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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1969

Page

5

Day Aunt Agatha Responds To Winter Weather And Halloween

The Week in Washington columnist writes Dear Auntie about Iowa’s cold wet spell and a hopeful white Christmas. She notes Hal Hotle’s 14 foot live Christmas tree offer, Halloween festivities moved indoors, a junior high school’s $1000 gift to Peace Corps yielding a sister school in Guatemala, and public concerns on cyclamates glutamate alongside legal studded tires for winter.

Iowa Hal Hotle

Local Birth Announcements From Washington and Nearby Areas

Stork gazelle JOHN WILLIAM JONES JR and JEFFREY ALLEN MILLER are listed with parental names and Washington addresses. AMY LEA AUGUSTINE and SAMUEL JAMES WILLIAMS appear with parental names and routes. DAVID MARTIN CURTIS is named with his parents and an Washington address.

The Week on the Farm Signs of time and tech in 1969

The column notes a shift back to Standard Time and rising public interest in sex education school integration soil and water pollution and persistent pesticides. It praises careful use of chemicals only when proven safe and recalls soybean harvest progress corn harvest advances combines evolving from threshers and looming shellers amid field conditions and storage concerns.

Saturday Journal notice to out-of-state readers

The Saturday Edition of the Journal summarizes the week's local news for readers outside the state, especially former Washington residents. It offers out-of-state subscriptions mailed weekly at $4.00 per year.

Journal Washington

Washington County Democrats Dinner Loses Culver Speech

About 200 attended the Washington County Democrats dinner at The Willows Sunday as Congressman John Culver failed to attend the event. Culver sent aide Dick Clark to deliver remarks while he was in Tunisia for Afro American dialogue. Also noted were local Halloween window painting contests, Graceland College cross country victory, and various community notices including anniversaries and hospital visits.

Washington County Democrats the Willows John Culver Culver Tunisia Dick Clark United States Graceland College Tarkio College Graceland Yellowjacket Harriers John Tasker Bob Dever Don Earnest L. D. Weldon Bob Danielson Daryl Shy

Washington city plans study of water and buildings

A Monday night meeting of the city plan commission and officials, with Stanley Consultants, reviewed current water and sewer systems and the need for long range growth planning. Officials discussed public buildings including city hall, police headquarters, and the fire station.

Washington City Plan Commission Stanley Consultants

Medal posthumously to Pfc Larry Smith at Iowa City

Washington parents Mr. and Mrs. Dale F. Smith will accept posthumous service medals for their son Pfc. Larry E. Smith who was killed on a combat patrol in Vietnam April 26. The awards will be presented at the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps ceremony at 7:30 p.m. at the Iowa Field House Armory in Iowa City.

Dale F. Smith Washington Pfc Larry E. Smith Vietnam Army Reserve Officers Training Corps Iowa Field House Armory Iowa City Smith

Marriages listed include couples from Iowa to California

Multiple wedding announcements from Kalona Riverside and Brighton note marriages of Diane McDole Dave Gossen Elizabeth Mast Levi Miller Joy Davis Gene Crossett Roberta Walsh Raul Cornejo Debra Gardner David Mahan Nancy Curtis Richard Collins Vivian Renoux Gary Anderson. Occasions involve families from Kalona Washington Fairfield and Riverside with ceremonies in Missouri Florida Iowa California.

Diane McDole Clyde Hiller Missouri Dave Gossen Milan Kalona Elizabeth Mast Levi W. Miller Sarasota Florida Barbara Mast Jake Mast Mr. Miller William A. Miller Hutchinson Miller Brighton Debra Kay Gardner Melvin Gardner Batavia David Duane Mahan Leonard Mahan St. Mary’s Catholic Church Fairfield C. P. Madsen

Washington Library gift funds health books trucks

Mrs Edsall Brown announced a $400 gift to the Washington Public Library from Stephen Wiggers on behalf of the Washington County Health Improvement Association to expand health related books and add two book trucks. The gift also funds books for convalescents and children and will aid hospital and Extended Care Annex patients. The weather reports heavy rain. a car crash injures Robert Kennedy near Riverside. drafting class at Washington High School shifts to all girl students. A Richland stockyard sold. Mary Sonday turns 100. weddings and engagements noted in Columbus Junction. local hospital patient transfers and international news from Beirut.

Washington Service Clubs YMCA Edsall Brown Washington Public Library Stephen Wiggers Washington County Health Improvement Association Brown Washington County Hospital Robert Kennedy Washington Iowa City Riverside Kennedy Washington High School WHS Frank Hagemeier

Century of Medicine in Washington County at Library

Readers at the public library will enjoy A Century of Medicine in Washington County by Dr. Clyde Boice. The book traces early local physicians beginning in 1839. Also noted are visits by local families, a career change for Gerald Zeck at Northwestern Bell in Waterloo, and the resignation of Rev. Charles Hobanks after 38 years as United Presbyterian Church pastor.

Clyde Boice Washington County Boice Charles W. Hobanks United Presbyterian Church of Ainsworth Iowa

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