County Fair prep and R Town restoration projects noted
The county gears up for the annual fair with 4 H and FFA events including a junior cattle feeders tour and a practice horse show while Washington begins sand blasting and painting and crews build a bleacher mound for 4000 seats. The school board forecasts a lower millage due to state aid. Riverside guests report a Centennial celebration and West Chester hosts a successful local event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4-H
FFA
Mid-Prairie
Wellman
Kalona
Oldsters
Washington
Riverside
West Chester
Week on the Farm 1972 Pony Julie Looses Mower Chain
A farm note recalls a damp spring and a dramatic chase as Julie the pony breaks free dragging an old push mower. She circles the yard before returning to the family, leaving the mower parts scattered. The tale ends with Julie secured and memories saved for reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie
Local notes span clubs, wins and campus honors
A Washington community column lists Dean's List student Eleanor Bailey at New Mexico Western College, local travels, sports notices from Cedar Rapids and Ames, church and civic group activities, a 4-H agent appointment, hospital anniversary plans, and a country club housecleaning drive.
Pups Rescued From Sewers At Rehabilitation Center
Five puppies fell eight feet into an unused three inch sewer pipe at the New Frontier Center in San Jose. Their mother Rescue watched as residents improvised snare devices. A vacuum cleaner finally drew the pups up one by one with help from Frank Conrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
UPI
New Frontier Center
Rescue
Frank Conrad
West Chester Centennial Parade Stuns Crowds With Festivities
West Chester celebrated its centennial with a Saturday parade packed along the route and a full afternoon of contests, a style show, band concerts, and barbecue, followed by a demolition derby on Sunday. Meanwhile residents and visitors relocated or traveled, and families hosted relatives during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
David Thomas
Chicago
Richard Thomas
Jim Delesio
Larry Vincent
Evan Rees
California
Downtown refit by D C Taylor Company begins
The D C Taylor Company of Cedar Rapids started refurbishing downtown buildings, beginning with Schoonover Drug at the square. Crews used heavy sandblasting and plan to stay at least two months with more contracts expected. The project follows their national work including cleaning the Washington Monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.C. Taylor Company
Cedar Rapids
Taylor
Schoonover Drug
Schoonover
Richard Bordwell Joins Baldrige and Baldrige Firm
Richard S. Bordwell 26 a Washington native and University of Iowa Law graduate has joined Baldrige and Baldrige as an associate. He was admitted to the Iowa Supreme Court June 16. Bordwell is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard W Bordwell of rural Washington and held leadership roles at Iowa State University and in Phi Alpha Delta. Local society notes report visits for anniversaries, family gatherings, and ongoing hospital nose surgery for Perry Crawford at Veterans Hospital Iowa City with well wishes from friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Bailey
Washington
New Mexico Western College
Silver City
N.M
Theodore B. Bailey
Will Hemmings
Florida
Hemmings
M. John Owen
Canoga Park
Calif
Plainfield
N.J
Irv Whithams
Elmcrest Country Club
Cedar Rapids
Max Henness
M.J. Cruise
Bob Arthur
Bud DeLa
Frank Kos
Paul Snakenberg
Lee Horton
Jay Sellers
Kos
Snakenberg
Richard S. Bordwell
University of Iowa College of Law
Baldrige
Phi Alpha Delta
Perry Crawford
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
Washington Community School District budgets for 1972-73
The Board of Education approved a 2,237,712 proposal for the 1972-73 Washington Community School District budget, 2 percent above last year but 42,849 under the state cap. A public hearing is set for Aug 9 in the high school library. The plan lowers the local millage to the maximum allowed 4.98 mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Education
Kids Day at Riverside July 20
Riverside hosts Kids Day on July 20 from 1 30 to 4 p m with games and ribbons for all attendees First place winners receive a free ride ticket at the midway Bill Whittenberg of the Washington Chamber of Commerce is due back this weekend from Boulder Colorado where he attended the Institute for Organizational Management The event coincides with other community notices and local official activities including election law discussions and voting accessibility updates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Bill Whittenberg
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Boulder
Colorado
Institute For
Deaths of the week add multiple local obituaries
Obituaries list Keith Hazen of Livonia Michigan aged 50 who died July 8 after years of ill health and notes survivors. Granville Love 76 a Crawfordsville retiree dies July 9. Myrna L. Allen 59 dies at home July 9. Arthur L. Charlton 74 of Oxford dies after long illness with funeral planned. Edith Lowe Hedrick 71 dies near here July 10. Mac Wallace 75 of Washington County Hospital dies July 13. Amanda A. Byler 81 dies unexpectedly at Kalona rural home with funeral arrangements and birth details provided.
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Granville Love
Crawfordsville
Washington County Hospital
Oxford
Arthur L. Charlton
Route 2
Tiffin
Hedrick
Edith Lowe
Near Here
Ottumwa
Mac Wallace
North Third Avenue
Wallace
Ainsworth
Kalona
Amanda A. Byler
Powell Funeral Home
Byler
John J
Mary Miller Knepp
John A. Byler
New York State
Hospital Admits and Births Reported in Local Notes
Hospital admitted Saturday Mrs Clarence Fritz Washington. Births yesterday Mr and Mrs Ronald Roberts Brighton a daughter Today Mr and Mrs C W Burkett Columbus Junction a daughter Dismissed Saturday LeRoy Owens Cotter Carmi Crossett West Chester Yesterday Ora Marlatt Crawfordsville Steven Schantz Washington Mrs Edwin Pickard and daughter Batavia Mrs Steve Meeker and daughter Letts Today Mrs Carl Wulf and a son Ainsworth Mrs Don Gowey Washington Mrs Robert Wolfe and daughter Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Fritz
Washington
Ronald Roberts
Brighton
C.W. Burkett
Columbus Junction
LeRoy Owens
Local residents listed for medical and surgical cases
Yesterday list notes Miss Lucille Fritz Washington medical Harry Wentworth Brighton medical Mrs Charles Morrison Letts surgical. Today entries include Mrs Rubert Bodkins Brighton surgical Mrs Robert Pretz Columbus Junction medical Fred Hixson Wayland Rex Hesseltine Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Fritz
Washington
Harry Wentworth
Brighton
Charles Morrison
Letts
Surgical
Rubert Bodkins
Robert Pretz
Columbus Junction
Fred Hixson
Wayland
Rex Hesseltine
Notable Birth and Death Notices Across Iowa Towns
Grace Butler Harold Lukovsky and Richard Benge listed with medical updates in Columbus Junction. Mrs Jon Randall and the Shepherds family in Washington welcomed a daughter yesterday. Harry Wentworth noted in Brighton yesterday and Mrs Robert Bodkins in Brighton today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Butler
Columbus Junction
Harold Lukovsky
Richard Benge
Washington
Jon Randall
Local births and names listed in Washington reports
Yesterday the medical entries record John Platt and Mrs. Alan Olson and Mrs. John Johnson all in Washington. Mr and Mrs Melvin Gipple of Crawfordsville welcomed a son. Today Mrs WC Burkett and daughter in Columbus Junction and Mrs Ronald Roberts and daughter in Brighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Platt
Washington
Alan Olson
John Johnson
Melvin Gipple
Crawfordsville
Local Birth and Marriage Notices Log
Yesterday William Kendrick, Today Mrs Nola Holmes in Crawfordsville recorded medical news. Today Mr and Mrs Paul Beliel of Washington welcomed a son. Also today Mrs Robert Pretz of Columbus Junction and Mrs John Randall of Columbus Junction with Mrs Alan Olson of Washington reported notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kendrick
Washington
Nola Holmes
Crawfordsville
Robert Pretz
Columbus Junction
John Randall
Alan Olson
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High School Methodist Youth Fellowship
The
Washington Methodist Church
Janet Augustine
Bob Kennedy
Jerry Johnson
Douglas Reed
Esther Squire
Washington County
Nurses’ Home
Arlene Knupp
Ames
Fuller of
Cotter
C.S. Lemmon
Vernon Witting
R.J. Dawson
Margaret Cowden
Heaven
Fredric March
Martha Scott
B.B. Hickenlooper
Henry Te Bockhorst
Washington Council of the Knights of Columbus
C.J. Jungbluth
C.R. McCutchen
W.L. Alcorn
L.A. Jones
R.E. Shannon
Lake of the Woods
Canada
Washington Fire Department
Leland F. Benekee
Washington County Farm Bureau
J.H. Donald
Air Service
Washington County Medical Society
Betty Clow
Mae Mangold
Nita Corbin
Doris Crow
Prisilla Morrison
Priscilla
Des Moines
A.J. Johnson
George Eglin
J.W. Smith
N.E. West
Charles W. Jackson
William Hesselschwerdt
William Griffith
E.E. Swank
Country Club
Kenneth L. Gilmore
Briana
Ben
Chet
Conan
Jason
Aloha
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Gilmore
Portland
Accidental Life Insurance Co
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Colette Bruty
Bill Bruty
Harold Rhodebeck
John Rhodebecks
Grafton
Wis
Schlitz Circus
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Allen Bradley
Milwaukee
Robert Roberts
Harold Rees
Myron
Gary and
Loren
John Krotz
Houston
Texas
Ronald
Vicky Jon
Silsbee
Marilyn Krotz
Anaheim
Robert Krotz
Nicole
Galveston
Astrodome
Clifford Reeves
Prairie Flower
Stanley Jarrard
Maxine Reeves
Hot Springs
Ark
James Bailey
New Madrid
Ron Genheimer
Myrna Reeves
Kathy Genheimer
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Washington County Fairgrounds
Theta Lambda Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Sunset Park
Alberta Bonar
Mary Horak
Kathy Wells
Jane Zeck
Barb Chebuhar
Pat France
Carolyn Leary
Rolling Meadows
John Prochaska
Christian Church
Rolling Meadows Prochaska
William Grossheim
Milo Philippi
Quincy
Ill
Dena Martin
United Presbyterian Home
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Geneva Christian
Christian
Norman Hoff
Parnell
Dean Stanley
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Giessen
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Richard Bordwell
Bruce Watson
Pamela
Chariton
Henry Lunning
Lunnings
Howard Lunning
Clarence Peterman
Suning
A. C. Peterson
L. W. Plummer
Portage
Peterson
Peterman
Plummer
Mable Knopp
Jessie White of
Grace McMickle
Joe Melinski
Daniel Pedtke
South Bend
Ind
Robin Pedtke
Washington, D.C
Raymond Crone
Herbert Jones
Sidney Coon
East
Niagara Falls
Augusta
Maine
Allen Zinn
Zinn
Carla Jones
Sidney Coon Jr
University of Maryland
Capital City
Smithsonian Institute
White House
Capitol
Arlington Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Kennedy Center
Mt. Vernon
City of Washington
Carlton Bump
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Goodken
Dion
States
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Lake Tahoe
Old Faithful
Disneyland
Grand Canyon
Nancy Waldschmidt
Highland Community High School
George Chalupa
Ogden
Utah
McKay Hospital
Chalupa
Grover W. Stubbee
Mid-Eastern Communities Council On Alcoholism
Walter Schroeder
Schroeder
Court House
Harry Drake
Eugene Slicker
Ravena
Ohio
Slicker
Mr. Drake
Kyle
Yarn Prentice Ailsl
William Chmelar
Keith Hazen
Barkley
Livonia
Mich
Doris Robison
Samuel Shepherd
Robert Bodkins
WC. Burkett
Paul Beliel
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