Kites and hospitals shape Elizabethtown Ken wards and Washington county
The March 5 1964 issue reflects on Elizabethtown Kentucky winning a Gates Company plant due to site highway system and a 100 bed hospital with a 60 bed expansion. It notes Shelbyville Kentucky losing the bid and Dora Jones endowing funds for hospital growth in Washington County Iowa. The piece argues for minimal care wards to reduce costs and discusses privacy versus public right to know after Kennedy’s assassination. It ends with concerns about voyeurism in modern news coverage and calls for preserving dignity while expanding hospital services.
American Gothic Portrait and the Eldon House Saga
Grant Wood’s American Gothic, painted after viewing Eldon’s Gothic window, made the unknown Iowa artist famous. The portrait features Nan Wood and Dr E K McKeeby, posed in Cedar Rapids, with the house’s window becoming iconic. The painting’s fame grew through the decades as visitors still tour the Eldon site and the house remains a town landmark.
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Wood
America
Chi
cage‘Art Institute
Eldon
Iowa
Institute
At Wood
Grant Wood
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Nan
E. K. McKeeby
Dr. McKeeby
Wind
Main Street
Ottumwa
Seldon Smith
Batavia
P.W. Smith
Sumer
Chicago Art Institute
Scenes From a Kitchen Window DS Wins of Wit and Wonder
Brief column recounts child misperceptions about heaven and stairs, a parachute landing at the airport, eagles by the Mississippi, and light domestic observations. It notes a school bond election result, a shaving wager, and quirky household tips from the Highland Community area with casual anecdotes from Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wilson of Washington.
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Mississippi
Clarence Wilson
Washington
Credit Island
Brothers of the Brush
Highland Community School District
Wenger
Why the survey taker fled by Dorothy Reid West Des Moines Express
A detergent survey turns surreal as a half dressed resident, alarmed by a cold furnace and a stranger asking questions, hides in fear. The tester glimpses the resident’s handmade Indian tepee, braids, and rouge in a moment of mistaken danger, prompting a hurried exit and a day reset.
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Dorothy Reid
West Des Moines Express
Evening Journal Kineton Staffing and Publication Note
The item lists staff roles including News Editor David der, Advertising Bruge Sieden, and Acting Director Charles Mortis. It notes publishing afternoons with exceptions for holidays, and an entry date of March 1878 at the Washington post office.
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David der
Anassusiness
Sanaee Wits
Highland High School forms National Honor Society chapter
Highland High School has received the National Honor Society charter and plans to start a chapter with a dress-up day on Friday March 6. Members will be listed on a plaque. The Future Teachers Association will be formed for students aiming to teach. A senior board meeting on March 4 will discuss building plans and construction timing. A plan to secure land for a new school includes a test well after option agreement.
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Start
Highland School
Highland High School
Future Teachers Association
Future Teachers Association For
Highland
Citizens Committee
State Geological Survey
Brown
Ed Yates
TV Highlights: World War II Burma salute and prime time line up
United Press International previews NBCs Jack Paar Show saluting the 20th anniversary of the Burma air invasion with Earl Mountbatten Col Phil Cochran and Jackie Cogan. Also a World’s Fair progress report, Bob Hope Theatre lineup with The Square Peg, Route 66 That Was the Week That Was Twilight Zone and Queen of the Nile.
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United Press International
Jack Paar
NBC
Burma
Earl Mountbatten
Far East
Phil Cochran
Flip Corkin
Jackie Coogan
Bob Hope Theatre
Bob Cummings
Burgess Meredith
Joanna Moore
Allyn Joslyn
CBS
Tod
Barbara Eden
Chill Wills
Nina Foch
Ann Blyth
Writer Ponders Drinking Fewer Cups of Coffee
A reflective note details rising coffee prices from 56 to 73 cents per pound, compares past sugar costs, and recalls sugar rationing years ago. It mentions March Hare, birthday thoughts, twin calves owned by Arthur Boshart, and memories of eggs and hens. Social visits and a Bethel youth singing event at Glen Wenger’s home are also reported.
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Arthur Boshart
Arthur
Paul Miller
Harry Leichty
Norman Bart
Bellvue
Ill
Melvin Miller
Peoria
Amasa Miller
Oscar Millers
Busy week ahead for Cong Schwengel in three states
The first district congressman Fred Schwengel has a packed schedule. He will attend a GOP mock convention at Iowa Wesleyan College on Friday. He joins about two dozen lawmakers at a Dartmouth College conference on congressional reorganization Saturday to Sunday. Monday he speaks to the Republican Club of Harvard Law and Graduate Schools before returning to Washington for a Farm Bureau leaders meeting.
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Fred Schwengel
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Hanover
New Hampshire
Cambridge
Mass
Iowa Wesleyan College
Paturday
Sunday Scavenger
Congress
Dartmouth College
Muonday
Republican Club
Harvard Law and Graduate Schools
Washington, D.C
Farm Bureau
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Elizabethtown
Kentucky
Gates Company
Shelbyville
Elizabethtown Industrial Corporation
Elizabethtown Hospital
Washington County
Dora Jones
the County Hospital
Kennedy
Ft. Madison
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Antona Moses
Him
Dr. McKeely
Grant
Chicago
Fortune
Azine
Aunt Susie
O.K
Retiaole
Elmer Wenger
Gosling
Don
Shayla
Pier
Ton Evening Journal
Kineton, Dons
Per Weet
Carrier
Westington
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Evening Journal
Cong. Schwengel
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