Washington YMCA Green Toads Swim Team Finishes 1971 Season Strong
Washington YMCA Green Toads place fourth at the Midwest Area Meet in Waukesha Wisconsin on April 1 after a 9-0 dual record. They also won the State YMCA Swim os at Williamsburg on March 7 while the girls go 6-3 and place fifth at Fort Dodge on March 4.
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Washington Ymca-Ymca
Green Toads
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Williamsburg
Fort Dodge
Milo
Maxine Steele
Maxine
Charlie McAvoy
Evelyn Lukavsky
Ezra Smith
Frank Lukovsky
John Elliott
Don Hanson
Jerry King
Chuck Gibson
Ed Gray
Mike Shalla
R. C. Watson
James Schmidt
Washington Green Toads
Teen Center Gets Major Room Improvements
Members of the Washington's Men's Club and volunteers completed a major Teen Center upgrade. New wall paneling enhances the gathering place for teens involved in YMCA activities.
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Washington’s Men’s Club
Y Indian Guides Camp Fires Burn Bright in Washington Nation
The Y Indian Guides and Princesses program shares a thriving scene in Washington Nation with about seven guides and four princess tribes. Activities include bi monthly pow wows, kite contests, campouts at Camp Arrowhead, potlucks, and an annual drive to form new tribes aided by local grade schools. New officers were installed Wayne Brock as Chief and others.
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BIG Foot
William Guenther
Y-Indian Guide & Princess
Y Indian Guides
Washington Nation
Marr’s Pond
Washington Y Indian Guides
Camp Arrowhead
Ottumwa
YMCA
Izaak Walton Grounds
Wayne Brock
Pete Bell
Lloyd Beenblossom
Garth Rustan
YMCA Leagues Engage Hundreds of Grade School Boys
Jeff Buhr directs a busy year of YMCA grade school leagues with flag football for 125 boys in fall, skill classes, and weekly games. November and December feature a 1000 Point Contest with 40-plus participants across 13 events. Basketball, hockey, wrestling, wiffleball and track follow, with 50-plus traveling to clinics in Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, and over 150 boys in summer baseball across 13 teams.
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YMCA
Jeff Buhr
Washington E
Denny Coon
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Washington
Boys complete tests on rifle competency
Under Jack Mings and Gary Shebeck, boys finish hunter safety as recognized by the State Conservation Commission. After safety training, they join a flight to shoot .22 rifles, with an air rifle class on Mondays for younger participants.
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Jack Mings
Hunters
State Conservation Commission
Mings
Gary Shebeck
National Rifle Association
Somesing Special Teaches Teens Through Music And Dance
The Somesing Special at the Teen Center raised over 200 dollars for YMCA World Service. The Washington act marked its sixth annual performance, held in the gym to fit the crowd under director Richard Choate.
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Ymca World Service
Washington
Richard Choate
Endowment Fund Supports YMCA Programs In Washington
The YMCA Endowment Fund remains vital to financial support. In 1971 investment income totaled 19 573.21 dollars, up about 1500 from the prior year, yielding six percent on market value. Bequests from Lulu Long and Carrie Davis helped grow the fund as a lasting gift to youth.
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Robert Reed
YMCA
Washington
Lulu Long
Carrie Davis
President's Report on Membership Drive Gains
The report notes a successful membership drive with increases in members and funds and optimistic growth prospects for the year. Thanks are extended to all, and two years of effort by the group are praised.
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YMCA
Bob Huber
Directors list by year from 1972 to 1974
The board names appear by year: 1972 Robert Huber Don Minick Robert Reed Richard Ross Rex Lee. 1973 Robert Bates Yale Jarvis Wayne Knupp W C Sitler Dean Stanley. 1974 Phil Ahrens Gifford Morrison George Van Houten John Walker Tom Waters.
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Robert Huber
Don Minick
Robert Reed
Richard Ross
Rex Lee
Robert Bates
Yale Jarvis
Wayne Knupp
W. C. Sitler
Dean Stanley
Phil Ahrens
Gifford Morrison
George van Houten
John Walker
Tom Waters
Committees Named With Board Tie In Voluntary Groups
A list of members serving on standing and active committees used by the board shows at least three directors also sit on Youth Work Building Endowment Finance Membership Personnel Public Relations Physical Education World Service and YMCA YWCA committees with names including Phil Ahrens Dean Stanley Wayne Knupp John Prochaska Jerry Ridley Jim Rossen Charles Thompson Bob Huber Rex Lee and others across multiple organizations.
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Phil Ahrens
Dean Stanley
Wayne Knupp
John Prochaska
Jerry Ridley
Jim Rossen
Charles Thompson
Dick Peterson
Jack Kiesey
John Helscher
Charles Gibson
Monroe Howell
Dennis Coon
Bob Huber
Tom Waters
Rex Lee
Bill Sitler
Giff Morrison
Charles Crull
A. C. Peterson
Richard McCleery
Don Hanson
Pete Getz
Jerry
Verna) King
Neal
Roberta) Lampkin
Bob Reed
L. A. Holland
Robert Day
Richard Weeks
Dick McCleery
Nels Westermark
E. D. Morrison Jr
John Winga Sr
Merle Turnipseed
Also Mentioned on This Page
Annual Report
Washington Community Ymca
Washington Ymca
Milo Steele JR
Y.W.C.A
the Board of Directors
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