Washington County Fair Officers Elected for Upcoming 4 H and FFA Event
The Washington County Fair Association elected officers and directors at the annual meeting held at Townsley Park fair grounds. New member Guy Stacy joins the board, August 5 6 7 and 8 mark this year’s fair with large livestock and girl 410 work shows anticipated. About 500 county fair cars tickets sold with plans complete for entertainment including parade of champions tractor pull and a big closing horse show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Fair Association
Townsley Park
Herman Wagenknecht
Ainsworth
Cloid Willits
Milo Orris
Leo Beauchamp
John Ganon
Richard Huber
Wellman
Robert Miller
Crawfordsville
Robert Brewer
Guy Stacy
Brighton
Municipal Band Concert in Central Park Features Vocal Soloist
The Municipal Band will give its weekly concert in Central Park at 8 p.m. under Dick Ballard. Vocal soloist Robert Everetts performs including You Tell Me Your Dream My Wild Irish Rose I Love You Truly and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Park
Robert Everetts
Dick Ballard
America
Berlin
Keler-Bela
Mr. Ever Tts
Wild
Gypsy Baron — Walters
Susanna Shuffle
Marinn
Reverie
Arr
Clinton
Night of Violence in Cambridge Md
Five men injured three stores damaged by flames in Cambridge Maryland as shotgun rifle blasts fires and Molotov cocktails accompanied by racial unrest disrupt an Eastern Shore town. State police prepared to move quickly against new outbreaks while protesters marched and chanted in the wake of the attempted racial integration protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Md
UPI
Hope Reds Ready For Disarmament
Western and neutral delegates at the 17 nation disarmament conference saw signs of easing Soviet attitudes on measures to curb nuclear risk. A hot line between Washington and Moscow, prepared for signature, would let Khrushchev and Kennedy speak directly in crises. Talks on a nuclear test ban resume mid July in Moscow with Harriman to represent the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
UPS
Washington
Moscow
Nikita S Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Kennedy
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Lord Hailsham
Britain
Kremlin
F Vasily Kuznetsov
Dora Jones 88 Dies After Long Illness In 1963
Dora Alice Thompson Jones aged 88 of 108 West Jefferson Street died Tuesday night June 11 1963 at Washington County Hospital after a stroke in 1957. Funeral Friday at 1 p.m. at the Methodist Church with Rev. Lloyd Latta officiating Burial will be Elm Grove Cemetery. She married Roger Gregory Jones on November 26 1919. he died in 1942. She was the last of her immediate family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Jones
West
Jefferson Street
Washington County Hospital
Lloyd Latta
Elm Grove Cemetery
Jones
Dora Alice Thompson
Thomas J
Angeline McClintie Thompson
Roger Gregory Jones
Gemini Two Man Space Flight Moves Forward
Space Chief James E Webb testifies before the Senate Space Committee that NASA will end Mercury with a two man Gemini to orbit for extended durations. The first Gemini flight could occur by late 1966. Mercury requests are rejected and Apollo plans move ahead while Houston astronauts push for earlier orbital options.
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Washington
UPS
James E. Webb
Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Senate Space Committee
Mercury
Gemini
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Manned Space Craft Center
Houston
L. Gordon Cooper
Shepard
Cen
America
Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
MRS Henry Wolfe 74 of Brighton Died in 1963
Mrs Henry Wolfe 74 of Brighton died Tuesday June 11 1963 at 130 pm in Jefferson County Hospital Feld her in poor health five years and seriously in past two weeks Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Hope Lutheran Church Germanville Rev Irwin Abelmann officiating Burial Hillcrest Cemetery Brighton Gould Funeral Home Brighton in charge Survivors include husband John son in Brighton daughter in Richland five grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Henry Wolfe
Jefferson County Hospital
F.field
Hope Lutheran Church
Germanville
Irwin Abelmann
Hillcrest Cemetery
Gould Funeral Home
Hattie Florence Kientz
Jefferson County
John
Margaret Hildebrand Kientz
Bernard Mottet
Richland
Paul V Shearer Named Methodist Delegate to World Conference
Paul V. Shearer of Washington is one of the lay delegates named by the South Iowa Conference to attend the International General Conference. The lawmaking body will convene in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Shearer
Washington
South Iowa
Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
Alabama Enrolls Two Negroes as Guards Guard Campus
Two Negro students Vivian Malone and James Hood enrolled at the University of Alabama under federalized National Guard protection and attended first classes with limited protests. Troops and mounted police maintained security while Gov. Wallace faced federal pressure and vowed to pursue the issue in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
UPL
University of Alabama
National Guard
Vivian Malone
Mobile
Npus
National
U.S
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Nly
Comer Hall
Miss Malone
Wallace
Charles Shy Killed In Alabama Auto Crash
Charles Shy aged about 56 died from injuries after a Saturday car crash near Pineapple Alabama. He turned off onto a road to avoid another vehicle and lost control. He was a native of Ollie. survivors include his widow, his mother Mrs Elsie Dysart of Packwood, and three brothers. Funeral services were held in Pineapple with his mother and Mr and Mrs Wilburn Shy attending.
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Uchland
Charles Shy
Pineapple
Ala
Shy
Ollie
Victor Shy
Elsie Dysart
Packwood
Wilburn Shy
Five Day Forecast Passes Through Cloudy and Warm Thursday
By Un Town forecasts show partly cloudy conditions through Thursday with scattered showers or thunderstorms developing west and central late tonight and over most of the state Thursday. Warmer highs in the 80s across much of the state with cooler temperatures Friday and into the weekend as showers end east.
Western Auto Store Opens in Washington Town
Harold Griffeth announces formal opening of Western Auto Store in Washington occupying former Klein Clothing Co location. Store began business June 1 with formal opening this week. Griffeth previously served as chief inspector at Abingdon Potteries Inc. The Griffeth family, active in Methodist Church and several civic groups, relocated from Abingdon Illinois.
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Harold
Pete) Griffeth
Western Auto
Washington
The
Klein Klothing Ko
Pete
Cathern Griffeth
Trudy Ann
Abingdon
Evening Journal
Griffeth
Abingdon Potteries Inc
Griffeths
Methodist Church
O.E.S
D.A.R
Masonic Lodge
Former Wellman Woman Dies in Geneseo Ill
Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Bleumenstien, a former Wellman resident now of Geneseo Illinois, are set for Friday afternoon at 2 p m with burial in Geneseo Cemetery. She was about 60 years old and preceded by years of residence in Geneseo with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Geneseo, Ill
Geneseo
Paul Bleumenstien
Bleumenstien
50th Anniversary of Cabin in Park Open Day
The D A R Log Cabin in Sunset Park opens to the public for the first time this summer on Flag Day June 14 with an open house. Mrs Frank F Monson of Mt Pleasant will spin yarn on a wheel. Built in 1840 by Alexander Young the cabin was moved in 1912 from Cedar Township to Sunset Park and refurbished by the DAR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.A.R
Sunset Park
Frank F Monson
Mt. Pleasant
Cedar Township
Alexander Young
Washington County
Young
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR
Mrs. Nettie Nordyke Dies at Richland
Mrs. Nettie Nordyke 80 died suddenly Tuesday at Hadley's Rest Home in Richland. Born Oct 1 1882 near Richland she lived in the area all her life. Survived by daughter Mrs Elmer Widner Manchester son Homer Lee Nordyke Winslow Ark six grandchildren nine great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Isa Thornburg Des Moines and Mrs Cora Kane Ada Okla funeral arrangements uncertain at Gould Funeral Home Richland.
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Richland
Nettie Nordyke
Hadley’s
Winslow
Ark
Isa Thornburg
Des Moines
Cora Kane
Ada
Okla
Nordyke
Gould Funeral Home
Unsigned tax checks found in Washington area
A stamp sealed envelope addressed to the Internal Revenue Service in Des Moines was opened at a Washington bank along with two unsigned checks for 240 dollars each from the National Bank of Washington and the Washing Bank. No return address or signer means owners are uncertain. tax payments are due Friday. Owners should contact the National Bank to recover and mail their payment on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washin
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Des Moines
Tional Bank of Washington
NAACP Leader Medgar Evers Shot in Mississippi
Medgar Evers, 37, NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, was killed by a sniper during a civil rights march period in Jackson. The shooting prompted FBI involvement and a $10,000 NAACP reward for information leading to arrests. Evers, a Decatur native and World War II veteran, had been directing a Jackson civil rights campaign since May and had been jailed briefly during a protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
UPL
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Mississippi
Medgar Evers
Kennedy
South
William L Moore
Gadsden
Ala
Fred Link
Lexington
N.C
Vies
Evers
Nero
University of Mississippi
Medcal Center
Houston Wells
Jackson
M. B Pierce
FBI
Investige
New York
Roy Wilkins
America
Myrlie
Darrell
Denise
Vandike
Sai Ie
Pierce
Wells
Pojee
Poli Wilkins
Movement For Human Rights
Decatur
Miss
Wilkins
Allen Thompson
Thompson
Ho Ginusest
Kennedy Urges Racial Golden Rule to End Discontent
President Kennedy called for a national civil rights program to guarantee full equality from lunch counter to polling place. He warned of rising Discontent endangering public safety and announced forthcoming legislation to enshrine race equality in law and life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
Kenedly
White House
Alabama National Guard
State
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Kendy
Martin’ Luther King Jr
Roy Wilkins
Secre
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Keota
Duena Megrath
Milton
Center
Marilyn Morris
Cotter
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Grinnell
Journal
Bob Elliott
Hope Reds
Alabama
Hood
Montgomery
Dave McGlathery
Huntsville
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Western Auto Store
Chamblee
Tary
Ghven
Birming
North
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