Rainy days and county happenings in Washington
Dear Aunt Agatha recounts endless rain causing floods in basements, bug bites, and jail window grills installed after smuggling issues. A Shrine Circus by Clyde Brothers entertained locals, while Washington County Fair and library expansion loom. High School addition may affect Kalona work, and paving near the 2nd Ave underpass remains intact.
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Aunt Agatha
Washington
Dee
Shriners
Shrine
Clyde Brothers
Washington County
Washington High School
Kalona
2Nd Ave
Stork Gazette 1969 Pond Project And Flood Fears
The author notes delivering fingerlings from the Federal Fish Hatchery for a new pond, describes placing 200 bass per acre, and recounts a three inch rain that raised the pond spillway. They mention corn shelling with limited help, weeds in fields, and tractor ignition trouble, plus the Skunk River rising to a record level for the season. The writer contemplates soil conservation and future moon exploration.
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Federal Fish Hatchery
Saturday Journal reader notice for out-of-state subscribers
The Saturday Edition of the Journal invites former Washington residents and out-of-state readers to receive a weekly summary of the week’s local news. Annual mail subscription is four dollars per year.
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Journal
Washington
Crawfordsville
Lions
Tax dispute looms over Crane Co. factory in Washington
Iowa officials and industrial developers follow a district court action in Washington over a tax assessment for Crane Co. The case, filed by H Ernest Lund county assessor, seeks to overturn a county board of review reduction from 5.4 million to 2.5 million, Crane had asked 2.1 million. The suit is the sole pending court action on the matter.
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Iowa
Washington
Crane Co
H. Ernest Lund
Washington County
Board of Review of
City of Washington
Board of Review
Crane
Lund
Lloyds win Couples Golf at Lagos Acres in tight finish
Loyd and partner Jim Lloyd won the Lagos Acres Couples Tournament with a 76 for eighteen holes. Dale Plunkett and partner placed second with 80, Gerald Thye and partner 81, C B Dunshee and partner 82. Firefighters battled a morning blaze at a Perdock Court home damaging tar paper and insulation and scorching a Builders Components trailer.
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Builders Components
Jim Lloyd
Washington
Lagos Acres
Dale Plunkett
West Liberty
Gerald Thye
Flint Hills
Burlington
C. B. Dunshee
Oskaloosa
Floods ruin acres of crops in Washington County
Floods have ruined between 2000 and 3000 acres of Washington County farm land amid unusually wet conditions this summer. County Extension Director Jim Frier said yields in the area will be down but farmers here may fare better than much of Iowa.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Iowa
Mr. Frier
Washington
City receives 60600 check in partial Dill estate settlement
Washington receives a 60600 check as part of a partial settlement of the late J B Dill will. The payment, largest among 240000 distributed, follows Dill property deeds to the city after library board deemed its use as a library unfeasible. The city had previously acquired Dill real estate on East Washington Street.
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Cloid Willits
Washington
L. A. Holland
J. B. Dill
Washington State Bank
City of
Dill
East Washington Street
Library Board
Many Local Deaths Reported Across Iowa Towns
A string of deaths is reported from Pleasant Plain Kalona Brighton Riverside Keota Wellman and Washington counties. Notables include Nina G Hayes 79 of Washington and 91 year old Mary Starr. Other obituaries note Bernard Popejoy 84? and Charles Jirsa 77 among others.
Marriages in Iowa and Wisconsin listed in brief
Linda Marlene Stapp of Iowa City and George Charles Lord of Ainsworth wed Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Ainsworth in a double ring ceremony. Cheryl Rae Wichman and Rex M. Neuhart married June 28 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Rice Lake Wisconsin with Rev J C Stoltenberg officiating.
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Henry Jenkinson
Iowa City
Methodist Church
Golda Leighton of
Wellman
Columbus Junction
Linda Marlene Stapp
Donald Stapp
George Charles Lord
Glen Lord
Ainsworth
United Methodist Church
Pennington
Cheryl Rae Wichman
Rex M. Neuhart
Bethany Lutheran Church
Rice Lake
Wis
J.C. Stoltenberg
Ramon Wichman
Harlan Neuhart
Washington
Washington County 4-Hers return from Canada phase two
Sixteen Washington County 4-H members completed a two year exchange, detailing participants from Riverside Wellman Keota Columbus Junction and Washington with two chaperones on the Canada trip. Local residents greet visitors and other family visitors infill community happenings.
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Washington County
4 .H
Canada
4-H
Here
Janet Beranek
Riverside
Bev Greiner
Mary Leitsinger
Shirley Stoutner
Perry Palmer
Wellman
Denise Ralston
Barbara Stoutner
Cindy Statler
Keota
Judy Murphy
Columbus Junction
Myrna Cave
Nancy Schneider
Mickey Wheelan
Tom McGraw
Washington
Susan Mineart
David Hyde
Brighton
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Mabel) Johnson
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