Washington County Fair opens with new features and acts
The Washington County 4-H and FFA Fair runs August 5 to 9 at the county fairgrounds. New features include open class exhibits for women and a senior citizens crafts division. The H and C Rodeo Co returns Thursday and Friday evenings, while Jack Lindle Shows fill the midway Monday to Thursday. Livestock judging runs early, with a parade of champions Wednesday and sales Thursday. Admission varies by day, with free grounds Monday, fees for grandstand, and carnival rides sold at $1.00.
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Washington County
Washington
H. & C. Rodeo Co
Jack Lindle
4-H
Charmenaires
Atwoods
Pepperettes 4-H Club meets at Krotz home Ainsworth
The June 8 Pepperettes 4-H Club gathering at Karen and Carla Krotz’s home included 13 members and 3 visitors. Officers announced work days June 20 and 25 and an achievement day July 20 for Intermediate girls with talks on art topics. Refreshments were served.
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Ainsworth
Pepperettes
Karen
Carla Krotz
Judy Murphy
Judy
Cindy Green
Diane Bruegge
Karen Krotz
Jennie Dea
Robin Green
County Line Club
Madge Morris
Ralph Morris
Faith Schuerman
Womens’ Society of Christian Service
United Methodist Church
Larry Trotter
Charles Jenkins
Fort Riley ROTC training and local family gatherings
David Birney leaves from Des Moines for six weeks at Fort Riley army ROTC. In Living Lake area, Shaw family reunion at Ray Whisler home attracts twenty nine relatives with a cooperative supper. Local residents share visits, farm news, and outdoor chores amid summer preparations.
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Living Lake
David Birney
James Birney
Des Moines
Fort Riley
Kansas
Margaret Birney
Linda Huber
Ethel
Maud McCreedy
Iva Simpson
Julia Sisk
Sisk
Washington
Shaw
Ray Whisler
1968 grain sorghum price support set at $1.39 cwt
The 1968 grain sorghum price support and loan rate in the county are set at $1.39 per hundredweight for No 2 grade or better. This compares to the 1967 county loan rate of $1.43. national average remains $1.61. Freight changes reduce terminal rates by 4 cents. total 1968 program support averages $2.14 per cwt nationally. Loans run from harvest to June 30, 1969, with maturity July 31, 1969, and discounts for class grade and quality applied to determine producer rates.
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Howard Lins
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
ASCS
Classmates from 1954 Host Wyman Graduates Reunion
Crawfordsville June 17 classmates from the Class of 54 in Wyman held a reunion at the home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Richardson and family. Attendees included Carolyn Lenz Sewell and others from Ripon Wisconsin Concord California Washington and Crawfordsville plus overnight guests Beauchamp and Pidima. Families enjoyed family meals and Father’s Day events as details of local visits and camping trips were shared.
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Crawfordsville
Wyman
Floyd Richardson
Richardsons
Carolyn (Lenz) Sewell
Ripon
Wisc
Dean Crossemnp
Concord
Calif
Franklin Wenger
Shari
Washington
John Humphreys
Susan
Joni
Harold Williams
Mike
Over 102 Attend Ainsworth Bible School
Ainsworth reports the Bible School of the Presbyterian and Methodist churches closed Friday June 14 with an average attendance of 102. Ten teachers and six helpers contributed time and talent to the event. The issue also notes club meetings, guest visits, Father’s Day activities, and upcoming community events in Ainsworth including band concerts and various social gatherings with multiple local families and organizations involved.
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Ainsworth
Bible School
Presbyterian and Methodist
Ronnie Ornduff
Norma
Owen White
Highland High School
Howard Schultz
Roger Gillis
Richland
Bob Gosling
Michael Robert
George Goble
Ed Goble
Columbus Junction
John Danter
Jean Pauly
Ft. Madison
Mission chapel funded at Guadalupe Mission near Phoenix
Dennis the Menace author Hank Ketcham and Ruth Morris report on the Guadalupe Mission near Phoenix Arizona where a fifty million dollar Presbyterian fund has funded a new chapel for Christians. Refreshments were served during the social hour. Thelma Paulding will host in the next social on June 27.
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Pion
Ruth Morris
Guadalupe Mission
Pheonix
Arizona
Presbyterian
Thelma Paulding
Cherryholmes host welcomes many visitors in Crawfordsville
Recent visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cherryholmes include Marion Woodburn of Omaha Nebraska nephew Gilbert Cherryholmes Amarillo Texas cousin Dora Woodburn Capek Riverside Illinois and Olive Miksch Ainsworth Neb Mrs A C Bain Cedar Rapids sister and several other families. The group also visited Mabel Kilgore Maplewood Keota then Dean Morse North English. Vists by Vance Coleman Cedar Rapids and family Kenneth Coleman Chapel Hill NC followed with Florence Henss. Roll Davis Elizabeth Davis Washington joined Dr and Mrs Dean Baker Marshalltown for a weekend. They later met Carol Whitham Iowa Falls then traveled to Charles City to view tornado damages returning Tuesday.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Edna Hunt
Jerry Richards
United Methodist Church
Ainsworth
Garrett Theologian Seminary
Evanston
Illinois
Henry Wagenknecht
Rick
Daryl Dunbar
Dolores
Duane
Diane
Joe Tobin
Pat Tobin
C. L. Butler
Atlantic
Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church
Louis Koehler
Pete Koehler
Fred Orris
Ed Koehler
Martha Skubal
Helen Kilgore
Sonny James
Estherville
Sheenie Buck
Miles Stout
C. F. Pescetto
Greg
Paige
Kansas City
Stout
Don Williams
Nevada
Carl Roberson
Roger Stout
Mark
Ann
Ted Roberson
Lawrence Whisler
Mrs
Truman Tuttle
Calif
Mrs. Tuttle
Helen
Kathryn
Jessie Stewart
Tuttles
Charles D. Thompson
Thompson
Myrtle Long
Willard Glaze
Houston
Texas
T. D. Davis
Grace
Victor Stone
Washington
Hugh Morris
Columbus Jet
Peoples National Bank
Morris
Japan
Bankok
Singapore
Saigon
Philippines
Hawaii
Sorosis
Preston Edmondson
Elmer Wenger
Sacha Club
Sam Murphy
Everett Tobin
Burke McCready
Grandpa
Richard Stephens
Willard McCracken
Florence Stephens
Wilford McCready
Larry Trotter
Gene Scott
Orie O’conner
Grove Letts
W.D. Roberts
Everette Yobin
Sorosis Study Club
Carl White
Carla
Kathe Sanderser
Garland
Duane Whites
Ted Ackley
Davenport
Don White
Enslewood
California
Earl White
Lowell McCracken
Eddyville
Kenny Hazen
Hugh Hazelett
Duane Hazen
Doris Blanchard
Des Moines
Dick Blanchard
Doris
Myrla Henderson
United Presbyterian Home
Frank Scranton
WSCS
Jan Buck
Penny McCready
Leana Roberts
Sewing Club
Marr Park
Smith
Cotter Guild
Dorothy Prett
Janet Pretz
UPW
Marlin Owens
Barbara Mauenstein
Presbyterian Life Magazine
Social Education
Crawfordsville
Kenneth Cherryholmes
Marion Woodburn
Omaha
Nebr
Cherryholmes
Gilbert Cherryholmes
Amarillo
Ralph Cherryholmes
Kenneth
Dora Woodburn Capek
Riverside, Ill
A. C. Bain
Cedar Rapids
Richard Lease
A. G. Lease
Mabel Kilgore
Maplewood
Keota
Dean Morse
North English
Vance Coleman
Kenneth Coleman
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Florence Henss
Roll Davis
Elizabeth Davis
Dean Baker
Marshalltown
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Krotz
Mrs. Darold Jones
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe, Meeker
BATES
Robert Day
Louis J. Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Fort Riley, Kan
R. J. Dawson
Laurence Whisler
Percy Whisler
Donald Brown
Rennie
Marion Swift
By Vivian Wells
Jerry Beauchamp
Marion
Mrs. Beauchamp
Stanley Pidima
Rex Beauchamp
Beauchamps
Joe
Pidima
Victor
Earl McVey
Swift and Company
Mary Joyce
Kelly
Sara Jane
J. E. McVey
McVeys
Vernon Fletcher
Sarah Marie
Iowa City
Gary Fletchers
Robert Kupka
Wellington
New Zealand
Ainsworth Bible School
Dennis the Menace
By Hank Ketcham
C. L. Jennings
New London
Iowa
Smylie’ Livestock Co
Columbus Junction, la
West Second
Montgomery Ward
Zenith
Lewys
John W. Greiner
Orina
Clem Chalupa
St. James Church
Mike Orris
Helen Peiffer
W. Madison
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