Washington News Sparks Growth In Dublin And Bonds
A one day revival in Dublin plus a $10 million bond issue will bring a Crane Co factory to Washington. Mayor Willits and officials signed bonds in Chicago using a machine to stamp ten at a time. Production is slated for September 1968 with city life buzzing through swimming lessons and summer programs.
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Washington
Dublin
Crane Co
Willits
Chicago
Red Cross
Iowa City
Iowa and Washington Teens Named in Early 4-H Listing
Ie Stock Gazette lists multiple high school age youths with parental names and addresses in Iowa and Wellman Kalona Kalona Ainsworth Columbus Junction and Washington. Names include Timothy Young Amy Beenblossom John Shelman Regina Miller Thomas Ahart Carol Orris Carol Miller Michele Baker Robin Wolfe Angela Allender John Skubal Jeffrey Jones Bruce Miller Teresa Droll.
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Max Timothy Young
Max Lee Young
West Third
Washington
Amy LU Beenblossom
Paul Eugene Beenblossom
John Robert Shelman
Iowa
Regina Denise Miller
Paul Miller
Wellman
Thomas Michael Ahart
E. M. Ahart
South
Carol Christine Orris
Milo Max Orris
North
Marion
Carol Irene Miller
Adin C. Miller
Kalona
Michele Kay Baker
Lonnie Joe Baker
Keota
Robin Elaine Wolfe
Robert William Wolfe
North Seventh
Angela Sue Allender
Donald Franklin Allender
East Third
John Gregory Skubal
John Kenneth Skubal
The Week on the Farm Insightful August Chronicle
The week on the farm covers field work and weather tied to corn and soybeans with cultivation spraying disease control, side dressing with liquid fertilizer, and a robust hay harvest. Pheasant hatchlings appear. rose bushes brighten the garden as the author reflects on flowers, trees, and the meaning of gifting.
Hospital Births and Discharges Noted by Monday
Hospital records show multiple births including a daughter to Mr and Mrs Milo Orris in Washington and a son to Dr and Mrs E M Ahart, along with several new admissions and dismissals. Additional births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs John Skubal of Ainsworth and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Robert Wolfe of Washington.
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Russell Yoder
Riverside
Linda Marie
Robert Robertson
Leo Robertson
Robertson
Donald Kerr
George Kerr
Fishkill
N. Y
Mr. Kerr
Santa Barbara
Calif
Local names listed in yesterday and today's medical notes
Yesterday entries list Mrs Max Rod man Mrs Dale Smith Virgil Smith and Mrs Laura Brin ning in Washington. Today entries note Mrs Mabel Cline and Luke Weber both of Brighton Mrs E M Ahart and son and Mrs Milo Orris and daughter in Washington Mrs Paul H Miller and daughter in Wellman Mrs John Skubal and son in Ainsworth Mrs Fern Adrian in Washington Tom Rabenold in Ainsworth.
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Max Rodman
Dale Smith
Virgil Smith
Laura Brinning
Washington
Mabel Cline
Luke Weber
Brighton
E. M. Ahart
Milo Orris
Paul H., Miller
Wellman
John Skubal
Ainsworth
Fern Adrian
Tom Rabenold
Washington area births and hospital notes February July
Yesterday and today notices list births hospitalizations marriages and first names across Washington Kalona Keota and Riverside, including multiple families such as Miller Droll Bak er Griffith and Latta. Notable items include weddings engagement plans, navy retirement, and family trips with relatives in Iowa and nearby states.
Local youths killed in Monday morning crash near Brighton
Two Washington teenagers Stephen E. Petta vino 18 of 828 South Avenue B and Stephen M. Fenno 18 of 5 Orchard Drive died instantly when their car left highways 78 and 1 two miles west of Brighton around 12 50 a m Sunday. Fenno was driving and apparently lost control as the vehicle traveled east, plummeting into a ravine. Dr G E Montgomery Washington County Medical Examiner reports both youths suffered multiple internal injuries.
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Washington
Brighton
Stephen E. Pettavino
South Avenue B
Stephen M. Fenno
Orchard Drive
Fenno
G. E. Montgomery
Washington County
Journal Saturday Summary for Washington Readers
The Saturday edition targets out-of-state subscribers with a weekly local news roundup. It offers $3.50 per year mailing for former Washington residents and out-of-state readers.
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Washington
Journal
Gorham family trips and birthdays noted during travels
Mr and Mrs Gene Gorham and Don returned Saturday from Colorado Springs visiting Mr and Mrs Dick Gorham Jill and Mr and Mrs Gary Gorham and Mark in Cole Also Mr and Mrs Dean Garrett Terry Rick and Tamie came back from Kentucky where Garrett attended army reserve school at Ft Knox The group toured Hodgenville and Mammoth Cave Rick celebrated his 18th birthday Tamre turns nine Don Wheelan visited from Oklahoma City with his parents and joined sisters Karen Rita and Esther Wheelan Blaine and Mrs Robert Clark
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Don Wheelan
Oklahoma City
Bernard Blaine
Karen
Rita
Kansas City
Wheelan
Robert Clark
Sara
Annis
Jeffrey
Martha
Mollie
Arenzville
Ill
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Clark
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Carlton Wilson
Charles Ragen
T. J. Berdo
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Ira Morrison
Gene Gorham
Don
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Mark
Colorado Springs
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Dean Garrett
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Rick
Tamie
Kentucky
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Ft. Knox
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Lincoln
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Mammoth Cave
National Park of
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Blaine
Esther Wheelan
Robert V. Lintz
Virgil Lintz
Travis Air Force Base
California
Salamo College
Davis Monathan Air Force Base
Arizona
Vietnam
Washington Crane Co bond signing in Chicago marks $10 million
Washington city officials Mayor Cloud Willits City Clerk Lloyd Robertson and City Solicitor John C Owen travel to Chicago to sign ten million dollars in industrial revenue bonds for Crane Co The bonds will fund a new factory in Washington and will be turned over to the trustee at the Continental Illinois National Bank Thursday.
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Cloud Willits
Lloyd Robertson
John C. Owen
Chicago
City of Washington and Crane Co
Security - Columbian Bank Note Co
South Ashland
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co
Crane Co
Washington
Community groups plan Friday meeting on soil survey
A Thursday June 29 1967 gathering of Washington County leaders discussed steps to obtain an up to date soil survey. Frank Mendell state soil conservationist outlined Soil Conservation Service input while Dr. Frank Riecken described Iowa Agriculture Experiment Station support. An updated survey would need joint funding from county state and federal governments.
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Washington County
Frank Mendell
Soil Conservation Service
Frank Riecken
Iowa Agriculture Experiment Station
Fuji leaves for home after year in Waco High School
Hidetoshi Fujisawa 18 of Tokushima Japan will leave Crawfordsville July 1 after a year as an American Field Service exchange student. He will tour the United States with other AFS students for three weeks before returning to Japan. Fujisawa has lived with the Madden family who farm about 600 acres near Crawfordsville. The article also notes local social updates including a wedding plan and various visits.
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E. Clayton Ward
E. E. Ward
Boston
Mass
American Metals Engineering Association
San Jose
Calif
Hidetoshi Fujisawa
Tokushima - Ken
Japan
Crawfordsville
Waco High School
United States
AFS
Fuji
Robert C. Madden
Maddens
Deaths across towns report multiple local losses
Kalona Lloyd E Stagner 75 died Sunday at 6 p m in University Hospitals Iowa City from injuries in a highway one crash south of Kalona on Sunday June 18. Mrs Rex Smith 84 died Tuesday June 27 at Restopia Nursing Home Columbus Junction after an 18 month illness home five miles east of Washington. Columbus Junction Edward C Kauffman 88 died Sunday June 25 at Muscatine General Hospital lived in Columbus Junction for years. Richland Nettie E Moffett 84 died 5 30 am today at Jefferson County Hospital Fairfield after two weeks as patient, health failing three years. Harper Miss Catherine Linnenkamp 75 of 608 South Jackson Mt Pleasant died early Monday at Henry County Memorial Hospital after severe heart attack.
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Kalona
Lloyd E. Stagner
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Rex Smith
Restopia Nursing Home
Columbus Junction
Washington
Edward C. Kauffman
Muscatine General Hospital
Richland
Nettie E. Moffett
Jefferson County Hospital
Fairfield
Harper
Catherine Linnenkamp
Jackson Street
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Obituaries for Kauffman in Reno and Hall in Iowa City
Two notices report deaths of John A. Kauffman, 59, formerly of Kalona, who died in Reno, and W Channing Hall of Tipton, a longtime bank cashier, who died at Veterans Hospital in Iowa City. Hall had worked in Columbus Junction.
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Channing Hall of
Tipton
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
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