Dear Aunt Agatha Week in Washington reports politics and community events
In Washington County the Democrats and Republicans open new county headquarters and engage voters ahead of the election. A bid change for the ambulance service may replace the longtime operators Dale Booths. Twenty four residents volunteer as tutors in Each One Teach One to aid the disadvantaged. Washington Manufacturing plans expansion, farming harvest begins, weather turns cooler as leaves change and lawns need one more mow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Public Ambulance Service
Dale
Board of Supervisors
Washington Manufacturing Co
Washington Manufacturing Company
Robert Reed
East Seventh Street
Week on the Farm Winds Down as Harvest Stages Advance
The night air turns frosty signaling winterization of liquid cooled farm machinery. Walnut trees shed leaves, but a large butternut tree may yield nuts this year as squirrels harvest in the hickory grove. Silo work slows soybean harvesting, moisture improves corn, and fall fertilizing lime and residue chopping begin, with soil conservation shaping plow choices.
Passing Years look back at local events and people
Ten and twenty year ago notes from Washington County recount neighborly gatherings, familie s trips, army returns, and community happenings. Highlights include dinner guests bidding farewell to movers to Davenport, Dick Horak’s army discharge and return to work, and local youths pursuing education and hunting for work. A 0 and 40 years ago section recalls corn borers, orchard cuts, farm parades, a tea by DAR, and a boy’s big catfish catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Smith W. Brookhart
Charles Kennedy
Lloyd Kennedy
R. S. Warfel
DAR
Gertrude Bowman
Congress Hotel
Lemmon
J. E Lemmon
Bowman
Emma Edwards
Malcolm Montgomery
Frank Scranton
S. W. Easter
Farmers Holiday Association
Des Moines
Hoover
Mace Motor Company
Keota
Crawfordsville
Wayland
Wellman
Washington High School
Wallace School
Glenn Mace
Fred Downing
Ambulance contract awarded to Cedar Rapids pair
The county awarded a one year ambulance service contract to Bill Simmons and Jerry Beauchamp for 39 000 dollars, replacing Booth Ambulance who bid 45 000. They will take over January 1 1973. Night attendants Yale Jarvis and Karl Jones bid 39 960 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Simmons
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Beauchamp
Washington
Simmons
Beauchamp
Dale Booth
Roger
Yale Jarvis
Karl Jones
Booth Ambulance
Farmers win soil conservation region awards in 1972 Iowa program
Two Washington county farmers are named winners in the East Central Region of Iowa's 1972 Soil Conservation Achievement Program. Sikke Temple of Keota wins owner-operator. Robert Spera of Kalamazoo Mich and Leroy Yeggy of Riverside share landlord-tenant honors. Sherman Hirschler of Fairfield, a Lions leader, discusses plans to charter a local Lions Club. Mrs. Clarence French retires from J C Penney after 21 years. Mrs. Roy Rogers of Brighton discharged from hospital. she returns to Mayo Clinic for followup. Gene Goodwin recovers from recent surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Iowa
G.V. Rosenkild
Soil Conservation Service Office
Des Moines Register and
Tribune
Sikke Temple of
Keota
Robert Spera
Kalamazoo
Mich
Leroy Yeggy
Riverside
Sherman Hirschler
Fairfield
Iowa Lions
Lions Club
Washington
Roy Rogers
Brighton
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Daniel R. Rogers
Brent
Richland
Rogers
Mayo Clinic
Joe White
Brian
City seeks small tax increase next year budget hearing set
The 1973 Washington budget proposes 440 319 in tax funded expenditures of 1 020 111 with taxes rising by a little over 5 000 from last year. A public hearing on the budget is 7 30 p m at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Washington
City Hall
Washington County selects draft board offices and staff
Washington County registers for Selective Service with a new combined office at 632 South Dubuque Iowa City effective October 12. Col HJ Fleisbacker announces the change which reduces travel for local youths and lists local registrants and administrative updates. Community notices follow about visitors, moves, births, and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Draft Board
South Dubuque
Iowa City
Johnson, Cedar
Iowa County
Col. HJ. Fleisbacker
Donald E. Randol
Mid-Prairie Community
Wellman
Earnest G. Beemblossom
Washington Community High School
Washington
Brian O'Donnell
Highland Community High School
Riverside
Maxine Smith
A.A. Jackson
Kalona
ISU workers awarded during annual employe awards night
Fourteen Iowa Southern Utilities employees in the district were honored at the annual Employe Awards Night at The Willows for five to 25 years of service. Pins were presented by Robert Brewer, ISU president. Rotary District 600 Governor Keith Hawk spoke in Washington and listed Rotary’s global reach with 51 clubs in the district and 15,000 clubs worldwide. Other notes include Coe College Choir president election, Ed Sorrell’s hospital update, Audubon and Keokuk visits, and a 25th wedding anniversary reception for Richard and Mrs Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
The
Willows
Robert Brewer
Iowa Southern
Keith Hawk
Knoxville
Rotary District 600
Washington
Gary Murphy
Rotary Club
Bob Kennedy
Richard Hayes
Route 1
Mark Bjorndal
Lloyd Hayes
Keota and
Lucetta
Marion Hayes
Deaths of the week list regional obituaries
Riverside Mrs Blanche Bastian 72 of 1033 South Keating Avenue Oakland NL died Sunday after a lengthy illness former Riverside Blanche Schnoebelen. Mrs John Caldwell 87 of Washington died Sunday Oct 1 1972 after long illness. Kalona George F Miller 80 died at home after lingering illness. Mrs Eli Cook 69 of 746 East Third Street died Oct 3 1972 at Washington County Hospital after three months illness. Wayland Mrs Dale H Neff 48 of Hannibal Mo former Wayland resident died at Leobing Hospital Hannibal. Riverside Augustine Bulger 74 died this morning at Washington County Hospital after extended illness. Mrs Clark Loder 87 of 102 East Second Street died Oct 4 1972 at hospital after three years illness. Kalona Anna C Yoder 71 died Thursday at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after lingering illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Blanche Bastian
Keating Avenue
Oakland
Blanche Schnoebelen
Eli Cook
East Third Street
Washington County Hospital
Wayland
Dale H. Neff
Hannibal, Mo
Leobing Hospital
Hannibal
Augustine Bulger
Clark Loder
East Second Street
Kalona
Anna C. Yoder
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Hospital and birth notices for several Iowa communities
Yesterday and today listings show admissions and discharges, births and newborns across Washington Keota Kalona Ainsworth Wellman Richland Columbus Junction and nearby towns. Names include Hixson Messenger Wade Buster Ropp Beachy Crone Heisdorffer Schultz Brown Perry Dusenbery and others with parents and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramirtea
Fred Hixson
Wayland
David Messenger
Keota
Darrel Wade
Washington
Willard Buster
Ainsworth
Cecil Ropp
Kalona
Ray Beachy
Richland
Kenneth Crone
Leo Heisdorffer
George Schultz
Duane Perry
Nicholas Guzman
Wapello
Otis Love
Columbus Junction
Clarence Brown
Roy Kron
Wellman
Medical
Estella Loder
Sally Chance
Clindus Brown
Ira Schoonover
Cloyd Garrett
Grace Davis
Elma Horak
Hobart Bodkins
Brighton
Marguerite Dusenbery
Trudy Maria Buster
Willard Glen Buster
Anna Mary Ropp
Cecil J. Ropp
Korwin Scott Beachy
Alvin Ray Beachy
Cheyenne Sue Schultz
George Edward Schultz
Box 14
Twila Delmara Brown
Clindus Fred Brown
Karyn Linette Perry
E. 2Nd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tom Cannon
Ray Gidley
Gidleys
Davenport
Dick Horak
Ft. Leonard Wood
Carrie Sump
Verne Kneent
Ted Crone
Richard Moothart
Payne Marshall
Milan Thompson
Edgewater Beach
Mrs
Warren Dare
Evanston
Cpl
Robert Scott
Orva Scott
Scott
Daniel Claire Davis
Harvey Davis
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
Sgt
Ralph Cherry
Jack Cherry
Cherry
U.S. Air Force
Cambria
Calif
Dale Sojka
Jeanne
Rose Sojka
LuElla
Harold
Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Carol Weeks
Fred L. Stewart Hardware
JoAnn Smith
Merle Smith
Central College
Pelia
Miss Smith
Farm Security Administration Office
Charles Jeffries
Ode Ferguson
Louisville
I. Rothschild
Kirk Nelson
Spirit Lake
Lake Darling
L. P
Hap) Guy
Seth
Rhonda Seering
James Greene
Donna Prouafit
Don Proudfit
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Iowa State University
Ames
Ray Stalder
Ronald Stalder
Jerry Stalder
Warsaw
Clarence French
J.C Penney
Penney Company
Leonard Zickefoose
Helen Jaspering
Burlington
Harry Norton
Karl
Shorty) Goodwin
University Hospitals
Johann Sebastian Bach
Robert Youngquist
United Methodist Church
Ruth Nolin
Bach
David W. Day
This
Collins Radio Co
Collins
Day
North American Rockwell
General Electric and Picker Corporation
Dallas
Texas
Robert Day
William Day
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Holiday Inn
Phil Kneen
Milo Steele Jr
Harry Ramseyer
William Putman
Gary Crossett
David Jefferson
Mr. Pleasant
Marshall Crossett
Carlis Crile
David Schantz
Bernard Williams
Wendel
Guy of
L.P
Hap
Guy
Stanley Foster
Walter Sojka
Minneapolis
Foster
Phil Foster
Spring Lake
Sojka
Jim Stoesz
More Draft Board
Bill Graf
Tahlequah, Okla
Russell Hayes
Keith
William Carlson
Michelle Ousley
Port Orchard
Wash
Don, Cloyce
Harold Hayes
Terry Greiner
Hugo Lensch
Luverne
Lensch
Cargills
W.J. Barth
Peoria
W.P. Barth
Mike Brandenburg
Keokuk
Michael Ray
Fred Kephart
Missouri
Gerald Kepharts
Edna Caldwell
Branson
Alvin Shebecks
Hollister
ISU
Millie Bordwell
Richard Bordwell
Coe College
Ed Sorrell
Lawrence Hadley
Audubon
Kenneth
Manning
Hadleys
Randy
Rickey
Stuart
Ed Kleese
Richard
Eddie
Mark
Isaac Kleese
Mike Vrandenburg
Laura Morrow
Vrandenburg
John Caldwell
George F. Miller
Daniel Crossett
West Chester
Lulu Williams
John Hinkle
Amos Mourer
Anthony Supalla
East Pleasant Plain
Luella Schnoebelen
Emily Bayliss
Stork Gazette
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