Miss Washington County Pageant crowns new queen tonight
Beauty pageant at the County fairgrounds features ten contestants vying for the Miss Washington County title. The event, led by the Washington Jaycees, includes the Miss Iowa winner Pamela Rae Ericson and performances by past Miss Washington County queens. Funds raised approach $3,000 to support scholarships, with the winner receiving a $500 college award and travel to Davenport next year.
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Washington County
Pat McClure Brown
Pamela Loeffler
Janet Osincup
Dick Ballard
Iowa
Washington Jaycees
The
Jaycees
Washington Chamber of Commerce
McCleery Cummings Company
Advance Ross Electoonics
Iowa Southern Utilities
Washington Manufacturing Company
Pepsi Cola Company
the Essex
George's Beauty Salon
Sieferts Store For Women
Home Gas Company of
Wellman
Buck
Milking Shorthorn Show Farms Centered at Fairfield Fairgrounds
Area breeders presented Milking Shorthorns at Fairfield fairgrounds on July 21. Tom Lyon of Ames judged, naming grand champion bull with Stuart Thomas of Keosauqua also judging a grand champion female. Reserve honors went to Ernest Fox of Keokuk, who held the junior champion bull and earned additional placements for his entries. Other winners included William Jones of Washington and Peggy Kephart, Jones’s daughter.
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Fairfield
Southeast Town
Fairfield Fair Grounds
Tom Lyon
Ames
Stuart Thomas
Keosauqua
Ernest Fox
Keokuk
Stuart Thom
William Jones
Washington
Peggy Kephart
Home talent show at Washington County Fair Tuesday night
A home talent show featuring performers from the area will highlight the Washington County 4 H and FFA Fair Tuesday evening. Sponsored by the Washington Kiwanis Club, the event offers contestants a path to Des Moines on KANT TV and a chance at $3,000 in Iowa State Fair prizes. The show begins at 8 p m on the fair grounds with dancers vocalists and other acts and Swingin 17 from Waco High School providing the stage band.
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Washington County
Washington Kiwanis Club
Des Moines
Kant-Tv
Fairgrounds
Wacoigh School
YMCA Camp Opens At Lake Darling This Week
The Washington YMCA schedule is suspended this week. The game room on the north side of the square will close while YMCA staff operate the annual camp at Lake Darling Youth Center. Normal civities resume next week.
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Washington
Lake Darling
Ruth's Antiques marks fourth anniversary in Anaword Magazine Agency area
Ruth's Antiques in Washington observes its fourth business anniversary as of July 24. The local firm sells magazines greeting cards wedding invitations and antiques through Anaword Magazine Agency.
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Ruth's Antiques t_ anaword Magazine
Washington
Ayrshire Show at Tipton Friday Exhibits 53 Animals
Eastern Ayrshire breeders held a Tipton show Friday with 53 animals on display. Tom Lyons of Ames judged the event. Reserve champion for females went to Abbie Timmins of West Chester, who also led the 4-H and FFA champion and earned first in the 4-H showman class.
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Ayrshire
Tipton
Tom Lyons
Ames
Abbie Timmins
West Chester
Mrs Hultquist to direct Girls Nation in Washington
Crawfordsville Mrs Glenn Hultquist national chair man of the Girls State Committee of the American Legion D C to serve as director of Girls Nation July 24 30 in the American University One hundred girls from states District of Columbia and Panama Canal Zone will arrive as Senators to study legislative procedures by drafting and passing bills in a mock session Iowa delegates are Karla Mortensen Clinton and Lynne Burton Iowa Falls Hultquist has taught in Crawfordsville Olds and Waco for years and directed drama and speech programs She is a past American Legion Auxiliary president and active in Hawk Eye Girls State
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Crawfordsville
Glenn Hultquist
The
American Legion
D. C
Girls Nation
American University
Washington
Alaska
District of Columbia
Panama Canal Zone
Congress
Iowa
Karla Mortensen
Clinton
Lynne Burton
Iowa Falls
Hultquist
Olds
Waco
American Legion Auxiliary
Hawkeye
Marriage license issued to Barry Dean Tally and Patricia Lee
A marriage license has been issued here to Barry Dean Tally of Richland and Patricia Lee in Brighton.
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Barry Dean Tally
Richland
Patricia Lee
Brighton
Mrs. Thomas Neece of Richland Dies
Mrs Thomas L Neece of Richland dies at 12 30 a m in Jefferson County Hospital after two weeks illness She was born December 16 1819 to Elwood and Martha Draper Hadley She married Thomas L Neece January 28 1897 who died April 15 1939 Survived by two sons Harold and LeRoy one daughter Mrs Alfred Stanley Bethesda Md one foster daughter Gertrude Hixson of Oskaloosa eight grandchildren two great grandchildren eight great grandchildren and other relatives Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p m Woolson Friends Church Gould Funeral Home in charge
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Richland
Thomas L. Neece
Jefferson County Hospital
Woolson Friends Church
Naomi Locke
Gould Funeral Home
Neece
Elwood
Martha Draper Hadley
Harold and
LeRoy
Alfred Stanley
Bethesda
Foster Daugher
Gertrude Hixson
Oskaloosa
Local residents attend events and milestones across states
George Kuaiger traveled to Milwaukee for the North Western Mutual Life Insurance national convention. Mrs. Ralph Kleese led a Lay Women's Leadership School at Millikin University with about 160 Presbyterians and Synodical officers from five states. Major Harry Duensing, Viet Nam veteran, was promoted to major and stationed near Cui Nhon with details about his family. John Bordwell returned from Europe and planned travel through New York and Chicago to Cedar Rapids. Other items note hospital visits, a visit from Mrs. V C Snyder of San Diego, a Pel la resident visiting kin, a new granddaughter for the Rustans, and the death of David Carl Hebblen’s grandson prompting a Davenport family gathering.
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Ralph Kleese
Millikin University
Decatur
Ill
United Presbyterian Church
Michigan
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Kleese
Kenneth Moore
Morning Sun
National Missions Committee
W. P. McNeil
Wapello
Harry Duensing
Air Force
Viet Nam
Duensing
Phu Toi
Cui Nhon
Chris
Newbury
Mass
HHD
Apo San Francisco
Calif
John Kurtz
University Hospital
Town City
Louisa Red Cross officers elected
The Louisa County Red Cross chapter elected Joe Johnson of Wapello as chairman and Raymond Hendrickson of Columbus Junction as vice chairman. Ruth Mangels of Wapello was re elected secretary and LeRoy Hughes of Columbus Junction was re elected treasurer. Robert Reaney of Columbus Junction retires as chairman.
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Columbus, Junction
Louisa County
Red Cross
Joe Johnson
Wapello
Raymond Hendrickson
Columbus Junction
Ruth Mangels
LeRoy Hughes
Robert Reaney
Columb Junction
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Davenport
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Scott County
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Will Burt
Bob Gross
Out of the County
Mary Longley
Corrine Shover
Cedar Rapids
David Moher
Towa Pageant Management Corporation
William Huebner
Warren Boldt
Radio Kros
YMCA
Ruth's Antiques
F.ild
Wolf's Flower Shop
Fern Pastry Shop
Donut Holes
West Side Square
Ea Tva
Libby
Can
Golden Valley
Dad
Fuhr and
Cochran Jack & Jill
Oscar Mayer
Mendota Brand
Little Smokie Sausages
Fuhr
Cochran
Rwy
Jacky Jill
Dale Fuhr
Joe Cochran
Wurlitzer
Lusic
Ac Ie
Thomas Neece of
New York
UPL
Wurlitzer Company
George Kuaiger
Milwaukee
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
V. C. Snyder
San Deigo
Jodie Ritz
F. E. Bourgeois
John Bordwell
Europe
American Airlines
Chicago
Richard Bordwells
John
Switzerland
Agnes Rustan
Pella
Garth Rustan
Lynn Rustan
Tim
Mildred Nelson
David Carl Hebblen
Dave Hebblen
Hebblen
Sandra Nelson
Louisa Red Cross
Frigidaire Appliances
Lena
Marion
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