Plans for new county garage and highway work outlined
Bruce Cowden reports on site plans for a new 24 by 31 foot hollow tile county garage costing about 2000 dollars funded partly by insurance. He notes paving discussions for alley improvements, possible road reconstructions on No 1 between Washington and Kalona, and a proposed bridge and new surface for Highway 92 through Washington. He highlights ongoing highway commission projects and local interest in permanent paving.
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Journal Office
Washington
Brighton
Skunk River
The
Highway Commission
Wayland
Coppock
Winfield
Richland
West
Ottum Wa
No. 1
Kalona
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Cedar Rapids
Board member cites informal talk on Wash county road plans
A county board member recounted an informal conversation with a state highway commission member. He stressed the talk was unofficial but suggested possible summer paving of West Madison Street as part of highway 92, indicating likely county impact.
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Board of Supervisors
State Highway Commission
Washington County
Commission
West Madison Street
Pastors Move On As Washington Sees Shifts in Clergy
Washington wakes to a wave of pastor departures and arrivals this summer. Leaders leave for other posts of service while new ministers are appointed to fill vacancies, reshaping church leadership across the region.
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Washington
Changes in Washington Churches Spark Community Reflections
The community notes the steady arrival of new pastors at Baptist Methodist and St James churches while expressing hope that long serving leaders like Tom Polk Milo Phillips Basil McBee and W J Stevens stay. Dr George Kerr leaves Washington July first for a higher post with the United Presbyterian church based in Pittsburgh. Rev Clare Boos moves to Crawfordsville as the new Methodist minister.
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Washington
Tom Polk
Milo Phillips
Basil McBee
W. J. Stevens
Baptist
Methodist
St. James
Calvary Baptist Church
George Kerr
Washington U P
Board of American Missions
United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh
Bill Stoner
Mt. Pleasant
Carleton White
Roger Davey
Des Moines
Eldon Christener
Rey
Clare Boos
Humston
Crawfordsville
Chester Cherryholmes
Fred Sipe
Lucille
Clarence Peters
Barry
Fairfield
Kenneth Coates
Clyde Huston
Rose Moorhead
Restopia
Columbus Junction
Crawfordsville Truck Crash injures none but demolishes rival
H J Smith Rapid Thermogas driver tried to pass a truck south of Crawfordsville after noon Monday. The pursuing vehicle was demolished while Smith’s gas truck suffered minor damage. Nearby families spent the weekend with Clyde Huston and Don Sheffield hosting Sunday dinner for the Coates and Blankenhorn families.
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Crawfordsville
H. J. Smith
Rapid Thermo-gas Company
Kenneth Coates
Janet
Carol Ann DeGroot
Clyde
Huston
Don Sheffield
Blankenhorn
Coates
Mrs Hazel Allbright Is Home From Hospital
Riverside June 13 Mrs Yazel Allbright returned home Tuesday after a week as a patient at University hospital. Other items note Mr and Mrs Sherman Fox hosting dinner with their sons and families and local visitors from nearby homes.
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Marge Luckey
Riverside
Yazel Allbright
University Hospital
Sherman Fox
Donald Fox
Washington
Burton Fox
Jerry
Connie
Bonnie
Lyle Fox
Vernon Fox
Linus Yessy
Geneva Schnoebelen
Grace Mottet
Bert Shebeck
Dubuque
Anna Schnoebelen
Arnold Lukaysky
Stanley Dodler
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Darlene Yoder
Clinton
Sam Evang
Glen Younkin
Francis Knebel
Robert Deatsch
Flag on a Brush Ends and Their Role in Painting
The article explains flag ends, the fine hairs at the brush tip that hold paint and aid smooth spreading. It notes these bristle tips distribute pigment and influence application quality in painting.
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Bruce Cowden
North Marion Avenue
North Avenue B
Court House
Journal
United Ceas
Aa Post Office Department
East Washington Street
West Madison
South Second Avenue
Harold and Dick Miller
Mrs
Hazel Allbright Ils
State of Iowa
Brown Finance Co
Mr Candin
U.s.royal
U. S
Royaltex
U.S
Stewart & Crone
Pontiac
BUICK
U.S. Royal Tire Distributor
Purec&h
Wieners
BATH
Blackhawk
Cudahy
East Side Square
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