Voice of Democracy award winner receives ten dollar prize
W years ago high school senior Dixie Potter was awarded ten dollars for second place in the Voice of Democracy contest. Judy Marshall returns from State College of Iowa for semester break, and a birth is announced for Matthew Scott to Dr and Mrs Philip of Fort Dix. Adult Education classes start at Washington High with fifty enrolled across five courses. 20 years ago Leonard Lackey recovers from facial burns while running his coffee shop. Donald Goetz is named treasurer of Tau Beta Pi’s Iowa Beta chapter. winter travels noted for Briley party in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie Potter
Judy Marshall
State College of Iowa
Ralph Marshall
M. L. McCreedy
Matthew Scott
Philip
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Washington Community High School
Leonard Lackey
Lacky
Eck
Mr. Lackey
Donald C. Goetz
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Tau Beta Pi
Donald
George Goetz
Washington
B. C. Briley
Homer Smith
Ormond Beach, Fla
Briley
Harold
Farm land sales top Washington County auctions this week
Washington County markets saw land parcels selling for 1500 and 2000 dollars per acre amid optimism for agriculture. Winners of the Optimist Club yield contest were Marion Augustine and Keith Horn for beans and corn. Young Kent Keating earned a music award from Fortnightly and Everetts Music, and Mathew and Mark Johns were named Eagle Scouts. The Community Theater group plans to manage the new Community Center with bids likely in April. Janice Widmer left for a year in Brazil as an exchange student. YMCA Indian Guides and Princesses held an induction ceremony emphasizing shared family values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Washington Optimist Club
Marion Augustine
Keith Horn
Kent Keating
Dept. of Fortnightly
Everetts Music
Mathew
Mark Johns
Leonard Missouri
Centralia
Court of Honor
Waco
Brazil
Janice Widmer
YMCA
Stork Gazette Names Three Newborns in Local Notes
Jessica Rochelle Orr daughter of Randall and Mrs Orr of Box 19 Columbus Junction. Linda Rae Fritz daughter of Robert and Mrs Fritz of 1025 North 4th Wayland. Werandow Lee Imhoff son of Jerry and Mrs Imhoff Route 2 Wayland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessica Rochelle Orr
Randall Peterson Orr
Columbus Junction
Linda Rae Fritz
Robert Joseph Fritz
N. 4Th
Werandow
Lee Imhoff
Jerry Lee Imboff
Wayland
Robert Fritz
Washington
Jerry Imhoff
Son
William Gra Washington
Henry Wagenknecht
Ainsworth
Regina Graber
William Singleton
Larry Brown
Randall Orr
Hospital Notes Monday Update From City Clinic
Hospital notes list patients and statuses with multiple names and locations. Entries include Elsie Waltman and several others treated or noted as medical in Washington and nearby towns. Dispositions show dismissals for Regina Graber and William Singleton among others with family ties noted.
Grove Letts and Columbus Junction figures listed for today
A fragment lists Grove Letts for yesterday surgery and names John Stines Owen Jennings from Columbus Junction for today. No locations beyond Columbus Junction are provided. The note lacks full context or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stines
Columbus Junction
Owen Jennings
Obscure Wednesday and Today Medical Roll Call Names
Yesterday and today list multiple individuals linked to medical notes across Washington Brighton Columbus Kalona Wayland and other locales. Names include Mrs Floyd Banks Miss Marlene Mannings Mrs Maye Sorrell Allbaugh Donald H Washington McKune Pleasant Rosamond Bauer Shelly Orris Edwin Lukavsky Arthur Davison and others with affiliations to Washington and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Waltman
Brighton
Rosamond Bauer
Washington
Marlene Manning
Connie Bauser
Wayland
Ainsworth
Kington
Ray Manning
Floyd Banks
Sylvester Sobaski
Maye Sorrell
Allbaugh
Donald H. Washington
Medi McKune
Mr. Pleasant
Marlene Mannings
Robert Fritz
Laird Parsons
Columbus
Shelly Orris
Edwin Lukavsky
Kalona
Arthur Davison
Thursday Admitted Yesterday in Washington and Wayland
Ronald Goodwin from Washington admitted for surgery with Mrs. Clarence Collett, also of Washington, and Eugene Dismisses listed Don Heisdorffer of Washington Dale Ibbotson of Columbus Junction and Mrs. Jerry Imhoff and her son of Wayland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Goodwin
Washington
Surgical
Clarence Collett
Eugene
Don Heisdorffer
Dale Ibbotson
Columbus Junction
Jerry Imhoff and Son
Wayland
Week in Review renders a 1975 obituary and event roundup
Out of state readers learn Allen Hampsher at Mercy Hospital for elbow surgery. Scott Turnipseed, UNI senior, attends a Phi Beta Lambda convention in Washington, D C, and is named student rep to a national business education board. Dozens of local students gain honors, engagements, and award notices across Washington area towns with multiple deaths listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Hampsher
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Scott Turnipseed
UNI
Phi Beta Lambda Business Fraternity
Washington, D.C
Scott
National Advisory Board of
Business
Lloyd Turnipseed
Local Visitors Bring News To Washington Readers
Mrs Iva Simpson received a Saturday surprise from her Cedar Falls son and wife Everette and Jim Simpson with family from Waverly. Mr and Mrs Al E Conner Katy and Alan Davenport visited in Washington at Ruth Schulty's home. Hunt Ted J Hunt named Pride Seed Dealer for Brighton area with Clay Township Washington County as his sales area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Simpson
Everette Simpson
Cedar Falls
Jim Simpson
Waverly
al E. Conner
Katy and
Alan of
Davenport
Washington
Ruth Schulty
Outstanding Manager Award at Brown Shoe Fit Co
Don Jarrard of Charles County son of Clarence and Mrs Jarrard of Washington received the Outstanding Manager of the Year award at Brown Shoe Fit Co annual meeting held in Shenandoah. He was chosen from a field of managers across 12 states. The report also notes several society notices including engagements births hospital admissions and a minor bus accident in Washington with damages estimated at $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Jarrard
Charles Cty
Clarence Jarrard
Washington
Brown Shoe Fit Co
Shenandoah
Don
Richard Sojka
Jeffrey Scott
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Mike
Sojka
Doyle Jarrard
Washington Community Schools
Doris Jean Sojka
East 11Th
North Second
Mary Carolyn Owens
Friday Yesterday Medical Notices and Local Obituaries
Mrs Helen Goodin of Washington receives medical attention while Mrs Virgil Davis and Mrs Maye Sorrel of Washington are noted. Eugene Kner, also of Washington, appears in the Friday yesterday notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Goodin
Washington
Virgil Davis
Maye Sorrel
Ugene Kner
Marriages of the week highlight two Midwest unions
Sharon Ann Riley daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Riley wed in Chicago on January 17 1975 to a Washington real estate agent named Gerald Grovier of Lincoln No Keota plans a wedding August 2 for Jeanne E Speaker daughter of Dr and Mrs R T Speaker of Keota and Frank W Gretter son of Mr and Mrs William Gretter of Harper
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Ann Riley
Robert Riley
Grossen
Washington
Gerald Grovier
Lincoln
Chicago, Ill
Keota
Jeanne E. Speaker
Town City
R. T. Speaker
Frank W. Gretter
William Gretter
Harper
Antibiotics Won't Cure the Common Cold
New York physicians urge patients against demanding antibiotics for colds. They explain colds are viral, antibiotics target bacteria and offer no relief, potentially cause harm, allergy, or resistance. Advice favors rest, fluids, aspirin, and nasal decongestants under medical guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Talking to plants judged useless by Iowa botanist
University of Iowa associate professor Richard Sjolund says there is no plant nervous system or organs like lungs or glands and that claims of plant communication are unscientific. He notes such folklore reappears with dramatic experiments but lacks proper design and controls. He adds talking to plants may simply raise care for water light and fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Sjolund
University of Iowa
Sjolund
Far East
Sjoland
U of I
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W. J. Stevens
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Harry Margolin
National Journalism Fraternity
State Theater
Mount Eicher
Claire Dewey
Carl Klein
F. W. Eastwood
Rotary Club
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C. B. Dougherty
George Rodman
Washington Democrat
Klein Klothing
Carl Hedges
Carl Crossett
Joe Falk
Clarence Logan
Hugh McCleery
E. L. Bartholow
Board of Supervisors
J. W. Parrow
Sam Donahey
Anna House
Princeton, Minn
Hospital Board
Elizabeth Finley
Aunt Agatha
Stork Gazette
Grove Letts
Out-Of
Sherry Bash
Washington High School
Renna Goodwin
Mid-Prairie High School
Meistersinger
Wartburg College
Don Moses
Clair Keating
Washington Junior High School
Music Department of Fortnightly Club
Everetts Music Co
Crawfordsville
Allen D. Molander
James Smith
Rolling Hills
Nathan Conne
Aberdeen
N.D
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Thomas Michael Conne
Burlington
Lloyd Hole
Mr. Hole
Woods, S. C
Frank Rathmel
Hanson
James Hanson
Norbert Hanson
St. Ambrose College
Elizabeth Strabala
Highland High School
Betty Crocker
East Second Street
Carl Sieren
Willard Patterson
Wellman
Mary Catharine
Randal Patrick
Merz
Marilyn Merz
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Lester Merz
Miss Merz
Beatty-Jennings
Earl Graber
Parkview
West Chester
Carmi L. Crossett
Washington County Hospital
William Thomas Brown Jr
Phoenix, Ariz
Curtis W. Wells
Third Avenue
George F. Clark
Loraine
Ill
St. Joseph Hospital
Keokuk
Ralph N. Sleichter
Lantern Park
Coralville
Grace Smith
Route One
Crace Moore
Earl L. Graber
Dora E. Carlson
Keokuk County Hospital
Chris Nafziger
G. Everett Cassabaum
Jake Henry Burger
Germanville
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Don H. Neff
St. Marion Ave
John J. Witterman
DeWitt
Jane Yoder
Goshen
Indiana
Ivan Borntrager
Middlebury
Duane E. Yoder
Mr. Borntrager
Crist
Borntrager
Vickie Bartholomew
Donald Bartholomew
University Hospitals
Gary Judd
Phoenix
Ariz
Hubert Wilson
Ruth Mandrell
Ernest (Blanch) Hinkle
George
Nell) Chalupa
C-33
Don Morrow
Dean Morrow
Malin
Ore
Isaac Kleese
Max Arbogast
Larry Arbogast
Barbara Goodrich
Frank Lawler
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C. E. Farrier
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