 75 of Rubio died Monday at the local hospital after a stroke four months earlier. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Rubio Friends Church with Harold Chute officiating. Burial in Friends Cemetery. Survived by husband Donald, six grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren, a brother Raymond Jones, and a sister Mrs C T Wilson. The couple ran the Rubio Telephone Exchange for 35 years.
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Richland
Fred Leppert
Rubio
Miles
Lucy Barker Jones
Leppert
Aone Donald
Raymond Jones
Brighton
C. T. Wilson
Johnson reaffirms Vietnam commitment at Legion convention
President Johnson addressed the 48th American Legion convention in Washington highlighting continued U.S. military resolve in Vietnam until a final surrender of violence. He said armistice can end fighting without ending the war and stressed eradicating war causes including poverty and deprivation.
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Washington
UPL
Johnson
Viet Nam
American Legion
Asia
Births and dismissals in Kalona and Washington records
Yesterday in Kalona Mr and Mrs Iddo Yoder welcomed a son. In Washington a baby girl Harvey was dismissed, born to Mrs Earl Wood of Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iddo Yoder
Kalona
Harvey
Washington
Earl Wood
Ainsworth
LaVerne L. Graber
Wayland
Rita Maurene
Donald J. Davis
John L. Davis
Bethel Deaconess nursing student to wed 1964 graduate
Aliss Graber, a 1964 Mount Pleasant High School graduate and current senior at Bethel Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing in Newton Kansas, engages to a 1964 Washington High School graduate who studied at Friends Bible College in Haviland. He plans work at Prairie View Psychiatric Hospital in Newton. No wedding date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aliss Graber
Mount Pleasant High School
Bethel Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing
Newton
Kan
Washington High School
Friends Bible College
Haviland
Prairie View Psychiatric Hospital
Golden Age Club meeting honors two members
Mrs Lydia Ferguson of Hartville Ohio and Mrs Emma Campbell were guests at the Golden Age Club meeting Monday at the YWCA rooms. Thirty seven members attended with morning handwork and sewing and afternoon games. Mrs Frank Gobble served ice cream and Dora Wagner provided cake in honor of recent birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Ferguson
Hartville, O
Emma Campbell
Golden Age Club
Ywca Rooms
Frank Gobble
Dora Wagner
Booster club to be organized here in Washington
About 150 men from the Washington Community School District met at the fairgrounds to organize a Booster Club to support athletics and other activities in Washington District schools. A 15-member board of directors and a constitution were to be drafted, with committees reporting in two weeks. Coach Harrington endorsed booster clubs and outlined plans to improve the Demons football program despite limited experience. Regular meetings would review game films and discuss upcoming plans, with charter memberships to be set at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community
Fairgrounds
Washington
Washington High School
Roger Harringen
Demons
Harrington
Tom English
Local Notes On Weddings and Visits Across States
Nashville student Pat Gilpin attends Thompson Gilpin wedding in Humboldt and plans Vanderbilt PhD work. Burroughs and Burroughs of Bettendorf attend St Louis Cardinals game with 46,211 fans. Brooks and Tinres attend Carla Rothlisberger wedding in Bartlesville. Carla Rothlisberger married Philip Deutsch in St Johns Catholic Church Lawton Oklahoma. Della Humphreys hosts visitors as A J Cherry returns from Minot with granddaughter Lesa Ann. Ed Beranek travels to Manhattan to visit Lt. Dennis Beranek at Ft. Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Gilpin
Nashville
Tenn
Thompson Gilpin
Humboldt
A. J. Gilpi
Vanderbilt University
Cloyce Tinres
Jim Brooks
Brooks
Ed Beranek
Arthur Beranek
Richmond
Manhattan
Kan
Dennis A. Beranek
Ft. Riley
Anti zoning meetings boost opposition in Keota area
A Washington County Chapter Ba sic Freedoms Inc meeting at the 76 Center Community Building near Keota urged county supervisors to drop a proposed zoning ordinance. Additional sessions are planned at Wayland Sale Barn on Tuesday August 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Riverside on Thursday September 1:30 p.m., with future notices for Crawfordsville Washington and Wellman.
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Washington County
Basic Freedoms Inc
76 Center
Keota
Wayland Sale Barn
Riverside
Crawfordsville
Washington
Wellman
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Central Park
Amerisa — Ber
Leon Beaty
Aed
F. W. Schnoebelen
Utilities
Eastern Iowa Light & Power Cooperative
Iowa
Cancer Society
Wayne Goodnight
Greg
Kirk
Jon Mark
Holland
Texas
C. W. Shaffer
J. M. Goodwin
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Dora Bolar
East Main
Margot Tucker
Keith Burkholder
Lincoln
Mil
C.W. Tucker
Ira Morrison
Ann
Tom
Mary Kay
Tom Stewart
Sally
Don Minick
Willis Jones
L. B. Eicher
Tom Eicher
Nels Westermark
Wallace Fagen
George ‘Tripp
Linda
Ralph Marshall
Jane
Jim Wilson
Tim Greiner
John Phleger
Geneseo, Ill
Sam McCleery
Chris
Kay
Beth
Littleton
Colo
Jack Wugiey
Joy
Jess Quigley
Seattle
Wash
Lyle Arthur
Mark
Mary
Susan Palmer
Willard Palmers
Mt. Vernon
Ethel Palmer
Mrs
Everett Shenefelt
Cedar Rapids
I. W. Shenefelts
Ed Rees
Carole
Rees
Cheryl
Toledo
Herbert Hoover High School
Suteil
Wolf's Wolf's
Legionaires
Osincup’s
Myron Burroughs
Larry Burroughs
3Ettendorf
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
Ans
Roger Aaronall
Johnnie
Jimmie
Winfield
Della Humphreys
E. V. Humphreys
Wapello
Calvin Humphreys
Robert Humphreys
Anne
Lynne Ad Paul
Wyman
Jim Alin
Richard and
Roy
Williamsburg
A. J. Cherry
Minot
N. D
Lesa Ann
John Cherry
Lesa
the Willow's
Minick Furniture Co
Nt'l. Bank
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