4-H Farmerettes Promote Washington County Fair
The 4-H Farmerettes held an achievement show to select top projects for the Washington County Fair in demonstration, style, sewing, and floral arrangements. Winners advance to a county review and demonstration to compete county-wide. The club has 18 members directed by Mrs. Elmer Sojka and Mrs. Keith Horn, with activities including community service tours and 4-H events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Sojka
Riverside
Debbie Horn
Ainsworth
Peg McGaffey
Elmer Sojka
Washington
Keith Horn
Services Pending for Paul A Hershberger in Wellman
Paul A Hershberger 67 died at home in Wellman after a severe heart attack in April. Retired farmer and carpenter, he moved to Wellman in 1937 and was a Mennonite Church member. Funeral services are pending with Powell Funeral Home. calling hours Saturday. Born March 13 1900 Milford Nebraska. survived by widow Nettie Miller, a son Bernard Wellman, two daughters Shirley Swartzendruber Glenwood Springs Colorado and Glennis Hochstetler Goshen Indiana, eleven grandchildren, two brothers Ammon Corry Pennsylvania Ezra Goshen Indiana, three sisters Iva Hauder Laverna Rediger Milford Nebraska and Lucinda Earnest Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Paul A. Hershberger
Powell
Mr. Hershberger
Milford
Neb
Absalom
Sarah Stutsman Hershberger
Nettie Miller
Kalona
Mennonite Church
Bernard
Dale
Shirley) Swartzendruber
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Roger
Glennis) Hochstettler
Goshen
Ind
Ammon
Corry
Ezra
Iva Hauder
Lavina Rediger
Milford, Neb
Chris
Lucinda) Earnest
Washington
Historical tour by Washington County Historical Society
A reminder notes the annual tour sponsored by the Washington County Historical Society open to all interested persons. It will be Sunday July 16 starting from Central Park Washington at 2 p.m. The group travels to Haskins where Mrs John Sku bal Sr will share facts about the village and nearby spots. On the return trip they may stop at Bethel Presbyterian Church and view the grade left by the would be builders of the Iowa City Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Iowa City Railroad
Well Known Local Resident Ralph Zeck Dies at 78
Ralph Zeck aged 78 a longtime Washington County resident died Thursday July 13 at Washington County Hospital after months of illness. Funeral Sunday at 3 p.m. Jones Funeral Home with Rev Warren Mc Fate officiating burial Elm Grove Cemetery IOOF Lodge to conduct graveside service He was born December 12 1888 in Washington to James Zeck and Margaret Ann Todd Zeck He married Nellie F Meeks February 9 1910 in Washington She survives along with children George Doris Rueb sam Wayne Zeck Mary Been blossom Julia Burham Milo eighteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. He was a farmer lived on the same farm from 1910 to 1947 then moved to town. He was a Methodist, headed Washington County Blue Cross, long IOOF member, and a regular at the Washington Coffee Club. He was preceded in death by his parents a son and a daughter.
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Ralph Zeck
Washington County
Jones Funeral
Warren McFate
Elm Grove Cemetery
Ioof Lodge
Mr. Zeck
Washington
James Zeck
Margaret Ann Todd Zeck
Pleasant Plain Rural School
Washington Academy
Nellie F. Meeks
Methodist Church
Blue Cross
Vernon Witting
Iowa
Washington Coffee Club
Zeck
George
Doris Ruebsam
Wayne Zeck
Burbank
Calif
Mary Beenblossom
Los Angeles
Julia Burham
Fresno
Milo
Cedar Rapids
Two Die In Iowa Highway Crashes In One Day
United Press International reports two Iowa traffic deaths on Thursday. A young boy, Jeff Jones of Dunbar, was killed when a tractor overturned on a county road after swerving to avoid a dog near Montour. Injuries included 14 year old John Jones and 14 year old Mark Hulin. In Pocahontas County, Hannah Bjork, 76, died in a two vehicle crash. her husband Richard was seriously injured. A Storm Lake waitress, Mariel Renshaw, 60, was killed in a separate two car collision near Storm Lake as the 1967 Iowa fatality toll rose to 369. The other driver involved was James Leroy Tjaden, 24, of Fonda.
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United Press International
Iowa
Jeff Jones
Dunbar
John Jones
Mark Hulin
Gilman
Montour
Hannah Bjork
Pocahontas
Richard
Lynn Sorum
Belmond
Storm Lake
Mariel Renshaw
James Leroy Tjaden
Fonda
Tjaden
U.S. 71
Submarine veterans invite Iowa meeting at Des Moines
The Iowa Chapter of Submarine Veterans of World War II will hold its annual meeting at the Naval Reserve Training Center in Fort Des Moines this Sunday July 16. A noon potluck picnic and a 2 p.m. business meeting are planned with wives and families asked to attend. Nomination election and installation of state officers will occur. The national group meets in Omaha August 9-13. For more information contact Clarence Smith Brighton 694-4950.
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Iowa
Submarine Veterans of
Des Moines
Naval Reserve Training Center
Ft. Des Moines
Omaha
Clarence Smith
Brighton
Record 97 Viet missions flown by Air Force on Thursday
U S Air Force jets flew 97 missions against North Vietnam, a record for a single day, with Navy crews adding 73 more. Spokesmen said bombs hit oil depots, barracks, bridges, roads and other targets while a SAM boomeranged and destroyed a village near Haiphong. One Air Force Skyraider was shot down near the DMZ. the pilot survived.
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Saigon
Aps
U.S
Air Force
North Vietnam
Navy
7Th Fleet
Intrepid
Haiphong
South Vietnam
al Skyraider
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Funeral services for Howard Inghram
Funeral services were held for Howard Inghram 81 of 1332 Farmstead St Wichita Kansas a native of Fairfield He had been hospitalized three weeks in Wichita He was the husband of the late Kate Emery and brother in law of Otto Emery Richland and Mrs Arthur Cleavenger Ollie Survivors include a daughter Betty three granddaughters and five great grandchildren.
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Richland
Howard Inghram
Farmstead St
Wichita
Kan
Fairfield
Inghram
Kate Emery
Otto Emery
Arthur Cleavenger
Ollie
Betty
4 H Photo Judging Set Ahead of Washington County Fair
4 H photography judging will be held July 17 at the Farm Bureau meeting room on Highway 1 and 92 starting 8 p.m. Don Woolley of the University of Iowa photo journalism department will judge with oral and written comments. Classes include animals people landscapes still life and story sequence. About 70 photographs are expected to be entered and displayed at the Washington County Fair July 24 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Ken Cuhel
New Farm Bureau
Don Woolley
University of Iowa
Richard Fisher
Erhard to receive honorary degree at Wartburg College
Former West German chancellor Ludwig Erhard will arrive in Waverly this evening and receive an honorary doctor of divinity degree at Wartburg College on Saturday. The 12 day U S. visit includes an introduction by Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooper who will present Erhard before the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Iowa
UPI
Ludwig Erhard
Wartburg College
Erhard
Waterloo
United States
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Riverside Route Change Announced For Area Delivery
Riverside leaders announce a change to the Rural Route 1 system with Clayton Wingler as the sole carrier from Riverside starting Saturday July 15. The surrounding district shifts to an Ainsworth route while Richard Dutler had been the substitute on Route 1.
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Riverside
Richard Veggy
Chamber of Commerce At
Clayton Wingler
Ainsworth
Richard Dutler
Pepsi party to introduce Miss Washington County contestants
The Jaycees sponsor a Saturday night event in Washington at the square from 9 to 10 p.m. July 15 to introduce eight Miss Washington Beauty Pageant contestants. Entertainment features Miss Iowa 1966 Pam Ericson and Miss Washington County 1966 Peggy Grimes. The pageant itself runs July 25 during the Washington County 4H FFA Fair. season tickets are sold at banks or by the Jaycees through next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepsi
the Square
Washington
Funeral Guests and Military Notices Highlight Local News
Relatives and friends traveled from Idaho Falls Salt Lake City Shenandoah Hampton Stillwater Minn Chicago Des Moines and beyond for Wayne Norman's funeral. Harold Jarvis and family vacationed at a cabin near Kenora Ontario with reports of excellent fishing and warmer weather. Rosemary Hiller marks her fourth birthday and Paul D Hayes SN stationed in Sasebo Japan calls home to wish his mother a happy birthday. Stephen R Krantz 19 completes a 12 week Army Ordnance School course at Aberdeen Proving Ground Md focusing on fuel and electrical systems for M 60 tanks and M 114 carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Norman
Faye O’brien
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Florence Giacomozze
Salt Lake City
Robert Paulus
Shenandoah
Nora Hicks
R.C. Robinson
Hampton
Everette Norman
Stillwater, Minn
Ben J. Knoerle
Chicago
Ruth Wood
Geneva Thoma
Jim McFarland
Des Moines
Harold Jarvis
John Jarvis
Paul D. Hayes
Sasebo
Japan
Hayes
W. R. McKee
St. Petersburg
Fla
Gerald Goodwin
Wayland
Wayne Zielstorf
West Chester
Sharon Tame
Creston
Stephen R. Krantz
Ernest L. Krantz
Ainsworth
Army Ordnance School
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army
Judith
Riverside
Iowa
Visiting teachers tour Washington area in NDEA study trip
Twenty junior high geography teachers from across the United States visit Washington and Iowa City to study soil types land formations and agricultural practices under a National Defense Education Act program. The Wisconsin led group tours Kalona and a Bob Friese farm with plans to Nebraska and Boulder Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Ray Hilliard
University of Wisconsin Geography Department
Nebraska
Boulder
Colo
Plan Pony Show at Crawfordsville
The 13th annual Lions Club Pony Show will be at Crawfordsville High School ball park Saturday July 15 at 7 p.m. Accredited with the Iowa Saddle Horse Association. Milver Horn as judge Raymond Bonar as ringman Robert Flemming as announcer. Joy Weiler will provide music. Entries in 16 pony classes will be judged with trophies ribbons and over 500 dollars in cash prizes.
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Crawfordsville
Lions Club
Dude Lowe
Iowa Saddle Horse Association
Milver Horn
Raymond Bonar
Robert Flemming
Joy Weiler
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