Weather and farm notes from Washington area update
Dear Aunt Agatha summarizes a stretch of warm dry weather in Washington with sticky days, crop conditions described as excellent, and Labor Day weekend rains as insurance. It notes hog and grain prices fluctuating, a national Pork Producers conference in Washington, and hopeful harvests. It also covers school enrollment, YMCA fall activities and staffing, a Pony cart outing at United Presbyterian Home, and Iowa voters heading to polls for school board elections with a call to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Pork Producers
Allen Keppy
YMCA
Kim Steele
Ike Maggert
Kevin Koehn
United Presbyterian Home
Marlon Bitting
Crawfordsville
Woters
Iowa
Washington Drum Corps
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
E.C. Eicher
Betty
Washington, D.C
Mary Motts
Nate Black
Helen
Indianapolis
Washington area notes mark milestones across decades
The clipping surveys events from 1 to 50 years ago, listing members of local clubs, obituaries, and marriages. It notes Dennis Crone earning junior Angus membership in St Joseph Missouri, speaks of European tours by college students, Welsh song festival attendance, aviation veteran Hubert Reed’s retirement, fresh births and wedding notices, and community milestones including farm, hospital, and civic happenings across Washington area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Crone
Washington
American Angus Association
St. Joseph
Frank Richards
Merwin Swanson
State College of Iowa
Europe
Washington's Men’s Club
Della Humphreys
Sarah Davis
Robert Roberts
John R. Hughes
Hugh Jones
Detroit
Mich
Hubert N. Reed
Colorado
Reed
Orin Wallace
Willus Greiner
Bernard
Francis Reed
Security Village
Local Births and a Political Take at Truckers Convention
Stork Gazette lists newborns Patrick Eugene Schantz Crystal Ann Swartzentruber Scott Alan Geiger Brent Hazelett Kristen Lanette Danielson and Tony Eugene Lear Jr with their parental addresses. In Anaheim UPI columnist Jack Anderson urged tolerating Nixon’s abuses of power while warning impeachment would damage American politics, preferring three and a half more years of Nixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Eugene Schantz
Wayne Willard Schantz
Washington
Crystal Ann Swartzentruber
Paul E. Swartzentruber
Box 23
Karona Scott
Alan Geiger
Gary Gene Geiger
Wapello
Brent Allen Hazelett
William Harry Hazelett
W Main
Kristen Lanette Danielson
Anaheim
Calif
UPI
Jack Anderson
Truckers
Nixon
Anderson
Man killed in one car crash near Washington
Washington man Robert C. Kopp, 42, was killed in a one car crash six miles east of Washington at the county road 6W and highway 92 intersection. He was a passenger in a car driven by 19 year old Franklin Triska of Washington. Local notes report various graduations visits and family events over Labor Day, including Collin Proctor’s honors, Diana updates, and guests from Iowa and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Kopp
Washington
Rex Smith
Kopp
Franklin Triska
Sunset Park lots sale discussed by Washington City Council
The council considers selling six north Sunset Park lots after a bid of 26000 from an unidentified bidder. The plan would straighten the boundary, keep a pavilion and a 10 foot northern strip, with bids for a nearby park project due Thursday aided by a 13500 federal grant. Nearby notes include park expansion, a Stewart School land park, and future western extension ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Washington City
Park Board
Marion McAvoy
West Main Street
McAvoy
Walt Messer McAvoy
Stewart School
Washington
Sunset
Washington YMCA hires Steele as aquatic director
Kim Steele joins the Washington YMCA staff as aquatic director, creating a three person professional team including executive director Maggert and associate Kevin Koehn. Also noted: rainfall totals around town and local residents in various news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Kim Steele
Washington
National swine conference opens at county fairgrounds
The first National Commercial Swine Type Conference begins today at the county fairgrounds. Sponsors tout its focus on commercial crossbred swine rather than purebreds, marking a distinct approach from typical shows.
Anderson earns Skipper Slawik Scholarship at Bethel College
Ward Anderson son of Mr and Mrs Warren Anderson 427 East Van Buren has won the Skipper Slawik Memorial Scholarship for 1973 74 at Bethel College St Paul Minn where he begins his sophomore year He is an Economics major and a 1972 Washington High School graduate Other local notices include hospital patients births and family visits with several names and residences in Washington IA and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Anderson
Warren Anderson
East van Buren
Skipper Slawik
Bethel College
St. Paul
Deaths of week span several towns and ages in Iowa
A sequence of obituaries notes deaths from Sept 1 to Sept 6 1973 across Wellman Washington Junction Richland Columbus Junction Ainsworth Kalona Brighton and Bettendorf. Names include Daniel Steven Coleman 16 Paul Young 65 Cloyce Benson Lawrence Kevin McClure Paul D Fuller Fred Leppert Anna Marie Langstaff Aaron Stoltzfus Lavanda Mae Shetler Margaret Howell Leo Benda Roy Rotzinger Clyde Mullin Richard Birney and others with causes including cerebral palsy accidents and illnesses. Funeral services held or announced across multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Daniel Steven Coleman
Charles Coleman
Regal Manor
Elk Point
South Dakota
Columbus Junction
Stacy Lewis
Paul D. Fuller
Paul Hasel
Columbus City
Hospital Roundup of Births and Procedures
Hospital Tuesday notes Harold Snider of Brighton in medical care with Miss Crystal Love of Ainsworth for a surgical Sunday. Mrs. Marguerite Snider of Washington undergoes surgery alongside Mrs. Herbert Nash of Washington. Julia Shranger of Atlantic and Ray Gross of Washington listed as medical. Mrs. Linda Buster Letts also in medical. Dwayne Schwarz and Tony Lear, both of Washington and Brighton, announce a daughter and a son respectively. Mr. and Mrs. David Norman of Wellman welcomed a daughter today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Simmering
Shelley
Hollister
Ronald Simmering
Melissa
Michael
Bettendorf
Don Simmering
Eddie
Don
Simmering
Cindy Pile
Tena Simmering
Dan Peiffer
Ray Miller
Harold Snider
Brighton
Crystal Love
Ainsworth
Surgical
Frank Triska
Washington
Marguerite Snider
Herbert Nash
Cornelia Shranger
Atlantic
Ray Gross
Linda Buster Letts
Arms
Dwayne Schwarz
Tony Lear
David Norman
Wellman
Births and medical notices in Washington area amid midweek updates
Wednesday notices list Mrs. Robert Haley and several Washington residents with medical updates. Births announce a daughter for Lanny Danielson and spouse in Columbus Junction. other entries note births or medical statuses for Rubio Keota Conesville Washington and families including Mr and Mrs William Edward Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Haley
Washington
Don Baldosier
Wayland
Jay Brewer Washington
Bertha Kiefer
Richland
Fred Orris Ainsworth
Lanny Danielson
Columbus Junction
William Edward Shepherd
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Spencer
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Ruth Foster
Manson
Wash
Miss Luther
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Spokane
Yakima
Mabel Phipps
County Extension Home
Farm Bureau
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Farm Bureau Office
Naomi Wilson
Little Rock
Ark
Lawrence E. Wilson
Camp Robison
Army Nurses Corps Service
Wilson
Foreign Service
Virginia Hasty
Des Moines
Lowa Methodist Hospital
Ada Hillis
Kalona
Raymond Hasty
Clara Faulkner
Miss Hasty
Red Cross
Howard Applegate
Washington Ad Club
Joe Falk
W.W. Bowers
John Matthews Jr
Orville Elder
Rotary Club
Harper
Mary Ann Redlinger
North Liberty
Bernard M. Redlinger
Craig Paul Sevcik
William E. Gale
Iowa City
Paul D. Sevcik
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Catherine C. Smith
Byron T. Conway
St. James Church
Edward J Shepherd
St. James
Lynn Ryan
United Methodist Church
Brighton United Methodist Church
Joyce Ann Rich
Daniel S. Scheeler
Dave L. Higdon
George Baker
Jack Scheeler
Riverside
Theresa M. Thomann
Alan D. Mapel
Whiteman Afb Mo
St Mary's Church
W. F. Boeckmann
Robert Thomann
Thomann
Mela Deutsch
Charles Mapel
Keota
James Paul Donohoe
S.summit
St. Thomas More
Linda Catherine Yoder
Delmar A. Yoder
Stork Gazette
Arnold Smothers
Thelma Haifley
Eldon
Northwest Iowa Vocational School
Sheldon
Smothers
Collin Proctor
Amana Society Electric Company
Nora Wehr
Deloris
Kathleen
Los Angeles
Edward Wehr
Margaret Ann
Busch Gardens
Queen Mary
Tricia Smothers
Kirkwood College
Grandon
Dorcas Barr
Tiffin
Mercy Hospital
Fritz Brandi
Germany
James Schmidt
Fritz
Rotary
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Gary Kracaw
Tom
Tammy
Jason Smith
Davenport
Martin McCarthy
Sean
Bloomington
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Byron Sugden
Grand Rapids
Charlie Harley
Harley
Gary Oldenberg
Becky
Debbie
Labor Day
Craig Arbuckle
Elmer Schneider
John Patterson
Schneider
Patterson
Cedar Township
L.R. Carson
Carson
Iowa Supreme Court
Sidney Coon
Mrs. Coon
Armon Fitch
Clarinda
Mrs. Fitch
Lulu Parrish
Bedford
Tom Murphy
Miles
Heather Anne
Clinton
Jason
Sam Murphy
L. E. Howell
Pat Burroughs
Audrey Anderson
Michal McGuire
Chris Beliel
Marine Corps
Jeffrey Mahan
Cora Raymond
Huntington Beach
Harold Brock
Raymond
California
Raymond Herr of
John Pratt
Reynolds, IL
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Earl Carlson
Buffalo
Richard Pratt
Becky Berdo
Iowa State University
Ames
Switzerland
P.L. Fenn
Canada
Alaska
Montana
Wyoming
Vergil Hopp
Lubbock
Texas
Nellie Zeck
Annabelle Andrade
Barcelona
Spain
Gerry Zeck
Waterloo
Gary Zeck
University of Dubuque
Bruce Bailey
Ind
Charles Beenblossom
Bruce Broussard
Sheri and
Mark
Roselle
Gene Zeck
Howard Baker
University Hospitals
Robert
Jane McGaffey) Davis
Michigan
Air Force
LeRoy Jugenheimer
John Schlomer
Mobridge, S. D
Schlomer
Ruth Jugenheimer
William E. Yoder
4Th Avenue
Ft. Ord
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Okinawa
Ralph Bell
Mt. Pleasant
L. F. Harding
Robert Riley
West
Bob Truax
Claude E. Mayo
Mr. Mayo
Oral Mayo
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Robert Huer
Hampton, Nl
Bill Huber
Jim Tibbs
Wichita, Kan
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Jamey
Lillian Tibbs
Ash Grove
Lawrence Moore
Clark Hopping
Frank Moore
Winfield
Frank M. Tibbs
Columbia
May
Sherry Ann Mattocks
Lila DePenning
Children’s Hospital
J. Noel Jarvis
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Carl W. Jarvis
Jon C. Jarvis
Elk Grove Village
Ill
Richard Harvey
Frank Casey
John
Elsie) Cox
Ottumwa
Sunny Slope
Jay Funeral Home
MacDougall
Ray Box
Fairview
Dion O'Loughlin
Michael and
Janice
Marion
Harlan O'Loughlin
Paul (Tode) Young
North
Marion Avenue
Washington County
Lawrence Kevin McClure
Key West
Fla
Gould Funeral Home
Naomi Lock
Friends Cemetery
McClure
Florida
Fred Leppert
Ottumwa Hospital
Aaron Stoltzfus
Wellman — Lavanda Mae Shetler
Margaret Howell
Restopia
Leo John Benda
Roy Rotzinger
Rock Island Arsenal
State Street
Ward
Richard Birney
Kansas City
James Birney
Clyde Edward Mullin
Lockridge
University Hospital
Donald Bishop
Rubio
Wilmer Kauffman
Dorothy Wehr
John Custer
Joy Yu
Reuben Herrera
Conesville
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