Bay district approves three new buses and insurance overhaul
Washington Community School District board votes to buy three Ford chassis Wayne bus bodies to replace aging transport fleet and upgrades insurance to 100 percent replacement value with a $3 526 380 policy. Six resignations noted including principals and a secretary. Sealed coal bids due by April 13, and 15 typewriters to be exchanged.
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Washington Community School
Ford
Wayne
Aubrey Russell
Brighton
Darlene Kelly
Lucile Kepler
Joyce Horsey
Karen Escher
Washington
Washington Evening Journal masthead facts
Washington Evening Journal issues from Washington Iowa list staff positions including David Elder editor and business manager William Shannon vice president advertising director Charles Morris news editor Bob Shaffer local advertising and Howard Hazen production superintendent The paper publishes afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4th It is entered as second class matter under the March 3 1879 act at Washington Post Office and is affiliated with United Press Leased Wire and several press associations.
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David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Washington
Iowa
United Press
Inland Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Daily Press Ass'n
Iowa Press Ass'n
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Northwoods Outing YMCA Canoe Trip Details
The Washington YMCA sponsors a ten day canoe trip June 30 to July 9 to Minnesota's northwoods. Leaders from Washington and Minneapolis Camp Menogyn guide paddling, safety and wilderness skills for boys aged 14 to 18. Ten spots available. $10 registration. due by April 26. contact Dick Matthew at the Washington YMCA for details.
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Washington Ymca
Northwoods
Minnesota
Dick Matthew
Washington
Winfield youth wins grand champion hog at Iowa show
Cedar Rapids Iowa UPI Steve Settles 18 of Winfield won the grand championship at the Iowa State Spring Market Hog Show with a 226 pound barrow. Judges named the same carcass winner of the Gold Pork Chop trophy. Settles, Burlington Community College student, received the Gold Pork Chop for his achievement. Second and third went to Larry Williams and Jim John Boddicker entries from West Branch and Newhall. About 136 hogs were in the carcass contest.
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Settles
J. T. Settles
Iowa State
WMT
Burlington Community College
Iowa
Barrow
Larry Williams
West Branch
Jim
John Boddicker
Newhall
Hampshire
Local students named to honor roll at Marycrest College
Rita Koenig daughter of Mr and Mrs Mark Koenig of rural Washington is among Marycrest College Davenport students chosen for honor roll with a scholastic average of B or above in the first semester Rita is a sophomore majoring in music. Debbie Nardy daughter of Mr and Mrs Bob Nardy has been selected as a candidate for Mecca Queen at the University of Iowa Iowa City. Mr and Mrs Paul Boettcher will visit in the home of their daughter and son in law at Chilliothe Illinois this weekend. Dr and Mrs N H Brinkman Cole Ia Miss Mary Brinkman a nurse at Cornell College Mt Vernon and Dean Harms of Iowa City expected to spend Sunday in the Maxwell home.
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Rita Koenig
Mark Koening
Washington
Marycrest College
Davenport
Rita
Debbie Nardy
Bob Nardy
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Paul Boettcher
Louis Pronga
Jeffrey and
Andrew
Chillicothe, Ill
N.H. Brinkman
Cole, Ia
Don Maxwell
Mary Brinkman
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Dean Harms
Maxwell
Robert Simpson
First Presbyterian Church
Simpson
Westminster Foundation
Rev Clarence Dehne to speak in Chicago meeting
The Rev. Clarence Dehne, pastor of the church, will be in Chicago at a meeting of United Presbyterian Men.
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Clarence Dehne
Chicago
United Presbyterian Men
CAP Directors to Meet Monday in County Program
Washington County CAP board. meeting to organize committees for program plans. Counties Washington, Henry, Lee, and Des Moines have filed for SE Iowa Community Action funds. action likely by June. Local board will review the application and discuss in kind contributions for a director's office, potentially in Des Moines or Henry counties. Also note UPI report on auto liability insurance laws in three states.
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Washington County Community Action Program Board of Directors
Court House
Washington County
Henry, Lee
Des Moines
CAP Groups
South East Iowa
Henry
Dr M L Tweeton office hours note
Dr M L Tweeton at 108 No Marion telephone 6532351 lists a closure on Wednesdays.
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M. L. Tweeton
Marion
Election Antics Highlight Washington Junior Chamber Race
Members of the Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce laughed as a bumbling magician promoted the Good Guys slate for the March 24 JC elections. The act featured a local radio man as Zorba the Creep, who pitched Dick Horak and colleagues and announced a March 23 rally in Sunset Park.
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Washington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jc’s
Dale Carnegie
Zorba
Good Guy
Good Guys
Dick Horak
Bill Arthur
Joe Evanovich
Ed Beam
Carl Jones
Yale Jarvis
Young Men of Action
Jack Moore
Dick Anderson
Neil Hall
Larry Griggs
Jim Treiber
Howard Wilshire
Washington
The
Journal
Sunset Park
J.C
Grand jury indicts man on rape charge
The Washington county grand jury indicted Ear land F. Wilson Jr of Fairfield on rape charges. The indictment follows a February 20 complaint by a 14 year old Brighton girl alleging sexual assault on a country road near Brigh. Wilson is jailed in Washington County with bonds set at 10,000 dollars.
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Washington County Grand Jury
Earland F. Wilson, Jr
Fairfield
Wilson
Brighton
Washington County
Crawfordsville Considers Mercury Vapor Street Lights
Crawfordsville Town Council met Monday to finalize plans to rock the alley from the Olson residence to Mene fees. ISU was consulted on mercury vapor street lighting from Everette Davis corner to the old cemetery, with an estimated cost to be presented at a future meeting.
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Crawfordsville
al Olsons
Menefees
ISU
Everette Davises Corner
Walnut Women's Club host afternoon review and preview
Mrs Lyle Wilson entertained twelve members of the Walnut Women s Club with a review and preview themed afternoon. The event featured a by laws review by Mrs Everette Lewis and a humorous style show with modeling by several members. Thirteen Rebekah Club members met for a pot luck planning session for the April 14 IOOF Hall gathering with traveling bingo as entertainment. A new Anchorage business sign proclaims Twin Peaks Bra Shop on Fifth Avenue.
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Lyle Wilson
Walnut Women’s Club
Glenn Miller
Robert Brinning
Gale Walker
Everette Lewis
Robert Johnson
Milton Schnicker
Schnicker
Edwin Lukavsky
Herbert Ferrell
Earl Ferrell
Wilson
Rodney Letts
Lukavsky
Rebekah Club
Edith Weidner
Carl Kelley
IOOF
Ethel Palmer
Thelma Rohrer
Anchorage
Alaska
UPI
Fifth Avenue
Twin Peaks
Swine Banquet Tickets Available for March 15
Tickets remain for the swine banquet to be held Tuesday evening March 15 at 6:30 at the Methodist Church. Entertainment by the Hi Fi's of Washington High School. Guest speaker Harold Ward from Cedar Rapids. Gene Wead, president of the Washington County Swine Producers Association, says tickets are $2 from swine directors or the Extension office.
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Methodist Church
S of Washington High School
Harold Ward
Cedar Rapids
Gene Wead
Washington County
Swine Producer’s Association
Markets Livestock Chicago Live Market Report
Hogs 5 000 head 25 50 lower than Thursday with No 1 2 190 225 lb at 24 50 to 24 75. 135 head at 24 85. mixed No 1 3 190 240 lb 23 75 to 24 50. Cattle 4 000 head no calves slaughter steers off up to 1 00. heifers steady to 25 lower. prime 1200 1350 lb slaughter steers 31 75 to 32 00. high choice and prime 1050 1400 lb 30 00 to 31 75. choice 900 1375 lb 28 00 to 30 00. good 25 00 to 27 00. low prime 105 lb slaughter heifers 29 50. choice 800 1075 lb 26 25 to 28 50. good 23 50 to 25 75. canner and cutter cows 17 00 to 19 50. Sheep 1 000 head slaughter lambs steady to 50 lower. double deck choice and prime 109 lb 27 00. two loads 115 lb 26 75.
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Chicago
UPI
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Wellman American Legion
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West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
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Paul V. Shearer
West Main
P. L. Etter
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South Iowa
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