Halloween Fun and Vandalism Mark Washington County Week
Dear Aunt Agatha offers a snapshot of Washington County with a Halloween parade by the Jaycees and a Y party where goblins and witches gathered. A Kalona pumpkin contest winner weighed 121 pounds while vandals damaged two grade schools causing about 1000 dollars in repairs. Dr P L Etter reaches 50 years as an osteopathic physician. Voter enthusiasm rises as election day approaches with county and state races shaping up.
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Washington County
Jaycees
Kalona
P. L. Etter
Week on the Farm Reflections Amid Cold and Harvest Delays
A farmer reports a slow week with a lingering cold and poor weather hampering corn harvest. He describes doctor visits, rest, and frequent sinus drainage disrupting sleep. He shares reading notes on Hans Christian Andersen, Jennie II, and Magnificent Destiny about Jackson and Houston.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Jennie
Winston Churchill
Andrew Jackson
Sam Houston
Thaddeus
Passing Years Recap Of Local Events In Washington
Eighty eight youths from Christian Tabernacle attended the Black Hills Passion Play in Ottumwa sponsored by the Ottumwa Jaycees. Notables include Dr Vernon G Elgin hosting Dr Ernest Frei of the Philippines at Marion Avenue church. Bob Krotz joins Delta Sigma Phi at Iowa State. Charles Wiele resigns as golf pro for Washington to join Mt Pleasant club. Community notes cover weather, enrollments, Y M C A activities, rationing announcements, nursing school grads, and a Washington Junior College football loss to Cornell College.
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The
Christian Tabernacle
Black Hills
Ottumwa
Civic Auditorium
David P. Livingston
Bob Krotz
John C. Krotz
Delta Sigma Phi
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa State
Garth Rustan
Tim
Norfolk
Garth
Newport News
Mrs. Rustan
Ralph Kleese
mid-Atlantic
Tom Davis
Iowa City
Grant Davis
Waterloo
Towyn Davies
Crawfordsville
Charles Wiele
Washington Golf and Country Club
Mt. Pleasant Golf and Country Club
J.A
al) Hunsaker
Frank Clarke
Washington
Marengo
J.F. Larson
California
Carl H. Combs
Long Beach
Paul Dodder
Manhattan
Kan
Barbara Dare
George Dare
Iowa Wesleyan College
the Tiger
Miss Dare
Quiest
Official
Weather Observer
John Rohrer
Dales All Wool
John
Richard Stewart
Brookhart Law Office
Monmouth College
Northwestern University
Washington County Hospital School of Nursing
United Presbyterian Church
Aletha Burroughs
Maurine Rathmel
Olive Hawkins
Washington Junior College Cardinals
Cornell College
Case Field
Hose Company
Ed Bovee
Foreman
James Miller
Kansas City
Retiring choir director Mrs. Bagge honored at First Baptist
A reception Sunday at the First Baptist Church celebrated Mrs. Foster Bagge marking 16 years as choir director. The event featured This Is Your Life presented by the choir and emceed by Bill Hazelett. Her daughter from Mundelein surprised her during the program.
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First Baptist Church
Foster Bagge
Bagge
Richard Weeks
Bill Hazelett
Washington coach attends Iowa clinic amid fall gatherings
Skip Speece, Washington High School basketball coach, took part in the fourth annual Fall Clinic of the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association in Ames with Cal Hickman presiding as association president. UNICEF drive raises 703.23 with 110 local youths assisting. Notable social events include a Washington wedding and a golden anniversary in Olpe, Kansas, plus birthdays and visits across several families.
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Skip Speece
Washington High School
Iowa Basketball Coaches Association
Ames
Cal Hickman
Mid - Prairie
Crane Co. plant expansion planned with new production lines
Crane Company will let contracts this week to expand its plant with 26 000 square feet of storage and over 7 000 square feet of manufacturing space on the south side. Production capacity will rise 60 percent to accommodate Monarch butterfly and water work valves at the Washington plant.
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Keith G. Shaffer
Shaffer
Washington
November 2 Weather Brightens Briefly in Washington
A records report shows 0.82 inches of moisture at 7 am with 0.25 inch more rain later as sun briefly appeared. Farmers await dry spell to resume field work while local winners emerge in the Halloween window painting contest in junior high and high school divisions.
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Washington
J.C. Penney
Happy Ghost
Unicef
Teresa Cold
Peg Giardino
Sheryl Miller
Donna Davisson
Debbie Vanderlinden
Seifert
Jennie Latta
Carol Evans
Jane Stewart
Anne Gebhardt
Deaths of week span several Iowa towns and ages
Deaths reported across Keota Winfield Kalona Wellman and Wayland include Jeffrey LaVerne Greiner 21 months of rural Keota. Irene Burmeister 88 of Keota. Abbie Blosser Zook 67 Kalona. Scott Welch 90 Winfield. Clem Adam 69 Burlington area. Bertha Stewart widow of Rev James Stewart Oct 22 Des Moines. several others with ages ranging from 58 to 90. Funeral notices list Plugh Funeral Home Burlington and local area arrangements.
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Warren A. Polzien
Brighton
Dale Robertson
Irene Burmeister
Maplewood Manor
Keota
Everett Rhea
Orange
Calif
Plugh Funeral
Burlington
Rhea
The
Benner Tea Company
California
Bertha L. Stewart
James T. Stewart
Broadlawns Hospital
Des Moines
Grace Baptist Church
Lincoln Cemetery
Granger
Local youth leaders share training and birthdays noted
A series of community notes record youth leadership training reports from Jane Waldschmidt Craig Dare and Patty Sojka, plus birthday honors for Robert Simmering and the birth of Adam Shay Greenlee. Other items mention Future Teachers of America leadership in Southeast district and moving plans for Lane Jarvis family.
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Red Cross
Roger Schloss
Lawrence Miksch
Jerry Bryan
Camp Dodge
Jane Waldschmidt
Highland High School
Craig Dare
Waco School
Patty Sojka
Washington Community School
76 Progressives 4-H Meeting Monday
The 76 Progressives 4-H Club will meet Monday evening at 7 p.m. at 76 Center Community Building. It is a potluck supper for members and families with attendees asked to bring food and their own service. County Extension Director Jim Frier presents The Responsible Consumer. Roll call asks members to name a consumer protection.
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76 Progressives
Marriages Chronicle Readied for October Weddings
Multiple ceremonies reported across Washington and nearby states. Vickie Dawson married Ben Johnson at United Methodist Church on October 28. Sandra Jo Whetstine wed Edward Creed Clement at Ft. Lewis chapel on October 21. Deborah Diane Baker and David John Simmering tied the knot at Swedesburg Lutheran Church with attendants named. Twilla Keiser married Sgt. Dwayne A. Westercamp in Richland Friends Church on October 28, 1972.
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Ben Johnson
Clyde Dawson
Mrs. Johnson
United Methodist Church
Vickie Dawson
Dwain Johnson
Clyde Dawson Jr
Tacoma
Wash
Sandra Jo Whetstine
Major
Charles Whetstine
Edward Creed Clement
Earl Dean Clement
Olympia
Ft. Lewis Chapel
Anna Amlong
Washington
Lyle Crawford
Clark Baker
Deborah Diane
David John Simmering
John Simmering Jr
Swedesburg Lutheran Church
Carsten
Larry Applegate
Sierra Zieglowsky
Richland
Twilla Keiser
Lyle Keiser
Dwayne A. Westercamp
Lewis Westercamp
Hedrick
Richland Friends Church
Kenneth Pitts
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Iowa Southern Utilities
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Fred Meinel
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Don Norton
Kirkwood Community College
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R.R. No. 1
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N. 3Rd Ave
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Tom Stewart
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Blanche Hinkle
Jeffrey LaVerne Greiner
Timothy
Sarah Eicher Greiner
Winfield—Scott Welch
Winfield
Wyman
St. Francis Hospital
Abbie Blosser Zook
Clem Adam
South Fourth Avenue
Walnut Grove Products
Edward James Jackson
Dowell Manor
West Des Moines
Wayland
Fred Hixson
Homer R. Lambert
North Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Wellman
Charles M. Livezey
Beverly Manor
Robert E. Lowe Sr
North Sixth Avenue
Lester Kern
West Main Street
Netta Christner
Kennedy Nursing Home
Mt. Pleasant
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Nichols
Ernest Lewis Vetter
Here
Robert Allen
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Martha Canott
Waco High School
Future Teachers of America
Doug Greenlee
Dubuque
Adam Shay
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Ralph Greenlee
Roy Moriarty
Moriarty
Roxie Young
Drs
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Carl W. Jarvis
Decorah
Stork Gazette
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Virgil Lyle Hershberger
Firman Hershberger
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David Dumont
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