Major Hartzler Medal Awarded for Vietnam Service
Major Victor L. Hartzler receives the Air Force Commendation Medal for meritorious service in the Republic of Vietnam. He served with the Foreign Technology Division detachment at Langley and previously at Tan Son Nhut from December 1966 to May 1967. Col. Sleeper presented the medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor L. Hartzler
Air Force Commendation Medal
Raymond S. Sleeper
Republic of Vietnam
Ohio
Foreign Technology Command
Foreign Technology Division
FTD
Langley Afb
Hartzler
Tanon Nhut
Vietnam
Raymond §. Sleeper
FTC
Kalona Holiday Craft Show Draws Large Crowd
A November 25 Kalona Holiday Craft Show in the Community Room attracted about five hundred attendees from Kalona and nearby towns. Exhibitors offered a variety of articles plus a Christmas table arrangement won by Mrs. Oscar Geret of Riverside. Visitors came from Washington Wellman Ely Cedar Rapids West Chester Keota Iowa City Lone Tree Hills Riverside Kinross Oxford Parnell Ainsworth Williamsburg Kalona. The event was sponsored by Farmers Savings Bank. A holiday weekend filled with social events followed including a large Friday dinner-bridge party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Guengerich with prize winners announced and many local residents in attendance. The Ka-Hi Camp Fire Girls met later that week at the Legion building.
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Kalona
Pauline Miller
Oscar Geret
Riverside
Washington
Wellman
Ely
Cedar Rapids
West Chester
Keota
Iowa City
Lone Tree
Hills
Kinross
Oxford
Parnell
Ainsworth
Williamsburg
Farmers Savings Bank
Jack Guengerich
W. D. Hochstetlers
I. E. Grady
Legion Building
Clair Grout
Amos Mellinger
Camp Fire Girls
Local couple visits Colorado and Wyoming landmarks
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Witt ing returned home after a trip to Colorado and Wyoming. They visited their niece Mrs. Willis Wittmer in Colorado Springs, toured the Garden of the Gods Royal Gorge Monarch Pass Cripple Creek and the Air Force Academy, and met Mr. and Mrs. Paul Witting in Colorado Springs. In Casper Wyoming they attended the Odd Fellows Testimonial dinner for the Sovereign Grand Master and Mr. Witting joined a youth committee meeting.
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Vernon Witting
Colorado
Wyoming
Willis Wittmer
Colorado Springs
Garden of the Gods
Royal Gorge
Continental Divide
Monarch Pass
Cripple Creek
Air Force Academy
Paul Witting
Casper
Wyo
Mr. Witting
Nixon Opposes Senate Move on Nuclear Pact
President elect Nixon says he will not back a Senate special session to ratify the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. He supported the pact in principle but argued it should not be ratified while Soviet troops remain on Czechoslovak soil. Britain has ratified the pact. Nixon plans Thanksgiving with Eisenhower at Walter Reed and discusses administration roles with Spiro Agnew, who accepts a broader vice presidential remit.
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New York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Nixon
Johnson
Britain
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Mamie
John Eiserhower
Walter Reed
John
David
Julie
Pierre
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Duplicate bridge players invited to meet at YMCA
Duplicate bridge game invites area players to the YMCA Quiet Room Tuesday evening December 3 at eight. Organizers seek input on a regular game for Washington, possibly twice monthly after Christmas, with sponsorship undecided between YMCA or Y's Men's club. Jim Lloyd chairs the Bridge Marathon committee urging participation.
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Y.M.C.A
Washington
YMCA
Y’s
Club and Legion News From Local Meetings
Twenty four members of the Washington Business and Professional Women's Club and two guests attended a dinner meeting at Captain's Table on Tuesday. The American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents met for a 1 30 p.m. luncheon at Winga's Cafe with plans for five meetings in 1969 and a Jan 28 officer election. Peru phosphate investment pledges $91 million to boost production by 4.5 million tons annually.
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BPW
Washington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Janet Wulf
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Leon Hillman
American Legion Auxiliary
Winga
Harry Ramseyer
Claude McCoy
E. E. Ward
Neal Burton
Veterans Hospital
Lima
Peru
UPI
United States
Pablo Carriquiri
Births and dismissals listed for Washington area
Admitted today Mrs Emma Tines of Washington and Mrs Albert Simpson of Washington. Births yesterday a daughter to Mr and Mrs Dennis Norton of Washington. Dismissed today Mrs Mike Crone of Washington and Mrs Edgar Jones and daughter of Prospect Heights Illinois.
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Emma _ Tines
Washington
Albert Simpson
Dennis Norton
Mike Crone
Edgar Jones
Prospect Heights
Ill
Farmers guests of Kiwanis club meeting honors producers
More than a hundred farmers and Kiwanis hosts attended a meeting celebrating farmers and city farmers relations. Harold Ward of Johnson Nut Co. Cedar Rapids spoke with wit and humor, and a ping pong table was donated for Prairie Flower School entertainment. A ladies night is planned in Central City with Harold Norton to be installed as Lieut. Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Harold Ward
Johnson Nut Co
Cedar Rapids
Robert Koehler
Earl
Zear
Prairie Flower School
Kiwanis
Dick Anderson
Central City
Harold E. Norton
Central City Club
Nebraska - Iowa
Motorists Pay Fines In Local Justice Court
Barbara W. Snyder paid 25 dollars for failing to stop at a stop sign and Leland LeRoy Groff of Keota paid 25 dollars for failure to keep his vehicle under control in the justice of the peace court here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News
Justice of the Peace Court
Barbara W. Snyder
Leland LeRoy Groff
Keota
Washington Toastmasters Club Meeting Highlights
David Miksch served as toast master at the Washington Toastmasters Club meeting held Wednesday at the Captain's Table. Bernard McCarthy led table topics, with five minute talks by Howard Lunning and Delmar Ebersole. Lunning spoke Are They Really That Bad and Ebersole presented a Hawaii slide illustrated speech. New officers elected for the coming year include Joe Martin president, Bernard McCarthy educational vice president, Howard Lunning administrative vice president, John Lemmon secretary treasurer, and Delmar Ebersole Sgt at arms and retiring president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Miksch
Washington Toastmasters Club
Bernard McCarthy
Howard Lunning
Delmar Ebersole
Lanning
Ebersole
Hawaii
Joe Martin
Howard Lanning
John Lemmon
Sgt. - At - Arms
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Wright-Patterson Afb
Air Force Institute of Technology
Marlene Gauntt
San Francisco
Orange Plank Road
Hampton, Va
Jess D. Hartzler
Eno
Iowa
David Elder
William Shannon
Charles Morris
Bob Shaffer
Howard Hazen
Goat
United Press
Inland Daily Press
Iowa Daily Press
Iowa Press Ass
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Wellman, Iowa
Mrs. Eugene Way
Tom Russell
ABC Club
Games of Rock
Joe Allen
Russell
Louis Kallaus
Miss Jackson
Marie Jackson
Don Miller
Willis Gingerich
Eugene Way
J. Claude Miller
James Miller
Hazel Putman
Terry
Pamela
Grandma Putman
Steve Lepic
Lisa
Fred Yangclause
St. Paul
Nebraska
John D. Woodin
Walter Speas
Ralph Speas
Waco
Texas
Everette Speas
Julie Hartzler
Ames
Vernon Hartzler
Hartzlers
Becky Ryan
Susie Gardinier
Rochester
Minnesota
BY Leo Hoover
Franklin
Sherman
Eden
Washington, Iowa
Dial
Evening Journal, Journal
Winga’s
Scott Wilcox
Youngady
Wolf's Flower Shop
Everetts
Pat
Luci Johnson Nugent
Honolulu
Luci
Pat Nugent
Lyn
Farmers
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