District Pork Day planned with lard baking contest
District 9 of the Iowa Pork Producers Association will host Pork Appreciation Day on Tuesday June 22 at the Washington County Fair grounds. Activities include a lard based two crust fruit pie contest judged during the barbecue hour, with proceeds to the District 9 Parkette treasury.
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Iowa Pork Producer's Association
Washington County Fairgrounds
Eugene Wead
Wellman
Washington County
Pork Producer’s Association
Marion
Mahaska
Keokuk
Louisa
Monroe
Lucas
Wapello
Jefferson
Henry
Wayne
Appanoose
Davis
van Buren
Lee
Des Moines
Washington
District 9 Parkette Treasury
Donald B. Robison
Brighton
District 9
Parkettes
Treasury
Iowa State University
County Pork Association
Washington County Pork Producer’s Association
Iowa Pork Producer’s Association
Farmbest
Washington County Park Producers
County 4H Club Dance Funds Washington Trip
Washington County 4H members planning a June 21 dance at the fairgrounds to raise funds for their July Citizenship Shortcourse trip to Washington DC. The Escorts provide swing music from 8 30 to 12 00. The event is open to the public and supports travel to National 4-H Center with stops in Gettysburg and Philadelphia as part of the program.
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Washington County
Washington, D. C
Washington County Fairgrounds
Joe White
Ainsworth
County 4H Council
Washington
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Mid-Prairie summer reading classes begin June 14
The Mid-Prairie Elementary program runs four weeks from June 14 to July 14 at Wellman attendance center. Classes meet 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. weekdays with transportation provided from Kalona and West Chester centers. Pupils ride at 1 p.m. and return by 4 p.m. Fees due by June 14. materials provided by the district. Former dentist Edgar Buchanan licensed to practice in Oregon and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Mid - Prairie
Kalona
West Chester
Mid - Prairie Community School
Edgar Buchanan
Joe
Petticoat Junction
Oregon
California
Iowa Hawkeye Boys State elects Shives governor
At Camp Dodge the 768 Iowa high school boys elected Newton’s Tom Shives as governor with 618 votes to 145 for Rick Front of Denison. Other Federalist officers named include Dolan, Crouse, Brown, Sandres, Sheey, and Balter. Barker and Rouse were non Federalists. The platform backed Right to Work repeal opposition and pari mutuel betting for tax relief. Installation planned at a banquet with Dr. Robert Ray speaker.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa
Hawkeye Boys State
Camp Dodge
Tom Shives
Newton
Shive
Federalist Party
Nationalist Party
Rick Front
Denison
Mike Dolan
Dubuque
Jim Crouse
Audubon
Jim Brown
Storm Lake
Sandy Sandres
Clear Lake
Mike Sheey
New Hampton
Dale Rouse
Terri
Jamie Wade
Weldon
Tim Barker
Dick Balter
Atlantic
Commerce
Barker
Sheey
Federalist
Robert Ray
Division of Special Services
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Y's Men mark 40th anniversary program in Washington
Washington Y's Men celebrated their 40th anniversary with a Tuesday evening event at the YMCA community room. President Herb Osincup presided as Dr. Vernon Elgin gave the invocation, and guests included two charter members and former presidents.
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Washington Y’s
YMCA
Dave Elder
Theodore Brown
Lee Holland
Richard McCleery
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Washington Y
Herb Osincup
Vernon Elgin
Leon Hillman
T. R. Phillips
William Stewart
Harold Stevens
Dick Pratt
Dunham Morrison
L. A. Holland
Ted Brown
Foster Bickel
Milburn McKay
Harry Sizer
Lisbon
Logan Heilman
Claude W. Tucker
Florence Sherman
Clarence Logan
Milo Sorden
Osincup
Vehicle Safety Check displays at Sunset Park support drive
Harold Pete Griffeth of Western Auto Store volunteers as tire checker for the Vehicle Safety Check at Sunset Park from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 12. His display window features an old tire, a new tire, a safety poster, and booklets including A Tragedy of Errors and Iowa Drivers Manuals. Fareway Stores and Crawford's Apco Service provide space for safety posters. Co Chair Bruce Noble seeks one or two mechanics to lead an hour or so of time.
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Harold
Pete
Griffeth
Western Auto Store
Sunset Park
Iowa
Highway Patrol
Fareway
Crawford
Apco
Bruce Noble
Ed White's space walk thrills world in color pictures
Edward White stepped into sunlight outside the Gemini 4 capsule during the third orbit. Cameras captured the Earth in vivid color and White floated in space at 17 500 mph, tethered 103 miles from the capsule as the world watched.
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Earth
Campbell
Navy
Harold L. Edging
St. Louis
White
Alexei Leonov
Edging
Space walk and health drive tie in strange report
A Gemini 4 space walk described by observers contrasts with a local TB screening effort in Washington County. The article notes Mrs. Lorraine Suter leading a Contact X-ray program to test contacts of active TB cases, using tuberculin skin tests and 14 by 17 chest X-rays, funded by Christmas Seals and endorsed by state health bodies.
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Washington County
John Owen
Washington Health Association
Lorraine Suter R. N
Suter
Washington County Medical Society
Iowa State Department of Health
Iowa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Local students plan abroad exchanges as 1965-66 term looms
Washington High School junior Charlotte Stanley has been accepted for a summer exchange in Finland under the AFS program. John Bordwell remains in contention for a 1965-66 overseas study stint as several foreign students have joined the local school in recent years.
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Charlotte Stanley
Washington High School
Dean Stanley
Finland
AFS
Charlotte
John Bordwell
Extension office changes hours for summer schedule
Washington County Extension Council announces the County Extension Office will close Saturday mornings during the summer months. 4 H members out of school may visit on other days for information. Staff will continue to conduct conferences camps tours and other events as scheduled.
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Washington County Extension Council
Johnson expands role for U S troops in Vietnam war
U S authorities authorize direct combat for American troops if requested by South Vietnamese commanders and in coordination with South Vietnamese forces. U S planes press the air war on North Vietnam while a monsoon offensive by the Viet Cong in the Central Highlands threatens new fighting.
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Saigon
Washington
U.S
North Viet Nam
Johnson
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Bien Hoa
Books for Appalachia Aid From Lincoln School PTA
Joe Marek and Randy Rotzinger plus Lincoln Elementary students gather and load 750 pounds of books donated by Lincoln parents. The Lincoln School PTA teams with the National Congress of Parents and Teachers to ship the literacy drive to Appalachia for underprivileged children.
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Joe Marek
Lloyd Marek
Washington
Randy Rotzinger
Roy Rotzinger
East Washington
Lincoln Elementary School
Appalachia
United States
Lincoln School
Lincoln School Pta
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Death of W J Crayne at 52 on June 8 1965
William J Crayne aged 52 died Tuesday evening at his farm home southeast of Washington. He was born May 14 1913 in West Chester and was a farmer and Christian Church member. Survived by Ruth Mayhew Crayne Ed and Rosann wife mother sister and two grandchildren. Funeral Friday 2 pm Jones Funeral Home Elm Grove Cemetery.
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William
Bill) J. Crayne
Washington
Jones
Elm Grove
West Chester
O. F
Anna Cherry Crayne
Ruth Mayhew
Christian Church
Washington Community District
Omaha
Nebr
Rosann
Anna) Crayne
Edwin
Phyllis) Peiffer
Keota
Gemini twins McDivitt White near miss spacewalk discussed
Report from USS Wasp sailors describes the near spacewalk debate during Gemini 4 and the planned Gemini 5 mission. McDivitt and White spent four days in transit covering 1.7 million miles while awaiting celebrations in Chicago and Houston.
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Wasp
UPS
Gemini
James McDivitt
Edward White
White
McDivitt
Florida
Space
Houston
Tex
MccDivitt
Chicago
Robert F. Campbell
Brighton
Mass
Unsup
Weather Outlook for Iowa: Showers and Thunderstorms Possible
Partly cloudy this afternoon with showers or thunderstorms developing in 30 to 50 percent of southwest and extreme west portions. Showers tonight and Thursday mainly in west and south areas. Warmer tonight and Thursday. Lows tonight 50s northeast to 60s southwest. Thursday highs in the 70s.
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United Press International
Iowa
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Bill) Crayne
Space Agency
George Mueller
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
President Johnson
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