Washington County Consumers Span Food And Auto Spending
A new consumer market survey shows Washington County households increased spending over 1967, with food and automotive equipment leading the local retail picture. Home use food purchases totaled 5,353,000, about 11 percent of local retail. average take-home spend per family was 906 dollars. Auto sector sales reached 7,539,000, up from 7,034,000, while general merchandise, apparel, and furniture sectors also posted gains.
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New York
Washington County
Zehrs host reception for daughter and husband
Keota Mr and Mrs Aus tin Zehr of Keota hosted a Wednesday evening reception for their daughter Sharon Zehr who married William T Larson of Iowa City in Rock Island Illinois on June 14. The event featured blue and green decorations a three tier cake by Mrs Waldo Miller and a cake cutting by Mrs Eugene Zehr with guests including Wayne Zehr family Emma Siegler Eugene Zehr Larry Zehr Stanley Zehr Terry Septer Diane Frey and Stephanie Zehr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Austin Zehr
William T. Larson
Iowa City
Rock Island
Ill
Larson
Sharon Zehr
Waldo Miller
Eugene Zehr
Wayne Zehr
Emma Siegler
Larry Ze
WCTU June Meeting Highlights and Club News
Margaret Work entertained the WCTU for their June meeting with devotions led by Mrs. Helen Walker on The Peril of Insincerity and a program by Mrs. Mineva Moon on Education Traffic and Alcohol. Miss Marion Wilson sang O Master Let Me Walk with Thee and Mrs. Ray Sojka shared Camp Ahquabi experiences. A summer picnic July 24 at Sunset Park will involve boy reports and WCTU members. Fifteen Shine Community Club families attended the annual ice cream supper at the P. L. Fenn home, 46 attendees, rescheduled from Wednesday by weather. The next club meeting will be with Mrs. George Colthurst July 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Work
WCTU
Helen Walker
Mineva Moon
Marion Wilson
Ray Sojka
Camp Ahquabi
Paul Davis
Robert McGaffey
Harlan Radcliff
Sunset Park
Sunshine Community Club
P. L. Fenn
George Colthurst
Hospital Admits and Dismissals List by City
Yesterday admissions include Myrtle Gault Washington medical James Milam West Chester surgical Myrtle Marston Washington medical Today admission shows Wilbur Harter Washington medical Dismissals include Clyde Carey Columbus Junction Jack Welsch Letts Isaac Hershberger and daughter Kalona Gary Stark Washington Elsie Waltman Brighton Harold Rees Crawfordsville James Greiner Keota Louis Albright Washington
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Myrtle Gault
Washington
James Milam
West Chester
Surgical
Wayne Marston
Wilbur Harter
Clyde Carey
Columbus Junction
Jack Welsch
Letts
Isaac Hershberger
Kalona
Gary Stark
Elsie Waltman
Brighton
Harold Rees
Crawfordsville
James Greiner
Keota
Louis Albright
Truman Golden Wedding Anniversary Quiet Home in Independence
INDEPENDENCE Mo UPI Harry S Truman and his wife Bess, married nearly 50 years, will mark their Golden Wedding anniversary with quiet celebrations at their Delaware Street home. He is 85 and not up to crowds. daughter Margaret, in summer stock, cannot attend. Local groups plan small tokens like 50 roses and white carnations while the couple recalls a lifelong romance begun in Sunday School at ages five and six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Richards
Independence
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Bess Truman
Delaware Street
Margaret
Clifton Daniel
New York
Trumans
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday Bridge Club
Truman
White House
Bridge Club
Bess Wallace Truman
Bess
Bess Wallace
Presbyterian Church
Harry
Local News Summary From Washington County Reports
Teri Lou Custer, 8, returns home after tonsillectomy at Washington County Hospital. Mr and Mrs Earl Cline and Carla Nelson come back from Ft Bragg after visiting Sp Michael McCandless. Mrs R D Shields of Denver dies. Don Ross visits from Phoenix at Albert Wehr’s home. Pfc Michael L Crawford finishes special schooling and returns to action in Vietnam, with Lt Duane Crawford visiting. both in Da Nang area. Hole family reunion set for Sunday July 6 in Sunset Park with basket dinner at noon. social calendar to publish follow-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cline
Carla Nelson
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Michael McCandless
Don Ross
Phoenix, Ariz
Albert Wehr
Omer Crawfords
Route 1
Washington
Pfc
Michael L. Crawford
Vietnam
Duane Crawford
da Nang
Sunset Park
Evangelists Wilson Will Lead Revival at First Assembly
Evangelist and Mrs Don Wilson of Stockton California will lead revival meetings at First Assembly of God at 15th and East Main from July 1 to July 12 with 730 p m services except Saturdays Preacher Wilson travels Midwest circuits and works with youth He and his wife will sing duets and solos the main feature each evening will be preaching Pastor E L Aubuchon invites the public to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Wilson
Stockton
California
First Assembly of God
15Th
East Main
Wilson
Midwest
Evangelist Wilson
Wilsons
E. L. Aubuchon
Argentina protests to Rocky's visit
Osvaldo Ongania era marks three years as protests erupt over U S leader Rockefeller visit. Police report Emilio Jauregui killed in student clashes while a night of anti American actions spreads to La Plata Rosario and other cities. Authorities detain over 100 amid firebombings and damage to Rockefeller and U S run sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio Jauregui
Rockefeller
la Plata
Golden Eagle pass offered by ASC for federal recreation use
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service announces a seven dollar Golden Eagle passport for entry to 7000 federally operated recreation areas. Funds support the Land and Water Conservation Fund, with 60 percent to states and 40 percent to federal lands. Awtry notes benefits for families visiting sites like Effigy Mounds and Hyde Park as they save on per site fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCCS
U. S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
National Park
Dale H. Awtry
Iowa
ASCS
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Allamakee County
Curtis - Lee
Virginia
Awtry
Social Calendar Notices for Upcoming Week
Social calendar items include Sunday Summit Picnic at 5 p.m. in Kalo na Park, Coppock Family Reunion at noon in the Fairgrounds Exhibit Building, Monday Golden Age Club at 10 a.m. in VW rooms, Lack lunch at noon, Tuesday Y Wives Coffee at 9 30 a.m. hosted by Mrs. Gerald King, reservations by Monday to cohostesses Mrs. Paul Adam Mrs. Ben Turner or Mrs. Leonard Llewellyn, Tops Club at 7 30 p.m. in YWCA room with an 8 p.m. business meeting, Wednesday St Paul Women's Fellowship at 7 30 p.m. at church noting date and time change.
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Kalona Park
Coppock
Fairgrounds
Golden Age Club
VW Rooms
Gerald King
Paul Adam
Ben Turner
Leonard Llewellyn
Tops Club
Ywca Room
St. Paul Women's Fellowship
Deeds Report Entitled Transfers in Local Property Listings
A string of real estate transfers details Theron M. Nelson and a spouse conveying Lot 4 Block 16 in Denny’s Second Addition to North Washington, Niffenegger to Earl J. Gardner for East 90 feet of Lot 1 Block 2 in Kalona. multiple moves in Highland Park, Sunset, Original Brighton plat, and various sections 30 77 6 25 77 7 14 77 7.
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Theron M. Nelson
Charles R. Burback
Denny
North
Washington
Joyee
Niffenegger
Earl J. Gardner
Snider
Kalona
Richard A. Paul
Willard C. Thompson
Win Smouse
Highland Park
Robert A. Roe
Florence M. Waterhouse
A. W. Chilcote
Glenn M. Pringle
Kenneth O. Pringle
Sunset
Brighton
Sadie Pearl Fillmore
Luton School
J. Fred Riley
Marion W. Swanson
Zella Joye Reece
William D. Reece
F. A. Simon
Ferdinand A. Simon
Christina M. Bohr
Marvin L. Bohr
Howard D. Bohr
Monkey to ride 30 day moon mission at Cape Kennedy
CAPE KENNEDY UP I Scientists ready a 14 pound monkey named Benny for a 30 day ride to pave way for manned space travel. Benny will be suited in a space garment, placed in a capsule on a 10 story Delta rocket set for a 253 mile Earth orbit at 11 10 p m EDT, return by July 28 over the Pacific. Apollo 11 countdown and lunar mission prep also reported with Armstrong Collins and Aldrin training and a lunar landing vehicle practice flight at Langley.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Benny
Delta
Pacific Ocean
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin E. Aldrin
Spaceport
Aldrin
Langley Air Force Base
Hampton
Choose neighbor plan approved by Iowa Real Estate Commission
The Iowa Real Estate Commission informally approved that choose your own neighbor selling cards are not on their face discriminatory. Civil Rights Commission questioned potential minority exclusion and urged review, with questions about advertising versus cards. The matter may return if a complaint arises.
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DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Real Estate Commission
Iowa
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Civil Rights Commission
George Clarkson
The
Commission
William Knapp
Melvin Synhorst
AcoustiGuide Tour Opens At University Of Iowa Museum
An electronic tour of major works at the University of Iowa Museum of Art lets visitors view paintings prints sculptures and silver with commentary by Professor Frank Seiberling using ten acoustiguide devices rented for 50 cents each plus 25 cents for a second earphone. The 45 minute guided tour highlights works from the Elliott Collection including Pollock Beckmann Matisse Kandinsky Chagall Miro and Jawlensky with Seiberling clarifying artists names and art movements and offering a new, discovery filled viewing experience through August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa
New Museum of Art
Frank Seiberling
U of I School of Art
Autolecture, Inc
New York City
Elliott
Ufert Wilke
Wilke
Seiberling
Pollock
H. M
Max Beckmann
Matisse
Jawlensky
Acousti
Karen Anderson
Fined motorists in justice court and local fender bender
Three motorists paid fines in justice of the peace court for speeding David L Flynn 11 Norma Fern Knight 10 Richard L Powers 10. A car driven by Doyle Julius Paul backed from a parking stall striking Glenda Lou Cleghorn's vehicle in a Washington fender bender. city police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace Court
David L. Flynn
Norma Fern Knight
Richard L. Powers
Doyle Julius Paul
Glenda Lou Cleghorn
Washington
Paul
Cleghorn
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R. D. Shields
Denver
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Harley and
Mary Bush
Assembly Church
Argentina
Rocky
Buenos Aires
Juan Carlos Ongania
Nelson Rockefeller
U.S
Rosario
Xerox Corp
Bank of America
ASC
J. W. Helscher
P.O. Box
Ohio National Life Ins. Co
Cincinnati
U OF I
Kandinsky
Chagall
Dr. Seiberling
Miro
Rosali
Rosalie
BY Leo Hoover
Joseph de Maistre
Alexander Fraser Tytler
University of Edinburgh
Sherman
Eden
Washington, Iowa
Dial
Christ
Assembly OF God
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