Scouts Weathered Rain On Maquoketa River Canoe Trip
Thirty Scouts and Scouters from Troop 242 undertook a two day trek on the Maquoketa River near Monticello despite forecasts of heavy rain. They launched Saturday afternoon, camped at Picture Rock State Park, faced gusty winds and renewed rains, and ended just ten miles from the river’s end after a four hour bluff ride and a challenging return on Sunday morning.
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Maquoketa River
Monticello
Highway 151
Picture Rock
Abbe Mill
Picture Rock State Park
Phil Garton
Star Scout
Dick Waltman
Darrell Bandy
Dale Bruegge
Dan Goedken
Mel Letcher
Mike Hermann
Lou Pailliotet
Dean Jeffries
Plan State 4-H conference will seek delegates
Washington County 4-H members are urged to apply as delegates to the State 4-H Conference in Ames June 12 to 15. About 1,000 Iowa youth attend. Delegates choose from nine interest groups and will vote for four state officers. Washington County’s Jane Shearer is among sixteen candidates.
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Washington County
Ames
Juliason
Iowa
Jane Shearer
Washington
Tion
William Tweeten Becomes Red Cross VA Hospital Rep
Ten years ago William Tweeten assumed duties as the Washington County Red Cross VA Hospital representative during a meeting held in Iowa City on a Tuesday.
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William Tweeten
Washington County Red Cross VA Hospital
Iowa City
Des Moines Hog Market Sees Active Trade and Steady to Higher Butchers
Markets report Interior Iowa and Southern Minnesota hog trades with active demand. Butchers steady to 30 cents higher across weight classes, with sow prices listed from 31.25 to 37.50 per hundredweight and today’s estimate at 70,000 head. Grain futures in Chicago show wheat and soybeans much lower while corn declines midmorning, with various contracts down several cents or more.
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Livestock
Des Moines
UPI
Iowa - Southern
Minnesota
Grain
Chicago
Board of Trade
Veterans Administration van to visit Washington on Friday
The VA mobile information unit will park at City Hall from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. on June 1 to counsel Washington County veterans on education home loans medical benefits employment training and apprenticeships. The van serves Vietnam veterans and all veterans widows and potential employers and includes two counselors and a State Employment Commission rep.
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Veterans Administration
Washington
Iowa
Washington County
City Hall
Donald E. Johnson
Jay Rush
Veterans
State Employment Commission
Rush
Johnson
West Branch
National Assistance For Veterans
Death Notice of Elsie Mae Graber of Wayland 1898 1973
Elsie Mae Graber 74 of Wayland died suddenly about 4 am Thursday May 31 1973. Funeral services with Beatty Jennings Funeral Chapel Wayland pending with burial in North Hill Cemetery. She was born June 9 1898 in Wayland daughter of Henry and Anna Wenger married Henry Graber May 8 1919. Survived by husband two daughters Ina Mae Huffer Ames Dorothy Tidwell Ridge Crest Calif a son Warren Mt Pleasant a brother Alvin Wenger Mt Pleasant seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother.
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Wayland
Elsie Mae Graber
Beatty Jennings
Parkview
North Hill
Graber
Henry
Anna Freyenberger Wenger
Henry Graber
Sugar Cr Mennonite Church
Orion
Ina Mae) Huffer
Ames
Ben
Dorothy) Tidwell
Ridge Crest
Calif
Warren
Mt Pleasant
Alvin Wenger
Gardner builds square wave generator at Iowa university
Steve Gardner a University of Iowa electrical engineering senior, produced a voltage controlled square wave generator for his senior project. He explained the physical forces behind the phenomenon in a scientific presentation. Assisting with design and construction was Professor Karl E. Lonngren.
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University of Iowa
Steve Gardner
Donald D. Gardner
R.R. 2
Washington
Karl E. Lonngren
Public Auction After Inventory At Store Recae Washington
A public auction is set for the store furniture and fixtures of the xX Company following an inventory. The sale is scheduled at 4 p.m. at the store location with Washington State Bank named as transferee in the proceedings.
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Xx Company
P.m
Washington State Bank
Jolie stock cattle sales fail to establish market
Cattle sales at Jolie yield insufficient data to set a stock market. Hogs numbered 900 with prices steady to 25 lower. No 1-2 grade cattle 200-230 lb bring 38.50 to 38.75. No 1.3 200-250 lb fetch 37.50 to 38.50. 1270 lb hogs range 36.50 to 37.50. Friday estimates list 900 cattle and 900 hogs.
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Jolie
Highland events cover June activities at Highland high school
June schedule lists baseball games with Morning Sun and Wapello, a public hearing on the Ainsworth elementary project at Highland high school, and the bid opening for the same project. Superintendent Gustafson notes campus changes including relocated offices, Riverside kindergarten plans, and staff moves with Danny Ray hired as boys PE and assistant football and wrestling coach and girls track coach.
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Ainsworth
Highland High School
Morning Sun
Wapello
Here
R.D. Gustafson
Danny Ray
Marshalltown
Iowa
Ray
Riverside
Mid-Prairie
Larry Grecian
Appalachia group seeks materials for Kentucky trip
The United Methodist Church Appalachia Work Project group will return to southeastern Kentucky for a week of rebuilding foundations roofs windows and painting. About 10 adults and 20 youths depart Washington July 7, planning to carry paint and lumber and to collect items such as 2 by 4s 2 by 6s 2 by 8s flooring rolled roofing asbestos shingles siding interior and exterior latex paint nails sheet rock or plywood. Call 653-5446 or bring items to 206 W 2nd St.
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Ihe
The
United Methodist Church
W. 2Nd Street
Death of Henry Mineart 85 of rural Washington
Henry Mineart 85, of rural Washington, died unexpectedly May 23, 1973 while on business in Washington. A retired farmer and carpenter, he lived in Pleasant Plain area since 1918. Funeral Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church East Pleasant Plain, burial at St. Joseph Cemetery. Gould Funeral Home Brighton in charge. Prayer service Friday 8:15 p.m. at funeral home with Knights of Columbus rosary. Born April 27, 1888 in Kansas to Christian and Christina Mineart. Married Carrie Lamansky Jan 18, 1910 at St. Joseph Church. Survived by widow, eight sons, three daughters, 50 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, four sisters.
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Henry Mineart
Washington
St. Joseph Catholic Church
East Pleasant Plain
Jonathan C. Simmons
St. Joseph
Gould Funeral Home
Brighton
Knights of Columbus
Mr. Mineart
Kansas
Christian
Christina Pohren Mineart
Carrie Grace Lamansky
St. Joseph’s Church
St Joseph Church
Knights of Columbus of Washington
KC Fourth
Harper
Pleasant Plain
Raymond Mineart
Falls Church
LeRoy
Harold
Maynard
Kennewick
Wash
Curtis
Washington David
Norwalk
Maurice
Annandale
Sylvester
Fairfield
Christine McClintic
Richland
Margaret Anderson
Evelyn Gevock
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