The Week in Washington July 15 1966 Notes
A Washington County column notes a July heat wave with temperatures in the seventies after three scorching days. Miss Iowa, Marie Mushro, visited. Janet Osincup competes for Miss Iowa. A horse drawn plow monument at Mid Prairie High School is returned after being stolen. A hay wagon fire near Richland destroys a load. The Jeffrey building on the square is sold to John Mattes. second-floor offices house Livingston Day Meeker Bates. Case Field improvements and new textbooks are approved. county zoning sparks outside opposition. voices favoring zoning for property protection are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Marie Mushro
Sioux City
Leon Hillman
Washington County
Janet Osincup
Herb Osincup
Davenport
Mid Prairie High School
Ner
John Mattes
Fuhr & Cochran Grocery
East Washington
Louis Kehoe
Law
Glen Holden
Justice of the Peace
Selective Service
West Main
Livingston, Day, Meeker & Bates
Oskaloosa
Coralville
Iowa City
Ft. Madison
Washington
Local golf record sparks youth in community
Mike Brake set a local course record with 30, five under par, beating the former 32 by Claude Powell. He is among talented young players from the area, son of the Davis Paint Store owners, previously on Northeast Missouri State Teachers College team. Baseball enthusiasm grows in Little League and Babe Ruth with many standout players. High school football prep picks up as players train in the heat near 100 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Brake
Mike
Biden Brakes
Davis Paint
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Kirksville
Claude Powell
Week on the Farm Reflects Heat and Rain Impacts
The week brought high daily temperatures with about a half inch of rain. Crops show stress in drier areas while livestock losses occurred despite efforts to keep stock comfortable. Hogs and gilts required constant water and monitoring. Wheat should be ready to combine next week and alfalfa first cuts finished. sweetcorn near peak. Vacation plans shifted due to heat as independence in farming remains, with County Fair upcoming.
Newborns at Washington County Hospital Highlight Local Families
The Stork Gazette reports arrivals including Alvin Roy Beachy son of Glen Beachy Kalona Mar cille Elizabeth Miller daughter of Jonas Miller Kalona Jeffrey Alan Greiner son of Terr ence Greiner Washington Joseph William Nardy son of Edward Nardy Washington Avery Alexander Buffington son of Paul Buffington Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Roy Beachy
Glen Beachy
Kalona
Marcille Elizabeth Miller
Jonas D. Miller
Jeffrey Alan Greiner
Mrs
Terrence Arnold Greiner
Washington
Joseph William Nardy
Edward Lee Nardy
Avery
Alexander Buffington
Paul George Buffington
Columbus Junction
Hospital admissions and births listed for Washington area
The Evening Journal notes patient admissions and discharges by day with names and origins in Washington and nearby towns. Entries cover medical and surgical admits, births, and dismissals from Saturday through Friday, including many residents of Washington, West Chester, Kalona, Brighton, Columbus Junction, and Keota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Todd
Washington
Surgical
Ma Ohlwein
Myrtle Genkinger
Larry J. Dickinson
Keota
YMCA Camp Registration Opens for 7 and 8 Year Olds
The Washington YMCA invites registrations for a weekend camp for 7 and 8 year olds on July 23 and 24. Camp runs at Lake Darling Youth Center with check in Saturday at 3 p m and check out Sunday at 1 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Ymca
Washington Area
Lake Darling
Mid - Prairie High School
FFA
Wellman
Deaths spread across towns with Washington County ties
A slate of local obituaries notes Charles H. Harvey aged 80 of 901 North Marion Avenue died at 6 35 p m Sunday in Washington County Hospital after an eight month illness. Others include Fred Walker 69 formerly of Ainsworth who died Sunday July 10 1966 at Americana Nursing Home in Des Moines. Brighton Burdette Edward Miller 30 of Iowa City died Sunday July 10 at his uncle Derald Edwards home in Wayland after a period of illness. Mary Miller 87 of Kalona funeral services were held at East Union Mennonite Church with burial at Sharon Hill Cemetery Kalona. Petersheim Funeral Home handled arrangements. Herman Schultz 91 died Monday July 11 1966 after six months illness. funeral Thursday 10 30 a m at Jones Funeral Home with burial at Elm Grove Cemetery. Columbus Junction Mrs Merle Hawkins 76 died early this morning at Restopia where she had lived two months. Gerald V Walker former resident died today in St Louis Villa Ann McCreedy died here Wednesday aged 86. Mrs Perry Jordan 72 of 619 North Fifth Avenue died Wednesday July 13 1966 at Washington County Hospital after seven months illness. Mrs Ralph Chorpening 66 of 1405 North Second Avenue died today July 14 1966 at Washington County Hospital after three months illness. Keota J Clyde Stoutner Sr 86 died today at Maplewood Manor Keota. Keota Mrs Rowena Kirkpatrick 87 formerly of Keota died Thursday at Swe Nursing Home Ottumwa where she had resided two years. Riverside Verne Ford Yeuikin 87 died Thursday at Washington County Hospital after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Harvey
North Marion Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Brighton — Burdette Edward Miller
Iowa City
Derald Edwards
Wayland
Kalona
Mary Miller
East Union Mennonite
A. Lloyd Swartzendruber
Sharon Hill
Peterseim
Herman Schultz
Jones Funeral Home
Warren McFate
Elm Grove Cemetery
Perry Jordan
North Fifth Avenue
Ralph Chorpening
North Second Avenue
Keota
Rowena Kirkpatrick
Sigourney
Ottumwa
Local Social Notes and Investment Firm Announcement
Mrs Georgia Cummings and Mrs Tucker hosted visitors from Sacramento and Mt Pleasant over the weekend. Koehler of Washington Iowa completes mutual funds training in Bloomington Illinois as American Investors Fund sponsor announces licensing by Iowa for securities sales. Ada Springman a Mercy Hospital patient in Iowa City. Massons return from Southwest vacation after attending 88th Ordnance Company reunion in Lubbock Texas with a travel route through New Mexico and Colorado. John Logan and son Kent visited Mrs Al Logan in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Masson Jr
Kent
Southwest
Lubbock
Texas
88Th Ordnance Company
Mr. Masson
New Mexico
Colorado
Former resident and son die in Colorado plane crash
Warren Skip Goodwin a former Washington resident who ran an Abilene Kansas airport died with his son Terry in a light plane crash near Claremont a Denver Colorado suburb on Sunday morning. Also notes include local meeting on property rights and various social news items and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Skip) Goodwin
Washington
Abilene
Kansas
Terry
Claremont
Denver
Colo
Washington County 4-H leaders selected for state camp
Washington County 4-H members Margie Larsen of Washington and Galen Howsare of Crawfordsville will attend the State 4-H Leadership Camp July 18 23 in Madrid Iowa per Sally Smith County Extension Home Economist. Also notes births engagements and travel updates from local families with August wedding plans for Molly Pitcher and Howard C Nash of Mount Pleasant Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Larsen
Washington
Galen Howsare
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Madrid
Iowa
Sally Smith
Ernest Witthoft
West Los Angeles
Calif
Henry Witthoft
Robert Steele
14Th
West Des Moines
Tracy Ann
Steele
Valley High
Des Moines
Angela
Lori
Kelly
Molly Pitcher
Howard C. Nash
Mount Pleasant
Dale E. Pitcher
Bloomington, Ill
Orville Nash
Skaneateles
N. Y
Washington Community School board adopts budget and hearing set
The Washington Community School district approved a budget aiming to curb rising instructional costs. A public hearing will be held August 10 at 8:30 p.m. in the administration building for final budget approval. Groundbreaking for the new county hospital is planned for July 17 in the site east of the current facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Community
Washington County
Tuberculosis drive success noted by county group
The Washington County Tuberculosis and Health Association executive board heard a report on the annual Des Moines meeting. Washington County earned recognition and a trophy for exceeding its fundraising goal.
Miss Scott County Talent Winner Highlighted in Iowa Pageant
One-year-old Stephanie Carlson won first place during the second night of the Miss Iowa Pageant events held Friday. Diana Waldorf of Ames, a 20-year-old ISU junior and former homecoming queen, claimed the second night’s swimwear top honors as part of a field of about 32 contestants from across Iowa seeking the Miss America representative title. The evening gown winner will be announced Saturday night as ten finalists advance to perform in all three divisions once more to crown Miss Town of 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Carlson
Lovely Mi Ames
Diana Waldorf
Vinton
Miss Carlson
Miss Waldorf
Iowa
Central High School
Davenport
Quint Cities
Dallas
Texas
Waldorf
Iowa State University
Ames
ISU
Benton County
Seattle couple wed in double ring ceremony
Miss Jean Ann Feuter and John Francis Hays Jr., both of Seattle University, were married on Saturday July 9 at St James Catholic Church in Washington. The Rev T J Lew celebrated the ceremony at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Ann Feuter
John Francis Hays Jr
Seattle University
Seattle, Wash
St. James Catholic Church
Washington
T. J. Lew
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Schmidhauser
Journal
Tom Kuncl
Mesaih
Richland
Jeffrey
the Stork Gazette
Monda
Wayne Chalupa
Clement Adam
Christine Kay Duvall
West Chester
Clyde Knight
Deborah Hodges
Vivian Sojka
Villa McCreedy
Res‘opia
Ba Nardy
Marion Bailey
Glen Hoover
Brighton
Ola McCreery
John Henry Crooks
Frances Moore
Billy Whalen
Terry Greiner
Everett Hallock
Jonas Miller
Kaona
Gale Hesseltine
Herman Bruegge
Nettie Chuck
Sadie Nicola
David Offill
Miller
Beachy, Kalona
Clement ‘Adam
Pearl Viggers
Karen Kay Kinzler
Emma Caldwell Washington
Paul Buffington
a_ son
Charles Statler
Keton
Arthur Seaburg
Washngton
John Goff
Ainsworth
Vivian Soika
Ed Nardy
Homer Brinning
Edward Thom
Washington, Iowa
Cotter
YMCA
Washinton
West Madison Street
Abbie Timmins
Marion Timmins
Ayrshire
Carl Lindeman Farm
Humboldt
Joan Henn
William Henn
Robert Clark
Martie
Patty
Santa Clara
California
Fred Anderson
Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Anderson
Raymond J. Miller
Larry Barnes
Larry
Frank Barnes
Cox Funeral Home
Vermont
Ill
Barnes
Sherwood
Canton
Woodlawn
Ike Barnes
Ipava
Sherri
Gary Schmitt
Olive Watson
Kathy Bakehouse
Rey Watson
Cedar Falls
State College of Iowa
Campbell Hall
Ken Bakehouse
Maurice Anderson
Decatur, Ill
Gus ‘Wunschel
Milburn Meiri
Robert Wolfe
Danny and
David
Bowie, Md
George Zeck
Mr. Wolfe
Zeck
Tarry Simpson
Mercy Hospital
Ralph Beaty
South Band
Ind
Bessie Tucker
Fred Walker
Sunds
Americana
Merle Hawkins
Restopia
Gerald V. Walker
St Louis
Friday Keota
J. Clyde Stoutner Sr
Maplewood Manor
Riverside
Verne Ford Yeuikin
Georgia Cummings
Sacramento
Tucker
Harold Beaty
Mt. Pleasant
Ada Springman
Room
John Logan
Mr. Logan
al Logan
K. P. Hall
F. W. Warner
Craig
John Winga Sr
John Winga Jr
Margaret Thoma
Chicago
Robert Roberts
Cindy Jones
Alvin Jones
Linda Brotherton
Charles Brotherton
Medical Institute of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Blaisdell
Minn
C. Blaine Scott
Pueblo, Colo
Frank Gingerich
A. A. Martin
Rankin
Claude Woods
Stowe-Nehring
Ft. Madion Methodist Church
William Whalen
East Main
St. James School
Bill
Leonard Beauregard
Ray A. Beauregard
Karot
Thailand
Jean Johnson
Bonnie Bannister
Jim Marshall
Arthur Petrait
Mary Temple
Camp
Wyoming
Presbyterian Church
Rev
Debne
Sadie Davison
Gardena
Frances Davison
John Renoux Jr
Vicki Thomas
Robert E. Thomas
Ankara
Turkey
Vicki
Air Force
Europe
Middle East
Karen LaVaun Dockendorff
Max Dockendorff
Danville
Gary D. Murphy
Sam Murphy
Mary Crane
Nancy Keids
Roberta Batterson
Masonic Temple
Ed Augustine
New Orleans
Don Norton
Donald and
Ronald
Julian, Neb
Mr. Norton
Florence Norton
Richard Boetteher
Overland Park, Kan
Louis Pronga
Jeff
Andrew
Chillicothe
Paul Boettcher
Esther Arthur of
Washington County Tuberculosis and Health Association Executive Board
Lester Krabill
Washington County Club
Debbie Brady
Bob Brady
Nick Linnenkamp
Kennedy International Airport
Spain
United States
Washington County Fair
Donald Goetz
Hartford City
Indiana
Elmer Haether
Atkins, Towa
George Goetz
William Stewart
San Francisco
Santa Ana
Stewart
Anaheim High School
Disneyland Hotel
George Watson
Bradly and
Kevin
Bettendorf
Watson
Harold Miller
Muscatine
Leech Lake
Agency Bay
Glenn Widmer
VFW
Sam Weeks
Ralph Zeck
Winga’s Cafe
Charles Reubsam
Burbank, Calif
Reubsam
Doris Zeck
Scott County
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