Week of rain and renewal spurs town notes and plans
A letter from Washington reflects mild spring signs as grass greens and ground settles after mud. Readers report fewer winter crowds, and local officials survey residents praising libraries and churches. Plans unfold for St Olaf Orchestra, Community Chest, Red Cross, Cancer Crusade, and a new school site after a fire. Kalona bell choir eyes Tempe convention. a mime group grows with youth leadership. Letters invite updates.
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Washington
Ion
St Olaf Symphony Orchestra
Red Cross
Cancer Crusade
Heart Fund
Highland District
Ainsworth
Kalona
Tempe
Ariz
The Passing Years and Town News In Washington Events
Local items note Mr and Mrs Palmer Schilling plan to return from Pharr Texas about March 15. John Lowash resigns as city clerk after 18 years. Sam West wins top junior pen at Cedar Rapids Hog Show. Iowa delegates at Farm Bureau youth leadership conference in Stillwater Okla Feb 24 28. Community members attend dinners and seminars while others head to Washington DC and New York for youth programs. George Wilkinson hired as Washington chamber secretary. VEW Post elects Meryl Steele as commander.
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Legion
Palmer Schilling
Pharr
Texas
John Lowash
Washington
Sam West
Washington Future Farmers of America
Cedar Rapids
R. Dean Luers
Washington County
Iowa
American Farm Bureau
Young Members
Stillwater
Okla
C. F. Crayne
Emma Cherry
Pat Farrell
Barbara Lins
National Youth Citizenship Seminar
Washington, D.C
New York
Baptist Church
Grace Lohmann
Lorraine Suter Ofshington
University of Iowa
Meryl Steele
VEW
V.F.W. Hall
Melvin Hill
Usic
Adair County
Greenfield
George Wilkinson
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
Hog prices surge as demand outpaces supply in 1973 outlook
Jim Futrell of Iowa State University notes surprisingly strong pork demand boosts hog prices despite modest slaughter declines. Prices climbed past 29 dollars with 200–230 pound barrows averaging 37.18 in mid February, up from January and year ago. Futrell cites rising employment and income, Social Security, and population growth as key drivers while warning uncertain future prices and potential march market shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State University
Gene Utrell
Iowa-Southern Minn
Futrell
ISU
Alumni Service Key Presented To Jim Frier At County Dinner
Washington County Extension Director Jim Frier received the Alumni Service Key at the annual Washington County ISU alumni dinner. He was cited for outstanding professional and community work and active church involvement.
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Jim Frier
Washington County
Iowa State University
Frier
Prairie Flower Baptist Church
Washington sees charges after illegal possession raid
Two locals Bonita June Simons 21 and Ronald John Hastings 24 were bound over to the grand jury on three counts of illegal possession of a controlled substance after a police search of a north Washington house. The action followed a lengthy investigation with officers from city and county agencies.
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Washington
Bonita June Simons
Ronald John Hastings
Grand Jury
Mezzo soprano Florence Quivar closes concert series in Washington
Florence Quivar, Philadelphia born black mezzo soprano, closed the Washington Concert Association 1972 73 series with a powerful concert at the high school she energized the audience with a radiant stage presence and superb vocal tone. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Schantz celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at the Captain's Table.
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Florence Quivar
Philadelphia
Washington Concert Association
Miss Quivar
Wilbur Schantz
Dale Johnston
Laura
Ainsworth
Jane Johnston
Cedar Rapids
Janice Johnston
Chicago
Willard Love
Sharon
Renee and
Loren
Dubuque
Larry Love
Leonard Schantz
Kristen
Karla
Delaware
David Love
Lafayette
Calif
Return From Tours And Local Notices From Riverside Area
Thursday roundup notes several residents returning from travels to Texas Hawaii Florida and Mexico with Florida keys and Cypress Gardens cited. A Riverside emergency appendectomy is reported along with a Marion death of Dorothy Bohlander and funeral plans. Local Iowa State University student Mary Ann Nihart pledges Alpha Xi Delta. Also included are quake reflections from Oxnard California and a beauty salon educational day in Ottumwa.
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Dorothy Hender Bohlander
Marion
Bohlander
Washington
Florida
Murdock
South View
Mary Ann Nihart
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Mary Ann
Richard Nihart
Brighton
College of Pharmacy
Burlington Northern retooling agency service in Washington
Burlington Northern announces a rearranged agency service in Washington on March 15 and the retire/removal of the depot building. Agent Leon Johns, in service since 1965, will transfer to Glenwood as the small depot fades from the skyline, an economic move lauded by the line's workers though saddening train enthusiasts.
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Burlington Northern Reatroaa
Washington
Leon Johns
Little Depot
Charles Franzen
West Main St. Johns
Glenwood
Burlington
Johns
County historian Chuck Hotle recalls early Washington history
In a brief address to the Washington Kiwanis Club, Chuck Hotle shared a historical sketch of Washington County with anecdotes on early settlers and towns. Separately, about $3,100 worth of goods were stolen from John Owen’s Dutch Creek Township farm on Feb. 26, with entry gained through a shed door. items included an air compressor, welder, a chainsaw, and tools. Mike Roe was named Master Counselor of Washington Chapter, Order of DeMolay, at ceremonies at the Masonic Temple, with Randy Payne and Gary Connelly installed as Senior and Junior Counselors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuck Hotle
Washington County Historical Society
Washington Kiwanis Club
Hotle
John Owen
Dutch Creek Township
Sheriff's Office
Owen
Mike Roe
Washington
Order of DeMolay
Masonic Temple
Randy Payne
Gary Connelly
Deaths of the week span several states and ages
William John Dea aged 89 died unexpectedly in Ainsworth on Tuesday March 6 1973 after two years of ill health. Sherman Miller 72 died Tuesday in a Sarasota Florida hospital likely from a heart attack. Max Coffey 70 died Wednesday in Blair Nebraska after a sudden illness. Joe Spevacek formerly of Richmond died Sunday evening in Sun City Arizona after about six months of illness.
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William John Dea
Ainsworth
Kalona — Sherman $. Miller
Sarasota, Fla
Joe Spevacek
Sun City, Ariz
Richmond
Marriages of the Week Show Three Local Nuptials
Peggy Sue Boshart of Wayland wed Ricardo Anton Milton of Cleveland on March 3 1973 at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church Wayland in a candlelight ceremony officiated by Rev Orie Roth. Glenda Marie Waldschmidt and Richard Dwayne Wieland wed March 2 1973 at St Marys Church Riverside with Rev Boeckmann officiating. Nancy Scheeler of Brighton and David Wilson of Whiteman AFB Mo wed March 7 1973 at Brighton Methodist Church with Rev David Higdon presiding before about 300 guests.
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Wayland
Peggy Sue Boshart
Dennis Boshart
Ricardo Anton Milton
Moses Milton
Cleveland
Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Orie Roth
Riverside
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Glenda Marie Waldschmidt
Richard Dwayne Wieland
Charles Waldschmidt
Dwayne Wieland
Lone Tree
W. F. Boeckmann
Brighton
Nancy Scheeler
David Wilson
Whiteman Afb
Brighton Methodist Church
David Higdon
Jack Scheeler
Lloyd Wilson
Hospital Monday Readmitted and Births Reported Across Counties
Daily hospital notices list numerous patient admissions transfers discharges and births across Washington Brighton Kalona Muscatine Wellman Riverside and Keota with patients Edna Humble Washington Edith Shields Zwicki Robertson and others admitted medical transfers and a birth for Mr and Mrs Swantz Salona plus a daughter for Mr and Mrs Whetstine Wellman and Siefkas Washington entries and multiple discharges including Mrs Walter Anderson and Charles Keller among others
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Edna Humble Washington
Kenneth Cross
Washington
William Robertson
Edith Shields
Charles Zwicki
Boyd Lowry
Brighton
Russell Jones
Ainsworth
John Swantz
Salona
Walter Anderson
Robert Potratz
Bernard Schmidt
Mary Bontrager
Kalona
Lloyd Hoyle Brighton
Charles Keller
Clarence Berkhoff
Ira Wagner and Son
Cloyd Washington
James Rocke
Muscatine
Kenneth Craft
Kalona Barrett
Larry Whetstine
Wellman
David Siefkas
William Ross
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Lloyd Schoonover
Bert Ammeter
Carrie McNurlen
Keota
Medical updates and birth noted in Iowa communities
Thursday yesterday reports Scott Gosling of Columbus Junction and Mrs Alice Zeck of Washington receiving medical care while Mrs Dale F Smith of Washington undergoes surgical treatment. Also listed are Mr and Mrs Thomas Jacobs of Letts welcoming a daughter.
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Scott Gosling
Columbus Junction
Alice Zeck
Washington
Dale F. Smith
Thomas Jacobs
Letts
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Edsall Brown
O.C.S
Ft. Benning
Elizabeth Brown
Navy Nurse Corps
Oakland
Col
Nicola
Clarence Logan
Citizens’ Defense Corps
Leland Beneke
Farm Bureau
Federal Reserve Bank
West
California
J. S. Porter
South Fourth
Robert A. Hender
Davenport
John Shields
Joe DiLorenzo
Chincoteague
Fairfax
DiLorenzo
Mary Juliet Lemmon
Earnest Lemmons
Lemmon Drug Store
Women of the Moose
Art Harris
Ft. Madison
Keokuk
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Dunbar
Ella Livingston
Ft Madison
Iva Simpson
Des Moines
Julia Sisk
Michael Miller
Lonality
Sarena Rose
Sam Weeks
Arthur Miller
The
Bronx
N.Y
Dewey Weeks
Rosa Green
Jet
Walter Fern
Vandalia
Paul Fern
Leonard Pohren
Jeff
Mark Escher
David
Red Oak
Allen Pohren
Michael Escher
Pohrens
Allen
Murphy Memorial Hospital
He Hospital
Robert E. Vanderlinden
Seifert’s Incorporated
Vanderlinden
Kenneth Blum
Mark
John Blum
Cheryl
Bonnie
Blum
Aileen Snider
Bonnie Jo Snider
Little Mark
Wmt-Tv
Lewis W. van Nostrand
the Journal
Federal Communications Commission
van Nostrand
Dennis Dea
Raymond Lasek
Hazel Harding
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
St Mary's Hospital
Rochester Minn
Jerry Flory
Kirtene Ann
Kurtis
Krista
Kelly
Chester Richards
Schoonover Drug Store
Bettendorf
Perdock - Winga Apartments
Honolulu
Hawaii
Harlan Craft
Jack Sheeler
LeRoy van Winkle
Lathor Guy
O's Gold Seed Corn Company
Mr Craft
Keith Augustine
Shelly Sue Horton
Willis Horton
Alpha Xi Delta
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
P. L. Fenn
Route 2
Southwest
McAllen
Mission
Howard Hazens
Fenns
Rio Grande
Falcon Lake
U.S
Mexico
Albert Lay
Gladbrook
Harry Ramseyer
Maui
Oahu
Pearl Harbor
Scott Wilcox
Cypress Gardens
the Everglades
Disney World
NASA Space Center
St. Augustine
Key West
Bok Tower
St Petersburg
Larry Shalla
Edgar Rotzinger
Rhua Moberly
Oxnard
Ken Feltch
Moberly
Jeanne Prochaska
Pam Cheyney
Judy West
Jeanne’s
Petite Paree
Claude McCoy
Thelma Rohrer
William Barth
Orville Meek
Charles Mayer
Marshalltown
Perry
John Schnicker
Melvin Schnickers
Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union Hall of Fame
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
East Greene
Grand Junction
Richard Dare
PEO
Clifford Ramsdale
Orthern
Max Coffey
Blair, Neb
E. Coffey
David Schantz
Charles Wikoff
William H. Ross
Derald Edwards
Bruce Gillis Washington
Lee Christner Ainsworth
Lewis Tisor
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