Wayland plans focus on community development meeting
Twenty three residents gathered at Wayland City Hall on a February evening to discuss regional development ideas. Lee Shafer and Dean Edwards from Brighton outlined the Brighton Development Corporation formed in 1964 with 100 shares of stock at 100 dollars each, aimed at buying and revitalizing run down properties.
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Wayland
Wayland City Hall
Community Club
Brighton
Lee Shafer
Dean Edwards
Brighton Development Corporation
Shafer
Edwards
Orville Miller
Wayland Development Corporation
Joe Gowey
Melvin Clark
John L. Stauffer
Gary Mast
Richard Leichty
Rawsons to Speak at Methodist Church Event Series
The Rawsons from Cedar Rapids will discuss mission work at United Methodist Church in Washington Sunday at 7 p.m. They will share experiences in Holmes County and show slides. A sandwich supper from 5:30 to 7 p.m. costs 1 for financing next year’s Appalachian work camp.
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Bob Rawson
Cedar Rapids
United Methodist Church
Washington
School of Missions
Rawsons
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
America
Holmes County
Appalachian
St James marathon pinochle leaders after ninth round
Vorony McCarthy and Dorothy Gevock lead the St James pinochle marathon with 7 550. Richard Herlein duo follow at 7 220. Emma Pecinovsky Muriel TeBockhorst 5 500. Henry Kiene 5 050 Eugene Reed 4 890. Janet Jones Kathryn Dunbar 4 610. Bernard Reed 3 550. Tom Cannon pair and George Sojka pair tied for eighth at 3 500.
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Vorony McCarthy
Dorothy Gevock
St. James
Bernard Reed
Tom Cannon
George Sojka
Almanac notes for February 23 1973
Friday February 23 1973 marks the almanac date with notable births and history. George Frederic Handel is listed as born on this date in 1685 while World War II events are recalled including Iwo Jima flag raising in 1945 and a 1942 oil refinery shelling near Santa Barbara. Washington Iowa’s Washington Evening Journal provides publication details and staff roles.
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United Press International
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
George Frederic Handel
Santa Barbara
Calif
Pearl Harbor
United States
Sth
U.S
Mt. Suribachi
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Keota Centennial Receives Santa Claus Gift
Keota Centennial Chairman Denny Bohrofen announced a $25.00 check from Santa Claus to fund the July centennial celebration. In the letter Santa said he visited Keota before Christmas, praised the planned events for children, and signed over the check to the Centennial Committee.
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Keota
Denny Bohrofen
Santa Claus
Santa
Denny
North Pole
S. Claus
Vicki Is Care Named to Dean's List at University of Dubuque
Briefs report Vicki Is Care of RR 1 Crawfordsville named to the fall semester Dean's List at the College of Liberal Arts, University of Dubuque. The honor requires a 3.2 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
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Dare
Vicki
Care
Crawfordsville
College of Liberal Arts
University of Dubuque
Area School Lunches Week of Feb 26
School lunch menus list daily meals for Washington Highland EOTA Waco and Mid Prairie districts. Entries specify Monday to Friday options with entrees such as chicken tetrazini beef patties tuna noodle casserole pizza roast beef and more, plus sides and milk.
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Washington
Missionaries to Speak at Prairie Flower Church
Mr and Mrs Jen Weien missionaries to West Africa will speak at Prairie Flower Baptist Church on February 25 at 7 pm They are graduates of Faith Baptist Bible College Ankeny Welch spent three months in Ghana in 1970 on a Baptist Mid Missions program They will share testimonies and Ghana slides A time of food and fellowship will follow.
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Jen Weien
West Africa
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Welch
Faith Baptist Bible College
Ankeny
Ghana
Baptist Mid-Missions
Lunch Menu for St James School Week
Monday beef stew celery and carrot sticks biscuits fruit milk. Tuesday spaghetti lettuce salad upside down cake sandwiches milk. Wednesday creamed chicken and biscuits corn Jello salad milk. Thursday pigs in blanket green beans cherry cobbler milk. Friday toasted cheese sandwiches hash browns baked beans fruit milk.
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EOTA
Mid-Prairie
ST. James
Holcombs Host Church Potluck Social
Mr and Mrs Chester Holcomb hosted a Wednesday evening family night potluck at the Reformed Presbyterian Church with guests Mr and Mrs Howard Rowe of Muscatine. Table committee members were Mrs Orpha Munson and Mrs Gary Todd with food committee led by Mrs Ed Kleese and Mrs John Skubal. Sharee Wilson and Dorinda Blair organized the children's entertainment.
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Chester Holcomb
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Howard Rowe
Muscatine
Orpha Munson
Gary Todd
Ed Kleese
John Skubal
Sharee Wilson
Dorinda Blair
Mid Prairie ag students visit Yoder farm and FFA events
The Mid-Prairie freshman ag class toured Yoder Feeds Research Farm with Steve Yetty guiding the group. Senior ag management students visited Lawrence Miksch's farm to discuss haymaking and beef management. The FFA started a gilt chain led by Mike Yoder as the first user. On January 26 a gilt furrowed producing six live pigs and four dead with Mr. Swank assisting delivery. The February FFA meeting at Colonial Lanes in Iowa City drew 27 members for a bowling party. The district contest will be held February 17 in Brooklyn with about 25 members competing. The senior class visited Foodland in Kalona with Dick Conwell on meat pricing. Loren Logan, Brian Patterson, Kenny Chance led an environmental education talk to Kalona 6th graders and Washington Township students, distributing comic books. Mr Swank attended an IWATA sub-district meeting in Victor. Marvin Fisher, Hesston College student, works part time with Hesston Corporation PR in Hesston Kansas. Grad Pat Curl, ISU student and NROTC member, plans pistol match in Florida next month and seeks State FFA secretary.
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Wellman
Mid - Prairie
Yoder Feeds
Steve Yetty
Lawrence Miksch
FFA
Mike Yoder
Mr. Swank
Mike
Colonial Lanes
Iowa City
Mid - Prairie Ffa
Brooklyn
Iowa
Kalona
Dick Conwell
Loren Logan
Brian Patterson
Kenny Chance
Washington Township
Bob van Hoozer
Swank
IWATA
Victor
Marvin Fisher
Hesston College
Hesston Corporation
Hesston
Kansas
Pat Curl
ISU
NROTC
Florida
Office of State
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Washington Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
North Marion Ave
Elder, Shannon & Co., Inc
Inland Daily Press Assn
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Iowa Press Assn
Audit Bureau of Circulations
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Robert Shaffer
Leonard S
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Iown
Wolf's Flower Shop
Nel
Centennial’ Corporation
Ce Hot
Heart Fund
Washington County Heart Unit
Kiwanis Club
Ainsworth
Riverside
Roger Borup
Don Kirchner
Percy Holder
T.M. Nelson
Dean Garrett
Rita Edwards
Robert Wilcox
Ralph Bringman
Ferdinand Marie
Silas Finke
Juanita Hering
Journal
Salisbury
Sonny Cab CO
Roger E Harris
Gall
Toots
Sorrell Glass
Prairie Flower
Ington Evening Journal
Holcombs
M-P Ag
Yoder Farm
Osincup’s
Mediterranean
West Side Square
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