A Pleasant Week in the Old Town Notes and Plans
A July diary from Washington County reports record electric load as air conditioners ran heavily while a cool midweek offered relief. Town events include a county hospital project, a gilt shovel groundbreaking, hospital accreditation renewal, and a planned residential wing for the U P Home. Local gift and loan commitments totaling over 125,000 plus bank financing signal rapid new construction. Janet Osincup failed to win Miss town but earned strong local esteem, and a music store burglary yielded missing items not specified.
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Iowa Southern Utilities Co
U. P
First Presbyterians
Washington County Notes European Trip and Local Updates
Dave Meyers, 17, son of Mr and Mrs John Meyers of 916 Prospect Place, departs for a five week YMCA exchange trip to Europe including Norway, Sweden and Denmark. County reports mention ground squirrel surplus, farm demonstrations on July 21 at the Fairgrounds, a Work Experience Program under the Economic Opportunity Act, and various local visits and events in Johnson Cedar Washington and Muscatine counties. John Meyers spent a year as a Swiss exchange student returning aboard The Seven Seas to New York, then home by plane.
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Washington Bay
Dave Myers
John Myers
Prospect Place
Europe
YMCA
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Washington Aves County
L. Myers Parks
Wipplecrest Co
Wellman
Gomhany
Wayland Aidh
Foster
Cemoras Park
Tesset
Fitz
Washington Mfg. Co
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Dave
Johnson, Cedar
Washington
Muscatine
State Department of Social Welfare
Michael O'Loughlin
Dion O'Loughling
Cedar Falls
Harlan O'Loughlin
Richard Bordwells
John
Rotterdam
Switzerland
New York
Washington Week in Review Brisk with Groundbreaking and Local News
Washington notes include the groundbreaking for the new County Hospital, early Monday vandalism hazards, a city pool record set by 101 swimmers, and Gilbert Mills marking 25 years as a local car dealer. Also: music shop break in, multiple travel anecdotes, hospital patients, and local births and visits.
The Week on the Farm Observations from Thaddeus in Phoenix
Thaddeus reports pleasant weather and variable corn and grain growth with good wheat and oats yields. He notes fertilizer impact on drought tolerance, paints a roof, praises alfalfa second cut, and recalls visiting city cousins. Tenor shifts to GE reservists who built Pentagon mobilization software.
Stork Gazelle New Arrivals at Washington County Hospital
A notice from Washington County Hospital in the Evening Journal reports new arrivals, highlighting births and patient arrivals on Saturday, July 23, 1966, in Washington Iowa.
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Rnda Walling Keith
University Hospital
Iowa City
Evening Journal
Washington
Iowa
Washington County Fair Plans and Exhibits Highlight 4-H
Three hundred 4 H girls in Washington County plan displays at the Washington County Fair July 25 28 with about 825 food and nutrition exhibits. Home Economics exhibits run Tuesday 8 am 9 pm Wednesday 8 am 10 pm Thursday 10 am with exhibits released at 10 am. A two run rally in the bottom of the seventh sealed Highland High School summer championship in the Southeast Town Conference. The Washington County chapter of Basic Freedoms Inc sponsored a zoning information meeting at the county fair grounds Tuesday evening with about 100 attendees.
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Washington County
Jim Frier
Sally J. Smith
County Extension Home Economist
Highland High School
Basic Freedoms Inc
Washington County News Snapshots July 21 1966
Local notes cover a Northrop King conference tour for Latin American seedsmen visiting Washington to tour a hybrid corn plant and research farm. Community events include an art show invitation, Legion post installations, hospital accreditation, nursing refresher course results, farm park donations, Sunshine Club picnic, and local engagements and weddings.
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Washington
Northrup King
Private Enterprise International
U. S
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Hospital Admits and Births Across Washington Area
Hospital activity lists admissions births and discharges by town. Richard R Reid of Columbus Junction admitted Saturday with medical issues and several births reported including Bruce Campbell and Mrs. Joe Schiebel in Washington and Mr. and Mrs. J Wes ley Hochstedler in Riverside. Discharges include Mrs Dwi Hoyle and Miss Beverly Graf in Washington.
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Susan Joanne Campbell
Bruce Campbell
Washington
Virginia Beth Hochstedler
J. Wesley Hochstedler
Riverside
Richard R. Reid
Columbus Junction
Joe ‘Tobin
Ainsworth
Joe Schiebel
Dwi Hoyle
Brighton
Beverly Graf
Robert Todd
Larry Dickinson
Keota
Kathryn Egli
Wellman
Joe West
Marilyn Allen
Surgical
Erett
Hallock
Mabel Hutt
Joe Tobin
Melvin Sabin
Medical
Grant Fletcher
Washingto Medical
Frank Gregg
Kepta Surgical
Mary Jo Bode
Vera Bailey
David Flynn
Erneststrum
Kalon
Pearl Wiggers
Wesley Hochstedler
Ross van Nostrand
Lillian Gobble
Richard Reid
Local deaths and funeral notices across several towns
Obituaries and death notices from multiple towns report several deaths and forthcoming services. Emma Carnwell 302 South Marion Avenue. Guy McCall 74. Maude Muze 80 formerly Maude Wilson. Paul Robert Hoffman 24 Forestview Trailer Court Town City killed by tree limb. Mrs Richard Hulme funeral Tuesday in Finley Chapel. Agathe Littelle former Columbus Community High School teacher dies in Joliet auto accident.
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Paul Robert Hoffman
Forestview Trailer Court
Town City
Wayland
Richard Hulme
Finley Chapel
Delbert Terry
Paul Textor
cuLumbius
Agathe Littelle
Columbus Community High School
Joliet
Note on Saturday Journal edition for out-of-state readers
The Saturday Edition offers a concise weekly local news summary for former Washington residents and other out-of-state subscribers. It explains mailing access at $3.50 per year and encourages readers to subscribe for a brief, digestible recap.
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Washington
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Geneseo, Ill
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Neb
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