Dear Aunt Agatha Week in Washington Seasonal Weather Update
A weekly column notes a bitter start to winter with subzero temps and 4 to 5 inches of snow, followed by milder ends. A snow removal truck overturns with little damage. Plans approve a new high school summer baseball program, add girls track, study girls basketball. YMCA swim team nears undefeated season. West Chester Riverside plan July centennials. Crane Co opens plant for a truck transmission housing. DECA earns honors at Ottumwa. YMCA drive nears success. Farm Bureau signs 1,142 members. Thieves steal 12 televisions from a Kalona firm. City crews praised for snow clearance.
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YMCA
West Chester
Riverside
Washington County
Washington
Crane Co
DECA
Ottumwa
Farm Bureau
Kalona
Week on the Farm pheasants adapt to deep snow and changing cover
A reader observes pheasants feeding from 7 to 9 a.m. amid fence rows and brush, with birds moving between corn and soybean stubble as snow grows deeper. Roosters act as environmental observers, signaling danger, while hens forage and bachelor gatherings occur. The piece notes scarce cover in prairie county areas and suggests tree and shrub plantings as a family friendly project.
Passing Years From Washington News and Notes
The column lists local and regional updates including personnel changes at the National Bank of Washington, a Florida vacation return for Dr and Mrs J M Lloyd and Mrs Marguerite Crail, and Pfc Justin McCarthy USMC arriving in Okinawa for a year. It notes Kathy Lynn Stevens’s post tonsillectomy recovery and birthday details for her and her brother Mark. Carolyn Jones models for a spring styling show in Ottumwa February 12 at the Eagles, and Clifford Connelly’s six week trip to Shreveport Key West and Tampa with Washington friends. 2 years ago Dr L B Eicher attended a Chicago dental convention and demonstrated a matrix retainer. John A Logan studied jewelry management in New York. Anniversary notes for Mr and Mrs I B Hexworth. Community Chest goal reached at $25,003.05. Washington County labor, local festival praise, and school concert praise round out the report.
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Bill Jones
the National Bank of Washington
J.M. Lloyd
John
Marguerite Crail
Florida
Pfc
Justin McCarthy
USMC
Okinawa
Guam
Pacific
Kathy Lynn Stevens
Harold Stevens
Lincoln School
Kathy
Mark
Carolyn Jones
Dale W. Jones
Brighton
Ottumwa Beauty Academy
The
Eagles
Ottumwa
Carolyn
Clifford Connelly
Shreveport
T.G. Connelly
Key West
Tampa
Fla
Washington
L. B. Eicher
Chicago
Eicher
John A. Logan
New York City
N. Y
Lemmon Jewelry Store
I. B. Hexworth
South Avenue
Robert Day
Community Chest
Washington County
Permelia R. Lay
Iowa Employment Service
Little Six
Washington High School
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
Washington County sees varied local news events and theft
Washington County sheriffs investigate a theft at C and S U TV and radio Kalona with multiple TVs stereos and a tape recorder taken after 6 p.m. Sunday. Other items cover Fire Department calls, a Pvt Kerr basic training completion, community moves births and visits, and a 1971 first quarter sales rise in the county. Washington State Farm Bureau membership hits 1,142 after a mass drive.
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Washington County
Deaths of the week in several Iowa towns
Kalona Lizzie Miller 84 died Feb 6 at Lantern Park Nursing Home Coralville. Rena M. Sanders 75 died Feb 6 at home Washington. Luella White died Feb 6 in Washington County Hospital. John H. Wagner 53 died Feb 6 near Washington after heart attack in Creston. Rudy Wagenknecht 69 died Feb 6 at Washington County Hospital. Edward R. Gibson 85 died Feb 7 at Washington County Hospital. Emma Wittman 88 died Feb 8 at Restopis Nursing Home Columbus Junction. Mary Frey 86 died Feb 11 in Washington County Hospital. Albert Navy 82 died Feb today Riverside home. Anna Younkin 89 died late Wed Lone Tree Nursing Home. S Russell Bell 83 died Thu Keota at home after extended illness. Frank Jarrard 88 died Feb 11 at son Roy Jarrard’s home in Waverly.
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Kalona
Lizzie Miller
Lantern Park
Coralville
John H. Wagner
Washington
Creston
Mrs. Wagner
Emma Wittman
Conesville
Restopis Nursing Home
Columbus Junction
Riverside
Anna Younkin
Lone Tree
Frank Jarrard
Roy Jarrard
Waverly
City Council signs water contracts for mains and tower
Washington city council approved contracts for water mains with Chalupa Brothers totaling 102000 dollars and for a southeast water tower with Chicago Bridge and Iron at 192100 dollars. Work is planned as weather allows. Other local items include YMCA swim victory over Burlington 303 to 77, JV basketball loss to Town City West 82 to 43, birth of Sherry Lynn Ross, and travel notices for local residents.
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Washington
Muscatine Muskies
Dale Harter
Muskies
Demons
Chalupa Brothers
Chicago Bridge and Iron
Freshman Basketball Team With Heart Surgery Ties
Three Waco Community School District freshmen starters share heart surgery histories during Heart Month. Their conditions were detected and corrected, limiting activities but marking a poignant reflection on resilience. Community reports note YMCA campaign progress and local service member updates.
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Waco
Marvin Stauffer
Edwin Stauffer
Wayland
Bruce Eichelberger
Cal Eichelberger
Scott Davis
Agriculture frames Iowa economy despite volatility report
A Farm Bureau study proclaims agriculture as the basic Iowa industry with eight in ten workers tied to it directly or indirectly. It notes about half depend directly for jobs and another 30 percent support agri business. The agricultural complex underpins Iowa’s growing economy, influencing new industry location and expansion across towns.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
Hospital Admissions and Births Chronicle
Hospital entries list admissions and discharges from August Zieglowsky in Wayland to multiple patients in Washington and surrounding towns. Births record a daughter to Richard and unnamed wife in Columbus Junction and a son to Cephas Kauffman in Karona.
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Richard Tompkins
Columbus Junction
Cephas Kauffman
Karona
Susan Soto
Washington
Forrest Mitchell
George Morrison
Eugene Hoyle
Orie O'Conner
Ainsworth
Mercy Hospital
Towa City
Kenneth Paisley
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Catherine of Aragon
Helen Wilson
Tuberculosis Association
Paul Thomassen
IGA
Robert A. Frink
SUI
D. B. Twinam
A. E. Baldrige
United States
Rock Island
Skunk River
George Belknap
Laura Einspahr
Evening Journal
Will ‘McCausland
Ruth Marie Morrison
E. D. Morrison Sr
Milo Reno
Farmers’ Union
Court House
Allied Mutual Automobile Association
Paul Horak
Virgil Wittmer
June Herring of
Wii
Glenn Holden
Moline
Virginia
Holdens
Perfex, Inc
East Seventh St
Robert J
Joe) Kerr
Ft. Leonard Wood
Susan
Raymond Roth
Joe
George Kerr
White Sands Missile Base
N.M
James Allison
Ottumwa Motel
Highway
Joe Quinn
Leo Burnette Advertising Company
University of Iowa
Iowa City
College of Commerce
James Quinn
Stanley Leach
Ith Avenue
Jon David
St.Anthony's Hospital
Wilma Hughes
Zelma Hughes
John Hughes
Francis Leach
Everette Simpson
Cedar Falls
Iva Simpson
Charles Rademaker
Roger Stiles
Des Moines
Charles Snyder
Don Hayes Sr
Bonita Springs
State Department of Revenue
Crane Company
Joe Gebhardt
William Penn College
Oskaloosa
Penn Statesmen
Penn
Simpson
Central
Washington Gymnasium
Joe Gilmore
Doug Hough
Burl Richards
Darrel Willey
Dell Farrier
Cotter
Israel
Aquanis Seminary
Dubuque
Jfk
Paris
Rome
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Harry Ramseyer
Ill
National Board of Administration of the
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Alexandria
Washington D.C
Forum On National Security
Shoreham Hotel
Rena M. Sanders
East Second Street
Luella White
Washington County Hospital
Rudy Wagenknecht
East Sixth Street
Edward R. Gibson
East Main Street
Otto (Mary) Frey
Noble
Albert Navy
Keota
S. Russell Bell
Washington Ymca
Green Toads
Burlington
Yw-Ymca
Town City West
Ron Ross
Pella
Sherry Lynn
Sherry
Rex Emerson
Ted M. Ross
William Chmelar
Chico
Calif
Mr. Chmelar
John Chmelar
Vinus Thomas
Robert E. Thomas
Beirut
Lebanon
Winnie Hoveler
Middle East
Johannesburg
South Africa
South America
Caribbean
Craig W. Elmore
Clifford Elmore
San Diego
Georgia
Craig
Robert Zager
Ralph Graber
Tom Horak
Las Vegas
Mr. Zager
Tucson
Ariz
Mr. Horak
James Logan
Akron
Mrs
John Logan
Lester Luckenbill
Miss Bess Luckenbill
Mediapolis
Robert S. Cheyney
Princeton
Vaughn Martelle
Robert Cheyney
Don Custer
Robert C. See
Max D. See
Phillips University
Enid
Okla
Ward
Charles V. Barrows
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Barrows
Carbondale
Linda Pence Condry
Southern Illinois University At
SIU
Myrl E. Nofziger
Archbold, C
Maretta Sue
Gary L. Conrad
Edwin Conrad
Larry Duncan
American Securities Company
Davenport
Willis Schrampfer
Devota
Ramona, S.D
Harold Frakes
Joseph Allen
Christa
George Stout
Joseph Frakes
Fairfield
Ruth Stout
George Gorsh
Cedar Rapids
August Zieglowsky
Carl Mennes
Lewis
Kate Gibson
Carl Schmidt
Surgical
Allen Kron
Clarence Weber
Toni Marie Rathmel
Ray Miller
Joe Cochran
Ralph Brinning
Roger Escher
Ray Wil Wellman
Menee
Ross Hodson
Medical
Elmer Schantz
Wellman
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