Hughes plans candidate briefings and 125th anniversary
The report notes Hughes will brief candidates and host a 125th anniversary celebration in their community later this summer. It also mentions the Washington men causing trouble Friday night and Harold appearing before a kangaroo court, sentenced to provide refreshments for the Fairfield group visiting Washington later.
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Washington
Harold
Fairfield Group
Fairfield Ledger
Bob Cox
Fairfield Whiskey Club
Harold Jarvis
Brothers of the Brush
Fairfield
Six Weekend Traffic Deaths Raise Iowa Toll to 221
United Press International reports six people died in Iowa traffic crashes over the weekend, including a fatal car train collision near Cummings. Victims include Mary K. Smith, 17, Cascade, and Michael David Jox, 21, Des Moines, with several others injured or hospitalized. The statewide toll through May 3 reached 221, up 59 from 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Iowa
Cummings
Mary K. Smith
Cascade
Filmore Bridge
U.S. 151
Patrick Haertsman
Dubuque
Timothy Lee Brown
Massena
Greenfield
Allen Casteel
Casteel
Michael David Jox
Francis Ave
Des’ Moines
Marilyn K. McVay
Des Moines
Public invited to tour Washington water plant
Glenn C. Yoder and Washington's municipal waterworks directors invite the public to tour the local water plant during Water Week May 4 through May 10 as Iowa Governor Harold Hughes proclaims the week to highlight the water works industry. Open houses displays and newspaper coverage are planned to showcase the water supply and distribution system and its role in public safety and convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn C. Yoder
Washington
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Retail merchants to meet Tuesday morning
Members of the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Washington Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday, May 5 at 9 15 a m in the basement auditorium of the Iowa Southern Utilities Co building. Plans for coming events will be discussed, including ideas for Ridiculous Day as a feature of the 125th anniversary in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Bureau
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Dick Paul
Kiwanis Travelogue Series Ends Tonight at School
The Washington Kiwanis Club wraps its Travel and Adventure series with a 7 30 p m showing of Thrills on the Colorado at the high school auditorium. Photographer lecturer provides remarks while Boy Scouts are invited to attend in groups as guests of the club.
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Washington Kiwanis Club
Colorado
Colado
Kiwanis Club
Washington County Heart Fund hits all time high total
John J. Zachar Jr president of Cedar Valley Division of the Iowa Heart Association says Washington County unit has reached an all time high in the 1964 Heart Fund campaign with receipts totaling 4854.40 dollars to date. T M Nelson chairs the Washington unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Zachar, Jr
Cedar Valley
Iowa Heart Association
Washington County
Heart Fund
T.M. Nelson
Washington
Brothers of the Brush plan Chicago trip mass meeting
Harold Jarvis, general chairman, urges all Brothers of the Brush to attend a Legion rooms city hall meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. A final decision on a chartered May 17 train to a Chicago baseball game will be made. Reservations must hit 300 by Tuesday. cost is 17 dollars per person, covering transport and ball game admission.
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Brothers of the Brush
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Harold Jarvis
Bearded Group
Chicago
Jarvis
Hughes calls for briefings for all gubernatorial candidates
Des Moines Governor Hughes proposed that all information on state finances and legislative matters be shared with every gubernatorial candidate. He cited difficulty in 1964 and suggested tax data and committee reports be provided to opponents. He plans to open his Des Moines campaign HQ and will farm out campaign work to volunteers while debating Hultman and possibly Dilley.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Atty N. Evan Hultman
Robert Dilley
American Independence
Johnson
Hotel Savery
Marge Wheeler
Commerce
Rites Tuesday for William Ettermiller
Funeral services for William Ettermiller 96 of rural Wellman oldest Washington county resident will be Tuesday May 5 at 2 p.m. in the Wellman Baptist Church with Rev Arthur Ulrich officiating Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery Powell Funeral Home in charge He was born April 28 1868 on the farm where he spent his life He was the son of Peter and Phoebe Steiner Etter m iller He married Carry Herr October 6 1892 of Kinross He was a member of the Lutheran Church and 100 F lodge He is survived by his wife and nieces and nephews He was preceded in death by one sister.
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Wellman
William Ettermiller
Washington County
Wellman Baptist Church
Arthur Ulrich
Powell
Ettermiller
Peter
Phoebe Steiner Ettermiller
Herr of
Kinross
Lutheran Church
1OOF Lodge
Local Man Max F. Miller Dies At 70 In Here
Max F. Miller 70 died at 11 a.m. Sunday May 3 1964 at his home 401 East Main Street after years of poor health. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home with Rev John Hodgs on presiding, burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Born March 24 1894 in Reinbeck Iowa to Herman and Josephine Akers, he married Blanche Larsen May 12 1917. Survived by wife a daughter Mrs L B Eicher of Washington three grandchildren Thomas and Sarah Eicher of Washington and Karen Whitley of Atlanta Ga one brother Milo Miller of Kankakee.
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Max F. Miller
East Main Street
Jones
John Hodgson
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Miller
Reinbeck
Iowa
Herman
Josephine Akers
Blanche Larsen
Presbyterian Church
L. B. Eicher
Washington
Thomas E
Sarah Eicher
Karen Whitley
Atlanta
Milo Miller
Kankakee
St James Observes Feast of the Ascension Mass Schedule
St James Church will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension with Masses at 6 7 30 and 9 a.m. The feast is a Holy day of Obligation for Catholics. The note also states Wednesday May 8 is neither a day of fast nor abstinence.
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Our Lord
Heaven
St. James Church
Iowa Weather Brief: Partly cloudy with scattered storms
Across Iowa, skies remain partly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms that diminish toward night. It turns cooler tonight with lows from 40 in the northwest to the 50s in the southeast, and highs Tuesday from the 60s in the northwest to the upper 70s in the southeast.
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Iowa
U P Brotherhood Plans Ladies Night at Marion Avenue Church
The Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Men’s Brotherhood invites all men to attend ladies night tonight. Men are urged to bring their wives as guests. Chaplain Art Brotz of the Mt. Pleasant Mental Health Institute will present the program.
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Marion Avenue
United Presbyterian Men's Brotherhood
Art Brotz
Mt. Pleasant
Picket planned at General Motors in Detroit and Nashville desegregation push
Civil rights activists plan a six hour noon picket at General Motors headquarters in Detroit while Nashville aims to become the first fully desegregated southern city. King urged a new wave of demonstrations at Fisk University and a courthouse prayer pilgrimage. Police arrested about 102 during Nashville protests. seven officers were injured. In Memphis, Black church access was denied for the seventh straight Sunday at Second Presbyterian. Klansmen rallied in Jacksonville and Denham Springs as Griffin, Georgia, residents convicted five white men for cross burning outside a Black business.
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Nashville
Tenn
South
Detroit
General Motors
Uader
Martin Luther King Jr
Fisk University
Tennessee
King
Memphis
Second Presbyterian Church
Henry Edward Russell
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
J. B. Stoner
National States Rights Party
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisiana
Denham Springs
Baton Rouge
Griffin
No More Parcel Post Deliveries Tuesdays
Washington will suspend parcel post deliveries on Tuesdays starting this week per postmaster Harry Levy. The change affects business and residential parcels citywide, but rural routes, box deliveries, and the mounted city edge route remain active. Ordered at the federal level, it forms part of the postal department economy measures.
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Parcel Post
Washington
Harry Levy
Postal Department
Bridge Marathon Party Slated for May 14
The annual Y's Men's bridge marathon party now set for Thursday evening May 14, postponed from May 7 due to a school concert. All couples who participated are invited to the YMCA community room for bridge and prize awards to winners.
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YMCA
Washington County Art Exhibit Opens At County Library
Many entries from exhibitors across the county are on display at the Washington Public Library for this year’s annual show. The exhibit runs all week with no admission charge, featuring 118 pictures, copper trays, toothpick sculptures, welded sculpture, and a jewelry display. Highlights include numerous high school artworks and pieces from adult education classes and the Art Guild. Organized by the Applied Arts Department of Fortnightly with Mrs Richard Young as chair, the show involves several committees handling invitations posters and publicity. Funeral services for Mrs Sam Neill will be held Thursday May 7 1964 at 2 p.m. at Sherman Eden Funeral Home with Rev Dr Theodore Schwartz officiating.
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Washington Public Library
Washington County
Art Guild
Applied Arts Department of Fortnightly
Richard Young
Bob Vanderlinden
Reid Orris
Robert Libe
Tom English
Marvin McClure
Mary Lee Moore
John Butler
Merle Turnipseed
Sam Neill
Sherman Eden
Theodore Schwartz
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Jim McVay
Marilyn
Ernst Griffiths
Brock
U.S. 75
Sioux Center
Roger Moorman
Hull
Kiwanis
Brothers OF Brush
St. James
U.P. Brotherhood
Ladies’ Night
United Press Internationa
Sam H. Neill
Christine Campbell
Clifford Nobell
East Second St
Washington High School
Chris
Journal
Dallas Kinney
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