Preschool vision test day in Washington School System
A free vision screening for all pre kindergarten children is set for Tuesday July 9 in cooperation with local optometrists and the Iowa Optometric Association. Four optometrists Dr Max L Smith Dr William A Westphal Dr J F Mallory and Dr John Lemmon join the public service to detect eye problems that could hinder school achievement.
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Washington
Iowa
Association
Max L. Smith
William A. Westphal
J. F. Mallory
John Lemmon
Ray Miller files nomination papers for sheriff
Ray Miller of Washington filed nomination papers with County Auditor Walter Schroeder. The papers, signed by Washington County voters, show Miller seeking the Democratic nomination for sheriff in the September primary.
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Ray Miller
Washington
Walter Schroeder
Washington County
Mr. Miller
Republicans Plan Rally and Chicken Barbecue July 13
Republican women of the first district sponsor a Rally and Chicken barbecue Saturday July 13 at McMillan Park Mt Pleasant. State candidates attend with keynote by Congressman William Scherle of Henderson Mills County. Tickets from Mrs. Edgar Stewart Washington. Barbecue 5 to 7 p.m. Candidates speak 7 to 9 p.m. Young Republicans dance 9 to 11 p.m. All are urged to attend and meet the candidates.
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McMillan Park
Mt. Pleasant
William Scherle
Henderson
Mills County
Edgar Stewart
Washington
Legion Commander Elected At Leon Beatty Post
Robert Brewer was named commander of Leon Beatty American Legion post in Washington after a post meeting on Tuesday. The new commander is a World War II veteran. his father Jay Brewer is a former post commander. Elected officers include Bernard McCarthy first vice commander Tom Tanner second vice commander S W Easter adjutant Neal Burton finance officer and Rev Bruce Gillis chaplain. Installation will be held Tuesday July 23 with other appointments to follow.
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Robert Brewer
Leon Beatty American Legion
Washington
Jay Brewer
Bernard McCarthy
Tom Tanner
S. W. Easter
Neal Burton
Bruce Gillis
Jesse R. James dies in Wellman obituary notice
Jesse Ray James 70 longtime Wellman postal clerk and former town clerk died Tuesday July 2 at his Wellman home. Funeral Friday 10:30 a.m. Baptist Church Wellman with Rev Harold Thomas. burial Wellman cemetery. Powell Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife Lorraine, two daughters Mildred Yoder and Pauline King, six grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, sister Emma Perrin. Preceded by first wife Edith, son Robert, grandchild, three sisters, two brothers. LAKES California has 3 550 lakes and 622 reservoirs which have fish populations.
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Wellman
Jesse Ray James
Baptist Church
Harold Thomas
Powell
Mr. James
Jonathan
Lavina Amrine James
Edith Cochran
Lorraine Ross
Des Moines
The
KP Lodge
West Chester
Lester
Mildred) Yoder
Denver
Joe
Pauline) King
Parnell
Emma Perrin
Linwood
Calif
Robert
Heart keeps alive for transplant at St Luke's Houston
Maxie Anderson was declared medically dead but St Luke's Hospital surgeons kept his heart beating for 24 hours to enable Henry Debord, a 46-year-old Texas contractor, to receive the world’s 24th heart transplant. Debord was in satisfactory condition. Anderson died after a stroke and irreparable brain damage.
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Houston
UPI
Maxie Elwood Anderson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Henry Debord
Texas
Debord
Anderson
Lufkin
Tex
Veterans Administration Hospital
St. Luke’s
Denton Cooley
Cooley
New Qiana textile unveiled in Ames seminar
Robert E. Ritter of DuPont introduced Qiana at the Iowa State Industry Textile Seminar. The fiber, a second generation nylon like material, shows versatility and beauty, with carpet samples turning into varied colors after dyeing. Ritter says it could reduce rug making time and cost while expanding color options for consumers.
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Ames, Iowa
UPI
Robert E. Ritter
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc
Iowa State University
Recruit Training Center San Diego Seaman Linch Sr
Jesse Linch Sr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Linch Sr. of Madras Oregon formerly Washington, has joined Recruit Training Command at the U. S. Naval Training Center San Diego California 92133 as part of Company 445.
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Linch Is A
Jesse Linch Sr
Madras, Ore
Washington
Sniper Fires From Public Park Rooftop
A gunman fired at random from a lavatory roof in a city park while police mobilized heavily. Officer Albert Salan fired on the shooter from a tree as agents battled to reach the suspect and protect bystanders. The report ends with the gunman’s death following Satan’s second shot.
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Brian
Brown
Park
Albert Salan
Satan
Ontonagon County Exempt From August Draft
Ontonagon County Michigan will not have any young men called in the August draft. Officials say exemption is not due to casualties. The county, with a population around 10 500, has seven killed in Vietnam, the highest death ratio in the nation, prompting residents to urge the Defense Department to stop sending more local youths to Vietnam.
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Ontonagon, Mich
UPI
Ontonagon County
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Selective Service
Arthur A. Holmes
State Selective Service
Vietnam
Defense Department
Goodwill officials attend delegate assembly in Denver
Colonel Brooks W. Booker president of the Goodwill Industries of Southeast Iowa and Raymond C. Hogue executive director were among more than 500 Goodwill representatives at the 1968 Delegate Assembly in Denver. The group recognized Ampex Corporation for donating equipment worth 225000 dollars nationwide and 3M Company for photocopying equipment valued at 869000 dollars to over 113 Goodwill agencies.
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Brooks W. Booker
Goodwill Industries
Iowa
Raymond C. Hogue
Goodwill
Denver
Ampex Corporation
3 - M Company
Highland Budget Hearing Set for July Eight
Highland School District proposes a 1968 69 budget of 566 304 with a public hearing and budget adoption at 8 30 p m July 8 at the Junior Senior high school near Riverside. The plan mostly mirrors last year and could cut the tax rate by about 2 4 mills reducing the tax payer burden by roughly 2 40 per 1 000 assessed valuation. The 1967 68 rate was 54 679 mills with an estimated upcoming rate near 52 1. State aid is expected to rise from 80 687 to 127 130 boosting district salaries while the overall budget remains stable. A general fund of 518 304 funds salaries administration transportation and maintenance with 28 000 kept in reserve. Schoolhouse fund expenditures are 48 090 for bonds principal and interest. Last year general fund expenses were about 519 000 and schoolhouse fund costs about 48 000.
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Highland
Riverside
Brichacek
Washington Band Concert Tonight in Central Park
The Washington Municipal Band plays tonight at 8 p m in Central Park. The program features God Bless America We Fillmore American Red Cross March Panella Flambeau Overture Oliva Doll Blue Tango Popular Anderson Rough Ready March Basile Miss Frenchy Brown Cole Charter Oak Concert March Osterling In the Good Old Summer Time arr Warrington Desert Song Romberg Are You From Dixie arr Conrad The President s March Fillmore On the Square March Panella National Anthem.
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America
Fillmore
American Red Cross
Panella
Flambeau
Olivadoll
Anderson
Basile
Frenchy Brown
Coleman
Charter Oak
Osterling
Warrington
Romberg
Dixie
Conrad
Washington drivers cited and honors for Drake student
Robert Ross of Washington paid a ten dollar speeding fine in justice court. Carl Howard Hays, son of Mrs Alta Hays, was named to Drake University’s Dean's Honor List for the Spring semester, College of Pharmacy. A Tuesday crash on a county road involved Howard L. McCleery and Robert Lynn Miller. McCleery turning into a driveway failed to see Miller’s car, officers said.
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Robert Ross
Washington
Justice of the Peace Court
Howard L. McCleery
Robert Lynn Miller
Route
McCleery
Miller
Women of the Moose and Rainbow Girls meet at local lodge
The Women of the Moose at Moose Home held a July gathering with senior regent presiding as Mrs Allan Dennis introduced newly installed president of the College of Regents Mrs Robert Dunbar. Sunshine Child Lucille St Dennis from Ontario and many officers attended as invitations and plans for upcoming chapter nights and Sunshine events were announced. Rainbow Girls met at the Masonic Temple with reports from Grand Assembly and plans for Founders Day July 8 and a Lake Darling trip, plus an OES picnic and a newspaper drive.
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Sheetz
Mooseheart
Sunshine
Lucille St. Dennis
Ontario
Canada
Muscatine
College of Regents
Helen Simmering
Simmering
Ray Stalder
Dennis
Viola Moothart
Rainbow
Masonic Temple
Grand Assembly
Mary Williams
Mary Nihart
Julie Nichols
Sandy Wade
Jane Moss
Vicky, Jane
Judy Bauer
Vicky Bauer
Worthy
Moulton
Iowa
Grand Worthy Advisors
Temple
Lake Darling
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Wolf's Flower Shop
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R. L. Lytle
Donald Brichacek
Washington Municipal Band
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