Dear Aunt Agatha Washington May 25 1968
Dear Auntie notes end of school tone with Baccalaureate Sunday and Commencement Tuesday. Mentions summer plans, park improvements, annual Rotary service awards, and remodeling at home economics, plus a possible new city fire truck agreement and Crane Co factory hiring as it nears completion.
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Central Park
Case Field
Washington
Farmers Mutual Insurance Co
Margaret O. Clarkson
Philadelphia
Halcyon House
Nice Stork Gazette
WILLIAM EDWARD PATTERSON JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Patterson, 205 North Hamilton, Keota. STACY MARIE WILSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Michael Wilson, 1309 East Second, Washington. SUSAN RENEE TAPPAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tappan, 1038 North Seventh, Washington. KAYLENE ANN STEELE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lee Steele, Rural Route 2, Winfield.
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William Edward Patterson JR
William Edward Patterson
North
Hamilton, Keota
Stacy Marie Wilson
Gary Michael Wilson
East Second, Washington
Susan Renee Tappan
Mrs
Donald Tappan
North Seventh
Washington
Kaylene Ann Steele
Gary Lee Steele
Winfield
Gary Steele
Larry De-Long
Kathleen Escher
Gerald Wasson
Mary Kay Vanderlinden
Harry Hutt
Myron Burroughs
Gary Wilson
William Patterson
Keota
Frank Dea
Ainsworth
A. Marshall Krattebol
Hinsdale, Ilinois
Linda Ann
Richard Eyestone
Clifford Eyestone
Richland
Clarence Seivert
Louise
Michael Dailey
John Dailey
Lock Springs, Mo
The Week on the Farm Air Battles and Swallow Activity
The writer observes crows being attacked by red-winged blackbirds in a field sees barn swallows nesting and performing agile flights while warning off intruders. Weather stays cool with ideal moisture and corn shows a yellow cast pending sun. Harrowing Friday likely damaged some corn but helped weed control and kept plant numbers high enough.
Saturday Journal reader note on out-of-state subscriptions
The Saturday Edition explains it offers a weekly summary for former Washington residents and other out-of-state readers. It invites subscribers to receive the edition by mail for $3.50 per year, highlighting accessibility for distant readers.
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Journal
Washington
Hospital Monday Admitted and Births
List of patient admissions discharges and births from Washington area hospitals over recent days. Entries include Mrs. Frank Crone and Raymond Schleif admitted or noted, births to Gary Steele and a Keota couple, and several Washington residents discharged or treated for medical or surgical conditions.
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Frank Crone
Washington
Raymond Schleif
Washington week in review brings local events to light
Washington notes highlight FBLA Outstanding Speaker award for Hubert Lohrer and hospital birth of a girl as the county’s new facility opens. Highlights include fountain work in Central Park, graduations at Ottumwa Heights and Friends Bible College, bridge marathon winners, and local family news from Keota to Keota.
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Central Park
Charles Wolfe Receives Medical Update in Washington
Friday item notes Charles Wolfe of Washington in a medical update today. It also mentions Effie Jolly of Ainsworth in a separate Friday notice.
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Charles Wolfe
Washington
Effie Jolly
Ainsworth
Deaths and obituaries from various Iowa towns
Death notices include Mrs. W H Folckemer of Corpus Christi funeral in Texas and Mr L L Thurston of Columbus Junction. Other deaths: Fordyce F Creitz of Los Angeles. Mathias Mallinger of Richland. William H Jensen of 924 South Third Avenue. Mrs Charles C Cunningham of Fort Worth, buried Greenwood after May 15 illness.
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Dan Brindley
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mr. Brindley
W. H. Folckemer
Capitola Brindley
Folckemer
Galveston
Fordyce F. Creitz
Eva Crawford
Bella Gardner
Pearl Gardner
Los Angeles
Calif
Creitz
William Hans Jensen
South Third Avenue
Journal News Desk
Charles C. Cunningham
Rogers
Ft. Worth
Greenwood
Margaret O. Clarkson
Philadelphia
Halcyon House
Clarkson
Methodist Homes For the
Mabel Rehfeldt
Grace Hebel
South Iowa Methodist Homes, Inc
Plant highway flower garden at intersection north of town
Washington's community flower garden at the intersection of highways 92 and 1 has been planted by Monroe Bud Howell of Northrup King. This year many flowers return from last year with some arrangement changes noted.
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Washington
Monroe
Bud) Howell
Northrup King
Reported Killed in Vietnam Danny Rich 20
Danny K. Rich, 20, was reported killed in Vietnam after being listed as missing in action since May 6. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Rich, formerly of Brighton, now of New Orleans, with burial planned in Roseville, California, where he was reared.
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Danny K. Rich
Vietnam
Hubert Rich
New Orleans
Brighton
Roseville
Calif
Pete Rich
Everett Cox
el Paso
Texas
Ralph E. Cox
Ft. Bliss
Ralph
Ft. Huachuca
Arizona
South
Rotary awards honor local leaders and students
The Washington Rotary Club honored Hugo Lensch retired manager of the Cargill plant and Randy Hillman Washington High School senior with Distinguished Service Awards at a Thursday banquet. Carl Dallmeyer of McCleery Cumming Co. was named to multiple committees of the Specialty Advertising Association. Also noted are Iowa State University graduates with area ties and local Open House attendance, military service updates, and community visits in Washington Iowa.
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Hugo Lensch
Randy Hilfman
Hugo
Rotary Club
Randy
Leon Hilfman
Jim McCarthy
Washington High School
Eldon Luers
Mike Zager
Jaycees
Centerville
Cargill
Washington
Randy Hillman
Lensch
Leon Hillman
Carl Dallmeyer
McCleery - Cumming Co., Inc
Distributors
Statistical & Methods Committee
Specialty Advertising Association
Dallmeyer
Iowa State University
Ames
Armory
Ainsworth
George B. Trotter
Marjorie M. Wulf
Kalona
Phillip E. Winborn
Agronomy
Alice M. Lance
Christine M. Lemmon
Stephen J. Nemmers
Christine Popenhagen
Ronald R. Wagner
Wellman
Philip G. Miller
Dee E. Potsander
Robert J. Riffel
Gene B. Vincent
M.S
Will aid tornado victims through grocery can campaign
Washington area residents join a campaign to collect extra canned foods for Iowans hit by tornadoes in northeast Iowa. Robert Wead chairs the effort with the county Red Cross. grocers pledge participation to support food and essential items for communities like Charles City and Oelwein.
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Washington Area
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Cub) Lohrer
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Roy) Thurston
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Moline
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Wellston
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Kwajalein Drive
Mobile
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Iowa Methodist Hospital School of Nursing
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Trudy
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Spurs
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Rubio
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Glenwood
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Route 1
John L. Wilson
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Evening Journal
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Lexington
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Washington Community School
Auditor of State
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Port Jefferson
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