Red Cross leaders meet Quarterly gathering here
Red Cross leaders from Washington County meet at Captains Table for the regular quarterly meeting. Roger Schloss outlines finances while Dr Vosika and Mrs Vosika discuss new first aid courses, drug rehabilitation insights, and program trends. Meetings planned for Ottumwa Burlington and Rock Island with 7 PM start. The Kalona United Fund allocates 650 dollars to Red Cross.
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Washington County
American Red Cross Board of Directors
Roger Schloss
Jerry Bryan
Eugene Way
E.d. Vosika
First Aid
Federa
Ottumwa
Burlington
Rock Island
Winnie Belter
Veterans Administration Hospital
Iowa City
Red Cross
Penningroth
Red Cross Chapter
Iowa
EJ. Vosika
WE Farrell
United Fund
Kalona
Irvin E Coffey Dies at 88 in West Chester Area
Irvin E Coffey co founder of JL Coffey and Son Lumber Yard West Chester dies at 88 on October 13 1971 A lifelong Iowan he served as director of the West Chester Savings Bank and Washington County Tax Board and was a Rotarian He was born April 12 1883 in Wellman married Eva M Haffen in 1909 and moved to West Chester in 1910 Funeral services pending at Jones Funeral Home Washington
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Irvin E. Coffey
JL. Coffey and Son Lumber Yard
West Chester
Washington County
Coffeys
Washington
Riverside Woman Anna Soukup Dies at 83
Mrs Anna B Soukup 83 Riverside died Wednesday at Lutheran Home for the Aged Vinton. Services 2 PM Friday Sorden Adams Riverside Burial Riverside Cemetery She born 1888 daughter of Vencel Barbara Vondrasek married John Soukup January 8 1908 in Riverside survived by three sons Harry Walker John Riverside Robert Oxford one daughter Dorothy Erbe Scottsdale Arizona 17 grandchildren seven great grandchildren three brothers and three sisters
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Anna B. Soukup
Riverside
Lutheran Home For
Vinton
Sorden-Adams
Soukup
Vencel
Barbara Vondrasek
John Soukup
Harry
Walker
Iowa
John
Robert
Oxford Iowa
Dorothy Erbe
Scottsdale, Ariz
Wheat and soybeans rise as oats fail to quote on board
CHICAGO wheat rose irregularly while soybeans gained and corn edged down at mid morning trading on the Board of Trade. Oats were not quoted due to computer trouble as futures moved with modest changes across near and deferred contracts.
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Chicago
UPL
Board of Trade
Michael Sieren of Keota Dies at 86
Michael Sieren, 86, of Keota died this morning at his home. Services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at St Mary’s Catholic Church Keota with Fr William V. Snell officiating. Burial in Clear Creek Cemetery. He was born April 12 1885 at Clear Creek to Joseph and Ann Heifel Sieren. He married Margaret Reiner April 12 1910 in Clear Creek and lived in the Clear Creek area until 1951 when they moved to Keota. Survived by his wife Margaret and children Sister Helen Rose Sieren St Paul Carl Keota Elmer Harper Mrs John Corrine Linaghan Rock Island Leonard Keota Mrs Joe Ann Durek North English Mrs Kenneth Theresa Peiffer Harper Paul Harper one daughter in law Ione Sieren Cummings 43 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren three sisters Margaret Mertz Sigourney Anna Conrad Houghton Mrs Rose Greiner Keota and one brother Nick Sieren Sigourney He was preceded in death by four sons three brothers and three grandchildren. Family rosary 8 p.m tonight at Powell Funeral Home Keota parish rosary 8 p.m Friday at Powell's.
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Sieren
Keota
St Mary's Catholic Church
William V. Snell
Clear Creek
Mr Sieren
Joseph
Ann Heifel Sieren
Margaret Reiner
Margaret Mertz
Sigourney
Anna Conrad
Houghton
Rose Greiner
Nick Sieren
Powell
Powell's
County tour slated Sunday in Highland Township and along the Iowa River
The Washington County Historical Society will conduct a fall tour on Sunday October 17 meeting at 2 p.m. at the store in Haskins. Stops include the 94 year old Salem church, the octagon house among Iowa's few, and sites at Harrisburg Bethel and White Ash with past coal shafts visible.
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The
Washington County Historical Society
Highland Township
Iowa River
Haskins
Salem
Iowa
Harrisburg
Bethel
White Ash
Washington Community School Board Meeting Reports Plans and Approvals
Washington Community School members heard reports on oral school projects and approved FBLA and choir trip plans. Approval covered FBLA trip financing to St Louis Mo and a high school choir tour next April in the Chicago area with fund raising planned.
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Washington Comunity School
FBLA
Business Actors of America
St. Lo Mo
Chicago
Hughes routed in credentials contest amid Democratic rift
In Washington and Des Moines, party reformers backed Sen Harold Hughes as the credentials committee chair race ended with Patricia Roberts Harris winning by a wide margin. The vote highlighted intraparty tensions as Muskie Harris and McGovern positioned for the national convention and the reformist goal.
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UPI
Democratic Party
Sen
Harold
Hughes
Iowa
Patricia Roberts Harris
Lawrence FC Brie
Sens
Edmund 8
Muskie
Maine
Fred R Harris
Oklahoma
George S McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Harris
National
Cases Up in Smoke in Brussels Court Clerk Jailed
A Brussels court clerk was jailed after burning a number of legal files. Court sources say overwork and low spirits left him unable to cope with a growing file backlog. Investigators search his office to determine how many cases were destroyed.
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Brussels
UPI
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