Ridiculous Day Parade and Summer Skies In Washington
Town festivity thrives with Go-Go Girls win at Squire Shop, humorous costumes, and a lively street parade. Rain comes with Toby and Susie show tent while council plans asphalt resurfacing and zoning reviews. Hearings on June 15 for four lane freeway stir land concerns as Boy Scout trips, park concerts, and elm loss mark the season.
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Squire Shop
Washington
Iowa
Toby
Susie
Fairgrounds
Washington County
State Highway Commission
Iowa City
Mt. Pleasant
Skunk River
Central Park
Couple News Blends Milestones Across Kalona Colum bus Junction and Washington
The Stork Gazette notes Milford Freeman Miller son of Morris H. Miller Rural Route 2 Kalona. Daphne Lynn Satern daughter of Stephen Allen Satern Rural Route 1 Columbus Junction. Leslie Anne Van Engelenhoven daughter of Barry J. Van Engelenhoven 717 East Main Washington.
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Milford Freeman Miller
Morris H. Miller
Kalona
Daphne Lynn Satern
Stephen Allen Satern
Columbus Junction
Leslie Anne van Engelenhoven
Barry J. van Engelenhoven
East Main
Washington
Rain Affects County Crops And Planting Progress
The week on the farm reports varying rainfall across the county with some showers and a heavy downpour. Hay quality declined, but pastures and growing crops gain moisture. wheat is turning color and heads should fill. Planting and cultivation faced uneven stands from dry soils. older methods contrasted with modern 4 to 8 row equipment. Soybean and corn value figures from 1966 cited, with national planting plans suggesting a possible billion bushel soybean harvest. Flooding risk noted along Skunk River while creek levels were rising from a low start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Maud
Bess
Missouri
USDA
Skunk
Saturday Journal readers' summary for out-of-state subscribers
The Saturday Edition notes it provides a quick local news recap for former Washington residents and out-of-state readers. It announces weekly mail delivery to out-of-state subscribers at $3.50 per year.
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Journal
Washington
Hospital Stays and Births Render Local Health News
Saturday admissions include Carolyn Jones Brighton Helen Hammer Wellman Ralph Chorpening Washington Dennis Steele Washington surgical Darwin Brock Mt Pleasant Robert Vincent Keota Lee Swartzendruber Mr Pleasant medical Births: Morris Miller Kalona a son. Stephen Satern Columbus Junction a daughter Dismissals: Oscar Collett Washington William Zick Washington Roy Fields Washington Mrs Meryl Steele Washington Surgical: Helen Jackson Washington Darwyn Brock Mr Pleasant Mrs George Miller Washington Ralph Chorpening Washington Today: Nondas Richardson Washington Maude Borman Washington Sam Whiting Washington Morris Miller and son Keota
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Carolyn Jones
Brighton
Helen Hammer
Wellman
Ralph Chorpening
Washington
Dennis Steele
Darwin Allen Brock
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Vincent
Keota
Lee Swartzendruber
Mr. Pleasant
Morris Miller
Kalona
Stephen Satern
Columbus Junction
Oscar Collett
William Zickafoose
Roy Fields
Meryl Steele
Helen Jackson
Surgical
Darwyn_ Brock
Pleasant
George, Miller
Nondas Richardson
Maude Borman
Sam Witting
Margaret Miller
John W. Miller
Jean Carolyn
Arthur William Evans
Lucille Evans
Phillip Evans
Cox wins Washington Jaycees junior golf tour playoff
Terry Cox won the Washington Jaycees Junior Golf Tour tournament at Washington Golf and Country Club in a sudden death playoff over Tom Logan after both posted 76 at 18 holes. Randy Miller and Mark Nemmers tied for third with 83. The week’s notices also include Keota High School fielding its first baseball team, Trudy McNeill winning class A all events at the state bowling tournament, and local races at MVSC stock car event in Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Cox
Washington Jaycees
Washington Golf and Country Club
Tom Logan
Cox
Logan
Randy Miller
Kalona
Mark Nemmers
Washington
Miller
Nemmers
Keota
Keota High School
Bill Anderegg
Chuck Fiscella
Belle Plaine
Ron Lyle
M. McInerney
Trudy McNeill
Wapello
Washington Women’s Bowling Association
Local Health Update Names Multiple Patients and Relatives
Yesterday a Washington medical report listed Floyd Blank enhorn and Mrs Merlyn Detweiler of Keota among patients. Today Donald Farrier Kinross and Mrs William Martin of Wapello are noted, with additional entries for Mrs Ben Hammer Wellman, Dennis Steele Washington, Ralph Zeck Washington, and Mrs Stephen Satern and daughter Columbus Junction.
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Floyd Blankenhorn
Washington
Merlyn Detweiler
Keota
Surgical
Dean Weaver
Donald Farrier
Kinross
Medical
William Martin
Wapello
Ben Hammer
Wellman
Dennis Steele
Ralph Zeck
Stephen Satern
Columbus Junction
Rebirths Yesterday: Van Engelenhoven and Farrier Notices
Mr and Mrs Barry Van Engelenhoven of Washington welcomed a daughter yesterday. Donald Farrier of Kinross reported a birth yesterday.
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Barry van Engelenhoven
Washington
Donald Farrier
Kinross
Death notices from several towns report March and June 1967 passings
Deaths in Monday notices include Martha Pacha 88 of East Pleasant Plain who died Saturday in Washington County Hospital after a two week admission. A D Rathmell 79 of Crawfordsville died June 5 at The Pines Nursing Home in Washington after years of poor health. A May 30 death of Mrs Harry Orchard 77 in Huntington Park California is noted with survivors Ferne Drinkall Manchester Tennessee and Verlee Brown Huntington Park. Anna Marek 90 of Kalona died this morning at Pleasantview Home where she had lived two and a half years.
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Brighton
Martha Pacha
East Pleasant Plain
Washington County Hospital
A. D. Rathmell
Crawfordsville
the Pines Nursing Home
Washington
Harry Orchard
Huntington Park
California
Kalona
Anna Marek
Pleasantview
John Bender
East Third Street
Mr. Bender
A. J. Votruba
Donald Smith
East Third
Votruba
Charles Dawson
South Second
Obituary notes and college commencement blurbs
Obituaries include John Bender 77 of 316 East Third Street and Kalona resident Lewis C. Ropp 75. Commencement items list Iowa Wesleyan College graduates from Ainsworth, Kalona, Washington, Wayland, Winfield, and other towns, plus local honors. Also notes Bat terson as FOE president and local family visitations and celebrations.
Washington receives welcome rain and summer plans
Washington got 0.67 inches of rain by 7 am with more possible. Farmers welcomed the moisture though shortages were not severe. Stanley Jewell son of Dr and Mrs James S Jewell of Crawfordsville spends summers touring the Midwest with the Toby and Susie Show. Bank president Stanley R Barber returned from a Rural America bankers meeting in Hot Springs Arkansas and discussed agricultural prices and rural conference plans in Washington DC.
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Stanley Jewell
James S. Jewell
Crawfordsville
Stanley
Midwest
Toby and
Susie
Schaffner
Washington
Washington County
Stanley R. Barber
Wellman Savings Bank
Wellman
Iowa
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Agriculture - Rural America Committee
Independent Bankers Association of America
Mr. Barber
Association
Washington, D. C
Community events roundup honors exchange student and local notices
Twenty six attend a breakfast honoring Suthep Vacharapongpreecha the American Field Service exchange student from Roset Thailand as he prepares for a three week U S tour before returning July 1 Dr Vernon Elgin presents a gift Suthep gifts a Washington Monument oil painting Host parents Mr and Mrs Leon Hillman express thanks Engaged couple Julia Marie Olson and R Allen Severt Cedar Rapids to wed July 1 Purdue commencement features Larry Woods earning an M S S in Computer Science and starting at John Deere Moline Ridiculous Day parade draws large crowds with prizes awarded to groups and individuals A lightning strike damages a home in Washington Don Pilcher family travel plans Pacific Northwest two weeks
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Suthep Vacharapongpreecha
American Field Service Exchange
Washington
AFS
Suthep
United States
Roset
Thailand
Vernon Elgin
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
Leon Hillman
Luthep
Claude Woods
Guy Skinner
Delphia
Silvis
Ill
Purdue
West Lafayette
Ind
Larry Woods
John Deere
Moline
Timmins Ayrshire cow sets fat production record
Tim-Ayr Harmony Sugar owned by Marion L. Timmins of West Ches ney led fat production with 586 pounds from 12,320 pounds of milk in 305 days at age three years two months. Class leaders include top producers across eight age groups, as announced by Extension Dairyman Don Voehler of Iowa State University. The item also lists local visits, weddings, engagements, and military service notes from the Washington Evening Journal dated June 10, 1967.
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Tim - Ayr Harmony Sugar
Marion L. Timmins
West Chesney
Don Voehler
Extension
Iowa State University
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Ok Wah Fund
THE
UPI
the Stork Gazette
Thaddeus
Judy Dodder
Masonic Temple
Judy
Robert Dodder
Mark Mosier
MVSC
Mosier
Mel Morris
West Liberty
Cheryl Ann Keating
Claire S. Keating
Thomas Jaclmes White
Vernon R. White
Simpson College
Indianola
Clint Hensel
Kenneth
Fred
Leon
Wildwood Park
Ottumwa
Judy Salladay
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Myron Salladay
VFW
Sarah Kephart
William Jones
Helen Hesseltine
Dave McGaffey
Harold Schmoeller Duffy
Hawthorne
Duffy
Charles Ragan
Maude Schmoeller
Larry David Woods
Purdue University
Joan Gerig
M. D. Gerig
Wayland
Goshen College
Barbados
Miss Gerig
Goshen
Cheryl
Everett Davison
Margene
David
Andy Sheetz
Fred Wade
Marion
Ronald Hora
Whittier
Calif
Robert Spera
Kalamazoo
Mich
Mildred Hora
Irene Heck
Ralph Williams
Vicki
Vince
Denise
Diane
Merle Miller
Doug
Jeryl
Dwight
Ainsworth
Melo Janecek
Gary
Allen Darbyshire
Kaylene
Kerra
Davenport
Don
Robertson
Dawn
Walter Sheets
Clare Griffin
Arnold’s Park
Mary Agnes Griffith
Lewis C. Ropp
Kalona Wednesday
Batterson
Iowa Wesleyan College
Charlotte E. Roberts
Gene Maurice Alvine
Myrtle Marlene Griffin
Wanda J. Bontrager
William F. Duncan
Mary A. Kauffman
Laverne Messer
Winfield
Bonnie L. Bloom
Lenore Klopfenstein
Dale Batterson
Order of Eagles
John Waters
Columbia, Mo
Frederick Hensel
School of Business
University of Missouri
Louise Wasson
Matilda Wasson
Burlington
Mrs. Wasson
F. W. Kolkman
Frank Gebhardt
Kalispell, Mont
Christopher Mark
Gebhardt
William Bruty
Emma Tinnes
Tines
Adeline Westen
Annie Zieglowskvy
Alma Chamberlain
Martin Westen
Minnie Schroeder
Myrtle Altenbernd
Della Little
Walter Duvall
Drake University Field House
Des Moines
Marjorie Wood Duvall
Fletcher Knebel
States
Canada
Jamaica
Indonesia
Earl Nicola
Mercy Hospital
Clarence J. Brown
Chicago
New York
Montreal
William H. Jensen
Jensen
Grant Warner
Detroit
Raymond Odel
Warren Morgan
Jefferson Co. Hospital
Fairfield
Cheryl Davison Dahlquist
Drake University
Steve Dahlquist
Henry Rees
Howell Rees
Cheryl Rees
Bob Michaelson
Cedar Falls
Salem Presbyterian Church
Janet Cole
Abingdon, Il
Trudy Griffeth
Trudy
Pete Griffeth
Janet
Bob Cole
Robert Labrie
Jeannie
Jane
Butte, Mont
R. J. Tanner
Jack
Jane Lambertson
Tom
C. L. Denton
Gretchen Miksch
Douglas Dent
Grace Hill Moravian Church
Orba Little
Jane Lamb Hospital
Clinton
Betty Peiffer
Joyce Bayliss
Ray Eakins
Elmer Peiffer
Sherman Miller
Michigan
Laberta Yoder Eberly
Patricia Mishler
Barbara Stephens Hagist
Tulsa
Okla
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Robert Stephens
Hagist
Oklahoma
Laurie
D’arcy Hagist
Earl Ferrell
Niven Kyles
Irving
Texas
Kyles
Ferrell
John Christenson
Ida Grove
Julia Marie
R. Allen Severt
Rex Severt
Squire Shoppes
Falk Clothiers
Jarvis Appliance
Iowa Southern
Dick Lins
Zelinsky
Chris S. Earnest
West Second Street
Nancy Crawford
Chris Engel
Harold Wolf
John Logan
Roy Moriarity
Jay Brewer
West Main
Brewer
Don Pilcher
Julie
Pacific Northwest
Timmins Cow
Frank Wingert
Quincy
Wingerts
Florida
Jensens
Mina Paulsgrove
Mae Lamp
Clarence Dehne
Carol
Ortonville, Minn
Ronnie Marsh
Jim Marsh
Vietnam
Fort Dix
Germany
Vernon Witting
Baltimore
Maryland
IOOF
Charles V. Sojka
Vince Sojka
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Jim Schulty
Lake Hiawatha
N. J
Lyle Schulty
Jim
al Conner
Reid Boyd
Jefferson Square Manor
Don Creeches
Allied Chemicals
Whippany
Edwin Lukavsky
West Branch
Wilford Feldman
James
Rita
Marie
Mark Campbell
Doug of
State College of Iowa
Bonnie Jean
Marshalltown
Marvin Statler
Derby
Kan
Merle Statler
Dale
Ora Askea
Merle Stone
Merle Statlers
Statler
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