Memorial memory of Bill Stewart in editorial reflection
In the October 11 1966 Washington Evening Journal an editor recalls Bill Stewart a friend and Boy Scout alum killed in a tragic auto crash. He cherishes a memory of Bills singing beside the Iowa River campfire sharing his gift with a group of younger scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Washington Evening Journal
Bill Stewart
Bill
Washington
Iowa River
Evening Journal
Iowa
Keep America Beautiful Changes Barn Advertising Across Towns
An observed shift in rural scenery follows Lady Bird Johnsons Keep America Beautiful campaign with a noted loss of bright painted barn signs. The piece recalls Chew Horseshoe Cut Plug ads once common on wooden barns and laments their disappearance as advertising trends evolve beyond Burma Shave and patent medicine signs.
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Lady Bird Johnson
America
Lady Bird
Tours for Exceptional Persons Open to Worldwide Travel
Mrs Helen Deal Dewing launches H Dewing Travel Service to arrange all inclusive tours for the handicapped and elderly. Destinations include Europe and the Americas with mobility aids, Braille formats, sign language guides, and escorts. First programs start in New York with itineraries to New Orleans Bermuda and South America priced from about 300 to 1200 dollars.
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New York
UPI
Helen Deal Dewing
Soealizes
Denmark
Austria
Italy
France
Holland
England
Pope Paul VI
Copenhagen
Vienna
Rome
Vatican
Paris
Amsterdam
London
New Orleans
Puerto Rico
St Thomas
Virgin Islands
Bermuda
Dewing
Mexico
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Peru
India
Ceylon
Greece
Israel
Anniversary dinner marks Boshart milestone in Wayland
Hosts Dennis and Airs Boshart along with Mr and Mrs Dillon Boshart celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a three course dinner at the Captain's Table on September 24. Guests included the Waglers and multiple Boshart relatives. Several attendees later traveled or returned from trips, home visits, or open houses in regional towns.
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Wayland
and Airs
Dennis Boshart
Dillon Boshart
John Wagler
Clair Boshart
Dion Boshart
Alvin Boshart
Lester Roth
Elmer Wagler
Victor Miller
Clarence Wenger
Ner Stultzfus
Merle Conrad
Mahlon Schweitzer
Berdene
Wesley
Rodney
Peggy
Ronald Boshart
Pat Canby
Winifred Linda
Doris
Rosalee
Philip Boshart
Gary Grabe
Hesston
Kan
Gary
Raymond Graber
Harold Meyer
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Robert Greiser
Des Moines
Fort McArthur
California
Maurice Greiser
R. E Madden
Fort Bliss
Texas
Sam Marsh
Near Washington
Margaret Reschily
Fairfield
Ann Neff
Tornsville
Yonenry Mast
Gary Mast
George Brooks
Nancy
Jim Brooks
Sidney Brooks
Maribelle Schlatter
Albany
Oregon
Dan Stutzman
C. J. Mullett
Floyd Resehly
East Way
Jim McCrabb
Topeka
Kansas
Iowa City
McCrabb
Willard Schwertzer
Willard
Glen Richenberger
Ruth Allen
East Mo
Supermarkets Overtaking Paris Corner Stores In France
Paris reports show supermarkets now 13 percent of food sales with 7 500 small markets up 400 percent since 1960. Younger shoppers favor convenience and speed, while many elders cling to personalized service from longtime corner shops. Store owners lament loss of intimate customer contact and homemade freshness.
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Paris
UPI
France
Mme. Duponts
Armand Montbrisson
Joe Harding to leave Texas base
Joe Harding, at Lackland Texas in the Air Force Reserve, expected to be sent to Mississippi at the start of October. Local social notes recount visits and family events including dinner guests, hospital X Rays, first Communions, and care for two families in town.
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Ray Wehr
Joe Harding
Lackland
Texas
Air Force Reserve
Mississippi
Leonard Hixson
Doyle
Dale Duwa
David Grundergerich
Ernest Crock
Mechancanville
Ray Rouse
Tipton
Pam
Roxann Crock
James C. Bowen
Donald Creits
Dale Duwn
L. F. Duwa
Crooked Creek Cyclones 4H Club Dates Change
The Crooked Creek Cyclones 4H club announces a rescheduled meeting for Thursday October 13 at 7 30 p m in the Crawfordsville Legion hall.
Contract Bridge Tactics and Card Distribution Insights
The article analyzes how defenders infer missing cards from bidding and plays. It uses a spade lead and a sequence to show how recognizing partner signals and declarer behavior can force the contract. A key line demonstrates how king of clubs after a timed spade sequence can doom declarer to eight tricks.
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North East
Declarer
de Clarer
King
Randall Wittmer joins Blue Jacket Choir at Great Lakes
Randall Wittmer, a navy enlistee, auditioned for and joined the Blue Jacket Choir at Great Lakes, Chicago, while also serving as assistant to the Lutheran Chaplain and Organist for Sunday services. The piece notes extensive local visits, hospital admissions, and community club activities surrounding residents of Washington Iowa.
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Nayland
David Wittmer
Rachelle
Burlington
Daryl Wittmer
Jim
Muscatine
Otto Frey
Vernon
Noble
August Zieglowsky
Lydia Krabill
Randall Wittmer
Navy
Blue Jacket
Great Lakes
Chicago
Nick Roth
Henry County Hospital
Roy Davison
Allen Wenger
Grover DeYarman
Minnesota
Mary Haverman
Warren Johnson
Omaha
Clair Boshart
Mountain Home
Cherokee Village
Arkansas
Roy
Chillcothe
Missouri
Don Brooks
Glen Ellyn
Ilinois
Ethan Brooks
Ralph Wenger
Sarah Wenger
Lydia Conrad
Paul Eichty
Tipton
Owa
Ezra Wenger
J. G. Widmer
Lola” Hertig
Helene Scheidegger
Byron Thomas
Frank Farmer
2. C. Wyse
William Thoma
Dave Christner
Tillie Gugel
Lyle Zehr
Addie Davison
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H. Dewing Travel Service, Inc
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United Press Internationl
Comer Grocery
M. Montbrisson
Mme
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Montbrisson’s
Supermart
D. A. Augusto
Rey Becker
Erable
West
Ner
South
West Pass
Randall
Navy Choir
Wittmers
Ezra Wittmer
Ella Wyse
Emily Wyse
Emery McGu
Arthur Wyse
Mercy Hospital
Town City
Towa
TTT
Lori Bump
Valley Minnesota
Johenny Mast
Chapt
Beverly Hulme
Bernard Bates
Omer C. Boshart
Helen Etter
Fred Rugg
Gulfport
Fred
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David Elder
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