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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1969

Page

5

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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