Five Brothers Survive Raymond Patterson Died Monday
Five brothers survive Raymond Patterson of Washington. The survivors are Lloyd of Biggsville Illinois Jay of West Burlington James of Danville Frank of New London and Clarence of Crawfordsville. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Jones Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Patterson
Washington
Lloyd
Biggsville
Ill
Jay
West Burlington
James
Danville
Frank
New London
Clarence
Crawfordsville
Jones Funeral Home
Scouts Endure Dual Survival Camps Near Conesville and Davisson
Members of Boy Scout Troop 242 of St James church spent a day and night at two survival camps. Fourteen scouts camped at Conesville Marsh with basic gear and five ounces of food, aided by Frank Russell Gordon Secrest and Gene Booth with a hamburger feed. Eighteen others stayed at Charlie Davisson timber cooking wild edibles, fishing, and building lean tos and fires. Breakfast was brought to them by Bob Stevenson and Cecil Long. The group practiced shelter building fire craft and water purification. A six day semi wilderness camp is planned at Camp Wakonda on the Wapsipinicon River near Central City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
St. James Church
Conesville Marsh
Frank Russell
Gordon Secrest
Gene Booth
Charlie Davisson Timber
Bob Stevenson
Cecil Long
Two trucks collide on Highway 92 near Washington
A cement truck from Davenport driven by Frank Willard Foulk of Dubuque sideswiped a panel truck driven by Cal Polis of Washington about 8 10 a m two miles east of Washington on highway 92. Polis slowed to let the larger truck pass and as they tried to pass the rear of one vehicle struck the other. Polis vehicle overturned into a ditch and was a total loss. Polis treated and released from Washington County Hospital. The cement truck sustained no damage and its driver was not injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Frank Willard Foulk
Dubuque
Cal Polis
Washington
Polis
Highway 92
Lions Club Pony Show Set for July 27 in Crawfordsville
The 14th annual Lions Club Pony Show is scheduled for Saturday July 27 at 7 30 p m at Crawfordsville Ball Park. Fifteen ponies will compete in fourteen classes judged by Frank Bedell Cedar Rapids with ringman Raymond Bonar Washington. Robert Miller Freeport Ill will announce and Helen Murray Anamosa plays organ. Admission is free for children and Lions members provide lunch on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Crawfordsville Ball Park
Frank Bedell
Cedar Rapids
Ringman Raymond Bonar
Washington
Robert Miller
Freeport
Ill
Helen Murray
Anamosa
Lions
Rites at Fairfield for Roy Statler
Roy S Statler 70 of route one Lockridge died 9 30 p m Monday at University Hospital Iowa City after 39 days as patient Funeral set for Thursday 2 p m Weston Behner Funeral Home Fairfield Rev Delbert Terry to officiate Burial in Lockridge Cemetery He born December 1 1898 in Washington County son of Ed and Maude Stewart Statler married Hattie May Lynn March 22 1922 She died July 12 1963 Surviving three daughters Mrs Russell Norton Mrs Wayne Keller Fairfield Mrs Donald Rich Wayland one son Robert Statler Highway Patrolman Mt Pleasant seven grandchildren Also surviving mother Maude Statler Washington one brother Clarence Anchorage Alaska five sisters Mrs Blanche Reighard Keota Mrs May Bray Richland Mrs Florence Prevo Batavia Mrs Mary Eatinger Washington and Mrs Ruth Patterson Kalona
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Fairfield
Roy S. Statler
Route One
Lockridge
University Hospital
Iowa City
Weston - Behner
Delbert Terry
Mr. Statler
Washington County
Maude Stewart Statler
Hattie May Lynn
Russell Norton
Wayne Keller
Donald Rich
Wayland
Robert Statler
Mt. Pleasant
Maude Statler
Washington
Clarence
Anchorage
Alaska
Blanche Reighard
Keota
May Bray
Richland
Florence Prevo
Batavia
Mary Eatinger
Ruth Patterson
Kalona
Hearings set for accused bank thief in Iowa robbery
Preliminary hearings are set for 11 a.m. Friday for Martin Richard Lombard and two women charged with robbery with aggravation in Council Bluffs Iowa. Lombard, 29, appeared before Municipal Court Judge Allan Ardell and pleaded innocent to taking $8,200 from the Council Bluffs Savings Bank drive-in office Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
UPI
Martin Richard Lombard
Lombard
Allan Ardell
Council Bluffs Savings Bank
Batavia Man Dies at Lake Darling
George Edward Peebler 45 of Batavia Iowa died of a heart attack while boating at Lake Darling during a family weekend. Funeral 2 p.m. at Batavia Iowa Methodist Church. burial Batavia Cemetery. Survived by wife Geraldine, three daughters, grandson, parents, a brother and several stepfamily. WW II veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edward Peebler
Batavia
Iowa
Lake Darling
Mr. Peebler
Batavia Iowa Methodist Church
John Nye
Campbell Funeral Chapel
Jefferson County
Glen
Vera Colton Peebler
Geraldine Kitchen
Batavia Methodist Church
Keota remembers C A McCampbell longtime resident dies
Charles A. McCampbell 84 a Keota area resident died at his home at 10 am after a year of declining health. Funeral at United Methodist church in Keota with time pending Powell Funeral Home in charge. Born near Keota Oct 10 1883 he was a retired carpenter and a K P lodge member. He married Oct 1 1938 to Sarah Ellen Marr who died Oct 20 1944. Surviving are several nephews and a sister in law Mae Marr. He was predeceased by his parents one brother and one sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Charles A. McCampbell
United Methodist Church
Powell Funeral Home
Mr. McCampbell
Andrew
Agnes Taylor McCampbell
Business
Des Moines
Sarah Ellen Marr
Mae Marr
Riley accuses funds used for Aretha Franklin trip
Cedar Rapids Iowa State Sen. Tom Riley Republican says about $2,000 in federal Upward Bound funds were used to fly 40 junior and senior high school students to Minneapolis for a Aretha Franklin concert. He argues the money was misused and could have funded a bus trip or chartered transport at a fraction of the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
UPI
Tom Riley
Minneapolis
Aretha Franklin
Riley
Iowa City
Soils District Commissioners
Mason City
Mid-Prairie High School
Burlington Junior College
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Christeens Trio to Sing at Richland Church
The Christeens from Friends Bible College in Haviland Kansas will perform sacred hymns and gospel songs at Richland Friends church on Wednesday July 24 at 8 00 p m The three member group Alanna Elmore Charlene Helsel and Rita Skinner tour a two month circuit across twelve states with pianist Sandra Smitherman sponsor Mrs Homer Cox.
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Kansas
Colorado
Young Friends
Iowa
Evangelical Friends
Indiana
Rocky Mountain
Christeens
Alanna Elmore
Brighton
Charlene Helsel
Arkansas City
Rita Skinner
Hugoton
Sandra Smitherman
Haviland
Homer Cox
Friends Bible College
Cox
Band to Feature Trombone Trio in Weekly Concert
The Washington Municipal Band performs at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Central Park with a trombone trio featured for Slippery Gentlemen. Conductor Cal Shanks announces the program including God Bless America United Nations March Highlanders March Aurora Twilight overture Tonight from West Side Story Air Waves March Laura's Theme Pride of Arizona Trumpet Boggie Let Me Call You Sweetheart Lady of Spain Circus Spectacular and Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Whitcomb
Men in Service Outkomp at Lackland AFB Texas
A service record lists Keith D. Outkomp with Air Force serial 68052928. He is assigned to CMR No. 1508 Sq. 3708 Flight 790 at Lackland AFB in Texas 78236.
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Outkomp AB
Keith D
How To Open Clogged Sewers With SEWEREAMER
Advertisement-like note touts SEWEREAMER to unclog drains by mixing and pouring into floor drains. Claims roots grease and paper removal with fast results. Sold in 10 lb cans for 4.95, urging customers to demand SEWEREAMER by name.
Susan Hadley and William Capps wed in Richland
Susan Jane Hadley daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hadley of Richland and William Reese Capps son of the Rev and Mrs Robert Capps of Farson were married Friday July 19 at Richland Friends Church. The Rev Robert Capps read the vows with Rev L Merle Green assisting. Altar decor included gladioli and mums. The bride wore Chantilly lace gown with mint green accessories and carried mint green mums. Attendants wore mint green gowns and carried green mums. A reception followed. The couple will live in Atlanta Ga where the groom will be stationed after his Army duty in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
Susan Jane Hadley
John Hadley
William Reese Capps
Robert Capps
Farson
Richland Friends Church
Capps
Farson Baptist Church
L. Merle Green
Friends
Ila Cox
Gloria Capps
Candace Capps
Joe Hadley
Daniel Hadley
Bradley Capps
Craig Capps
Mike Hadley
Wendell Beall
Fairfield
Pekin High School
Pekin
Vietnam
Atlanta
Dickey’s Prairie Home
Abrey Barnett
Packwood
William Gillam
Ollie
George W. Hadley
Jack Capps
Ottumwa
Witness Held as Material Witness in King Assassination Case
Charles Quitman Stephens, 46, of Memphis, ordered jailed on a $10,000 bond as a material witness after reportedly seeing a man believed to be the assassin flee the rooming house near the motel where Dr. Martin Luther King was killed last April 4. Shelby County Atty. Gen. Phil M. Canale sought the warrant. two other key witnesses remain free. James Earl Ray's attorney Arthur Hanes vows to work night and day, with trial now set for November 12 after a brief arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
W. Preston
Canale
Bessie Brewer
Willie Anchutz
James Earl Ray
Arthur Hanes
Hanes
Ray
Brunk Phillip D. Brunk SA B622415 NAS Galley
Phillip D Brunk appears in the record as a SA with serial or service identifier B622415 associated with NAS Miramar in California 92145. The brief entry notes his linkage to the naval air station galley setting in San Diego area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BRUNK
Phillip D. Brunk
NAS
Miramar
Calif
Fort Dodge Fort and Museum shines as historic draw
The Fort Dodge Historical Foundation runs a well preserved 1850 government fort replica attracting visitors from across the U S and beyond. It houses a museum with authentic items, a notable life size animal art collection, a curio shop, and hours daily 9 a m to 8 p m at the junction of highways 20 and 169 in Fort Dodge.
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Fort Dodge
U. S. Sixth Infantry Dragoons
the Iowan
Art Caffrey
Fort Dodge Historical Foundation, Inc
School Names and Odd Tales from Squire News
In this 1968 issue a playful classroom scene unfolds as a pupil named Damitt struggles with spelling while a principal grants him a chance. The page also features a wartime style ad about orphans ready for “homes” with a July clearance offering up to 50 percent. A court scene questions the charge of beating a wife with an oak leaf as a sheriff reports.
Open book midterm prompts free study tools
A cartoonish snippet of classroom irony shows a history professor announcing an open book midterm while students arrive with heavy study materials. A quirky scene unfolds as a student brings his girlfriend to sit beside him, hinting at academic temptations and distractions.
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Pony League
Highland Pony League
Tim Carson
Rotter
Carr
Arthur
Schleichter
Brush
Schnoebelen
Colbert
Cleo Orris
Flynn
Richardson
McFarland
Weimer
Carson
Howard Schultz
Scouts
Camp Wakonda
Wapsipinicon River
Central City
Here
Wolf's
Wolf's Flower Shop
Roy Statler
Permalux Mastercraft
La-Z-Boy
Sealy Murphy Miller Powell Furniture
Wellman, Iowa
Evening Journal
C. A. McCampbell
The
K. P. Lodge
Coe College
Womens
Chanel
Susan Hadley
William Capps
Terry Brown
Mary Hoskins
the Willows
Shoppers
Calvin Guengerich
West Chester
Amana
Harry Schmidt
Stockton
Guengerich
Vol
Squire News
Billy
Jane
Tommy
Shirley
Damitt
Encylopedia
Hades
Patrick
Pete Boshart
Dick Giardino
S. 2Nd Ave
Jack L. Cline
Central
General Electric Co
Mangold
House of Service
Squire
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