Local pageant accepts two more contestants for Miss Washington County
The Miss Washington County Pageant at the County Fair on August 5 gains two new entrants, Patricia Sue Greiner of route one Washington and Linda Marie Kern of route one Wellman under Washington Jaycees sponsorship. Abbie Timmins remains reigning Miss Washington County and the winner may advance to Miss Iowa in 1969.
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Washington County
The
Washington Jaycees
Patricia Sue Greiner
Route One
Washington
Linda Marie Kern
Wellman
Abbie Timmins
Miss Greiner
Washington High School
Area XV Community College
Ottumwa
Howard Greiner
Pat
Future Teachers, Science Club
Yteens
Miss Kern
Mid - Prairie High School
IBM
Des Moines
Linda
FHA
Cletus Kern
Carnival Planned at West Chester
The West Chester Civic Club children sponsor a carnival Monday evening July 29 from 7 to 8 30. Admission is ten cents per person and refreshments will be served on the grounds. If it rains the event moves to the West Chester United Methodist Church basement.
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West Chester
4 H Dog Obedience Judging At Washington County Fair
More than 40 people attended the Washington County 4 H Dog Project obedience judging on July 24 at the fair grounds. William Chalmers led the program with weekly June sessions, while judges included Mrs. David Loney and Margaret Birney. Jeff Boshart led the blue ribbon pack with a top score of 135, and the group will compete at the Parade of Champions on August 7 for the championship trophy donated by Julia's Farm Kennels. An exhibit on the dog project will be displayed and project record books submitted. Refreshments were provided by project member mothers.
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Washington County Fair Grounds
Washington County
William Chalmers
Fair Grounds
Chalmers
David Loney
Iowa City
Mr. Chalmers
Margaret Birney
Jeff Boshart
Susan Huber
Bernice Reed
Bob Witthoft
Melinda Reed
Julia’s Farm Kennels
Washington County Fair
Chamers
All-Iowa Fair deadlines and show entries announced
Cedar Rapids All-Iowa Fair Manager Billy Greiner announced a August 1 deadline for entries in all five statewide livestock shows. Fair runs August 11 through 18. Dairy Show entries go to the Iowa State Dairy Association in Ames, while other shows accept direct entries at the fair. New features include a baking contest with cash prizes and a 30 class ceramics division in the women’s department, plus handiwork classes for youths under 13 and ages 13 to 17.
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Cedar Rapids
Billy Greiner
Greiner
Iowa State Dairy Association
Ames
Canton
Parish
Iowa
Columbus Community School study committee named
The Columbus Community School Board appointed a citizens committee to study expansion needs for classroom facilities. Dr. Ray Ostrm chairs. members include Thomas H Huston Robert Reaney David Crawford Charles Buser Fred Everett Merle Rueckert William Owens Mrs James Helmick Jr Richard Utter Kenneth Noble Roy Haustenstein Dean Gipple and Mrs John Conklin. Enrollment has risen by 100 students since the 1961 high school opened.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus Community School Board
Ray Ostrm
Thomas H. Huston
Robert Reaney
David Crawford
Charles Buser
Fred Everett
Merle Rueckert
William Owens
James Helmick Jr
Richard Utter
Kenneth Noble
Roy Hauenstein
Dean Gipple
John Conklin
Patterson Funeral Held in Crawfordsville
The funeral for Raymond Patterson was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. Richard Peterson officiating. Soloist Mrs. Ira Morrison sang as pallbearers Robert Huber Charles Snyder Willis Richards Don Hayes William Horning and Larry DeLong escorted the service. Interment followed at Crawfordsville Cemetery.
Estate planning talk at Washington Kiwanis Club
Vincent Maurer of Iowa City, a trust officer, spoke on estate planning at the Washington Kiwanis Club meeting. He warned of rising federal and state death and estate taxes and stressed planning's importance. The club also discussed Family Reunion Day, aimed at recognizing the family as a bulwark of national strength, with details to be announced before Sunday, August 11.
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Vincent Maurer
Iowa City
Washington Kiwanis Club
Maurer
Kiwanis Club
Eastern Iowa Light and Power to hold district meetings
The 1968 district meetings of Eastern Iowa Light and Power Cooperative run the week of July 29 to August 2 at five locations DeWitt Clarence Durant Lone Tree and Wapello. Each meeting starts at 8 30 p m and one district director will be elected for a 3 year term from each district. Members receive a petite electric alarm clock attendance award and must bring their district notice card to vote.
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Eastern
Iowa Light and Power Cooperative
Rural Electric Cooperative
DeWitt
American Legion Hall
Clarence
Durant
Lone Tree
Wapello
Iowa
F. E. Fair
Riverside
Ernst Lieberknecht
Letts
Goodwill Cafeteria Opens at Southeast Iowa Shelter Workshop
Goodwill Industries opened its Southeast Iowa Shelter Workshop cafeteria on Tuesday serving well balanced and inexpensive meals to workers. Rehabilitation director Forbes Johnson says the cafe will train handicapped workers for employment and provide meals for over 50 people daily plus groups touring the new facility. Mrs. Clarence M. Panzer will cook, sourcing efforts trace back to 1967 volunteers and gifts including china from the Iowa Memorial Union and a Girl Scout car wash for a coffee maker.
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Goodwill Industries
Goodwill
Southeast Iowa
Forbes Johnson
Johnson
Clarence M. Panzer
2Nd Ave
Southeast Junior High
Panzer
Iowa City Women’s Club
Iowa Memorial Union
Norwegian Girl to Stay in Waco for Exchange Year
Barbara Christensen of Sinsen veien Oslo Norway will arrive mid August to stay with the Harold Messer family in Olds as a guest during the 1968 69 school year. She turns 18 on October 30 and is an only child. Her father is an Oslo Public Transportation inspector and her mother teaches retarded children. She is Lutheran, enjoys skiing rowing reading piano and folk dancing, loves language study and has considered becoming a teacher.
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Barbara Christensen
Sinsenveien
Oslo
Norway
Waco
Harold Messer
Olds
Barbara
Oslo Public Transportation Company
Funeral Friday for Harry Williams at Vil lisca Methodist
Funeral services for 89 year old Harry Williams will be at 10 30 a m Friday at the Vil lisca Iowa Methodist church Burial will be in North Page Cemetery Sherman Eden Funeral Home handled arrangements He died Tuesday at United Presbyterian Home where he had lived since April 1961 He was a retired farmer Surviving is a daughter Mrs Leonard Posten of Vil lisea and two grandchildren
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Harry Williams
Methodist
Villisca
Iowa
North Page
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
Williams
United Presbyterian Home
Leonard Posten
Villisea
Sixth Washington Little League tourney set at Green Field
The sixth annual Washington Little League age baseball tournament will be at Green Field on Saturday and Sunday July 27 and 28. First day games start at noon with Mid Prairie facing Washington South and Washington North against Keota. Hills vs Ainsworth follows. Sigourney earned a first round bye. Sunday schedule runs noon to 6 pm. Tickets no advance sale. all attendees except uniformed players pay. Profits benefit the uniform replacement reserve.
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Washington
Green Field
Mid - Prairie
Washington South
Washington North
Keota
Hills
Ainsworth
Sigourney
Baseball Committee
Dick Paul
Robert Ruppert
Robert Glandon
Paul Gebhardt
Sam Young
Bob Gillesby
Open Houses Set for Area Ten Community College
Area Ten Community College announces four Open Houses to welcome the public. Arts and Sciences on July 25, Health Department on July 30, Business Department on August 6, and Agriculture Department on August 8, all 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Hawkeye Plaza Cedar Rapids. Contact Ron Napier at 366 5321 for details.
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Area Ten Community College
Arts and Science
Health, Business and Agriculture
Area Ten
Health Department
Business Department
Agriculture Department
Hawkeye Plaza
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Ron Napier
Ford Opposes Exemption From Personnel Cutback Plan
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford opposed exempting the Post Office Department and other federal agencies from a personnel rollback ordered by Congress. The Post Office has begun cutbacks and says progress will worsen unless Congress lifts a restriction limiting future hires. Ford urged the administration to use flexibility to preserve essential services like mail delivery and air safety controls before any exemptions.
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Washington
UPT
House
Gerald R. Ford
Post Office Department
Congress
Senate Post Office
Department
Senate
Federal Aviation Administration
Ford
Ottumwa workers resume shift after union walkout
About 70 members of Ottumwa Municipal Employes Union Local 1404 returned to work after a Wednesday walkout triggered by the city budget approval. Union officials and city leaders will meet Monday to discuss wage and job classification disputes, with Mayor Hoffmann noting pay equality across similarly tasked city posts.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
UPI
Dick Hoffman
Herb Ogden
Summer opera The Barber of Seville opens at Iowa
The University of Iowa presents Rossini's The Barber of Seville as part of the Fine Arts Festival. Performances run July 30 31 and August 2 3 at 8 p.m. in Macbride Auditorium with tickets $2.50 for the public and $1.50 for students with ID and current registration.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Gioacchino Rossini
Macbride
U of I Fine Arts
Rossini
Iowa Memorial Union
Red Cross Adds Volunteers to 1968 Swim Program
The Red Cross announces new volunteers for the 1968 swim program including Mrs Justine Hotle as swimmer aide and Susan Gebhardt and Jeff Lampkin as basket monitors, expanding the group assisting aquatic activities.
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Red Cross
Justine Hotle
Susan Gebhardt
Jeff Lampkin
Senator born 1871 dies 1957 in sunken lake anecdote
A Republican senator recalls a strange event of a sunken lake and cracking branches, joking that the earth may have flipped, noting the landscape dropped 30 feet. He was born in 1871 and died in 1957.
Czechs resist Soviet push amid reform and debts
Czech leaders push to keep reform and free press despite Soviet threats. Dubcek favors a smaller summit to sidestep hardliners, while insisting troops are unnecessary to guard borders. Prague seeks repayment of 20 years of Soviet-favored debts to ease economic woes.
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Kremlin
Dubcck
Prague
Washington
Josef Tichy
Balding Party
Dubcek
Moscow
Czech
Tichy
Beauty Contest at Columbus Junction and City
Entries are invited in July for a Columbus Community beauty contest. Winners from Columbus City and Columbus Junction earn an all expense paid five day trip to Columbus Ohio starting October 12. Open to single girls aged 18 to 25 who meet residency rules. Deadline July 31. Tiara prizes donated by Mr and Mrs Gordon Bowen. displays shown in Bowen Jewelry Store window.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus
Columbus City
Ohio
Columbus Community
Karen Todd
Mary Bowen
Columbus’ Junction
Gordon Bowen
Bowen Jewelry
Senior Center Plans Lincoln Village Excursion To New Salem
Grace Kerr reports the Senior Center may sponsor a bus trip for seniors to Springfield and New Salem Illinois with stops at Lincoln Home Tomb Old Capitol and a matinee of Abe Lincoln in Illinois The 30 dollar excursion would depart August 29 with a minimum of 33 passengers and room for a few younger participants if space remains Reservations are being taken and a decision will be made at the July dinner next Tuesday
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Max Owen
Springfield
Lincoln Village
New Salem
Illinois
The
Lincoln
Tomb
Old Capitol
Owen
Abe Lincoln
Washington Y
Center
Hawaii
Local fines and meetings in Southeast Iowa
Laverne C. Geyer paid a $5 fine in justice court after a charge of excessive noise by city police. Sheriff Charles Snyder and deputies attended a Southeast Iowa Peace Officers meeting in Webster, featuring a Fort Madison prisoner panel in a Q and A. An accident near Ainsworth on highway 92 218 east involved Richard Nash and Mrs Gary Edwards. rain caused loss of control and a wrong lane entry with $500 damage. Edwards charged with failure to yield.
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Laverne C. Geyer
Justice of the Peace Court
Charles Snyder
Woody Richards
John Reneger
Iowa
Webster
Fort Madison
Richard Stuart Nash
Mt. Pleasant
Gary Edwards
Cross Plain
Wisconsin
Ainsworth
Lyle Hansen
Edwards
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Linda Kern
Bill Gray
Louisiana
Bill
Wolf's Flower Shop
Goodwill Inc
Osincup’s
Evening Journal
Waco Exchangee
Little Leaguers
Powell Furniture
Wellman, Iowa
Dividends Unlimited
U.S.O
United Fund
Ray Miller
Dr For Coste
By Grace Kerr
Tom Davis
Montgomery
Ards Sayers
Ober
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