Fair Board Plans Water Access and Auto Fund Drive
Washington County Fair Board discussed plumbing the new building for town water and a lavatory to allow winter use. They approved the plan, formed a three member committee to sell a car next August to cover debts, and named committees for livestock, exhibits, gate, publicity, and grounds with Willits and Beauchamp co chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Fair Board
Fair Ground
Cloid Willits
Milo Orris
Herman Wagenknecht
Leroy McGraw
Leo Beauchamp
Orris
Verne Knecht
Washington High School
Merritt Canady
John Young
Monroe Yoder
Bruce Campbell
Marion Augustine
J. H. Jones
Marvin Bohr
Times launches first western edition printed in two cities
The New York Times unveils a western edition printed in two cities six days a week for readers in 13 western states including Alaska and Hawaii. It is a near duplicate of the New York edition with New York only news omitted to suit western readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
New York Times
Times
United States
John B. Olson
West Coast
Alaska
Hawaii
Wall Street Journal
Christian Science Monitor
New York
Trinity College Enrolls Three Washington Students
Three Washington area students join Trinity College Chicago. James and John McNeill of Crawfordsville are sophomores and Nancy Davies of Wayland is a junior. Rustan completes seven country tour in Northern Europe with the U S Navy Second Fleet. he is married to Harriet Kleese. Also noted are a tire theft at D X service Kalona and a Highway 22 1 collision causing $475 damage involving Gladys Fisher and Dan Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity College
Washington Area
Chicago
James and
John McNeill
Crawfordsville
Nancy Davies
Wayland
D-X
Kalona
Gladys Kathleen Fisher
Route One
Dan J. S. Miller
Wellman
Miller
Fisher
Wedding on horseback draws letters to Dear Abby
Readers debate novelty weddings as Abigails readers share experiences from rodeo ceremonies to underwater fantasies. A Texas riding club notes many marriages on horseback, while others recall long distance vows and church ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Texas
THE
Germany
States
Goofy
Atomitat Is House Below the Ground
Plainview Texas reports Jay Swayze has built an underground home called Atomitat a 2800 square foot four bedroom three bath residence with a fallout shelter. It features a four month emergency power supply water and sewage systems air filtration lead lined doors and a 13 foot deep floor and three foot soil roof promising 1000 year lifespan and a ground level garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainview
Tex
UPI
Jay Swayze
Atomitat
Swayze
Atomstat
A A Jacksons On Trip to Ozarks
Kalona residents recount weekend plans as Mr. and Mrs. A A Jackson prepare to tour Arkansas with relatives. The piece also covers local visits, birthdays, and social calls, plus a Space Age Kite feature from Minneapolis on the Aero Kite tested in wind tunnels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Space Age Kite
Minneapolis
UPI
Mrs Siegler Returns From Overseas German Visit
Mrs. Emmi Siegler arrived home from four months in Frankfurt Germany where she visited her daughter and family her sister and family two brothers and other relatives. She was met in Chicago by her daughter and family Wayne Zehr Freddie and Deanna who had spent time in Chicago and Cedar Rapids with other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Adams
Arlington
Phoebe Marble
Adams
Mrs. Marble
Wellman Garden Club Attends Breakfast Meeting
Wellman Iowa September report notes the Wellman Garden Club held a nine o’clock breakfast at AC Gingerich home. Myrtle Vincent, president, led the business session after co hosts Ethel Bender and Doris Bash. New year books were distributed and Lois Eckhardt outlined upcoming programs and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Wellman Garden Club
A.C. Gingerich
Ethel Bender
Doris Bash
Myrtle Vincent
Lois Eckhardt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Brewer
Robert Miller
Roy Hodges
Frank Kleese
Harold Mangold
Lyle Lowe
Maurice Crawford
Walter Ferell
J.11. Jones
Don Robison
William Gamon
John Gamon
Robert Ross
Richard Huber
Cloud Willts
George Horn
Willits
Mr. Beauchamp
Charles Morris
Bruce Cowden
Mr. Morris
Mr. Hodges
Smart's
Storm Paper
Smart Distributing CO
Washington
Kindiegarter
Abigail
A. A. Jacksons
Ozarks
Eugene Way Kalona
A. A. Jackson
Arkansas
Jay Eastman
Dale Jackson
Iowa City
Marie Jackson
Davenport
Elmer Gast
Charles Carpenter
Lois Carpenter
Mercy Hospital
Mary Te Bockhurst
Rose Petsel
Tillie Cerney
Lone Tree
Joe Chihak
Joe TeBockhorst
John Shalla
Ann Lintz
TeBockhorst
Charles A. Marek
Ed Knepp
Milford Cook
Donald Thompson
M. Merrill
St. Louis
Missouri
H. D. Swartzendruber
Algiers
World Council of Churches
Swartzendruber
Don Miller
Dubuque
Daugher
Jim Yoder
Cheryl Walker
Floyd Walker
Steve
Jerry Alt
Larry Kern
E. H. Reif
Des Moines
Harding Rd
Hal’s
Iowa
Mrs. Siegler
Mrs. O. B. Godber
Time Loan, Inc
Charles Jeffrey
MGR
Second Floor Journal Bldg
Dial
Morrell
Morrell’s
Yorkshire
Franks
Mary Lou
Folger's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!