Winter brings snow and plans for a busy holiday week
Washington County records a light two inch snowfall and near freezing temperatures while shoppers surge into the season. Community Chest progress stands at about three percent of the 37330 goal as merchants extend hours. A half million, three year street and sewer program wins approval and Blair House may be replaced by a municipal complex east of city hall. Kalona opens a new Pleasantview Home nursing care unit, and Optimist yield contests crown top corn and bean producers. Local schools prepare holiday concerts as junior high and high school musicians stage Christmas performances.
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Winter
Washington County
Iowa
Washington
Blair House
Kalona
Pleasantview
Washington Optimist Club
George Horn
Don Sheetz
Passing Years Retrospective Highlights From Decades Past
A column recaps events from 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago in Kalona and Washington County. Notes include 1964 license plate lines, a grand champion at Chicago livestock expo, a retirement dinner for city clerk John Lowash, lease and quitting sale of Crone's Market, local scouts and church activities, a schoolhouse fire, prize counts from scrap drives, and tributes to Sam Armstrong among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ropp
Kalona
Ropp
Washington County
Bob
Connie Greene
Ainsworth
Chicago
Ellen Rebecca Fenn
Washington
John K. Lowash
Victor Crone
Crone’s Market
Cloyce Stewart
Pvt
Theodore Stewart
Ft. Riley
Wortman
Ainsworth UP Church
Maurine Stephens
Gene Stephens
Cornell College
Eureka
Louise Gillespie
Henry Hull
Carl Roberts
Maynard Brown
Grand Prairie
Ruth Gideon
Union ‘School
Elizabeth Clark
Mary E. Johnson
Lloyd McIntosh
Newcastle
Wyo
Black Hills
South Dakota
Regal
C. W. Stewart
Edna Lewis
Mae Campbell
Phil Crail
Jim Fishburn
H. E. Case
Sam Armstrong
Tina
Edith Shields
Riverside Cedar Rapids Couple Wed At St Matthews Church
Jean Kay Thompson of Cedar Rapids daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Thompson of Riverside married Thomas Wayne Porter son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Porter of Manchester at St Matthew's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. Rev T J Kisting read the vows on Saturday December 1 at 1 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Jean Kay Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Marion Thompson
Thomas Wayne Porter
Wayne Porter
Manchester
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
T.J. Kisting
Stork Gazette birth announcements feature local families
Rachel Joy Yoder, Lynn Alvin Miller, Steven Leroy Shipley, Brandy Renee Crumly, Krista Arlene Polton are listed with parental names and rural routes or street addresses in Kalona Lone Tree Columbus Junction Brighton. The notices identify newborns and their families in a concise community roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Joy Yoder
Vernon Yoder
Kalona
Lynn Alvin Miller
Alvin Lynn Miller
Steven Leroy Shipley
Robert Lee Shipley
Lone Tree
Brandy Renee Crumly
Joseph Eugene Crumly
Columbus Junction
Krista Arlene Polton
Edward Martin Polton
South Harrison
Brighton
Carriers Christmas Party highlights at Washington Journal
Eighty Washington Evening Journal carriers and parents attended the annual Carriers Christmas Party at The Captain's Table. Prizes honored excellent service with a tie for Journal Watch of 1973 between John Cady and John Gugel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Washington Evening Journal
John Cady
Marion Cady
John Gugel
Ezra Gugel
Larry Gugel
Billy Baker
Bob Baker
Norman Hesseltine
Brighton
Robert Hesseltine
Joe Hennigan
William Hennigan
Cary Hotle
Richard Hotle
Mark Widmer
Harlan Widmer
Washington City Council approves three year street plan
The Washington Iowa City Council approved a three year street construction program worth about 594 722 dollars for 1974 to 1977 with annual updates. The plan calls for 24 inch asphalt overlays on several streets and includes storm sewer curb and gutter work and paving. If all projects proceed 8.15 miles of streets could be reconditioned at a total cost just under 600 000 dollars. Weather disruptions impacted services and maintenance. Mr and Mrs Howell Rees celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with an open house at the State Bank of Columbus Junction hosted by relatives from several nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City Council
Iowa Highway Commission
Madison St
Howell Rees
State Bank of
Columbus Junction
K. Eugene Rees and
Harold C. Rees
Washington
Ainsworth
Iowa City
Crawfordsville
Wapello
Winfield and
Kalona
First Snow Falls in Washington as Winter Arrives
Snow continued to fall in Washington with a trace at 7 am rising to an inch by noon. A moisture total of 1.15 inches was reached this morning, with prior precipitation of .30 inches. Iowa Hawkeye Dan Dickel, defensive end, and kicker Harry Kokolus were named to an All-American post season Tampa game squad. Dr. Thomas Kauffman opened a chiropractic office at 204 North Marion Avenue. Cornelia Day was elected treasurer of the regional tourism council. A baby boy, Jeffrey Jay Schulz, was born at Burlington Hospital weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dan Dickel
Kalona
Iowa Hawkeye
Tampa
Fla
Hawkeye
Harry Kokolus
Chicago
Lauterbur
Dickel
University of Iowa
Thomas Kauffman
Palmer College of Chiropractic
North
Marion Avenue
Cornelia Day
Muscatine
Iowa Development Commission
Tourism and Recreational Development Division
Richard A. Ranney
Des Moines
van Buren
Linn
Benton
Cedar
Clinton
Henry
Iowa
Jefferson
Johnson, Lee
Scott
Washington Counties
John Schulz
Highland
Burlington
Jeffrey Jay
Burlington Hospital
Ann
Clarence Logan
Carl Schulz
Jay Carris
Washington area yields contest crowns corn and soybeans
George Horn led corn with a 190.49 bushel average and Donald Sheetz topped soybeans at 56.46 bushels in the Iowa Master Corn and Soybean Yields Contest in Washington area competition. Preliminary results announced today may be adjusted after Iowa State University verification. The local Washington contest, sponsored by the Washington Optimists Club, weighed moisture tested and graded grain under contest chairman Frank Patterson. Other county contests are run by Lions Clubs in Ainsworth and Crawfordsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Horn
Donald Sheetz
Washington Area
Iowa
Iowa State University
Washington Optimists Club
Frank Patterson
Town Crop Improvement Association
Iowa State
Lions Clubs
Ainsworth
Crawfordsville
County audit shows 1972 tax receipts and refunds
State Auditor Lloyd R. Smith reports the 1972 Washington County audit is filed at the courthouse and in Des Moines. The county collected 4,884,726 in property taxes and received 1,033,983 back from the state. Red Cross certifies twenty two in Standard Multimedia first aid course. Several local residents and relatives are noted as patients, visitors, or in news of recent events and travels.
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Lloyd R. Smith
Washington County
Des Moines
Red Cross
McCreedy
Carson Plumbing
Washington
Manufacturing
Northrup King
Howard Curl
Jim Hanshaw
Don Allender
James Hesser
Richard Allison
Don Pencil
Jim Richards
Bill Hornung
William L. Zickefoose
Ray Martin
Dayton Crim
Lyle Moen
Robert Huber
John R. Collett
Stanley J. Meader
John S. Hough
Bill van Sickle
Cloyce Statler
Keota
John Widmer
Riverside
Gordon L. Sherman
Brighton
Robert Bauer
West Chester
Mervyn Hale
Wellman
Paul Vaughn
Boyd Seifkas
Roger Schloss
Richard Colby
Deaths and obituaries of Richland and area figures
Harold Hayes oil dealer in Richland died unexpectedly at home on Saturday December 41 1973. William R. Kime former orchard operator at 78 died December 1 1973 in Fairfield. Alfred R. Ledger 71 former Washington businessman and Iowa City realtor died December 5 1973. Stanley Ketchel Carey 60 of Fredonia died December 5 1973 in Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Charley Starr 76 funeral Thursday in Richland. Ivan L. Niffenegger 60 of rural Keota died December 6 1973 from traffic injuries. Russell C. Argo 49 district manager for Iowa Southern Utilities died December 5 1973 after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Harold Hayes
William R. Kime
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Alfred R. Ledger
Washington
Iowa City
Mercy Hospital
West Main Street
Columbus Junction
Stanley Ketchel Carey
Fredonia
Charley Starr
Gould
Kenneth Pitts
Highland
Stor
Starr
Ivan L. Niffenegger
Keota
West Chester
University Hospital
Mr. Niffenegger
Russell C. Argo
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Washington County Hospital
Hospital Monday brief births and admissions report
Listing of hospital events includes births for Mr and Mrs Shipley Lone Tree a son and Mr and Mrs Crumley Columbus Junction a daughter plus two more births for Mr and Mrs Alvin Lynn Miller Kalona a son. Dismissals include multiple patients such as Miss Rose Quinn Wi and Mindy Lee Miller Washington. Admitted yesterday Weaver Briggs Winfield and today Ray Westfall Columbus Junction in long term care.
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Ruth Courtney
Washington
Medical
Helen Underwood
Riverside
Robert Shipley
Lone Tree
Joseph Crumley
Columbus Junction
Alvin Lynn Miller
Kalona
George Lough
Brighton
Christina Marie Dann
Ainsworth
Jennie Hanft
Mindy Lee Miller
Rose Quinn
Faye Swickara
Hubert Bodkins
Vernon Yoder
Ray Westfall
Weaver Briggs
Winfield
Admitted Yesterday Names Across Several Cities
Tuesday admission list includes Harry Anderson Brighton medical Mrs Clarence Clingman Packwood medical Dan Boyd Columbus Junction medical Jerry Collett Washington medical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Anderson
Brighton
Clarence Clingman
Packwood
Dan Boyd
Columbus Junction
Jerry Collett
Washington
Wednesday Admitted and Births Reported at Local Hospitals
Yesterday admissions include Mary Catherine Greiner of Keota for medical care, Brenda Brock of Washington for surgery, and Mrs Etieine Spenser of Washington for medical treatment. Also recorded yesterday, Mr and Mrs Edward Polton of Brighton welcomed a daughter. Today, Mrs Alvin Lynn Miller and her son in Kalona are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Greiner
Keota
Brenda Brock
Washington
Etieine Spenser
Edward Polton
Brighton
Alvin Lynn Miller
Kalona
Washington medical notices list announced patients and staff
Thursday Yesterday records show Leo Mangold and Ernest Crawford in Washington medical, Mrs Orpha Garrett in Washington medical, Elwyn Corey in Washington surgical. Today Rhonda Stagers in Richland medical.
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Leo Mangold
Washington
Ernest Crawford
Orpha Garrett
Elwyn Corey
Rhonda Stagers
Richland
Friday Yesterday Medical Mentions Across Multiple Towns
Friday Yesterday lists medical notes for Willard McCracken of Ainsworth Rebecca Berdo of Washington Mrs John Weber of Keota and others. A dismissal day follows featuring Mrs Edward Polton and daughter at Brighton Rhonda Stagers of Richland Mrs Clarence Clingman Packwood Bessie Lowry Brighton and additional entries from Lone Tree Columbus Junction Washington Muscatine.
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Willard McCracken
Ainsworth
Rebecca Berdo
Washington
John Weber
Keota
Edward Polton
Brighton
Rhonda Stagers
Richland
Clarence Clingman
Packwood
Bessie Lowry
Robert Shipley
Lone Tree
Joseph Crumley
Columbus Junction
Jerry Collett
Daniel’ Boyd
Jose Vasquez
Muscatine
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Aunt Agatha
County Health Board
Board of Supervisors
Friends of the
E. C. Eicher
Washington, D.C
Nellie Tripp
Presbyterian Church
Stork Gazette
Genie
Sng Journal
Dadly
Gugelwin Journal Watches
C. H. A. Thompson
Muscatine Care Center
Cedar Street
J.F. Mallory
Acapulco
Mexico
Paraiso - Marriott Hotel
Ivan Niffenegger
University Hospitals
Dick Gallagher
South Avenue C
Council
Walter Bauer
Fred Knopf
Kettering
Richard Barrett
Kimberly
Kenneth White
Cochocton
Fred Knopf Sr
New York
Hild
Geralie Briley
Washington Care Center
Julie Young
Don Pearl
Wickes Buildings
Culver Military Academy
Culver
Ind
Mr. Pearl
Wickes Corporation
Craig Stanley
The
Christian Church
Hi Fi
YWCA
Suzanne Williams
Gerene Lassen
Margaret Stark
Dianne Day
Leonard Bomber
Robert Youngquist
Lori Williams
Harry Suter
Newton
American Federation of Checker Players
Ruth Hixson
Coralie Briley
Connie Crossett
Gary Crossett
Bertha Falk
Milwaukee
Helen
Donald Polacheck
Don Ellingsworth
Waterville, Minn
Sam Weeks
Herb Campbells
Anne Courtney
England
AFS
Anne
Richard Kaufman
Kaufmans
Riverside Road
Staines
Middlesex
Paul Fern
Cedar Falls
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