West Chester Centennial opens with townsfolk on stage
Aunt Agatha reports West Chester's Centennial celebration kicking off with the Centennial Belles and be whiskered gents performing on the town center stage. Weather turns cool with nights in the high 40s, affecting crops while excitement builds for upcoming pre-school vision tests, reunions, and August 1 primary races. Riverside readies for its own centennial events later this month.
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West Chester
Riverside
Week on the Farm highlights weather, crops, and pests
Weather delays planting then allows some recovery as corn greens while soybeans struggle. Reports cite chemical damage from last year's herbicide and variable vigor where no chemical was used. Global demand supports crop prices but hail and pest control debates spark concern over safety and environmental impact. A coyote and red dog pair threaten swine and sheep. discussions on chemical controls favor safer options over DDT.
Passing Years Reflections Span Three Famous Years
A compact chronicle running through 10 20 30 years ago details trips to the World's Fair in Seattle visits to Tacoma Coeur d'Alene and Yellowstone on the return leg plus harvest reports from Colby Kan wheat yields and protein content. It notes a class reunion in 1932 Washington County Red Cross leadership changes and a 110th Clay Congregational Church anniversary. The piece also covers local post activities and a parade of community events including school happenings and fire siren tests.
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Dale Doggett
Harold Doggett
Seattle
Jerry Doggett
Tacoma
Donald Shields
Coeur d'Alene
Yellowstone National Park
Mt. Rushmore Monument
Ralph Zeck
Nate Westphal
George Zeck
Colby
Kan
Roy Schiebel
Roy Jr
Darien
Conn
Dave Masson
Leon Beatty American Legion Post
S. W. Easter
A. E. Baldrige
Washington County Red Cross
W. H. McConnell Jr
Bloomington
Ind
W. H. McConnell
Washington High School
Clay Congregational Church
Clay
Congress
A. L. Young
East Washington Street
Ed Vittetoe
Homer Coulter
Journal Carrier Boys
Citizens Defense School
New Haven Ladies Aid Society
Keith Young
Galesburg
Benteco
Dale Fuhr
Carr Market
Stewart Bell
United States Navy
Des Moines
Weather and jazz festival notes sweep regional life
Humid cool conditions trigger plant diseases across farms and homes per county extension director Jim Frier as farmers and gardeners seek remedies. Two Washington youths return from the All-State Music Festival at the University of Iowa where Dwight Brewer and Jim Dayton sang in chorus and concert bands. Washington High School’s jazzy exploits earn top honors at the Montreux Switzerland festival with best trombone section and outstanding lead trumpeter Mike Tschantz amid awards for other bands and performers from New Trier West to Orrville. Several local families share visits and births, including Jennifer Suzanne Jarvis born July 1 in Chicago, and July Fourth gatherings with relatives in Toledo Riverside and Kalona. The Stites family visits from Ocala to Custer Battlefield, then plans travel to Denver area before mid-September.
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Jim Frier
Frier
Washington
University of Iowa
Dwight Brewer
Robert Brewer
Jim Dayton
Don Dayton
Dwight
Jim
Washington High School
Montreux
Switzerland
Mike Tschantz
New Trier West
Illinois
York
Orrville
Ohio
Dr. ME. Hall
Paul Noble
United States
Georges Choralas
Les McCann
Construction Delayed As Equipment Breaks Down
Building renovations in the downtown district are postponed to Thursday after a contractor’s equipment breakdown in Clarinda. D.C. Taylor Co. crews will arrive this afternoon, with work expected to start tomorrow. The notice mentions R Town and local businessmen driving the refurbishing effort.
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D.C. Taylor Company
R Town
Clarinda
Area Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree elect officers
Harper K C Fourth Degree members recent election of officers includes William Arndt Brighton as faithful navigator Frank Seaba Sigourney faithful comptroller Rev Francis Lollich Sigourney faithful friar James Ledger Washington faithful captain Arthur Levien South admiral Damian Gent faithful purser James Redlinger Washington faithful pilot Walter Redlinger Washington inner essential Duane Redlinger Washington outer essential Edward Peiffer Keota and trustees Richard Horak Washington and Bob Fritz Brighton. Leigh Ann Hansen honored at prenuptial shower in Harper home with hostesses. Miss Hansen to wed Kurt Wolf July 22.
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Father Grothe
General Assembly
Knights of Columbus
Harper
William Arndt
Brighton
Frank Seaba
Sigourney
Francis Lollich
James L. Ledger
Washington
Arthur Levien
South Admiral
Damian Gent
James A. Redlinger
Walter Greiner
South English
Donald Redlinger
Duane Redlinger
Outer Essential
Edward Peiffer
Keota
Richard Horak
Bob Fritz
Trustees
Leigh Ann Hansen
Susan Johnson
Tom Heisdorffer
Mike Voelker
Miss Johnson
Miss Hansen
Kurt Wolf
Judy Roth to Goshen College Costa Rica program
Judy Ann Roth of route 2 Washington has been accepted for Goshen College’s all trimester program in Costa Rica. A 1970 Washington High School graduate, she will be a Goshen junior with seven weeks of host country study and seven weeks of field work in rural settings.
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Judy Ann Roth
Owen R. Roth
Route 2
Washington
Goshen College
Costa Rica
Washington High School
Goshen
Jamaica
Obituary notices recount several county deaths in July 1972
Lloyd Swartzendruber 71 of Mt Pleasant died at Henry County Memorial Hospital after a three week stay. Fernandis J Bontrager 65 of Kalona died unexpectedly at home. Clarence Bain 62 formerly of Washington died in Madrid sleep. Dale J Clark 53 of near Wayland died en route to hospital. Ralph G Lowe 51 of Letts died at Mercy Hospital Iowa City. Roy Allison Fields 55 of Washington died July 1 972 in Boise while on vacation with family. Charles J Mayer 75 of Washington died July 7 1972 at Washington County Hospital.
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Wayland
Lloyd Swartzendruber
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Olds
Kalona
Fernandis J
Susan Maye) Bontrager
Clarence Bain
Madrid
Washington
Washington High School
Dale J. Clark
Mt Pleasant
Columbus Junction
Ralph G. Lowe
Letts
Mery Hospital
Iowa City
Roy Allison Fields
Marion Avenue
Boise
Idaho
George Fields
Fields
Eugene
Charles J. Mayer
Iowa Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Mr. Mayer
Dublin
John Wulf
Henry Mineart
Earl Finke
Brent Heyning
Wellman Surgical
Fred Hixson
Charles Mayer
Kenneth Fields
Wapello
Helen Goodin Washington
Mercy Hospital
Earl Voelker
Ronald Feil
Swartzendruber
Hospital Births and Discharges Across Washington Area
Hospital notes list births at Washington and Kalona plus discharges and transfers including Mrs. James Harris Cedar Rapids and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mast Kalona. Also reports a mystery Majorcan prize solved after a mother’s child allegedly ate the winning ticket.
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Ambrea
Carmi Crossett
West Chester
Rex Hesseltine
Brighton
Ora Marlatt
Crawfordsville
Daniel Mast Kalona
Edwin Pickard
Batavia
Carl Wulf Ainsworth
Robert Wolfe
Washington
John Wulf
Chambers, Keota
Henry Mineart Washington
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Peoria
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