Service to be Restored Laundry Crisis Ended
Washington's commercial laundry problem was resolved by a new arrangement between Watson Cleaners and the Fairfield Laundry. The closed Washington Laundry, after 22 years, disrupted households and area hotels. Bundles may be dropped at Watson's by Tuesday. pickups occur Wednesday and returns Saturday.
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Washington
Watson Cleaners
Fairfield Laundry
Chamber of Commerce
Watson's Cleaners
Lloyd Miller
S. 3Rd
Miller
Earl Jackson
Eastern Iowa Coop leaders meet in Des Moines session
F E Fair of Wilton Junction and other managers from Iowa's 55 Rural Electric Cooperatives gathered for the regular winter quarterly meeting of the Rural Electric Cooperative section of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives. At the Hotel Savery in Des Moines January 19 and 12, highlights included rising use of electric heat in rural homes, underground service developments, tax study reports, and procedures for moving buildings when power lines are involved.
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F. E. Fair
Wilton Junction
Eastern
Iowa
REC
The
Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives
Hotel Savery
Funeral services for Leo C Zook held at Sherman Eden
Funeral services for Leo C Zook were held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Sherman-Eden Funeral Home with Rev. W J Stevens and Rev. Fred Bickhart in charge. Pall bearers were George Westen Clyde Dawson Sr Sperry Easter and Clyde Dawson Jr Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery. Accident two cars damaged about 500 from icy streets city police said cars driven by Robert Dean Long and Mary Sue Davis both of Washington involved Long slid into Davis while turning left in 200 block of North Iowa at 11 50 a.m.
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Robert Dean Long
Mary Sue Davis
Washington
Long
North
Iowa
Miss Davis
Medical admissions noted for Otis Little and Charles Wolfe
Yesterday Otis Little of Grand View in medical care and Mrs Rudolph Bonnichsen of Columbus Junction were admitted for medical reasons. Today Charles Wolfe of Washington was admitted for medical care.
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Otis Little
Grandview
Medical
Rudolph Bonnichsen
Columbus Junction
Charles Wolfe
Washington
Elmer Ryals Dies in Richland at 61
Elmer Ryals, 61, died Thursday evening at his Richland home from a heart attack. A retired cook and painter, he moved to Richland in 1922 and was a World War II Army veteran and American Legion member. Services tentatively set for Sunday at Gould Funeral Home. He leaves four sisters: Emma McAllister Ottumwa, Bessie Leppert Hastings, Mildred Bottorff Ollie, and Audrey Mendelson Los Altos. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers and two sisters.
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Richland
Elmer Ryals
Ryals
Gould
Glenwood
John
Lillian Collins Ryals
American Legion
Emma McAllister
Ottumwa
Bessie Leppert
Hastings
Nebraska
Mildred Bottorff
Ollie
Audrey Mendelson
Los Altos
Calif
Recruits Mary Engel Listed for Marine Corps Depot
Pfc. Mary L. Engel, Service number W718593, from D Company, Class 41-68 at C&E Battalion, United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego California 92140.
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Engel
Mary L. Engel
C&e
Marine Corps Recruite Depot
San Diego
Calif
Assessment schedule listed for next week
Residents of Lime Creek Township Wellman Jackson Township Brighton and the second ward in Washington must report to field stations for personal property assessments. Taxpayers will continue to report through Feb 10 until assessments are complete. Homestead and soldier exemptions may be signed at the same time. Next week begins January 15 with Lime Creek Township and Wellman at Wellman Town Hall Jackson Township at Washington City Hall Brighton Township and Brighton city at Brighton Masonic Hall Washington second ward at Washington City Hall.
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Wellman
Jackson Township
Brighton
Washington
Wellman Town Hall
Washington City Hall
Brighton Township
Brighton Masonic Hall
Washington Second
Masonic bodies install Cyrus Chapter and Zereda Council
Cyrus Chapter and Zereda Council installed 1968 officers Tuesday at the Masonic Temple in Washington. Installing officers were Donald Maxwell as installing master, Donald Woff as installing marshall, George W. Dare as installing secretary, and Rev. M. O. Smith as installing chaplain. Cyrus Chapter officers included Don Birlingmair as High Priest and King, Dwane J. Shalla as Scribe, Edgar E. Stewart as Treasurer and Secretary, Merle Warner as Principal Sojourner, plus J. W. Fields, M. L. Tweeton, Wendell Guy, Bennie Schantz, Guy Stacy, and Robert Guy. Zeredatha Council officers listed Raymond L. Bonar as Illustrious Master and Deputy Master Harold F. Timmins, with J. Paul Wolfe as Principal Conductor of the Work, Edgar E. Stewart as Treasurer, Paul Snakenberg as Recorder, Roy Carter as Captain of the Guard, and Merle Warner, Guy Stacy, Bennie Schantz, and others.
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Cyrus Chapter
Zeredatha Council
Masonic Temple
Washington
Donald Maxwell
Grand Council
Donald Woff
Mt. Pleasant
Grand Commandery
Iowa
Marshall
George W. Dare
M. O. Smith
Don Birlingmair
King
Dwane J. Shalla
Raymond L. Bonar
Edgar E. Stewart
Paul Snakenberg
Merle Warner
Sojourner
J. W. Fields
Royal Arch
M. L. Tweeton
Wendell Guy
Bennie Schantz
Guy Stacy
Robert Guy
Ainsworth Bank Holds 22nd Annual Stockholders Meeting
The 22nd annual meeting of stockholders of Ainsworth State Bank occurred at 1 30 Tuesday afternoon January 9 1968 with John E Baldrige presiding. Cleo C Orris reported 1967 year end totals of 3 122 000 versus 2 812 000 in 1966. Directors previously rejected included Earl R Wood J D Rabenold Erwin Wulf Kenneth Ornduff Gene Stephens Clarence Kaufman James Quinn. Officers elected: Earl R Wood Chairman J D Rabenold President Erwin Wulf Vice President Cleo C Orris Executive V P Freida McFarland Cashier Norma White Assistant Cashier Betty Thompson Alice Droll Bookkeepers Tellers.
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Ainsworth State Bank
John E. Baldrige
Cleo C. Orris
Exec. V. P
Earl R. Wood
J. D. Rabenold
Erwin Wulf
Kenneth Ornduff
Gene Stephens
Clarence Kaufman
James Quinn
Cleo C
Orris
V. P
Freida McFarland
Norma White
Ass’t
Betty Thompson
Alice Droll
Iowa to mobilize 300 member emergency police force
Iowa will field a 300 member emergency corps under the Iowa Sheriff’s Association. The corps will be civilian volunteers deputized to handle emergencies, trained in four districts with early training in eastern Iowa and in armories across larger cities.
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Waterloo
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Sheriff's Association
Scott County
William ‘Blackie
Strout
Sixman
Association
Johnson moves to strengthen dollar
President Johnson orders a $100 million cutback in overseas aid from $290 million for 1967, aiming to shrink the balance of payments deficit. He met with AID head William Gaud in Austin to review the cut and Gaud’s 10 day trip to Vietnam and Thailand on rural development progress. Johnson plans more work on the State of the Union at the LBJ ranch before returning to Washington, while aides advance the speech. Ramsay Clark flew in to discuss anti crime and safe streets legislation for the 90th Congress.
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San Antonio
Tex
UPI
Johnson
William S. Gaud
Agency For International Development (Aid
Gaud
Austin
Vietnam
Thailand
Lbj Ranch
Washington
Ramsay Clark
Dissenters jailed in Soviet subversion case in Moscow
Moscow City Court sentenced four Russian dissenters to one to seven years on subversion charges tied to emigre links in Germany. Pavel Litvinov called the trial a witch hunt. Verdicts: Yuri Glanksov seven years. Alex Ginzburg five. Alexei Dobrovolsky two. Vera Lashkova one year with immediate release.
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Moscow
UPI
Germany
Pavel Litvinov
Maxim Litvinov
Josef Salin
Litvinov
Soviet Union
Yuri Glanksov
U.S
Lev Mirnov
Alex Ginzburg
Alexei Dobrovolsky
Galanksov
Ginsburg
Dobrovolsky
Vera Lashkova
Ginzburg
L A Grout 87 dies. Kalona funeral planned
L A Lute Grout 87 of rural Riverside died early today at an Iowa City nursing home where he had lived since August. A retired Johnson County farmer, he was born May 11 1880 in Johnson County. Survived by Emma his wife two sons Orville and Cleldon both of Riverside two grandsons one brother Harry Kalona and one sister Mrs Emma Madden Hills a daughter Evelyn three brothers and two sisters. Funeral Sunday at 2 p m at Peterseim Funeral Chapel Kalona with Rev Lowell Drake officiating burial in Sharon Methodist cemetery.
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Kalona
Lute) Grout
Riverside
Iowa City
Johnson County
Peterseim
Lowell Drake
Sharon Methodist Cemetery
Mr. Grout
Loren
Emma Sleichter Crout
Emma Sehenk
Orville
Cleldon
Harry
Emma Madden
Hills
Evelyn
Washington Fortnightly Club offers music scholarship
The Washington Fortnightly Club and its Music Department sponsor a weeklong Drake University music camp scholarship in Des Moines. Open to seventh through twelfth graders from Washington, with both local and state Iowa scholarships. Deadline February 15, 1968. Applications require three letters of recommendation and may be obtained from teachers, ministers, or Federated Clubs members.
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Washington
Drake University
Des Moines
City of
Beverly Smith
Kathy Bakehouse
Ington
State Federated Women’s Club
Iowa
Federated Clubs
Wayne Gamon
Route Two
Everetts Music Store
Mrs Jennie Harris Dies in Washington At 97
Mrs Jennie May Harris 97 died Thursday at 5 20 pm in the United Presbyterian Home Washington where she had lived since March 1962 She was a former school teacher and clerk at the U S Hulse store in Keota The funeral will be Saturday at 2 pm in the United Presbyterian church at Keota with Rev James A Beatty in charge Burial will be in Keota Cemetery Powell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements She was born east of Keota May 4 1870 daughter of William Isabell Nelson She was married July 30 1907 to Rev John J Gardenier who died July 17 1917 On June 26 1934 she married Charles O Harris who preceded her in death She was a member of the United Presbyterian church Surviving are many nieces and nephews Two sisters preceded her in death.
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Keota
Jennie May Harris
United Presbyterian Home
Washington
U. S. Hulse
United Presbyterian Church
James A. Beatty
Powell Funeral Home
Harris
William Isabell Vincent Nelson
John J. Gardenier
Charles O. Harris
Faith Baptist Church Service Times and Dial-in Contact
Faith Baptist Church lists Sunday School at 9 30, Worship at 10 30, Youth Groups at 6 00, and Evening Service at 7 00. Dial 3 4462 for sermon and Bible preaching aligned with today's world under the Baptist General Conference.
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Associate Presbyterian Church
West Monroe
S. Ave. D
World Baptist General Conference
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Micah
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