Prairie Flower school board shifts staff and reports programs
Prairie Flower staff changes include Dixie Harrington resigning, John Prohaska hired for pre vocational work study, Linda Paris named primary teacher, and Julia DePenning to teach the advanced class. The board heard Dr. Carl Betts discuss four years of a state services to crippled children program and set up the future Prairie Flower area. A preschool for hard of hearing children and a Washington County tutorial program report were reviewed, with 32 children helped by mostly volunteer workers and church and college supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Flower
Supt
Dwight Bode
Dixie Harrington
John Prohaska
Linda Paris
Julia DePenning
Carl Betts
University of Iowa
Prairie Flower School
Washington County
United Presbyterian Home
Iowa Wesleyan College
Hansel and Gretel Opera Draws Junior High Chorus
A May 10 performance of Hansel and Gretel by Eth Elbert Humperdininkt at Iowa Wesleyan College drew a junior high chorus group and guests. Attendees included Carla Craig Barb White Debbie Powell Chryse Lund Mary Jo Koehler Jane Kron Jennie Latta Debbie Waldschmidt and more with Mr and Mrs James McGrath and daughters among the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansel and Gretel
Ethelbert Humperdinkt
Iowa Wesleyan College
Opera Workshop
Larry Cullisin
Carla Craig
Barb White
Debbie Powell
Chryse Lund
Mary Jo Koehler
Jane Kron
Jennie Latta
Debbie Waldschmidt
Charles Procter
Janice Chalupa
Rickie Rat
Funeral services for Don McClure set for Thursday
Funeral services for Don McClure are scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday at Jones Funeral Home. Rev. Edward F. Collins will officiate with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McClure
Jones Funeral Home
Edward F. Collins
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mid-Prairie Census and FFA FHA Dance Highlights
Mid-Prairie School District will conduct a census before June 1 under Iowa law to update records, listing families and ages including disabilities. Meanwhile the annual FFA FHA dance on Friday April 5 featured The Wizard of Oz theme, crowning Kathy Redlinger and Richard Redlinger as king and queen with attendants Linda Kern Kay Miller Dale Lampe Howard Pewitt. Mother-Daughter FHA Spring Tea followed after school with corsages, new officers installed, and refreshments served.
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Mid - Prairie
Iowa
Kathy Redlinger
Richard Redlinger
Linda Kern
Kay Miller
King
Dale Lampe
Howard Pewitt
F.H.A
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Report
Yesterday admissions include Mrs Frank Dea of Ainsworth for surgery and Mr and Mrs Lonnie McGee of Ainsworth welcoming a son. Dismissals include Mrs Eldin Bauer of West Chester. Today’s entries list Mrs Gertrude Ragan of Washington and Eli Cook, plus Miss Florence Anderson of Fairfield, and Mrs Mary Houseal, Mrs Anna Am long of Washington.
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Frank Dea
Ainsworth
Surgicals
Lonnie McGee
Eldin Bauer
West Chester
Gertrude Ragan
Washington
Eli Cook
Florence Anderson
Fairfield
Mary Houseal
Anna Amlong
Pauls sell Nicola and Riverside lots to Russells
George W. Paul and wife transfer contracts for lots 1 2 and 3 in Nicola and Riverside to Charles B. Russell and wife. The deal records the real estate conveyance between the two couples under the dated instruments.
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George W. Paul
Charles B. Russell
Nicola
Riverside
Deeds Recorded For Thompson Marr and Bouchard Properties
Charles D. Thompson and wife transfer starting at 83 feet north of the southwest corner of lot 7 block 5 Ainsworth to Roy Marr and wife. Hal R. Hotle and wife deed lot 2 block 1 Hotle's second subdivision Washington to Ora E. Bouchard Sr.
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Charles D. Thompson
Roy Marr
Ainsworth
Hal R. Hotle
Ora E. Bouchard Sr
Hotle
Washington
Local Births and Meetings Reported in Community
Mr and Mrs Fred Andersen welcome a son Jeffrey born Monday May 13 to Mr and Mrs Gary Leer of Portland Oregon. Mrs Leer is Cherie Andersen. Thirty Niners Club postpones meeting to May 29 at County Home. Mrs Etta Reeves entertained weekend guests Helen Sage and son Rodney of Kelley Iowa. St Anthony s Circle meets 8 pm Wednesday with Mrs Edwin Wittetoe. Mr and Mrs Jud Grove and three daughters from Huntington Beach Calif visit week with Mrs Grove s parents Richard A Stewart. Mrs Ethel Sherman admitted to Mercy Hospital Iowa City for eye surgery Wednesday. She is on third floor room 312. Mr and Mrs John H Blum of Ontario Calif have moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Andersen
Jeffrey
Gary Leer
Portland
Oregon
Leer
Cherie Andersen
Thirty Niners
Etta Reeves
Helen Sage
Rodney
Kelley, Iowa
Jud Grove
Huntington Beach
Calif
Ethel Sherman
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Roundup of quirky notes and local anecdotes from the era
A collection of colorful quotes and scenes including a clerk noting a circled signature, a boastful traveler with wild women avoiding using his real name, a boast about a 14 month care bill, and a New Mexico sheriff courting votes on an Indian Reservation with a Social Security joke. Also a golfer Bob Bates shines on a Manhattan shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Governor backs sale of poppies in Poppy Week 1968
Local American Legion Auxiliary notes Buddy Poppy sale scheduled Friday and Saturday. Governor Harold E. Hughes signed a proclamation naming May 18 to 25 as Poppy Week 1968 urging Iowa citizens to support the program. He cites Poppy Day’s 47 year history aiding disabled veterans and honoring war dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
Family Mother's Day Dinner Hosted by Washington Hosts
Mr and Mrs John S Blum and family of Washington hosted a Mother's Day gathering at Dickeys Prairie Home Sunday. The event honored Mr and Mrs John H Blum and Mr and Mrs Larry Blum of Washington and Mr and Mrs Fred Shalla of Brighton.
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North 7Th Street
Washington
John S. Blum
Family of
Dickey’s Prairie Home
John H. Blum
Larry Blum
Fred Shalla
Brighton
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Ft. Dodge
F.T.D
Wolf's Flower Shop
Square News
Hansel & Gretel
Vol
Squire
Bill
Elmer
Mid-Prairie
St. Anthony’s Circle
Edwin Wittetoe
Ontario, Calif
R. G. Yoder
Margaret Miller
Ronald J. Miller
Armstrong
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Bob Stevenson
Pete Boshart
Dick Giardino
H. B
Manhattan
Bob Bates
Bob
Squire Shoppe
Evening Journal
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Louis J. Kehoe
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South Ave
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Ben
Franklin
North Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
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