Dear Aunt Agatha Week in Washington roundup
Washington's Ridiculous Day drew crowds as shoppers filled streets and booths. City council weighs a youth curfew to curb vandalism, while a street cleaning truck adds a bells warning under a new safety law. Iowa Beef Producers Association president Baxter Freese calls for fair prices amid market talks. Linda Wertz places third in Miss Iowa, tying a local best. Crops improve with hopeful prospects for corn and beans as warmer weather arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baxter Freese
Wellman
Iowa Beef Producers Association
Linda Wertz
Auntie
Week on the Farm Saturday June 24
The article describes a pleasant early summer week ideal for hay making and farm work. It notes shifts in hay harvesting methods from loose hay to twine tied bales and round bales, mentions chemical week control aiding corn and soybeans with some application errors, and describes burning an elm tree stump after a two day blaze.
Passing Years highlights local youth and alumni
The Passing Years column notes Jan Fane and several Y-Teen Club members at Central College for a summer conference in Pella, plus multiple local residents returning from travels including World’s Fair trips. It also recaps 20, 30, and 40 year-ago items featuring community leaders, students, and club activities in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agg Jan Fane
Central College
Pella
Connie Hess
Pam Hite
Marci Anderson
Mary Butler
Richard Bordwell
West Coast
Seattle
Lowell Harding
LeRoy Riley
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Harold Benedict
Ramona
San Antonio
Texas
Wash
Guy Montgomery
University of South Dakota
Vermillion
GE. Montgomery
Pauline Hite
Iowa Girls State
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
Judy Campbell
Chicago
Lewis Weiss Memorial Hospital
Clifford Campbell
Stork Gazette Baby Names and Address Listings
Elizabeth Anne Custer and eight other newborns are named by parents in Washington and surrounding towns. Jonathan Richard, Patricia LeVone, Jackie Lee, Kimberly Ann, Wendy Sue, Chad Ethan, Ryan Lee, and Joseph P. Schantz are listed with parental homes or routes. The record notes Joseph P. Schantz joining Faith Baptist Church Lot 44 in Smouse's East Side Addition to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Anne
Richard Donald Custer
Washington
Ryan Lee
Darrell Lee Smith
Iowa Avenue
Jonathan Richard
Richard Milo Cornelius
East Third Street
Patricia Levone
Ronald Joe Nash
Kinross
Jackie Lee
Raymond LeRoy Robertson
Columbus Junction
Kimberly Ann
Stanley Lloyd McCreedy
Ainsworth
Wendy Sue
Donald Edward Milder
Chad Ethan
Keith Edward Litwiller
Joseph P. Schantz
Faith Baptist Church
Smouse
East Side
Washington week recap and local notices
The past week in Washington highlights include Murphy attending the Rotary International convention in Houston with 20,000 Rotarians from 65 countries. Local road work closes Highway 218 between Highway 34 and Keokuk for two years, with a $1,437,370 project including paving, a new bridge, and culverts. Also noted are family visits, a Fathers Day gathering in Burlington, a new baby, and relatives visiting from Davenport and Prescott. Capt. Don Willson and family from Virginia Beach visit, with Mrs B B Bordwell hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Murphy
Washington
Rotary International
Houston
Texas
Murphy
Rotary Club of
Karen
Salem Stub
Henry County
Donnellson
Lee County
Highway Commission
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Keokuk
Don Willson
Kathy
Janice
Susan
Marty
Virginia Beach
B. B Bordwell
Washington City Council curfew gains first reading
City council moves toward a curfew aimed at minors and all ages on certain public property between midnight and 5 a.m. The ordinance classifies youths by age, with different limits for under 15 and 15 to 17. Public comment is sought before final passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ridiculous Day draws large Washington crowd with costumes
A Washington crowd packed the usual Ridiculous Day markets on Wednesday June 21, with wild costumes and a crowning of the day’s king and queen, Richard Choate and Miriam Jones. Other items note Cargill Inc plant layoffs, new births, weddings, and family visits across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard Choate
Miriam Jones
Washington High Jazz Band sails to Montreux festival
Washington High School Jazz Band and Washington Chamber of Commerce depart for Cedar Rapids to fly to Montreux Switzerland for the Jazz Festival June 23 28 1972 presenting a plaque of welcome from Washington Iowa to Montreux. AFS farewell honors Brigitte Pruess at Burnett Smith home near Brighton. Kimberly Ann born to Mr and Mrs Stanley McCreedy of Ainsworth. Widmer family return from Germany visit. Rudy Tanner undergoes major surgery at Iowa City VA Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Ross
Washington
Joseph Hines
Lake Charles
William Hoppe
Patricia
Jacksonville
Fla
Hoppe
Irene Conner
Clarence Booth
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt. Pleasant
Ryan Lee Smith
Darrell Smith
South
Iowa
Washington County Hospital
Philip Ingmanson
Winfield
Wendell L. Smith
Bloomfield
Nellie Larson
Opher Smith
New London
Ward Daniels
Moulton
Joe J. Pewitt
Jeffrey
Eva Lynn
Bridgeton
Stanley J. Mouser
Wellman
Everett Meeker
Susan
Mary
Switzerland
Eduard Isler
Dietikon
Brigitte Pruess
AFS
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Montreux
Chamber of Commerce
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Burnett ‘Smith
Brighton
Brigitte
Richard Bordwell
Russ Bannister
Max Lee
Bordwell
National Afs
New York
Leon Hillman
Stanley McCreedy
Ainsworth
Kimberly Ann
George Stout
Burke McCreedy
Ruth Stout
Glenn Widmer
Ann
George Widmer
Jay
Janet
Friesenhausen
Germany
Air Force
Paris
Black Forest
Craig A. Koehler
Solon
Koehler
Kirkwood Community College
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Office of Admissions
Kirkwood
Rudy Tanner
Max Dee Nave
Europe
Sp-e
William Lee
Stuttgart
Holland
Cees Endlich
See
United States
Chicago
O'Hare
Robert
McCleery-Cumming hires Hoxton as Assistant Sales Manager
Friday, June 23 reports Jerome Hoxton of Indianola joining The McCleery-Cumming Co as Assistant Sales Manager. He holds a Simpson College BA in English and will work with James McQuaid and Ivan Greene. The piece also notes local fire deaths, Rainbow Girls’ assembly, travel notes, and recent hospital surgery and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Hoxton
Indianola
McCleery - Cumming Co
Hoxton
Simpson College
McCleery - Cumming
James McQuaid
Ivan Greene
South Avenue
Local deaths reported across several Iowa towns
Death notices list Daniel S. Yoder 68 of Kalona Marginal entries for Thomas Sondag infant in Keota Dennis Johnson 33 of Wayland Frank Bailey 85 of Crawfordsville Gerald Adam 52 of Knoxville Amy Jane Schmitter 91 of Rubio Katherine Bell 71 of El Paso Robert Patterson 71 of Washington County W P Moriarty 82 of Iowa City Raymond Anderson 73 of United Presbyterian Home area, with funeral and burial details and hospital deaths noted through June 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bailey
Crawfordsville
Washington County
Gerald Erwin Adam
Des Moines
Knoxville
Iowa
Robert J. Patterson
Wilson Coal and Ice Company
White Yard Lumber Co
Lawrence Wilson
CK. Karel
Washington County Hospital
Hospital and Birth Notices Across Several Iowa Towns
Hospital admissions and discharges list multiple residents by name and town, noting births at Washington and Columbus Junction facilities. The Tuesday and yesterday entries include patients, transfers to University Hospitals Iowa City, and newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Parsons
Crawfordsville
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Grace Moran
Washington
George Weber
Columbus Junction
Irma Taylor
Wapello
Donald Diveney
Donald Milder
Daryl Redlinger
Keota
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Martin L. Whittaker
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Helen
Babe Falk
Dave
Sarah Falk
Francis Mangold
Hollywood
Vega Aircraft
Burbank
Y's
Jungbluth Cottage
Edgewater Beach
Ear Conesville
Dr. Dwyer
J.M. Finney
Mansfield
Richard Stewart
Glenn Mace
Fletcher E. Smith
Ralph E. Shannon
Democratic Women’s Organization
June Williams
Mary Juliet Lemmon
All State
J.M. Kelly
Dubuque
Knights of Columbus
Alex Miller
Des Moines Register
Roy Drake
Washington Post
Bob Hammer
Bob
Stork Gazette
Rotary
Earl Cline
John Kurtz
Michael McCandless
Julia Ann
Debra Bowman
Davenport
Bill Nelson
Michael Cole
Michella
Cole
Cline
Ted Brown
Prescott, Ariz
Council
Mark Bjorndal
Ed Chalupa
Richard Hayes
Marion
Lloyd Hayes
Randy Jirsa
Lucetta Hayes
Robert Cole
Edna Cole
Northeast Missouri State College
Kirksville
Mabel Witting
Parkview
Wayland
Mercy Hospital
Roy Smith
Milton Smith
George Goetz
Faye
Goetz
John Goetz
Glen
Larry
Cargill Inc
Newell Bendickson
Bendickson
John Schnicker
Perry
Shari Ann
Douglas
Melvin Schnicker
Don Stock
Beaver
Mike Moore
San Bernardino
John C. Owen
Mary Lee Moore
Mr. Moore
Jill
Frank Gebnarat
John
Denise
Matt
Meg
Michelle
Chris
Kalispell
Mont
Eula Prather
Robert Kelley
West Chester
James Greene
Finley Mondia
Nellie Leathers
Sigourney
Margaret W. Thomas
Evan M. Rees
Thomas
Rowland J. Thomas
James
Melvin H. Thomas
Anna Marie
Donald R. Thomas
Mark
Ind
Vera Berggren
Rees
People’s National Bank
McCleery-Cumming
Addison D. Hills
Margaret
Louisa County
Rainbow Girls
Washington Assembly
Iowa Rainbow Grand Assembly
Ames
Julie Kennedy
Jean Kennedy
Sharon Paul
Jody Hyde
Robyn Lovick
Jane Moss
Kris Erickson
Shaun Williams
Laurel Griffin
Mindy Moredock
Carol Porter
Linda Eash
Roger Chapman
Jim Eash
Clarence Shaffer
Viola Hoyle
Steven Hoyle
Stacy
Orange
Hoyle
Don Hayes
Marion Sheetz
Tena Simmering
Kalona
Daniel S. Yoder
Upper Deer Creek
Thomas David Sondag
David E. Sondag
Dennis Johnson
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Willard Leichty
Orie Roth
Sugar Creek Cemetery
Rabio
Amy Jane Schmitter
Rubio
Richland
Maplewood Manor
Katherine J Bell
el Paso
W.P. Moriarty
West Madison Street
Raymond M. Anderson
Elm Lane
United Presbyterian Home
Wapello Medical
Everett Meeks
Ainsworth Medical
Keota Medical
Bessie Miller
Washington Medical
Leonard Mahan
Brighton Medical
Paul DeLong
Henry Swailes
Columbus City
David Sieren
Richard Cornelius
Raymond Robertson
Issey
Richard Custer
John Johnson
Cora McWilliam
Ronald Nash
John Redlinger
Harper
Nominiea
Elmer Stalder
Medica
Keith Litwiller
Louise Reaney
Mac Wallace
Cora McWilliams
John Renoux
George Weston
Vickie Gingerich
Harry Wentworth
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