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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1962

Page

7

Largest Soil Conservation Project Improves Eastern Iowa Farms

The 11 farm group near West Chester and Washington completes the largest eastern Iowa soil conservation project. It spans 32,000 yards of cath moving for a six foot gully and over 30,000 feet of tiling within a 1200 acre watershed. Cost near $22,000 with 40 to 50 percent government share and coordinated by local Soil Conservation Service officials and ASCS staff.

Iowa Jesse Wells Keith Wells Kenneth Pepper Eva Robertson Cloyce Crone Orville Griggs Royal Robertson Walter Reed Keith Statler Charles Friese C.H. Ralston Lafe Stout Lorena Lynn Wendell Shaffer West Chester Washington Soil Conservation Service Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office W Ea Royal Robertson Soil Conservation District Robertson Gene Stephens Ainsworth Soil District Commissioners Stephens SCS Fairfield

Farriers Mark 40th Anniversary in Pleasant Plain

Mr. and Mrs. Marion Farrier celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a noon cooperative dinner at their son’s home and an afternoon open house in Pleasant Plain. Ninety guests attended including Marion’s father A. E. Farrier and relatives from multiple Iowa towns. The couple received a bronze dinette set and other gifts, with family members assisting at the cake and beverages. Harmony Club held a Hard Times party hosted by Mrs. Ira Saunder with a Halloween theme and a November 12 next meeting planned.

Brighton Marion Farrier Junior Farrier Pleasant Viain Marion A. E. Farrier Farrier Betty Maurine East Moline Rock Island Ill Wymore Nebr Washington Pleasant Plain What Cheer Delta Anamosa Iowa City Becky Farrier Harmony Club Ira Saunder Hioward Shaffer Cora Pringle Floyd Dunbar

Weekend TV Highlights From United Press International

The schedule lists CBS NBC ABC and syndicated programs for Saturday and Sunday including The Defenders finale with Sylvia Sidney and Don Gordon, college football regional games, Wide World of Sports rodeo, Jackie Gleason, Sam Benedict, Mister Scoutmaster, Lawrence Welk Halloween, Have Gun Will Travel, Fight Night boxing, The River Nile NBC special, Adlai Stevenson Reports, Pro Football ABC Dallas at Houston and other AFL games, The Campaign and the Candidates NBC, The Twentieth Century CBS, Meet the Press NBC, The Jetsons ABC, True CBS Code Name Christopher, Sunday Night Movie Bury the Living ABC, Ed Sullivan with guests, and True CBS.

CBS Wisconsin Ohio State Dartmouth Harvard Stanford UCLA Wide World of Sports ABC Fresno Calif Edmund Gwenn Lawrence Welk Will Paladin Florentino Fernandez Reuben Carter Madison Square Garden N.Y Adlai Stevenson United Nations Dallas Houston Buffalo Denver San Diego New York NBC California Richard Nixon Edmund Brown Dag Hammarskjold Richard Boone Theodore Biker Ed Sullivan Steve Allen Louis Prima Jackie Mason Christopher Jack Webb Norway

Washington Evening Journal masthead and staff list

The Washington Evening Journal masthead shows editor and business manager David Elder with William Shannon as vice president and advertising director Charles Morris as news editor Bruce Cowden and Howard Hazen as contributors. production superintendent listed. Published afternoons except Sunday Christmas and July 4. The paper is a second class matter under the March 3 1879 act in Washington Iowa and is part of Inland Daily Press Association Iowa Daily Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations.

David Elder William Shannon Charles Morris Bruce Cowden Howard Hazen Washington, Iowa United Press Inland Daily Press Ass'n Lowa

Deeds for Bedell and Minick Transfers Recorded

H J Bedell and wife deed Lot 4 Block 16 Brighton to Ronald Dean Edwards and wife. Mary E Minick transfers real estate in Margaret Young's Second Addition Washington to Kenneth Em bree.

H.J. Bedell Ronald Dean Edwards Bik Brighton Mary E. Minick Kenneth Embree Margaret Young Washington

Farm Equipment Pull Event Lists Competing Tractors

A historical notice documents a wheel horse pull with 6x12 wagon box and R Gears David Bradley pulling four Allis Chalmers tractors and multiple Ferguson Ford and Dearborn models. Entries include 2-14 3-14 4-14 pull classes with IH 3-14, J Deere 3-14, Oliver 3-14 and Little Genius M&M 3-14.

Ferguson Fords J. Deeres Little Genius M & M Oliver

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