Custer Builds 40 Horse Model Wagon For Hobby
Richard D. Custer, 45, of 515 South Second Ave, spent over 100 hours crafting a six inch high miniature 40 horse hitch and circus wagon from plywood. He based it on a real 40 horse hitch owned by Dick Sparrow of near Zearing, Iowa, and aims to exhibit it at shows after finishing faces for the drivers. The display sits at Coast to Coast store on the square, while he plans a second project a single team hitch and ice wagon.
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Richard D
Dick) Custer
Journal
Richard D. Custer
Custer
South Second Ave
Dick Sparrow
Zearing
McCleery Cumming plans expansion of Washington plant
McCleery Cumming Company of Washington will add about 31 500 square feet to its plant at 915 East Tyler Street. Construction starts in June on the east side, converting a parking area into manufacturing and storage space to total 167 000 square feet. A 330-car parking area will be added. The expansion, funded by unidentified costs, aims to improve efficiency and accommodate more volume amid cramped peak season conditions. The new 210 by 150 foot addition will extend plant frontage to 540 feet.
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McCleery-Cumming Company
Washington
Richard H. McCleery
Ced
McCleery
Calendar Manufacturing Company
East
Tyler St
Social Security regional office shift to Iowa City for Washington County
Washington County residents now contact the regional Social Security office in Iowa City for inquiries instead of Burlington. The Iowa City office operates five days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at 706 South Dubuque Street. A representative will visit the Washington post office on Wednesdays and Wellman on the first Thursday of each month, continuing the prior schedule.
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Washington County
Iowa City
Burlington
South Dubuque Street
Washington Post
Wellman
Oratorical Contest at Junior High Gym Tonight
The Washington Optimist Club sponsors an oratorical contest at 7 p.m. in the junior high school gym. Six boys and five girls compete, with winners advancing to a zone contest in April at the Captain's Table.
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Washington Optimist Club
Weather in Zones 9 and 13 Turns Cooler This Week
Mostly cloudy this afternoon through Friday with little temperature change. Cooler today with highs in the upper 40s to lower 50s and tonight’s lows in the mid to upper 30s. Winds northeast to north around 10 to 20 mph this afternoon, diminishing tonight. Rain chances are 20 percent this afternoon and Friday, 10 percent tonight.
New Chautauqua revival in Washington in June
Friends of SCAD and Kirkwood Community College plan a week long New Chautauqua at Washington High School June 4 to 9 reviving the traveling tent shows of the early 20th century. The effort includes a $3100 grant from the Iowa Board for Public Programs in the Humanities to bring academic humanists to the public.
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Washington County Fairgrounds
Chautauqua
Washington
Friends of Scad
Kirkwood Community College
Harry Harrison
Karl Detzer
SCAD
Washington High School
Iowa Board For Public Programs
Federal Arts Council
Washington Community Senior District votes on seven board seats May 21
Washington Community Senior District voters will decide all seven seats on the new seven member school board on Monday May 21 along with a possible construction measure for a new administration building. The board met with architect Roland Wehner to discuss sketches and location on West Main Street at North Avenue C. Preliminary plans put the building cost between 75000 and 90000 funded by schoolhouse funds and a 2 percent mill levy, requiring only a simple majority.
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Washington Community Senior District
Roland Wehner
West Main Street
North Avenue C
Wehner
Walter Sojka
Fred Evans
Doris Sojka
Florence Sobaski
Brighton
Larry Robison
Washington
Robison
Earl Rae
Evans
Dean Luers
James Lloyd
Mayor outlines plan for new fire station without vote
Mayor Ralph Martin told the Washington Kiwanis Club that a new fire station, to be built on city lots east of City Hall, is the top 1973 city goal. He expects funding from bequests and federal revenue sharing, avoiding local taxes or bonds, with planning to start soon and construction possibly by year end. He urged local control over development, sewer and water expansion, and curb work while favoring reduced state and federal grants.
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Ralph Martin
Martin
Washington Kiwanis Club
City Hall
William Whittenberg
Chamber of Commerce
Leon Hillman
William Perdock
Industrial Board
Washington
Kindergarten Registration at St James Friday
Parents register for kindergarten at St James Friday March 30 at 9 am. To qualify a child must be five by September 15 1973. Baptismal certificate required if not baptized at St James. Session is for parents. registered children invited to school on another day. New students may register at the school office on any school day.
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St. James
Faceted Glass Window Installed in New United Presbyterian Church
A one ton plus faceted glass window by Superior Art Glass Company was installed in the west sanctuary of the new United Presbyterian Church. Weighing 150 pounds per section, the 21 sections were moved from Des Moines and fit into a framework in a single day, with remaining time placing old leaded panes around it. The 12 ft 6 in by 21 ft window centers the sanctuary aisle and showcases a Blenko glass composition in gold, blue, green, and red, featuring the church seal, with construction continuing toward a potential May first service.
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United Presbyterian Church
John Richard Dwyer
Superior Art Glass Company
Des Moines
John
Presbyterian
France
Midwest
Ames
Wartburg College
Waverly
Blenko Company
Milton
W.va
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Wall Street
Chautauqua, N.Y
William Jennings Bryan
Billy Sunday
Mary) Zielinski
Gifford
Sara Lu) Morrison
Zielinski
Kalona
Morrison
The
Evening Journal
Washington, Iowa
Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
E. K. Schlapkohl
Don Zwicki
Schlapkohl
Burge Hammond
Tom English
Whittenberg
Hillman
Hilfman
Perdock
Kiwanis
Max Smith
Othyli
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