Washington 125th Anniversary Celebration Ends
Washington completes a week long 125th anniversary with widespread praise from participants and onlookers. Officials report the event was financially in the black and profits may fund Central Park improvements. Additional items include film footage by J J Jindra for a company magazine and limited copies of the anniversary book available at local outlets.
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Washington
Brothers of the Brush
W. Easter
T. M. Nelson
Central Park
J.J. Jindra
Jindra
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America
Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
the Evening Journal
McDaniel Drug
Winga's Cafe
W. R. Yard
Foster Mill Sold to Marion Hall of Cedar Rapids
Stanley Foster announces the sale of Foster's Mill to Marion Hall of Cedar Rapids. Foster has run the mill for ten years. Hall previously managed the Quaker Oats Feed Store in Washington and worked ten years in Quaker’s sales division before buying the local mill. The business will be Hall's Feed Service with Don Neff remaining as employee and operating the portable feed mill.
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Stanley Foster
Foster
Marion Hall
Cedar Rapids
Hall
Washington
Quaker Oats
Quaker
Quaker Oats Co
Hall's Feed Service
Don Neff
Weather Outlook For Unitvarress Invernational Iowa
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures. Lows in the 50s, highs Tuesday 65 to the lower 70s, cooler and less humid with northerly winds. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and slightly warmer with scattered showers.
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Iowa
Margaret Work Receives Ecumenical Mission Citation
Margaret Anna Work, longtime United Presbyterian missionary in Egypt, was honored with a citation by the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations in New York City. The award highlights her decades of service in Egypt, including leadership of girls schools, evangelistic work, and later nursing in Washington Iowa.
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Margaret Anna Work
United Presbyterian Home
Washington
United Presbyterian
Commission On Ecumenical Mission
Raymond V. Kearns Jr
Interchu Center
New York City
Miss Work
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Egypt
Board of Foreign Missions
Prebyterian Church of North America
Cairo
Beni Suef
Ezbekia
Fayoum
Zagas
Colorado
Washington, Iowa
Christ
Supreme Court orders equal population in state legislative districts
The Supreme Court ruled that all members of state legislatures must represent districts with substantially equal populations. It struck down apportionment plans in New York, Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, and Virginia, and held that both senators and representatives must be elected on an equal basis. Justices Stewart and Clark dissented in the New York decision. The ruling signals broad political impact across states.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
New York
Alabama
Colorado
Maryland
Virginia
Earl Warren
Senate
Assembly
Warren
Potter Stewart
Tom C. Clark
Stewart and Clark
Beard Contest Winners And Runners Up Listed
In the beard contest the sideburns mustache and goatee division highlights Bill Dawson as winner of the most hair on face and least hair on head. Runners up include Dale Doggett Kenny Young and Don Radda in full beards and Trimmed Beards with Bob Clark Don Rich Lampe and aul Gebhart and V.
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Bill Dawson
Dale Doggett
Kenny Young
Don Radda
Bob Clark
Don Richnest Lampe
Aul Gebhart
Expert from SUI to survey Washington Public Library
A summer survey of the Washington Public Library by Clyde L. Greve from State University of Iowa will assess the collection especially reference books, acquisition practices, physical arrangement, and current services. The study aims to align resources with community needs and will conclude with a written report to the trustees in September.
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Washington Public Library
Dept. of Library Science
State University of Iowa
Clyde L. Greve
A.M.L
S.U.L
Greve
Washington
Wendel Baker rites at Keota on Tuesday
Funeral services for Wendel Baker aged 89 of Keota are set for Tuesday at 9 30 a m at St Marys Catholic Church Keota with burial in St Elizabeths Cemetery Harper A rosary is planned for 8 p m today at Powell Funeral Home Keota Baker died Friday at Twilight Rest Home Keota where he had resided six months He was born in Keota July 12 1874 to Peter and Mary Baker He married Mary Biewen February 11 1896 who died May 2 1915 Survivors include four daughters Elsie Greiner Cora Trier Esther Bennett Lula Redlinger two sons Earl Keota Leonard Freeland Wash plus a daughter from his second marriage Matilda Schumann Eddie Steiner Chicago and 31 grandchildren 76 great grandchildren one brother Joe Pomroy one sister Mrs John Ollinger Pocahontas
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Keota
Wendel Baker
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Elizabeth's
Harper
Powell Funeral
Keot
Baker
Twilight
Peter
Mary Peier Baker
Mary Biewen
A. G
Elsie) Greiner
Raymond
Cora)Trier
Walter
Esther) Bennett
Bernard
Lula) Redlinger
Wellman
Earl of
Leonard
Freeland
Wash
Matilda Schumann
Eddie Steiner
Chicago
Joe
Pomeroy
John Ollinger
Pochahontas
Graveside rites for Diana A Vandenburg
Diana Alice Vandenburg infant daughter of Gerald and Betty Lowe Vandenburg of Washington died Saturday June 13 1964 at the hospital here Graveside rites were held at 10 a m today in Elm Grove Cemetery with Rev S Ray Blair in charge Jones Funeral Home arranged the services Survivors include the parents and siblings Rodney Michael Steven and Debbie paternal grandparents Lester and Lucy Vandenburg Corydon and Des Moines maternal grandmother
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Diana Alice Vandenburg
Gerald
Betty Lowe Vandenburg
Washington
Elm Grov
S. Ray Blair
Jones Funeral Home
Rodney
Michael
Steven
Debbie
Lester Vandenburg
Corydon
Lucy Lowe
Des Moines
Rain brings needed relief to Washington crops
The official weather observer reports 1.59 inches of rain by 7 a.m. today in Washington. Showers, mainly soaking, continued through morning with Sunday and Sunday night rain still falling. It marks the first appreciable rain in weeks, delivering needed moisture for crops and gardens.
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Washington
Nas
Hughes Enjoys Iowa Day At World’s Fair In New York
Gov Harold E Hughes of Iowa returns from the New York World’s Fair Iowa Day ceremonies where he led the Monticello high school band borrowed a baton and later played a tuba. He received an ovation autograph seekers and a medallion from E Potter as he praised Iowa’s agricultural and industrial strength.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
New York
Ray Stumbauch
Monticello High School
Crosley
Hughes
New York State Pavilion
Phyllis
E. Potter
Robert Moses
Army
Viet Nam
Fair Grounds
RCA Build
Fairfield men invite Washington men to train trip to game
Washington men plan a baseball trip to St. Louis with the Fairfield Whiskey Club to see the Cardinal Giants game on Sunday June 21. Reservations must be made by Tuesday afternoon June 16. Trip cost 16 dollars. Contact Bill Perdock or Dale Doggett to reserve seats.
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Washington
St. Louis
Fairfield Whiskey Club
Cardinal - Giants
Bill Perdock
Dale Doggett
Fairfield
Crackdown Fails to Halt Iowa Highway Slaughter
Thirteen killed on Iowa highways over the weekend despite a statewide crackdown led by Safety Commissioner William Sueppel. Fatalities this year rose to 314, with multiple crashes near Waiena and Council Bluffs and victims from Volney, Wadena, Charles City, and Grinnell. Several families affected across rural Iowa.
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Iowa
William Sueppel
Waena
James Aeschliman
Arthur Schorri Herrling
Wadena
Jerome Yearlous
Elgin
Charles City
Donald W. Schaef
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Mary Linn
Mark
Dusenberg
Floyd du Val
Davenport
Journal
Dallas Kinney
Larry Rupert
John B. Rodgers Co
Foster Mill
Margaret
High Court
Robert Nardy
Richard D. Anderson
Jim Batterson
SUI
Diana A. Vandenburg
Iowa Day
Ing
Vatican
Aeschliman
Jous
William Monahan
Greyhound
Uss. 6
Council Bluffs
John Morris
Rural McClelland
Gladys
Moter
Te Aenag
Lindsay
Madelin Baker
Fort Dodge
Mark Metcalf
Hornick
Chicago and Northwestern
Metcalf
Dowell
Waterloo
Hubert Dowell
Albert Gratten
Grinnell
Matt Feilinger
Volney
Waukon
John Moore
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