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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1970
Page
2
Margaret Logan, 13, received a 5 30 a m Sunday call from Gillian Curteis of Sydney Australia. The long distance chat lasted about nine pm Sydney time. The girls have exchanged letters gifts and photos and plan to write about their next talk.
A compiled list of lawyers doctors and service providers with office addresses phone numbers and some notes. Listings include Livingston Day Meeker Bates Morrison Morrison Lloyd Owen Stewart Shearer Tweeton and others with firms and office locations in towns such as Washington and Keota.
The State Services for Crippled Children will run a January 14 clinic at First Christian Church in Fort Madison for children under 21 with chronic or crippling conditions from Davis to Washington counties. Examinations by pediatrics orthopedics psychology speech therapy and more are offered with no exam fees. Referrals must reach SSCC 14 days prior.
The Washington Post Office will observe Christmas Day as a holiday with no mail service except special delivery letters and packages within city limits. Box mail collection is limited to front and alley boxes south of the post office, with deposits by 6 p.m. dispatched on Christmas Day. Saturday December 26 is a partial holiday with no mail delivery or normal lock box service, though special delivery within the city will be delivered. The lobby closes at 6 p.m. on Thursday December 24. post office windows close at noon, and will reopen with normal hours on Saturday December 26.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at Jones Funeral Home for Mrs Charles W Jackson with Rev M O Smith presiding. Wayne Wagner was soloist and pallbearers included Raymond Shy Charles Wikoff Donald Walton Houston Sasseen Eugene Shy and Edward Wolfe. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery. Delmar J Yoder, a grandson, was mistakenly omitted from the obituary but is a survivor.
The Washington Evening Journal details its Washington Iowa base, publishing hours, affiliations, leadership, and subscription rates. It lists staff positions including David Elder as president and editor, William Shannon as vice president and advertising director, and Charles Morris as managing editor. Subscription options cover carrier and mail with varying regional prices.
Mrs. Miriam Herrick Hafner 46 of rural Letts died today at home. Funeral at 1 30 PM Saturday at United Methodist Church Letts with burial in Letts Cemetery. Born Miriam Herrick Sept 17 1924 Muscatine County to Charles L Herrick Leta Coder Herrick. Married Sept 29 1944 Rock Island Illinois. Survived by husband two sons Michael Letts Gregory Oskaloosa two daughters Cheryl Hatch Cedar Rapids Kim Hafner at home three grandchildren stepmother Hazel Herrick Muscatine sister Mrs Harry Lewis Merrimac NY.
Mrs Letty Moore employed by the U S Government at Bitburg Germany visits her parents Mr and Mrs Lester Fry and sister Mrs John E Young. She extended her contract and will return to Germany in January for two more years after visiting Denver San Antonio and Des Moines. Mrs Roger Chapman returns from Des Moines after a two day tax preparation seminar by H and R Block Company covering forms and 1969 Tax Reform Act changes.
A listing of service personnel connected to the U S S Springfield CLG7 stationed or assigned through FPO New York 09501. The brief entry notes locations and official designation for sailors linked to the ship.
The document outlines funding projections through five years, expecting Congress to maintain four billion dollars annually for interstate construction beyond 1974 and Iowa to receive about 1.236 percent of interstate funds. It assumes continued primary and urban federal funding, stable fuel tax and registration fees, growth in road user revenues, and the current distribution formula. It projects 1971 contracts of 64,799,000 for primary highways and 41,682,000 for interstates, with related surface work, bridge repair, and right of way costs varying by system.
A series of farm sale and auction notices list dates from January 5 to January 14 with start times from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Items include machinery and equipment, and properties near Brighton Way land Mt. Pleasant Ainsworth New London Olds and Mt. Union along highways 78 218 and local blacktops. Owners include Howard Zihlman Levi Roth Homer E Jackson Theodore Fye Charles Rademaker Virgil Johnson.
Multiple farm sales and weekly livestock auctions listed with locations near Washington Crawfordsville Wellman Kalona Ollie Columbus Junction and Wapello. Dates include January 16 18 19 and 30 with start times from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Also recurring weekly sales at various livestock markets.
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