Practice Institute Creates Rival Junior High Factories
Roger Eichelberger from Washington participated in the NDEA Institute for Advanced Study in Industrial Arts at Kansas State College in Pittsburg. Twenty five teachers formed two rival firms to produce line products, swap stock, and resolve labor disputes, with COMCO gaining control after a buyout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Eichelberger
Washington
Ndea Institute For Advanced Study
Kansas State College of
F. Victor Sullivan
KSC
National Defense Education Act Institute
Penguin Company
Whitesitt Hall
School of Technology
Penguin
Max Lundquest
Roosevelt Junior High
Pittsburg
Comco, Inc
COMCO
Organ
Hoekstras visit St. Louis and regional families
Donald Hoekstra family plans days in St. Louis visiting For rest Park and the zoo. Des Moines couple Wilmer Stein hart are parents of daughter Dietra Kay born August 16. Grandparents listed, others vacationing in California and Riverside. Local residents and families noted with moves, travels, and a business trip to Nashville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Donald Hoekstra
St. Louis
Forrest Park
Zoo
Wilmer Steinhart
Des Moines
Dietra Kay
Clifford Fritchen
Ollie
Earl] Hartzell
Howard Fritchen
Keith
Charles City
Kenneth
Audubon
Duane
Warren
Mich
Roger Gillis
Oklahoma
Friends Mission Station
Wyandotte
Tom Robertson
A.E. Maorer
Rubio
Richard Reighard
Carthage
Ill
C. L. Reighard
Ben Rusk
Nashville
Tenn
Meet the Friendliest People in Town Washington Journal Ad
An advertisement offers the Washington Journal for sale with the phrase meet the friendliest people in town. It lists contact phone number 653 2191 for interested buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Journal
Visitors and gatherings mark West Chester notes
West Chester reports a busy period with Mrs. C S Wheeling hosting visitors from Iowa City Keota and Columbus Junction. Local families including the Kindreds Stewarts and Carters shared meals attended reunions and a trip to the Iowa State Fair. Tuloma Gas Products moved its Keota office to West Chester Highway 92 and new business activity was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Carter
Cathi
Brian
Bob Carter
John
Washington
Charles Carter
Milledgeville
Illinois
Louis Carter
Hillsdale
Bert Carter
Lee
Mary Jane
DeAnn
Stanford
California
Ted Zieglowsky
Bill Guenther
Jeff
Iowa
Stenbent Malkinthin
Bevyerly
Robert
Ollie
John Carter
Redonda
Garland Trizzell
Luana
Garland
Redonda Beach
Carter
Jerry Foriash
Richard Stewart
Tom Hobbs
Tom West
Hollis Roth
Tuloma Gas Products
Keota
Highway 92
West Chester
Louisa supervisors adopt 1968 budget
The Louisa County Board of Supervisors held a budget hearing on August 25 and approved a 1968 budget of 1,154,716. The tax levy is estimated at 22 dollars per thousand of assessed valuation, with expenditures breaking out by fund including general, court, poor relief, state institutions, mental health, and secondary roads among others. Directors named: Lyle E. Duncan, chair. Guy Jamison. R. F. D.. Frank M. Baird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Lyle E. Duncan
Cotter
Guy Jamison
Wapello
Frank M. Baird
R. F
Benefit race set at Riverside track
Benefit race planned for Sunday September 3 at Riverside Speedway south of Riverside on bi way 218 with time trials at 7 and races at 8 p m Proceeds go to Dennis Boone Navy of Riverside and Keith Drake of Iowa City Keith Drake was injured in a cater pillar accident March 18 and remains in a cast Dennis Navy was injured in a car motorcycle crash on August 6 and is awaiting surgery at Mercy Hospital Keith Drake has announced races on Fridays and is a member of the motorcycle club
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Riverside Speedway
Dennis ‘Boone’ Navy
Keith Drake
Iowa City
Keith
Dennis
Mercy Hospital
Bell Family Reunion and Get to Gethers at Local Fairgrounds
August 25 report lists numerous Bell family members and relatives gathered at the Washington County Fairgrounds for a reunion. The Grand View Get-to-Gethers met with Mary Fisher, sharing a cooperative noon dinner followed by handwork and visiting. Separate notes discuss fall men's fashion trends with double-breasted styles, shaped single breasted suits, and bold checks and plaids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Bell
Washington County Fairgrounds
Stella Bell
Theo, Ressler
Williamsburg
Lesley Bell
EF. Ray Bell
Geo. E. Ell
Isaac Sprague
Keota
George Cannot
Crawfordsville
Stanley Zehr
Washington
Williard Bell
Ainsworth
Harold Amfors
Melanie
Oxford
Ed Freers
Teri
Donald Bell
Gerald Buckwalter
Iowa City
James Bloomquist
Coralville
Frank Ehrenberger
Solon
Gilbert Bell
Wilbur Bell
Wm. A. Bell
John Bell
Frank Carpenter
Robert Bell
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Bell
Colfax
Hubert Malisky
Riverside
Grand View
Mary Fisher
Elaveen Longwell
Patricia
Vivian Sutsinger
Vicki
Aleen Gislain
Erna Karnes
Ruth Page
Ida Bull
Mabel Wagamon
Signature scarf rises as top fashion accessory
United Press International notes the signature scarf as the era’s premier fashion accessory. The oversized silk square features bold patterns and the names of top international designers. The piece prompts men to consider vests as part of a complete look, from shawl collar to straight-cut designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentlemen's Quarterly
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victor Sullivan
Kansas State College
Institute On Industrial Arts
Bob Agnew
Wichita, Kansas
Kansas State
Fichelberger
Thad Slowecki
Enid
Feather Picker’s
Kansas
William P. Spence
College
Donald Hoekstras
St. Louis Zoo
Mrs
Otto Pfeifer
Roy Seaton
Kathleen and
Karen Seaton
Calif
San Francisco
Wm. Anderson
Anderson
Pekin Community High School
Lawrence Bond
Bill Fritchen
John McClure
Donahue
Milwaukee Road
Mrs. C. S. Wheeling
C. S. Wheeling
Fiddler
Elizabeth Clark
Gladys Green
Helen Wolfe
Pearl Richardson
Wendell Kindred
Karmen
Cindy
Kindred
Keith Stewart
Stewart
Phillips
Roy Carter
Louisa
Grace Butler
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day. Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Mrs. Wilbur Kiene
the National Bank of
Washington, Iowa
Stass
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
O. B. Godber
United Press International
Indianapolis
Ind
Joe Bennett
Farmland
American Rifle Association
Robert Rock
Indiana
UPI
Malcom
Malcolm
Thermogas
Hhermogai
Central Park
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