Weather swings from freezing to near fifty in Washington Iowa
Dear Aunt Agatha writes of an unusually volatile December in Washington Iowa with temperatures dropping to 10 below then rising to nearly 50. The letter notes Christmas warmth, abundant family gatherings, and a sheriff's trial ending in his innocence. Bob Huber announces paving plans for county roads including access to the County Home and a new east west route four miles north.
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Washington
Orville Lee
van Buren County
Keosauqua
Lee
van Buren
Washington County
Bob Huber
Uncle Fitz
Kathryn Flynn
Minnie Green
Lois Holland
Roy Mapel
Board of Supervisors
B. N. Jessup
Wellman
W.S. Kyle
L. A. Jones
Paul Putnam
A. E. Putnam
Nicaragua
Alex Miller
Iowa
Stella Latchem
Union Lumber Company
Wallace Company
North
Marion Avenue
Week on the Farm: A Farmer’s Work Ethic and Plans
The narrator recalls a semi retired friend on his farm facing changes as he becomes eligible for social security. He weighs reducing acreage to seed down land and switch to mechanical weed control while reflecting on hogs and long standing practices. The piece honors the Puritan work ethic and a neighbor named Albert.
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Albert
Christmas Gifts From Griffith Will Reach 23 Washington Residents
The Griffith will since 1941 has distributed about 44000 in cash Christmas gifts to Washington residents meeting need and worthiness criteria. This year 23 recipients received 100 checks. Several local families and friends plan travel and gatherings during the holidays, with notable engagements and community notices interspersed among the report.
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Washington
Ella Griffith
Griffith
Iva Bales
Karen Eagle
Minneapolis
Steve Radjenovich
Max Bales
Bales
Rodney Campbell
Sioux City
Herbert Campbells
Harley Davidson
Larry Davidson
Ames
Loveland
Colo
Charles Lebsack
Kenneth Davidson
Mildred Benson
Chicago
Dave Benson
Rolland Benson
Jack Wagner
Kenneth
Kristine
Karen
Raymond Witting
Cedar Rapids
Charles Cannon
Winfield
Howard L. Witting
Washington Holiday Dinner Totals Across Families
A December 25/26 roundup lists multiple Washington area families hosting or sharing Christmas meals and visits. Guests include Miss Ruth Bartow, Estelle Bartow, Dale Prickett, Ted and Diane, and Harry Fonteyne from East Moline Illinois. other gatherings feature Don Canott and Linda Zonder wedding party, Karachi and Windsor college guests, and extended kin from Davenport, Mt. Pleasant, Sigourney, and Manchester. Recurring themes are sledding, photos, and gift exchanges amid a busy holiday schedule.
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Ruth Bartow
Estelle Bartow
Christmas Phone Call From Vietnam Delights Pohren Family
On Christmas evening Sp-4 Leonard Dean Pohren called from Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pohren, delivering the happiest Christmas gift. The Weeks and McDaniel families hosted gatherings with relatives from Iowa City, Keokuk, Washington, Davenport, and beyond. A large Christmas dinner at the Peterson and Jarrard homes featured numerous relatives visiting from Hot Springs, Des Moines, Richland, and Cedar Rapids.
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Grant B. Davis
Waterloo
Bath Packing Company
Davis
Ivanhoe
Grant
Tom Davis
Harvey Holden
Earl Booth
Leslie Beenblossom
Walter Gardner
Fairfield
Farm Bureau
Boyd Foster
Richard Dodder
Biloxi
Ruth Dupuis
Mason City
Iowa Staters
YMCA
Julius W. Enslin
Washington
Will
J. E. Bovee
Ben Coppock
E. D. Rayburn
Knights of Pythias
Mr. Bovee
Wolf Floral Company
E. D. Crossett
Railway Express Company
Marion
Iowa
Gene Gorham
Charley Strohm
Grace Hill
Allen Schaeffer
Brighton
W. H. Morgan
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Stella Latchem
North Side
Missouri
Jerri Ginkens
Debbie
Denny
Susie
Wes Custer Sr
Dale M. Smith
Roger
Kevin
Rick Wagenknecht
Robert Custer
David Custer
Wayland
Billy Kindred
Wes Custer Jr
Cindy
Mt. Pleasant
Bruce Smith
Chicago
Gene Vallery
Richard
Rochester
Minn
Fern Birney
Dale Fuhr
Viola Norton
Milton
Robert Birney
David
Meri Jo) Siefkas
Richard Anderson
Brent
Chad
Kearney
Neb
Tom Doughty
Jennifer Ann
George Birney Jr
Sief
Leland Baker
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Charles
Margaret) Joslin
John
Helen) Morrissey
Davenport
Manchester
John Baker
Mary Beth
Henry Rees
Harold Luers
Moline
Dennis Luers
Ft. Dix
N.J
C.J. Griffith
Keithsburg, Ill
Lloyd Luers
Iowa City
Tom Giuntoli
Kim
Craig
Vince Smith
Don Smith
Denise
Diane
Dean Luers
Julie
Janine
Angela
Daniel John
Ron Condry
Christine and
Scott
Anna, Ill
Marion Pence
Dale Condrys
Anamosa
Leonard Pohren
Jeff
Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base
Saigon
South Vietnam
Leonard Dean Pohren
States
Dewey Weeks
Sam Weeks
Steve
Richard Weeks
Lana Kay
Mary Lee Moore
Edward Nardy
Drew
Tom
Joe
Reid Orris
Linda
Tim
Michael Miller
Benny Schantz
Douglas Nardy
Merritt McDaniels
George McDaniel
Keokuk
New York
McDaniel
Alice McDaniel
Alice Hess
Dick Ross
Brian Stebbins
Rockford
Betty Hunt
Car
Jarrard
Stanley E. Jarrard
Ruth Ann
Gene
Martha
Hot Springs
Ark
James Bailey
Lloyd Thompson
Des Moines
George McGuire
Marcia
Eldon Navy
Steve Schroeder
Douglas Schroeder
Cedar Rapids
William Kane
Terri
Tina
Tony
Miles Stout
Naomi Kephart
Jake Earnest
Illa
Betty
Kathy Earnest
Fred L. Elvin
Columbus
Karl Robertson
Mark
Ann
Todd
Roger Stout
Shelley
Lael
Barry
Gary
Albert Hazelett
Ainsworth
John FE
Hazelett
Krista
Dena
Travis
New Boston
Jack Hazelett
Lance
Muscatine
Jon Coakley
Dawn
Brett
Aaron
Eloise Hazen
Ruth Benson
Tom Gosling
Lana
Columbus Junction
Jon Lemmon
Lisa
Colorado Springs
Colo
John Lemmon
Robert Sessions
Lemmon
Isaac Kleese
Ed Kleese
Garland
Texas
Gary Alan Turnipseed
Air Force Academy
Washington and Iowa plan magistrate court reform 1973
Washington and Iowa across 98 counties move to abolish mayors courts and replace with magistrates under a 1972 reform act. The change aims to streamline courts, impact the clerk of court and courthouse operations, while church leaders plan Key 73 evangelism across 140 denominations. Community notes report Christmas gatherings and a fatal car truck crash near Muscatine.
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Washington
Iowa
Washington County
North America
County road paving planned for 1973 projects
Plans call for about 15 miles of county roads to be paved in 1973 across five projects. Washington area rainfall topped .57 inches overnight and the weather remains mild, slowing snow melt but forecasts hint at continued relief. Sheriff Orville Lee was acquitted of embezzlement charges after a four hour jury deliberation.
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Washington
van Buren
Orville Lee
Washington County
Lee
Evening Journal
Marriages In Tidewater Area Marked By Double Ring Vows
A string of wedding announcements from December 1972 details couples from Hialeah Wayland Keota Ames Winfield and more. Notable pairings include Linda Zander and Donald Canott in Portage Church on December 22 and Marilyn Baker with Brad Smothers in Wayland on December 23.
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Linda Frances Zander
Hialeah
Flo
Donald Dean Canott
Sam Canott
Crawfordsville
Portage Community
Wayland
Marilyn Kay Baker
Clifford Baker
Brad Smothers
Richard Smothers
Keota
Wesley United Methodist Church
Don Callen
Roberta Pearl Ragsdale
Ira J. Bushore
Ames
Gerald Clark Smith
Lester G. Smith
Don Callan
Rita Kay Donaldson
Melvin Campbell
Greg Shull
Glen Shull
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Shull
Wayland Mennonite Church
Nick Kassebaum
Deaths of the Week List Rounds Localities in Iowa
A weekly death notice summarizes recent passings in multiple towns including Brighton Wayland Keota Kalona and Wellman. Names include Roy J Lamansky Floyd Polis Alice Kauffman Calvin Baughman Elmer Vincent Joseph Good Mahlon Yoder James Morgan Elizabeth Widmer Carrie Reinert Louis Babinet John Flander Clive Campbell Lavina Mattison and others with hospitals and residences in Fairfield Washington City and Iowa communities.
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Aunt Agatha
Jones Funeral Home
TC. Polk
la Plata
Enslin
Victor Mayer
Fern Hays
Myrtle Mayer
Edith Canott
Don Canott
Linda Zonder
Portage
Ind
Holiday Inn
William Perdock
Charles Fuhr
Geneseo
Ray Fuhr
Kent
Cambridge
Clifford Weidner
Gary Horton
Glenn Dunbar Jr
Greg
Bret
Glenn Dunbar
Larry Thornton
Julie and
Mike
Mundelein, Ill
Thornton
Mrs
Foster Bagge
M. Saleem Siddiqi
Windsor
Ontario
Canada
S. Basit Asghar
Lincoln
Karachi
Pakistan
J.W. Helscher
Helschers
H.A. Helscher
Sigourney
Robert Helscher
Scranton
A.E. Rankin
Robert Brinton
Yaro Chmelar
Kerry
Nancy
John Helscher
Jennifer
Wendy
Heather
William Graf
Bill
Sherry
Clarence Blum
Michael Black
Brian
George Dare
Richard Dare
Bill Veerling
Dubuque
Frank Mercado
Springfield
Mercados
Galena
Steve Weler
Cullen and
Mahomet, Ill
Virginia Chamberlin
Pohren
Vietnam
R.J. Fritz
Robert and
Streamwood
Fritz
AC. Peterson
Peterson
Jack Sellars
Lois Wade
Richland
Logan Sellars
Halcyon House
Kenneth Chance
Myrtle Chance
Betty Jean Chance
M.L. Smith
Annette
UPI
Here
U.S
Monica Mary Friis
Ruth Mary Friis
Friis
Bennie Howe
Howe
Barbara Reed) Rahe
Ocala
Fla
Francis Reed and
Bluffs, Ill
Vernon Rahe
Elwood Kleese
Jim
Marsha) Campbell
Munich
Germany
Augsburg
Kalona
Melvin Morrow
Janice
Wapello
Dick Morrow
Carla
Laura
Randy
Joanie
Sheila
Beverly
Sharon Walters
Larry Hildebrand
Larry Morrow
Anna Farmer
Rex Manning
Donna
Jimmy
Eddie
Gilbert Morrow
Mike Vradenberg
Evelyn Hahn
Jack
Chuck
New Paris
Max Arbogast
Steven
Doug
Brad Black
Patty Black
Leslie Starck
Denison
Gary McCurdys
Ron Wise
Dan
Greeley, Colo
Gary McCurdy
Beth
Chris
Janice K. Carlson
James E. Henss
Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church
Swedesburg
Delmer Carstens
Robert E. Carlson
J. Laurence Henss
Deanne Sue Dobson
Floyd Dobson
Grand Junction
Jon Scott Swartzendruber
Don Swartzendruber
Joan Swartzendruber
Ft. Collins
Roy J. Lamansky
Jefferson County Hospital
Floyd W. Polis
South Fourth Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Carson's Plumbing
Alice M. Kauffman
Parkview
Calvin O. Baughman
Keokuk County
Keota — Elmer Vincent
Keokuk County Hospital
Wyaland
Joseph E. Good
Mahlon S. Yoder
Washington Care Center
James M. Morgan
Elizabeth Widmer
Mercy Hospital
Carrie A. Reinert
Brodhead
Wis
St. Claire Hospital
Monroe
Louis Babinet
Indianola
J.C. Ellis
Belle Plaine
Vella Hotle
John P. Flander
Maplewood Manor
Clive Campbell
Shenk
Sharon Center
Lavina Mattison