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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1976

Page

2

Ed Anderson Serves In State Fair Job

Ed Anderson worked in the Iowa State Fair 4-H Swine Department and will start football practice at Iowa Wesleyan College on August 29. He is a junior and the first game is September 18 against Grinnell College. The item also notes visits by several families, travel to Yellowstone, and other community events and schedules in Crawfordsville.

Crawfordsville Ed Anderson Iowa State Fair Des Moines Arvid Anderson Iowa Wesleyan College Grinnell College Dick McNeill Marcia Jim Perry John McNeill John Helen Howard Stewart Wenatchee Wash Dwight Graber Joanne Greenfield Ind Vickie William Kurtz Roy Gieselman Hugh Gosling Carman, Ill Minnesota South Dakota Wyoming Nebraska Bad Lands Black Hills Custer State Park Mt. Rushmore Buffalo Historical Center Cody Wyo Yellowstone National Park Pearl Hering Kenneth Beenblossom West Burlington Carolyn Carla Eric Schweizer Sioux City Eric Lone Tree University of Iowa Iowa City Ada Spencer Irma Hanft Grinnell Keith Vosburg Bill Vosburg Navy Vosburg Lumber Company Vosburgs Wilma Leland Love Barbara Reno New Spencer Harlan Davis Westminster Calif Willard Love Renee Loren Dubuque D. A. Davis Washington Alma Johnston Lindeen-Lund Burlington Crape Park Iris Kaufman Montour South Tama UNI Cedar Falls SUI United Church of Randy Finke Robert Richardson Plaza Younkers Betty Jones Virgil Hering Bennett Kirksville Max Hering Max

Professional Directory Items From Washington Iowa in 1976

A compact roster lists attorneys doctors chiropractors real estate brokers and service firms local to Washington Iowa and surrounding areas. Entries cover firms such as Griffiths Anderson Buffer Day Meeker Bates Morrison Lloyd Owen Stewart Shearer Tindal and others with addresses and telephone numbers. also listings for Dr Thomas D Kauffman Dr M L Tweeton John Lemmon P L Etter and various care and service providers along with travel and moving agencies and local nursing home Maplewood Manor. The Washington Evening Journal runs the directory in its August 31 1976 issue along with standard paper masthead and contact details.

Griffiths Anderson Buffer Lawrence B. Griffiths Tracy Anderson Pete F. Buffer W. Main Washington Kalona 5Th & B Street Livingston

University of Iowa Offers Off Campus Human Sexuality Course

The University of Iowa will offer an off campus class for university credit this fall at Washington High School. The Human Sexuality course starts Sept 2 at 7 p.m. in room 10, costs 90 dollars for three undergraduate or graduate credits, and is taught by Tom Mikelson. It carries cross department credit in Home Economics Education Nursing or Social Work.

University of Iowa Washington High School Tom Mikelson Kelly Schlapkohl Department of Home Economics

Shellbark Club wiener roast set at Columbus Jct

Event updates include a rescheduled Shellbark Club wiener roast for September 11 in Columbus Junction, notes on a Wednesday bridge club dessert event with prizes to Mrs. Victor Stacy and Mrs. Sheldon Hawkins, and a Rebekahs and Eastern Stars work day set for September 2 at the IOOF Hall. Also reported are births, memberships, and local schooling notes from the area.

Helene B. Dillon Columbus Junction Burdette Lewis Victor Stacy Sheldon Hawkins Rebekahs IOOF Tom Bennet Iowa City Mark Daniel Clifford Bennett Rex Foster Jr Waterloo Columbus Community High Warren Woepking Lyle Clark Clark New London Bob Curtis Mike Pavey Ed Bjork John Dillon Cedar Rapids Jane Garrett Kirkwood Community College Emma Beckman Order of the Eastern Star Columbus Community High School Iowa State University Sarah Des Moines Huston Lynn Schultz Robert Schultz U. S Greeley Colo Thomas Perry Alice Edmondson Colonial Manor Paul Lowe Pamela Boyd Buser Charles Buser Conesville Columbus Junction United Methodist Church Miss Lowe Iowa Land Corporation Iowa Buser University of Iowa Duane White Ainsworth Doyle Jarrard Washington

Ann Barth visits Crawfordsville extends week with relatives

Ann Barth of Lansing Mich visits Crawfordsville August 18 22 with grandmother Eva Blankenhorn and many relatives from Iowa and Washington. A family picnic honors her at the Messer home. The arrival of James Ward Singer born August 26 at seven pounds eleven ounces is noted with parents Greg and Diane Singer.

Crawfordsville Ann Barth Lansing Mich Eva Blankenhorn Washington Don Blankenhorn Doug Adison Vick Cedar Rapids Dave Messer Michelle Iowa City Messer Ann Allen Irene Blankenhorn) Barth Grand Rapids Greg Singer Spencer James Ward Singer Diane Young Jim Young Stanley Singer Farrel Young Amelia Bray Los Angeles Calif Lori Doug Steele Carol Winfield - Mt. Union Iris Restaurant Mt. Pleasant Good News Club Keith White Martha Canott Edith

End of West Coast Family Vacation for Larry Sexton Party

Mr and Mrs Larry Sexton and family return home from a cross country vacation visiting the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum in North Platte Nebraska Salt Lake City Mormon Square Hughson Carnation Genetics Bull Stud Yosemite Pearblossom A W LeBrun Roy Rogers Dale Evans Museum Beverly Hills Disneyland Knott’s Berry Farm Groman’s Theater Universal Studios Larry selected for a possible Emergency filming Ventura and then Eisenhower Museum Des Moines Iowa State Fair Abilene Kansas stop and an accident in Oskaloosa Iowa involving a semi wreck but no injuries to the family.

California Victorville Beverly Hills Carol Jessie Spencer Viola Charlton Disneyland Knott’s Berry Farm Groman’s Theater Hollywood Universal Studios Larry Ventura Abilene Kansas Des Moines Oskaloosa

Nick Greiner wins Iowa State Fair sheep shearing crown

Nick Greiner of Oxford Iowa won the Iowa State Fair sheep shearing contest in Des Moines clocking under two minutes per sheep in a field of 21 entries. The win qualifies him for January’s National Western Livestock Show in Denver. He and his wife Georgia have four children. he chairs the Johnson County Sheep and Wool Growers Assoc and runs a Shearing School at Hawkeye Tech in Waterloo each March.

Nick Greiner Oxford Iowa Des Moines Denver Colo Greiner Georgia Raymond Red) Greiners Keota Johnson County Sheep & Wool Growers Assoc Hawkeye Institute of Technology Waterloo Johnson County

Bus changes for September event schedule

Mini bus service will be suspended on September 6. The bus will travel to Old Threshers in Mt. Pleasant on September 3 and proceed to Burlington for riders wishing to join.

Old Threshers Mt. Pleasant Burlington

Lunch Menus for Wednesday to Friday

Wednesday offers ham salad sandwich with green beans milk and fruit. Thursday features creamed chicken on biscuit with mixed vegetables jellied cranberry fruit salad whacky cake and milk. Friday serves tuna salad sandwich corn lettuce wedge and fruit.

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State Fair Professional Directory Richard S. Bordwell North Marion Thomas D. Kauffman M. L. Tweeton Realtors Swarthout Realty Lowell A. Swarthout Production Credit Association Melvin Schneider Nursing Homes Maplewood Manor Nursing Home Osteopaths P. L. Etter Osteopathic Optometrist John W. Lemmon Iowa Avenue Weds Court House THE Children's House, Inc Cook's Tfr. Inc Atlas van Lines Fairfield Washington Evening Journal Washington, Iowa North Marion Ave Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc United Press International Inland Daily Press Assn Iowa Daily Press Assn Iowa Press Assn Audit Bureau of United States Wolf's Flower Shop Benjamin Moore Osincup's Columbus Jct Crawfordsville Park Amy Johnston Tracy Paula Fletcher Mike Roth Amy Williams Deanna Henderson Shawn Moore Penny Peter Mark Andy Lori Carlson Kelly Griffith Trisha Winter David Black Sonya Love Kim Tandy Christner Shelly Ellis Carmen Steele Tracy Lintz Diane Lee Lela Erdman Kenneth Cherryholmes Sunset Park Lloyd Beenblossom Mildred Clara Bain Beenblossoms Johnstown Estes Park Thompson River Canyon Larry Sextons West Mrs Jim McCreedy ST. James School Cedar Township Washington County McFarland-Miller Gertrude McFarland Dick Hagist East Main Moutlet Store
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