Iowa blizzard slows up but corn yields shine in county notes
The Week in Washington column reports a Midwest blizzard hitting Iowa with freezing rain and drifting snow. Washington County Agri Business committee announces corn yield winners Joe Wood, Gary Sheetz, and Peter Graber Jr. with county average 82 bushels per acre. Detasseling crews return next season, 4 H dog care course begins, and Mrs. Hugh Hazelett becomes postmaster at Ainsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iso
Washington County Agri-Business Committee
Acre
Ainsworth
Joe Wood
Gary Sheetz
Crawfordsville
Peter Graber, Jr
Hugh Hazelett
Fitz
Local Graduates Named in Rural Route Listings
Craig Donald Stone. Rusty Lynn Redlinger. Carmen Jean Whestine. Duane Allen Gingerich. Michelle Lynn Ropp. Merlin David Shetler. Bryan Raymond Weber. Nikkolas Edward Gray. Angela Joy Reighard. Each is listed as child of local families with rural route or street addresses in Washington Kalona Columbus Junction Keota Wellman and associated towns. Names accompany parental lines in a community roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Donald Stone
Donald Eugene Stone
Washington
Rusty Lynn Redlinger
Terry Lee Redlinger
Box
Kalona
Carmen Jean Whetstine
Jine
Wellman
Duane Allen Gingerich
Ralph Gale Gingerich
Columbus Junction
Merlin David Shetler
Glenn Shetler
Bryan Raymond Weber
Raymond Weber
Keota
Nikkolas Edward Gray
Robert Gray
Oakview Drive
The Week on the Farm Ag Weather and Market Notes
Strong winds and sub zero cold return farmers to livestock care with more bedding and hay feeding. A late week snow followed by rain and sleet brings winter conditions and rising hog and cattle prices. TGE worry, farm and tax reform talk fill rural headlines as forecasts call for six more weeks of winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-West
Legislative
Iowa
Augustus
Washington Week Sees New Pastors And Local Happenings
A new assistant pastor, Rev. Thomas G. Giuntoli, and his family join the United Presbyterian Church in Washington. The week covers police school sessions with FBI speakers, 4H Council officer elections, and a Southeast Iowa honor bands concert drawing over 1,000 attendees. Also noted are open houses, hospital stays, birthdays, travel news, and local civic updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Giuntoli
United Presbyterian Church
Parsons College
Fairfield
Thomas Giuntoli
Washington
Warsaw
South
Marion
Storm bruise eases as Iowa roads calm after Thursday blast
Washington area avoided the worst of a winter storm that swept across much of the state on Thursday. Travel remained hazardous Friday morning due to blowing snow and ice on rural and main highways. Electrical outages were reported in Keota Sigourney and Wellman as transmission lines and conductors failed under heavy load. Highland wrestlers edged Wilton Junction 27 to 25 in a close dual meet. junior varsity won 21 to 13. Postmaster appointment announced for Ainsworth with Mrs. Hazelett serving since June 1969. Burglaries hit Stewart's Garage in Ainsworth, with $36 merchandise stolen and total damage estimated $400 to $450. Engagements and marriages noted for Riverside and DeWitt, with local names listed. Hospital updates: Mrs. Hazel lect surgical patient and David Cousins injured delivering newspapers undergoing treatment and recovery plans. Feb 6 public notices final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Keota
Sigourney
Wellman
Wilton Junction
Washington area fire hits two homes and YMCA drive kicks off
A Tuesday report notes the Danny Martin family losing their home to a kitchen fire southeast of Washington, with firefighters from Washington and Kalona tackling the blaze. The same night a farrowing house at Myron Krotz farm north of Washington burned after a lamp fuel incident, costing several sows and piglets. Also covered are YMCA enrollment plans, hospital admission of Judy Murphy for observation, a 24 23 wrestling win for Washington over Columbus Junction, Highland mat victory over Winfield Mt. Union, and a large turnout for a newcomers party at the YMCA with staff from the YMCA and YWCA hosting activities and tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Martin
Leo Vittetoe
Washington
Kalona
Myron Krotz
Krotz
Rotary plans celebration for Golden Anniversary gala
Washington Rotary Club plans a Saturday February 6 gala at the YMCA banquet room to mark its Golden Anniversary. Organized in 1920 with Charter Night February 7 1921, Rotary International now includes over 14500 clubs and about 690000 members in 148 countries. Charter officers were James Dwyre Glasgow president Frank L Wilson vice president Orville Elder secretary and Harvey S Young treasurer. Eighteen charter members. today 63 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Rotary Club
YMCA
Rotary In
Washington
Rotary International
Chicago
Paul Harris
Washington Rotary
James Dwyre Glasgow
Frank L. Wilson
Orville Elder
Harvey S. Young
Washington County levy trends and local retirements in 1970
Washington County towns Ainsworth Brighthon and Riverside cut levies for 1970 while Highland School District fell. Crawfordsville and Kalona rose, Washington city up 3.7 mills. Keota and Washington Community near 39–50 mills. County general levy declined from 1248 to 1186. hospital bonds down. area vocational college at 1.5. Local residents Fenn Forinash Bowser honored at Iowa State Tractor Pullers meeting. River-side Kenny Kucera placed fourth. Fenns toured Texas wildlife areas and King Ranch during a Farm Wife assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Brighton
Riverside
Washington County
Highland
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Washington City
Waco
Keota
Washington
Walter W. Schroeder
Board of Education
Area Vocational College
Jerry Forinash
Richard Stewart
Wellman
Ronald Bowser
West Chester
Des Moines
Iowa State Tractor Pullers Association
Forinash
Bowser
Foriash
Kenny Kucera
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rod Maggert
Lincoln School
Maton
Eto Lel Gazette
Michelle Lynn Ropp
Paul Monroe Ropp
P.O
Angela Joy Reighard
Mrs
Randall Leo Reighard
W. Monroe
Rev. Giuntoli
Farfield Police Department
FBI
Ira Morrison
Mark — Hotchkiss
Sandi Schroeder
Chris Mineart
Judy Bauer
Cedar Rapids
Camp Wapsie
Karen Bush
Janice Bush
Cindy Coleman
Tony Horn
Kirk Howsare
Washington Junior High
Southeast
Howard Storts Brighton
Iowa State University
Milo Steele Sr
First United Methodist Church
Seth
Tom McMillan
Mr. Steele
Blanche Harvey
Mercy Hospital
Low City
Ronald Escher
Lawrence Whisler
Dorothy Fitzsimmons
Joe D. Schlatter
Vern Escher
Verne Escher
Whisler
Ross Ellingsworth
Bettendorf
Don Ellingsworths
Karla
Eunice Letts
Robert
Robert Dunbar
Rick Dunbar
Dunbar
Chanute Afb
Ill
Norton Afb
Calif
Randi Dunbar
Krissi Armstrong
Ed Sorrell
Julie
Ronald Armstrong
Krissi
Ottumwa
Ann Lampkin
Stephanie King
Stephanie
Ann
Carrie Reschly
Kenneth Bailey
Rhonda
Dana
Kim
Columbus, Ga
Howard Bailey
Dean
L. V. Clarahan
Clarahan
Rudi Allison
J. E Lee
Harold Clarahan
North English
Jim Clarahan
Kyle
Lori
Matt
Greg
Brian
Denise
Robert McBee
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Lillian McBee
Lynn Blanchard
Everette Finke
John
da Nang
South Vietnam
Marine Reconnaissance
Stars and Stripes
Service
Win Sweet
University Hospital
Fenn
Robert Snow
Cees Endlich
Netherlands
AFS
Dees
Amsterdam
Arnold Smothers
Boyd (Harriett) Dunbar
Shari Lynn Langhoff
Tom Langhoffs
Olivia, Minn
Alvin Joneses
Sherman Chance
Perdock
William Chances
Cathy Young
Thomas Witthoft
Wayne Witthoft
Route 3
Upper Iowa College
Fayete
Daniel Simmering
San Diego Naval Training Base
Great Lakes Naval Station
Brenda Ritz
Wayland
Tonya
2Nd Street
North
Simmering
Ervin Simmering
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Sylvester Sobaski
Bob Lowe
Sue
Tom Lowe
Dan Lowe
Wheatland
Dan
Lisbon
Darwin
Town City
Larry Fishback
Larry Lee
Muncie
Ind
Fishback
Mary Ellen Landau
William Penn College
Oski Joosa
Harold S. Wagner
St. Louis
Missouri
Arkansas
Hazelett
Regional Management Selection Board
Stewart
Duane Schultz
Eileen Armbruster
Catherine Sue
Warren Michael Grout
Jesse Grout
Maria Weeks
Vernon Weeks
DeWitt
Thomas Vanderbilt
Floyd Vanderbilt
LeClaire
DeWitt United Methodist Church
Annabelle Jackson
Dewey Weeks
Clarence Jackson
Kenneth Watson
University Hospitals
David Cousins
David
Max Cousins
Jean Ann Beenblossom
William M. Beenblossom
St. Luke's School of Practical Nursing
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Harry Drake
Iown City
Masonic Temple
Wile
Y Council
Washington Ymca
Richard Gipple
Judy Murphy
East
Demons
Junction
Highland Grapplers
Winfield Mt. Union
Jerry Becker
Dem
YWCA
Washington YW - Ymca
Rotary
West Main Street
North Avenue D
Ivan Samuel Moredock
Moredock
Main Street
Young Cousins
James D. Marshall
Ralph Marshall
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Marshall
Keith Kephart
Iowa Y's Men
Washington High
Little Demons
Mark Gearin
Dan Mottet
Dave Wright
W. C. Robertson
A. ©. Peterson
John Peterson
Ocala
Fla
Jane Peterson
Gainesville
Dublin Doers Club
Stan Skinner
Jim Waterhouse
Dick Trier
Dennis Mil
Robert McFarlane
Robert Clark
Arenzville, Ill
Clark
John Wheelan
Martha
Molly
Clarks
Mike Whelan
Julia Wilson
Wheelan
P. L. Fenn
Texas
Triangle
McAllen
Brownsville
Ft. Worth
Dallas
Arlington
Gulf
King’s Ranch
Lubbock
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