Income decline shown by 1967 Iowa farm group records
A Washington County Extension report notes 1967 net farm income for east central Iowa farms fell 44 percent from 1966 to 9 131 dollars per farm. Lower livestock margins, grain price declines, higher costs and larger farm size explain the drop, with hogs driving most livestock gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa
Washington County
Jim Frier
Cooperative Extension Service
Iowa State University
ISU
E. G. Stoneberg
H.B. Howell
Iowa
Funeral for Richard Skipton Held Saturday Morning
Richard F. Skipton 53 of 608 North Seventh Avenue died September 4 1968 at Washington County Hospital after a year of declining health. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Jones Funeral Home with Dr Vernon G Elgin officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be given at the funeral home. He was born May 5 1915 in Washington to John and Rose Houdek Skipton. He married Margaret Davidson June 1 1941 and worked at Iowa Southern Utilities Tucker Chevrolet and Sears Catalog Store. Surviving: wife Margaret son John stationed at Beale AFB Marysville Calif brother Francis Skipton of Galesburg IL and his parents and brother Frank preceded him in death.
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Richard F. Skipton
North Seventh Avenue
Washington County Hospital
Jones Funeral Home
Vernon G. Elgin
Elm Grove Cemetery
Washington
John
Rose Houdek Skipton
Margaret Davidson
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Tucker Chevrolet
Sears
Beale Air Force Base
Marysville
Calif
Francis Skipton
Galesburg, Ul
Toastmasters plan area speech contest at Captain's Table
The Toastmasters Club met Wednesday with John Ganon as toastmaster and Bernard McCarthy as table topics chairman. Five minute humorous speeches were given by Howard Lanning Joe Martin Ralph Martin and Frank Patterson. Plans set for area speech contest at Captain's Table on October 13.
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Toastmasters Club
John Ganon
Bernard McCarthy
Howard Lanning
Joe Martin
Ralph Martin
Frank Patterson
Audie Murphy Faces Bankruptcy Over War Era Losses
Audie Murphy testified in superior court that a 1967 Arab Israeli war loss and an Algerian oil venture failure left him broke. He owed $13,260 on a $15,000 note to First National Bank of Dallas, with residuals seized by the state tax board and no clear income in 1968. He is famed for 24 medals including the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Audie Murphy
U.S
Superior Court
Murphy
Middle East
Hyman
Danoff
First National Bank of Dallas
State Tax Board
Africa
Europe
Hell
14-Pound cantaloupe wins county crown at U P Home
Rev R W Copeland resident at United Presbyterian Home Washington yesterday claimed the county cantaloupe title by weighing a 14 pound fruit grown at the Home. He reported picking it last week and weighing occurred in the Home kitchen with several witnesses. Others in the crop were nearly as large.
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R. W. Copeland
United Presbyterian Home
Washington
Copeland
Beef cow calf tour slated in county
A Tuesday September 10 beef cow calf tour in Washington County will visit the Leonard Goeke farm seven miles west of town on the Dublin blacktop at 1 00 p m with stops planned at Dean Luers and Burnett Smith farms in Brighton Other stops cover pasture and forage management hay handling and storage facilities labor saving methods and working chutes Extension specialist Andy Boston will discuss freeze branding and other beef management practices The event is sponsored by the Washington County Beef Producers Association and County Extension Service
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Jim Frier
Washington County Beef Producer’s Association
County Extension Service
Leonard Goeke
Washington
Dublin Blacktop
Dean Luers
Burnett Smith
Brighton
Andy Boston
Washington County
Six Iowa students honored in ISU science awards program
Iowa Southern Utilities will sponsor six high school science students and a teacher to the 10th annual Youth Conference On The Atom in Chicago. Winners selected from six districts based on ITED or similar test results and a science project or 100 word theme. More than 800 students and teachers from many states will attend.
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Iowa
Centerville
Kathleen Kuta
Creston
Rodger Blyth
Newton
Dan Dobruse
Ottumwa
Cynthia Speidel
Burlington
Julia Miksch
Washington
Eugene Erickson
Grinnell High School
Johnson
Iowa Test of Educational de
Chicago
Glenn T. Seaborg
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
George Wells Beadle
University of Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
Iowa Southern
America
Iowa Conservation Field Days hits El Dora with many displays
Visitors from around Iowa can view a large farm product display at the Iowa Conservation Field Days and Plowing Matches. The event runs Thursday September 5 and Friday September 6 east of Eldora with nearly 50 exhibit spaces. Nine field crop exhibitors and eight min tillage equipment firms showcase products. Free exhibits include forage boxes cattle oilers culverts livestock feeders bins cultivation equipment and more with a varied industries tent hosting financial electrical food gas chemicals plow shares fertilizer knives and organization booths.
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Iowa
Eldora
Paul Primus
Primus
Agnew Remarks on Vietnam Return and Czechoslovakia Crisis
Vice President Agnew warned that public discussion harms Paris negotiations and urged a cautious homecoming for Vietnam veterans. He emphasized Americans’ desire to bring troops home only with a stabilized region and criticized the Johnson Administration for not condemning the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, urging firmer Western stance.
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Paris
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Asia
United States
Agnew
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Social Calendar of Community Notices and Events
Social calendar lists weekly civic and church activities with times and locations. Includes St Paul Women’s Fellowship, Rebekah Lodge, UPW circles, Legion Hall events, sewing and dessert gatherings, family reunions, Golden Age Club, TTT chapters, and Rainbow Girls with note on note on print deadline and change of venue.
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St. Paul Women’s Fellowship
Robert Curley
Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
William Jensen
Masonic Temple
Marion Ave
UPW
Richard Stewart
Jack Trotman
Robert Day
Jay Brewer
Legion Hall
Len Buch
Dorothy Swan
Harry McGuire
Sunset Park
Golden Age Club
YWCA
Worthy High Priestess Club
Ken Peters
Herb Campbell
L. B. Eicher
James Harris
Rainbow Girls
Beliels Mark 62nd Wedding Anniversary at Home
Mr and Mrs Ralph Beliel will observe their 62nd wedding anniversary Monday September 9 at home. Their relatives note the quiet celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Beliel
Schwengel reports mail survey results from First District
Congressman Fred Schwengel Iowa released results of a mail service survey based on 40 returned questionnaires from Southeast Iowa chambers and clubs. Majority rated mail service poor or deteriorating and supported taking the Post Office out of politics and running it on a businesslike basis.
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Washington
D. C
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Schwengel
Chambers of Commerce
First
First District
President’s Commission On Postal Organization
First District Chambers of Commerce
President’s Commission
Congress
Ainsworth United Presbyterian installs new pastor
The Rev. Charles W. Hobanks will be installed Sunday at 8 p.m. as pastor of the Ainsworth United Presbyterian Church with Dr. H. D. Foglesong presiding. Ministers Fred Blick Hubert Sunderman Clarence Dehne and William Kettlitz participate. A reception follows in the church basement open to the public. Hobanks comes from First United Presbyterian Oregon after the church had been without a pastor since Rev. Dale Brehmer resigned.
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Charles W. Hobanks
Ainsworth United
Fred M. Blick
Hubert L. Sunderman
Clarence W. Dehne
William H. Kettlitz
Hobanks
First United Presbyterian Church In
Oregon
Ainsworth
Dale Brehmer
Harrington Addresses Kiwanis Club About Football Prospects
Washington High School head coach Roger Harrington spoke at the Kiwanis luncheon along with Miss Washington County Pat Butler and chaperone Sara Lu Morrison. Butler sang, and a return engagement was encouraged. Kiwanis reminded members of the 1968 1969 Travelogue Series with the first show on October 14 at the high school and ticket sales planned within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Harington
Aimee
Monte
Troy
Harrington
Washington High School
E. B. Crosley
Eldora
K. C. Harrington
Chicago
Kiwanis Club
Washington County
Pat Butler
Gifford
Sara Lu) Morrison
Pat
Sara Lu Morrison
Roger Harrington
Kiwanis
Military Notice of Service for Wulf and Black
Private Edward C. Wulf NG 26830367 serves in Co C 5th Battalion 1st Brigade Combat Team at Fort Polk Louisiana 71459. Private William J. Black RA 68053385 serves in Co B 2nd Battalion 1st Brigade Combat Team Brigade. son of Mrs Lola Arbogast of Washington and Orin Black of Knoxville.
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Wulf
Edward C. Wulf
BCT
Ft. Polk
BLACK
William J. Black
Lola Arbogast
Washington
Orin Black
Knoxville
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Toastmasters Plan
Des Moines Register
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Evening Journal
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Telegraph Ave
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