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