Dear Aunt Agatha Week in Washington May 1968
Dear Auntie reports a week of weather with more rain than sun and notes warm weather needed for corn. local food drives aid tornado victims in northern Iowa. Interact club volunteers for Memorial Day travelers. Commencement awards twenty scholarships from $100 to $800. baseball practice begins under city funded YMCA program. Poppy Day raised $470.68. a corner house was demolished for a new filling station. met Margaret Clarkson now superintendent at Halcyon House. author stayed home for the holiday.
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Iowa
Interaet
YMCA
Iowa Avenue
Madison Street
Margaret Clarkson
Halcyon House
Shellabarger Child Named in Stork Gazette
The Stork Gazette lists CURT LAMOYNE SHELLABARGER, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Shellabarger, Rural Route 1, Columbus Junction, as a newborn figure in the community notes.
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Curt Lamoyne Shellabarger
Charles Shellabarger
Columbus Junction
The Week on the Farm at the Indianapolis 500
The writer describes a trip to the Indianapolis 500 with friends. Rain plagued days before arrival yet the group enjoyed parking among fellow fans, sharing stories, and watching the start as Bobby Unser won. No injuries occurred and the experience left a lasting impression.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Bobby Unser
Washington and nearby towns report spring events and awards
Local notes detail a May food drive aiding tornado areas via Red Cross, weather updates with rain totals, and Washington High School Awards Day. Keota High School held Awards Day with new student council president Lin da Flynn. Gary Supalla earned a BS and starts a masters in Missouri. Other briefs cover Area 10 College commencements, births, marriages, and civic notices across Keota, Crawfordsville, and Washington communities.
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Keota
Keota High School
Linda Flynn
Larry Lyle
May 28 Events At Halcyon House And Local News T: Brighten the line of readable entities in article text.
May 28 recounts at Halcyon House including a reunion dinner for Ys Men’s Show Boat cast and crew with spouses viewing year’s musical slides. Also lists Dean’s Honor Roll recipients at Northeast Missouri State College for Spring Quarter 1968 with names and towns. hospital, travel, and staff notices. obituaries and visits. appointments in Washington area.
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Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Brighton
Dianne M. Eckhardt
Carolyn J. Pepper
Beverly Ann Rubey
Columbus Junction
Phyllis Buffington
Kathel Kay Addleman
Richland
Joy A. Adam
Steven L. Allen
Washington
Robert Daniel Lowe
Jerry V. Lowry
James Robert Shanks
Maria L. Simmering Stabler
Kristine K. Wagner
Janet L. Wulf
1968 Commencement Honors in Washington
The 98th annual Washington High School commencement honored the Class of 1968 with a full program. Speakers included Richard Koehler and Jean Bode, with music by the high school choir and trombone soloist Eldon Luer. Awards and scholarships totaling over $5,000 highlighted the event, while staff and community members received long-service recognitions.
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Washington High School
Eldon Luers
Richard Koehler
Jean Bode
Diane Worley
Myron Levy
Supt
E. K. Schlaphohl
Carolyn Bollman
Washington Junior High School
Washington Education Association
Faculty of
Washington Community Schools
Mike Klopfenstein
Geraldine Schmidt
Beverly Hayes
Delbert Soper
ISEA
Sanders golfers win awards at Iowa Wesleyan College
Frank Sanders, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Sanders, is among athletes receiving golf awards at Iowa Wesleyan College during the annual Spring Sports Banquet. The Prairie Conference meet champions are noted as part of the event with other community notices and engagements.
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John Orr
West Chester
Central College
John
Donald Orr
Beenblossom
David Beenblossom
Lewis Beenblossom
Janesville
Iowa
The
Legion Post
Crawfordsville
David
Jerry Simmering
Washington
Frank Sanders
Keith Sanders
Iowa Wesleyan College
Frank
Hospital admit and births in Washington and surroundings
A dated hospital log lists admissions and discharges across Washington and nearby towns on Saturday and today in June 1968. It records names such as Mrs Matilda Ohlwein Mrs Kathryn Rawn Harold Wagler Don Sommer Earl Ferrell Mrs Logan Sellars Mr and Mrs Charles Shellabarger and others with medical or surgical statuses. A note mentions Buffalo Bill Cody riding clothes on display at the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody Wyoming.
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Matilda Ohlwein
Washington
Albert H. Hesseltine
Kathryn Rawn
Harold Wagler
Don L. Sommer
Crawfordsville
Earl Ferrell
Logan Sellars
Richland
Buffalo Bill Cody
Buffalo Bill
Cody, Wyo
Madison Street house razed for service station
Workmen razed a house on Madison Street in Washington to clear space for a new service station. The site was across from the Captain's Table. Construction is expected to begin immediately. Memorial Day observance proceeded with a small crowd under overcast skies.
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Madison Street
Washington
Wasington
Deaths in Wapello Honor Richard J Cotter
Funeral services were held at 2 p m at the Presbyterian Church in Wapello for Richard James Cotter 80 a longtime prominent farmer in the Wapello Columbus Junction Winfield communities He died Friday evening May 24 in Mercy Hospital Burlington Burial was in the Wapello cemetery
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Wapello
Presbyterian
Obituary notices from Iowa communities allege local deaths
Charles J Brown 85 of Wellman Route 1 died at home after a life in Wellman area agriculture and milling. Mrs John T Curtin 78 of Conesville died Monday in Muscatine General Hospital after an extended illness. Edward Dean Knepp two year old son of Edward A and Mrs Knepp Rural Route 3 Iowa City died Monday evening at University Hospitals after a short illness.
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Wellman
Charles J. Brown
Mr. Brown
Columbus
John T. Curtin
Conesville
Muscatine General Hospital
Kalona
Edward Dean Knepp
Edward A. Knepp
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Obituary of Mrs O A Cobb 73 at Washington County Hospital
Mrs O A Cobb aged 73 of 948 South Fourth Avenue died Thursday May 30 1968 at Washington County Hospital after a lengthy illness.
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O. A. Cobb
South Fourth Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Wayland funeral for Keith A. Marner scheduled
Funeral services set for Keith A. Marner at 9 30 a m Saturday at Wayland Mennonite Church following his death from cancer in Mercy Hospital Iowa City. He was a teacher and coach in the Wayland schools. Mrs Fannie A Crossett 88 dies in Wellman at daughter’s home after 10 months there death noted May 29 1968.
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Wayland
Wayland Mennonite
Keith A. Marner
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Wellman
Fannie A. Crossett
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