Washington week in review Aunt Agatha notes weather and local life
In February 1969 Aunt Agatha relates wintry Iowa weather with sun breaks and slick roads, a bus accident, fox hunts, and lingering ice. She reports a school license deadline, a YMCA youth coffee house, and a road repair drive by Percy Holder toward Kalona. She recalls Dr W W Bowers death at 97 and memories of his long Methodist church service, plus local archery classes, a Soul Brothers lead in the high school league, and the wrestling season waning as days lengthen awaiting spring.
Sole Stork Gazette and Rural News Update
Names of local youths listed with addresses in Brighton Washington Keota Kalona and their parents reflect a community steamer. The piece includes reflections on recent weather noting sun without clouds and a lunar scene plus a call for spring cleanup and a cautious forecast of beef supply with a 10 percent rise in fed cattle and steadier prices per the Agriculture department. Thaddeus
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Agriculture Department
Saturday Journal notes for out-of-state readers
Note explains the Saturday edition of the Journal offers out-of-state readers a weekly summary of local news. It invites former Washington residents to subscribe by mail for 3.50 dollars per year.
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Journal
Washington
Battle of Dimes raises county March of Dimes funds
In Washington County three local service clubs staged the Battle of Dimes on a bitter cold Saturday. They collected 489.30 for the March of Dimes, with supporters selling a foot of dimes for 1.70 each. Robert Ross praised the effort as very successful and applauded the clubs and volunteers.
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Washington
County March of Dimes Fund
Robert Ross
March of Dimes
Wild Game Feed draws 329 at Izaak Walton event in Washington
A freezing rain night did not deter 329 attendees at the annual Wild Game Feed sponsored by the Izaak Walton league at the K C hall in Washington. The menu featured buffalo venison beaver coon rabbit and goat sausage plus chicken dressing and vegetables with potatoes and gravy.
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Izaak Walton League
K. C. Hall
Washington
St James consents to focused Davenport diocese plan
The Davenport Diocese recommends St James close grades seven and eight while preserving one through six and boosting a religious education program for grades seven to twelve. Other diocesan parishes receive separate recommendations and likely keep their current structures. A school bus extra incident caused a ditch rollover with kindergarteners but no injuries reported. A late spring wedding engagement for Delores Jane Henkel and Douglas Gene Crossett is announced along with a California visit by Mr and Mrs Merritt McDaniel.
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St. James
Davenport
Board of Education
William Henkel
Mt. Pleasant
Delores Jane
Douglas Gene Crossett
Mr. Pleasant
Marshall Crossett
St. Mary’s
Riverside
Iowa
Catholic Church
St. James School
Washington
St. Elizabeth Parish
Harper
Keota
Kiwanis officers installed in Central City
Harold Norton of Central City installed local Kiwanis officers for the year. Ray Carter named president, Burge Hammond vice president, Dr. Marvin Tweeton vice president elect, with Hubert Lehrer secretary and William Smart treasurer. Robert Koehler praised for 1968 term.
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Mike Brenneman
Kalona
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Kalonial Townhouse
Russell Yoder
Riverside
Marcus W. Yoder
Wellman
David Slabaagh
Edward Knepp
Iowa City
Iowa
Washington
Johnson Counties
Harold Norton
Central City
Kiwanis
Robert Koehler
Ray Carter
Burge Hammond
Marvin Tweeton
Hubert Lehrer
William Smart
Hospital Admissions and Births Reported in Washington Area
Hospital daily ad missions list for Monday through today includes Mrs Jon Ballou in Washington admission for medical care and numerous surgical and medical cases. Birth announcements note a daughter to Mr and Mrs Walter Fritz of Brighton and a son to Mr and Mrs Eldon Swartzendruber of Kalona.
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Jason Everett Swartzendruber
Mrs. Eldon E. Swartzendruber
Kalona
Interact speakers visit Rotary Club meeting notes
Interact Club officers Tom Logan and Bob English spoke at the Rotary Club meeting. Other items include hospital reports on Mercy Iowa City patients and staff notes, fashion wig school travels, airline trainee Linda Taylor in Chicago, and local family movements and visits.
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Tom Logan
Bob English
Interact Club
Rotary Club
Earle Libe
Multiple deaths reported in regional obituaries
The death notices list Mrs. E W Spessard 97 from Ainsworth area died Jan 26 1969 in Washington County Hospital. Louis M Smith longtime West Chester Savings Bank director died Jan 27 1960 at home. KEOTA Mrs Morris Romine 86 died at Adrian County Hospital Mexico Missouri. Clyde Hamilton Kitchen 84 of Washington retired Columbus Junction farmer died Jan 27 1969 Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Homer Coulter formerly of Washington died in Peoria Ill. Glen Shaffer 75 near Merrimac died of flu with funeral at Wayland Methodist Church. Samuel M Flory 86 South English father of Orville Flory of Washington died Jan 30 1969 Pleasantview Home Kalona. Harvey A Swartzendruber 82 Kalona died at Mercy Iowa City. Mrs Ben Jane Bruns died Jan 22 Boone Iowa burial there. Mr and Mrs Bruns earlier lived in Washington. he taught chemistry in Boone.
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E. W. Spessard
Ainsworth Area
Washington County Hospital
Louis M. Smith
West Chester Savings Bank
West Chester
Homer Coulter
Peoria
Ill
Washington
Mr. Coulter
Wayland
Glen Shaffer
Merrimac
Wayland Methodist Church
Shaffer
Samuel M. Flory
Orville Flory
Pleasantview
Kalona
Harvey A. Swartzendruber
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
West Branch
Ben
Jane) Bruns
Boone
Iowa
Marriages of Voelker Harvey and Bakehouse Colwell
Patricia Ann Voelker and Lynn Allen Harvey wed January 25 at St James Catholic Church in Washington with Rev Edward Collins officiating. Their parents are Mr and Mrs Earl C Voelker and Mr and Mrs William Preston Harvey. Kathryn Bakehouse of Hawthorne and David Colwell, both from Washington and Torrance respectively, were married January 30 in South Gate California with Rev John Robert Stevens officiating.
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Dennis Stutrud
Des Plaines
Illinois
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Stutrud
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Stutruds
Washington
West 10Th Street
Patricia Ann Voelker
Lynn Allen Harvey
St. James Catholic Church
Edward Collins
Earl C. Voelker
William Preston Harvey
Kathryn Bakehouse
Hawthorne
California
Kenneth Bakehouse
David Colwell
Sarah Colwell
Torrance
South Gate
John Robert Stevens
Grace Chapel
Birth and health notices from Washington area listed
Yesterday and today notices name several Washington residents with medical status, including Mrs. Kenneth Cline and Mrs. Tina Bain, and announce a birth for Mr. and Mrs. Larry Humphreys a daughter, and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hahn. Additional entries list Mrs. Milo Sorden and Mrs. Rudolph Wilhite along with Brighton residents including Mrs. Walter Fritz and daughter.
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Kenneth Cline
Washington
Tina Bain
Anna Anwyl
Charles Anderson
Lysle Embree
Larry Humphreys
Richard Hahn
Milo Sorden
Rudolph Wilhite
Brighton
Walter Fritz
Yesterday and Today Notices From Iowa Towns
Brief notices report births and marriages with names and places including Mrs Howell Rees of Columbus Junction and Miss Maud McCreedy. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Jay Hough of West Chester with a son and notices involving Mrs John Widmer and Mrs Lloyd Miller in Washington plus Monte Pope of Keota.
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Howell Rees
Columbus Junction
Maud McCreedy
Washington
Jay Hough
West Chester
John Widmer
Lloyd Miller
Monte Pope
Keota
Washington names listed for medical procedures yesterday and today
Yesterday Ronald Jackson of Wapello underwent surgery. Today Mrs Kenneth Cline Mrs Floyd Banks Lloyd Duensing Mrs Mary Stephens and William Blackburn, all of Washington, are noted in surgical contexts.
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Jon Ballou
Washington
Mary Gier
Harry Wentworth
Brighton
Teresa Keasling
Walter Palmer
Lloyd Duensing
Surgical
William Blackburn
Nina Hayes
Leo Hammes
Harper
Margaret Vinton
Ronald Jackson
Wapello
Kenneth Cline
Floyd Banks
Mary Stephens
Edgar and Graber win Crawfordsville Lions yield contests
Harlan Edgar of Ainsworth and Junior Graber of Crawfords ville won the corn and bean yield contests at a Crawfordsville Lions Club recognition program. Edgar harvested 143.4 bushels per acre of corn and Graber produced 56.6 bushels per acre of soybeans. Junior Graber was second in corn with 140.14 bushels per acre and SiLas Finke Jr was second in beans with 55.42. Trophies were presented by Warren Anderson of Northrup King Seed Co. Others finishing in order were Claude Kilgore Fulton and Martin Jack Erwin Arvid Anderson Robert Carr Clayton Lintz Richard Dare Gene Lintz Robert Williams Wayne Williams and Daryl Owens.
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Crawfordsville
Harlan Edgar
Ainsworth
Junior Graber
Warren Anderson
Northrup King Seed Company
Anderson
Claude Kilgore
Fulton and Martin
Jack Erwin
Arvid Anderson
Robert Carr
Clayton Lintz
Richard Dare
Gene Lintz
Robert Williams
Wayne Wiliams
Daryl Owens
Unusual Winter Grips U S Weather Across Regions
United Press International reports an exceptionally atypical winter with heavy snow in Seattle and Portland, cold in Montana, and icy conditions across the Midwest. Hawaii sees hail as coastal storms persist while cattle movements falter in Oregon and flood risks remain in Oklahoma and Indiana.
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United States
California
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
Hawaii
Oahu
North Pacific
Rockies
Northwest
Oregon Meat Council
Montana
Havre
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ohio
New England
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Percy Holder
Here
Highway Commission
W. W. Bowers
Waterloo
Dr. Bowers
Methodist Church
Soul Brothers
Sole Stork Gazette
Mary Michelle Brinning
John Charles Brinning
Paul Lee Drayfahl
Larry Dennis Drayfahl
Debra Kay Schulte
Robert Schulte
N. Davis, Keota
Rhonda Lynn Redlinger
Duane Francis Redlinger
Angela Marie Fritz
Walter Joseph Fritz
Mother Earth
Thaddeus
Battle of Dimes
Edna Cobl
Walter
East 7Th
Linda Shelangoski
Paul Ryan
Linda
Ryan
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Lutheran
Drake University
Miss Shelangoski
Raymond Shelangoski
Twin Falls
Idaho
Mr. Shelangoski
Washington , M CA
Central Y
West Suburban
West Des Moines
Des Moines Central
Korfs
McDaniels
Harry Rader
Cheryl
Russell Payne
Donald Payne
Fairfield JV
Fairfield
Larry E. Willis
Conesville
Karen Sue
Marvin Clark Westfall
Ray Westfall
Mike Gardner
Cloyd Gardner
Washington High School
University of Northern Iowa
Winfield Mt. Union
Demons
Tom Doughty
Rusty Green
Wendell Arduser
Dennis Smith
Case Field
Washington de - Men
Waco
Pekin
Lee Foster
Ames
Foster
Mahaska
Keokuk
Louisa
Jefferson
Henry
Lee Counties
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Larry E. Smith
Fort Ord
Vietnam
Dale F. Smith
Leo Marie
Tom
Mesa
Ariz
Tucson
Phoenix
E. H. Messer
L. F. Harding
Leroy Riley
Los Angeles
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Dr. Riley
Basel Lane
Faye Knight
Southeast Iowa Area Community College
Burlington
Knight
Raymond Miller
Milo Steele
Steve
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Larry Chmelar
Ottumwa
Bill Chmelar
Bermuda
Walnut Grove
Chmelar
Waterloo First
John Palmer
Leon Hammes
Merritt McDaniel
McDaniel
Orval Korf
Santa Maria
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Mediapolis
Huskie Mat
CWO
Herald A. Mulherin
Mulherin
Chu Lai
South Vietnam
Jordan Stream
Riverside Town Council
Mariam Heitzman
Richard Waldschmidt
Wendy Richardson
Vernon Richardson
North Second
Iowa Wesleyan College
Sarah Johnson
University Hospitals
Mid America
Myron L. Krotz
Myra Jo
Frank Krotz
Ella Frier
Reinbeck
Eldon Swartzendruber
Howard Schultz
Frank Pulver
Donald Norton
Richard Mangold
Marsha Kron
Larry Drayfahl
Clark Baker
Ray Leon
Laura Johnston
Washington Surgical
Duane Redlinger
Tom Essex
Richard George
Salt Lake City
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Essex
Chicago
Spring Market
Linda Taylor
Henry Taylor
608
East Second
Airlines Training Division
Atlantic School
Kansas City
Emery Air Freight
Leonard Arthur
Barbara Lins
Jane Day
Richard T. Day
Redlands
Robert
William Day
Miss Day
Bill Days
Burt Day
Judy Zickefoose
William L. Zickefoose
Burlington Beauty Academy
Hotel Burlington
Judy
Dayton Beauty Salon
Edgar, Graber
Hollywood
UPI
Paramount
Monte Carlo
United Press International
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