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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1976
Page
10
The yearly camp runs July 18 to 24 at Lake Darling for girls finishing grades two through six. Registration starts May 24 at the YWCA office, with a $25 fee and a $12 non refundable deposit due with the form. A physical is required within seven days of arrival. Limit 90 attendees.
Markets report grain and livestock across Chicago Joliet and Des Moines with cattle and hog prices varying by weight and grade. Des Moines trade shows slow to moderate demand with butchers higher and sow prices up, while receipts and comparisons to prior weeks are noted.
Listings of law firms and professionals in Washington Iowa including Griffiths Anderson Buffer Day Kehoe Meeker Bates Morrison Morrison Lloyd Owen Stewart Shearer Tindal Kauffman Tweeton Lemmon counseling nursing homes and child care. Also notes horse racing history and moving services with addresses and phone numbers. Includes MAPLEWOOD MANOR nursing home and Atlas Van Lines agent.
Opal M. Gardner 81 of Kalona died Wednesday May 19 1976 at Pleasantview Home where she had lived about 18 months. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Peterseim Chapel Kalona with Rev Rodger McKinney officiating burial Sharon Hill Cemetery visitation at the funeral home. Memorials to Pleasantview Home. She was born Oct 8 1894 in Washington County daughter of William and Laura McBride. She married Oscar Gardner May 5 1914 in Washington. They farmed in the county then retired to Kalona nine years ago. Surviving: three daughters Mildred Henry Keota Helen Tackenberg Mt. Pleasant Gladys Gardner Kalona. three sons Donald Washington Earl Kalona Lester Iowa City. 11 grandchildren 5 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by husband Nov 16 1970 three infant children one son Cloyd two sisters one brother.
Rep. Edward Mezvinsky of Iowa released a public financial statement listing 1975 income tax totals of 12 753 09 dollars. The filing shows 9 950 36 dollars in federal taxes and 2 802 73 dollars in state and local taxes. It also reports assets of 472 948 dollars, liabilities of 271 227 dollars, and a net worth of 201 721 dollars.
Almanac notes mark May 19 as the 140th day of 1976 with 226 remaining. The moon nears last quarter and celestial sightings include Venus Jupiter in the morning and Mercury Mars Saturn in the evening. It notes May 19 birthdays for John Hopkins born 1795 and recalls the 1945 Tokyo bombing by over 400 American B-29 Superfortress planes.
Mrs. Fred Coakley 80 of rural West Chester died Tuesday evening May 18 1976 at Washington County Hospital after five weeks of serious illness. Funeral services 1 30 p m Friday at Jones Funeral with Rev Dave Higdon. burial Elm Grove Cemetery. friends 7 to 8 30 p m Thursday. Born April 27 1896 in Fulton County Illinois she married Fred Coakley Feb 22 1916 in Iowa City. Survived by husband Orville Coakley Crawfordsville one grandson two granddaughters six great grandchildren one sister Ruth Helle Smithfield Illinois and preceded in death by a sister and two brothers.
Wellman Iowa Southern Utilities Co announces John Harthoorn as parent district lineman replacing Norval Kephart who retires early. Harthoorn joined in 1974 in Washington as apprentice distr lineman. Kephart, Electrician helper since 1952, is disabled and moved to Sigourney after transfers across Hedrick Wellman and Sigourney.
Funeral services for Tom Bayliss age 86 are scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m. at Mary's Catholic Church in Keota with Rev. Raymond Vogel officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. A rosary will be offered Thursday at 8 p.m. at Powell Funeral Home in Keota. Bayliss died early Tuesday May 1976 at Maplewood Manor Keota.
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