Weather Worries and Local Happenings Echo Labor Day
The letter notes drought in August with hopes for two inches of rain, early fall cues, and signs of leaves falling. It mentions Chicago’s Mrs. Goucher and Hanrahan's interview, school traffic, safety warnings, an upcoming football season, a soap clinic fundraiser, and federal relief payments to Advance-Ross workers totaling near one million dollars in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Goucher
Chicago
Illinois
Hanrahan
Advance - Ross
Fitz
Carolyn McCleery
Henrietta Griffith
Kirksville
A.M.E. Church
Week on the Farm Reflects Dry Weather Effects on Yield
The piece notes dry conditions hurting crop yields with early corn and soybeans maturing while late soybeans suffer. Harvest date approaches and grazing for feed grain acres has begun. Pastures appear over grazing, requiring patch seeding and fertilizer for next season. A reflective closing anecdote shares a boy and a goat memory from forty years ago.
Notable local moves and arrivals across Washington County
A roundup notes Robert Downing named executive director of the Denver Retail Merchants Association and numerous trips and life events. John Baker begins teaching and coaching in Muscatine. Families welcome returning relatives from Hoboken and Denmark while Florence Baird tours Europe. A Kalona ceremony honors Dr Fry, and local wind damage, pests, and births are reported along with several community notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Downing
Denver
Denver Retail Merchants Association
James van Nostrand
Creston
van Nostrand
Ross van Nostrand
Creston News Advertiser
Art Swift
Cleveland
62Nd Battalion of Seabees
Swift
John Baker
Leland Baker
Muscatine
John
Parsons
Francis McConnell
Linda
Betty
N.J
Denmark
Florence Baird
709
South Third
Europe
State University of Iowa Alumni Association
Fred Bickhart
Jean
Danny
Ft. Madison
South Gate
Calif
Bickhart
W. J
Kalona
Addas Fry
Fry
Cedarville
Ill
Bill Arnold
Billie Joe
Springfield
Arnold
Central Bible Institute
Washington
W Kaster
George L
Washington Pool ends 13th season with deficit over $3000
The Washington Municipal Swimming Pool closed its 13th season Aug 25 with revenues of $8,932.79 and costs exceeding by more than $3000. Fees remain low by design to serve youths, while season tickets and family nights drew 39,589 swims, down from 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Municipal Swimming Pool
Bus Westermark
City Swimming Pool Commission
Westermark
Advance Ross Company
Washington
Farm Bureau policy talk plus county updates across Iowa district
Farm Bureau members from 13 counties joined First District congressman Frea Schwengel at a Willows Supper Club event to share legislative priorities amid topics on taxes and national issues. Weather notes show August rainfall in Washington County at 1.10 inches, with crop prospects dipping due to drought and a possible ten percent yield reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frea Schwengel
Vietnam
Farm Bureau
Iowa
the Willows
Fred Holsteen
F B
Holsteen
Washington County
Jim Frier
Frier
Washington
Vacations and family notices move through Iowa and beyond
Karla Kneen departs for Canada with uncle Jon Kneen traveling via Minnesota and North Dakota visiting Winnipeg and Calgary before returning home. Mr and Mrs Allen Smith relocate to Kirksville Missouri as he starts as a junior at Northeast Missouri State College. Numerous relatives and friends announce births and attend a funeral in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDaniel
State Historical Society of
Iowa
Carl Jarvis
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Mike Wheelan
Terri
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Wheelan
Ickey
California
Marge Luckey
Riverside
Clarence Wilson
East Tyler
Wilson
Karla Kneen
Canada
Jon Kneen
Ottumwa
Minnesota
North Dakota
Winnipeg
Calgary
Allen Smith
East
Washington
Kirksville
Smith
Northeast Missouri State College
Air Apts
Mollie Kneen
Bob Forsch
Cedar Rapids
Phil Kneen
Mary Ann
Mollie
Adams School
Forsch
Sacramento State College
McCarthy Leaves for Germany on Duty in Frankfort
Pfc Martin Jerome McCarthy departed September 2 for duty near Frankfort Germany. He serves as an accountant in financial disbursing and accounts payable for the U S Army. His wife Judy will stay with her parents until arrangements allow her to join him overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Jerome McCarthy
Frankfort
Germany
United States Army
Judy
Keith Vetters
Charles McConnell
Wendell
Boeing
Seattle
Mt. Lake Terrace
Boise
Idaho
John Runft
Linda
Marriages and deaths in Iowa communities track August events
Multiple notices report weddings across Iowa community areas including Sue Conner and Dr. Robert Kretzschmar in Marion, Burdene Gerig and Dennis Johnson at a Wayland home, Patricia Nicholson and Rick Austin in Las Vegas, and Linda Farr’s Riverside church ceremony. Obituaries cover Edith Bouquet, Joseph Wieland, Albert Monson, Mrs. Catherine Thomas, and others in Iowa City, Riverside, Keota, Columbus City, and Columbus Junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Raymond Graf
Onekama
Mich
Donald McCrabb
Keota
Gerald Graf
Wellman
Elvin Graf
Doug Graf
Dennis Dunbar
Muscatine
Mickey Graf
Riverside
Richard McCrabb
Bill McCrabb
Jim McCrabb
West Liberty
Stan Hale
Marion
Bill Graf
Gary Graf
Mike Black
Leo Graf
Linda
Clarence Blum
Washington
Stree Cemetery
Brethren, Mich
E.A. Conner
Sue
Robert Kretzschmar
Iowa City
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
E.E. Grice
Kretzschmar
University Hospitals
Vernon Gerig
Wayland
Burdene
Dennis Michael Johnson
Stanley Johnson
Belvedere
S. C
Patricia Lee Nicholson
Rick G. Austin
Las Vegas
Nev
Austin
Donald L. Nicholson
Mt. Pleasant High School
Kirkwood College
University of Iowa
George W. Austin
23Rd. Ave
Marion, Iowa
Linn - Mar High School
Sylvia Nicholson
Marie Fisher
Linda Marie Farr
David Douglas Krantz
Davenport
Aces Ceong
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John Morrissey
Jim D. Farr
Walter Krantz
Ainsworth
Grace Aller
Columbus City
Carole Hubrey
Lois Hubrey
Robert Desko
George Desko
Endicott
N. Y
United Methodist Church
Harold Olson
Stork Gazette Names Four Local Newborns
Susan Patricia Havel Cathy Ann Greiner William Dean Herr and Daniel John Luers are listed as newborns with parent details and home addresses in Washington Keota Columbus Junction Brighton in the Stork Gazette notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Patricia Havel
Robert Neil Havel
Washington
Cathy Ann Greiner
Elmer Michael Greiner
Keota
William Dean Herr
Theodore Robert Herr
Columbus Junction
Daniel John Luers
Raymond Dean Luers
Brighton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aunt Agatha
Little Brother
Martha Turnipseed
Phillips and Hebner Drug Store
Audrey Hotle
Keith Hardy
John Knoteks
Charles Breitenbach
Ralph Shannon
Ogden
Utah
Robert L. West
Shannon
Schwengel
Washington Municipal Band
Sunset Park
Milo Steele Jr
John McDaniel
Lambert Neill
James Birney
Larry Green
Peter Bell
Wilbur Weston
Stewart Bell
John Kessell
Peg K. Tech
Karen Vosika
E. J. Vosika
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
State of
Nebraska
Grand Island
Neb
Frank Casey
Mercy Hospital
Demon
John Davis
Davis
Corpman-Statler
Clifford Corpman
Millard C. Wyse
Burbank
van Nuys Hospital
Ted Brown
Prescott, Ariz
Lloyd Ewarts
Julius
Anna Wulf
Bill Helscher
Helscher
H. A. Helscher
Sigourney
Ray Palmer
Veterans Hospital
Jacque Zear
Pat Holden
Harvey Holden
Miss Zear
Cy Ritter
Mt. Pleasant
Karla
Walter Duvall
David Lawrence Kelling
Larry Kelling
Norfolk
Kelling
Wayne
Ruth Duvall) Holmes
Cedar Falls
Kellings
Pinecrest
Apts
Apt
Norfolk Avenue
Navy
Pfc
McCarthy
George K
Kenton) Mangold
David
Susan
Westport, Conn
Harold Mangolds
E. L. Edmondsons
Mark Bjorndal
North Avenue
Bjorndal
Regina Hayes
University
Red Carpet
George Westen
Azusa
Florence Weston Hubbard
Paul B. Hubbard
Florence
Blythe A. Hubbard
Assembly of God
Covina
Emma _ Henry
Homer Baird
Marian Blick
Grace Cottrell
Michael Sheetz
Crawfordsville
John Johnson
Elmer Greiner
Robert Herr
Mabel Hanft
Nina Davis
Wapello
Tim Horak
Grace Stewart
Glenn Gordon
Peter Perdock
Sharon McNeely
Surgical
Ronald Lucas
Frank Mattison
Laura McIntyre
Dale Eyestone
Patty Yocum
William W. Atkinson
Ativerside
W. F. Boeckmann
Walter Watkinson
Donna G. Yocum
Max Yocum
Iona Ity
Jane Klein
Roger D. Westendorf
United Presbyterian Church
David Reeves
John E. Klein
Leo Westendorf
Waverly
Judith Blong
Leo Sill
Cresco
Roger Flory
Orville Flory
Collegiate Methodist Church
Ames
Bartruff
Lester Fry
John Eane
Keith Murphy
Mindi
John Young
Missy
Julie
Des Moines
Bruce Taylor
Jean Haworth
Harold Taylor
Kalona Harry R. Morgan
Second Avenue
Joseph B. Wieland
Lone Tree
Sherman-Eden
Edward F. Collins
Ainsworth Cemetery
Albert Monson
S. Jefferson St
Henry County Memorial Hospital
Edward H. Thomas
Cotter
Morning Sun
Edward
Catherine) Thomas
Morning Sun Manor
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