Community notebook notes spring on the way and local projects
The Washington County area sees signs of spring with farmers meetings and upcoming events. Nearly 500 attend the Beef Producers banquet as swine plans, feed grain signups, and fund drives roll in. War news brings safe return of Hochstetlers from Vietnam while town adds flashing lights at busy street corners and hospital Crane factory and U P Home projects progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Vietnam
Harlan Hochstetler
Kalona
Hochstetlers
Mennonite Central Committee
Local Births Listing Names Six Area Children
Tracy Jo Lintz Lisa Lynn Salazar Daniel Joseph Wide Raymond Lee Hiller Jr James Richard Bean Cecelia Irene Calvin appear in a rural and town birth notices page. The six children are listed with full parentage and home addresses, detailing names and family origins across Crawfordsville Columbus Junction Washington Ainsworth Morning Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Hiller
Washington
Norman Bean
Ainsworth
Larry Black
Mr. Pleasant
Theodore Watts
Keota
Anna Fritz
East Pleasant Plain
Howard Schultz
Douglas Peters
Cotter
Lenora Taylor
Michael Calvin
Morning Sun
Mario Salazar
Columbus Junction
Lawrence Robison
Brighton
Everett Kemp
Grandview
Metta Rice
Todd Christ
Stanley Bean
The Week on the Farm Preview of 1968 Cropping Plans
The 1967 land market rose with gains on below average tracts as farmers expand. Presenting up to date equipment and methods pushes toward larger crop units. Crop rotation remains the best control for corn root worms amid expensive chemical options. Reliable information from agricultural colleges and farm product developers guides decisions. Major suppliers host information meetings while seed houses offer proven strains at fair prices through local outlets.
Death Notices from Several Iowa Communities
Obituaries list numerous deaths and funeral arrangements across Wellman Riverside Kalona Keota Brighton Wayland and other towns. Notables include Orris E Connelly 70 of Solon and Charles Duran 72 of Wellman with services in Wellman Methodist Church and burial at Wellman Cemetery. Other notices cover Joseph Kucrea 91 Riverside Ira Shhenefelt 82 Washington Lewis Swartzendruber 2 p.m. Wednesday Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Kalona Sally Yoder 77 Mercy Hospital Iowa City and infant Kathy Aileen Leichty Wayland with services Friday Finley Chapel southeast of Wayland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Charles Durian
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Wellman Methodist Church
Robert Parris
Wellman Cemetery
Kalona
Lewis S. Swartzendruber
Lower
Deer Creek Mennonite Church
Sally Yoder
Wayland
Kathy Aileen Leichty
Finley Chapel
Kathy
Clarence
Julie Molander Leichty
Marriages listed in Riverside and nearby churches
Linda Marie Johnson and Hans Christer Gyllstrom wed in a double ring candle light ceremony at First Methodist Church with 150 guests. Barbara Burgess and Michael Wood married at St. Mary's Riverside in a double ring ceremony. Loretta Coleman became the bride of Jerold Wasson at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Cynthia Miller and Glenn Dunbar wed in Scituate. Maribelle Schlatter and Carl Lund wed at Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Marie Johnson
Walter Johnson
Washington
Hans Christer Gyllstrom
Arvid G. Gyllstrom
Karlskoga
Sweden
M. O. Smith
Barbara Burgess
Michael Wood
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Riverside
W. F. Boeckmann
Miss Burgess
Robert N. Rummelhart
Mr. Rummelhart
Wood
Earl R. Wood
Ainsworth
Loretta Elaine Coleman
Raymond Coleman
Jerold Wayne Wasson
Wayne Wasson
Wellman
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Einar Fetterman
Cynthia M. Miller
Glenn A. Dunbar
St. Joseph’s Church
Scituate
R. I
Paul LaPorte
Melvin H. Miller
Peck Hill Road
North Scituate
Boyd Dunbar
Swedesburg
Maribelle Rae Schlatter
Carl Edward Lund
Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church
Delmar Carstens
Signups for 1968 Feed Grain Program Begin in Washington County
Washington County ASC manager William Day says signup for the 1968 Feed Grain Program runs February 5 through March 15 at the ASC office. Farmers must file intentions to participate to enroll and receive program benefits.
Farmers sign for feed grain plan in Washington County
Washington County farmers show strong interest in the feed grain sign up this year with 240 farms enrolled in four days and about 21 000 corn base acres. About 9 300 acres are to be diverted, per ASC office manager William Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASC
Washington County
William Day
YMCA drives membership in Washington area eventful day
A large crowd attended the YMCA enrollment kickoff in the Washington Y building as Wendell Eden outlined drive mechanics and Paul Gebhardt urged volunteers to support YMCA work locally. Nearby, county education talks in Iowa City discussed county merger plans and a Cedar Rapids administration center.
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Washington
YMCA
Wendell Eden
Paul Gebhardt
Washington County Board of Education
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Washington County
Marine tour shared at Y's Men's meeting
Bryce Woods spoke at a Y's Men’s gathering about his Marine service in Vietnam. He described roles as radio man in Vietnam and from a ship off the coast, sharing slides and experiences from his tour of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Woods
United States
Vietnam
Y’s
Bryce
Connellys to attend IRHA meet in Des Moines
Mr and Mrs Dale Connelly will attend the Iowa Retail Hardware Association meeting in Des Moines Sunday through Tuesday. Mrs Connelly is IRHA Auxiliary president and will conduct the business meeting. Mr Connelly is immediate past president of the association. Their son Ken will be a page for P R Jacobson executive secretary and accompany his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Connelly
Iowa Retail Hardware Association
Des Moines
Connelly
IRHA
Ken
P. R. Jacobson
County Hospital Admits and Births Reported in County
A stream of admissions births and discharges listed by facility and location. Names include George Miller Letts Todd Crist William Tweeten Linda Haller Nicholaus Roth plus many Washington Columbus Junction Ainsworth Keota Morning Sun and Kalona residents with medical surgical and delivery outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miller
Letts
Todd Crist
Columbus Junction
William Tweeten
Washington
Hugh Dougall
Linda Haller
Columbus City
Stanley Bean
Ainsworth
Claude Dickerson
Carlos Walling
Elmer Wulf
Bernau Birthday Party At Crawfordsville Home
Mr and Mrs Robert Bernau of Cedar Rapids visited the Bill Bernau family in Crawfordsville for Tommys birthday celebration. Tommy Bernau hosted a party Monday evening with guests Marty Speece Rusty Barta Aaron Toldander Jimmy Conrad and Tony Hauenstein. Other local visits included Mr and Mrs Larry Price Lorna Mt Pleasant and Mr and Mrs Floyd Fisher Riverside. Raymond Howsare plans foot surgery at Mercy Hospital Iowa City Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Wells
Crawfordsville
Robert Bernau
Cedar Rapids
Bill Bernau
Tom
Tommy Bernau
Marty Speece
Rusty Barta
Aaron Tolander
Jimmy Conrad
Tony Hauenstein
Larry Price
Lorna
Mt. Pleasant
David Griffith
Floyd Fisher
Floyd
Christy Fisher
Riverside
William Lukovsky
Raymond Howsare
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Real estate transfers in Washington area noted
Leeds Kenneth W Long and wife transfer to Pearl D Long Lot 8 Block 2 NE Washington. Zilpha C Hesser and husband transfer to Glenn C Hesser and wife land in section 36 74 6. T A Jones and wife transfer to John Wendell Piper and wife Lot 6 Block 3 Green Meadows. Evening Journal Washington Iowa February 10 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth W. Long
Pearl D. Long
Bik
Washington
Zilpha C. Hesser
Glenn C. Hesser
T. A. Jones
John Wendell Piper
Green Meadows
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Perfume River
Hue
South Vietnam
U. S
UPI
Atha F
Kiwanis
Jaycee
U. P
She Stork Gazette
Tracy JO Lintz
Eugene David Lintz
Lisa Lynn Salazar
Mario Maldonado Salazar
Locust St
Daniel Joseph Wide
Robert Dewayne Wide
Raymond Lee Hiller JR
Raymond Lee Hiller
North 4Th
James Richard Bean
Stanley Duane Bean
Cecelia Irene Calvin
Mrs
Michael Aaron Calvin
Orris E. Connelly
Clifford Connelly
Solon
Joseph Kucera
Clausen
Ira (Tink) Shhenefelt
North Avenue B
Bessie Bender
Keswick
Sigourney
William D. Zickefoose
Carl E. Blumenstein
Doctor’s Hospital
Modesto, Calif
Washington County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Fairfield
Iowa
Highland High School
Highland Mat
Helscher
J. W. Helscher
CLO
Ohio National Life Insurance Company
Ohio National
George Goetz
Faye
Roy Smith
Milton Smith
John Goetz
R. I. Williams
Rex Frazer
Walter Westen
Martie
Augusta Westen
Tena Simmering
Emden
Hartsburg
Lincoln
Homer Brinning
Dana Crawford
Brooklyn
Vera Crawford
Robert Brinning
Beth
Tim
Clinton
John E. Young
Texas
Arizona
California
Frank Richardson
Nacogdoches
Mary Young
Kansas City
W.F. Young
Tulsa
Vietnamese Christian Committee
Leslie Hochstetler
Vietnamese Christian Service
Hochstetler
Kiwanis Club
The
Jaycees
T. M. Nelson
Nelson
City of
John B. Morris
Louisa County
Successful Farming Magazine
Mr. Morris
Fred Schwengel
Lewis E. Foss
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
U. S. Department of the Interior
Henry Lanning
Ted Zieglowsky
Mrs. Zieglowsky
Carl Hays
Alta Hays
Drake University
Carl
Francis Glider
Veterans Hospital
Harry ‘Hod’ Rice
Newport Beach
Calif
Charles Kennedy
Allen Rice
Norma Huss
Hod Rice
Chicago
Charles Welsh
Peter Welsh
Farmington
N.M
State of
New Mexico
Peter
Don Welsh
Welsh
C. J. Jungbluth
Columbus Community High School
Demons
Cedar Rapids Ymca Tanksters
McAvoy
Williams
Sheetz
Hysell
Smith
D. McAvoy
Matt Ross
Eula Patterson
Ft. Myers, Fla
Duane Disney
Raymond Hasty
Farmers Savings Bank
James Gingerich
Janet Gingerich
Ole Gingerich
Karl Jones
Frank Gingerich
Maynard Brenneman
Willard Gingerich
Katie Kinsinger
Velma Spicher
Irma Gingerich
Don Statler
Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo
Pvt
Gerald George Statler
Service
Duane Tadlock
Duane Longwell
Ralph Tadlock
Modesto
Denise Lepeska
Mollie Kneen
Mollie
Phil Kneen
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Clifford Reeves
Ron Genheimer
Stephen
Danny
Christine
Swaziland
Africa
Genheimer
Mankaiana
Swailand
Reeves
Republic of South Africa
Rome
Athens
Bible Lands
John Dill Hulme
Olds
Jalaine
Steve Sandburg
Moline, Ill
Paul Sandburg
Moline
Steve Norton
Kirksville
Laughlin Hospital
Norton
Campbell Apts
Freeman Hall
Robert Wallace
Williamsburg
Florence Davis
Dennis Johnson
Don Johnson
Tucson
Ariz
Mr. Connelly
Orris Connelly
Mary Crone
Raymond Crone
Ottumwa Heights College
Ottumwa
Mary
Gene Gorham
James Gorham
Pam
Patty
Springfield
Illinois
Heritage House
Mr. Gorham
Paul Gorham
Lloyd Enke
Lanscape
Clark Bauer
Glenn Fuhr
Connellys
Harry Bethards
Richland
Sharon Lorraine
David E. Bottorff
Warren Bottorff
Ollie
Richland Methodist Church
Larry Willey
Everett Lance
Trenton
Henry County
Cook and Weir
Forrest Lance
Jemima McClintic
Parkview
Robert E. Stutsman
Phoenix
Nina Stutsman
V.A. Hospital
7Th and
Indian School Road
W. R. Gross
Nicholaus Roth
Henry Taylor
Ronald Porter
Donald Helfrich
Robert D. Wide
Donald McAvoy
Cindy Lou Marek
Eli Cook
David Pfeiffer
Dan
Iel Roethel
West Chester
Andy Farrier
Thomas Milam
Lloyd Mast
Dale Logan
Bernaus
Leeds
Evening Journal
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