Dear Aunt Agatha Washington County notes and civic events
Snow dusts Washington County signaling fall into winter with cool days and early frosts. Community Chest kickoffs, Halloween candy sales by Junior Y Teens and Science Club drivers, Kidney Foundation fundraisers, and tutor programs for reading support unfold. County 4 H convention honors, election activity heats up, an arm injury from a Model T crank recalls past days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Iowa
Old Man Winter
Washington
Community Chest Board
Kidney Foundation
Washington High School
Kathy Wittetoe
Jane Stewart
Mike Woods
Steve Butler
Cathy Walker
Pam McClure
Richard Schoonover
Trudy Griffeth
Tom Meeker
Joe Giardino
Terry Anderson
Wendy Wilson
Sharon Eaton
Bill Bordwell
Ann Krogmeier
Week on the Farm memories of changing harvest gear
In a late October 1972 column the writer reflects on seasonal change and farming evolution. He recalls old hand husking, a Woods one row corn picker, a wooden portable elevator, and a handmade wagon hoist. He describes a tractor powered 50 foot grain elevator rig that could move about 500 bushels per fifteen minutes, noting progress.
Passing Years highlights 94th birthday and local events
A 94th birthday celebration for Mrs. Joe Shalla at Willits Apartments draws 12 guests with help from Mrs. Lucille Reller and Mrs. Joe Knotek. News notes include travels of the Berdo couple to Washington and Connecticut and Craig Neuhart finishing medical technology training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Shalla
Willits
Lucille Reller
Joe Knotek
Shalla
Henry Berdo
Washington, D.C
Bob
Watertown
Local Birth Announcements in The Stork Gazette
The Stork Gazette lists newborns with parents and addresses including SEAN WILLA PIOULND in Washington and BRYAN WILMER LAUDERMAN in Brighton, along with BRYAN HEATH BRINNING, HAROLD EUGENE MILAM, LORI LYNN BIERMAN, FRANK WILLIAM GREINER, TRACY JOHN KLEESE, THERESA BERNADETTE SAYRE, SARA JANE LOW, JEFFREY ALAN SPROUSE and addresses across Washington Keota Muscatine and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sean Willa
Henry Carson Bierman
R.R
Muscatine
Frank William Greiner
Jerry Franklin Greiner
Washington
Tracy
John Kleese
John Walter Kleese
E. 3Rd Street
Theresa Bernadette Sayre
Nathan Arthur Sayre
Sara Jane Low
James Ruskin Low
Iowa
Jeffrey Alan Sprouse
Duane Warren Sprouse
Keota
Commended students named in National Merit list in Washington
The past week in Washington notes three Mid-Prairie students Scott Barber Larry Werts and Leon Yoder receiving letters of commendation for high scores on the 1971 preliminary SAT and National Merit Scholarship qualifying test. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation named 37000 students nationwide as commendations indicating they are among the top two percent expected to graduate in 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Prairie
Scott Barber
Larry Werts
Leon Yoder
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
United States
William Shannon named to Iowa Daily Press Honorary Life Membership
William Shannon advertising manager of the Washington Evening Journal is named to Honorary Life Membership in the Iowa Daily Press Association advertising advisory committee along with three other Iowans. Shannon is a longtime member and former general chairman of the committee. In Washington, winter snow blankets trees and cars as cool conditions persist. An Open House at Stewart Elementary draws 1,000 attendees. Tim Burke to speak at Mid-Prairie FFA Appreciation Night. Mid-Prairie FFA donates 25 to US Jamaica FFA Pig Chain to aid Jamaica swine production. Brighton council passes a town curfew to curb vandalism and loitering, effective after publication this week. Diane Chalupa hosts a bridal shower in Washington. Mrs Don Edwards hospitalized after gall bladder surgery. Rita Guenther noted as former owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shannon
Washington Evening Journal
Iowa Daily Press Association
Shannon
State Group
Wellman
National
FFA
Tim Burke
Mid-Prairie
Future Farmers of America
Mid-Prairie Ffa
Jamaica
National Ffa Pig Chain
Brighton
Washington
Honorary 4-H members named at Washington County event
Tuesday October 17 honors Mrs. George Colthurst Ainsworth and Duane White Ainsworth as honorary 4-H members at the Washington County 4-H Convention. Mary McCarthy a high school senior and football contest winner earns $20. scores and ties mark a busy contest, while local residents receive hospital notices travel updates and birth reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McCarthy
Washington High School
Mary
Washington County signs ambulance contract for 1973 service
The Washington County Board of Supervisors and Jerry Beauchamp of Ambulance Service of Washington County signed a contract for 1973 ambulance coverage. A $29,250 bond was posted, bids were about $6,000 under the prior deal, and a new conventional ambulance will be delivered within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Ambulance Service
Washington County
Jerry Beauchamp
Booth Ambulance Service
William Simmons
Beauchamp
Local book sale nets 502 for Planned Parenthood group
The Washington County book sale raised 502 dollars for Planned Parenthood, with many donated books and puzzles at Wesley House. A community program at Mt. Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan College, Theta Lambda pledges, hospital news, and family notices followed in the day’s item list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Planned Parenthood Group
Jerry Ridley
Ridley
Planned Parenthood Board of Directors
United Methodist Board
Wesley House
Iowa Board For Public Programs In the Humanities
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College Chapel
Bill Whittenberg
Herb Campbell
Robert Day
Keiffer Garton
John Owen
Jim Gorham
Gifford Morrison
James Birney
Jim Frier
Washington
Richard Lease
Crawfordsville
John Zielinski
Katona
Jane Passmore
Iowa City
Johnson
Washington County Extension Home
Week of Obituaries From Local Area
Deaths of week cover Mrs. Bessie L. Wead 89 of 311 East Main Street and Mrs. Mabel Diller 69 of Columbus Junction among others. Names include Mela G Vacha 79 and Dora Eckhardt 87 with funeral details and burial sites in Elm Grove and Columbus City cemeteries. Funeral notices list churches, hospitals, and towns such as Washington County Iowa City Wellman Winfield and the Amanas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie L. Wead
East Main Street
Washington County Hospital
Sherman - Eden Funeral Home
William Kettlitz
Elm Grove Cemetery
Columbus Junction
Lois Buffington
Near Here
Morning Sun Manor Nursing Home
Spring Run United Methodist Church
Robert Wilcox
Columbus City Cemetery
Columbus City
Mabel Diller
Here
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Stacy - Lewis Funeral Home
Paul Hasel
Nichols
Cecil
Darlene) Allen
Margaret Diller
Ernest
Marilyn) Kilpatrick
Paul Edwards
Mediapolis
Hospital and Birth Notices Across Washington Area
Hospital updates list admmittances and births across Washington communities including named patients Melo Vacha Earl Finke and Richard Albright. Notable entries: Sunday birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Jerry Greiner, Washington. yesterday births to Mr and Mrs Nathan Sayre and Mr and Mrs John Kleese, Washington. today births to Mr and Mrs James Low Crawfordsville and to Mrs Nina Bain Wayland. Also multiple surgical and medical admittees including Mrs Gertrude Doig and Mrs Jerry Greiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kleese
Tracy John
Troy
Robert Coon
Elwood Kleese
Ramirten
William Arndt
Brighton
Earl Finke
Washington
Frank Johnson
Homer Lambert
Donald Sweetz
Warren Shaffer
Medical
Richard Albright
Jerry Greiner
Nathan Sayre
John Kleese
James Low
Joan Frame Ainsworth
Henry Bierman Jr
Muscatine
Duane Sprouse
Keota
Don Brinning
Ronald Meyer
Michael Koehler
Crawfordsville
Gertrude Doig
Harold Milam
Magnus Ahmling
Grant Wimpsett
Richland
Nina Bain
Wayland
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Duane White
George Colthurst
Harry Sowden
Burlington
Richard Tucker
Metropolitan Opera Company
Ella
Nellie Link
Lena Stewart
Newton
Helen Hamilton
Henry Little
Little
ISU Company
Christian Tabernacle
Joyce Logan
Clarence Logan
Alpha Xi Delta Sorority
Monmouth College
Monmouth
T. C. Polk
The
Christian Church In
Central Christian Church
Centerville
Bert Dill
Harry Whittaker
Mary Block
Morningside Hospital School of Nursing
Tulsa
Okla
Y Board
Chamber of Commerce
C. E. Schmitt
Olin
Navy
Clyde Salyer
Oskaloosa
A and P
Fred Speed
Les Woods
James Dawson
Benjamin Share
Benny
University Hospitals
Eastern Colleges
Weather Bureau
Lowa
Oren Mauck
Town City
City Water Works
Kate Miller
Haskins
City Library
the Stork Gazette
Harold Willey
Topeka
Kansas
Eugene Martin
Maud Martin
United Presbyterian Home
Bruce Martin
Moline
Duane Martin
Moberly, Mo
Eugene Martin and
Harold Klopfenstein
Ralph Young
Sheeny Buck
Ainsworth
Cecil Davis
Henry Brooks
Ottumwa
Mae Lamb
South Second Ave
John Kurtz
East Second St
Earl Cline
Kurtz
Esther Troxell
I. W. Schenefelt
Ozarks
Branson, Mo
Stewart Elementary
Diane Chalupa
Mark Bjorndal
Richard Hayes
Lucetta
Don Edwards
Rita Guenther
4-H
Colthurst
White
Dale Janecek
Victor Masson
Florida
Central
New England
John Masson
Titusville
Fla
Della Neal Macreadie
Daytona Beach
Macreadie
North Coates Street
Richard and
Sam Weeks
Dewey Weeks
Montgomery City
Mr. Weeks
Walter Weeks
Robert Lowe Sr
Catholic Daughters
St James Meeting Room
Bill Yerington
Loren Moore
James Webbey
D. J. O'Hanlon
Larry Fisher
Jim Larson
J.B. Dickson
Mesa Ariz
JE. Willson
West Burlington
R.C Watson
Watson Cabin
Lake Odessa
Dickson
Mrs. Willson
Watson
Lester Luckenbill
Charles W. Luckenbill
Charles J. Margaret and
Christopher
Indianapolis
Chris Duvall
West Chester
Northeast Missouri State University
Kirksville
Wade Gardner
Simi
Calif
Edna Smith
Sam West
Burlington Memorial Hospital
Mercy Unit
Burlington, Iowa
Theta Lambda Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Jerry Tyer
Green Meadows
Phil Ahrens
Marty Chebuhar
Gene Zeck
Robert Bonar
Tim Horak
George Chalupa
Neal Stout
Wapello
Miles Stout
Lloyd Stout
Edgar Stout
Keith Barnes
Don Williams
Nevada
Clarence Martin
Phoenix
Ariz
Stout
Tommy Skubal Jr
Eldon Brake
Wichita
Ernest Brake
Jim Stephens
St Joseph
Elliott McKinstry
Gene Stephens
Mr. Stephens
Andy Hayter
Marion
McKinstry
San Francisco
Fred Yoder
Cedar Rapids
Andrea Ruth Ellen
Alison
Maurice Meyer
John Doyle Yoder
Kalona
Martha Meyer
Mela G. Vacha
South Avenue B
Dora Margaret Eckhardt
Maple Lawn Nursing Home
Moberly
Winfield
Lottie Edith Enke
Lakeland
Carl Stapp Willey
Union Township
Willey
Melo Vacha
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