Fourth of July in Washington Des Moines Described
Don Ross recalls Washingtons Independence Day celebrations from 40 to 55 years ago. Captain Bill McCutcheon fires a Civil War cannon at Sunrise Park while bands, parades, old soldiers, and a balloon ascent fill the day. Fireworks, pop stands, ice cream, and garbed locals create a vivid hometown pageant.
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Bruce Cowden
Don Ross
Des Moines
Washington
Don
Bill MacCutcheon
Bill McCutcheon
Sunset Park
West Madison
Avenue B
Milwaukee guests visit at Keota and area
Milwaukee guests Mrs. Harry Martin and granddaughter Cindy Ann McAteer visited Keota with family at the Elmer Allers home and with Charley Richardson in Sigourney. Kenneth Hahn of Wellman stayed with sister and family Leo Anderson. Weekend visitors at Earl Baker’s included Keith Baker and Susie Baker from Cedar Rapids. Keith returned to Fond du Lac Wisconsin after a week’s vacation.
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Keota
Harry Martin
Cindy Ann McAteer
Milwaukee
Wis
Elmer Allers
Charley Richardson
Sigourney
Kenneth Hahn
Wellman
Leo Anderson
Earl Baker
Keith Baker
Susie Baker
Cedar Rapids
Keith Bakers
Fon du Lac
Wisconsin
Jerry Manthei
C.O. Baughman
Daryl Baughman
Doll Seitsinger
Wellman Boy Scouts Eight Day Trip Details
June 25 article reports 22 Boy Scouts from Troop 236 and leaders leaving Wellman Wednesday for an eight day journey. stops include Turkey Run State Park Indiana Mammoth Cave and Kentucky Lake Paducah and a Missouri visit to St. Louis Zoo and a ballgame. Also notes Joel Schwartz’s Navy Academy appointment and various local social updates.
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Wellman
Boy Scouts
Troop 236
Turkey Run State Park
Indiana
Bunker Hill Air Base
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky Lake
Paducah
Missouri
St. Louis Zoo
Kevin Miller
Bob Wehrle
Chuck Wehrle
Randy Jirsa
Danny Jirsa
Randy Tadlock
Craig Tadlock
Pat Tadlock
Robert Embree
Danny Gascho
Larry Ehrenfelt
Jeff Wade
Russell Williams
Mike McClellan
Larry Brenneman
John Godlove
David Droz
Bill Bringman
Eddie Miller
Dennis Miller
Bill Levert
Micky Acord
Duane Tadlock
Paul, Miller
Dave McClellan
Joel Schwartz
Dean Schwartz
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
U. S. Navy
Senator Hickenlooper
Well
Peoria
Ival
Buckwalters Motors Inc
Roy Canott
Leroy
Georgia
Florida
Lynn Troyer
Maple Park
Dr Adams to visit in Keota on July first
Dr and Mrs Richard Adams and their children will arrive in Keota July 1 as Dick is transferred to the Des Moines Induction Center. He has been stationed at Fort Carson Colorado. Jeff Weaver son of Mr and Mrs Lowell Weaver of Iowa City spent Sunday with his grandparents Galen and Helen Weaver while his parents were in Des Moines.
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Clark Johnston
Fairfield
Jenny Redlinger
Harper
Warren Carris
William Bushaw
Don Brady
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Sarah Coffman
James Coffman
Des Moines
Ernie Weber
Denver
Colorado
Ella Grove
C. B. Carter
Kenneth Propst
Mabel Cross
Rubio
Wilma Kuhn
Wayland
Grand View
Get Together Club
Ollie Wiles
Tommie Hohstettler
Dale Hohstettler
Hesston
Kansas
E. D. Miller
Leo Gislain
Pauline Gislain
Fred Gislain
Edna Hudson
Mary Ginerich
Shannon
Josie Yoder
Nella Spear
Ollie Schachner
Mary Neil
Carrie Marner
Ona Bidwell
Vida Godber
Kimberly Idaho
Madison East
Chestnut Street
Ralph Detwiler
Don
Luan
Roy Miller
Wally Swartzendruber
E. N. Foster
Frank June
Pebble Beach
California
Keota
Richard Adams
Fort Carson
Jeff Weaver
Lowell Weaver
Lowa City
Galen Weaver
LaVernon Weaver
Ottumwa
Mark Weber
Paul Webers
Kinross
Sandra Weber
Donald Shelangoski
Brighton
Salmon Dropped From Air Into Lake Winnipesaukee
Aerial stocking by Mrs. Shirley Mahn and co-pilot Robert Knowlton introduced several thousand landlocked salmon to Lake Winnipesaukee, marking the first air delivery after years of stocking trout and other fish since 1947. The operation used a metal tank with watertight doors releasing the fish at about 75 feet.
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Laconia
N. H
UPI
State Fish and Game Department
Shirley Mahn
New Hampshire
Winnipesaukee
Mahn
Fish and Game
Robert Knowlton
Poinsettia Club Hostess Leads Richland Meeting Roundup
Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis hosted a postponed Poinsettia Club meeting in Richland on Wednesday with program chairs Mrs. Richard Horas and Mrs. Ruth Reighard. The Star Country Club saw Mrs. Lewis Duke host Thursday at her daughter’s home, while Clover Leaf Club planned a Wednesday gathering with Ed Mercer of Packwood and Ed Avery presenting. Nearby weddings, hospital updates and talent contest results enlivened the community notices, including Jean Nady and Vince Capaulo’s Denver wedding and Richard Richland area performers in the Home Talent contests. Willard and Christina Jones, longtime Friends Service Committee workers now visiting relatives in Richland, also featured. Funeral services for Mrs. Francis Bruns were held in Sigourney. other visitors left Richland en route to Arkansas.
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Richland
Elizabeth Curtis
Poinsettia Club
Richard Horas
Ruth Reighard
Lewis Duke
Chalmers Haskins
Star Country Club
Clover Leaf Club
Ed Mercer
Packwood
Ed Avery
George Hendrickson
J. W. Hendrickson
Edmund Kreiger
Frank Klein
Denver
Colo
Jean Nady
Vince Capaulo
X. Nady
Robert Pfeifer
Fairfield Hospital
Dick Magnus
Russell Quick
Martinsburg
Bob Adam
Kristen Steinbeck
Connie McIntire
Martha Swartzenwelter
Marsha Stagers
Joy Adam
Barbara Lee
Town Park
Williard
Christina Jones
Cincinnati
Ohio
Friends Service Committee
Palestine
J. Howard Jones
Howard
Des Moines Methodist Hospital
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Louis Baird
National Guard
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Lee Bell
Phil Crail
Charlie Dewey
Oscar Brock
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Hartman
Dennison
Ball Park
Central Park
Neal
Alex Miller
Col. C. J. Wilson
Company D
Rock Island
J. C. Boice
GAR
Goldwater Campaign
Harold
Lincoln
Louis Wallace
Mr. Barnett
Iowa
Miss Stichter
Nanny Laughheads
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
B.E Goodrich
Washington Oil Company
Delco
Wellman Boy Scouts
Mrs. 0.B. Godber
Ed Blumenstein
Chester Muller
9Th St
Troyer
Call
Eclipse Lumber CO
Wayland Wayland Lumber CO
Coppes Termite Control, Inc
Burlington, IA
Washington Concrete CO
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
George F. Morrison
Gifford Morrison
Ira Morrison
South
Marion Ave
John C. Owen
W. West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
D. D
Logan Jewelry
Eastland
Journal
Mrs. Adams
Mrs. Curtis
Francis Bruns
Emma Hartley
Ray Ward
Reynolds
Bruns
Keokuk County Hospital
A.B. Jordan
Malta
Loren Hinshaw
Delaware
Arkansas
Jordan
RED Cross
Washington Evening Journal
Ptek
Firestone
United States
Canada
Nazird
Lane Ee
B & H Firestone
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