Waco area opens school with new staff and sports plans
Washington native Carol Wilson begins as secretary at the Central Office replacing Jean Beese who will reenter Goshen College. Junior high football practices start Sept 7 under Mr. Bittle. last season’s team was unbeaten. Waco High School music and drama gear up for the 1965-66 season with Rodgers and Hammerstein musical set for November 12 and 13. tryouts in two weeks and major rehearsals after October. Varsity opens Sept 10 at West Liberty with home game Sept 17 vs Pekin. girls’ team lost season opener to Harmony 7-4. Election day Sept 13 will elect a District 4 director to succeed Raymond King and unopposed Eugene Baker. another seat for Herbert Hult will be filled, both unopposed. Board meets Sept 11 and 20 to reorganize and set officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Wilson
Washington
Jean Beese
Goshen College
Miss Wilson
Washington High School
Bittle
Waco
Waco High School
J. Hultquist
B. Rusbult
West Liberty
Raymond King
Eugene Baker
Baker
Herbert Hult
Hult
Mrs John Jones visits in Toledo and area
Mrs John P Jones traveled Sept 2 to Toledo Iowa to visit granddaughter Pam Duncan the state juvenile home athletic director. She was joined by three daughters and also toured the Tama Indian Reservation Amana Colonies. Other local items note pig show placement Jim Wood family moves and PTA plans with Sacha Club meeting and a 1965 senior class flagpole project for Tom Richenberger at the football field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
John P. Jones
Toledo
Pam Duncan
Miss Duncan
Tom Richenberger
Jim Roth
Field Day Features Sudan Grass At Allee Farm
Farmers are invited to Allee Experimental Farm Field Day on September 8 to compare grazing and hay making qualities of sudangrass and sorghum sudangrass crosses. Extension staff from Iowa State University will present five 1 acre plots of each crop, with 46 cattle on plots for grazing and hay cuts earlier this summer. The event starts at 1 30 p.m. at the Allee farm one mile south of Newell.
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Iowa
van Buren
Weekend trip to Ozark resort and local visits
Keota residents Blanchett, Ruby, Dill and Conklin spent Labor Day weekend in Missouri touring the Ozark area. They stayed at Ozark Sands Motel near Bagnell Dam, toured the dam and attended the Ozark Opera, then visited Camdenton and Waynesville, rode a boat, and returned via Bloomfield. Dick Stoutner will enter Ames as a freshman this fall.
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Keota
Blanchett
Margaret Ruby
Verne Dill
LaRue Conklin
Missouri
Ozark Sands
Bagnell Dam
Dam
Ozark Opera
Camdenton
Dave McCartney
Tillie Henry
T. L. S. Club
Mae Hornung
Paul Jaeger
Rose Conkity
Darlene Greiner
Conklty
Jaeger
Alice Brinning
Elmer Waller
Donnie Heisdorffer
Washington
Scott Heisdorffer
James Mattson
Elmer Wall
Stoutner and area residents host visitors across Iowa
A crowded weekend of hospitality spans Keota, Iowa City and Columbus Junction with multiple visits among Stoutners, Crams, Baughmans, Flyns, and Dempseys. Notable items include the Arcenearys en route to Jerusalem, Dempsey hosting Old Settlers prep, and a Houston Astrodome rental payment noted in state news.
Crickets Invade Homes This Month
Field crickets disperse from pastures and hayfields into lawns and often enter houses in large numbers. They damage clothing books and rugs. Prevention involves spraying outside foundation walls and adjacent grass with Levin wettable powder, 4 tablespoons per gallon, at 1 gallon per 1000 sq ft. keep children and pets away until dry.
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Jim Frier
Frier
Diamonds as trump beat hearts in national bridge play
Contract Bridge by B Jay Becker discusses a national pair championship hand where choosing diamonds as trumps yields twelve tricks vs eleven with hearts. The piece explains the 4 4 vs 5 3 fit principle, emphasizing timing and judgment in trump selection and discards.
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B. Jay Becker
Declarer
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Settlement offer in Our Lady of the Angels fire
United Press International reports that seven years after the Our Lady of the Angels school fire left 92 children and 3 nuns dead, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago agreed to pay 3 million dollars to families of the deceased and 76 seriously injured. The offer covers 9 million in claims and includes all medical bills paid by Catholic charities or a 500000 fund. Three judges will apportion the money, with each death claim capped by Illinois law at 30000. Fifteen pupils remain hospitalized for fire injuries.
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United Press International Chicago
UPI
Our Lady of the Angels
John Patrick Cody
Catholic Charities
Our Lady of Angels
Cornelius J. Harrington
Harrington
Check labels on lawn seed for quality and categories
Washington County Extension Director Jim Frier reports Iowa State University professor Leroy Everson advises readers to check seed labels before buying. He highlights two categories Fine Textured Grasses and Coarse Kinds and warns against mixing types. For quality seed, buy high purity above 90 percent with at least 80 percent germination and avoid low quality lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Jim Frier
Leroy Everson
Iowa State University
Everson
Midwest
Alta
Kentucky
Iowa
Morrill Hall
Ames
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Pekin
Waco Girls
Harmony
West Burlington
Olds Diamond
John Jones
C.A. Thompson
Cloyce Statler of
Duane White
Joe White
Orvis Wood
Sylvis, Ill
Ben Fitzgerald
Vernon Richardson
Burlington
FE. W. Rembold
Chris
Ralph Jones
Williamsburg
Chris Rembold
Bettendorf
Jim Wood
Jack Boender
Oskaloosa
Sacha Club
Dale Roberts
Richard Bean
Lawrence Bartman
Waco Pta
PTA
Vic Hesseltine
Wayland
Ledru Kaufman
Sudan
Allee Farm
Newell
Ozark
Dean Epperly
Galen Weaver
Randy
Epperly
Lowell Weaver
Jeff
Iowa City
Amy Williams
Ferrell Long
Richland
Davidson
Gus Shultz
Hammond
Ill
Howard Bower
Tim Greiner
Dr. Eichers
Ferne Levien
Mercy Hospital
Glen Stoutners
Mrs. Boyd Sanders
Glen Stoutner
Wilbur Cramer
Jennifer
Debby Cramer
Stoutner
Bob Arceneary
Australia
Army Intelligence
Clint Campbell
Deann
Jerusalem
Campbell Home
Milo Heisdorffer
Linda
Milt Windbrun
Dan Campbell
Ilinois
Denny Stoutner
L. B. Dempsey
Columbus Junction
Mt. Pleasant
Issac Sprague
Daryl Baughman
Bob Baughman
Taylorville
Illinois
Cleo Baughman
Moline, Ill
Jerry Manthei
David
Debby
Cedar Rapids
Layman Coble
Mary
Thornberg
Peg Harriman
Delaine
Don
C. O. Baughman
Doug Roberts
Bob
Mike Flynn
Putnams
Denver
Colorado
Francis Brown
Boone
A. I. FitzSimmons
M.M. Putnam
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Midland
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Putnam
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Bob Flynn
Dick Flynn
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Tommy
Allan Palmer
Wilbert Deitz
Durant
Davenport
Wilton
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Roy Hofheinz
Houston Sports Association
Harris County
Texas
Houston Astrodome
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Maines
West
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Florence Montgomery
George Breitenbach
Washington, Ta
Thurston & Gipple
Col
Jct
Washington Concrete CO
North 12Th St. and
Rock Island Tracks
Troutman Livestock Auction
Bonaparte, Iowa
Howard Steeples
Bob Craig
Keosauqua
Wheeling Corrugating Company
Post Office
Dial
Blitz Brothers
Sakren
Professional Directory
Louis J. Kehoe
Jeffry
Livingston, Day & Bates
Robert Day
Robert Bates
West Main St
John C. Owen
West Washington
South Side Square
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
OR. M
Marion
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic Physician Journal
Optometrists
John W. Lemmon
South Iowa
Christian Tabernacle
Washington County Fairgrounds
Dk. Green Mohair Davenport & Chair
Philco
T.V
Maytag
Electrolux
Seth Thomas
General Electric
G. E
Sunbeam
Revere
Effie B. Anderson
Keith Murphy
Mike Orris
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