Mid-Prairie board approves contracts and roof bids
The Mid-Prairie Community School District Board of Education met June 7 and approved credit for a high school resource teacher class, set 1976-77 lab course fees, and accepted resignations from two teachers. Contracts were issued for multiple staff positions and roof repairs from Hawkeye Blacktop Construction Co. A rural school will close due to declining enrollment. The board hired Hansen, Lind, & Meyer, Architects for a construction project including replacing Wellman Elementary, with a bond election planned for next fall.
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Mid-Prairie Community School District Board of Education
Sandra O'Hara
Washington Township
Ann Boultinghouse
Carolyn Albright
Ellen Beth Kramer
Kalona
Dona Saforek
Tom Gingerich
Wellman
Denise Burns
Charlotte Crawford
Ramona Amlong
Daryl Potsander
Sandra Riley
Hawkeye Blacktop Construction Co
Solon
Board of Education
Mid-Prairie Education Association
McFadden Insurance Agency
Hansen, Lind, & Meyer
Iowa City
Wellman Elementary
Dunlap addresses Kiwanis on Parsons and Iowa links
Washington high school baseball coach Doug Dunlap spoke to the Kiwanis club, reviewing four years at Parsons College Fairfield and his coaching philosophy. He noted 17 players on this summer squad, with junior varsity games starting, doubleheaders on schedule, a new pitching machine capable of 35 to 100 mph, and a new scoreboard. Demons’ current record stands 8-3.
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Doug Dunlap
Washington
Kiwanis
Parsons College
Fairfield
Banks
University of Iowa
Dunlap
Demons
Minnie Kempf 70 dies in Wayland on Wednesday
Minnie Kathryn Kempf 70 of Wayland died Wednesday June 16 at Maple Leaf Care Center. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 30 a m at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with Rev Orie L Roth and Rev (intermediate text incomplete)
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Minnie Kathryn Kempf
Wayland
Maple Leaf
Mount Pleasant
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Orie L. Roth
William Ashmore dies at home in Venice Florida
Obituary notes William Ashmore aged 66, longtime Bath Packing salesman for Waterloo and Rochester, died Monday at his Venice Florida home after several months illness. Survived by wife Barbara Cuddy, son Terry, daughter Sally Psaila, seven grandchildren. Interment Sugar Creek Cemetery. services by Vernon Gerig. memorials to American Cancer Society or Sugar Creek Mennonite Church. Burial in Beatty Jennings Funeral Home arrangements. Florida death notice confirms location and survivors.
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O. M. Cuddy
William Ashmore
Venice
Fla
Ashmore
Bath Packing Company
Waterloo
Rochester
N. Y
Barbara Cuddy
Terry
Saugerties
Sally Psaila
Vernon Gerig
Sugar Creek
Beatty Jennings
Wayland
American Cancer Society
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Earl
Rt. 5
Mount Pleasant
Edward
Plainfield
Ind
Summer management tips for garden flowers from extension experts
Jim Frier and A E Cott advise a summer program to maximize bloom. After establishment, mulch lightly with peat leaf mold compost or grass clippings to conserve moisture and reduce weeds. Avoid shallow frequent watering and water in the morning to prevent leaf disease. deep watering suits hot weather.
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Jim Frier
Washington County
A.E. Cott
Iowa State University
Cott
SEMCO landfill extends Saturday hours near Richland
The SEMCO landfill near Richland will operate Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. from June 26 to Sept. 4 after a board vote. Officials say the facility had reduced Saturday hours to 8 a.m. to noon but requests prompted a two hour extension to reach a 20 ton debris threshold and test the plan.
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The
Evening Journal
SEMCO
Richland
Mrs. L G Speidel Dies in Missouri
Mrs Lewis G Speidel 78 of Buffalo Missouri died at her home Tuesday June 8 1976 of an apparent heart attack She was born December 28 1897 near Wayland married Lewis Speidel October 24 1920 She is survived by husband one son Richard Speidel three grandchildren one sister Olive Boshart and was preceded in death by her parents a brother four sisters and an 18 month old son Funeral services were held June 11 in Buffalo Interment Greenwood Cemetery Bolivar Missouri
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Wayland
Lewis G
Florence) Speidel
Buffalo
Missouri
Charles W
Elizabeth Neff Lute
Lewis Speidel
Richard Speidel
Springfield
David Speidel
Emmetsburg
Michael
Linda) Mayfield
Richard Jr. Speidel
Quartz Hill
Calif
Olive Boshart
Santa Ana
George Lute
Fern Bain
Beulah Davison
Mattie Olson
Geneva Eicher
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