Attend Chicago Auto Show Heads Visit by Local Couples
West Chester residents Mr. and Mrs. Tom West accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Karl Jones of Washington attended the 60th Annual Auto Show in Chicago on February 25 and toured city sights. The Time for Coffee Club met March 6 with Mrs. Marvin Yoder hosting. Members planned a April 6 night out at Dickey's Prairie Home. reservations due April 1. Also noted are travel updates by Mr. and Mrs. Keith Stewart to Kansas and Iowa visits. WSCS officers elected for September and program details for March meeting chair by Mrs. Tom Hobbs and others. Weather and local farming updates noted from trips home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Tom West
Karl Jones
Washington
Chicago
Time For Coffee Club
Marvin Yoder
Iowa City
Old Capitol Inn
Jay Hough
Gerald DeLong
Keota
Gary Putney
Dickey’s
Prairie Home
Dick Stewart
Keith Stewart
Kansas
Wallace Kinzler
Menlo
Iowa
Scott
City
Stewart
Earl Weisenberger
Frank Weisenberger
Paul Griffith
Lamoni
WSCS
Tom Hobbs
Gordon Packard
Kenneth Cuddeback
Esther Booth
Wittmer guests and family events noted in Wayland
Burlington sailor Randy Wittmer on leave dined with grandmother Mrs Nellie Wittmer and visited Daryl Wittmer in Muscatine. The page records multiple local family visits including anniversaries, births, and weekend gatherings across Washington County with relatives from Cedar Falls, Zuma, Goshen, and Dixon. Wayne Scott born March 12 to Orlin Leichty is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayland
Randy Wittmer
Burlington
U. S. Navy
Nellie Wittmer
Daryl Wittmer
Muscatine
Leora Sauertieg
Luzerne
Gordon Rhum
Cedar Falls
Clarence Rhum
Community Births and Local Visits Highlight Weekend
Dennis the Menace creator Hank Ketcham is not mentioned beyond the byline. Mr and Mrs Larry Sinn and family hosted Sunday dinner with Willis Graber, Laverne Blosser, Chris Fagen, Milburn Gerig and Dennis Blosser present. A new grandson Kevin Lee was born March 8 to Donald and Mrs. Donald Raymond. Clarence Goldsmith returned to rural carrier duties after two months sick leave. Laura Longwell of Washington visited her daughter the Harold Kauffman family. Mrs. William Notzinger, formerly at Mercy Hospital Iowa City, returned home March 6. Arthur Sinn of Coppock returned March 6 from University Hospital Iowa City after electrical burns. P J Graber and Arthur Wyse spent the weekend in the Quad Cities visiting Harold Graber and Clarence Koebel and stopping by Eli Saltzman in Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McGuire
Max McGuire
Washington County
Vernon Gerig
Ray Wyse
Indiana
Wayne Scott
Orlin Leichty
Scott
John Sinn
Noah Wyse
Sam Wittmer
Orie Roth
Rosemary
Linda Beachy
Elmer Earnest
Coralville
Clarence Seagren
Dixon, Ill
Edward Schantz
Cecil Riley
Washington
Arlis
van Sant
Diana
Larry Sinn
Willis Graber
Laverne Blosser
Chris Fagen
Milburn Gerig
Dennis Blosser
Arlis van Sant
Kevin Lee
Donald Raymond
Clarence Goldsmith
Laura Longwell
Harold Kauffman
Fam
Ily
William Notzinger
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Arthur Sinn
Coppock
University Hospital
P. J. Graber
Arthur Wyse
Quad Cities
Mr. Graber
Harold Graber
Mr. Wyse
Clarence Koebel
Eli Saltzman
Rock Island
Donald Knepp
Fort Lewis
California
Mike Brenneman
Harlan Dare
George Simmons
Grinnell
Gerry Leivens
East Moline
H. L. Walker
Myron Jones
C. L. Rogers
C. C. Shimon
C. J. Shimon
Solon
Mary Ann Miller
Ed Knepp
Mary Yotty
Emma Yoder
Keota
Clayton Funston
Brooks Stoutner
Barbara
Middle America
Williamsburg
Herbie
Serre Vista
Arizona
Ronnie Ginkens
Eagle Grove
Barbara Erickson
Fort Dodge
Beverly McClelland
Faye Crawford
Ling
Magnus
Ahmling
Roy
Bill Fink
Magnus Ahmling
Dave Miksch
Robert Galloway
Aurora
Inl
Lavern Sherman
Galloway Farm
Joyee McClelland
McClelland
Roy Page
Oscar Wilson
Opal Schantz
Ivan Ne‘feseger
Chas Wykef
Brighton
Clarence Shull
Dave Brinning
John Brinning
Bertha Harvey
Jim
Jack Knox
Hedrick
J. A. Mayer
John
Cedar Rapids
Viet Nam
Kalona Birthday and Social Notices Highlight Week
Mrs. H J Bigelow was guest of honor at a Kalona birthday dinner with family and friends including Fry siblings and Way relatives. Bridge club prizes awarded at Mrs Hazel Coffey’s, with plans for a dessert party on March 25. Community updates cover hospital inpatient stays and travel by local residents.
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Kalona
H. J. Bigelow
Eugene Way
George W. Fry
Harry Fry
Frank Fry
Earl Fry
Fred Fry
Iowa City
H.L. Grady
J. R. Swartzendruber
Walker
Grace Tilden
Katona
Mercy Hospital
Connie Ehrenfelt
Julie Hartzler
John D. Woodin
United Christian
Williamsburg cafe dinner and local visits in Keota area
Keota residents and visitors share a weekend in Williamsburg and surrounding communities. Mr and Mrs Clayton Funston and others visit by dinner and phone chats with relatives in Arizona. multiple extended families gather for birthdays and church events. A 93rd birthday for Mrs Marty Aller is noted, with hospital updates on Miz Henderson and local Girl Scout week observances at Velenta’s window display.
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Cil Greiner
Robert Urban
Houston
Texas
Earl Baker
Urban
Susie Baker
R. B. Dierdorff
Moscow
Iowa
June Walker
Baby
C. R
Hubert
Eugene Greiner
W. J. Clarahan
Marie Greiner
Sue Pearson
J. E. Greiter
Albert Greiner
Cyril Osweiler
Frank Osweiler
Sigourney
Jim Waterhouse
Lynette
Brighton
Bernard Hahn
Valburga Heisdorffer
Milo Heisdorffer
Leo Heisdorffer
Paul Sparks
Milton
Marty Aller
Maplewood Manor
Keota
Miz Herderson
Washington Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Velenta’s
Alice Patterson
United Presbyterian Church
Mabel Helscher
Marilyn Shirkey
Josephine Helscher
Dale Shirkey
Harper
Pauline Helscher
Bertha Stites
Margaret Guy
Bertha
Pauline
Czechs hail policy shift as Brezhnev intervention fails
In Prague a youth rally applauded a cabinet minister who declared Stalinist era in Czechoslovakia over. Josef Smrkovsky disclosed that Brezhnev had attempted to intervene but withdrew after Prague’s plans persisted. The talk followed Novotny’s ousting by Dubcek and referenced a recent death linked to the Novotny era.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Josef Smrkovsky
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Czech
Brezhnev
Smrkovsky
Antonin Novotny
Alexander Dubcek
Novotny
Vladimir Janko
Sniper fires two shots in LaPorte City Iowa
Two shots were fired at a car entering LaPorte City from the north late Thursday night. Black Hawk County Sheriff Elmer Hightower linked the event to a March 5 slaying of a dairy owner shot eight times in the head, though many details remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte City
Iowa
UPI
Black Hawk County
Elmer Hightower
Evanston man dies in Iowa one-car crash near New Hampton
Arthur J. Henrichs Jr., 23, of Evanston Illinois, was killed when his car struck a concrete bridge abutment near the junction of U.S. 18 and U.S. 63, about six miles south of New Hampton Chickasaw County. He died two hours later in a New Hampton hospital. The Iowa traffic toll rose to 120 for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampton
Iowa
UPI
Evanston
Charles City
Here
Arthur J. Henrichs Jr
U.S. 18
U.S. 63
Chickasaw County
Henrichs
New Hampton Hospital
Start a hotbed now for early flowers and vegetables
The Practical Gardener advises sinking a hotbed frame at least a foot into soil or using a top frame in colder areas. Install with glass sash or lightweight substitutes, heat with electric cables and thermostats, and cover heating cables with sand. Sow in 4–6 inches of soil or in flats, water gently, and keep soil moist for 1–2 weeks. Suitable starters include cosmos, asters, balsam, snapdragons, zinnias, marigolds, calendulas, bells of Ireland, pinks, and geraniums. Early crops include lettuce, beets, cabbage, cucumbers, squashes, cauliflower, broccoli. avoid carrots and parsnips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Escapee returned to hospital room in Iowa City
John William Pieper a 27 year old Davenport man serving 25 years at Fort Madison Iowa Penitentiary escaped from University Hospitals Thursday afternoon asking to use the bathroom. He was recaptured about two hours later after a foot chase in a residential area by an Iowa City police officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City, Iowa
UPI
Davenport
Iowa Penitentiary
Fort Madison
John William Pieper
Iowa City
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J.D. Planter
New Idea
Gehl
Artsway
M.H
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Continental
Kewanee
Emmertt
H. M. Duncan
R. J. Duncan
Ainsworth Paul Heindel
Columbus City Methodist Church
Mrs. Bigelow
Washington County Fairgrounds
M. W
Faye Knight
Keith Murphy
Mike Orris
Williamsburg Cafe
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Royal
Tiffany Glass
Homer Wimpsett
Greeting Card Company
IRS
U.S
Kent Cooper
Debbie
Marty Booth
Iinoisman
Wellston
Mrs. Hloah Farrier
Clifford Thompson
Ainsworth
C. L. Jennings
New London
Noble
Wayne Barta
Barta Auto Body Shop
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