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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1972

Page

6

Camping Out and Reunions Across Richland Area

A Richland note recounts a camping trip with eight families on Morgans Bluffs, with tents, silos, camp stoves, and a roof over a grill. It covers meals, card games, a rain shield lean-to, and humorous stove mishaps. Also listed are attendees of a political picnic at Chitaqua Park, a Morrow reunion at Lacy Park with attendees from multiple states, and church group picnics and family visits in Richland area.

Dun Lan Richland Morgans Bluffs Betty Crocker Charles Blakely Julie Jimmy Clarence Ferguson Wayne Parsons Kenneth Clark Chitaqua Park Fairfield Lacy Park Keosauqua Quincy Warsaw Ill Labella Williamstown Lee Summit Monticello St. Charles Ft Madison Salem Lockridge Ft. Worth Texas Richland John Morgan Henderson Nevada Mary Morgan Florence Balderson Doug Balderson John Lendarner Lloyd McCracken South Dakotas Steve Ferguson Oskaloosa Grace Luthran South Dakota Appalachia Washington Kentucky

Washington County Fair Entertainment Schedule Announced

A full lineup for the Washington County 4 H and FFA Fair runs July 31 to August 4 with open class exhibits in the armory and daily demos. Gorham United Shows perform on the midway. season tickets are four dollars, daily admissions range from fifty cents to heavy evening rates, and a free pork barbecue is added with special tickets on Wednesday. The schedule covers tractor pulls, sing groups, dog obedience, beauty pageants, livestock parades, horse shows, hog shows, pig derby, free skating, a Des Moines teen band appearance, and more with tickets available from 4 H clubs, the Extension Office, Chamber of Commerce, or McDaniel Drug Store.

Washington County Gorham United Fair Board Washington County Pork Producers Association Keorgne Washington Jazz Band Enoch Imokey Washington FFA Des Moines Armory Building Chamber of Commerce McDaniel Drug Store

Long Service Ex Beresford Honored for 50 Years in Livestock

Ex Beresford 86 of Sanborn honored for 50 years in extension education in livestock. Stanley Yates of ISU Ames recorded an interview with Rex, the statewide figure, and a copy will join the library collection for preservation and historical purposes.

Beresford Sanborn Stanley Yates ISU Ames Rex

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