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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1966
Page
5
In two weeks the Waco school system’s Teacher’s Aides program cuts busywork for teachers, enabling more one on one attention to students. The broader report also notes a giant horseback trek rider in a separate feature and local sports and social notes from Ainsworth and surrounding areas.
Washington YMCA swimmers defeated Green Bay Wisconsin 171 to 160 in a telegraphic meet. New pool marks included Drew McAvoy 13.0 in midget 20 yd backstroke and Scott Haven 5:05.4 in 400 yd freestyle, with Jim Dougall dropping to 10.4 in intermediate 40 yd freestyle and Kim Steele tying 160 yd individual medley at 2:02.4.
A Washington area bulletin reports Henry Luers of Keokuk County turning 100 on March 7 1966. Other items note a Mary Legrande birth in Philadelphia and Major Paul Grossheim’s posting at Fort Leavenworth. Washington counties historical society urges preservation of Iowa heritage. Southeast Six Conference all conference picks include Tim Trotman and Frank Sanders.
New board members named are Joe Evanovich, Don Oxenford, Bob Logan, Mrs. Robert Huber and Mrs. Dale Caldwell. Other terms expire later. existing members include Jim McQuaid, Bill Matson, and Rev. Dennis Stutrud.
More than 30 agriculturists and farmers from Washington attended the Rotary club’s Rural-Urban Day. Community notices include engagements, birthdays, hospital news, and academic honors across Columbus Junction and nearby towns.
A column recounts a March 4 visit to Washington by Rev. Wm Richardson and a trip by Ames Singers director W Douglas Pritchard. It covers investment clubs planning a Nassau trip, Elm Disease defenses in Ames, the town clock’s return to tolling, courthouse tower decay, Saturday store hours resuming after January February, and Norman Schoonover’s remodeled drug store and family news.
Brenda Kay Carey Crystal Kay Karnes Valerie Faith Diller Jan Renee Wenger Christopher Charles Whetstine Shaun Lloyd Greenlee are listed as newborns at Washington County Hospital with parents and addresses in Washington Kinross Columbus City Mr Pleasant Wellman and Washington Awaiting further details or birth notices from the hospital records.
John Sproule coaches the Demon basketball team through four consecutive losses ending in an overtime defeat at Williamsburg. Tim Trotman and Frank Sanders earned first team all conference honors, Tom Lowes on second team, with Jim Logan and Al Brock receiving honorable mention. Bowling crowned Moothart's Decorators team champions. Clarence Brown, Stanley Schrock earned titles in doubles and all-events respectively.
A poem from Reflections by M. E. Adams envisions a crimson dawn breaking through dark skies. It speaks of faith, peace on earth, humanity, and a hopeful future under divine guidance with vigilant patience.
Miss Joy Ann Mills daughter of the late Albert H. Mills joins James Joseph Bennett son of Joseph M. Bennett in a 2 30 o'clock ceremony on Sunday February 27 at the First Methodist Church here.
A farm diary recounts chopping corn stalks, noting the value of a sturdy beltless stalk chopper, and the shift away from burning stalks. It praises portable bean and oat cleaners, oat cleaning on trucks, and sending germination samples to a lab. A March day brings planter inspections and thoughts on essential attachments. A local condensed milk venture is referenced, with a quote about green signs of early spring. Nip and Tuck lambs survive a tail docking, restoring faith for their next meal.
A Washington motorist, Jayne Dorthy Berdo, was fined $10 and costs in Justice of the Peace Holden's court on a charge of stopping in an intersection after a two car collision on February 22.
Washington Iowa edition notes local news highlights for Saturday March 5 1966. Brief items cover community events, weather, and social notices circulating through the Evening Journal pages.
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