Sunset Park Expansion Driven by Bequests and Planning
Sunset Park grows through careful park board planning and generous bequests from locals. Recent work includes Dora Bailey estate land for a kiddieland, Jessie Dougherty funding land north of the pool with trees, shelters, rest rooms, and a shop building from 1963. Elm removal tops the agenda amid 260 trees planted since 1962, funded largely by special funds.
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Washington
Sunset Park
Kiddieland
Dora Bailey
Park Board
Jessie Dougherty
Ralph Bauer
Garden Departments of
Fortnightly
The
Jay
Visit Notes From Wayland Osbornes and Guests
Wayland residents hosted a string of visitors over July including Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nelson Allen and Michael of Las Cruces New Mexico and Ralph Osborne and family. Others joined family gatherings for July birthdays with Mr and Mrs P P Graber and relatives from Iowa City Crawfordsville Willmar and Alaska. Several outings and weekend visits occurred with locals from Naperville Washington and Shipshewana as well as a 30 year high school class reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Jim Nelson
Allen
Michael
Las Cruess
New New Mexico
Ralph Osborne
Mel Haberman
Patty
Jim Springborn
Naperville
Ill
P. P. Graber
Paul Martin
Cheryl
Pleasant
Erwen Graber
Iowa City
Junior Graber
Ricky
Crawfords Ville
Lavern Graber
Graber
Cal Clark
Charles Brooks
Steve
Anchorage
Alaska
Effie Brooks
William
Charles
Washington
Altho
Henry Longacher
Ft. Wayne
Indiana
Joseph Hirschy
Professional Directory Entry Highlights Local Attorneys
The listing shows Louis J. Kehoe attorney at Jeffry building with phone 653 3991. Livingston Day Meeker Bates law firm includes Robert Day Everett Meeker and Robert Bates with Abstract Dept at 112 South Ave B and phone 653 2147. Dr M L Tweeton at 108 North Marion with phone 653 2351, noting Wednesday and Saturday afternoon closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day, Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
Merry Mixers Meet and Guests in Westchester
Mrs Romine hosts the United Presbyterian Women's Society meeting on July 6 with seven members and two guests present. Devotions led by Mrs Weerman, lesson on Dare, and readings from Presbyterian Life. Twelve Merry Mixer Club members joined Mrs Oren Romine July 5. salad recipe roll call and August hostess named. Local guests from Washington and Iowa City attended dinner at the Marstons. youth campers accompanied by chaperones left for Golden Valley Methodist Youth Camp, with return slated for Saturday. Jeri Lee Forinash visiting Patsy Porter in Washington.
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Westchester
United Presbyterian Women's Society
John Weerman
Weba Weerman
Merle McDowell
Charles Ralston
Oren Romine
Ted Kiesey
L. P. Statler
Nancy Coffman
Lela Marston
Ted Morgan
JoEllen
Jill
Washington
Jack Salladay
Susan
Kim
Chris
Beth
Iowa City
Orin Kepper
Joe
Jack
Tom Marston
Winfield
Jerry Forinash
Mike
Pat
Jeri Lee
Joe Bauer
Golden Valley
Jeri Lee Forinash
Patsy Porter
Farm pond safety urged for outdoor recreation
Biologist Sylvan Runkel of the U S Soil Conservation Service in Des Moines stresses that farm ponds, common for livestock water and erosion control, also offer fishing, picnicking, boating, and nature study. With over 27 000 ponds in Iowa, he urges clear hazard signs and rescue gear to ensure safe use and continued conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan T. Runkel
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Des Moines
Runkel
Iowa
Beck says Hughes tax plan fodder for 1968 campaign
Centerville publisher Robert K. Beck, a former GOP gubernatorial candidate, says Gov. Harold E. Hughes’s service tax proposal will be a major issue in 1968. Beck criticizes the bill’s quick passage, noting it would raise the sales tax to 3 percent and broaden it to services to fund property tax relief.
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Centerville, Iowa
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Robert K. Beck
Beck
Centerville
William Murray
Iowa State University
Hughes
Gov. Hughes
Dear Abby column several questions and answers
A reader asks about a husband involved with a divorced woman described as “nice” yet flirtatious. Abby suggests no action beyond confronting the husband. Other letters discuss newlyweds inviting ex-beaus to dinner, a shopper who hides confections, and a playful note to “Jimmy’s Girl” about grooming and affection.
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Abby
Pan-American track team seen as stronger for 1967
Pan American Games trials in Minneapolis produced 11 Pan-American records among 17 events as Earl McCulloch tied the world mark in the 110 meter high hurdles. Dutch Warmerdam, praising the squad, added four athletes to bolster the 1600 meter and 400 meter relays, naming Emmett Taylor Elbert Stinson Bob Revere and Ron Copeland as extras and tensing up the relay lineup with Vincent Matthews Lee Evans Jerry Bright John Carios Willie Turner among options.
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Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
Cornelius
Warmerdam
United States
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Earl McCulloch
Emmett Taylor
Akron Ohio
Elbert Stinson
Texarkana
Bob Revere
Knoxville
Tenn
John Carios
New York
Willie Turner
Yakima
Wash
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Sunset
Cees and
Kiwanis
Hugo Lensch
Don Minick
Ray Watson Jr
Leslie Dunlap
Shelter House
Journal
Helen Gilbert
Woaiart
Osbornes
Ezra Wittmer
Sons
Roy Boshart
Willmer
Minnesota
Clear Lake
Lloyd Griggs
Art Speas
Joe Offutt
Mrs
Elizabeth Wittmer
Maurice Stone
Burlington
Amos Boshart
Wood River
Neb
Sara Wenger
Otis Bontrager
Shipshewana
Daniel Conrad
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Mrs. Romine
Tom Hobbs
Jimmy
Abigail van Buren
Superior Polo
Keomah Builders, Inc
Oskaloosa, Iowa
A. C
Geo. J. Breitenbach
Real Estate & Farm Loans
Washington, Iowa
Auger Systems
Winfield Agri-Builder CO
Call Pai O'Hannon
Allis Chalmers
Kalona
Kalera, Wayland, Strawberry Point, Iowa
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